Warehouse was my starting point. I wasn’t even aware of who they were until the summer of 1988 which of course is the year they split up. Somehow I stumbled on this cassette at a friend’s house and I was hooked. A lot of people shit all over Warehouse and yes it was kind of weak when compared to albums like Zen Arcade, New Day Rising and Flip Your Wig but it holds a special place in my heart because it’s where I came into the Husker World. “Could You Be The One?” and “Tell You Why Tomorrow” are my 2 fave tracks.
@Thedarkstuff7 ай бұрын
Warehouse is a decent album, of course. It was the first one I heard, as well.
@jkf91673 жыл бұрын
When I saw Husker Du in 1984 a couple of weeks before Zen Arcade came out, they were already playing most of New Day Rising. Of course, at the time, I only knew it as really awesome new stuff. They had so much creative power. Anyway, my list would have been 8) Land Speed Record, 7) Candy Apple Grey (I found it to be a bummer, and not the good kind), 6) Warehouse, 5) Everything Falls Apart. For the remaining 4 records they could do no wrong, really. They could be in any order. But I'd choose, 4) Metal Circus, 3) New Day Rising (perhaps the best songs, but the sound was so hazy, even by Husker standards), 2) Zen Arcade, 1) FLIP YOUR WIG. Divide and Conquer is my favorite song, period.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Divide and Conquer is one of my favorites, as well.
@APAL8803 жыл бұрын
I came to the comments mostly to see if anyone specifically mentioned Divide and Conquer. Wow, what a song! It's very powerful and very original. And I don't like "political" music, but the common-sense, prophetic, anti-globalist lyrics of that song take it to an even higher level.
@Finsami713 жыл бұрын
Good points ..but funnily i think New Day Rising is the best sounding of them
@gregnewman2512 Жыл бұрын
Did Husker Du ever put "Erase Today" on a proper album. I have it on the SST sampler "the Blasting Concept." Great, great tune.
@jeffreyheronemus19173 жыл бұрын
Metal Circus is top 3. It was the most invasive album in the Indy scene in the mid 80's. Metal Circus was one of the handful of albums everyone had in the 80's that was into everything Indy and crossed lines. It wasn't just in the collection but an album that was always pulled out and ready to play.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
It is great and I love the extra tracks that emerged on the 'Savage Young Du' box set.
@APAL8803 жыл бұрын
great video! you seem to know your stuff but you're not snobby at all and you actually gave these records the time/thought they deserve.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@robertmccauley7543 жыл бұрын
Big love for that #1 pick. I’ve long considered it my favorite as well.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
They kinda created 90s alternative rock right there in 1985.
@robertmccauley7543 жыл бұрын
@@Thedarkstuff I'm from California but I have a buddy who lives in Saudi Arabia and I used this video to guide him on his Husker journey. His favorite after a day or two is Candy Apple. Probably the best starting point for someone without much context of the scene.
@Ballonpoire393 жыл бұрын
Great video. Everything falls apart live at the camden palace is so great!! With grant on the back vocals its now one of my top 10 songs!!
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Grant did a lot of great backing/harmony vocals. It was a huge part of the sound.
@Ballonpoire393 жыл бұрын
@@Thedarkstuff Amazing voice he had
@Paneeks19603 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic ranking Dave. I couldn't have chosen another person to honor and rank the music of Hüsker Dü. I was very happy with your top three. I thought I knew their career, the albums and info on the band since I first heard them in the early eighties. But you knew just about everything about them. Killer intro as well. Loved your top three picks. Way to go Dave~ Rob/Boston
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rob! I was pretty sure you were a Husker fan. Glad you enjoyed the video.
@jamesnetwall11933 жыл бұрын
Excellence! Thank you sir this is a band that I am baffled is to why they get so little attention on KZfaq. Even Bob Mould hardly ever seems to get much attention when his albums come out this band along with the screaming trees or ones that I fell have been grossly overlooked so I appreciate the video you are as always amazing and I continue to be a fan. thank you
@nandosiol2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that!
@ToniFustel3 жыл бұрын
Great video, VIVA Husker Du!!
@jasonsolomon4745 Жыл бұрын
I came across this video after playing a Husker Du video and I must say, I really like your approach and analogy in regards to their discography. Nice work.
