Pavement (lyrics, indie, rock, albums, career)

sexy_drug · 07-05-2005, 08:32 AM

Anyone here Like Pavement??

hookers with machineguns · 07-05-2005, 10:32 AM

Besides the fact they spawned an entire movement of indie-rock clones and practically redefined the word 'indie' itself, yes. There has to be some subliminal message here that is steering me towards malkmus and the jicks.

sexy_drug · 07-06-2005, 05:41 AM

Yeah but i noticed a few posts on them but not one on pavement

Sneer · 07-06-2005, 06:04 AM

possibly the most important indie band of the 90s. shame their career was so short. malkmus & the jicks are a quality band. dark wave in particular is on par with most pavement material.

Dylan · 07-08-2005, 07:56 AM

Who's career was short? - Pavement's? There first album, Slanted and Enchanted was in 1991, but they were gigging around Oregon and northern California from around 1989 and the last album of theirs I bought, Terror Twighlight, was in 1999. In the intervening 8 years they released: Westing, Watery Domestic, Wowee Zowee, Crooked Rain, and Brighten the Corners. So I wouldn't say a short career. TBH I haven't heard much of Malkumus' stuff, but I enjoyed a decade of Pavement!

johnny6 · 07-09-2005, 08:03 PM

How can you not like a band with lyrics like these - "Show me a word that rhymes with Pavement. And I will kill your parents, and roast them on a spit."

Pavement rules.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-10-2005, 04:53 AM

Liked about a quarter of their output

The rest of it was wanky indie bollocks

Sweet Jane · 07-11-2005, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Liked about a quarter of their output

The rest of it was wanky indie bollocks

Yeah, Slanted and Enchanted is awful for that. Some of it is great though. Think they stick too many tracks on an album, and they start lacking in quality.

shandapanda · 07-11-2005, 02:58 PM

is one of their albums 'brighten the corners'?
then i know them..

_The_Repeats_ · 07-12-2005, 08:37 AM

I've only heard one song - All My Friends. 'Tis alright...growing on me.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Liked about a quarter of their output The rest of it was wanky indie bollocks __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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hookers with machineguns Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,753	Besides the fact they spawned an entire movement of indie-rock clones and practically redefined the word 'indie' itself, yes. There has to be some subliminal message here that is steering me towards malkmus and the jicks.

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sexy_drug BEERCOLA Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 114	Yeah but i noticed a few posts on them but not one on pavement

07-08-2005, 07:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dylan Groupie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7	Who's career was short? - Pavement's? There first album, Slanted and Enchanted was in 1991, but they were gigging around Oregon and northern California from around 1989 and the last album of theirs I bought, Terror Twighlight, was in 1999. In the intervening 8 years they released: Westing, Watery Domestic, Wowee Zowee, Crooked Rain, and Brighten the Corners. So I wouldn't say a short career. TBH I haven't heard much of Malkumus' stuff, but I enjoyed a decade of Pavement!

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