Taken from "The Grand Hour" 1993
"In my mind
There are dreams of me
Following white
See the form before my eyes
Wouldn't Jesus be surprised
If in colony
the way to see
And if color be
the way you see its
Distant greetings"
Starts off with a snippet of "Hot Freaks" then goes into what sounds like an out-take off "Bee Thousand" with a very Beatle-like sound. Litterally a song or out-take taken from the Studio Room floor. A simple but nice song.
Monday, 14 May 2007
Sunday, 13 May 2007
Blue Moon Fruit
Taken from "Get Out of My Stations" 1994
Lyrics unknown
Not in any way related to the classic "Blue Moon" this extremely low-fi lumbering song sounds like it was recored in another room from the band during a rehersal. Drums change tempo, vocal are lost and the song falls apart whilst never being together. Sure, We love as much Pollard material as possible but this is just an out-take of a "song". Not that good then.
Lyrics unknown
Not in any way related to the classic "Blue Moon" this extremely low-fi lumbering song sounds like it was recored in another room from the band during a rehersal. Drums change tempo, vocal are lost and the song falls apart whilst never being together. Sure, We love as much Pollard material as possible but this is just an out-take of a "song". Not that good then.
Saturday, 12 May 2007
Chief Barrel Belly
Taken from "Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia" 1989
"I get mad at this world
Sit up and scream about it
Every dog has its day
And now they dream about it
Chorus: He said love is the one thing
We needed in this world to be happy
Got a mouth full of teeth
Got to end this searchin'
I got down on my hairless knees
For a tax reduction
Chorus, repeat"
A memorable early Guided By Voices with strange vocals but a fantastic chorus that stands out as one of the best of the "Box" set of early GBV albums. The lyrics in this song are very strong and feel like someone angry at the world and just asking for some good luck and happiness. Though I'm not sure where hairless knees come into it. Good song.
"I get mad at this world
Sit up and scream about it
Every dog has its day
And now they dream about it
Chorus: He said love is the one thing
We needed in this world to be happy
Got a mouth full of teeth
Got to end this searchin'
I got down on my hairless knees
For a tax reduction
Chorus, repeat"
A memorable early Guided By Voices with strange vocals but a fantastic chorus that stands out as one of the best of the "Box" set of early GBV albums. The lyrics in this song are very strong and feel like someone angry at the world and just asking for some good luck and happiness. Though I'm not sure where hairless knees come into it. Good song.
Friday, 11 May 2007
The Other Heart
Taken from "Five"
Instrumental
All the work of Todd Tobias I suppose but I can imagine Bob leaning over his shoulder suggesting "play that chord" with one beer bottle in his hand and a cig in his mouth. A nice orchestral sounding instrumental, that veers into Vangelis "Blade Runner" like territory. I like it and enjoy it when Pollard music goes into interesting new directions.
Instrumental
All the work of Todd Tobias I suppose but I can imagine Bob leaning over his shoulder suggesting "play that chord" with one beer bottle in his hand and a cig in his mouth. A nice orchestral sounding instrumental, that veers into Vangelis "Blade Runner" like territory. I like it and enjoy it when Pollard music goes into interesting new directions.
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Kickboxer Lightning
Taken from "Choreographed Man Of War" 2001
"Kickboxer lightning
Kid bites the big one though
He lives behind me
And don't you want him in your head?
And don't you want him in your mind?
Big sparks make lightning
Screw with clips stretch one on one
No clinical high jinks
And some alternatives to your head
Forseen of course new states of mind
Kickboxer lightning
Preach ??? psychiatric matter plan
I want, I want to now
I want, I want to now
???
Kickboxer lightning
???
Kickboxer lightning
There it comes arriving
Comes pathetic on dead end street
Open up this black speed meet
Now don't you want them in your head?
And don't you want them in your mind?
In your mind
In your mind
In your mind!"
Great Indie Rock Tune with a killer hook. This Pollard song features vocals that remind me a lot of the style he has used on recent projects where is quite high and has an almost strangled quality to it. Kickboxer Lighning? What is it? Cool name for a car or a Karate film.
"Kickboxer lightning
Kid bites the big one though
He lives behind me
And don't you want him in your head?
And don't you want him in your mind?
Big sparks make lightning
Screw with clips stretch one on one
No clinical high jinks
And some alternatives to your head
Forseen of course new states of mind
Kickboxer lightning
Preach ??? psychiatric matter plan
I want, I want to now
I want, I want to now
???
Kickboxer lightning
???
Kickboxer lightning
There it comes arriving
Comes pathetic on dead end street
Open up this black speed meet
Now don't you want them in your head?
And don't you want them in your mind?
In your mind
In your mind
In your mind!"
Great Indie Rock Tune with a killer hook. This Pollard song features vocals that remind me a lot of the style he has used on recent projects where is quite high and has an almost strangled quality to it. Kickboxer Lighning? What is it? Cool name for a car or a Karate film.
