Lockdown Listen: Dinosaur Jr: We Ain't Sayin

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Murph and Lou Barlow [the latter bacon the fold after a couple or three albums]

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[kath]

Major Neil Young vibe with this band and this album.

I say that like it's a good thing, natch!

maybe that's why i love it so.

mind ya, i think i hear neil young everywhere i go.

The guitar here, from J Mascis, does have NY influences, but he also goes in a very different direction often.

This is obviously the guy of the two of them who hung out with the Pixies, Bob Mould, and Nirvana etc as opposed to Stephen Stills and Nils Lofgren.

Sonic Youth is a match for both guitarists.

the beezle luvved sonic youth!

[toomanyhatz]

Really nice string arrangement - not exactly expected from them!

[C]

ya gotta be yer core yew.

Indubitably.

Yay!

[LMG]

The banjo player tells us the scores:

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3bdx ... r-j-mascis

This album is at number three.

Interesting that he talks mainly about Nirvana when discussing this album. I would say this album is very far from anything Nirvana ever did.

Which may well be the point, and certainly does not contradict anything he says there.

[C]

Is that kettle drums?

Timpanni





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[kath]

ya gotta be yer core yew.

Indubitably.

mwhaha... ya ya

[C]

He can certainly shred a guitar that lad!





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[kath]

Really nice string arrangement - not exactly expected from them!

it came outta nowhere for meeee, luvved it

[C]

Foot tapping' stuff!





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[Spock!]

Is that kettle drums?

Timpanni





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To me, kettle drums!

[C]

Really nice string arrangement - not exactly expected from them!

it came outta nowhere for meeee, luvved it

On later albums they actually use a mellotron eg on I Bet on Sky







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[C]

Is that kettle drums?

Timpanni





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To me, kettle drums!

Yes. The big buggers





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[kath]

Is that kettle drums?

Timpanni





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To me, kettle drums!

okay. for the person here who neeeeeds every damn instrument... what is the difference?

[kath]

lovely surprises all thru this

[C]

They do the slow stuff so well with so much angst!

Nice melody






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[kath]

Really nice string arrangement - not exactly expected from them!

it came outta nowhere for meeee, luvved it

On later albums they actually use a mellotron eg on I Bet on Sky







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oh my.

[Spock!]

Timpanni





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To me, kettle drums!

okay. for the person here who neeeeeds every damn instrument... what is the difference?

I don't think there is - timpani are definitely members of the kettle drum family.

[Spock!]

Not a clue what he's singing about, but it sounds very tender.

[LMG]

He can certainly shred a guitar that lad!





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I would say that after you get over the Neil Young comparisons his guitar work is fairly unique.

He certainly gets a lot of props from the geetar press:

https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-13 ... inosaur-jr
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/in ... inosaur-jr

I like that phrase used to describe his work - 'sublime articulation'.

I employ a similar expression to describe my message board postings.