One of those musical moments one never forgets...a sophomore in college, out for the summer, and a friend begins blasting The Act We Act as I sit stunned in the backseat of his car. As the CD moved into That's a Good Idea, I told my two friends in the front seat to shut up so I could continue this moment of astonishment! Copper Blue is legendary, moving, and is the archetype for 90s alt rock...I began my journey of his solo and Husker Du back catalogue shortly thereafter...the recent reissue / remaster on vinyl is AMAZING...finally we have a solid mastering of this beautiful album.
@eugeniogonzalez62903 жыл бұрын
Damn Mark, JC Auto may be my favorite Sugar song also. Can't get enough of that Beaster companion EP and this extraordinary album. They are just so powerful. Fantastic analysis mate, couldn't agree more. Another massive underrated American songwriter in my opinion is Elliot Smith. Looking forward to your upcoming episodes. Thanks so much for your time.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Eugenio! I'm a big fan of Elliot Smith as well; he's another artist I have on my list for doing a video about. Wonderful songwriter. Love the way he layers his vocals.
@justonceinawhile2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite albums for almost 30 years. Thanks
@stevensimmons6721 Жыл бұрын
well done commentary, really excellent. I first went to Husker Du shows in early 80's - right around when zen arcade came out. such a great band. since then big Bob fan too
@billdauphine9519 ай бұрын
I grew up around Husker Du in Mpls...they were way ahead of it....thanks for this...❤
@iamnotanumber1002 жыл бұрын
Agree with every word, still adore & appreciate this album 3 decades later. Great video 👏👏
@2020Sound2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@dogisblue Жыл бұрын
I came to this channel from your Chameleons vid, and overjoyed to see one of my fav artists/albums being reviewed too. Agreed about Tilted/JC Auto. (I love Zen Arcade though!)
@msmoniz Жыл бұрын
I still remember discovering Bob Mould via Copper Blue back January 1996. I had read in my guitar magazines about how important Bob's guitar playing style with his ability to mix in melody simultaneously with his rhythm playing, while making a glorious distorted noise, was important to the foundation of the alternative rock movement of the 90's, so based on that that I picked up a used CD of Copper Blue at a local record shop to check out this sound/style. I still remember slipping it into my Civic's CD player and being assaulted by those guitars that open the album with The Act We Act! I still remember my jaw literally, not figuratively, dropped open. I was done! Hook, line and sinker I was chasing down every Sugar, Husker Du, and solo album he made. As luck would have it he was just releasing his first post Sugar album that year with the "hubcap" album an I saw him that May on his solo acoustic show. Again, he came out, sat down, and proceeded to play Wishing Well as if he was on fire inside. To this day, that was still the most intense live performance I'd ever seen by anyone, be it solo or a full band! Bob Mould is a major pillar in my musical foundation.
@joelnichols9055 Жыл бұрын
Bob Mould and his bands have been included in almost every playlist I've put together for the last 30 years. When I find myself fast forwarding through looking for that perfect song for whatever mood I'm in I more often than not land on something Bob had a hand in. Very underrated!!
@jerryross34383 жыл бұрын
Mark, this is a masterpiece of analysis. Thank you for putting it forth. Best from ATL.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks Jerry! Much appreciated!
@ryanstark235010 ай бұрын
The magic of Bob Mould is that he can go at things with insane intensity yet there is very clever song writing structure behind it all.
@bobbyarchaic96493 жыл бұрын
"It's stupendously dark." The craziest thing about that statement in regard to "Hoover Dam" being that's actually putting it generously mildly. It's so very dark lyrically yet almost lackadaisically apathetic in its phrasing and delivery. It's a stunning piece of barely simmering tension.
@michaelormondrobinson2 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, man. Cant get enough of em.
@2020Sound2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Michael, glad you've enjoyed stuff so far!
@adamp20292 жыл бұрын
Copper Blue is among my top 20 albums, all time.
