Line Out - Comments on The Eternal Pleasures of the Nuggets Boxed Sets http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure It's one of the great paradoxes that the songs on the Nuggets boxed sets continue to offer pleasure 40-some years after they were recorded. Paradoxical because most of these tunes were banged out by youths in garages trying to... Copyright 2008 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:52:56 -0800 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:00:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by keenan All I know is I heard "Last Time Around" once a few weeks ago and it was stuck in my head for the rest of the evening.

]]> keenan http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c467729 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c467729 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:11:18 -0800 Comment by herethere I can't answer that question, too much greatness - perhaps the best box set ever (I'm not as into II)
Talk Talk, The Music Machine
13th Floor Elevators, You're Gonna Miss Me (the opening scream!)
Don't Look Back, The Remains to name a few.
Scuzzy, tough and mean all in that beautiful, loving way.
And I'm not a huge lover of the Amboy Dukes vocal to Journey to the Center of Your Mind - but the instrumental rules and this video KICKS ASS! The swooping camera past the "go go" girls just makes me wanna die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRpbvuU1D8&eurl=

I was weaned on this shit via radio, mostly...
Wooly Bully (as corny as it may sound) may have altered my musical tastes forever.

Yep, too tough a question...

]]> herethere http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c467856 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c467856 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:48:48 -0800 Comment by mwand it's the nuge man.I wonder if he smoked weed back then?

]]> mwand http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468378 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468378 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:16:04 -0800 Comment by segal I read that Nugent didn't take drugs, even in the '60s.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468410 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468410 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:45:46 -0800 Comment by dood the nuge was too busy f*ckin the sh*t outta all them ditzy go go girlz... drugs would have only slowed his weiner down mang... and that is a no-no in nugeland!

]]> dood http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468598 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468598 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:44:41 -0800 Comment by Robin Pecknold I'll always love the Sagittarius track My World Fell Down... and the Timebox song Gone is the Sad Man. Both pretty derivative, but beautiful...

]]> Robin Pecknold http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468647 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468647 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:46:33 -0800 Comment by oye como va "Gone Is the Sad Man" = bliss.

]]> oye como va http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468653 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468653 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:22:31 -0800 Comment by Mr_Friendly Nazz - Open My Eyes. They sounded years ahead of their time.

]]> Mr_Friendly http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468766 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468766 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:06:30 -0800 Comment by nipper hahahahaha..oh Nuggets! SWEET FUCKING NUGGETS! thank you Lenny Kaye! thing is these EIGHT discs packed FULL of winners only scratches the SURFACE of whats out there!!! man...as for my fave Nuggets tracks...where do I begin!?

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468782 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468782 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:00:05 -0800 Comment by segal as for my fave Nuggets tracks...where do I begin!?

We'll patiently wait for you to make your decision.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468816 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_eternal_pleasure#c468816 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:00:59 -0800