Best Ever Albums

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 9 Jun 2013 23:09:28 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/10/2013 03:09

Two foes Du and Ubu
Fought arduously to outdo
Husker came and beat
Pere without any real feat
Will this see the rise of Du?

11-9

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

Hayden — Sat, 8 Jun 2013 18:38:27 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 06/08/2013 22:38

Husher Du isn't really post-punk... so I went with Pere Ubu. Even though I've never been able to get into them..

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

videoheadcleaner — Sat, 8 Jun 2013 18:37:02 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/08/2013 22:37

Closing in 12 hours.

Still a tie.

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

Norman Bates — Fri, 7 Jun 2013 14:36:04 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 06/07/2013 18:36

I went with Hüsker Ubu.

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

Defago — Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:56:12 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 06/07/2013 14:56

Pere Ubu is a Cleveland group which plays a combination of experimental rock, art rock, new wave and post punk with a very unique sound, marked especially by the very marked voice of David Thomas, frontman and only constant member through the years. The band was formed on 1975; released their first album, "The Modern Dance", on 1978; and they are still active today, having released their latest album this same year. Pere Ubu have been termed (by both themselves, the media and the critics) as an avant-garde band #abstractqualities.

Their first album, The Modern Dance, is the best-known and best-regarded. I find it to be an awesome listen, managing to join the eccentricity of art rock, the spirit of punk, the sound of new wave and the raw energy of rock.

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It was followed by Dub Housing on that same year, which is also an amazing listen.

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They have also released a huge amount of lesser-known albums of varying quality through the decades. Their latest, Lady From Shanghai, is one of the better and is also recommended.

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David Thomas wrote:

Rock music is mostly about moving big black boxes from one side of town to the other in the back of your car.

David Thomas wrote:

Pere Ubu is not now nor has it ever been a viable commercial venture. We won't sleep on floors, we won't tour endlessly and we're embarrassed by self-promotion. Add to that a laissez-faire attitude to the mechanics of career advancement and a demanding artistic agenda and you've got a recipe for real failure. That has been our one significant success to this date: we are the longest-lasting, most disastrous commercial outfit to ever appear in rock 'n' roll. No one can come close to matching our loss to longevity ratio.

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

Facetious — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:21:51 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/06/2013 14:21

HOW DO I CHOOSE??!!

Okay so there are more chances of me voting for Pere Ubu, but still. This should've been, like, the final or something.

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

Anonymous — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:41:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/06/2013 12:41

harkan wrote:

I just love this matchup for the rhyme.

In fifty years from now, a scandinavian post-punk specialist will ask another: "husker du Husker Du og husker du Pere Ubu?"

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

meccalecca — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:04:00 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 06/06/2013 12:04

Toughest matchup I've seen so far. Gonna have to go with Husker Du

Re: CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

videoheadcleaner — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 07:23:01 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/06/2013 11:23

I just love this matchup for the rhyme.

CLOSED: PPNW - R2: Husker Du def. Pere Ubu

videoheadcleaner — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 07:16:04 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/06/2013 11:16

HUSKER DU (Coach: Jasonconfused)

BEA Rank: 266

seeded

Vs.

PERE UBU (Coach: Defago)

BEA Rank: 327

beat The Wolfgang Press (R1)

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