@baldgnosis3 жыл бұрын
Copper Blue is my favourite album ever, and you articulated why better than my nearly two decades' worth of trying. My older brother was a big SST Records fan, and I certainly inherited an appreciation of them over time. As much as I love a lot of songs on New Day Rising et al., Damaged and Double Nickels... are the only two consistently revisit, and sound is a big reason why. Sugar was the perfect balance of melody and crunch IMHO. Thanks for putting this together. I especially liked your discussion of the juxtaposition of the upbeat sound against darker lyrics. As a pop music equivalent, OutKast's "Hey Ya" always comes to mind. Granted, not as dark as what you've cited here, but it's also not what you'd expect from a wedding reception staple (Gloria Gaynor aside). +1 on Eliott Smith. Also: I'll request Beth Orton's first two albums and Son Volt - Trace
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for taking the time to say that! Great point about 'Hey Ya' - it's definitely the chirpiest song about wanting to abandon a miserable relationship I can think of. It's funny the relationship between music and lyrics - I imagine most people don't pay attention to what Andre is saying and only pick up on the instruction to shake it like a Polaroid picture 😄.
@rocket692183 жыл бұрын
Hi Colin, Copper Blue is my favourite album of all time too. I also tell anyone who will listen that it's the greatest album ever recorded. :D It's a masterpiece in my eyes. Not a month of my life has passed since it's release that I've not listened to it. ... and that's almost 30 years now!
@robguadagno3673 жыл бұрын
Bob Mould is legendary! Husker Du to Sugar and beyond. Great review of Sugar’s Copper Blue. Any plans to do a review for Guided By Voices? Legendary as well. 😉👍
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rob! Someone else mentioned GBV too recently. I really like what I know but haven't delved much beyond the (for want of a more accurate term 😄) "hits". They're on my list, though.
@robguadagno3673 жыл бұрын
@@2020Sound GBV is prolific with a huge catalogue. My personal faves (and maybe a good place to start) are the psychedelic tinged Mag Earwhig, the Ric Ocasek produced Do The Collapse and Isolation Drills. All solid albums. Enjoy!
@silentb20846 ай бұрын
In my personal, ever-so-humble opinion, “Fortune Teller” has THE world’s most unforgettable hook. It entrenches itself in my brain all over again every time I revisit Copper Blue.
@markukeley2924 Жыл бұрын
Liked your REM video, but really love these musings on the incredibly vibrant "Copper Blue." Cheers!
@leandrogalante91003 жыл бұрын
Great video, review and analysis! Bob Mould is truly a genius and I never thought about the “quality” of Husker Du recordings when compared to Sugar quality. Do agree that Copper Blue is more consistent than most Husker Du record’s. Congratulations for the great video!
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, Leandro!
@tjwilson2424 Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you mentioned the production on those Du albums A lifelong music fan I am, but I just can’t get into them. Massive respect for them, but I can’t penetrate it
@bhdctn Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this wonderful review. First time I got my grubby Tennessee paws on a Husker DU album was when I was on my senior Trip from Cleveland TN to Manhattan. They gave us a free afternoon and I matched my way down to the lowered east side accompanied by a few friends. I got the Pogues EP Pguetry in Motion and Candy Apple Gray st a really cool record store on the Lower East Side. This was 1986. I later got Zen Archaide and really enjoyed that to but Candy Apple Gray is the only Husker DU album that was produced well although I would argue Zen had some fantastic moments although I the hands of another producer that album alone might have altered the course of Husker DU. I saw Sugar after Copper Blue came out when I was in Chiropractic School in Saint Louis They Were Absolutely Fantastic! Workbook his first solo and his album from 2015 is pretty damn good. It's called Silver something😆 sorry I can't remember the full titille But yeah. I agree w 90& of what you said here 100percent on this being Bob's masterpiece.
