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| 1. Freak Scene |
| 2. No Bones |
| 3. They Always Come |
| 4. Yeah We Know |
| 5. Let It Ride |
| 6. Pond Song |
| 7. Budge |
| 8. The Post |
| 9. Don’t |
| 10. Keep The Glove (Bonus Track) |
| 11. Freak Scene (Video) (Bonus Track) |
| 12. No Bones (Video) (Bonus Track) |
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The career of J Mascis, the man who is Dinosaur Jr, has included playing - briefly - with notorious excrement-throwing dead junkie shock-rocker GG Allin, and refusing to STOP playing on TFI Friday (they just ran the ads over his guitar solo in the end). He's also made a few sterling country-grunge albums, and one heartstoppingly beautiful country-grunge album: 'Bug'.
If Neil Young is the godfather of grunge, J is the man who gave the baby its godfather's address. He has the vocal twang, the guitar twang, the hopeless romantic heartstring twang that Young unwittingly bequeathed to a generation of slackers. He also has Hendrix's pedals, Steve Jones's venom, and every stoned teenager's chagrin at the way things just fail to come together. 'Freak Scene', an indie hit and this album's searing opener, has the lot. On every subsequent track J turns it up another notch - the melancholy, the wah-wah - until the final track, 'Don't', a double barrage of twisted guitars with the line 'Why don't you like me?' barked, screamed and whined repeatedly for five minutes or so.
I don't know why 'Bug' isn't in the shops, why it isn't in top tens, why it isn't the constant companion of the love-lorn and world-weary - at least those of them with a sense of humour. There may be sound musical historical reasons; perhaps 'Bug' was just out on its own, before Young's total rehabilitation and the onset of Nirvana, too far away from the urban artsiness of Sonic Youth, too dewy-eyed for the Amphetamine Reptile crew who dominated underground American rock at the time, too American to break into the burgeoning shoe-gazing scene in the UK.
And I don't really care, because I still have my copy of 'Bug' - nine absolute gems, the highlight probably being the second half of 'They Always Come', when the track segues from Ramones-like garage punk into a soaring psychedelic groove, yearning but ultimately resigned. No, after all I don't care whether anyone else has this. I think I'd rather keep it all for myself.
Perhaps the most interesting thing that this album did was overthrow the critical wisdom of the day by proving you could rock out without sacrificing your integrity.
'Freak Scene' is great but 'Let it Ride' is just as good, and although "You're Living All Over Me" is now touted as the definitive 'classic DJnr album', I've always preferred this myself. Don't agonise, just get it.
There's nothing much that separates this Dinosaur Jr. album from the previous one. The lyrics are just as obscure, the guitar playing is as legendary as ever and the vocal performance isn't up to par. Classic Dinosaur Jr. formula, but with a different production style! Lou's bass is actually heard (fancy that) and the drumming sounds terrific. It feels like a really good live band, if you think about it.
An excellent follow-up to `You're Living All over Me'
a band who also helped pave the way for the latter 'grunge' scenc,dinosaur jr have had a big impact on me,i think... Read more
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