Pavement - For Sale! The Preston School of Industry


In 1997, Pavement appeared on a Dutch TV program which documented the writing of a song, culminating in the performance of the song at the end of the show. This is a video of the song Pavement wrote, certainly one of the greatest unreleased songs ever.In 2008, it was announced that this song would be released on the reissue of Brighten the Corners. Sadly, a few weeks later it was pulled from the tracklist when VPRO (the TV Dutch station who owns the rights to the recording) demanded an unreasonable amount of money for its use.

There is a chance that a different version of the song will show up on the Terror Twilight reissue, as apparently it was attempted at early sessions for the album.







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Uploaded: February 25, 2006 at 2:45 am
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McGuinty1 (December 3, 2008 at 12:20 am)
That's right, they recorded it live for a radio gig. Those darn dirty Dutch! Just kidding of course, I'm part Dutch myself.. Oh well, at least the 2 songs from their Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast appearance are on there, last 2 songs on the 2nd disc!

Just to remind everyone, go buy Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition next Tuesday. Although everyone who would buy it probably already has the date penciled in on every calendar they own.
McGuinty1 (December 3, 2008 at 12:14 am)
Don't forget "Winner Of The" from the Stereo single
McGuinty1 (December 3, 2008 at 12:11 am)
I totally missed a chance to go see them in Vancouver back in May, had the hotel and tix all lined up and then had to cancel everything 2 days before because of work. Now that I'm done with my internship (and negotiated a cool 66% raise :P), maybe I can take the time to jet down to Portland or somewhere for a show

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! They were just in my fucking hometown on Oct. 24 and I had no idea! I was too busy getting ready for my big licensing exam! SHIT! FUUUUUCK!
McGuinty1 (December 3, 2008 at 12:03 am)
I totally agree, although I think the consensus is that Monsoon wasn't quite as good as All This Sounds Gas.

Both SM and Spiral seem to have benefited from being out of each other's faces for a while, most recently evidenced by the triumph that is Real Emotional Trash. Of course it's pretty hard to make a bad record when you've got Janet Weiss backing you up.

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