@jamesnetwall11933 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!! AWESOME REVIEW AND YEAH IT STAGGERS ME HOW LITTLE ON KZfaq OR THE NET IN GENERAL YOU HEAR ABOUT EITHER HUSKER DU OR BOB MOULD LONG OVERDUE FOR THAT MAN TO GET SOME DAMN LOVE IS HE IS MADE ONE GREAT ALBUM AFTER ANOTHER
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks James!
@granthambeard3 жыл бұрын
Copper blue has been my favourite album since the day it came out. From there I discovered husker du, the pixies, nirvana, pavement and Lord knows what else. But its still just the best album I've ever heard. I try not to listen to it more than a few times a year because I never want it to lose its flavour. Oddly enough I got into Bob mould because someone compared my guitar playing to his. I was at first completely offended. But then I listened. And it now seems the best musical compliment I have ever had.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Interesting that you discovered Sugar before Nirvana! How come you were offended by the guitar comparison at first?
@granthambeard3 жыл бұрын
@@2020Sound because when you're "up and coming" you like to think you make your own stamp on things, I grew up in the era of hair metal so doing drone chords with a moving bass underneath was something I genuinely hadn't heard anyone else doing, apart from maybe the who in a couple of songs. So at first I was full of piss and self importance haha! What the folk did I know 😂
@neilthompson55602 жыл бұрын
I wish I had the chance to see Sugar live. I saw Bob Mould on the "Last dog and pony" tour. Great show. Copper Blue is in my top 5 of albums,
@robertwiles81062 жыл бұрын
I saw Sugar live a couple of times. The first was an awesome night in Paris, June 1993. It was the same night as the first Velvet Underground reunion show at the Olympia Theater. We couldn't get tickets for VU so we went to see Sugar at Bataclan instead. It was a loud, awesome show!!! The Beaster material was brand new and FU:EL didn't exist yet. Many years later Bob Mould lived in my neighborhood in D.C. and had a regular DJ gig in the downstairs back bar at the 9:30 club.
@quickhitdelete3 ай бұрын
thanks for mentioning tilted!!! one of the greatest songs ever written!!!
@rejean27449 ай бұрын
Love the sugar albums. Mould is still writing great tunes.
@spnhm342 жыл бұрын
Bob is the best songwriter I’ve ever heard. It’s so good to hear someone talking about Sugar and early Creation records. Sugar and the bands of the era created and defined music in a new way that was exciting and rewarding in a way that has so much depth and energy. It’s true that Husker Du’s production sounded awful, but anyone getting past that and hearing Flip Your Wig or Up In The Air for what they were fell in love forever. If you don’t know why Zen Arcade sounded the way it does, look up how a double album was recorded on a zero budget in four days. Edit to say brilliant job describing Tilted and JC Auto! 100%
@2020Sound2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Howard! Definitely - FYW is my favourite album of theirs. What a collection of songs! And yep, Up In The Air is one of my favourite Hüsker Dü moments too. It's just joyous. Love the backing vocals at the choruses. RE: the sound thing - making an album as good as Zen in 3 to 4 days is stunning. What's always baffled me, though, is even by the time they got to Warehouse and I presume they had more time and budget, the production (to my ears anyway) *still* sounded pretty much as thin and tinny as it did when they made a double LP in 85 hours with barely any money, ha! I've sometimes daydreamed about what Husker's songs would sound like if they'd been made today (or even in the 90s) with a bit more sonic meat on the bone.
@spnhm342 жыл бұрын
@@2020Sound ha, yes it’s true. They signed with Warner for Candy Apple Grey and the sound improved (I heard Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely on 6 Music not long ago) but for me it’s not their best. Warehouse sounds like the label let them do their own thing again and yes, back to the tinny sound. It matters as to why Husker Du aren’t more famous, but otherwise I don’t care, as you say the songs speak for themselves
@quickhitdelete3 ай бұрын
one of my top 10 fave albums. i saw this tour at first ave.
@natewilliams10623 жыл бұрын
I hit the thumbs up as soon as you said "yeah. Probably." Bob's a beast. Thanks!