@Thedarkstuff Жыл бұрын
Thanks. It's one of my most popular videos despite the fact that I look like I just woke up from a lengthy coma!
@aleksandarfrick26563 жыл бұрын
1. New Day Raising 2. Flip Your Wig 3. Warehouse : songs and stories 4. Candy Apple Gray 5. Zen Arcade
@krustydaklown73983 жыл бұрын
New Day Rising was the first tape I got and the first song I heard... set me up for a turn back towards melody with the noise of punk and metal I grew to love in my youth... many years later got Grant to sign the tape at a Nova Mob gig... love all their albums !
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching.
@spnhm3411 ай бұрын
Man, what a great list. I’d have Warehouse a bit higher. Friend, You’ve Got To Fall and Up In The Air were such great Bob songs, among others. But this is just great because it’s Hüsker Dü, and that’s always going to be awesome
@Thedarkstuff11 ай бұрын
I have a more harsh view of Warehouse than many HD fans. Those two songs you mentioned are incredible, and Bob has lots more, too. But, like I said in the video, Grant's stuff wasn't as good on that album. And I love Grant's songs.
@GrandmasHandbag3 жыл бұрын
Hiya Dave. What to say but a fan-friggin-tastic video here, and you're the perfect guy in the VC to bring it to us all. I'm with you on your reasoning for metal circus. Not every discography has the luxury of being clean and linear, but counting metal circus shows their progression. To be honest I never thought of land speed record as a live album, they're in esteemed company with the mc5! As to your reasoning for particular songs and the general flow (eg the instrumentals up the end of flip your wig) as well as the points on production (if anything, the one thing that holds their music back from worldwide mainstream acceptance) - I really can't argue. You make a ton of great points over whose songs are in the ascendant and whose are less dominant, in the same way lennon and McCartney had thru their tenure. And yes, Mould and Hart are that important!! You speak eloquently about these albums cos you've lived with them 30+ years now. As for ranking I'd probably be Zen/New Day/Warehouse/Flip/candy, and flip only because it's my least known of those 5. Of course I need to revisit now! Again, great stuff Dave, really enjoyed this :) cheers, Dean
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Wow, Dean, thanks so much for the kind words. It's good to hear from someone with obvious knowledge of the band. It's funny because a lot of people these days are less familiar with 'Flip Your Wig' than they used to be. Will from Vinyl Potato said the same thing. Well, re-visit if you must. I still stand by keeping it as my #1. Thanks so much.
@HuskerF-inDu3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! I'd definitely have to go with Zen Arcade and New Day Rising as 1 and 2 though
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Flip, New Day Rising, and Zen could all be #1. It's hard to rank.
@HuskerF-inDu3 жыл бұрын
@@Thedarkstuff No doubt about it. I think it's one of those things where the order goes by which album you got at a certain time. They've been my favorite band for decades and I've always flip flopped over the years on the order of them. It's a great problem to have since they never put out a bad album. I'm glad The Living End wasn't included either. It's a decent album but there are probably 20 better live bootlegs out there that sounded so much more real and accurate. The Spin Radio concert and Camden Palace shows definitely come to mind.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
@@HuskerF-inDu Yeah, Living End is flawed, but it's still an enjoyable listen. When I saw Greg Norton in 2019, he thought my vinyl copy was a bootleg. He'd never seen it on vinyl before.
@iggypopisgod93 жыл бұрын
As seminal as Husker was, they had some glaring faults, mostly on the production side. The white noise guitar wall dominated their early records and their live show, often obscuring chords, notes, and vocals. This may seem nitpicky, but it is an important part of their history, and major reason why they never advanced beyong college rock circles in the 80s. That being said, musically they advanced at an astonishing rate, releasing 2 dbl lps in a few years. Hardcore purist fans write off the WB releases, and that is a mistake. Song for song, Candy Apple Grey is their most consistent work imho. Obviously it is not as groundbreaking as the sprawling Zen Arcade, but the conventional arguement of dbl lps does have some validity: most would be more effective as a single release. However, Zen is far from a conventional album, and one of the uncompromising records of the 80s. Wig and New day could have easily been another dbl lp, as both records share similar attributes, and in terms of ranking, essentially cancel each other out. Warehouse is a polarizing record that contains some of their best work, although from a listener standpoint, sounds like 2 solo albums combined into one.
