Bob Mould - "Body of Song" is great

At Large · Post by **At Large** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:39 pm

Been listening to the latest Bob Mould album. It's really good. Nice rockers mixed with some songs with electronics pulsating in the background. Check it out. I highly recommend it. Nice updated sound for Bob Mould.

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:37 pm

Love Bob Mould and Sugar. Will definitely check it out! Didn't know he had a new album out! Thanks!

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:00 pm

funny this comes up. i was thinking just yesterday i'd like to hear Flip Your Wig a couple times to see how well it's aged. Land Speed Record too. (different periods, obviously). FYW was Husker Du's last record on SST--and the move to major labels was much consternation for devotees of the "indie" scene. for a lot of bands.

Candy Apple Grey was pretty good. Kind of blueprinted from Flip, but tuneful and some more emotional songwriting for Mould. i seem to recall there was some "20 year since" posts at Scobode for Zen Arcade. FWIW. Sugar i've heard on the radio--it's cool; but the last Mould I bought was Black Sheets of Rain.

I bought the grant hart solo record when it came out: forget the name: pretty good: but it did have one great song "all my senses" with a nice farfisa organ. i think i might have been the only person to buy that record.

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:35 pm

I haven't heard his new one yet, but I've been told it's along the same vein as the stuff he did with Sugar. I can only hope so because it's my favourite out of everything he's done, although I do love nearly all of the Husker Du albums.

Rack Fu · Post by **Rack Fu** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:49 am

Husker Du is still my favorite band of all-time. I basically have everything that Mould has ever recorded, save for a few obscure bootlegs or whatever. I just picked up the new album but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. I've seen him play about six or seven times solo and a couple of Sugar shows. Never saw Husker Du as they broke up right before they were to play at Syracuse U. in 1987/88???

I always loved the dynamic of Mould and Hart. It wasn't until their final record (Warehouse) that Mould pulled away from Hart. Mould's songs blew Hart's away on that record.

I met Mould in Carborro, NC one night when Sugar played at the Cat's Cradle. My friend and I stopped into this hole in the wall restaurant to get some food and he was sitting there by himself getting a bite to eat. We said hi, and let him be. After we were done with our meal, the waiter told us that the guy that was sitting near us paid for our meal. Granted, it was only like $12 but definitely a cool thing to do.

Moorese · Post by **Moorese** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:03 pm

I'll probably check out "Body of Song," but the representation that it contains "electronics pulsating" gives me pause. I thought his last disc (self-titled) fucking sucked for this exact reason. Still, as a longtime Husker fan, Mould fan, and Sugar fan, I'll keep on buying as he keeps recording. And yeah, I'm old enough to have seen Husker Du ... several times. The last Bob show I caught (4 years ago?) was also the only time I ever got a chance to talk to him. When the EMP opened, there was a sort of hastily put together music fest, and Mould played a free show in the afternoon. I saw him sitting on the lawn about an hour after his set was over and tried to buy him a beer, but he stuck with the agua. I bored him with some talk about the day, mentioned that "JC Auto" was one of the most violent fucking tunes of all time (which he thought amusing), and shuffled off to catch some shitty reggae.

I also bought Grant Hart's "Intolerance," and paid a few bucks to catch him in support of the album. He looked pretty run down, but I mentioned that "2541" was one of favorite tunes to cook a few bones to. He perked a little.

2541
Big windows to let in the sun

At Large · Post by **At Large** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:03 pm

The electronic stuff in it is very minimal, kind of like a moog keyboard providing a harmony between verses and it's not on every song. Overall, the album does remind me a lot of the stuff he did with Sugar.

Moorese · Post by **Moorese** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:07 pm

Good enough for me.

Rack Fu · Post by **Rack Fu** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:02 pm

Mould quit drinking many years ago so I'm sure he appreciated the beer offer. :P

At Large · Post by **At Large** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:24 pm

The mention of the song JC Auto reminds me that Sugar - Beaster is one of my all-time favorite EPs. Short, violent and sweet (the ending song that is - the sweet one).

At Large · Post by **At Large** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:58 pm

Bump this for some reviews...

Entertainment Weekly - A-
Blender - 4 of 5 stars "Reversing his long decline, a punk primalist gets his grump groove on."

atomicdad · Post by **atomicdad** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:36 pm

King Crimson wrote: i was thinking just yesterday i'd like to hear Flip Your Wig a couple times to see how well it's aged.

I remember buying this on cassette back in the day, long this worn out. So I was cruising through the music store on Saturday and picked up the CD. Still sounds as good as ever IMO, but obviously not as polished on the production side, but then that is what 20 years of technology will do.

I was playing it Sunday when my buddy and his 15 year old son came over. The kid was like, "Whoa, these guys are cool!".

The cool thing is it came with a little insert from SST for their online site, SST Label, ( I should have figured it existed but I never went to look for it), and had to order a few other "old school" CD's that you just can't find in the music stores.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:53 pm

atomicdad wrote:
The cool thing is it came with a little insert from SST for their online site, SST Label, ( I should have figured it existed but I never went to look for it), and had to order a few other "old school" CD's that you just can't find in the music stores.

right on. i bought a couple discs from SST about a year ago--and one from Twin/Tone which purchased the Coyote Records catalog. i thought it was a great deal. bought a minutemen T-shirt too--the anchor logo from side 3 of Double nickels. plus, they sent some SST stickers which we put on my friend Dean's wheelchair, he's a quadriplegic, but he's an old punker/free jazz guy and gets serious respect rolling past Boulder High School. we just call him Hipster King of the Quads...these days.