Hüsker Dü

[IllicitNation]

I'm sure there have been a million threads about this already, but since in the past few months I have become totally obsessed with this great band, I figured I'd ask around and see what you all think of Hüsker Dü.

Discuss.:thumb:

[The Frugal Gourmet]

Zen Arcade is very, very good. New Day Rising ranges from good to very good. Flip Your Wig has "Makes No Sense at All".

[Eliminator]

http://www.somethingilearned.com/2007/03/husker-du-rarities-revisited

[IllicitNation]

I only have a smattering of MP3s I managed to get off of LimeWire, but most of them are from Zen Arcade. AMAZING ALBUM. New Day Rising has some great songs on it as well (the title track, "Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill," etc...). I haven't heard much of Flip Your Wig, and although it may not be super-cool to do so, some of the songs on Candy Apple Grey aren't bad either ("Don't Want To Know If You're Lonely" was the first Hüskers song I ever heard).

[IllicitNation]

*bows down to Eliminator for the awesome link*

Thanks mate!

[indietrash]

Everything Falls Apart, New Day Rising and Candy Apple Grey are nothing less than spectacular.

[EightMilesHigh]

theyre ok

[YDload]

"Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely" is probably their best later-period song.

[pixiesfanyo]

probably their best song actually.

[indietrash]

yea. agree with that. amazing song.
but there's also Punch Drunk, Folklore, Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill and so on.

[YDload]

but those are obvious cause theyre on the more famous mid-career albums :)

[indietrash]

pssssssst. Punch Drunk is on the debut(studio)album.

and the whole mid-career thang is unfair. it's like those people always talking about how great an entertainer Freddie Mercury was, giving close to no credit to his musical abilities (which btw were exceptional). there should be a more even balance. both the hardcore, emocore and the alternrock periods of Hüsker Dü rule. they were consistent and genius the whole way. awesome band.

[YDload]

freddie mercury has no business in a thread about husker du. this isnt the all-purpose gay musician thread

[indietrash]

yeah. that wasn't especially funny.

[Robert Crumb]

Nobody likes Warehouse but I do. :(

[indietrash]

yeah. like I said man. they deserve credit for all their albums, not just their mid-career albums.
Warehouse is awesome.

[Robert Crumb]

I kinda wanna hear what they would sound like remastered and all that business but something tells me that's just wrong.

[Excursions]

Metal Circus is clearly the best record they released. Land Speed Record is also good.

[pixiesfanyo]

I like the song "Statues" alot by them.

[BringHomeTheBacon]

I love Zen Arcade but New Day Rising is really average to me for some reason.

[YDload]

Husker Du is the opposite of The Replacements in that the final songs on their albums are invariably the weakest ones.

[Boilermaker]

I have Candy Apple Grey and New Day Rising. I've heard all of the songs off of Zen Arcade from either local radio or friends, but I need to download a copy *goes to the A/I Mailing list thread*.

Incredible band. My band covers 'Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill' :)

[Sam]

Cool band, I like them a lot. Good driving music.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I have Zen Arcade and I like it very much.

[italic zero]

they're much better with headphones

[pedro durruti]

Yo this belongs in the punk forum you scumbags. Quite trying to steal our music, I mean, we're stuck with people like the Casualties

[bleep_bloop]

i still dont see what the fuss about these guys is for they really dont do anything for me.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

pink turns to blue.

[superpeer]

They are the awesomestest. <3


i still dont see what the fuss about these guys is for they really dont do anything for me.

More like the fuzz

[CrossTheBreeze]

they're much better with headphones

I feel that way about almost every artist that I listen to


new day rising = the shizz nizz

and flip your wig gives me eargasms

[Zebra]

i like zen arcade and new day rising but that's all ive heard.

[Luxor]

so so so good.

[Robert Crumb]

Yo this belongs in the punk forum you scumbags. Quite trying to steal our music, I mean, we're stuck with people like the Casualties

We'll let you have them and other SST bands if you guys promise to stop making threads about hip hop.

[YDload]

Yo this belongs in the punk forum you scumbags. Quite trying to steal our music, I mean, we're stuck with people like the Casualties

they talk about music in the punk forum now :confused:

[pedro durruti]

Yes!
We'll let you have them and other SST bands if you guys promise to stop making threads about hip hop.
Ok, but I can't guarantee Immortal Technique.

[indietrash]

I don't get what's so great with Immortal Technique. I mean, he's a'ight... but he ain't Mos Def good. guess I ain't scene enough to appreciate Coronel :(