@HuskerF-inDu3 жыл бұрын
@@iggypopisgod9 The big issue regarding their early releases is there were far superior quality demos and live tapes out there. One huge one is the Colin Mansfield demos/Northern Light demos. Those were basically their first ever recordings of their sound to come. It wasn't all LSR/Everything Falls Apart type hard-core. You could already here the melodic sounds and Zen Arcade type style early on. I really don't mind the Spot produced stuff because it had that raw sound to it. But yeah, to a conventional listener or (shitty) commercial radio audience; it definitely wouldn't appeal to the masses. Regardless of all that, Husker Du is arguably a top 3 most influential band of the past 40 years.
@jayfrank1913 Жыл бұрын
I saw them at the HUB Ballroom in Seattle in '86 and stood in front of their Marshall stacks just feeling the breeze, without any ear protection. I am surprised I can still hear pretty well at 58. I can't imagine what the band went through in terms of their hearing. It was my only Du show. I'd rank everything after Flip Your Wig at plus LSR (which established their speed punk roots) at the bottom. I guess I'd put Zen Arcade (the first one I heard) or New Day Rising (depending on how much time you have) at the top. I think that's pretty typical of many fans. Great Video!
@Thedarkstuff Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yeah, most people say Zen Arcade, and it's, obviously, incredible. I'll always have something for Flip Your Wig.
@michelleb48343 жыл бұрын
Totally in agreement with your ranking. Flig Your Wig has always been my favorite as well. Nicely done.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Michelle.
@desertrockunited11 ай бұрын
The Flip Your Wig commentary is 100% on point, good work! I wonder if this would have been their major label debut vs CAG if their career would have been different.
@masseyhemenway42983 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video, however, there is one area about Husker Du I don't think gets it's due and that is the lyrics. Some of their songs lyrically are so far ahead of their time. Take Real World which is an "Anti Punk" punk song. Divide and Conquer- a song about the internet and global technical digital connectivity written a decade BEFORE the internet came to be. These are only two of MANY examples of just how deep this band was. Which, I suppose, can attribute to why we are still talking about them 30 odd years later....
@tmkreh863511 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this. I agree with the general sentiment. New Day Rising was my introduction to the band and is always one of my favorites. For some reason, Flip Your Wig comes 4th for me after NDR, Zen and CAR. Powerline is also one of my favorites - so underrated. As for Zen Arcade, it'd be #1 for me if it just contained sides 2 and 3. Well, with the 1st three songs thrown in there.
@Thedarkstuff11 ай бұрын
Agreed that Zen Arcade is too long. Thanks for watching.
@BeatlesEddieV2 жыл бұрын
Love Bob Mould, Husker du and Grant Hart
@martinevensen4063 жыл бұрын
Husker du wow what a band they are best
@CaptainAndy11 ай бұрын
Some great picks. I’d struggle to rank Husker Du’s discography personally as my opinion changes from season to season, but I tend to plump for ‘New Day Rising’ as my favourite… though a few years back someone who’d never heard of the band asked me to recommend a starting point and I went for ‘Flip Your Wig’, so maybe you’re right. I agree about ‘Land Speed Record’. There’s a very fine line between loud music and noise, and I think this record does not tread it at all carefully. If you look at the band’s influences: the Beatles, the Ramones etc they were always inevitably going to go in a much more melodic direction and I’m glad they did. I also think ‘Warehouse’ gets too much hate. It was the first Husker Du record I ever heard though, so I had no prejudices or expectations and was able to just enjoy it for what it was.
@Thedarkstuff11 ай бұрын
My opinion changes all the time, as well. If I did it today, I would probably still have Flip where it is, but there might be some shuffling of the others. Thanks for watching.
@earlmoore76543 жыл бұрын
Could not agree more with your assessment of Flip Your Wig, and the record being 2 songs too long. 'Hanging On would have been the most poetic end to the album. That aside, listening to the record now again after a couple decades, there's a mystery to the album as a whole... like looking at an old, grainy, black and white photograph from a bygone era, it conjures up the imagination and mystery of what was going on in the band during the mid '80s with the larger punk scene as a backdrop. Hard to articulate, but I hope you get what I'm saying.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
I definitely get what you're saying.
