Less Than Jake Band • Page 20

how's this for a tour

 

Really wish this was coming to Toronto, but I knew it wouldn’t be. I don’t think BFS are allowed in the country still lol

 

Have I missed something? Or is this a joke which has gone over my head

 

If I’m remembering correctly, BFS haven’t played in Canada since like 2005 or something. I remember one of the guys in the band (I wanna say Chris) saying they weren’t allowed in because of some silly weed possession charge or something along those lines

 

I wish it was anyone else aside from BFS but still stoked

 

I was just thinking how many great songs LTJ recorded during the Anthem sessions, including all the B is for B-Sides songs and decided to make my ultimate Antgem single disc record. Here’s the track list:

01. Short Fuse Burning
02. Sleep it Off
03. the Ghost of You and Me
04. National Anthem
05. Science of Selling Yourself Short
06. Plastic Cup Politics
07. Goodbye in Gasoline
08. Welcome to the New South
09. Motown Never Sounded So Good
10. Portrait of a Cigarette Smoker
11. Best Wishes to your Black Lings
12. ASAOK
13. Look What Happened
14. The Brightest Bulb has Burned Out/Screws

Has anyone done this before? I’m curious to see other peoples track lists.

 

I still think Anthem is their best album.

 

You forgot Escape From the A-Bomb House :P Love that one!

 

I never really cared for that song. Maybe because my parents are cool?

 

Anthem is a really strong record, Rob Cavallo makes every song pop in exactly the right ways, there's not as much interference on which songs can and can't have horns like on In With The Out Crowd, and Brightest Bulb / Screws Fall Out is an amazing closer.

However it is now my duty to remind you that Less Than Jake, for some inexplicable reason, did a version of Brightest Bulb with Billy Bragg of all people

EDIT: oh, I'm sure this is a very cold take, but the Borders and Boundaries version of Look What Happened is better

 

Less Than Jake have written low-key exceptional closers since Hello Rockview. Starting with that record, the last 1-2 tracks on each full-length are total bangers right up to the last one with the 1-2 punch of "Bill" and "So Much Less."

As far as the Billy Bragg cover goes, I'm not sure "inexplicable" is the term that I would use. Haha. I know Vinnie and Chris are both pretty huge fans and at the time both artists were signed to labels under the Warner Music banner... Still, it definitely caught me off-guard with how great it sounded.

 

I’d add Lockdown to the great closers

and billy bragg collab made perfect sense to me? Buncha pop punk bands were covering A New England at that time

 

P.S. Shock the World is on my list of songs I'd love to see them play live that they almost certainly won't

 

They played PS Shock the World on their winter 2017 tour.

 

That version of "Brightest Bulb" with Billy Bragg might have been the first LTJ song I heard and I still think it's superior the album version.

 

They used to play that one pretty often, but I don’t remember when the last time I saw it was.

 

Borders version is absolutely the superior one

 

Fingers crossed! The last time I saw them was a Hello Rockview show and it looks like Slam Dunk next year will be the same. But it's such a good closer.

Oh there's another lukewarm take, the live version of Rest of My Life with the horns is better than the studio version.

 

Looks like pre orders for a new pressing of “In With the Out Crowd” on Vinyl today. Only 2500 available.

https://realgonemusic.com/products/less-than-jake-in-with-the-out-crowd-lp

 

We have our first kid on the way and I have been building out a playlist of lullaby songs from Twinkle Twinkle Rockstar and Rockabye Baby.
Also stumbled onto Sparrow Sleeps, which covers pop punk & emo.
They finally just put out their Less Than Jake edition:

 

Their blink-182 and Yellowcard editions were lifesavers when our daughter was born.

 

A deluxe, 2xLP version of Hello Rockview is currently being sold on their tour, 2nd LP with a bunch of rarities:

Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview

 

I assume the “‘23” songs are re-recordings. Very interested.

 

Probably correct!