As we go up, we go down by GBV
Ok, I just realized that GBV is not on here enough. Thank you Troy for your post way back in the day.
For starters, Bob Pollard is the most genious song writer of our time hands down. No bones about it, no one else will match. The music is good becuase it is one take, 4 track in some guy's basement RAW. And these guys rock cuz they never sold out, never moved to NYC or LA. They did it all in Dayton, Ohio. Somebody crown the men, or whoever might be left.
This song is one of the catchier tunes of the Alien Lanes disc. All GBV discs give you a scramble of near pop hits mixed with noisy lo-fi cuts and some that you can tell they just weren't trying that hard. You can't help singing along with this one
I can't terrorize/I see terror in your eyes
As we go up, we go down
I can't socialize/I'll be institutionalized
As we go up, we go down
And see the truth
Is a lie.
It is so simple, yet so deep.
Long live GBV
* Granted, the Pollard-Sprout years were the best. Even though I appreicate GBV in all its manifestations.
For starters, Bob Pollard is the most genious song writer of our time hands down. No bones about it, no one else will match. The music is good becuase it is one take, 4 track in some guy's basement RAW. And these guys rock cuz they never sold out, never moved to NYC or LA. They did it all in Dayton, Ohio. Somebody crown the men, or whoever might be left.
This song is one of the catchier tunes of the Alien Lanes disc. All GBV discs give you a scramble of near pop hits mixed with noisy lo-fi cuts and some that you can tell they just weren't trying that hard. You can't help singing along with this one
I can't terrorize/I see terror in your eyes
As we go up, we go down
I can't socialize/I'll be institutionalized
As we go up, we go down
And see the truth
Is a lie.
It is so simple, yet so deep.
Long live GBV
* Granted, the Pollard-Sprout years were the best. Even though I appreicate GBV in all its manifestations.
posted by Joel at 6:54 PM
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You know, people go on and on about how great an album, Bee Thousand is. I won't debate it's greatness but my first real exposure to GBV being "Alien Lanes" has forever endeared me to that album. Everything on there is genius. This song is pure beauty though and you inclusion of some later EPs on that MD made me a fan forever. I wish I had been able to see them before they broke up, but then I wish that about a lot of bands. Life is unfair and we have a soundtrack.
I saw GBV in Cleveland back in 98. It was after the original core broke up and Bob Pollard started touring mainly with the guys from Cobra Verde. Still tight. He bummed smokes off the audience the whole time and was doing some serious high-leg karate kicks in the break downs.
It was good!
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