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Bob Mould - District Line

post #1 of 9
2/7/08 at 4:03pm
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I'm a Mould fan since his Hüsker Dü days ("Celebrated Summer" is in my top 5 favorite songs of all time, easily), and I've always preferred his songs to Grant Hart's contributions. He's got a new CD out this week and it's pretty damn good. Very hooky and melodic. Yeah, he's still curmudgeonly, but I like it.

Jesus that sounds shilly. Still, I recommend it.
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post #2 of 9
2/7/08 at 4:05pm
I'm looking forward to picking this up eventually. Love Mould, love Husker Du, love Sugar...I guess you could say I'm a fan. Unfortunately, it may be a while before I can pick this one up. Need new tires on the car first.
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post #3 of 9
2/7/08 at 4:05pm
Any sign of the vocoder he's kind of come to love?
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post #4 of 9
2/7/08 at 4:40pm
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Originally Posted by Kevin Matchstick View Post
Any sign of the vocoder he's kind of come to love?
YES. It's all over the damn thing. Someone needs to hide it next time Mould records, because it's one of the only things that's keeping me from liking this album. I start listening to it, and I have to turn it off a few songs in because he just can't keep from messing with his voice.

I've skipped to the excellent last song, "Walls in Time" a few times, since it's an official release of a song I've had a bootleg demo of for over a decade. Thankfully, he didn't change it much (i.e. no vocoder or drum loops), and it sounds Workbook-y and awesome.

The last three albums have each included at least one song that Mould's had forever. "Walls in Time" here, the last album's "High Fidelity," and Modulate's "Trade." The vocoder-laden, cheesy dance-beat driven version of "Trade" on Modulate was sort of the insult on top of the injury that is that album. Mould was sitting on it so long that I've got an instrumental rehearsal version on a Husker outtakes collection and a marvelous Workbook-era demo. Then, he made it into a Cher song. Great move, Bob.
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post #5 of 9
2/7/08 at 4:50pm
Goddamn, he can still write a good song. I loved Lowdown Ground on the Body of Sound bonus disc. But, my Jesus. Remember when he sang himself hoarse at the end of Black Sheets of Rain? I miss that Mould.
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post #6 of 9
2/7/08 at 5:08pm
I know Bob Mould and, in addition to being a genius at writing effective songs with great hooks, he is an honest and down-to-earth gentleman. It is good to hear that my fellow Chewers hold the man in high esteem, he deserves all the rep points you can give him.
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post #7 of 9
2/7/08 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by leeVSbenway View Post
I know Bob Mould and, in addition to being a genius at writing effective songs with great hooks, he is an honest and down-to-earth gentleman. It is good to hear that my fellow Chewers hold the man in high esteem, he deserves all the rep points you can give him.
Next time you see him, can you diplomatically inquire where he keeps his vocoder and discretely snatch it from his possession? The songs are still great, but that vocal malarcky is going to age about as well as the synths and big drums on Born in the U.S.A.

Incidentally, this thread inspired me to give District Line another shot. I may have overstated the presence of this hated device. It's only on a handful of songs, but it does none of them any favors. I understand the man's need to experiment. The synths, the loops, whatever. But the vocal effects have gotta go. I say this as someone who ranks Zen Arcade, Flip Your Wig, Warehouse, Workbook, Black Sheets, Copper Blue, and even The Last Dog and Pony Show as all-time favorites.
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post #8 of 9
2/9/08 at 3:59am
I read somewhere, years ago, that Bob Mould was going to write wrestling scripts for WWE or something like that.

Was that true?
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post #9 of 9
2/9/08 at 9:14am
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Originally Posted by GET AIDS NOW! View Post
I read somewhere, years ago, that Bob Mould was going to write wrestling scripts for WWE or something like that.

Was that true?
Yes, he was researching in order to write a book on old-school wrestlers and ended up writing scripts for a few years.
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