(smog) thread

whorefrost · 08.11.2006, 02:59 AM

a little while ago i had a sudden urge to investigate the music of smog. i have been acquiring his albums gradually, allowing myself time to digest them. so far i have red apple falls (delightful), dongs of sevotion (in a way, even more delightful) and supper (less delightful but still splendid)
any other fans? what are yr favourites?

porkmarras · 08.11.2006, 03:20 AM

My favourite is Red Apple Falls purely for the fact that it was the first smog album proper that i've bought.I particularly like 'The blood red bird' on that one.

toxic johnny · 08.11.2006, 03:22 AM

I have Knock Knock, Supper and A River Ain't Too Much To Love.
I would heartily recommend my favourite which is Knock Knock... especially Cold Blooded Old Times.
Bill Callahan is a bit of a slow burner for me... I don't play his albums a great deal but when I do I always enjoy them... his lyrics are pure joy. He is an artist that I will explore gradually when the mood takes me... which isn't a bad thing imo.

porkmarras · 08.11.2006, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by toxic johnny

I have Knock Knock, Supper and A River Ain't Too Much To Love.
I would heartily recommend my favourite which is Knock Knock... especially Cold Blooded Old Times.
Bill Callahan is a bit of a slow burner for me... I don't play his albums a great deal but when I do I always enjoy them... his lyrics are pure joy. He is an artist that I will explore gradually when the mood takes me... which isn't a bad thing imo.

Correct as always Toxic Johnny.I don't play his music a great deal(certainly not as much as i used to) but when i do it just feels totally right to do it.

whorefrost · 08.11.2006, 05:32 AM

red apple falls was the first one i got and it is very special, i dig the blood red bird track as well. one of the few musicians me and my lady can agree on. i like dongs of sevotion cuz it's so eclectic but it still sounds like smog throughout...

porkmarras · 08.11.2006, 05:37 AM

I don't think that there is a single album of his that i dislike.Somehow it's almost as if by magic you can't dislike Smog's music.I can't explain this one right now but it feels that way with his music.'Cold blooded old times' is another one that i love and that has great lyrics to match!Oh and obviously 'I break horses'!That one is a bomb!

RdTv · 08.11.2006, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by porkmarras

I don't think that there is a single album of his that i dislike.Somehow it's almost as if by magic you can't dislike Smog's music.I can't explain this one right now but it feels that way with his music.'Cold blooded old times' is another one that i love and that has great lyrics to match!Oh and obviously 'I break horses'!That one is a bomb!

My sentiment exactly.

My favourites include: Red Apple Falls, A River Ain't Too Much To Love, Supper. In no other term can he be classified than ''slow burner''. BUT that is one really congenial burn, the kind that begs for: fall weather, cheap fiction novels and marijuana.

o o o · 08.11.2006, 06:22 AM

my favourite is probably "Knock, Knock".
i also love "Wild Love", "Julius Caesar", "Red Apple Falls", "Dongs of sevotion". the compilation of b-sides/rarities "Accumulation:none" is also really good...

and i would also recommend the EP "Kicking a couple around", which features the aforementioned wonderful "I Break Horses"...

here is a video for that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g_I_yf2mS0

porkmarras · 08.11.2006, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by o o o

my favourite is probably "Knock, Knock".
i also love "Wild Love", "Julius Caesar", "Red Apple Falls", "Dongs of sevotion". the compilation of b-sides/rarities "Accumulation:none" is also really good...

and i would also recommend the EP "Kicking a couple around", which features the aforementioned wonderful "I Break Horses"...

here is a video for that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g_I_yf2mS0

Yep that's my very first smog ep.

Toilet & Bowels · 08.11.2006, 07:26 AM

i'd go for wild love & knock knock, julius caesar is also excellent.
the only one i never realy got into was The Doctor Came At Dawn.

Signpost · 08.11.2006, 08:09 AM

I like Red Apple Falls, Dongs Of Sevotion and A River Ain't Too Much To Love.
His music is great. I don't play it much but i really like it.

Brett Robinson · 08.11.2006, 02:07 PM

the best thing about SMOG is that he fucked lisa carver. but who hasnt?!?!

his version of In the pines is interesting. i prefer chan's version of bathysphere to bill's.

krastian · 08.11.2006, 02:07 PM

I really like him. I Was a Stranger is pretty tuff to beat......yep. There are still a few of his that I haven't heard yet. He's got a pretty big catalog when you think about it.

Toilet & Bowels · 08.11.2006, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Brett Robinson

i prefer chan's version of bathysphere to bill's.

her version lacks the humour of the original in my opinion

jon boy · 08.11.2006, 02:15 PM

yeah i love smog. knock knock was a good one but i also like kicking a couple around and red apple falls. the dr came a dawn is good but not as some of the others.

narlus · 08.11.2006, 10:45 PM

The Doctor Came at Dawn is the high point, for me. such a strong, claustrophobic record, straight out of the gates w/ "You Moved In".

11.26.2007, 07:52 PM

I have been listening to him a lot, recently. I really, really, really love 'My Shelf (Electric Version)' so very much. Really, really love it. Really.

11.26.2007, 07:54 PM

[quote=toxic johnny]
I would heartily recommend my favourite which is Knock Knock... especially Cold Blooded Old Times.
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That song is so great.

loubarret · 10.22.2009, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by porkmarras

Yep that's my very first smog ep.

