If the suits had done to GEER what they did to the S/T -- drop a few cuts and add Complete Control, White Man, IFTL, et all -- it'd have been the greatest Clash album IMO.Low Down Low wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 9:12amATYP is a great tune, I know I should like it more than i do. And was there anything stopping them adding White Man to the mix too if they wanted, though as I said before I like the fact they released so many non-album singles, from a value perspective.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 8:14amI would still prefer it to sound like the single/B-sides that predated it like "Pressure Drop" The Prisoner" etc. They were good enough to produce that album with what they already had. Sandy Pearlman was surplus to requirements for me but he is not at fault for the overall sound either.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 8:12amHalf of GEER is excellent. Probably the self mythologising gets a bit much at time. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" has a stunning tune and some great guitar playing from Mick but is let down by it's hamfisted story.Low Down Low wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 7:45amI'd say if it wasn't for Sound System I wouldn't have listened to s/t for the guts of 20 years. Doesn't mean I dont value it highly though. I physically have to ration listening to LC for fear the unthinkable happens and I end up playing it out. And I can't recall the last time I listened to GEER right through, but only recently discovered, after nearly 40 years of listening, that LGIT is actually a great tune, if a bit uninspiring on the lyrical side. They are still full of little surprises like that for me.
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So you rate those remaining GEER tracks more than those left on the US S/T?msza2 wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 9:58amIf the suits had done to GEER what they did to the S/T -- drop a few cuts and add Complete Control, White Man, IFTL, et all -- it'd have been the greatest Clash album IMO.Low Down Low wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 9:12amATYP is a great tune, I know I should like it more than i do. And was there anything stopping them adding White Man to the mix too if they wanted, though as I said before I like the fact they released so many non-album singles, from a value perspective.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 8:14amI would still prefer it to sound like the single/B-sides that predated it like "Pressure Drop" The Prisoner" etc. They were good enough to produce that album with what they already had. Sandy Pearlman was surplus to requirements for me but he is not at fault for the overall sound either.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 8:12amHalf of GEER is excellent. Probably the self mythologising gets a bit much at time. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" has a stunning tune and some great guitar playing from Mick but is let down by it's hamfisted story.Low Down Low wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 7:45amI'd say if it wasn't for Sound System I wouldn't have listened to s/t for the guts of 20 years. Doesn't mean I dont value it highly though. I physically have to ration listening to LC for fear the unthinkable happens and I end up playing it out. And I can't recall the last time I listened to GEER right through, but only recently discovered, after nearly 40 years of listening, that LGIT is actually a great tune, if a bit uninspiring on the lyrical side. They are still full of little surprises like that for me.
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Not sure if I'd say that exactly, but the non-album tracks sound more at home with the GEER stuff.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 10:10amSo you rate those remaining GEER tracks more than those left on the US S/T?msza2 wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 9:58amIf the suits had done to GEER what they did to the S/T -- drop a few cuts and add Complete Control, White Man, IFTL, et all -- it'd have been the greatest Clash album IMO.Low Down Low wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 9:12amATYP is a great tune, I know I should like it more than i do. And was there anything stopping them adding White Man to the mix too if they wanted, though as I said before I like the fact they released so many non-album singles, from a value perspective.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 8:14amI would still prefer it to sound like the single/B-sides that predated it like "Pressure Drop" The Prisoner" etc. They were good enough to produce that album with what they already had. Sandy Pearlman was surplus to requirements for me but he is not at fault for the overall sound either.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 8:12am
Half of GEER is excellent. Probably the self mythologising gets a bit much at time. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" has a stunning tune and some great guitar playing from Mick but is let down by it's hamfisted story.
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As it is, though, US S/T is my desert island album. So, you know, splitting hairs.
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I think GEER is great, but I noticed upon listening again that the production is sort of uneven.
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Yes that is another way of saying overbearing.
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It's hard not to love it as it has so many great tracks. But I can never get behind it for it being anything more than a compilation and does not tell the story of it's time cohesively. Different production and a band at different stages of their career.
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Stay Free and Julie sound a bit incongruous on an otherwise very dense album.
I think GEER should have had a bit more Telecaster and a little less Les Paul.
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Now that Gene has become an SRP, it's up to me to keep flying the GEER flag I guess.
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Stick your GEER flag up yer pole. Seriously though if you listen to the production on tracks like The Prisoner/Pressure Drop/(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais etc you can't tell me that GEER would not have sounded better.
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I'm an elected official, I say all sorts of shit.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 11:36amStick your GEER flag up yer pole. Seriously though if you listen to the production on tracks like The Prisoner/Pressure Drop/(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais etc you can't tell me that GEER would not have sounded better.
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That's an inaccurate characterization of what I said. I mean what I said: uneven. Certain tracks are very beefy, while others lack that touch. Nothing to do with overbearing; rather, I am suggesting that the other tracks sound a bit neglected.
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If anything I am suggesting more Les Paul.
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I'm not a fan of the production on White Man, I think it's a bit tinny.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2017, 11:36amStick your GEER flag up yer pole. Seriously though if you listen to the production on tracks like The Prisoner/Pressure Drop/(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais etc you can't tell me that GEER would not have sounded better.
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