@joemurphy50353 жыл бұрын
The fact that no one else was doing what they were doing on Land Speed Record makes it in the top three for me but fair ranking nonetheless
@masseyhemenway42983 жыл бұрын
BTW- When I met Bob Mould many years ago I asked about Dead Set On Destruction and why they didn't ever play it and he told me it was ine of his favorites.
@presstoeject3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed that assessment. Thumbs up!
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much.
@BodaciousWickerman3 жыл бұрын
I could never decide which Du album I liked best, New Day Rising or Flip Your Wig. No disrespect to Zen Arcade, some of their best songs on it for me but I would agree that New Day Rising and Flip Your Wig are better albums. Need to go back and revisit all their stuff I think! Great video and selection!
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and enjoy revisiting those Husker records.
@mrhbsaucepunkrocknewwavevi79463 жыл бұрын
understand why you didn't get it later but at the time it was new and exciting and different. It's good the legacy still lives on and that people can hear it discover and enjoy.
@randols001Ай бұрын
New Day Rising has always been my favorite. Celebrated Summer, I Apologize, The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill are amazing!
@ThedarkstuffАй бұрын
Can't go wrong with NDR
@MrWadada13 жыл бұрын
Still have my 1st pressing of Land Speed Record after all these years. :)
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@jkf91673 жыл бұрын
I don't have that, but I do have Everything Falls Apart.
@stephenmasson65523 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video Dave .I could tell by your comments on Land speed record that Zen Arcade wasnt gonna be no 1. For me both are just too fast and furious. I like the power pop/rock of New Day rising and Flip your wig. Enjoyed your video and look forward to more
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@etamommy2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you about the last two instrumental songs on Flip Your Wig. C'mon give us a couple more songs with lyrics! That is why I believe New Day Rising and Warehouse and Zen Arcade all rate higher for me. Only recently heard Flip Your Wig all the way through a couple times. I like the clarity of the guitars and maybe the less furiously hardcore or punk approach. Anyway, great list and you have given me some listening to do on some of their earlier stuff such as Out on a limb and Dead Set on Destruction.
@shurbret992310 ай бұрын
I really love Warehouse. ‘Back From Somewhere’ is my fav Grant song; ‘It’s Not Peculiar’ my fav Bob song.
@Thedarkstuff10 ай бұрын
Both are fantastic songs!
@curly_wyn2 жыл бұрын
I knew as soon as I clicked on this video: “Flip Your Wig is gonna be #1, I almost guarantee you.”
@VinylPotato3 жыл бұрын
Great list. My new years resolution should be to listen to more husker du because I don't know much about their records. Funny that zen arcade and new day rising are very popular but I never hear much about flip your wig. I'll start with that one.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
You definitely should listen to more Husker Du. Knowing what I know about your musical taste, they influenced a lot of it! Flip Your Wig is a great place to start.
@pauljacobson22072 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with your picks (maybe would have given Zen Arcade #2), Flip Your Wig might be the high point of Punk rock
@Fatherjohn763 жыл бұрын
Great list. I agree about Candy Apple Grey being the best from an engineering point of view. Production is the biggest hurdle to get past to understanding how great Husker Du were, cos let's be honest none of their records sound great mix wise. Candy Apple Grey is marginally less inhibited in that respect, however I never got on with the songs and pacing. It feels like leftover B sides of Flip Your Wig with a slightly better mix. Warehouse, on the other hand, I love. It is indeed a bit thin sounding, but so is a lot of their records. Amazing songs, particularly from Bob as you say. I might even put it #2
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Production has been a hurdle for some people getting into Husker Du posthumously. But Once someone gets past it, they usually become fans for the rest of their lives.
@jkf91673 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure that I agree with everyone about Bob's stuff vs. Grant's stuff on Warehouse. "She Floated Away"! Bob had good songs at the end of Huskers, but he kind of lost me overall. The things that I liked about him to start with - so much anger and so many words - started to wear on me. He got me back with Workbook. A friend of mine described the vibe of listening to Candy Apple Grey as, "Your girlfriend who you thought was The One tells you that she's dumping you for the neighborhood heroin dealer." That's how late period Huskers sounds too me, with the ironic exception of some of Grant's songs.
@darrenhuxter20613 жыл бұрын
Good video. I'd put "Candy Apple Grey" #2, but that's just me. One of my favorite bands.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. CAG is a complicated record, and my opinions on it change frequently.
