11/18/2023 0 Comments Captain kangaroo birthday songIt wouldn’t be a proper Suitcase addition without some early versions of well-known tracks, and disc 2 has quite it’s fair share: “Good To Look” is an early, sunnier version of “The Queen of Cans and Jars” and is a fascinating look at the origins of the song-similar to the early take on “Tractor Rape Chain” included here, which is called “Clean It Up.” This take is different than the one included on the Darla 100 comp, however, featuring just Pollard on acoustic and vocal with Tobin Sprout on bass and moving along at a much faster pace. And while it may not be to everyone’s taste, I really like the snippet “Slave Boss Cranberry,” which is led by the proggy dual guitar attack of Doug Gillard and Nate Farley with a ragged Pollard vocal laid on top. Another great track is “Time Will Destroy You ” based around a funk-influenced backbeat and a catchy guitar riff, this fuzzy power-pop diamond in the rough wouldn’t sound too out of place on Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia. “Excellent Extension” is a track newly-recorded with Ricked Wicky wingman Nick Mitchell, and features some nice mellotron work and a laid-back vocal, while “Save My Life” is a live cut featuring the mid-80s lineup of GBV doing their best Joy Division impression. Then there’s the back-to-back wallop of “Ode to J.D.,” an acoustic strummer that sounds like a Help!-era Beatles tune, and a previously unreleased take on the Power Of Suck track “I Am Decided ” it’s similar to the version on Suitcase 2, but features a much more prominent lead guitar. A jangly slice of REM-inspired neopsych goodness, the track is one of a few on Captain Kangaroo pulled from the band’s unreleased 1984 album Pissing In The Canal. Disc 2 of Captain Kangaroo Won The War is no exception, offering it plenty of the above and more besides.įirst the lost classics: nothing fits this definition more than the lead-off track, the stellar “Lockets of the Empress” (premiered a few weeks ago on The Fire Note-check it out below). In fact, I would say Disc 1 is a must listen for all fans.ĭisc 2 Review: Fans of GBV’s Suitcase series already know what they can expect from any given disc in the collection: a few lost classics, some early versions of familiar tunes, sparse acoustic demos, rough and raw blasts of distortion-filled weirdness, and a few laughter-inducing moments too. Just one spin is all it takes to realize that these are not just throwaways. The highlights on Disc 1 don’t stop there, as “The Garden” and “Murphy Had A Birthday” have the classic rock vibe comparable to the early material found on Forever Since Breakfast (1986) while some of the new songs, like “Deaf Dumb And Blind Girl” were recorded specifically for this collection with Ricked Wicky member Nick Mitchell. These type of moments alone make Suitcase Four worth the price of admission. Off the unreleased ’84 record, Pissing In The Canal you get “Walls and Windows,” which is an alternate version of “Hardcore UFO’s” of Bee Thousand (1994) fame while near the end of the record, “Hallway of Glass” has the salute and melody of “The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory.” The original version of “Echoes Myron” is here, titled “Try Me On For Size” and from the working version of Alien Lanes (1995), Scalping The Guru, you get the more acoustic “Motor Away”, that still has all of its great components. Suitcase Four: Captain Kangaroo Won The Warįire Note Says: Suitcase 4 packs 100 songs into a nice 3 hours 31-minute sitting but was too big for just one of our GBV fan writers to tackle so we split it up – 4 Discs 4 Writers 4 Perspectives – all captured below! Disc 1ĭisc 1 Review: There is no question that Guided By Voices leader, Robert Pollard is super prolific but seriously, after all of the releases under the GBV belt there were another 100 songs just lying around the house? Well, the proof is on the record because that is exactly what we get on the fourth installment of the Suitcase series.ĭisc 1 is a true kickoff and like the previous Suitcases that have come before it, the 25 song disc has some really great tracks that Guided By Voices fans will want to hear and own.
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