# The Husker Du Appreciation Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-husker-du-appreciation-thread/42349>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 22, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-husker-du-appreciation-thread/42349 "2000-11-22T19:35:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-husker-du-appreciation-thread/42349/21 "2000-11-25T18:45:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \*  
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> I really liked the acoustic version of “2541” that came out on an EP. When he released “Intolerance,” the version of “2541” on that was all larded up with electric guitars and drums which were very unnecessary.
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Incidentally, two other artists who could’ve been on my “underrated” post covered this song: Robert Forster (of the Go-Betweens) on his album “I Had A New York Girlfriend” and Marshall Crenshaw on “Miracle Of Science.” I haven’t heard the EP version - maybe you could bring a copy to the Dopefest, Snooooopy?

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-husker-du-appreciation-thread/42349/22 "2000-11-25T19:42:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by woodstockbirdybird \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \*  
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> > I really liked the acoustic version of “2541” that came out on an EP. When he released “Intolerance,” the version of “2541” on that was all larded up with electric guitars and drums which were very unnecessary.
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> Incidentally, two other artists who could’ve been on my “underrated” post covered this song: Robert Forster (of the Go-Betweens) on his album “I Had A New York Girlfriend” and Marshall Crenshaw on “Miracle Of Science.” I haven’t heard the EP version - maybe you could bring a copy to the Dopefest, Snooooopy? \*\*

I’ll hunt around for it. The only copy I have is on a cassette dub. On that cassette dub I also have the EP’s stripped-down version of “Come, Come,” which I also think works better than the version on “Intolerance.”

As far as the Go-Betweens, I like Forster but I would probably consider myself a McLennan man.

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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-husker-du-appreciation-thread/42349/23 "2000-11-25T20:26:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \*  
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> As far as the Go-Betweens, I like Forster but I would probably consider myself a McLennan man. \*\*

I certainly like McLennan’s solo stuff better (“Watershed” was great) but must admit that in the Go-Betweens I have a hard time telling who wrote what. Sorry, didn’t mean to turn this into a Go-Betweens thread.

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