*brings this back from the death*

It is by far my favorite smog release, and I am a gaint smog fan/. Break horses is beautyfull but the headpoint is the Your New Friend. There never been song more painfull(and also funny in some way) about jelaosy of your ex's new boyfriend. 7 minutes of minimal guitarplaying and Bill talking over only a guitar.

Music never came almost not painfuller to this.

the ikara cult · 10.22.2009, 01:46 PM

His whole catalogue just reminds me of walking half an hour in the rain next to an A-road, uphill, to a job i hated.
Doctor Came at Dawn is the best one, but listneing to it all the way through requires a very specific frame of mind. Red Apple Falls is yr best all-purpose Smoggery. Bathysphere, Dress Sexy at my funeral, Morning Paper, Its Rough, Ex Con, Blood Red Bird, Cold Discovery, Bathroom Floor, Somewhere in the night, Lize, Four Hearts in a can. The list goes on and on.

08.11.2006, 02:59 AM	#1
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,568	a little while ago i had a sudden urge to investigate the music of smog. i have been acquiring his albums gradually, allowing myself time to digest them. so far i have red apple falls (delightful), dongs of sevotion (in a way, even more delightful) and supper (less delightful but still splendid) any other fans? what are yr favourites? __________________ hehehe
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08.11.2006, 03:20 AM	#2
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	My favourite is Red Apple Falls purely for the fact that it was the first smog album proper that i've bought.I particularly like 'The blood red bird' on that one. __________________
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08.11.2006, 03:22 AM	#3
toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	I have Knock Knock, Supper and A River Ain't Too Much To Love. I would heartily recommend my favourite which is Knock Knock... especially Cold Blooded Old Times. Bill Callahan is a bit of a slow burner for me... I don't play his albums a great deal but when I do I always enjoy them... his lyrics are pure joy. He is an artist that I will explore gradually when the mood takes me... which isn't a bad thing imo. __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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08.11.2006, 05:32 AM	#5
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,568	red apple falls was the first one i got and it is very special, i dig the blood red bird track as well. one of the few musicians me and my lady can agree on. i like dongs of sevotion cuz it's so eclectic but it still sounds like smog throughout... __________________ hehehe
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08.11.2006, 05:37 AM	#6
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	I don't think that there is a single album of his that i dislike.Somehow it's almost as if by magic you can't dislike Smog's music.I can't explain this one right now but it feels that way with his music.'Cold blooded old times' is another one that i love and that has great lyrics to match!Oh and obviously 'I break horses'!That one is a bomb! __________________
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08.11.2006, 06:22 AM	#8
o o o the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 613	my favourite is probably "Knock, Knock". i also love "Wild Love", "Julius Caesar", "Red Apple Falls", "Dongs of sevotion". the compilation of b-sides/rarities "Accumulation:none" is also really good... and i would also recommend the EP "Kicking a couple around", which features the aforementioned wonderful "I Break Horses"... here is a video for that song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g_I_yf2mS0
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08.11.2006, 07:26 AM	#10
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,213	i'd go for wild love & knock knock, julius caesar is also excellent. the only one i never realy got into was The Doctor Came At Dawn.
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08.11.2006, 08:09 AM	#11
Signpost stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Braniewo, Poland Posts: 482	I like Red Apple Falls, Dongs Of Sevotion and A River Ain't Too Much To Love. His music is great. I don't play it much but i really like it. __________________ insert some bullshit here
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08.11.2006, 02:07 PM	#12
Brett Robinson bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: easthampton Posts: 206	the best thing about SMOG is that he fucked lisa carver. but who hasnt?!?! his version of In the pines is interesting. i prefer chan's version of bathysphere to bill's.
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08.11.2006, 02:07 PM	#13
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	I really like him. I Was a Stranger is pretty tuff to beat......yep. There are still a few of his that I haven't heard yet. He's got a pretty big catalog when you think about it. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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08.11.2006, 02:15 PM	#15
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	yeah i love smog. knock knock was a good one but i also like kicking a couple around and red apple falls. the dr came a dawn is good but not as some of the others. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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08.11.2006, 10:45 PM	#16
narlus 100% Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 749	The Doctor Came at Dawn is the high point, for me. such a strong, claustrophobic record, straight out of the gates w/ "You Moved In".
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11.26.2007, 07:52 PM	#17
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I have been listening to him a lot, recently. I really, really, really love 'My Shelf (Electric Version)' so very much. Really, really love it. Really.
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11.26.2007, 07:54 PM	#18
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	[quote=toxic johnny] I would heartily recommend my favourite which is Knock Knock... especially Cold Blooded Old Times. quote] That song is so great.
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10.22.2009, 01:46 PM	#20
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	His whole catalogue just reminds me of walking half an hour in the rain next to an A-road, uphill, to a job i hated. Doctor Came at Dawn is the best one, but listneing to it all the way through requires a very specific frame of mind. Red Apple Falls is yr best all-purpose Smoggery. Bathysphere, Dress Sexy at my funeral, Morning Paper, Its Rough, Ex Con, Blood Red Bird, Cold Discovery, Bathroom Floor, Somewhere in the night, Lize, Four Hearts in a can. The list goes on and on. __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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