tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post8310682997289341538..comments2024-03-14T02:51:06.342-07:00Comments on DETAILED TWANG: THE MAJESTY OF "THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES"Jay H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06153081608332918241noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-77002672930864861042007-04-18T18:34:00.000-07:002007-04-18T18:34:00.000-07:00I think Karl Precoda is at Virginia Tech maybe at ...I think Karl Precoda is at Virginia Tech maybe at the time of the tragedy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-15236514916572201662006-12-26T09:14:00.000-08:002006-12-26T09:14:00.000-08:00I've tried to get into this album for 20 years, an...I've tried to get into this album for 20 years, and it's just never done it for me. Maybe I needed to see the live show? It just sounds tame to me and the songs aren't anything special. I've always heard that they were more of a live deal....<br /><br />-trickkneeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-24931299130365471932006-12-24T19:44:00.000-08:002006-12-24T19:44:00.000-08:00I had Days of Wine... sent to me as a promo oh so ...I had Days of Wine... sent to me as a promo oh so many years ago and it stands as one of the four best promos I ever got blindsided by (Savage Republic's Tragic Figures, 100 Flowers LP, & Sonic Youth's Kill Yr Idols 12" were the other three). Despite all the "legit" music critics dismissing it as a Lou Reed rip off (like Marsh, Christgau and all those assholes were right about anything), I immediately took to it. It remains one of my favorite records. I was lucky enough to see them live once and they were devestating.Scott Sorianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518992302988786999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-74635269580854414862006-12-21T16:35:00.000-08:002006-12-21T16:35:00.000-08:00Jay,
Completely off topic, but I can't let this s...Jay,<br /><br />Completely off topic, but I can't let this slip by. Canyon Country is in the Santa Clarita Valley--not even close to the Inland Empire which is nominally a good 50 miles to the East. But yeah, CC is a bastion of "good ol boys" and not far from meth lab central in Palmdale and Lancaster.<br /><br />And yeah, this is a great LP. I hope Steve Wynn has gotten over his defensiveness when asked about the VU influences....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-6542845309640054192006-12-20T07:43:00.000-08:002006-12-20T07:43:00.000-08:00I agree on all counts and listen to this album all...I agree on all counts and listen to this album all the time still. Hadn't noticed the snare being muted in the beginning, but I guess that's the way of mastering CDs these days - compress the sound and squash the dynamics.<br /><br />One of my favorite Precoda moments was one in which he did NOT play. During "When You Smile", as he was about to lurch into his solo, his amp went out. Precoda went ballistic - I guess he was primed for a good one - and immediately set about physically attacking the amp. A roadie, or friend, or whatever had to restrain him for a second. It was rad; he was a full-on animal on the guitar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-50676800733885230542006-12-19T23:51:00.000-08:002006-12-19T23:51:00.000-08:00Agreed. DOWAR is definitely my no. one record of a...Agreed. DOWAR is definitely my no. one record of all time ...SmashMyselfToBitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793990987826409752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-2172525087273670022006-12-19T18:04:00.000-08:002006-12-19T18:04:00.000-08:00JB and Tim, no one was “making a dis” on the Three...JB and Tim, no one was “making a dis” on the Three O’Clock fellas – genteel doesn’t mean lame, OK. I saw them myself in high school with REM and True West at the Santa Cruz Civic Center and it was a blast. Precoda’s spacey, atmospheric 1990s instrumental mood music band LAST DAYS IN MAY were excellent – though I only heard that first CD and never anything after that. Are you telling me it’s worth buying?Jay H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06153081608332918241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-15264365427105477742006-12-19T17:52:00.000-08:002006-12-19T17:52:00.000-08:00Great, great album and live band at that time. On...Great, great album and live band at that time. One of my favorite show memories of that era was Karl Precoda wrapping himself in the stage curtain mummmy style at the Country Club in Reseda and continuing to solo. Fucking brilliant. It was a double bill with the Three O'Clock and I am with Tim on this one though I think they lost it quite a bit after the Frontier stuff. Quercio was an excellent bassist and Greg/Louis a hellava lot more punk than you were at the time Jay! <br /><br />In all the talk of the lp, I almost prefer the live on KPFK 1982 thing that came out in the 90's "The Day Before Wine and Roses." Covers of "Mr. Soul" and "Outlaw Blues" that smoke.<br /><br />Am I the only one that likes Karl's instrumental rock outfit the Last Days of May (BOC reference?). If I ever get the blog up and running, an indepth piece on those records.<br /><br />JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-84658552947558662842006-12-19T13:35:00.000-08:002006-12-19T13:35:00.000-08:00Naturally, I gotta call out the comment about R.E....Naturally, I gotta call out the comment about R.E.M. and the Three O'Clock being more "safe and genteel." Three O'Clock had a ripping guitarist in Louis Gutierrez (certianly more of a "hard edge" - if not "squalling" - sound than Precoda on their <i>Arrive Without Travelling</i> album - the peak record as far as that band's rock dynamics go) , a really hard-hitting drummer in Danny Benair, etc. And plenty of early R.E.M. songs ("Second Guessing," "Little America," etc.) had way more velocity and energy than I ever remember hearing in the Dream Syndicate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274466.post-7953528065209954682006-12-19T13:18:00.000-08:002006-12-19T13:18:00.000-08:00agreed. one of the finer moment of rock, period b...agreed. one of the finer moment of rock, period but most certainly thee record of what was called paisley underground of la. searing live, i can recall the look of the band being so perfect too, precoda with that weird hair and huge guitar, kendra eyes closed and keeping it together with duck (who might be one of la's most underrated players/unsung heroes)and wynn looking like dylan pre motorpsycho...amazing. even when they got paul cutler they cranked it out like nobody else! DAYS is one of those records which gets better and better and better again.o. Sanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169869399629161201noreply@blogger.com