Wednesday, 9 May 2007
I Surround You Naked
Taken from "From A Compound Eye" 2006
Lyrics Unknown.
An upbeat high kicking gem from "From A Compound Eye". You can almost see Bob kicking and holding out his Mic in defiance during this song. One of the highlights (of many) from this album and a definate recent live favourite.
Lyrics Unknown.
An upbeat high kicking gem from "From A Compound Eye". You can almost see Bob kicking and holding out his Mic in defiance during this song. One of the highlights (of many) from this album and a definate recent live favourite.
Tuesday, 8 May 2007
Ill Replace You With Machines
Taken from "Earthquake Glue" 2003
"If since the letter,
made a deal go sour,
on pacts of golden seal,
post marked.
aint it funny how it gets there,
and they say it never does,
ill replace you with machines,
i cant face you.
so i wrote a letter,
to the messenger of my dreams,
i see him at a party,
endlessly.
aint it funny how it gets there,
and they say it never does,
ill replace you with machines
i cant face you. "
An almost industrial beat back up this crashing track from "Earthquake Glue" complete with Who-a-like guitars and phasing sounds. Theres something a bit menacing about the Chorus. A relationship on the rocks?
"If since the letter,
made a deal go sour,
on pacts of golden seal,
post marked.
aint it funny how it gets there,
and they say it never does,
ill replace you with machines,
i cant face you.
so i wrote a letter,
to the messenger of my dreams,
i see him at a party,
endlessly.
aint it funny how it gets there,
and they say it never does,
ill replace you with machines
i cant face you. "
An almost industrial beat back up this crashing track from "Earthquake Glue" complete with Who-a-like guitars and phasing sounds. Theres something a bit menacing about the Chorus. A relationship on the rocks?
Monday, 7 May 2007
Immediate Frozen Lookalikes
Taken from "Suitcase 2" 2005.
Lyrics Unknown.
40 odd seconds a strangeness from Suitcase 2. Hard to review as its hardly a song, hardly a sketch of a song, just a snatch of obscure vocals and plucked guitar. Throwaway at its most throwaway.
Lyrics Unknown.
40 odd seconds a strangeness from Suitcase 2. Hard to review as its hardly a song, hardly a sketch of a song, just a snatch of obscure vocals and plucked guitar. Throwaway at its most throwaway.
Sunday, 6 May 2007
Drinkers Peace (Live)
Taken from "Live At The Wheelchair Races" 2003
"At times I wish I was dead
Busy people dancing all over my head
Real shock value with every move they make
Real bad head-ache with every step they take
I get a contact buzz
Can't remember what the problem was
I find it hard to even care
Life was too real 'til you got there
My life is dirt but you seem to make it cleaner
Reduce my felony to a misdemeanor
When I feel sick you're an anti-biotic
Organize my world - my world's pointless
and chaotic"
One of the most heart breakingly beautiful songs ever written. Period. And the live version is just perfect (okay, its recorded a bit wobbly) but the emotion and the crowd response just sends a shiver down your spine. I love the part that goes "buzz,buzz,buzz,buzz,buzz". Simply beautiful. Is it a song about drowning out the pain of loosing someone through drink? Or it could be a song about drink as a crutch. Who knows. All I know is its one of the most heart-effecting songs ever.
"At times I wish I was dead
Busy people dancing all over my head
Real shock value with every move they make
Real bad head-ache with every step they take
I get a contact buzz
Can't remember what the problem was
I find it hard to even care
Life was too real 'til you got there
My life is dirt but you seem to make it cleaner
Reduce my felony to a misdemeanor
When I feel sick you're an anti-biotic
Organize my world - my world's pointless
and chaotic"
One of the most heart breakingly beautiful songs ever written. Period. And the live version is just perfect (okay, its recorded a bit wobbly) but the emotion and the crowd response just sends a shiver down your spine. I love the part that goes "buzz,buzz,buzz,buzz,buzz". Simply beautiful. Is it a song about drowning out the pain of loosing someone through drink? Or it could be a song about drink as a crutch. Who knows. All I know is its one of the most heart-effecting songs ever.
Saturday, 5 May 2007
When She Turns 50
Taken from "Same Place The Fly Got Smashed" 1990
"The tavern's open again
The line-up who light up will surely decide the fate
Of these incorrigibles
Who plaster their messages up on the interstate
When she turns fifty
I might be dead
But acting happy again
Go singing his songs about rush-hour traffic jams
When the vodka kicks in
A night at the Rockies
Digging in for the slam
When she turn fifty
I'll bake the bread
I'll bake the bread."
A lovely soft song from early Guided By Voices, just Bob and an acoustic guitar and a whole lot of feeling. I love the internation of "Rush Hour Traffic Jams". The song feels like a women in her middle ages looking back on her life and looking forward with a sort of wisfulness. Nice.
