I like some of their early post-Syd (before Meddle basically) tracks well enough, but it is astounding how far the band came after Barrett departed. I would bet just about nobody would've predicted their eventual widespread success in the period around Saucerful of Secrets, say.

Wow, that's a big miss imo too. Roy Harper's singing on that might constitute the best male lead vocal performance in PF's history.

I guess you didn't watch The Naked Gun ad nauseum when you were 10. ;)

They have a lot of worthwhile material, but Bandwagonesque is clearly their masterpiece/apex. To me, it's sort of a stylistic extension of Big Star's first two LPs - and other similarly overlooked power pop - and I revisit it quite often. As said below, it might have been the best album of 1991 which is no small…

One of the top albums of the 1990s imo. Don't Fight It, Feel It was on my shuffle list last week, actually.

REM's Fables of the Reconstruction. Their whole career with Bill Berry in tow is tremendous, but that early stuff is my favorite era of theirs.

Violent Femmes - Please Do Not Go
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Sufjan Stevens - Jacksonville
TMBG - Minimum Wage
Bee Gees - Marley Purt Drive
The dB's - Big Brown Eyes
Bettie Serveert - Tom Boy
King Curtis - A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Live @ Fillmore West)
King Missile - Jesus was Way cool
The Smiths - I Won't Share…

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They don't give out a nickname like "maverick" haphazardly apparently.

True. I think that company just might have a future.

Such a great gag. I do think it was awesome that Cooper participated in the last installment too, no matter how brief. He and Michael Ian Black still had terrific chemistry.

Very, very frightening.

Well, it is good cape weather. Cool..breezy.

You're probably right, but it doesn't really matter. The fact that it isn't zero is perturbing enough.

It might be Mark E Smith himself. It's a pretty decent approximation, even if not intentional.

I think they're practically the epitome of a love/hate band, although O'Neal is much more faithful to their latter day incarnations than I. I'd say maybe give the Sanctuary release 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong a try. It is a pretty decent sampler across eras, really.

Mileage varies, but that early, early stuff is worthwhile to me. He was a very honest & talented songwriter and I think that elevates the best of his work above that of other 'outsider artists'. It's borderline shocking that those initial recordings ever found an audience whatsoever but there was real talent there.

Are we still doing that?

Good for you - so many people seem to stop at Legend, but there's a ton of great stuff in his discography. Those are likely my favorites too, likely due in no small part to Tosh's contributions (am a big fan of his).

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