Hardcore UFO’s // Guided By Voices
Very few albums have an opening song that make me wanna rock like this one from GBV’s Bee Thousand*. Try it in headphones, loud, and just listen to Professor Pollard go. (“ARE YOU AMPLIFIED TO ROCK?”)
*If you have a turntable and if you collect any vinyl and if you are a GBV fan, I recommend the 3-disc, vinyl-only Bee Thousand Director’s Cut. It’s pretty kick-ass.
In late 2007, I was home in Dayton visiting my parents and we went to see There Will Be Blood at the little art theater downtown. Bob Pollard was a few rows ahead of us with some friends. I remember leaving, debating internally which thing made me happier to be alive: Daniel Day Lewis’s timeless turn as Daniel Plainview, or the notion of Bob Freaking Pollard considering Daniel Day Lewis’s timeless turn as Daniel Plainview.