"The tavern's open again
The line-up who light up will surely decide the fate
Of these incorrigibles
Who plaster their messages up on the interstate
When she turns fifty
I might be dead
But acting happy again
Go singing his songs about rush-hour traffic jams
When the vodka kicks in
A night at the Rockies
Digging in for the slam
When she turn fifty
I'll bake the bread
I'll bake the bread."
A lovely soft song from early Guided By Voices, just Bob and an acoustic guitar and a whole lot of feeling. I love the internation of "Rush Hour Traffic Jams". The song feels like a women in her middle ages looking back on her life and looking forward with a sort of wisfulness. Nice.
Friday, 4 May 2007
Flowering Orphan
Taken from "From A Compound Eye" 2006.
Lyrics Unknown.
A special Wedding Anniversary "Pollard A Day" from me (its my 1st) and a lovely keyboardy/string arrangement from Mr Pollard from the mighty "From A Compound Eye". I like it when Bob looks beyond the standard band sound and introduces strings and keyboards as his songs sound even more beautiful.
Lyrics Unknown.
A special Wedding Anniversary "Pollard A Day" from me (its my 1st) and a lovely keyboardy/string arrangement from Mr Pollard from the mighty "From A Compound Eye". I like it when Bob looks beyond the standard band sound and introduces strings and keyboards as his songs sound even more beautiful.
Thursday, 3 May 2007
Mannequin's Complaint
Taken from "Suitcase 2" 2005
Lyrics Unknown.
One of my favourite pieces of obscure Pollardisms. A classic sounding Prog Rock Post Psychedelic mini-epic with some of the most interesting instrumentation and ideas on any Pollard track without descending into the realms of discordant Recorder Grot. The Beatles would have loved to have recorded this, maybe the Bonzo Dog Do Da Band did at some point in an alternate reality.
Lyrics Unknown.
One of my favourite pieces of obscure Pollardisms. A classic sounding Prog Rock Post Psychedelic mini-epic with some of the most interesting instrumentation and ideas on any Pollard track without descending into the realms of discordant Recorder Grot. The Beatles would have loved to have recorded this, maybe the Bonzo Dog Do Da Band did at some point in an alternate reality.
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Inchworm Parade
Taken from "I'm A Strong Lion" 2005
Lyrics Unknown
An acoustic track from a rare Pollard single release. Not a bad little ditty with the usual array of strange lyrics that somehow makes sense whilst making no sense. Its all about the emotion. Bob seems to like parades, Inchworms having parades and now Cats having Parades. Whatever next? A Badger Parade?
Lyrics Unknown
An acoustic track from a rare Pollard single release. Not a bad little ditty with the usual array of strange lyrics that somehow makes sense whilst making no sense. Its all about the emotion. Bob seems to like parades, Inchworms having parades and now Cats having Parades. Whatever next? A Badger Parade?
Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Dusted
Taken from "Fast Japanese Spin Cycle" 1994
"Comes the sign of wasted times
I will wait no more
Ever trudging through the aimless
Forests we explore
In our boots and money chains
Misfitting cloaks we can't contain
Hidden hates of urgency
Declaring our emergency
And up the tallest window world
The distance was not clear
Unoccupied my brutish thoughts
We had no cause to fear
A lesson so severe
Hotter than the fire we built
Darker than the truth
Ignorance reflected in the windows of our youth
Push me now beyond the bounds
Of healing hands and thorny crowns
And all the sadness it implies
I've tasted with my own two eyes
And as the cattle rack was cleared
The floor was brightly stained
And larger though we grew in size
Not a thing was gained
The fate as so ordained"
Now this is what I call the classic GBV sound, the vocals, the sound of the guitar, the melody. oh yes. I love this. This is a different version of a track that first appeared on "Vampire on Titus" and I think I prefer this version. Strangely enough Ive just had to buy a new Washing Machine because the Spin Cycle on my current one is busted. Odd that isn't it. Classic GBV track. Shame its a "lost b-side".
"Comes the sign of wasted times
I will wait no more
Ever trudging through the aimless
Forests we explore
In our boots and money chains
Misfitting cloaks we can't contain
Hidden hates of urgency
Declaring our emergency
And up the tallest window world
The distance was not clear
Unoccupied my brutish thoughts
We had no cause to fear
A lesson so severe
Hotter than the fire we built
Darker than the truth
Ignorance reflected in the windows of our youth
Push me now beyond the bounds
Of healing hands and thorny crowns
And all the sadness it implies
I've tasted with my own two eyes
And as the cattle rack was cleared
The floor was brightly stained
And larger though we grew in size
Not a thing was gained
The fate as so ordained"
Now this is what I call the classic GBV sound, the vocals, the sound of the guitar, the melody. oh yes. I love this. This is a different version of a track that first appeared on "Vampire on Titus" and I think I prefer this version. Strangely enough Ive just had to buy a new Washing Machine because the Spin Cycle on my current one is busted. Odd that isn't it. Classic GBV track. Shame its a "lost b-side".
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