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ThrasherBear
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 122
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:35 am Post subject: Straightaways reconsidered |
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Straightaways was treated unfairly by some reviewers, compared and contrasted with Trace. I think about it like a baseball team. Trace may be more consistent top to bottom, but the top of the Straightaways order is so great, with an MVP hitting cleanup. That "murderers row" of Caryatid Easy, Back into your World, Picking up the Signal and Left a Slide is in my opinion the best 4 song set in Jay's amazing catalogue. A team can win it all with its 1-4 hitters playing at All-star levels, and so it is with Straightaways! (To carry the analogy to absurdity--Left a Slide is like Barry Bonds--maybe the greatest ever, but banished. It's time for Barry in the HOF and Left a Slide in the setlist!). 😊 |
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TragicFig
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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Agree with all Thrasher, but Barry in the Hall? You go too far, Sir!  _________________ Free the minds of the those who gainsay. |
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Anagirds
Joined: 24 Jan 2018 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:30 am Post subject: |
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If it is good then it will be great and then we will have to follow. |
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Hoops

Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 1903 Location: Loftus Road
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Anagirds wrote: |
If it is good then it will be great and then we will have to follow. |
That’s what I have tattooed on my lower back! |
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el caballo loco

Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 1475
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hoops wrote: |
Anagirds wrote: |
If it is good then it will be great and then we will have to follow. |
That’s what I have tattooed on my lower back! |
Wise beyond your years. |
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ThrasherBear
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 122
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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Ha--just got the email. Giants retiring #25 this summer. He may have been a jerk, but he was OUR jerk! |
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TragicFig
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Great. You can retire his number and his XXXXXXXL batting helmet too!  _________________ Free the minds of the those who gainsay. |
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mukeiei Guest
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:10 am Post subject: Thanks |
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I agree with what you say. You speak the most well, I'll keep going. Thanks for sharing this story.
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widespreadchanges

Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 495 Location: Nova Scotia
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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I came back to snicker and grin about the baseball and straightaways reconsidered. Made my Minutes. My only addition is you're right. Maybe it is a good album, one of my faves, but the later end of the SV album does not register to me as well as WST and TRACE> so haha If I were to excuse in Ronald Acuna Jr. in for cuts to the field....I would, upon the braves, wish Kurt Suzuki could play more often, because the batting order seeems like a straightaways w/out you...hmm excuse me without you....after all. put aside..finally gonna.. Thanks ThrasherBear |
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wheelhousetunes
Joined: 10 Jun 2013 Posts: 10
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:20 am Post subject: |
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Last Minute Shakedown and No More Parades are two of my favorites. |
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thatbeat

Joined: 16 Jun 2003 Posts: 833 Location: Asheville
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Since Jay works in cycles, the middle album with SV 1.0 sits really well with me. There are songs on there that I'd die if he'd bring back to his live shows. Sometimes WST seemed like a contract fulfillment but then I listen again and think, god that's good too.
I'm anxious for more music.
That is all. |
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TragicFig
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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I'm hoping the summer SV electric shows have some surprises that weren't in last year's sets. Some Straightaways, WST, or OATMOR tunes would be nice, and maybe even break out a couple of "new" encore covers...  _________________ Free the minds of the those who gainsay. |
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barclocksays3am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 1116 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Creosote is my fav tune but the whole record is solid |
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widespreadchanges

Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 495 Location: Nova Scotia
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Creosote is awesome. I would buy J Farrar new sheets if he were a millionaire. I would leave if he acknowledged my existence. Which one of you broke Ronald Acuna's computer mouse hand? |
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Trellis

Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 980 Location: Peterborough, ON
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:52 am Post subject: |
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Still my favorite SV album! It was the first one I heard, and I got to see them in Montreal when it was still relatively new, so there's a big nostalgia thing for me and the album too. jay and the gang looked so cool. As others have pointed out, those first five tracks are simply amazing. _________________ learnin the ropes ok |
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