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Old 05-26-2017, 09:39 PM   #61
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Old 05-27-2017, 10:53 AM   #62
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I'm not getting how you're lukewarm on chase this light. Butch Vig is all over it and big casino is one of my faves.

 
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Old 05-27-2017, 04:31 PM   #63
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It's just a hair overproduced and a lot of the songs just feel like Jimmy Eat World By Numbers to me. There are some real standouts, but it lacks the soul of their earlier work.

 
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Old 05-27-2017, 04:32 PM   #64
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I can get why discovering it for the first time it would sound better in that context.

That was a very poorly structured sentence and was meant in no way to be condescending.

It's just, to go from Futures to Chase This Light...kind of a drag at the time.

 
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Old 05-27-2017, 04:33 PM   #65
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I really like Damage though. Really, really, REALLY. That album gives me the feels.

 
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Old 05-27-2017, 06:31 PM   #66
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I'll get to it after I get through chase this light.

This is so fun

 
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Old 05-27-2017, 07:53 PM   #67
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Glad you're enjoying them. They're just one of those bands I never get sick of. And regardless of how I rank Chase This Light, it's still good music!

I mean, how many bands from their era can play a 25-song set that everyone in the crowd can enjoy? The list is pretty short.

 
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Old 05-27-2017, 07:54 PM   #68
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Damage just hit me at the right moment in my life, so I may be a bit biased. It was sort of the prelude to my eventual divorce. Funny how music can come along at crucial points in your life like that.

 
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Old 05-27-2017, 07:54 PM   #69
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I took my then-wife to the Damage tour and she looked bored as hell, I mean the writing was on the wall, no?

 
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Old 05-27-2017, 07:55 PM   #70
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We did see a fella smoking crack in the bus station on the way back, so we'll always have that.

 
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Old 05-29-2017, 09:52 AM   #71
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Watched this late last night. Loved it.

 
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Old 06-30-2017, 02:33 PM   #72
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I've officially reached my Damage stage.

FG that was prob not the best show to take the wife to if you wanted to save that relationship. So dark and sad but so great.

 
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Old 06-30-2017, 02:34 PM   #73
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Oh you sort of addressed that already.

I love how bouncy the title track is and then you notice the lyrics and it's like wait. What

 
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Old 06-30-2017, 05:50 PM   #74
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I've officially reached my Damage stage.

FG that was prob not the best show to take the wife to if you wanted to save that relationship. So dark and sad but so great.
Yeah, it really is great. I think it's the most under-appreciated album in their discography. Sure, it's short, but it packs a huge punch. I especially love You Were Good, with that hazy production and the whole "you were good and it's not your fault" message. Makes me want to bury my face in a pillow and cry until my guts hurt every time I hear it.

 
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Old 06-30-2017, 05:50 PM   #75
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Guys, I think I might be emo.

 
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Old 07-01-2017, 08:57 AM   #76
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That's ok!

 
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Old 07-28-2017, 12:05 PM   #77
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Ok so I went through my Futures, Chase This Light, and Damage stages. Entering the Clarity stage.

 
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Old 07-28-2017, 03:25 PM   #78
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it just takes some time

 
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Old 07-28-2017, 08:34 PM   #79
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Ok so I went through my Futures, Chase This Light, and Damage stages. Entering the Clarity stage.
Clarity is their masterwork. All-time top 5 album for me personally.

 
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Old 07-29-2017, 11:18 AM   #80
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Part of what I love most about this band is the vocals. They're a bit rough on Clarity.

 
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Old 07-29-2017, 11:20 AM   #81
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A friend of mine told me last night he thinks of them as a one hit wonder. Which is nonsense because bleed American had four hits. But also these albums are so good. Except invented. What happened there

 
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Old 07-29-2017, 11:23 AM   #82
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They're playing here next month with Incubus. ahh nostalgia

 
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Old 07-29-2017, 11:33 AM   #83
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Yeah they're playing their "Chicago" show in Tinley park tonight. So glad I saw them in Milwaukee.

Also why the fuck are they opening for incubus? They're so much better.

 
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Old 07-29-2017, 12:59 PM   #84
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I'd buy that for a dollar!

 
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Old 07-29-2017, 01:00 PM   #85
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Also why the fuck are they opening for incubus? They're so much better.
Eh, it's a paycheck and audience-wise, there's surely a lot of overlap between people who fondly remember The Middle and people who fondly remember Pardon Me.

I mean, shit. I know I jammed both bands endlessly throughout high school.

 
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Part of what I love most about this band is the vocals. They're a bit rough on Clarity.
I've listened to that album soo much and love every inch of it, so there's no way I can look at it objectively, but I don't hear "rough" vocals. If anything, it's Jim's most passionate performance. I love it.

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A friend of mine told me last night he thinks of them as a one hit wonder. Which is nonsense because bleed American had four hits. But also these albums are so good. Except invented. What happened there
The one-hit wonder bit is nonsense. The Middle was their biggest, but Sweetness still gets a butt-ton of radio play and the crowd at the last show I was at went nuts for that song more than any other. I'd say as the years have gone on, it's grown to be a bigger hit.

That's of course putting aside Bleed American, Pain, Work, etc.

As far as Invented goes, I think it gets a bad rep. After the overproduced (sorry!) Chase This Light, it was a nice return to form. Plus, they got Mark Trombino back! I imagine if you're not too hot on Clarity you wouldn't be sold on Invented either, so to each their own. Still, lots of classic tracks packed into that album -- Higher Devotion, Invented, Mixtape, Anais (bonus track), Evidence, Heart is Hard To Find...

 
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Old 09-01-2017, 07:27 PM   #87
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I HAVE AN UPDATE

Damage may have displaced Futures as 1a with integrity Blues.

Or maybe it's a three way tie. Def better than chase this light though.

 
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Old 09-01-2017, 07:28 PM   #88
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I just sorta learned like half of damage on guitar because I just had to and I haven't pulled that thing out in... a long time.

 
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Damage may have displaced Futures as 1a with integrity Blues.

Or maybe it's a three way tie. Def better than chase this light though.
That's...interesting. Damage is definitely a personal favorite overall, but I'd still put it somewhere in the middle of their discography.

 
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Old 09-02-2017, 07:04 PM   #90
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Eh, it's a paycheck and audience-wise, there's surely a lot of overlap between people who fondly remember The Middle and people who fondly remember Pardon Me.

I mean, shit. I know I jammed both bands endlessly throughout high school.
yea but is this like the Manson Corgan shows, half half? Because JEW as 20 minutes opening act for Incubus is... very weird to me. I'd be one of the old farts that would totally go to this if it were the other way around.

 
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