All my daydreams are disasters by Rob Conroy

Rob Conroy

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Submit Date: 8/10/2001
Format: CD
Category: Single Artist

All my daydreams are disasters


Artist	Song
Uncle Tupelo	Graveyard Shift

Uncle Tupelo	That Year

Uncle Tupelo	Before I Break

Uncle Tupelo	No Depression

Uncle Tupelo	Train

Uncle Tupelo	Life Worth Livin'

Uncle Tupelo	Flatness

Uncle Tupelo	Screen Door

Uncle Tupelo	Gun

Uncle Tupelo	Nothing

Uncle Tupelo	Still Be Around

Uncle Tupelo	Watch Me Fall

Uncle Tupelo	D. Boon

Uncle Tupelo	Cold Shoulder

Uncle Tupelo	If That's Alright

Uncle Tupelo	Wait Up

Uncle Tupelo	Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

Uncle Tupelo	Black Eye

Uncle Tupelo	I Wish My Baby Was Born

Uncle Tupelo	Slate

Uncle Tupelo	Acuff-Rose

Uncle Tupelo	The Long Cut

Uncle Tupelo	Give Back the Key to My Heart

Uncle Tupelo	Chickamauga

Uncle Tupelo	New Madrid

Uncle Tupelo	We've Been Had

Comment:

The originators of what is generically known as the "No Depression"/alt-country movement (I understand its origins in ancient Appalachian music, Hank Williams, '70s country-rock via Gram Parsons/Poco, and the Paisley Underground, but I'm talking about its modern incarnation). This mix was inspired by the fact that my roommate is moving out tomorrow, along with his Uncle Tupelo CDs... so I seized the opportunity to dub this with the originals and not my CDRs. I'd been thinking about this mix for awhile, but hadn't gotten around to it. As is obvious from my track selection, I think Jeff Tweedy is far superior to Jay Farrar... so shoot me. :-) Favorite tunes are: "New Madrid", "Acuff-Rose", "Graveyard Shift", and "If That's Alright".

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Brandt Fundak1
Date: 8/10/2001

Well Rob, we all know you are wrong about Jay Farrar, but this is an excellent collection. I think my favorite off this mix is "Give Back the Key to My Heart" because it's got that great line "You've got a friend in cocaine." Shit. Now I gotta get my hands on more Uncle Tupelo stuff!

Rob Conroy
Date: 8/10/2001

Well, that's a great line, Brandt, but I hope you're not embracing the sentiment. ;-) And I am most certainly NOT wrong about that pretentious, be-flanneled, circa-'69-Neil-Young-coiffed, anti-social bastard Mr. Farrar. :-)

Handfulls
Date: 8/10/2001

Tweedy, man. Farrar's albums are so. Fucking. BORING. But, you know, vive la difference. Brandt, if you're gonna go whole hog looking for UT stuff, I recommend trying to find the "Gun" 7". It's got a fabulous cover of "I Wanna Destroy You" on the flip.

CASETTA
Date: 8/10/2001

Of course that great song("Give Back the Key to My Heart") was written by the late Doug Sahm of Sir Douglas Quintet fame.

Rob Conroy
Date: 8/10/2001

AND it features Doug Sahm on co-lead vocals (stealing the show from Jay the Lame-o).

kristi kelley
Date: 8/13/2001

rob--
it's refreshing to find other tupelo fans who double as jay-haters. WHERE can I get a copy of this????? its amazing.

Mo Twang!
Date: 3/3/2005

How did I miss this when it was first posted? Nice collection. I was going to put together my own Uncle Tupelo disc for a co-worker, but I might just steal this whole lineup.