Comments on: The Over/Under: Hüsker Dü

By: Milan

Milan — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:52:43 +0000

Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill.
Grant used to hang out in liquor store where a friend worked. There was a girl who would come there to buy a bottle of Heaven Hill (vodka) every night; she was dying from cancer and vodka was helping her with the pain.
Live and learn.

By: Toby Keet

Toby Keet — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:28:49 +0000

I got to agree with you, New Industry get underlooked. But what about Chartered Trips? Terms of Phychic Warfare? Its Not Funny Anymore? Turn it around?

By: Dingo

Dingo — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:42:19 +0000

Lynne, supra, is partly correct. TGWLOHH is about being with an alcoholic broad. It’s a great fucking song. Haters blow dick.

By: usedwigs

usedwigs — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:56:26 +0000

First off, thanks for writing about Husker Du. Not enough people do. I would say “Celebrated Summer” is not under-rated, all fans love it and it is now probably one of their most famous songs now due to Bob covering every time he plays and the weak version done by Mark Kozelek.

Divide And Conquer and Never Talking are classics, can’t be rated high enough in my book. Great call on Eiffel Tower High and Newest Industry.

“Real World,” “Crystal,” “Pink Turns To Blue,” “Games” and “Up in The Air” are my all-time faves. “Real World” encompasses everything I love about punk in one ferocious 2-minute blast. I got me hooked early on.

I saw them on their last tour in NYC (the band Christmas opened up)… they just ripped through Warehouse in exact album order, no banter, no encore, they seemed very angry and tired, still reeling from David Savoy’s death, I’m sure. Still, they sounded great. I see Bob live all the time still, I really miss Grant. His solo stuff was great too. Again, thanks for the post.

By: zentjololo

zentjololo — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:29:00 +0000

that song being Celebrated Summer …

By: zentjololo

zentjololo — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:28:23 +0000

underrated? by whom? every husker fan i know farging loves the shite outta that song.

By: soundrotation

soundrotation — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:27:39 +0000

yup, makes no sense at all. also like too far down on candy apple grey

By: Dave Cantrell

Dave Cantrell — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:30:22 +0000

Hey Milo, don’t recall seeing you at those SF shows but I was there as well. One of the few advans to being old (being 23 years old in London in 1979 was another one). Thing about this Over/Under thing, is that the dead-brilliant standing classics get necessarily overlooked, so I had to mention SORRY SOMEHOW, as it more or less saved my life, which OK is an exaggeration but it certainly was central to my choosing the right road once. In any case, as I assume it’s just ACCEPTED to be in ‘stone classic’ territory it wouldn’t find its way into an O/U but SOMEbody had to mention it, right? Otherwise, I generally agree with the consensus here regarding CYBTO, HEAVEN HILL and D&C. Takes a nitpicker to pick those nits, I should think…

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:29:03 +0000

“Makes No Sense At All” is the bomb.

By: Eric Waggoner

Eric Waggoner — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:30:34 +0000

Jay B.: Now you do.

Chef Ragoo: Well-stated, sir (or madam). I can absolutely see your point.

roarvis: 100% agreed, and also a nice reading of the song.

PB: Also very cogently put, and anyone who’s dipping into the playlist for the first time should also check HD’s first album, the live _Land Speed Record_, the _Metal Circus_ EP, and the reissue/compilation _Everything Falls Apart And More_, which collects that record as well as contemporary singles. Well played.