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nate, glad you enjoyed it!
@rickg80153 жыл бұрын
The Act We Act is sublime.. Copper Blue has a great line up of songs that really stood out (except for around 3 or 4 songs), not my fave album as a whole, FU:EL was more cohesive for me..
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
I didn't mention 'The Act We Act' at all in the video, but it really is a great song and fantastic opener.
@etamommy2 жыл бұрын
I love most of zen Arcade but really disliked copper blue (this production ain’t everything- to me it’s the songs that count most). Liked file under easy listening much better than copper blue. I know I am in the minority though
@TheManWhoWasTooLoud3 жыл бұрын
Loved this. I always preferred FU:EL but the more I listened to Copper Blue over time, the more that opinion changed. Could you possibly do a video on Frank Black? I feel like a lot of people fell off after Pixies disbanded, but his best work is found in his solo stuff; "Frank Black" and "Teenager of the Year" are two of the best albums of the 90s.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much! I'm not that familiar with Frank Black's solo stuff beyond the more famous songs but I'll check them out!
@muzzmacc64113 жыл бұрын
'Select' music magazine featured a great monochrome photo of the band from that era. The band were standing at the end of a pier, staring into the waters depths. Summed up the bands aesthetic perfectly.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Loved Select, think it was the first monthly music mag I ever bought.
@danpearce45473 жыл бұрын
In two words 'Fuckin' YES'!
@adamgroppman83063 жыл бұрын
I agree completely. Bob has done such strong, evocative, powerful and lyrically wrenching songs going all the way back to Husker Du in the 80's. Even Bob's first solo record Workbooks has some great melodic tunes. But Sugar's 3 (2 1/2?) albums were just jammed with powerful, at times complex songs. Bob is for sure a singular artist, and so under-hyped compared to some flimsy current "alt rock" rock bands that get huge radio play.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
I saw Dave Grohl got some more press coverage recently for citing Bob as an influence again! Nothing he hasn't said before, but always nice to see Bob getting namechecked.
@neilthompson55602 жыл бұрын
Workbook is awesome. I particularly like "Heartbreak a stranger". A diverse collection of songs.
@littlejimmy74022 жыл бұрын
Do you know how long I've been waiting to talk about Sugar with someone who knows Sugar? Totally amazing, I completely agree. I just subscribed now, so I should probably look... But. Have you heard Bob's 1st 2 solo albums? Really amazing as well.
@2020Sound2 жыл бұрын
Yep, some great songs on there. The title track off 'Black Sheets Of Rain' is my favourite. Thanks for the sub! Hope you enjoy some of the other vids.
@danpearce45472 жыл бұрын
Speak to me!
@blxxdcxrmxny2 ай бұрын
Absolutely one of my all time favourites easily up there with doolittle or trompe le monde 🖤
@gfloyd20023 жыл бұрын
I was watching another of your videos and you encouraged nominating some other bands worth a video. I thought first of Sugar/Mould and Fugazi, then was thrilled you'd already done them. Great content, you absolutely nailed Bob Mould. Pushed for a couple of other nominations: How about the droll, big band disillusionment of Cake or Pavement/Stephen Malkmus, though critically acclaimed, so influential to indy music and far enough from mainstream they are still underrated. Thanks for the great content!
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Floyd! Glad you've enjoyed some of the things so far. Never actually heard Cake! Owned a few Pavement albums down the years and have really enjoyed what I've heard of Stephen Malkmus' solo stuff in recent times. I'll put them on the list to delve into a bit further!
