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Friends I have rediscovered my love for the greatest song of all time. Please share your favorite live version!
Edit: This my current fav https://youtu.be/1svwWcWwW0c
Wut up ma dood(ett)z.
Twin Falls/Some/DDG... Best consecutive 3 song stretch period.
Anyone wanna innernet fight me on dat?
The sphere needs to be A LOT larger but still pretty cool.
I asked ChatGPT to make a picture based on the song. First try was meh, ok. So I just put the specific lyrics in and it gave me a different one with Jupiter in the background and a small sphere. I said, the sphere should be ten times the size of Jupiter. It said, Im right and did this. Then I ran out of the free entries.
Im gonna keep trying and do all sorts of songs. I always wanted to draw songs but I am absolutely shite at artistry, but good at description.
did anyone here go and see bts play saturday evening? looks like they may have been on before unwound.
I got into Built to Spill with I Would Hurt a Fly and Untrustable / Part 2 (About someone else) and then the whole Perfect From Now on. Then attended a show and loved the whole discography.
But I always liked PFNO the best and especially the songs with weird and unusual riffs, also the mellower ones, but have busy choruses and refrains.
I discovered The Last Long Song, which seems to be written and recorded after PFNO, judging by the instruments used and Doug hating writing longs songs after being burnt out from writing PFNO. I immediately loved the song and it probably is my favourite. It's on a compilation "Here: A Fort Hazel Magic Compilation".
from returntothepit.com
New fan. So far I've listened to There's Nothing Wrong with Love, Perfect From Now On, Keep it like a Secret, and There is no Enemy.
So far, Perfect From Now On is probably my overall favorite.
I'm looking for other band recommendations that are in the same vein. Older, newer, doesn't matter.
I appreciate any suggestions.
Edit: Thank you to everyone who commented! I'll be checking out every suggestion. I'm familiar with a lot of them but a good amount are new to me.
Definitely hoping it goes up on the band's merch page at some point. Wasn't able to catch any shows on this year's tour and thus missed getting an opportunity to buy one.
Built to Spill lineups:
*Touring lineup only. No studio recordings to date.
Notes:
The Mark V lineup of Bertram and Schneider as rhythm section, though short-lived and without any studio recordings, was instrumental in getting BtS signed to WB by the exposure they received with their sets at Lollapalooza '95.
The recording of Perfect From Now On was first attempted by a studio duo comprising Doug and drummer Peter Lansdowne. These recordings, however, were largely scrapped/rerecorded (with Peter's drums on Made-Up Dreams being all that remains) by a returned Brett Nelson and then-new drummer Scott Plouf.
There Is No Enemy is the only studio album credited to the full five piece Mark VIII lineup.
"Good Enough" is the official name of the Dug Martsch solo track "Heart (Things Never Shared)" as/when performed by the full band. It was recorded live-in-studio in September 2015 at Joyful Noise headquarters in Indianapolis. The studio cover of Bob Dylan's "Jokerman" and the Daytrotter studio session are also credited to the Mark IX lineup of Martsch-Roth-Netson-Albertini-Gere.
This past tour was so good that I just wanted to keep that love rolling. I got to hear a couple extra songs because I went to both Chicago shows.
The sets were so tight. I really loved hearing Some for the first time and felt fully immersed in all of it. So good to hear it transition in from Twin Falls as well because I've only seen them play Twin Falls without the lead into Some. (I've only been to shows since 2022)
I also froze completely when they led into Untrustable in the encore. Was not expecting it at all, but loved every minute of it. It's been one of my favorite songs lately in general.
I thoroughly enjoyed the version of Sidewalk they played this tour as well. Dare I say my favorite live iteration of it yet. It had so much energy and sounded so well put together. I enjoyed the concerts in full, but those were some of my highlights.
What were some of your favorites you got to catch at the show?
/edit: Probably solved!! I replaced the lyrics with what I believe are the correct ones. Thank you!!!
So I am trying to find out the lyrics to this song, I have been missing the last line for more than 6 months lol. I am not native in English and I can't seem to hear anything that would fit there. Dug sometimes sang alternate lyrics when he covered the song with Built to Spill in '98, but I want to find the original.
In my head:
I'm in deep and I just might be for a long time, long time, long time,
some of that sticks within inside of me for a long time
and when I try to find it out,
then it hides again, hides again, hides again, hides in my head.
Well it's hard for me to tell which is worse,
feeling angry, or you feeling hurt,
and it's even hard, to tell the two apart.
Dealing with feelings that are unappealing,
it's dragging my soul through the mud,
and the sickness more frequent,
it stays for a long time,
falling apart and I don't think I like it.
and when I try to find it out,
then it hides again, hides again, hides again, hides in my head.
Well I'm in deep and I just might be for a long time, long time, long time,
some of that sticks within inside of me for a long time
and when I try to find it out,
then it hides again, hides again, hides again, hides in my head.
When you're dealing with feelings that are unappealing,
it drags your soul through the mud,
and the sickness more frequent,
it stays for a long time,
you fall apart and I don't think you'll like it,
and when you try to find it out,
it will hide again, hide again, hide again, hide in your head.
Haven't done a jigsaw in years Haha.. Had a great time actually
I have 2 physical tickets, but I can no longer go
Hi hi!
I have an extra ticket for tonight’s show. Friend got food poisoning, so they can’t go.
I don’t care about compensation; I just don’t want a ticket to go to waste :)
Chat or message me!
They played something before the album, just couldn't place it.
Opener was cool (like Nico fronting VU) Quasi awesome as always. BTS - great set, always want the vocals higher in the mix. It was low for the first few songs and got better throughout the night.
Those jams... so good
Unreal show with massive jams from Dug and a 6 piece playing Strange to close the night out. One of the best!
I have 1 ticket for tonight’s show at the Fillmore. $45
I can’t make it tonight and have two tickets for sale! $53 each, just want to make back what I paid for them. I can take Venmo, CashApp, PayPal, and Zelle!
Will be driving into the city for the show, can meet at venue.