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verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2022 9:48 pm

The live album on Spotify is cool

dad · **Joined:** Fri June 24, 2016 2:49 pm **Posts:** 16507

washing machine wrote:

It's criminal how unfamiliar I am with Dinosaur Jr., given my general taste.

I never really did too much about this post. Maybe this band just isn't for me.

Perhaps someone I trust can convince me otherwise. vinylguy? self?

I think that given their influence on Kurt Vile, there’s something from the early days you could sink into.

washing machine · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2022 9:53 pm

I mean, I'm familiar with their sound on those 90s records but I don't know any of them by heart. I owned Hand it Over and of course Green Mind is a classic. Freak Scene from 1991: The Year Punk Broke is a killer performance. Yet I just don't live and breath this discography like I do some of their contemporaries (Sonic Youth, Pavement...)

Maybe it would help if someone would explain the band's dynamics to me? Just three guys, right? J, Lou and that drummer? Who writes the songs? Do these guys get along? Was there a "turning point" album within this band's discography that changed the sound or anything?

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15095

washing machine wrote:

Maybe it would help if someone would explain the band's dynamics to me? Just three guys, right? J, Lou and that drummer?

Yes (the drummer is Murph). That's the original Dinosaur Jr line-up that existed in the 80s, and later reunited circa mid 00s.

washing machine wrote:

Who writes the songs?

J mainly, but Lou also writes a few. He sings those.

washing machine wrote:

Do these guys get along?

They didn't used to, which is why the band split originally, but I think they do now.

Circa late 80s, Lou left the band, J and Murph carried on with other bassists. By the early 90s, Murph was out too. The band was more or less a J side project at this point, but he eventually mended fences with both Lou and Murph and they decided to pick things up and continue. This version of the band has now been pretty consistent again for 15+ years, so that's nice for everyone.

washing machine wrote:

Was there a "turning point" album within this band's discography that changed the sound or anything?

I think You're Living All Over Me, their second album, is close to being that.

washing machine · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2022 10:29 pm

That might be just the push I needed. Thanks spenno.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36080

I would recommend their first album with the original lineup back, Its called Beyond, and i fucking love it.

bart · **Joined:** Tue January 08, 2013 10:23 pm **Posts:** 3235

I don’t think Reid will like them

washing machine · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2022 12:02 am

VinylGuy wrote:

I would recommend their first album with the original lineup back, Its called Beyond, and i fucking love it.

Will check out post haste. Thanks vg brother

washing machine · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2022 12:10 am

bart wrote:

I don’t think Reid will like them

Why not?

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36080

washing machine wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

I would recommend their first album with the original lineup back, Its called Beyond, and i fucking love it.

Will check out post haste. Thanks vg brother

washing machine · **Posted:** Thu June 02, 2022 12:49 am

VinylGuy wrote:

I would recommend their first album with the original lineup back, Its called Beyond, and i fucking love it.

Gave Beyond a listen on a run a couple of days ago. I didn't realize I knew "Crumble" from that album so well. Not sure why I've heard it that often, it's not on radio around here or anything. Guess it just shows up on a lot of playlists. Enjoyed the album. Definitely the classic Dino Jr. sound that I'm familiar with.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36080

washing machine wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

I would recommend their first album with the original lineup back, Its called Beyond, and i fucking love it.

Gave Beyond a listen on a run a couple of days ago. I didn't realize I knew "Crumble" from that album so well. Not sure why I've heard it that often, it's not on radio around here or anything. Guess it just shows up on a lot of playlists. Enjoyed the album. Definitely the classic Dino Jr. sound that I'm familiar with.

yeah, its a great album! It was kind of a surprise back in the day not only that those guys were back together but that they manage to make a classic album with so many great songs.

I Got Lost remains as one of my favorite from their catalogue.

dad · **Joined:** Fri June 24, 2016 2:49 pm **Posts:** 16507

has anyone gone to a screening of the documentary?

if so, thoughts?

washing machine · **Posted:** Thu June 02, 2022 12:55 am

VinylGuy wrote:

washing machine wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

I would recommend their first album with the original lineup back, Its called Beyond, and i fucking love it.

Gave Beyond a listen on a run a couple of days ago. I didn't realize I knew "Crumble" from that album so well. Not sure why I've heard it that often, it's not on radio around here or anything. Guess it just shows up on a lot of playlists. Enjoyed the album. Definitely the classic Dino Jr. sound that I'm familiar with.

yeah, its a great album! It was kind of a surprise back in the day not only that those guys were back together but that they manage to make a classic album with so many great songs.

I Got Lost remains as one of my favorite from their catalogue.

"This is All I Came to Do" stood out for me. Whole album is getting another listen very soon. When I'm on a run it all kind of bleeds together, but these guitars are good for that sort of thing.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36080

oh yeah thats a greeeat song.

verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Thu June 02, 2022 2:06 am

washing machine wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

washing machine wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

I would recommend their first album with the original lineup back, Its called Beyond, and i fucking love it.

Gave Beyond a listen on a run a couple of days ago. I didn't realize I knew "Crumble" from that album so well. Not sure why I've heard it that often, it's not on radio around here or anything. Guess it just shows up on a lot of playlists. Enjoyed the album. Definitely the classic Dino Jr. sound that I'm familiar with.

yeah, its a great album! It was kind of a surprise back in the day not only that those guys were back together but that they manage to make a classic album with so many great songs.

I Got Lost remains as one of my favorite from their catalogue.

"This is All I Came to Do" stood out for me. Whole album is getting another listen very soon. When I'm on a run it all kind of bleeds together, but these guitars are good for that sort of thing.

The end of Pick Me Up rips

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36080

saw these guys show at a festival at Fuji this year and damn! they were so good

Hope i can see them someday again

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