Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[Joe Mac]

Holy Diver...




We set the bar high for them not to measure up to it continuously.



Yes it was in relation to Queen.

I will keep guessing songs for deaf until it is done or the repetitions drives them insane...

 

[Indymisanthrope]

I could not pick a Cake song out of a line up.

Good rule of thumb:

= Cake

 

[wmeugene]

Something I never saw coming when I first woke up this morning: a debate on the relative success of Cake and Eels.

Put me on team Eels.

 

[JonnyH]

Put me on team Eels.

I'd been lusting after the Blinking Lights box set for a long time. Then one day I had a terrible day at work, so I went straight home and bought it.

 

[wmeugene]

I'd been lusting after the Blinking Lights box set for a long time. Then one day I had a terrible day at work, so I went straight home and bought it.

My favorite Eels album.

 

[Gavaxeman]

I’d say Eels are way more interesting than Cack ..sorry cake

 

[JonnyH]

My favorite Eels album.

Same!

 

[dhodo]

And two singles in the top 30 one of which was a cover of I Will Survive, such a terrible memory not remembering that!

The Eels on the other hand, 4 top 10 albums and another 4 in the top 20. Also 2 top 10 singles. Again I wasn’t really wrong...

Haha, cool it dude, I was just kidding.

 

[Joe Mac]

Haha, cool it dude, I was just kidding.

Joe don’t mess

 

[bettim84]

Cake is the epitome of 90s white dude music.

Stereolab would be awesome.

You’re not wrong, though I think Dave Matthews and and the no-longer-dreadlocked dude from the Counting Crows would like a word with you.

 

[mitchwagz]

I don’t particularly like Cake. I also hear Short Skirt/Long Jacket damn near every time I turn on the “alternative” station in Fort Collins and I can go without hearing that song for a few years. Also, our cross country team in high school that my brother was on was obsessed with The Distance (naturally) so that song is slightly ruined too haha!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Cake is the epitome of 90s white dude music.

Stereolab would be awesome.

But I already preordered the clear pressings.

 

[Murfocakes]

I will keep guessing songs for deaf until it is done or the repetitions drives them insane...

Your pleas are falling on ‘Deaf’ ears.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

This is the only Cake song I’d hear on the radio that I did not eventually get sick of. They’re decent although I’d never want them on vinyl.

This was my first time hearing about Eels too. Pretty sure it happened here in Minnesota, as I remember the local station 89.3 The Current being overly excited about it.

You wanna a fascinating backstory forget Jim Sullivan read up the the Eels lead singer E (Mark Everett) life story. Spoiler: it’s super depressing.

 

[Joe Mac]

Your pleas are falling on ‘Deaf’ ears.

 

[Sebastian]

This thread is going to be a hot mess until the end of September.

 

[Gavaxeman]

You wanna a fascinating backstory forget Jim Sullivan read up the the Eels lead singer E (Mark Everett) life story. Spoiler: it’s super depressing.

To be fair he’s had a pretty rough run in life..you can see why the music can be a doomy at times

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

To be fair he’s had a pretty rough run in life..you can see why the music can be a doomy at times

Oh for sure. I wasn’t trying to be unfair. My whole point was that he’s had an interesting/tragic life and that his personal tragedies have shaped his music.

 

[dbarila]

I could not pick a Cake song out of a line up. I always confused them with Cracker.

While not a big Eels fan, they definitely were on my early 20s indie rock radar a heck of a lot more than Cake. Interesting regional differences

If you've ever heard one Cake song you could easily recognize any other Cake sound. They definitely have a sound.

 

[YoHabloEspanol]

Not really sold on UFO. May have to swap, for the first time ever (!). Have been riding steady as a neverswaper since Youth Lagoon.