First time I even heard of Sloan was in 1998 while stationed in Korea. I had went into the army that last September in 1997, and I had enlisted to go to Korea as my first assignment. My 20th birthday was in June and I recieved a box from my father. Inside was a VHS tape full of music videos that he had recorded off of this Canadian rock channel he could pick up with his Lonestar sattelite that played nothing but music videos and live performances... and a few commercials here and there, of course The first video on the tape was RUSH Closer To The Heart, then followed by this group called Sloan that I never heard of before. As soon as the part where the drums enters, I was like "Daaaaaaamn..." and even more so when I first heard the vocals. But the part that gives me goosebumps is when he sings "at the heart of the..." its the way the bass guitar goes from just riding that B note playing a straight 8th note rhythm, to playing the same chord progression in the same rhythm as the guitars for 2 measures... then returns back to the B using the straight 8th mother rhythm.... THAT IS A POWERFUL MOVE to make that change. It really helps accentuate that vocal line as well Another part that gets me is after the first chorus at the bridge to the next verse section how the rest of the band does a sort of volume fade, except for the one guitar where it play as that brief rhythm part... that's badass. I sometimes like to play it on my SG using my fingertips instead of the pick. It sounds very AC/DC like that and even a little bit like Pete Townshend playing Who Are You
@@jarretwolfson8249 right. And you can hear that with other songs of theirs too. One that really stands out is Your Daddy Will Do... they go back and forth from 1977-1979 disco, to this sort of Baetles-inspired thing. And then when you listen to the words its about an issue that's all too common these days of people having illegitimate kids too young, then getting married thinking that's going to solve everything and everyone is going to suddenly be happy... that's how I interpreted it anyways
The Bowery... is this the same Bowery at Myrtle Beach where the country band Alabama got their start? I'm not a country fan in the least, but I do have a respect for Alabama. They're one of the TRUE country "bands", and not "country artists".
@@jarretwolfson8249 oh okay. I wasn't sure since the Bowery at Myrtle Beach is very well known because of Alabama. And then to think of the possibility of Sloan playing there would almost be out of place for them... here's an interesting fact that I just reembered - my aunt Denise's maiden name was Sloan.
Yes. Other than the addition of the keyboardist, who has been a touring member for years, pretty sure the band has never changed its lineup. It's always been Chris, Patrick, Jay and Andrew.
Man they sound great!
30 years together and the quality never diminished.
First time I even heard of Sloan was in 1998 while stationed in Korea. I had went into the army that last September in 1997, and I had enlisted to go to Korea as my first assignment. My 20th birthday was in June and I recieved a box from my father. Inside was a VHS tape full of music videos that he had recorded off of this Canadian rock channel he could pick up with his Lonestar sattelite that played nothing but music videos and live performances... and a few commercials here and there, of course
The first video on the tape was RUSH Closer To The Heart, then followed by this group called Sloan that I never heard of before. As soon as the part where the drums enters, I was like "Daaaaaaamn..." and even more so when I first heard the vocals.
But the part that gives me goosebumps is when he sings "at the heart of the..." its the way the bass guitar goes from just riding that B note playing a straight 8th note rhythm, to playing the same chord progression in the same rhythm as the guitars for 2 measures... then returns back to the B using the straight 8th mother rhythm.... THAT IS A POWERFUL MOVE to make that change. It really helps accentuate that vocal line as well
Another part that gets me is after the first chorus at the bridge to the next verse section how the rest of the band does a sort of volume fade, except for the one guitar where it play as that brief rhythm part... that's badass. I sometimes like to play it on my SG using my fingertips instead of the pick. It sounds very AC/DC like that and even a little bit like Pete Townshend playing Who Are You
It's a great song. Sloan was definitely going for a 70s classic rock vibe with this record.
@@jarretwolfson8249 right. And you can hear that with other songs of theirs too. One that really stands out is Your Daddy Will Do... they go back and forth from 1977-1979 disco, to this sort of Baetles-inspired thing.
And then when you listen to the words its about an issue that's all too common these days of people having illegitimate kids too young, then getting married thinking that's going to solve everything and everyone is going to suddenly be happy... that's how I interpreted it anyways
Great song! Great Songs! Great Band! And of course Amazing songwriting just Awesome and they will not be forgotten ever 4=1
Wow this is just before Covid
there are not too many bands that kept the same lineup from 1st album to last.e.g The Beatles, Led Zep' and Sloan
It's a pretty amazing feat. They must like each other or something...
The Bowery... is this the same Bowery at Myrtle Beach where the country band Alabama got their start? I'm not a country fan in the least, but I do have a respect for Alabama. They're one of the TRUE country "bands", and not "country artists".
No, this is Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan, New York. I don't believe it's related to a venue in Myrtle Beach.
@@jarretwolfson8249 oh okay. I wasn't sure since the Bowery at Myrtle Beach is very well known because of Alabama. And then to think of the possibility of Sloan playing there would almost be out of place for them... here's an interesting fact that I just reembered - my aunt Denise's maiden name was Sloan.
Is this the original band line up?
Yes. Other than the addition of the keyboardist, who has been a touring member for years, pretty sure the band has never changed its lineup. It's always been Chris, Patrick, Jay and Andrew.
@@jarretwolfson8249 saw them at the Capitol theater in Windsor, Ontario around 91.
@@johncooper7663 Wow, nice! First show for me was in 1996, after they left Geffen and I thought they had broken up.
@@jarretwolfson8249 I believe that they weren't together for a while because Chris moved to Toronto for the big city experience
@@johncooper7663 it was Andrew who moved first and the "breakup" was for a few months. Hardly a breakup, haha.