Nick Clark Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 Fugazi is probably my favorite band of all time, though that is not easy to settle on. I started listening to them way back at age 14 (in 1992), so you'll have to forgive some of their more leftist lyrics (some brilliant, others not as much.) For FDR listeners, I thought you might appreciate the topic of this song, "Stacks." The lyrics are all about language and its illusory effects. My favorite line from this song is "America's just a word, but I use it." This was always one of my favorite songs of theirs, but I can appreciate it even more these days. Have a listen:
Heath Long Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Fugazi completely holds up over time. They remind me of Jane's Addiction in that the music they made 20 years ago does not date itself. I think only modest mouse has more songs in my play lists.
Nick Clark Posted January 4, 2013 Author Posted January 4, 2013 They certainly do. They were always ahead of their time, and continued to evolve and experiment all along the way. As for Modest Mouse, I am still a huge fan of Lonesome Crowded West and Building Nothing out of Something. Doin' the Cockroach, Heart Cooks Brain, and Teeth Like God's Shoeshine still regularly make it into my rotation. I stopped listening to their new stuff after The Moon and Antarctica, which was also a quality record.
Heath Long Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 I like the older Modest Mouse catalog more myself, but their last album is very strong. There are the songs like Dashboard that I could live without, but March Into the Sea, Steam Engenius, and Parting of the Sensory can stand up to anything else I have heard from them. Lonesome Crowded West is their best album, in my opinion. I have seen them live a few times and it has been a lot of fun. I have a problem with Fugazi. "Song Number One" is the worst ear bug I get. If I think of that song in the morning I will be hearing it in my sleep for a week. I love the song, but I cannot listen to it or even think about it. I mention it now because I woke up to it playing in my head again this morning, I suppose it is not the fault of Fugazi that I have this music player in my head, and that at times certain tracks get stuck for days at a time.
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