If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed-up

gregor | December 7th, 2007 - 8:49 am

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i know these guys, yeasayer, have seemingly been all the rage throughout the blogosphere, but i have yet to figure em out. you guys got an opinion?

sunrises

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yeasayer site

for the first three mercury rev records i was a pretty mild mannered fan. i dug em, but i just always felt there was something missing or something i couldnt connect with. then they released deserter’s songs. where their first three releases were much like the long strange shroom trips, deserter’s songs was/is like a waltzing innocently into a child’s nightmare. even with this underlying sense of wickedness, deserter’s songs is a beautiful record and as far as i’m concerned, there’s no other record quite like it. a true classic.

here they are playing at the corner hotel in melbourne on 9.30.99. it was broadcasted on 10.18.99 on jjj – i am presuming that its an australian radio station.

1. tonite it shows

2. delta sun bottleneck stomp

3. carwash hair

4. holes

5. coney island cyclone

6. i collect coins

7. chasing a bee

8. peaceful night

9. opus 40/once in a lifetime

opus 40

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=fusKcZjj7dg]

goddess on a hiway

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=5mAop0p0EnE]

 

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6 Responses to “If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed-up”

  1. Ass Hat says:

    links aren’t working for the rev show. which is a shame – i saw them supporting bob mould about a month after this show and they were mighty fine. especially the talking heads cover.

  2. gregor says:

    they are working fine for me… please dont tell me you are using safari?

  3. My Name is Jon says:

    i remember buying Deserter’s Songs the day it came out. I also remember taking it back the next day and saying falsely that it was a dupe birthday present, but honestly because it was possibly on of the worst albums i had at the time, ever heard. I was always a massive Yerself is Steam fan, i just felt that DS had nothing going for it.

  4. gregor says:

    have you listened to it since jon? while i dig yerself is steam, i just listened to it recently and time has not been so kind.

  5. [...] opus 40/once in a lifetime same show, which can be found in its entirety, here. [...]

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