G10 wrote:that one song, savory, rules.
i agree but i have an issue with the continual misrepresentation of this song. i have read that this is a 'love song' on several occasions in different publications. for example -
trouser press wrote:"Savory," an uneasy love song sung to an angel (real or metaphoric, it's impossible to tell), welds a mesmerizing melody to an enigmatic hook — "one hand will wash the other."
eh? surely this is a song about sexism and the objectification of women. ("whatever position we consider fit to put you in you protest your complicity" / "i'm all eyes and you're all you need to be." )
jawbox also set a precedent in terms of dischord bands weathering an internal storm - kim coletta left j.robbins for bill barbot, whom he had only just welcomed into the band. i'll bet their tour-van was
very interesting during that era. of course drummer adam wade obviously did the 'smart' thing and jumped ship to shudder to think to avoid unnecessary tension. or so he thought -
nathan larson wrote:Drummer Adam Wade probably had the most difficult job from a technical standpoint: the stuff we had written was extremely taxing, and Ted Nicely went way overboard in his quest for the perfect drum-take. This was before digital systems like Pro-Tools allowed for all manner of editing and looping, and Adam was worked nearly to the point of tears. It was hard to watch, but I kind of figured it was a necessary part of the process, though I know now it was overly anal. Ted had this evil machine called the Russian Dragon, which was hooked up to the click track and the bass drum, and would give you a digital measurement of the kick drums position relative to the click. It was horrible to sit there in the control room, all eyes glued to the moving red lights of that nasty little box, looking instead of listening, praying the machine would spit out it’s approval so that we might proceed to the next bit of business. This was not uncommon practice back then, so I don’t blame Ted for taking this approach; now it appalls me to think of it, and I truly feel for Adam. He had it tough.
....followed by universal rejection and craig wedren's cancer scare. poor senor wade!
there are some pretty crap jawbox videos
here if you want to see them awkwardly glancing at the camera every three seconds while miming to their 'hits'.
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