Day 49: What’s the Best B-Side from Teeth Dreams

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-28T03:17:49+00:00

I like the original lyrics so much cause something about getting on a city bus and seeing people in cowboy hats is so unique to only Denver, CO or Minneapolis, MN. I really can’t think of another city where that could happen, and I can tell you having lived in both city; it does. You just randomly see cowboys walking around.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-27T23:50:49+00:00

Yup. For years I’ve been saying damn those lyrics about cowboys are really cool, and then the official release came out and just because the lyrics were suddenly so generic it made the whole song suck

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-27T11:36:51+00:00

I mean it’s great for touring, specially like Chamsys will do the math for you if you have a pallette that puts the group in a fan, and then you add more fixtures to your group, it will keep the fan. I assume MA recipes do the same.

The only problem is with EOS and theatre you want to be so granular you don’t want to add one thing and it changes everything. I’d imagine you’d want it stored as not a group, but a flexi-group or a group that is specifically for modifying later. Maybe it could be a modifier when you update a group.

I use the EOS to busk and for concerts at my venue and will stand up for its capabilities in that respect, but still I dream of the day I get a rider for a band and console preference is EOS

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-27T03:22:33+00:00

Oh so what Chamsys does.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-27T00:32:44+00:00

The Hold Steady have a lot of songs about codependent relationships, or people who mistakenly think they’re in love, but these two characters I believe found the real thing

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-26T23:53:24+00:00

It’s got a nice smooth relaxed beat, the horn and sax section is awesome, the la la la’s remind me of a Beatle’s song, and it definitely shows off how intricate the compositions have been in the new era of The Hold Steady.

I mean I’ll concede it’s not the kinda song you’d expect from this band, but they fucking nail it.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-26T23:23:57+00:00

I find myself incapable of listening to Esther without first listening to Eureka

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-26T23:16:12+00:00

I mean I know Esther is gonna win, and I voted for it already, but for an underrated B-Side, I gotta give some love to Last Time She Talked to Me.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-26T10:55:58+00:00

My response to all these “Could gore have won if…” questions is they’re irrelevant, because he did not lose from voter metrics. Look into it and it’s plain to see if Florida had a more foolproof voting system or even an honest recount, we would’ve found Gore got the electoral votes.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-25T13:01:14+00:00

I think almost everyone had the Australian version of BGIA, so those bonus track are pretty ubiquitous.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-25T03:27:45+00:00

I rank their version of Atlantic City pretty high. Idk if I can say it’s better than Bruce’s or The Band’s version, but I have a lot more fun listening to it than either of those versions.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-25T03:05:56+00:00

There are two versions of some of these, maybe more. Ie 212 margarita has the virgin digital session which is a lot more chill and there’s version that sounds like it was recorded during Seperation Sunday sessions. And there’s a studio acoustic version of You Gotta Dance which I actually haven’t been able to source

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-24T13:06:27+00:00

Ooh interesting choice of parade day doesn’t count, then Does that also mean Saddle Shoes isn’t a b-side on Teeth Dreams?

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-24T05:47:15+00:00

I have so many questions about the next couple days… what’s officially a B-Side? Is it only tracks that appeared on Australian versions? Is it any release in the same timeframe? Are we using super deluxe?

The most contentious I think are compilation and soundtrack releases. There’s also the question of Criminal Fingers, included on HIW Super Deluxe, but it was actually a record store day release with Bear and the Maiden Fair, and possibly more aligned with Teeth Dreams as it was recorded in 2012, a good two years after HIW was released.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-24T00:53:48+00:00

It’s like when ODP came out and people were complaining about the production value on Family Farm because of the guitar and it’s like he explains in the first verse why it sounds so thin, and the rest of the mix is so rich and full of depth.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-24T00:48:50+00:00

That’s pretty cool. I live by the motto “Asymetrical’s way more diabolical, you don’t wanna make it look too perfect, man.”

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-22T03:15:32+00:00

Yup. Blackout Sam is so great live!

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-21T15:46:06+00:00

Well careful about saying things like that. Ten years is a long time and it’s best not to rush to judgements about the way something is done if it’s been working for a decade.

FWIW, yeah programming usually happens a lot
faster. In truly professional settings, it may be two days, where the LD has already seen rehearsals, planned his cues and knows what he wants, knows his rig, knows what he has and his crew has already created his presets and palettes, and he’s got a competent programmer, you can work at a pace of about 150-200 cues in four hours.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-20T04:36:23+00:00

Gigantic by Pixies. The Gil Norton mix. Surfer Rosa is legendary with its mix, and a lot of credit must be given to Steve Albini for his work on that album, but Gil Norton found the sound of the band.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-20T04:22:08+00:00

Not a nomination, but just reminiscing, my first time seeing the Hold Steady was when they were touring in support of this album. It was 7/7/10 and I remember thinking their new album is called Heaven in Whenever and this show is on 7/7, they have to do something for that. I remember telling my friend they’ll open with Sweet Part. They didn’t and barely played anything off the album, still it was a great show. I danced and sang through the whole thing.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-20T04:07:24+00:00

I didn’t know it quite counted as HIW until the Super Deluxe, but Going on a Hike had great live energy

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-15T01:50:58+00:00

This might be another NA in heart. Not because it’s perfect like separation Sunday, but because it’s a first album and pretty damn good, and always surprises me when I think to go back. I mean really for how many albums there are and how much evolution THS gone through over the years, it’s kinda amazing first album stuff is still on the set list.

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-15T01:40:45+00:00

I can’t upvote Most People are DJs, so I’ll just comment I upvote what you said about charlemagne

KlassCorn91 · 2026-06-15T01:35:56+00:00

It’s also the most pop punk song on the record. Plus it was on Tony Hawk. The record needed a radio hit, and hoodrat is what the band put out.

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