Cully Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 I just don't get it.....I know that this is going to make some of you mad, but I just don't think they are that good (yes they are talented musicians) but so is Yanni....
M Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 Cully - b/c they are the best. Now quit being such a wanker and go drink some peach liquour.
Steve from Cleveland Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 How about Kenny G? I don't really have any input on this, I've never listened to the Slip. However, a band my friends are in, Jovial Flow, played a show and I went into the restroom, and someone had put a Flow sticker right next to a Slip Sticker. I have a pic of it on my cellphone S/C
Basher Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 Honestly, it took 3 shows for me to get it. Then I got it. And it was good!
Northern Wish Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 I feel for ya Cully, I was in the same boat for years. I just didn't "get it". I knew it was good, but I couldn't figure out why in the hell everyone thought they were the second coming.Well after about 10 Slip shows, I got my head kicked in at NYE 2004. They took everything I thought about live music and changed it so drastically I can't even remember what it was before (kind of like when your good friend shaves his head and you can't imagine him with hair no matter how hard you try).It took a long time, and a lot of shows- but now I rarely get through a day without listening to Reddish Moon, humming Fuji, or blasting my stereo with Even Rats.The Slip is beauty, of both the human and sonic variety all at once.I hope you can dig it someday..........sean
Cully Posted August 25, 2005 Author Report Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) I have a wicked hangover today from that peach sh@t...but that doesn't change the fact that I don't get the Slip (some folks actually tour with this band?) I have seen them live 4 times, and I have partied with the band (they are all super nice guys) I just get so bored at their shows.. Edited August 25, 2005 by Guest
Del Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 They make beautifully perfect music... They make you have an emotional attachment to every note, every word and every moment... They are stellar musicians who write and perform important music. In otherwords, they are everything Smokestack wishes they could be... Seriously Cully_, I didn't like them when I first heard them I now rate them as one of my top 5 bands of all-time, and my favorite band that currently tours... Go see them live (if you haven't yet) and see what it's all about...
guigsy Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 so you dont get it.. thats fine.. why? what is it that turns you off? quite possibly it's the same things that we all love about them - it's a beautiful thing about music and individuals, wouldnt ya say?
Freeker Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 I totally didn't get it the first time, found it boring. The next night I went to MTL to give them a second chance...BOOM i was gone, in love, taken to a place i had never been before, getting lost in the simplistic complexity of each member, of each sound for eterities. Only to pull out of it long enough to be floored by the beautiful fluidic cohesive unison that is the Slip.Hell that night i was so caught up in the rapture i didn't even notice that the bar was on fire(literally)
Sunshine Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 I wish I could explain this better.....but even when there's no vocals...the instruments were singing to me sooooo clearly I could have sworn there were vocals -- it was BEAUTIFUL....(and I was sober for my first experience with the Slip)
secondtube Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 they are good.they are not the second-coming.they arent even the best touring band today.but if they come close to hamilton (within a couple hours), i'll check em out.talented band.
DevO Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 theres been a few threads on here on exactly the same topic. maybe someone who's mastered the jambands.ca search feature could pull those up.
Cully Posted August 25, 2005 Author Report Posted August 25, 2005 I know that there have been similar threads, but I just thought that I would re-visit this topic (as there are currently 3 threads about this band on the first 2 pages)...people are just crazy about this band!!!
guigsy Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 i dont actually think i could properly answer why i love the slip so much.... i mean, are there words to describe the sound and feeling that happens at that moment? because it really is "that moment" for me.. when it happens... and it does... i guess its the patience and the delivery and the translation... i suppose for some people the translation just doesnt compute... i could sit down with anyone, put on a show, point to that exact moment in a particular song that defines why i love them, and that person could look at me and say "yeah... so?" or, as has been the case most of the time this has happened, the person could say "yeah... so how do i get more???" - but it's something that has to be heard and felt, i guess is what im trying to say.
MarcO Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 I just think The Slip play with real taste and class, and their songs are consistently good. And, for me, that's not something I find very often in this scene to be perfectly honest.
Cully Posted August 25, 2005 Author Report Posted August 25, 2005 I agree with that, they are a class act....
Booche Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 So, they finally give you the horny as well? Good job Cully!
Tooly Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 yeah im there with ya cully, theyre good, but i wouldnt travel outta my way to catch em, or go on tour, or blow sunshine up their asses like SO many kids on here do,, just not my bag, theyre good, i have angels come on time cd, its good, but id rather listen to my loopstation HAHA!
c-towns Posted August 25, 2005 Report Posted August 25, 2005 I like the slip but this is going a little far buddy."They make beautifully perfect music"I think Del would sleep with any of the band members if they asked.
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