scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:LOL. I was waiting for this. Imagine if we actually talked about Field Day in this thread.
Welly wrote:gregpolard wrote:LOL. I was waiting for this. Imagine if we actually talked about Field Day in this thread.
Do it.
Don't you think that Farside's 'Monroe Doctrine' is put together in a similar way to 'Field Day' in that there's different styles from college rock to punk with the filler and out-takes also left in?
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
Welly wrote:gregpolard wrote:LOL. I was waiting for this. Imagine if we actually talked about Field Day in this thread.
Do it.
Don't you think that Farside's 'Monroe Doctrine' is put together in a similar way to 'Field Day' in that there's different styles from college rock to punk with the filler and out-takes also left in?
xxxMidgexxx wrote:I never liked that record.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:I never liked that record.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
soulforce wrote:I still don't know what to think of this thread. It's obviously some kind of an inside joke but I don't get it. So what's the story? Also, do most of you consider "Field Day" Dag Nasty's best album or is it the collective realization of its mediocrity ( ) the real reason behind this thread?
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
matt wrote:xxxMidgexxx wrote:I never liked that record.
Hey buddy.
gregpolard wrote:soulforce wrote:I still don't know what to think of this thread. It's obviously some kind of an inside joke but I don't get it. So what's the story? Also, do most of you consider "Field Day" Dag Nasty's best album or is it the collective realization of its mediocrity ( ) the real reason behind this thread?
I love it. It's not as good as Can I Say or Wig Out At Denkos but I dig it none the less. I think there is definitely some filler on there but with the magic of iTunes you can make your own version like JGJR and I did one night. We came up with a pretty solid 10 song version that included the bonus tracks from the cd version.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:...parts of it (like the stuff we left off our version) border on really terrible.
JGJR wrote:gregpolard wrote:soulforce wrote:I still don't know what to think of this thread. It's obviously some kind of an inside joke but I don't get it. So what's the story? Also, do most of you consider "Field Day" Dag Nasty's best album or is it the collective realization of its mediocrity ( ) the real reason behind this thread?
I love it. It's not as good as Can I Say or Wig Out At Denkos but I dig it none the less. I think there is definitely some filler on there but with the magic of iTunes you can make your own version like JGJR and I did one night. We came up with a pretty solid 10 song version that included the bonus tracks from the cd version.
Yeah, I have to agree that our version of Field Day is better than the actual record. I probably wouldn't have admitted this even a few years ago, but I definitely feel like like Can I Say and Wig Out are better as I wouldn't skip a single song on either of those. Still, Field Day is great and underrated for the most part and has some of their best material but also parts of it (like the stuff we left off our version) border on really terrible.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:Granted, Field Day has some of their best songs....and some of their worst. It's funny like that.
version sound wrote:gregpolard wrote:Granted, Field Day has some of their best songs....and some of their worst. It's funny like that.
What are the worst? "Ambulance Song"? I think Peter totally saved that one. That would have been tedious faux blues with pretty much any other singer, but Peter sells it.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
scannest wrote:Field Day features some of my favorite Dag songs of all time - "Trouble Is", "Field Day", "Things that Make No Sense", "Dear Mrs. Touma","Staring at the Rude Boys", and "Typical". And the bonus tracks are excellent. Seriously, anyone who claims to love Dag and doesn't like this record has got several screws loose.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
version sound wrote:JGJR wrote:...parts of it (like the stuff we left off our version) border on really terrible.
Now the truth comes out. I think I actually like the record better than you guys who tell me how great it is. There isn't anything on it that I would say is even close to terrible.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:Field Day features some of my favorite Dag songs of all time - "Trouble Is", "Field Day", "Things that Make No Sense", "Dear Mrs. Touma","Staring at the Rude Boys", and "Typical". And the bonus tracks are excellent. Seriously, anyone who claims to love Dag and doesn't like this record has got several screws loose.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
gregpolard wrote:version sound wrote:gregpolard wrote:Granted, Field Day has some of their best songs....and some of their worst. It's funny like that.
What are the worst? "Ambulance Song"? I think Peter totally saved that one. That would have been tedious faux blues with pretty much any other singer, but Peter sells it.
The guitar solo in that song is so cheesy it hurts. The whole song I just can't take seriously. I'm not really a "song skipper" when I listen to albums so I still listen every time and crack up at the solo. The reworking of "Under Your Influence" is also a low point. I don't hate it like some, but I'm not super into it either.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
gregpolard wrote:As for the bonus tracks, "You're Mine" and "All Ages Show" are great. "12XU" is not.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
JGJR wrote:scannest wrote:Field Day features some of my favorite Dag songs of all time - "Trouble Is", "Field Day", "Things that Make No Sense", "Dear Mrs. Touma","Staring at the Rude Boys", and "Typical". And the bonus tracks are excellent. Seriously, anyone who claims to love Dag and doesn't like this record has got several screws loose.
"Staring at the Rude Boys" is an uncredited Ruts cover (though yeah it's far better than their version of Wire's "12XU") that I actually prefer slightly to the also awesome original.
I agree with your main point, though, and the songs you name are the album's best.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
JGJR wrote:gregpolard wrote:
And now that you mention it, the solo in "The Ambulance Song" does sound like something Joe Perry would've come up with a year later on Pump, but I don't hold that against it!
plucky wrote:Speaking of Field Day; Hunter, can you tell me about the time you dunked on Doug Carrion?
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
plucky wrote:Speaking of Field Day; Hunter, can you tell me about the time you dunked on Doug Carrion?
version sound wrote:plucky wrote:Speaking of Field Day; Hunter, can you tell me about the time you dunked on Doug Carrion?
It only happened once? Hunter is at least three feet taller than Doug.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:plucky wrote:Speaking of Field Day; Hunter, can you tell me about the time you dunked on Doug Carrion?
I, too, want to hear this story.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
xxxHunterxxx wrote:JGJR wrote:gregpolard wrote:
And now that you mention it, the solo in "The Ambulance Song" does sound like something Joe Perry would've come up with a year later on Pump, but I don't hold that against it!
Or like something Robert Cray did come up with a year or two before.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
xxxMidgexxx wrote:FLip
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
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