Great CD...Why isn't it complete?
I don't know why "Ladybugs" and "Healthy Sick" (two of my faves from "the Freed Man") aren't on here when they say they are. . also missing is "Lou Rap" as well as all the cool in-between song noise and samples from the Freed Man. It's annoying, but this is still a gread CD.
I'm hoping the Freed Man gets the same treatment the new release of Sebadoh III got.
Smash your head on the punk rock!.
basement rock!
The compliation here is a mixture of both weed forstein and the freed man, which were the trademark sebadoh sound before differences came about. This being the earilest works of the great indie trio known as sebadoh.
The music here is raw, not in a punk rock way, it's just primitive. Recorded in various basements using acoustics, minimal electronic effects and various experiments with tape, it does sound like something after a while, but it takes a couple required listens to get used to the low-finess.
Though the old sebadoh was split between Lou's neurotic songwriting and Eric's eccentric musicial style, it is more Lou then Eric doin up the albums finest tracks. Songs like Subtle Holy gift, Broken, Whitey peach, Brand new love and others get into your head and stay, the lyrics are sometimes a little too much, but that's the best part.
Eric's stuff isn't very different, just a bit more experimental then what Lou was doing. Wall of doubt, Made Real, Moldy bread, Bridge like you are all very simple but catchy and inspired.
Only drawback to me at least is the lack of eric's (and loobies) crazier works from the Freed man, Wall of doubt is remixed(?) on his one and Little man rears his ugly head.
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All my friends are killing me (I think I'm a genius)
Absolutely beautiful (and sad, and funny, and weird), it's a bit of a postmodern "Pink Moon," and perfect for fans of Lou's prettier, more acoustic stuff (like "Kath" and "Truly Great Thing"). This was my first ever Sebadoh record, and remains my favourite after all these years. Pick this one up if you can. .
this IS lo-fi
Amazing, beautiful, honest songs, recorded at home on 4-track or even with 2-track trickery. This is probably my favorite album ever. If most people tried this it would come out bad, but the fact that this album is so great shows you how talented Lou Barlow (and Eric Gaffney) is. One of the most personal albums I have ever heard, and was the perfect theme to my grade 12 school year. Every kid in high school should start listening to Sebadoh. It was the first time I actually started to understand what someone was saying in the lyrics, before I never really cared that much. After this album, I started buying albums for their lyrics as much as the music. It'll make you want to buy a 4-track and learn guitar. And yes, the track listing listed here is totally wrong (as far as the last half of the album goes). But of course it IS printed like that on the inside of the CD! The "Weed Forestin" part is identical to the original album, but the "Freed Man" half is quite different from the original. So don't think that you have the complete Freed Man LP if you buy this CD! Freed Man has many more songs (especially Lou songs (like 'Healthy Sick')) as well as different versions of a lot of the Eric songs! It is a must have! And so is "The Freed Weed".
Pure Sebadoh
" Well, mine will be that review for the Freed Weed. I've looked at most of the reviews of the other Sebadoh records and there's at least one for each that proclaims "this is the best Sebadoh album. It's the best. The purest songs. Lou, the self-described "folk terrorist" who wanted to "say things that made people uncomfortable. . . to the point where it wasn't cool anymore," he's in the zone. Just listen to Whitey Peach and Mr. Genius Eyes a few times. You even get to hear Eric before he went completely insane - see Made Real and Bolder (not on the list above for some reason). I love all their records but this one is my favorite.
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