The OFFICIAL The National Thread

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:20 pm

LOVING IT

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:36 pm

Green Gloves

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:41 pm

Peggy-oh!?!?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:45 pm

This song is great, but a real time suck when on a curfew

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:05 pm

Early start? What’s the overall review?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:32 pm

Very early. Big fan. Barnett is great. Take half a glance at the playlists, plan pee breaks accordingly. That being said, bathroom was really close, and I missed very little.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:30 am

I’m sure the janitorial staff appreciates that.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:36 am

Golf clap.

Several.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:11 pm

Thursday night was the worst setlist but best show I’ve been to. Rain kept people under cover for Courtney Barnett but we had ponchos and ended up about 5 rows back on the right side of the stage. Great energy, really like the new stuff better with just one guest (Kate Staples) and they seemed really appreciative of the crowd. The encore was, I think, five songs with “Vanderlyle” a singalong with him out in the crowd.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:48 pm

mister d wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:11 pm
Thursday night was the worst setlist but best show I’ve been to. Rain kept people under cover for Courtney Barnett but we had ponchos and ended up about 5 rows back on the right side of the stage. Great energy, really like the new stuff better with just one guest (Kate Staples) and they seemed really appreciative of the crowd. The encore was, I think, five songs with “Vanderlyle” a singalong with him out in the crowd.

This

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 2:50 pm

Bryan (@postmoderndrummer) live Instagrammed a show again last night. Should be up for the next six hours at least. Light Years, Mr. November, Terrible Love.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:16 pm

Coming around a lot on IAETF.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:31 pm

Semi-opposite in that I've stopped listening and choose to pretend the concert is what the album sounds like.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:34 pm

Just watch/listen to the concert video that you linked above.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:48 pm

I officially love IAETF.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:37 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:48 pm
I officially love IAETF.

LOVE

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 2:21 pm

Deleted video from concert. Audio was shitty.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 5:35 pm

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:38 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:16 pm
Boxer
High Violet
Alligator
Trouble Will Find Me

The only other acceptable answer is Alligator moving ahead of High Violet.

mister d wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:59 pm
The acceptable flip makes it my order, and with the same smallest gap being b/w #2 and #3.

I have officially flipped this flip.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:42 am

1. Boxer
2. High Violet
3. Alligator
4. Sleep Well Beast
5. Trouble Will Find Me

6. IAETF

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:03 pm

Ched, my man, this was a call out.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:31 pm

Saw it on my phone the other day (harder to respond than on computer), and thought I needed a proper listen to all 6 albums to recalibrate. A call out like this deserves a fully thought out response.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:56 pm

It is now official Swamp/The National canon that a 15 or 16 year old Berninger saw The Monster Squad in the theater and laughed cathartically at the “Wolfman’s got nards” bit and then cried when Frankenstein’s Monster sacrificed himself to save Phoebe. Not only did this lead him to repeatedly attempt to shoehorn a Monster Squad reference into his lyrics, the latter scene was the inspiration for the track Brainy on Boxer.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:24 am

I've got a new one but not for now because I'm on vacation starting tomorrow: Create a best of album but you have to stick with the song's album position, so maybe 1-12 and then #13 is either one of the few 13+ tracks or unreleased or something. First glance promises "this won't be easy for you fucking dorks".

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:45 am

I've done that with DMB albums a lot. Never thought about expanding it.

ETA: Didn't realize this was The National thread. Oops. I'll go 1-13 the new one.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:45 am

Did you just think of that today? Because if not and if I was you, I would have flaked off my last couple of days at work prior to vacation trying to get that perfect for the car or ipod or whatever. I might still do that myself before I go on vacation next week.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:59 am

Giff wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:45 am
I've done that with DMB albums a lot. Never thought about expanding it.

ETA: Didn't realize this was The National thread. Oops. I'll go 1-13 the new one.

So I meant like you pick one 1st song from all the albums, one 2nd song ... etc, not re-rank, although I'm pretty sure we started doing that a while back in this thread.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:18 pm

Track 8 sucks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:23 pm

Agreed circa 2012, one I like and one I love since.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:36 pm

This seems like an easier task than reranking the albums.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:27 pm

Track 14 is Rylan, even if you don't care for the album version.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:31 pm

The album version actively infuriates me.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:36 pm

mister d wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:31 pm
The album version actively infuriates me.

You could use a little of my sig.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:38 pm

In my head, I sang before the comma in Matt's voice and after the comma in the faux-operatic voices of half a dozen women.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:45 pm

Welcome to IAETF!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:19 pm

I Am Eager To Fail.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:28 pm

If being a more casual fan means not flipping out every time I hear Rylan on the radio this summer, I’ll take it.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 6:09 pm

This role isn’t for everyone.

(It’s a joke amongst my friends that I eventually turn on every band I like or they break up. There’s never perpetual peace.)

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:43 am

Mr. D's wet dream

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:16 pm

Damn.