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no I am the biggest Clutch fan here Clutch, Elephant Riders, Jam Room, and PRF are peak Clutch for me. I discovered them in high school and spent a lot of time thinking their lyrics were absolutely genius in their weirdness. Now I know they're just silly poo poo that mostly Neil thought up because he's a big dork and that makes it even greater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y-KSYfUC6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p60u10gsEIc Blast Tyrant, Robot Hive - Exodus, and Beale Street to Oblivion are all grouped together for me. I think Blast Tyrant is one of their best albums ever in technical proficiency. Something happened after Pure Rock Fury with JP's drumming. It got really consistent, dude just turned into a metronome. And his groove really developed. I think that was when I learned the term "pocket drummer" from someone heaping praise on his style. Beale Street to Oblivion was great and I think Neil said there was very little overdubbing, it was almost entirely recorded in single takes. You Can't Stop Progress into Power Player is one of the best album openers in rock music and it's carried by JP in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xynhDzF3I-A I only liked a couple tracks each off of Strange Cousins, Earth Rocker, and Psychic Warfare. Book of Bad Decisions sounded more coherent to me, more rehearsed, I dunno. Something about that album just works for me better then the three previous ones. I could give or take the bluesier stuff. Some of em work (Gravel Road), some of em don't (Electric Worry). What I really like though, are the weird one-offs and covers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgeau0xN_qo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpiZrie5JXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUBXfYEwBVQ Speaking of JP's crazy tight grooves and deep pockets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQa7TdTzflI Oh and the day I got Beale Street to Oblivion, I heard the song Rapture of Riddley Walker, figured out what it was about, and went and checked out the book at the library. It's one of my favorite books ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_m5o4TOzkk
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Heard about that book through Clutch too and holy gently caress it’s hard to read but it’s so good. There’s a website with translations and explanations of some of the more arcane stuff. 100% necessary for me.
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They have become a parody of themselves at this point and I’m mostly here for it.
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I think the days of weird funky muddy poo poo are long gone and I mourn that. I want to see them this tour, they’ve been playing a lot of old stuff.
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Apr 29, 2022 14:14
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Listen to all Clutch, but the stuff between Jam Room and Pure Rock Fury inclusive is best. Blast Tyrant and Beale St to Oblivion are pretty good but not the same.
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