I stuck Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain on for the first time in ages the other day and instantly berated myself for the fact. This used to be a constant play in our house but I'm not sure that L was that impressed, she has commented on Malkmus voice being irritating more than once, so there are some similarities with the Fall. I'm not sure why or come to think of it when I stopped playing this album as much but sometimes you do need a bit of a break from something to realise just how bloody marvelous it was in the first place. I think that Fillmore Jive would be in my top 5 Pavement songs. The thing I love about it is that it seems that it is all going to fall apart a few times but just when you think disaster is going to strike the band pull it back from the brink. It is also when I come to think of it quite a bit longer than most Pavement songs clocking in at 6.39.
Pavement - Fillmore Jive
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You touched on an interesting topic here - when and why we put aside favourite and familiar albums after listening to them so consistently. I can say unequivocally that 'London Calling' is my favourite LP of all time, but can't remember when I last played it through end to end. It's all in there though, every nook, cranny and click of my original vinyl copy is committed to memory - the big grey mp3 player in my skull. I could also say the same for the many other 'classic' albums that I feel I know intimately, yet in reality haven't actually listened to for a very long time.
Sorry drew, I'm filling your comments box with my aimless musings. Perhaps I'll pursue this train of though over at my place sometime.
I really enjoyed hearing 'Fillmore Jive' again. Your description '... it seems that it is all going to fall apart a few times but just when you think disaster is going to strike the band pull it back from the brink...' is absolutely spot on.
That loose to the point of flying apart thing--both live and on record--was one of the great draws about Pavement. Perhaps so much so that people forget how great some of the songs are. I have this sense that future generations will consider Pavement to be one of the great unappreciated Californian bands, like X and Grandaddy.
I realised at some point in recent years that although I like a lot of Pavement songs I have a problem with them/Malkmus and the problem is I just don't believe him. His tongue is often so far in his cheek that I don't find him a credible voice. And it begins to bug me.
Good song though.
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