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The National - Album rankings and general notes
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Enjoy our discussion ranking all The National studio albums and our general thoughts and notes on the band.
We never had so much hate mail before.
I think I've ever done that. Before I revisited album, but never ohh you still.
You did it. I'm the only one who did.
Beside bootleg live albums, everything directors, directors, tracks or whatever.
It certainly does, yes. It it definitely showed, the 107 came through are real big.
Right. This was, yeah, they do it big in Texas. This is the Guadalupe this it was.
What was the name of the? The bottle or whatever, yeah.
Oh, they name each bottle from Mexican bottle.
Not each bottle. But I guess this line or yeah.
Domino C&HOK. Yeah, Nah. Classic American.
Bounded by the mighty Mississippi, the dividing line between the sugar empires.
You control the sugar, you control the whatever Homer said.
Like Paul Rudd and Parks and Rec with the swedens.
Two well alligator came out 2005.
OK, so I'm off on my. Timeline, we graduated, we graduated.
Right. But Obama used it, yes.
If John Kerry would have used it, maybe would have gotten the. The national bump? Maybe.
That's what was lacking. Yeah, I mean.
This ain't right, Bauer looked.
No, certainly not with this flipping and.
Just as well, I think it's a fine secretary. Of state, right?
I guess what do they really do?
Just fly around, pretend they're doing important meetings at summits.
Right. Have summits, have summits? Hang out with allies.
It's a lot of. You know, sitting in old buildings, shaking hands and. Like photo shoots.
With occasional diplomacy, right? Ben Franklin tell you that right?
Hanging out in. France, he knew.
How to handle himself with his prostitute, Sir, was he was a big with the ladies.
But that was like the style of the day. Yeah, like a lot of people had.
That look, it was duringer, man, those founding fathers.
Yeah, they knew how to do it. Their powdered wigs and. Such he didn't have to he.
He said firm firm. That's how the ladies liked it.
One of the designers was not on the first album.
It's not fully. Formed it's it's doing right absorbed.
He hadn't separated from his twin yet. He wasn't birthed from his brother yet.
Science and enlightenment not reach the dozen her brothers.
It's Corinne, Corinne Spencer. Former poet editor at the.
Slash Rody mistaken for strangers? Documentary that we.
Saw we did and then saw them perform at the shrine was a double feature.
Everyone applauded when Tom came out.
Right to hold the the mic, the mic line. But yeah, so it's a real.
It's a family affair with the with the burners and the Devon Dorfs and the designers Little German.
Family it really is. Oh, that is.
I don't know what burning areas.
That sounds no burning. Could be, I don't know, some kind of. Whatever one of that.
He's a tall white blonde man. I don't think he's Swedish. And maybe on his mom's side, but.
Bust that works, that teacher and he worked for.
Now with a teacher for some time. A design company or something, right?
Yeah, like magazine, like graphic designer something.
Right. Which makes. Sense given how graphically designed their albums are? The album covers.
I don't know what everyone else was doing.
Well, they seem kind of secretive.
You know what I mean? Not too much out there about their personal lives.
What were you listening to on the night of? The 3rd, 2002. What were you doing?
Headphones speakers your pods with this on.
Because you got. You got an. Oh, no, I think that might have been the time.
Definitely have photos. I think I could watch.
Videos on it. Yeah, that was the next version.
But yeah, I didn't get into the national until boxer. Told me we're going.
Was like what? You didn't listen to the the national.
This is host. The dog is the greatest.
I think it was. It was still in like the First's cancer AIDS.
Ohh uh-huh of the comments section.
OK. How do you want to do this? Just shoot back and. Forth, OK, so.
Yeah, yeah. We'll start at #9.
A best I don't think so. I don't think so. I was surprised how many live albums they.
Yeah, yeah, I know. I know I owned or bought it in the time the live in Brussels.
Trying out different things, different influences.
Yeah, I have. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Album but I feel like there's still some.
Thread vintage is still there.
Sleep well, beast. Ohh, shots fired.
OK or officially like I think it was known that she helped out on him and then she.
Look at that. We matched up alright.
