Yo La Tengo

[clifford_thornton]

1 hour ago, Scott Dolan said:

What do you mean when you say it's hard to imagine buying one of their albums again? 

I don't think I would listen to them on record now, but they're still good.

[BFrank]

7 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

Haven't tried anything earlier than Painful just yet. Will likely try either President of Fakebook next. 

Fakebook is mostly acoustic covers ... but good! New Wave Hot Dogs and President are 2 of my favs, but very different from Painful. The Prisoners of Love collection is excellent, too.

[OliverM]

I like the spirit of who and what they cover and how they do it, the range is big, and they can easily change the list every night on a long tour, from "Friday I'm in love" to Black Flag and many rarities.

[Scott Dolan]

1 hour ago, OliverM said:

I like the spirit of who and what they cover and how they do it, the range is big, and they can easily change the list every night on a long tour, from "Friday I'm in love" to Black Flag and many rarities.

Sounds like a rather Phish-like approach. The cover they do of Cities from The Talking Heads on the Amsterdam box set is some of the most thrilling group improvisation I've ever heard. Especially after the left turn around the 9:30 mark. 

Edited August 2, 2017 by Scott Dolan

[Steve Reynolds]

Thanks to this thread being updated, I put on the year 2000 recording, "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out". Although not as strong as it's awesome predecessor, "I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One". Much better than the more recent 2006 & 2013 releases which fell very flat to these ears. 

[Scott Dolan]

I Can Hear is the very first album of theirs that I listened to. What an astonishing effort! I knew right away this was a special group of musicians.