The Starting Line Band • Page 116

Definitely heard these before but I wondered if there any high quality rips you know of? (Not sure if they can be publicly shared).

 

Thank you!

 

Whatever I have is from that og leak in like 2004 and I think 160kbs, they sound pretty rough.

 

A couple other random ones after a quick glance:

- The World (Tim O'Heir Version)
- Big Time Sensuality (Bjork Cover)
- Nights and Weekends (Rough Mix)

 

Wasn't there a whole podcast or documentary where they discussed how they totally got fucked by the label/contracts? And how they wanted them to sound like NFG Catalyst since it was gonna be the 'next big thing'?

 

Babies. Literal babies.

 

I think I burned that to a CD at some point, I remember Photography being super warbly and distorted. I -think- I first heard them through a link someone posted on AP.

 

Let's bring back puka shells and blond tips.

 

Wow I've never heard Last Impression full band version....absolutely amazing

 

Everyone in a youth XL tee at best and cargo shorts.

 

I can’t remember who was quoted in that Where Are Your Boys Tonight book but they came across as pretty salty about FOB being bigger than them on the Nintendo Fusion Tour

 

Nights and Weekends and Lasting Impressions full band are in my top 5 songs they ever did, it is absolutely absurd they didn’t make the cut. Between the 3 N&W versions and Lasting Impressions carrying over from the acoustic ep, it feels like they knew both were great, I wonder what happened. One of those BOATS is my favorite but it could have been even better situations.

 

Wow I totally forgot about Raincloud and I.
This band has some of the best b-sides

 

They were the bigger band when that tour was likely being put together. I totally get TSL’s frustration. No one could have predicted FOB to take off the way it did the same time you had MCR and AAR on Warped.

 

Someone predicted it.

 

here ya go its in 320kbps

Download 14 Nights And Weekends.mp3 from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

 

Listened to BOATS again tonight at the gym, and I think they made the right choice long term, for how the album stands up now all these years later, but for 2005 alone, track one was the wrong call too. It’s too slow. To go from that first album, and the upbeat summer anthems, to that single, and then that be how the album opens, I get why people were like what happened?

“Surprise, Surprise” as the lead single.

Definitely put ”Lasting Impression” on, was a fan fave from the EP, FOB had just also done the acoustic version into full band thing, and open the album with something more in your face (they did it perfectly on the next album), and there’s a world BOATS takes off for them. (Even without Neal Avron ever being involved.)

 

wasnt boats dead on arrival from their labels viewpoint though? or was that direction? i remember they said on the farewell dvd that their label was pulling out of promotion and everything because it didn't sell a certain amount of records in the first week.

 

That was both, Direction also got abandoned. It debuted at 18 on the charts. There was label turmoil at Geffen, but I’m saying in a different world there’s a way that album coulda taken off.

 

virgin should of pushed it longer, '21' could have been a radio hit!

 

years later i realized the early november, TSL, sugarcult all got drowned out by all the neon pop bands that exploded around then FTSK, 3oh3, all time low, metro station, etc. All my friends just switched gears and made fun of me for buying 'Direction' and jimmy's 'Chase This Light' , i was like they are still putting out quality stuff you guys are nuts!

 

"Oh my god! Let me describe to you this guy,
his name is Ken, he's in this band that writes such, awful songs about me all the time."

You're goddamn right!

 

Surprise, Surprise is my favorite, but Artistic License is right behind it.

 

Stay Where I Can See You is underrated, such a weird little track, but so good

 

no love for 'the B-list'?

that is a deepcut i do enjoy