@scrublord58863 жыл бұрын
I agree that "Copper Blue" is Bob Mould's opus dei and I also agree that Husker Du's catalog is mostly full of poorly produced tracks that never really reached their potential, but "Flip Your Wig" and "Candy Apple Grey" were solid albums. As a kid who grew up in the 80's and listened to a lot of alternative and punk, poor production wasn't really a deal breaker. "Sister" is still my favorite Sonic Youth album and it was on SST, so there's really no reason for it to sound so low-fi, unless that's how they wanted it to sound. Maybe poorly produced music has a certain "live" element to it, eschewing the crisp snare and perfectly mixed guitars for something a bit more barroom brawl. Anyway, I enjoyed your take on "Copper Blue." When asked about hidden gem records, it's usually the first one I mention. I don't think that My Bloody Valentine or Pixies are really for everyone, but "Copper Blue" has a pop sensibility that most rock fans can enjoy. Once upon a time the HOF was about influencers rather than album sellers. It pains me that boring acts like Bon Jovi find their way in while true trailblazers like Husker Du and New Order are left out.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
I love a lot of Husker Du's stuff because the songs are so good ('Flip Your Wig' is my favourite!). I just find the production choices baffling as it sounds to me like a failed attempt to sound polished ("bad fi" as opposed to "lo fi" as one of the other comments described it 😄). The drums have been completely flattened - there's none of the "umph" you get in a quick and dirty live recording. But - taking the songs on their own terms - they're still one of my favourite bands of the last 40 years.
@CaffeineNightOwl5 ай бұрын
I agree, that tilted is sugars best song. so much energy and anger
@_MrAvocado_3 жыл бұрын
File Under Easy Listening has some good stuff: Can't Help You Any More, Your Favorite Thing, Gee Angel.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Love Gee Angel. One of my favourites of theirs.
@danpearce45473 жыл бұрын
If I had to pick three songs from Copper Blue and Beaster, they would all be off Beaster (Judas Cradle, Tilted and J C Auto), but basically they are standing on the shoulders of giants in that ALL of those songs are genius. Could you get a better start to an album than 'The Act we Act's opening riff? Good description of Tilted's intensity, haven't ever heard anything that comes close to it for majestic brutality!
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It's a breathtakingly intense song, isn't it? Expertly cranks up the tension (and the snare drum attack!)
@burmajones803 Жыл бұрын
I have always preferred Grant Hart's songs to Mould's, although I think Mould was closing the gap by the time of Warehouse. Both had strong storytelling abilities and a philosophical approach that I find compelling. Haven't followed Mould's post Husker Du work, but maybe I should give him a listen.
@uzairp2782 жыл бұрын
You going to see him up North next year? I should be at his Liverpool gig fingers crossed!
@2020Sound2 жыл бұрын
Didn't realise he had dates here! Thanks, I'll check it out.
@uzairp2782 жыл бұрын
@@2020Sound Yep, January 2022 UK dates - also Henry Rollins UK tour in Feb so going to both of those!
@aleksandarfrick26563 жыл бұрын
In the end of the day i think Bob best tunes are with Husker Du period - listen last album " Warehouse ...." this is Mould peak.
@MeetYouAtTheBing3 жыл бұрын
Very good Review.....two things i disagree: Hüsker Sound was perfectly "unrocky" on the albums...nearly Jazzy sometimes through Hart's Drumsound.....To be honest: Bob's current FOO FIGHTERS Sound is annoying sometimes.....another thing : Beaster is the more intense album ...wIith TILTED maybe the greatest song ever heard....mindblowing
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Totally agree that the way Grant played was great (and jazzy! His "looseness" is a massive contrast to Malcolm Travis' precision). I think he was a great drummer in the way he played - it's purely the "sound" of the recordings that irritates me. My favourite Husker Du album is 'Flip Your Wig' and - as fantastic as so many of the songs on that are - I've often wondered how great that album would've sounded had it come out in the '90s with a 'Copper Blue' style production. And yes, Tilted is pure 🤯!
@rocket692183 жыл бұрын
@@2020Sound I agree, although I know many Husker fans don't. I think Warehouse, sounds decent though and oddly enough, I think Everything Falls Apart is Ok too, it sounds better than a lot of what came after to my ears.
