Trust Me #53 - Freakscene by Dinosaur Jr
Freak Scene was my introduction to Dinosaur Jr. This was probably back in 1992 and very probably through my my friend Grant Mitchell who used to make me some super cool mixtapes. Grant was so on it with Americian independent guitar music. Freak Scene led me to buy the bands Fossils compilation on CD from Missing Records and I've followed the band ever since.
Freak Scene was originally released in 1988, as a single and on Bug, the bands 3rd album. J Mascis' guitar sounds absolutely captivated me. In Freak Scene he has a couple of Townsend windmill moments after the first verse (that contains the memorable line the weirdness flows between us), then there is a heavy chugging riff before J breaks out of it with a super clean jangle sound, before going back to the heavy chug.
As the second verse begins (the first repeated again) there is an acoustic, J's vocal is pretty hushed but then things explode after 90-seconds as Mascis sings;
So fucked I can't believe it
If there's a way I wish we'd see it
How it could work, just can't conceive it
Oh what a mess, is just to leave it
Mascis then shreds his guitar gloriously, creating a truly beautiful noise. Then it cuts as he brilliantly rhymes thrill you, kill you, will you, still you - utter genius. Super cool and outstanding use of swearing.
Sometimes I don't thrill you
Sometimes I think I'll kill you
Just don't let me fuck up will you
'cause when I need a friend it's still you
Dinosaur Jr then make the last 60-seconds sound like being in an indie punk guitar band is the most fun thing you could ever do with your life. In fact they do that throughout the song! But they really hammer it in the last minute! They sound so fucking cool, fun, fresh and vital.
Verse, guitars, repeat verse in a different way, chorus?, guitar solo, verse, another guitar solo.
Long live J Mascis!
Trailer for Freakscene - The Story Of Dinosaur Jr
I've also collated them all into a playlist on Spotify that you can find by searching for Everything Flows - Trust Me , or you can CLICK HERE
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