From: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#1] 11 Aug 2006To: ALL
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From: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#2] 11 Aug 2006To: ALL
Will's Cousin is the only song the LeVar BurTones still play from their 2Zoo era (bits of "Make Room For Buddy" made it into "No Eyes", but that doesn't count :P ) Misunderstood classic, or lingering relic?
From: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#3] 11 Aug 2006To: ALL
Personally, I'd like to see a reworked version of "Conkey Ave", but that's because I'm insane, obviously.
From: Frankie [#4] 13 Aug 2006To: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#3] 14 Aug 2006
i agree. conkey ave what a lame ass song. have you ever heard the story twitch? ask zane theres a story behind the song.
From: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#5] 14 Aug 2006To: Frankie [#4] 15 Aug 2006
They told me the story last year. I know the street, that's why I have a soft spot for that song.
From: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#6] 8 Nov 2006To: ALL
An era has ended - the BurTones retired "Will's Cousin" at Water Street on Friday. But fret not! They also debuted not one but TWO new songs that night. Things change, but this train's not stopping any time soon.
From: Phil [#7] 9 Nov 2006To: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#6] 9 Nov 2006
I've only heard that song played twice, but it's been enjoyable both times.
The new songs were great! Especially the instrumental, you barely hear those anymore other than for intros.
From: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#8] 9 Nov 2006To: Phil [#7] 9 Nov 2006
Instrumentals are more common in traditional ska, I've noticed. (My favorite Slackers tune is an instrumental.) Not that they're unheard of in third-wave and ska-punk - Op Ivy's "Bankshot" springs to mind (why doesn't anybody cover that song?)
From: Phil [#9] 12 Mar 2007To: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#8] 13 Mar 2007
Back when you posted that I didn't know "bankshot" but just recently I had this melody stuck in my head and couldn't figure out what it was from. After a few days of humming it I remembered what it was and uncovered my Operation Ivy cd I haven't seen in a while and re-discovered "bankshot". That's now my favorite song on that cd.
I really like that surf/ska sound (I don't know if other people consider it that, but I do) but theres not a whole lot of music that I've ehard that matches that sound too well.
Have you ever heard the Basic Radio demos? It was Matt Freemans and Tim Armstrongs band just before Operation Ivy started.
From: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#10] 13 Mar 2007To: Phil [#9] 13 Mar 2007
Yeah, I'd say "Bankshot" has a surf feel to it.
That's the first I've heard of Basic Radio. Any idea where I'd find that demo?
From: Phil [#11] 13 Mar 2007To: Steven Ransel Mills (AKA_TWITCH) [#10] 13 Mar 2007
go to operationivy.com and go to downloads. It should be at the very bottom, if not I can send them to you.
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