my morning jacket z ... wow

Red House Vincent · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:15 am

PopTodd Wrote:

Timis Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

I just saw them on Austin City Limits a couple of weeks ago.

Dirty hippies.

yeah and it was freakin awesome

yes.
yes it was.

Kinda made me feel bad for Death Cab For Cutie, the poor pansies.

Fryxell · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:43 pm

tommy two thumbs Wrote:

FT® Wrote:

I'm actually listening to the most underrated song from that entire album right now: "Lay Low."

That's definitely my jam from the album

Lay Low If The Feel Is Right (Let The Fetus Rock!!!)

FT · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:47 pm

Pink Eye'd Vincent Wrote:

Kinda made me feel bad for Death Cab For Cutie, the poor pansies.

I like DCFC, but both "live" performances I've seen of them (SNL and ACL) do not show Ben Gibbard in a flattering light as a frontman. I've never heard a weaker (not bad, just un-strong) voice onstage, yet he always manages to sound great on their albums. Does Dudley need his puffer, or something? Maybe they should Alan Parsons it and be strictly a studio band, to save any further embarassment.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

Lay Low is the best song on the record by a country mile

FT · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:49 pm

Naked Wrote:

It's a good album, especially "It Beats 4 U." The only song I don't care for much is "Off the Record."

I like 'em all, except for "Blended Babies and Flaming Felines," or whatever the hell that abomination of a song is called.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:04 pm

FT® Wrote:

I like DCFC but I've never heard a weaker (not bad, just un-strong) voice onstage, yet he always manages to sound great on their albums.

Auto-tune is your friend (if you can't sing)

Fryxell · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:06 pm

Sometimes I think "Gideon" could've been a U2 song. And I mean that as a compliment.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:03 pm

As much as I dig ALL their records I still feel 'At Dawn" (and the accompanying demos) to be the most cohesive of all the proper releases.
Some great tracks on that one.
They played Amoeba SF about 5 years ago and were so good you couldn't help feeling they were destined for something great.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

mcaputo Wrote:

I still feel 'At Dawn" (and the accompanying demos) to be the most cohesive of all the proper releases.
Some great tracks on that one.
They played Amoeba SF about 5 years ago and were so good you couldn't help feeling they were destined for something great.

"At Dawn" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Tennessee Fire" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything else

I don't dislike Z or It Still Moves but they really pale in comparison to At Dawn for me. I think if MMJ broke up, I'd probably trade in everything but "At Dawn". That's the one I always return to. I really just own the others to know the songs for live shows, and they really are pretty terrific live.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:39 pm

billy g Wrote:

mcaputo Wrote:

I still feel 'At Dawn" (and the accompanying demos) to be the most cohesive of all the proper releases.

"At Dawn" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Tennessee Fire" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything else

Whoa. With two reco's like that I guess I gotta start tracking down At Dawn.

e-stone · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:13 pm

i believe they will be officially releasing the at dawn demos sometime this year.

my preference:

at dawn >>>>>> it still moves >>> the tennessee fire >>> Z

puma · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:08 pm

Saint Wrote:

oh the envy. i need to see this band.

coachella!

i didn't like this album at first but "wordless chorus" is a great opener... and "dondants"... WOW.

the album started to grow on me.

KPH · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:10 pm

mcaputo Wrote:

FT® Wrote:

I like DCFC but I've never heard a weaker (not bad, just un-strong) voice onstage, yet he always manages to sound great on their albums.

Auto-tune is your friend (if you can't sing)

Absolutely right.

However, I think Gibbard's actual ability to sing in-tune isn't the problem. He just doesn't have a very powerful voice in the register he uses. I can sing the low notes fairly well, but I end up sounding very...quiet, because I'm much louder in a higher, more mac macaughan-friendly register.

Also, this isn't a problem MMJ will probably ever have. Fuckin' rockstars.

Timis · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:36 pm

few things

i didnt think the DCFC performance on acl was that bad. however watching the jacket next makes one realize these bands are not even in the same league.

at dawn is an awesome awesome album.

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:49 pm

At Dawn is still my favorite MMJ album as well. Not with as many >>>>>'s though.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

FT® Wrote:

Pink Eye'd Vincent Wrote:

Kinda made me feel bad for Death Cab For Cutie, the poor pansies.

I like DCFC, but both "live" performances I've seen of them (SNL and ACL) do not show Ben Gibbard in a flattering light as a frontman. I've never heard a weaker (not bad, just un-strong) voice onstage, yet he always manages to sound great on their albums. Does Dudley need his puffer, or something? Maybe they should Alan Parsons it and be strictly a studio band, to save any further embarassment.

i thought they were completely lackluster live.

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