@tillwesenberg117811 ай бұрын
Warehouse is my no.1. Awesome record. And I love Crystal. And Eiffel Tower High.
@Thedarkstuff10 ай бұрын
Cool. Thanks for watching.
@tonys91022 жыл бұрын
I agree the two instrumentals at the end of "Flip Your Wig" seem out of place. Might have been better if they used the non-LP B-side to "Makes No Sense At All" if they needed to fill space. It's a cover of the "Mary Tyler Moore" show theme, but they really rock it.
@wefighttigers3 жыл бұрын
Much agreed... Du's and duh's... All and all I remember. Flying v and the flanneled beer belly ripping the show.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see Mould whip out a Flying V again. But he claims he gave them all away.
@wefighttigers3 жыл бұрын
Yeah man... Fortunate to catch living end tour.... Then work book ... But my fav post du was Grant's album.... Rip... Yet my last show as a fan predemic was Norton with porcupine... So good.
@jakemessman3 жыл бұрын
That’s pretty close to how I would rank them, although I’d probably put Candy Apple Grey just above Land Speed Record. I still love the album, but I honestly listen to it the least out of all the studio records for whatever reason. The pacing is definitely off like you said. It just feels incomplete or like something’s missing. Also, I’d like to recommend Superchunk for another ranking video
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Superchunk. That's a good one!
@nozmotoisland34163 жыл бұрын
Long Live Bob Mould! I like the dark stuff intro song. Is there a full version? I went looking and couldn’t find it.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
No, it's a custom created song for me from a band called Drakes Hotel. The song is about 90 seconds total, and I use only 30. Check out their music on bandcamp, as their CDs are pretty hard to find.
@nosub89693 жыл бұрын
I need a charted trip away
@andrewjbloom3 жыл бұрын
Great video I have to agree with your rankings except I put Zen Arcade in the 2 spot... although it pains me to rank Warehouse low since it's such an important album for me
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
The album (Warehouse) is a solid record. Lots of great tunes. But that production always holds it back for me. It's inexplicably horrible sounding. I actually asked Grant Hart about it, and he seemed to not understand what I was talking about. He liked it.
@burningbothbinaries988910 ай бұрын
Dear sir, I must, literally must disagree with your thoughts on candy apple grey, it's a BOB album...because of Too Far Down and Hardly Getting Over it. Crystal does not work on this album, thank you for being the only other person I know (and my friends are MC5 fans) how has noticed this. Those two songs are the beginning of "workbook" (and please don't get me wrong, I love and own Admiral and intolerance) The best of Husker Du is New day rising and celebrated summer, but yes, you aren't wrong, but I could quibble. great content, thank you
@bobdaryl13 жыл бұрын
Id prolly rank similarly except id probably switch 1 and 2, new day rising was the first one i discovered. I heard terms of psychic warfare in a place and i was like wtf is this, i shazaamed it and since ive been hooked! was like one of the few albums ive ever liked top to bottom, for the most part.
@eaglebauer9443 жыл бұрын
I wish they had included "In a Free Land" on Metal Circus.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Do you have the Savage Young Du box set? It comes with the extended Metal Circus. It's cool, but Free Land was not on it.
@eaglebauer9443 жыл бұрын
@@Thedarkstuff I have the original New Alliance pressing of the In A Free Land 7" anyway, I just think it would have been a perfect match for Metal Circus, and it would be closer to a real album then.
@FablesJonny3 жыл бұрын
Would have loved to see them live. In my top 5 along with rem, the smiths, the fall and helmet!!! Disagree about land speed record tho. It's such a cool Record. I think you need to listen to it more. Interesting choice for top spot but not an job easy to list them all.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I've heard Land Speed enough for a lifetime.
@gerardschrade68232 жыл бұрын
What Band is the song from the beginning of this video? (I Like the dark stuff?) I like it. Please help me. HÜSKER DÜ FOREVER.
