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Post by dance of days on Sept 14, 2009 15:33:02 GMT -5
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Post by Super Nintendo Chalmers on Sept 14, 2009 15:38:00 GMT -5
Baaaaaaacked. I was listening to IOTKT at work the other day. I have no idea what my favorite record is. Red Medicine, maybe? Or Repeater. Probably one of those two. Favorite songs are "Turnover," "Public Witness Program," "Target," "Downed City," "Epic Problem," and "Do You Like Me?"
Also, it's probably not mentioned enough that they have one of the best rhythm sections of all time.
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Post by mattw on Sept 14, 2009 16:47:41 GMT -5
Only one reply?
BIG SADFACE!
I love Fugazi so much, no one here seems to understand my love for Fugazi - it's sad. However it makes me so happy that Guy and Efrim (from GY!BE/ASMZ) are now working together too [on the Vic Chesnutt stuff coming out through CST]. Awesomeness.
So so so tight, awesome syncopation, great rythmns. This band are just awesome.
Favourite record is probably either End Hits or Repeater.
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Post by Terp Torp on Sept 14, 2009 19:00:12 GMT -5
End Hits may actually be my favorite Fugazi album. Five Corporations is probably their most intense song, and then you have Arpeggiator, the best instrumental, and Place Position and F/D which are two of my favorites.
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Post by jeff on Sept 14, 2009 19:29:39 GMT -5
By far one of the best and most important bands in the independent world of music.
Love this band...I jam End Hits more than any other album in their catalog, however, each one of them holds its special place.
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Post by mechabunny on Sept 14, 2009 19:56:56 GMT -5
Love this band so much. My favorite changes based on which one I last listened to, really.
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Post by VeggieNovak on Sept 14, 2009 22:00:46 GMT -5
I try and I try and I try.
It's just so hard for me to get into this band, as good as Waiting Room is.
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Post by mechabunny on Sept 14, 2009 22:02:17 GMT -5
Seriously, just keep trying and I promise it will click one day. Buy (as in purchase a physical copy) Repeater and just put it on once every few months to see if it's clicked yet.
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Post by VeggieNovak on Sept 14, 2009 22:06:48 GMT -5
I got 13 Songs and half of the songs are really great and I can just lose myself in them, but it just seems like my brain is waiting to find something in the other half, I just can't put it together.
I will do that, though and I'm sure everything will fall into place and I will kick myself.
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Post by dance of days on Sept 14, 2009 22:14:36 GMT -5
I owned 13 Songs for over a year and the only song I really cared about was "Waiting Room." But then I bought Repeater on a whim and everything changed. Now I love 13 Songs a lot more, but it didn't work as an entry point for me at all.
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Post by Terp Torp on Sept 14, 2009 22:15:03 GMT -5
That's how I've felt about that album the entire time I've had it. I don't like either Burning, the old version of Provisional, or Lockdown.
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Post by dance of days on Sept 14, 2009 22:19:13 GMT -5
I think 13 Songs is a lot easier to appreciate once you've heard the band's later output. It definitely has its place. I really like every song on that album.
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Post by VeggieNovak on Sept 14, 2009 22:20:14 GMT -5
Ahhh, so I simply started in the wrong place. Gotcha.
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Post by dance of days on Sept 15, 2009 0:49:53 GMT -5
Ahhh, so I simply started in the wrong place. Gotcha. Well, I'm sure it's different for everyone. It's very possible you'll hear Repeater and still not be feeling it. I mean, whatever. Fave songs are probably Blueprint, Place Position, Furniture, Last Chance For a Slow Dance, Epic Problem, Exit Only, Promises...I could go on forever. I have a really crappy "KYEO" tattoo because I found that song's lyrics to be so applicable and relevant to everything, and they also sum up the band for me.
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Post by Terp Torp on Sept 15, 2009 1:08:52 GMT -5
The only songs you didn't mention that I count among my favorites are Shut the Door and Target.
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Post by Super Nintendo Chalmers on Sept 15, 2009 1:10:36 GMT -5
This is one of those bands that whenever I listen to one of their records, I find a new favorite song on it.
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Post by dance of days on Sept 15, 2009 1:18:06 GMT -5
The only songs you didn't mention that I count among my favorites are Shut the Door and Target. Target is in my top 10 Fugazi songs, and the live version of Shut The Door (on the Instrument DVD, from the Olympia show in '95 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=apuLs_ayKRM) is fucking insane. The flyer for that show is still posted backstage at the Capitol Theater. obligatory photo of Guy Picciotto upside-down in a basketball hoop
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Post by Terp Torp on Sept 15, 2009 2:02:05 GMT -5
I rented Instrument from netflix about 4 years ago, and I remember freaking the fuck out when they drive through where I lived in Mississippi. The Isle of Capri Casino is in there I think, just before when they stay in the hotel with no showerhead.
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Post by dance of days on Sept 15, 2009 13:55:13 GMT -5
Instrument is so well done. I've watched it so many times.
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Post by mattw on Sept 15, 2009 14:26:21 GMT -5
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Post by Juhani on Sept 16, 2009 12:00:18 GMT -5
Repeater may be my favorite punk album if it counts.
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Post by dave on Oct 7, 2009 13:10:53 GMT -5
Bumping this.
I jammed them most of the way home from Minneapolis last weekend. They're really starting to click with me now.
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Post by Touch! on Oct 7, 2009 13:24:26 GMT -5
One of my favorite all time bands. Probably top 3. I started with 13 songs and worked my way through the catalog in order. So much love. I think repeater is my favorite album by them.
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Post by Lucky Jarmes on Oct 7, 2009 18:00:32 GMT -5
It so weird how this band seems to take time to click with people. I reallly, reallly, really just didn't like them at all when I first heard them. I wrote it off as generic and just went away. Then I heard Repeater, and went out and got The Argument and just fell in love. Seriously one of the best bands ever. My brother use to just not like them either, and then like last year he comes up to me and goes "You know, I really like Fugazi now. It doesn't make sense, but they fucking rule."
It really baffles me. This is one of the greatest bands of all time, and it seems to take everyone time to get into them. They are above my mental comprehension.
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Post by ren on Oct 7, 2009 19:03:29 GMT -5
ok, question:
Where should a first-time listener start with this band? The only song I've heard is Blueprint and I really like it, so was thinking of just picking up Repeater - good starting point, or does it even matter?
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Post by Super Nintendo Chalmers on Oct 7, 2009 19:05:40 GMT -5
Yeah, Repeater is a good place to start. That or In On the Killtaker.
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Post by ren on Oct 7, 2009 19:50:18 GMT -5
cool, thanks!
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Post by dance of days on Oct 7, 2009 20:56:02 GMT -5
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Post by jeff on Oct 7, 2009 21:13:54 GMT -5
Fugazi is not only great because of the music they made but also the ethics behind the band.
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Post by Lucky Jarmes on Oct 7, 2009 21:30:45 GMT -5
I nearly peed my pants infront of Ian MacKaye. It was fantastic.
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