Box Elder - Stephen Malkmus Live Acoustic

[MrMountain33]

anybody else ever look up to see if there was a box elder, missouri?

[MrGreen428]

1 person needs to get the fuck out of this town.

[warmwarmerdisco]

One of my favorite singers. Can't easily say why though...

[AirHendrix91]

Ready to freak out?

[AirHendrix91]

Can't wait till they re-release Brighten The Corners!

[chrisocony]

oh vorrasi how i wish there was more of this show! this gem will do

[LhisesII]

under-rated genious

to be honest, i like that not many of my friends know pavement... it feels more... interesting

:D

[mcklhs]

me too! im from stockton, CA, where pavements from, well at least malkimus is from stockton i know some of them are from new york or something... and fucking nobody here knows about them.. its kind of depressing but hey i guess it does make them a little more interesting... as shitty as it is to live here i have to believe that this song is about stockton.. the "i have to get the fuck out of this town" part at least haha

[LhisesII]

i saw an interview where he talks about how stockton is some way depresing, and it has a mayor influence in pavement's songs. I've been in California just as a tourist* but i think i have an idea of what he means.

BTW, i was there in '94 for the world cup so it wasn't bad at all.

[pavement27]

Sometimes I listen to them and just say to myself..."My dear God some people have never even heard this before or even heard about it. And worse some have heard it and do not get what I get from it." Pavement is an amazing amazing band. I don't understand some people though...

[peacefrogx]

@LhisesII

it makes it your own.

[kevmatkel]

it most certainly is a pavement song

it was covered without their permission, totally legally tho

[berlingolem]

of course it s a pavement song. it appears on westing (by musket and sextant). it tought this album was a joke at the time of its release but now i love it, it became very actual. the wedding present cover is great indeed

[berlingolem]

it s not covered, malkmus is the singer of pavement.

[somdet]

It's not actually a Pavement song.

[chascirelli]

Yes it is a pavement song. What are you talking about?

[barkeyfire]

the wedding present did a cover of it, but its definitely a steve malkmus/ pavement original. wedding present version is great fwiw

[Lhisesmoibas]

can you hear a "bravo!" at the very end of the song? hahaha XD

Great song by the way!

[vorrasi]

i like that he's mouthing the solo.  it was a pretty rad show.

[chowfun18]

guys as big as stephen generally play the mainstage at KF and usually don't book the tap bar... was this an impromptu performance?

[Iwantthemotorcycle]

One of my favorite Pavement songs- Malkmus does a great job here. I wish I could've been there.

[themiln]

Well they loved it! I did too....

[sugarkang]

my favorite pavement song.

i like the live version on the re-released slanted & enchanted. this acoustic version is pretty nice too though.

[crazymiles]

The live version on the re-release of Slanted and Enchanted is one of my favorite songs on the album.

[Zombien20]

The other version on the re-release on Wowee Zowee is classic. The intro is a kind of bluesy riff followed by Malkmus saying "Ready to freak out?" and then the band going nuts. And then out of nowhere it stops and Box Elder starts up. Great stuff