@etamommy2 жыл бұрын
@@rocket69218 Simon- just yesterday started listening to Everything Falls Apart...first the song and then the whole album. It is very good. Mostly I have drifted away from hardcorish or punkish albums (my favs being Descendents, Early Dead Kennedys, early Replacements, Agent Orange, Suicidal Tendencies, The damned etc.) but really I agree the songs on Everything Falls Apart stack up well and the production I think is not bad. Warehouse I agree with you too; to me it is a great record (well two) and the production does not to my ears get in the way of the songs.
@TheFierceAndTheDead2 жыл бұрын
Yes he is
@timothylduggan26422 жыл бұрын
With due respect to all the early stuff, the music he’s done in the last 20 years is so much better on every level. He’s perfected his craft.
@stevenhaas962210 ай бұрын
Silver Age and Beauty and Rain were both amazing records.
@presstoeject Жыл бұрын
Mould produced one side of two Tar Babies 12" EPs, the other sides were produced by... Butch Vig! Tar Babies ended up on SST and had a more rocky Minutemen funk/jazz style over time.
@mrt77wv2 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan of Husker Du (especially the later stuff), but I understand completely what you're saying. Those SST albums were often emasculated by Spot's production (he did similar work on Black Flag albums). I wish Huskers could have had Ethan James produce Zen Arcade. Obviously HD sounds a lot different than Minutemen, but at least he knew how to record the drums right.
@gustavmarie2 жыл бұрын
I think the MInutemen albums recorded by Spot are the best sounding of the stuff he produced for SST...largely becuase they were a very clean and sparse sounding band compared to Huskers or Black Flag, which were overdriven and awash in distortion and symbal noise.
@MrUndersolo Жыл бұрын
In reference to your question: well, duh. Seriously, he is the one that put his fingerprints all over grunge and is still putting out brilliant album after brilliant album.
@johnpresnell2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I had forgotten just how much I loved this album; I even saw the tour, which until I saw Oasis, was the loudest concert I ever attended. Unreal. By the way, Bob Mould’s solo work is also deserving of its own video.
@rocket692183 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure I agree with the 'underrated' thing completely. But I agree that as time has passed for whatever reason, Bob hasn't really found much of a new audience since Sugar. When I go and see the Bob Mould band, most of the Audience are around my age and older. The people I know who also like Sugar are people that have liked Sugar since the 90's. I don't really know why more people haven't discovered Copper Blue during the last 20 years. But many younger people, even those who listen to 'alternative rock' of some description don't know Sugar at all. There's a lot of bands from that period that seem to have faded from the public consciousness though, especially the ones that finished before the latter half of the 90's.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! In hindsight, perhaps "overlooked" would've been a better adjective. I think that, while the critics have always rated him fairly well, most of the public (including fans of other alternative rock artists) don't even know his name to have an opinion about him. We may find Bob several pages into the reviews section of a mainstream rock magazine from time to time, but almost never on the cover. He's never really made it to "front cover status"; never had the spotlight that his writing deserves - at least not for any length of time. I'd say that's why, like you say, subsequent generations haven't discovered him. Which is such a shame.
@rocket692183 жыл бұрын
@@2020Sound totally agree... and yeah maybe 'overlooked' is really what it is. Sugar had several front pages of the NME, Sounds, Melody Maker back in the day. But Bob has had little attention since sadly. I think it's probably a combination of things. I wonder If Pearl Jam had split up after Vitalogy in 1994 would they be as overlooked now too?
@rocket692183 жыл бұрын
@@2020Sound Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on some of the other Creation releases too. Bandwagonesque and Thirteen are two of my favourite albums, but Teenage Fanclub seem to have become less and less well known every year that passes too, even though they have kept going. I hate to say it but I think, unlike Bob, their albums have been on a downwards trajectory since. I can't even listen to the last two they put out, very disappointing and unlikely to win over new fans I think.