Right. But yeah, that was, those are my notes for that and. That was 2. 1001.
At the Greek right. And that was like a second running of that tour, right.
I think they ran that. Tour for a couple of years, yeah. OK. Moving on, moving on.
What's your #7? Oh, did you do your #7?
OK, I swear to God. Touch them, OK?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, yeah. My number six, you're #6.
Alright, yeah, how about that?
But another great album cover. I thought it was a. Pretty good looking.
Oh yeah, the weird kid holding the head don't know what the story.
Yeah, it's still still around.
It can, right? But it's a harder sell, but especially when that's your bread.
I don't think you isn't you retired.
He's not selling drugs out of his Nike Box or.
No more play. A golden crusted vault.
Even his vault is gold. Here's the gold.
Keep my gold. Exactly. Exactly.
This had a good chance you pretty good.
And those are probably my top three for. Alligator alligator coming in at number. 5 all right.
That old burning, her wheelbarrow.
But yeah, what is it? It that's one of the setlist favorite right here because all pumped.
I did trouble will find me OK. Yes, I stopped writing down reasons at this point.
Yes, by the brothers designer. Ohh twinkle figures designer.
They just, they just do good work.
But pink rabbits is on. Yeah, a lot of.
Another lot, a lot of crowd favorites.
Right. Right. It's very kind of narrative story oriented with their lyric. OK.
Number three. Wait, wait. My #4 my #4.
I'll just see if the calendar, yeah. Yeah, they're all great.
Like if if. If if yeah. If the nationals did anything, we should have ranked the cover this would.
We should have ranked the covers.
That looks straight on and the other ones.
Similar thoughts, that is why it is my #3.
OK, so almost OK almost indirect.
I mean, I think I. Put it in a better ranking than you.
I wanted to. But those other ones, they just because they I don't know the the trilogy.
Ohh especially after that right a true return.
Intonation in the words and emphasis on stuff.
Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah, like. Give it a whole different meaning.
I don't think he ever did anything again. I think he. Became Martin Short, Clifford Clifford.
Footing, but in in a new way. Sonic Textures Nuisance station.
All right, now we're at three.
Boxer Ohh #2 is boxer. Whoa bold you put the.
#2 what? What? What did? You do sleep well these number, yeah.
Take that tight vested to Matt.
Bernier, right. Take that beast. Put you in the ground beef.
I could listen straight through and back. Oh my God. This song is so good.
To this one by myself all day.
That was trouble. Will find me, yeah.
Hear us roar, we hear us roar.
Even starting with the first one is the drummer, right?
Or is it that the the one he's in? The pool. Oh, second.
Yeah, that's the second album. Ohh no, no, no.
That's that's the first one. Right when Devin dwarfed in the pool.
Does alligators like squealy colored lines? Or with that sad songs.
Right. Well, that was the the graffiti looking one that was, they had another squiggly.
I thought, squiggly lined album.
Sad songs for Dirty Lovers house.
The one it's like an S or something.
Yeah, it's the colors that go across someones face.
I think so. I always thought it. Was a face. I guess it does.
Look like a face. Yeah, I don't know.
What's in what's in store for?
Capture a little more. I'm easy to find.
Probably going to be more on collaborations. They're going full.
That would be interesting to see them do a covers album. I I wonder what they would pick by just.
Yeah, but we'll see if they did a couple covers.
I album ohh like Bob. Dylan, I will.
I never want to hear that it's Christmas.
Time must be Santa. You can listen to that daily. What are you talking about?
Ohh that's a terrible. Ohh God ohh. Had a really intriguing question.
Really, the grow is not showers.
Thoughts and beliefs, yeah. I think like the covers.
They're going somewhere. I tell you.
These these young kids. I wish I could do a.
Casey Kasem, I can't even remember. Like, it sounds like.
Yes, it is. So he's known to do the voice. Yes, in his radio voice.
What's that world's youngest teenager?
Ohh, that's right. But he's kind of like the proto him, right? Cases like the Proto de Clark.
Outlived him, like in the USO.
Troops he was playing with Glenn Miller.