@Thedarkstuff2 жыл бұрын
Drakes Hotel
@gerardschrade68232 жыл бұрын
@@Thedarkstuff THANK YOU. BUT I DIDNT FOUND THIS SONG ON SPOTIFY :-(
@tobin79693 жыл бұрын
Not going to argue with the ranking. However, worth mentioning re. "Flip Your Wig" I did catch a recorded (bootlegged) live version ('87 or so?) of "Wit and the Wisdom" that featured spoken lyrics. Dunno if Bob was improving or what. "Don't Know Yet" I really liked when I first heard it, more than I do now. Backward guitar just does it for me and Bob employed quite a bit of it w/ Huskers and later w/ Sugar. The only one I didn't get--and probably no one else either--"The Baby Song"? Maybe just to test the fans a bit? Who knows? My hat's off to you for keeping the Du in the light.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Baby Song is kinda dumb, but Grant had just had a kid, so I have always let it slide.
@michelleb48343 жыл бұрын
Agreed on "The Baby Song." I wondered if it would be mentioned.
@richalderson60693 жыл бұрын
For what it's worth, Metal Circus was originally intended as a proper album but while the band were recording it the power went out and because of time constraints they decided to just leave it as an E.P. However, there was some outtakes released on the Savage Young Du box set as a bonus E.P. called Extra Circus. Check it out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7J-hbJnr6y0kaM.html
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't able to get the one with Savage, as it sold out quickly. But I had heard most of those songs on old bootlegs. I used to trade HD related tapes way back in the day.
@ForARide3 жыл бұрын
Agree on your top spot, Flip Your Wig is fuckin' awesome. As for the other albums, I'd rate them in the following order: 2. Zen Arcade (best double LP of all times?!) 3. Warehouse (my late introduction to the Hüskers, and as you stated a great selection of songs), 4. New Day Rising (Pink Turns Blue, Books About UFO's or Girl On Heaven Hill are real belters), 5. Metal Circus (Diane, the first Grunge song ever, and just love that psychotic sound of How To Skin A Cat) 6. Candy Apple Grey (as for my liking a bit to tame) 7. Everything Falls Apart (would have liked to hear the cover of Donovan's Sunshine Superman with their later sound and arrangement) 8. Land Speed Record (never been into Hardcore, lack of decent melodies. That's what makes the Hüskers transformation so astonishing and great, gelling that ferocious sound with great melodies). Lucky to see them on their Warehouse tour, and by far the loudest gig I have ever witnessed, my ears were still ringing 3 days later. Also got to see Grant a couple of years later with Nova Mob. What a special treat it was, as Grant stepped away from the mike performing Admiral Of The Sea, singing without amplification in front of about a thousand spectators. I was in one of the back rows, instantly the usual crowd noise died down, listening in awe to Grant's phenomenal vocal performance. Goosebumps run down my spine, and surely everybody else's, and you guess it, the applause was thunderous. RIP Grant, he was such a great talent. As for suggestions, what do you make of John Cale? I believe him not only to be one of the most versatile musicians ever, but easily one of the most influential and instrumental persons (be it as a musician, producer or arranger) in the early shaping of the punk/alternative sound. Massively underrated I say. Anyway cheers for your interesting views on the Godfathers of Grunge, stay safe!
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
It's a debate that can never be "won." That's the great thing about catalog rankings. I never saw Husker Du, but have seen either Mould or Sugar more than a dozen times, and saw Grant or Nova Mob another dozen. Though I love VU, I haven't spent enough time with Cale's solo work to be able to rank it. Lou Reed, maybe.
@ForARide3 жыл бұрын
@@Thedarkstuff I've seen Bob Mould once, must have been sometime in the late 90's, as far as I can recall. Been to so many gigs, unfortunately been quite wasteful with the tickets to remember them all. As with the Hüskers, the Velvets had two main protagonists, Reed being the lyricist and songwriter, but Cale being mainly responsible for the sound and arrangements. Surely you know all the Velvets albums, at least up until Loaded, but there's an evident change between WL/WH and the third album The Velvet Underground. With Cale's departure the menace and cutting edge of their sound went missing. Knowing you are heavily into Rock guitar, I would like to recommend you two of Cale's albums, firstly Sabotage from 1979 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p550h9iDycndYJ8.html, and Caribbean Sunset from 1984 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrBdg6xjvrrTaYU.html. Maybe there is something new for you to discover there.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
@@ForARide I'll try it out.
@aleksandarfrick26563 жыл бұрын
Pink turns to blue is not on that album baby
@andrewmull3752 жыл бұрын
Would you rank Bob's solo records?
