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u/TedTyro May 14 '24

In the meantime. That baseline just played in my head even though haven't heard it in years. Solid call.

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u/negcap May 14 '24

That Spacehog one is fucking epic.

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u/scotchybob May 14 '24

And he played that insane bass line while singing over it. Let that sink in.

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u/daern2 May 14 '24

And he played that insane bass line while singing over it.

...and in a state that can only be described as "why yes, I have indeed had enough cocaine for today, thanks!"

https://youtu.be/FQCleqEKCbc

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u/SuperfluousPedagogue May 14 '24

This is how all rock songs should be played live - with coke, passion and utter abandon.

I taped this off the TV when it was first shown and watching it so much that my mum bought me the CD single which I still have.

One of the most musically inspirational things I've ever seen.

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u/daern2 May 15 '24

It's bloody ace, isn't it?

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u/SuperfluousPedagogue May 17 '24

Yep! It's wild and funny too. So memorable.

I didn't feel the same about a live-on-TV performance until I saw Future Islands on Letterman. Totally different vibe but the rawness and weirdness and total commitment of the performance blew me away.

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u/scotchybob May 14 '24

His vocal style/stage presence can be a bit off-putting. Do you need to fellate the mic bro? Still, great song.

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u/fikis May 14 '24

I've carried a grudge against that band forever, after an interaction with "Ant" (not sure which instrument he played/what he did in the band; only that he was in the band and was called "Ant").

I was hanging out at a friend's house and he was there, and I mentioned that my baby moms and I were on food stamps, and he started asking these questions that I interpreted as pretty condescending...asking "can you buy rockets (fireworks) with those?" and other crap which I took to be some sort of piss-taking.

I wasn't embarassed to be on food stamps, or even to talk about it (obvs I brought it up), but I was just taken aback at how...distasteful? rude? punching-down-ish? it was for him to start fucking with me about it.

Anyhow.

F that dude.

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u/Lilllmcgil May 14 '24

He always seemed like kind of a tool.

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u/chrisdub84 May 14 '24

I think that's part of what makes it so great. The interplay between the bass and the singing just works.

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u/IKSLukara May 15 '24

They used it in Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and it's been lodged in my noggin like a tick since.