@joelhorton69293 жыл бұрын
One of the first CDs I owned was Copper Blue. Which meant almost every other CD I purchased was a let down at the time. They just couldn’t measure up. Fantastic album, but I think the Posies Frosting on the Beater is a finer album start to finish and it gets even less love than Copper Blue.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Weirdly, I've only just discovered The Posies in the last year, but enjoyed everything I've heard. I'll check out that album!
@granthambeard3 жыл бұрын
I never really got hooked by that album the way you seem to have, but to each their own. I will agree that the harmonies on the verses of solar sister are absolutely transcendent.
@Fatherjohn763 жыл бұрын
Great video, which absolutely nails how I feel about Bob Mould, Husker Du and Sugar. You're right; Husker Du albums are the seminal works, but they sound shit. Not even lo fi, just bad fi. Like as if they were engineered in an expensive studio by someone who had no idea how to use any of the kit. Copper Blue, on the other hand is a zenith. Bob's songs were at a peak, the production was at a peak, the band were amazing. The only point I disagree on is Beaster being inconsistent. For me it's every bit as front to back vital as Copper Blue. They're like good kid bad kid twins and I love em both.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! That's a great description of the Husker production 😄 - definitely "bad fi"; wish I'd thought of that!
@ryanstark235010 ай бұрын
Tilted is an awesome song.
@christopherbishop20553 жыл бұрын
FU:EL was better than Copper Blue. Just my opinion. And all 3 Sugar records were better than Flip Your Wig, Husker's best album. FUEL was Bob trying to rival My Bloody Valentine (Gift = Only Shallow, Your Favorite Thing = Blow A Wish). And FUEL's only crime was trying a country-tinge'd 2nd half in attempt to expand the Sugar sound. Try the B-sides Mind is an Island and Going Home, Mould was just a better pop writer in 94 than 92.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
I didn't enjoy FU:EL as much (although there's still some songs on there that I love, 'Gee Angel' and 'Gift' especially). But I definitely agree about 'Flip Your Wig' being Husker's best - it's got some fantastic songs on it. 'Games' may be my favourite thing (no pun intended 😄) they ever did.
@pauljacobson22073 жыл бұрын
Why am I always agreeing with you? (except ....Big Star)
@burningbothbinaries9889 Жыл бұрын
new day rising. Bob set his stall out early, the production is epic. Is there bad Husker du production? hell yes, the speed, and the speed that they were taking, poor choices would be made. Bob isn't finished yet, us queer folks have been far too silent. The debt we owe Bob is incomprehensible. Thankfully I have hugged him twice (both times against his will)
@janerikmellesdal38683 жыл бұрын
Copper blue is a classic
@kdakan2 жыл бұрын
Bob Mould said he had listened to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless album before its release (through some one working on the same label) and was influenced by Loveless while he was working on Copper Blue. Copper Blue is a very fine album but I think it is over produced, is too loud and sounds too pop. Maybe that's why I don't like the Foo Fighters
@kidthump3 жыл бұрын
No Grant Hart is.
@2020Sound3 жыл бұрын
It would be impossible for me to not respect this opinion 👍
@benreuling22162 жыл бұрын
Robert Pollard is the most underrated songwriter!
@2020Sound2 жыл бұрын
Great shout! Love a bit of GBV
@reuireuiop06 ай бұрын
Just don't do it. Don't. Do. It Don't call your band "Sugar"
@itchy-scratchy7 ай бұрын
Bob is not underated at all. People who have taste like Bob. Bob's doing what he loves and you can tell.
@silentb20846 ай бұрын
A to the I all over the place
@elciobarrosmendoncafilho9353 Жыл бұрын
Husker Du: The best worst recorded band in history!
@chuckabbate5924 Жыл бұрын
Zen Arcade was a total departure for Husker Du...a game changer...
@agoo75816 ай бұрын
Just to illustrate the genius of Bob Mould, I don't think copper blue is one of his top five best albums, and I LOVE copper blue.