@Thedarkstuff2 жыл бұрын
It’s definitely something I have thought about. Would be a massive undertaking.
@jefferysteen10413 жыл бұрын
Warehouse is my favorite!Candy apple Grey is 2nd!
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking out the video.
@kevinrhea73323 жыл бұрын
Vardis has a solid live debut album
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Not familiar with them.
@joyofsox3 жыл бұрын
You question "The Wit and Wisdom" and "Don't Know Yet" (and I pretty much agree with you), but you don't mention the mood-killing nonsense of "The Baby Song"?
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
You are right, it does suck. But it's really short, and it does represent a good moment in Grant's life (having a kid), so I let it slide.
@davidleegoth3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you Said warehouse was after candy apple grey.?
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Chronologically, it is. But in my ranking, Warehouse was lower than Candy.
@andyfisher65682 жыл бұрын
Zen Arcade 4ever
@mrhbsaucepunkrocknewwavevi79463 жыл бұрын
understand why you didn't get it at the time and maybe later as no-one was doing that the time. .
@user-ok8zb1pn3s5 ай бұрын
Have to say I preferred Grant’s work on Warehouse. I would say he has the best and worst on there I suppose.
@Thedarkstuff5 ай бұрын
It was definitely a mixed bag.
@pechondelgado3 жыл бұрын
Cool. Nobody really does album rankings of indie and punk stuff.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
That's what I thought. I just posted one for Superchunk.
@JMarinelli3 жыл бұрын
Now try ranking every Guided By Voices or Fall LP -- I've got a spare 12 hours.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
Check back in a few months....
@aleksandarfrick26563 жыл бұрын
Never Bob Mould made better songs apart Husker Du because in Grant Hart had big rival . What you think ?
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
I would basically agree. However, Grant and Bob's first solo albums had pretty amazing songs.
@davidnicholson66803 жыл бұрын
This band means a lot to me. Still, like you I can't really stand most of their early hardcore sound. It's just noise to me. Grant finally started pushing Mould to stop being a bad Black Flag cover band with "It's Not Funny Anymore" and "Diane", two of the best tracks the band ever made. Zen Arcade is a statement record but is a (deliberate) mess, I respect it more than I listen to it. New Day Rising is where they really hit their stride, so many great tracks on that record. That album got me through high school. Flip Your Wig is an all time classic and a flawless album from a songwriting perspective, I agree with your assessment that it's their best. Candy Apple Grey seems dead set on undercutting the great track list, leading off with the worst song on the album and featuring weird pacing throughout. It took me a few listens, but now I really like it. Many of my favorite Husker songs are on Warehouse, sides three and four of that album are particularly incredible. "She's a Woman", "In The Air" and "You Can Live at Home" is an absolutely incredible triple punch at the end of that album.
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
You Can Live at Home is epic.
@GotLotsaFaith Жыл бұрын
They broke all the rules. Few bands have ever reached the high temperatures the Huskers held. I put them up against any so-called metal or thrash metal band on this planet--and it becomes clear no one matches the organic energy they released, nor did anyone ever match their output (5 albums, 2 double albums, an EP and many one-off singles in JUST 7 years). They really were playing with fire, and their acetylene torch lit the way to a better tomorrow...
@daveangelo450211 ай бұрын
The only thing I would quibble with is Flip your Wig's placement. Flip wouldn't be in my top 5. The Baby Song just annoys me, the production really bothers me, the record was just disjointed for me. New Day Rising on the other hand was perfect for me, every song an absolute banger that would be my number 1, followed by Candy at number 2 Metal Circus number 3, Zen number 4, Warehouse number 5, Flip 6, Everything Falls Apart 7, Land Speed Record 8
@Thedarkstuff11 ай бұрын
The Baby Song does suck, I'll give you that one. But, Flip Your Wig is a power-pop masterpiece. I love it. If they could have merged the tunes from Flip with the production on Candy, they could have been the biggest band ever. Just my opinion.
@justinthyme31473 жыл бұрын
St. Paul
@Thedarkstuff3 жыл бұрын
The other of the twin cities. Yes.
@specialsnowflake90972 жыл бұрын
Whaaatttt!!! U don't like too much spice!?
@user-ok8zb1pn3s5 ай бұрын
Unpopular opinion. I think Flip your Wig is their weakest album. None of the songs stand out.