I'm in the minority, but I'd rank the s/t above the rest. I know the recording is bad, but the parts on that record are just beautifully intricate.

cmay wrote:1009 wrote:I'm in the minority, but I'd rank the s/t above the rest. I know the recording is bad, but the parts on that record are just beautifully intricate.+1 I love the s/t.And always beautifully melodic, generally in the vocals but occasionally in the guitars as well. This is one thing that Jawbox always did incredibly well, while many others they get lumped with (noise rock, post-punk) treated melody with scorn or contempt. No matter how abrasive or dissonant the music is, Robbins always finds a way to thread a compelling vocal melody through it. (And how he plays those parts and sings at the same time is completely beyond me.)

154 wrote:It's interesting to hear Robbins say the Channels album is his favorite thing. Even the people I know who are super into his stuff are usually a little 'meh' about that one.I haven't listened yet, but that does surprise me. The full-length has always struck me as very awkward and forced-sounding, Now we are being Political in an unambiguous way. The Channels EP is great, though. (Of course they took the worst song off it to re-record for the full-length.)

phpBB [media]This was a hell of a lot of fun. My vox are a little embarrassing, but the other guys here brought a hell of rock.

1009 wrote:I'm in the minority, but I'd rank the s/t above the rest. I know the recording is bad, but the parts on that record are just beautifully intricate.+1 I love the s/t.

1009 wrote:I'm in the minority, but I'd rank the s/t above the rest. I know the recording is bad, but the parts on that record are just beautifully intricate.Completely agreed! And I love FYOSS as well, but I think the s/t is the best recording. The recording is... different... but i've never thought of it as bad. The stuff that took me a long time to get into was the early stuff, maybe because I worked backwards.Love all the singles and rarities too.

I listened to For Your Own Special Sweetheart many years ago when I was trying to get into weirder punk, like Fugazi and Quicksand and Refused and all that. Literally can't remember anything except Savory, which is a fucking killer song.Jawbox is also a really awesome band name.I'll say Not Crap, but I think I really need to revisit this band to either solidify my opinion or prove it wrong. Should I go for FYOSS, or should I check out something else, PRFers?

numberthirty wrote:Going from memory, "Storytime(In The Street Of Spies) was from a Channels record, wasn't it? I was actually pretty keen on that tune.It's from the way better than the LP EP.This song is particularly great I think.phpBB [media]

1009 wrote:154 wrote:It's interesting to hear Robbins say the Channels album is his favorite thing. Even the people I know who are super into his stuff are usually a little 'meh' about that one.I haven't listened yet, but that does surprise me. The full-length has always struck me as very awkward and forced-sounding, "Now we are being Political in an unambiguous way." The Channels EP is great, though. (Of course they took the worst song off it to re-record for the full-length.)Going from memory, "Storytime(In The Street Of Spies) was from a Channels record, wasn't it? I was actually pretty keen on that tune.

Now that I think about the full length, I guess I could see some of the first half being a little too "classic rock" for some folks. I thought it was pretty solid.