That's how he got American Bandstand because he was familiar with big band music.
Is that right? From this time in the? No way that the other guy's older than the other guy cause.
People can die at any age. That's always something.
Right. But generally the older people die first, and I believe Kasim.
Remember when he went missing?
Yeah, yeah, like old man case.
Because Dick Clark was. Still rocking new. Year's Eve on up until like five years ago.
Not great, but he was. They trotted him out there.
It was a little weekend at Bernie's situated.
I was gonna say I was like. Ohh, like uncle Bernie.
To listen to wash the motor up with you. Dick Clark was born. Who would you?
Say was older, I say Kayson was older.
Dick Clark, 1929. Yeah, he died 2012.
When did Kasim die 2014? Ohh damn it, I was up for two. Years on both it's.
It was, I guess, OK, so he's older, which is why he got the. Title of oldest teenager.
Well, because he was. He was doing the the new. Year's Eve forever.
And even his. Radio Top 40s or whatever, every weekend.
American Music Awards Dick Clark Productions produce that.
Oh, that's right, yeah. Is is the production company still?
You got bought out by Desi Lou.
Yeah, used to be by the Acapulco and Burbank.
Was he known to frequent there for some margaritas?
Probably happy hour. Yeah, that's.
Why don't you? Why he was there.
I think right secret would be more interesting if that happened.
I have no idea what that dudes into or was into. Maybe I don't know.
No one was paying, that's what. You just said.
This hurts me more than it does.
Do you remember that show was a?
Blind date blind date he was on blind date.
This was when he was still he was still in LA.
And then he came back and was like. Crawling around like.
Yeah, he came back as a guest, like a week after he left. He tried to.
Jay Leno, the show people were like.
Wait, I didn't. Know who he was crawling in on the floor.
Oh my God. I never thought it was.
It's like his Tom Cruise on the couch. Someone saying him like?
Hit something always seemed wrong about him.
Yeah, missing a fuse or something. Maybe too many fuses, I don't know.
He's a good broadcaster, he's.
OK, he, like, that's he lacks personality of a Clark or a case. And that other guy, Chico.
The one with the. Mail. Yeah, Prince.
Wasn't one of them on the radio? It was. It was. No. Ohh yeah.
I was checking on the man. With with the Prince and senior before he killed himself.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right.
Tragically, but I just want to say. He doesn't have that.
Oh, I don't know. You mean like, biblically, when God made man?
Something Albert Prince. Fat Albert.
I didn't know José Feliciano did the theme song for chicken on the.
What a diverse time those 70s.
So he was always an old guy trying. To take advantage. Of a younger person.
I think he was. He was also the the Monsters on Maple Street.
Was that the predecessor to the Munsters?
Let me remember Jack Albertson.
Oh, is the voice of. Either Fox or hound.
In that Disney cartoon, Fox and the Hound? But they all had youthful voices.
Just because you're old doesn't mean you can't have a youthful voice.
Cannot, but he. Definitely did not because he didn't sound youthful in Charlie and that cartoon was.
Because I'm supposed to. Be an old man. Yeah, but that.
He's on Gunsmoke. What a legendary career.
They don't have careers like that anymore. Such varied cream. Grandpa Joe RIP.
Still no, he's not. You know, it's impossible.
No, it didn't. There's no way. What was he? 1000 years old 80.
All right, close. He's born in 1907.
Born in 19/07/1981 definitively takes place after 1907.
One, I was like what? That does not track.
Let's still would have. It would have been just. 84 It still would.
Have worked from 81 to 91. No, that's ten years later.
I mean, he he would still have been born in 1907. Then he just died 10 years later than you thought.
Been 10 years later. Ohh 74 OK I got it completely. Mixed up I think. Said 84.
We're not good with numbers over here.
We barely got through counting.
Right, right. Countdown. Yeah.
We do things our own way now that we're at the last entry.
This episode we keep. It loose here, there's always entity.
Talking over each other all. The time separate tracks.
Ohh alright on that. Notes on those notes the national. We salute you.
They're not just a national they're a national treasure. Goodnight and good luck.