Pavement Thread

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:43 pm

i've been familiar with the group since the 90s and i know i like them from the songs i've heard.. but i have never owned any of their albums

someone school me on this iconic group. where to start, where to end
which album should i get first? rank their albums. do they have any embarassing low points? etc.

also feel free to post youtubes, links, interviews, etc. if you so please. thanks

catfish hunter · Post by **catfish hunter** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:40 pm

uncle punx

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:11 pm

thanks for the input

catfish hunter · Post by **catfish hunter** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:20 pm

I always hear everyone praise slanted and enchanted as far as pavement goes but i never really got into malkmus.

range life is the only tune of theirs im aware of.

BlingRhames · Post by **BlingRhames** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:18 pm

pavement sucked.

uh zip zoom · Post by **uh zip zoom** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:29 pm

the five albums are all unique and all great. can't really go wrong. the main thing that sets them apart for me is their accessibility. slanted & enchanted grabbed me immediately, for example, while wowee zowee took a number of spins to really "get." another thing that differentiates their work is the degree of tightness or cleanliness of the songs. generally the earlier stuff is looser and more spastic and endearingly imperfect, whereas on terror twilight (the last album) the songs are laid-back and a lot more polished (but still spectacular).

i'm not even sure i could rank them, but your list would probably be different from mine anyway, just depends on what style you prefer.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:32 am

I don't see any reason to not listen to their albums in order. As stated above, all are excellent and wildly different from one another. I come back to Crooked Rain and Wowee Zowee moreso than the others, though. No real low points, maybe some spiral stairs songs, but nothing worthy of pinpointing. Malkmus's solos are worthy of checking too, 'face the truth' being his high point post-pavement.
'Slow Century', their DVD, is a great watch.
Definitley hitting up atleast one of the reunion shows.

A couple faves just for shits:
Frontwards
In the Mouth of a desert - S&E
Harness Your Hopes
Filmore Jive - CRCR
Painted Soldiers

The Silver Jews are another Pavement associated band highly worthy of checking. Malkmus played all over 'American Water'
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GM Dizzy Skillespie · Post by **GM Dizzy Skillespie** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:44 pm

"Frontwards" is probably my favorite Pavement song.

hmm as far as albums...

"Slanted & Enchanted" leads off the best... Summer Babe is my shit.
I definitely prefer the more imperfect records like S&E and Crooked Rain... Crooked Rain.

but Wowee Zowee gets really incredible in the latter half of the record.
Grave Architecture
AT&T
Flux=Rad
Fight This Generation (!!!!!)
Kennel District

Brighten The Corners has their biggest pop song (i think) with "Stereo" leading off.

lj · Post by lj » Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:52 pm

range life is a beautiful song.
i always thought he said "stone temple pilots .. they're arrogant bastards". when i finally found out it's really "elegant bachelors" i liked it a lot less.

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:56 pm

Dog, do you really wanna be listening to

's favorite band?

DJCommunist · Post by **DJCommunist** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:11 pm

i've rocked slanted and enchanted double disc regularly since i first heard it 2 years ago. afraid to check out more of their stuff cause i liked it so much

Henny The Dry · Post by **Henny The Dry** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:32 am

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is Pavements best album and one of the best records in the universe.

uh zip zoom · Post by **uh zip zoom** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:22 am

GM Dizzy Skillespie wrote:Brighten The Corners has their biggest pop song (i think) with "Stereo" leading off.

cut your hair?

spidah · Post by **spidah** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:55 pm

definitely start with Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain if you're looking to get into them and then go from there. Then I'd checkout Brighten the Corners, Wowee Zowee, and Terror Twilight if you're feelin Crooked rain.

Cowy · Post by **Cowy** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:11 pm

Can anyone school me on Steven(?) Malkmus and the Jicks? Is it the same type music just more polished and modern?

GM Dizzy Skillespie · Post by **GM Dizzy Skillespie** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:07 am

Cowy wrote:Can anyone school me on Steven(?) Malkmus and the Jicks? Is it the same type music just more polished and modern?

it's a little too dad rock for me.

his solo where he fucked around with electronic music, Face The Truth is the only solo I really fuck with.

GM Dizzy Skillespie · Post by **GM Dizzy Skillespie** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:11 am

uh zip zoom wrote:
GM Dizzy Skillespie wrote:Brighten The Corners has their biggest pop song (i think) with "Stereo" leading off.
cut your hair?

very true.
honestly, I didn't discover pavement until college, so like 2004. So, I'm not fully aware of their pop impact with singles... I've just always felt that Stereo was written with radio in mind. Where "Cut Your Hair" still has that nonsensical weirdness I associate with Pavement the most.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:07 am

michaelE · Post by **michaelE** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:37 pm

if your dad listens to Malkmus and the jicks then he is fucking awesome. While not up to Pavement standards the solo stuff is still pretty great.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:53 pm

going to the pitchfork gig in July,
hopefully one of the central park ones as well.
anyone else?
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ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:11 am

i'm probably gonna go to sasquatch next month. they're playing there

michaelE · Post by **michaelE** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:20 pm

i have tickets to see them at pitchfork and the 3rd central park show. cant fucking wait.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:51 am

I'm putting put together a mix of Pavement's B-Sides and I'll post it soon. Pavement has a penchant for putting great songs, which are more accessible than most of their material, out as B-Sides ("Greenland," "Frontwards," "Lions (Linden)," "Harness Your Hopes," "Box Elder," "Hands Off the Bayou," etc.). If you're judging Pavement based off of their albums you're missing out on a lot of their best stuff.

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I have their first three reissued double albums. I'll upload them if anyone wants.

ChewbaccaUncircumcised · Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:15 pm

i like pavement, but i haven't listened to them in years.

these are some of my favorites:

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ChewbaccaUncircumcised · Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:19 pm

do you get down with archers of loaf icesickle?

uh zip zoom · Post by **uh zip zoom** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:01 pm

ChewbaccaUncircumcised wrote:do you get down with archers of loaf icesickle?

yeah he really likes their album sticky mettle.

GM Dizzy Skillespie · Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:44 pm

Icesickle wrote:I'm putting put together a mix of Pavement's B-Sides and I'll post it soon.

I have their first three reissued double albums. I'll upload them if anyone wants.

Post and POST!

sneed · Post by **sneed** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:43 pm

uh zip zoom wrote:
GM Dizzy Skillespie wrote:Brighten The Corners has their biggest pop song (i think) with "Stereo" leading off.
cut your hair?

Stereo was their biggest charting "hit"

Ackbar, as much as it's "cool" to like Pavement, I can't see you getting into them.

But if you're really interested, I'd say get the starter pack that just came out called Quarantine the Past

Once you know you like them, I'd say start with Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. It's a little easier and less raw to get into than Slanted & Enchanted. I'd say then move on to Wowee Zowee which is my favorite record of theirs.

Grounded is one of their finest moments (they have a lot though)

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LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:25 am

went to this past Wednesdays central park gig (saw them at Pitchfork in July as well) and shit was a ball. shorter set that night due to the pissing rain and lightning, but that was all for the better. glad to catch pavement twice before they never ever play together again though it kills me to not hear at&t/carrotrope/harnessyourhopes live
setlist:

starlings/goldsoundz/kenneldistrict/rangelife from a few days before in williamsburg
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LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:59 am

pretty sure they skipped over the hexx and father to a sister..