True. They finished with it when I saw them and it was so pedestrian I left before it was finished (I had to catch a bus, though). They threw a guitar around nearly everyone on stage and they just stood there going through the motions. I felt sorry for Reynolds Washam.
Also re: ‘Happy Dust’ I can’t see it working on DSOTS unless as intro to an extra disc or something. That might just be because of Sphinctour but it doesn’t really fit in with other Dark Side tracks even more so than Bad Blood.
Was’nt the whole summertime story something like a lady calling to audition for something at trax and paul pretending to be some agent while the rest of the band listened (and giggled).
the summertime song is awesome. definitely right out of left field and very surprising but hilarious, after the crushing insanity of the album. Anyone who doesn’t see the humor here really does need to lighten up.
It reminds me a bit of ‘lick doo’ off Kyuss’ ‘welcome to Sky Valley’, just a very obscure, light-hearted and mildly disturbing way to cap off such a visionary, unrelenting album. These hidden tracks offer a lot of character to both those classics.
Eureka Pile and Nursing home are the best two on the album. I think Nursing home is a tad too long which keeps it from being #1 but that Bass line is GOLD!! I love the sound of Eureka Pile and the atmosphere that it creates the lyrics are great.
Nursing Home does indeed rule on this album. One of their best post Filth Pig tracks.
I wish this album had been released on vinyl. That cover art is just too good not to have it in 12" glory.
Yeah this definatly should get a vinyl release. I believe its about the length of an lp without the 11 or so minutes of silence. Perhaps knock off some of that silence to still fit Linda Summertime. The album wouldnt be the same without it
So, I tried to find the BEST thread to share this in but I figured this was the closest. Sue me.
Apparently, some eagle eared bastard on Wikipedia claimed the last minute of 10/10 was a tribute and/or homage to some sax notes played on Charles Mingus’ “Group Dancers”, which was a segment of a longer song on Black Saint & the Sinner Lady:
Max is from a jazz background as far as influence, so it’s not surprising I guess, for all anyone knows he was just freestyling some material he already knew and it just ended up there. I think it’s cool - I’m a fan of Mingus, though I don’t own this record though (I own 3 others, looking for more…)
