Les Savy Fav Cover Superchunk, Take Us Back To Atlanta 2005
Those are two different actions, by the way. Anyhow, it's fun watching Les Sav Fav live. We might've said that before. Turns out, it's also fun listening to them live, like without Tim Harrington's stripteases. LSF are releasing a digital-only live album the end of the month. It's called After The Balls Drop and features the performance they did this past New Years Eve at the Bowery Ballroom. If you were there, you'll understand why it's being archived. All said, it's 15 tracks long and includes some covers: "Hey Tonight" (CCR), "Debaser" (Pixies), "Astro Zombies" (The Misfits), "Sliver" (Nirvana), and "Everybody's Gotta Live" (Love). We have ourselves another cover that won't appear on the collection -- LSF's hyper art-punk take on Superchunk's classic "Precision Auto." The recording's from City Sol in January '07.
Les Savy Fav - "Precision Auto" (MP3)
As Britt would say, Mac for President. On top of that, we have previously unreleased living recordings of three Fav originals to share. They were all recorded in Atlanta, back in '05, at a show Syd says he can't remember...
Les Savy Fav - "Disco Drive" (MP3)
Les Savy Fav - "Reprobates Resume" (MP3)
Les Savy Fav - "In These Woods" (MP3)
Genuinely funny between-song banter? Scandalous. And, fun to hear some relative "oldies."
After The Balls Drop is out digitally 4/29 via French Kiss. These songs aren't on it.
Posted at 1:51 PM in MP3
Tags: Les Savy Fav
"what kind of touch?"
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I heard the album is called "After the Balls Drop", FYI.
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You're correct, Jim. Multiple balls. Fixed. Thanks!
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That "Precision Auto" cover breaks the First Rule Of Covers:
1) Don't cover a band light-years better than you.
...although I'm sure that Superchunk would take it as a huge compliment that LSF evidently likes their music so much that they would cover a classic song they can't play, don't know the lyrics to, and can't sing in the proper register.
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Bender woke up on the wrong side of Chapel Hill this morning, eh? (ahem... Carrboro, I guess that would be.) If he thinks the Superchunk cover is schlock, he should definitely do some research and find the absolutely butchered (and fantastic) cover of the Archers' "Wrong" up on youtube from the same show. I guess Bender doesn't have much fun anymore now that bands aren't allowed to have a little fun at their shows by tossing off a cover every now and again.
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this release REQUIRES visuals.. Balls DVD?!
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The show was during the summer, not January. And, gawd, it sounded a lot better standing in the audience.
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LSF '05? Wow, that's inaccurate! I haven't listened to the mp3s but the last time the Fav were in Atlanta was September '04. Syd's too busy planting his nose up other more notable blogger's butts which might be the cause for this fallacy. (I keed, Syd. I keed!) Great show as I recollect. Now to drag their asses down here again.
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