<![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster" - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster" - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:54:16 EST Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:54:16 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c782991 Easily my favorite thing Bob Mould ever did, actually. I think it's near flawless.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:224515:c782991 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:54:16 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c780103 This album cover predated the one for Metallica's "Load," didn't it? I'll take bloody rope over bloody sperm any day.

("Black Sheets Of Rain" is another tip-top Mould disc that seems all but forgotten.)

Pop Cesspool

]]> 33:224515:c780103 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:43:27 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c779656 Sugar had loadsa hits here in UKsville, but the 30 minute concept record about Jeeeeeeeeeeeesus was a bit dodgy to my mind. i got it out the libraRY and taped it. Great songs but Jesus?

BlimpyMcFlah

]]> 33:224515:c779656 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:10:12 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c779443 Didn't "Beaster" go to #1 in England?

J DTZR

]]> 33:224515:c779443 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:03:28 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c779351 Maybe the best show I ever saw was Sugar on the Copper Blue tour. Damn, they were loud and awesome. (Seriously, Dinosaur Jr. is the only band I've ever seen that is louder.) Bob Mould had the most amazing guitar sound... The whole concert was like a coulda-shoulda-woulda showcase, Sugar headlined with Grant Lee Buffalo and Sub Pop's underappreciated Hazel. Great, great show.

Slappy McJackass

]]> 33:224515:c779351 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:57:02 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c779349 Seriously. Right up there with the Breeders in the category of best side-projects ever. Both full-length albums were mad catchy and true '90s alt-pop highlights. Beaster was more of a challenge but still of a piece with the other two. Never understood why Mould wouldn't keep it going - he was bound to score a serious hit eventually.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:224515:c779349 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:56:45 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c779019 Indeed. That pretty much off all of Sugar's output is around 2 bucks in any used bin you look at is a huge mystery to me. Explode and Make Up is the a of the great bitter breakup anthems. And, yeah, Feeling Better has a really ambitious arrangement for such a catchy song.

Feh Am Legend

]]> 33:224515:c779019 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:51:48 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c778749 What about 'File Under Easy Listening'?

I miss Sugar.

Bon Jour, Pee Wee

]]> 33:224515:c778749 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:13:03 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c778477 Yep, agreed on "Hoover Dam". Big, majestic, etc...But holy shit this thing went straight to the cut-out bin right quick. Never could understand why. Understandably, these tracks don't really fit on Copper Blue--if only because they're TOO sonic. This is one loud-ass e.p. I always play it. Love the way "Come Around" washes over you; the way "Feeling Better" incorporates horns(?!) and uplifts. Not to mention, "Tilted" for all its BLISTERING. A keeper.

Jude

]]> 33:224515:c778477 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:57:50 EST <![CDATA[The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Building The Perfect "Beaster"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-building-the-perfect-beaster-224515.php#c778109 Here's a Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda: How was "Hoover Dam" from Copper Blue not the biggest song in the world? That song to me is the definition of hit single. That chorus is pure anthem, meant to play through the expanse of arena rafters.

noamjamski

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