also each a terrible influences on their home country's rock bands
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Saturday, 4 June 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I pine for a Pavement cover of "There's No Other Way."
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 June 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
That's certainly a matter of opinion. I'd argue that Oasis and Weezer did far more damage.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 June 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, this is a little thing, but when voting it would make my life easier if you'd put the points for each song after the song itself:
Example Song - 40Example Song - 36Example Song - 33
Since I'm doing this manually, I can just add them right from the ballot instead of figuring out how many points go to what placement by cross-referencing the rules every time. :)
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 June 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
who are the shitty rock bands influenced by pavement? honest question.
― Moreno, Saturday, 4 June 2011 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
their clothes were influential
― Cosmo Vitelli, Saturday, 4 June 2011 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
and is anything strong enough to knock out Gold Soundz?
― Cosmo Vitelli, Saturday, 4 June 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
lol cr?m
― markers, Saturday, 4 June 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
is anything strong enough to knock out Gold Soundz?
My ballot's the only one counted so far and Gold Soundz isn't on it.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 June 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago) link
As long as Cut Yr Hair doesn't win I'm in. Promise?
― kraudive, Sunday, 5 June 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
shish - too many awesome songs.
What is wrong with Gold Soundz?(It's going to fucking win btw)
― kraudive, Sunday, 5 June 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
I like Gold Soundz fine, I guess. It just didn't make it into my top 22.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
Hope "space ghost jam" gets some votes
― blank, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
I have never understood the abiding love for Gold Soundz. Like it fine but not even close to their best.
― Number None, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
The only Pavements I listen to now are Watery Domestic Ep and Westing By Musket. Call me old fashioned.
― Hinklepicker, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
Three ballots now, 43 tracks voted for.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
(only 7 of those have appeared on all three ballots.)
belongs on a beatles trax poll iirc
― del griffith, Sunday, 5 June 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
nearly voted 'space ghost' on pure memories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJplZscUO-4
nostalgic thumb pretty heavy on the scale w/ my ballot as is. 'gold soundz' is on there, had no problem w/ it @ #1 in pfork's rundown, but it is weird to see comments about it as a heavy favorite to win, like if ppl were all 'driver 8's gonna take this easy' on a rem poll. that said there's about 6 tracks i would guess could/would win this and 'gold soundz' is one of them.
― balls, Sunday, 5 June 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
Thank you for doing this! I am very excited.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 5 June 2011 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
Space Ghost Jam is pretty tight.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
yes, thanks for posting, it's not half bad!
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 5 June 2011 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
this is going to be fun/infuriating
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
That's precisely why I picked Pavement over some other bands. I know how people get really...er, enthused...about them.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
mine is in. 6 each off the first 3 records, 4 westing tracks. 1 scott
― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 5 June 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
Five ballots now, only 4 unanimous tracks among them.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
range life, summer babe, here, ?
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
nope, nope, nope, depends
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to it again, I already regret not giving Fillmore Jive more points.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 05:21 (twelve years ago) link
Sixth ballot just shook up the top 10 and now only 3 unanimous tracks remain.
(I'm not going to keep doing these updates all week. Just right now, while I can tell what's going on as it happens.)
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 06:29 (twelve years ago) link
im spinning all these again in honor of this poll. Serpentine Pad, you just made the cut!
― Cosmo Vitelli, Sunday, 5 June 2011 07:39 (twelve years ago) link
Not my favourite song but "mandrake versus the snake, I got it on the camera for posterity" is such a great line 'Platform Blues' makes the cut.
― pandemic, Sunday, 5 June 2011 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
All about motion suggests. But yeah I always think of range life as the standout choice from crooked rain, not gold soundz.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Sunday, 5 June 2011 10:46 (twelve years ago) link
Will do this later on today (maybe)...
― Terje Chocolate Orange (seandalai), Sunday, 5 June 2011 10:50 (twelve years ago) link
slightly aggrieved i haven't got to know the extra material on the re-releases in time for this.
― England's banh mi army (ledge), Sunday, 5 June 2011 11:02 (twelve years ago) link
Done! Spent a while agonizing over the 22, less time on the order. Thx JF!
― pandemic, Sunday, 5 June 2011 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
I think 'Robyn Turns 26' could be a dark horse in this poll. (lol i made a joke)
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Sunday, 5 June 2011 12:03 (twelve years ago) link
must our lists be ordered?
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
'Give It A Day' is such a good song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbQxGtqSnQk
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Sunday, 5 June 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
I voted! Surprised by how many tracks I picked from Terror Twilight.
4 B Sides1 Slanted (a second one only just missed the cut)4 Crooked3 Wowee Zowee5 Brighten5 Terror Twilight
Very strange - plus I voted for an overwhelming number of ballads.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Sunday, 5 June 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
3 slanted7 crooked5 wowee2 brighten0 terror5 non-album
― nuclear power, jet propulsion, radar, laser beams, cordless phone (abanana), Sunday, 5 June 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
So is this like the coolest new thing? 1-Band polls...
― billstevejim, Sunday, 5 June 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
With eight ballots in, NO unanimous tracks remain.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
picked 22 songs easily enough. 10 from singles and EPs released prior to '93 ("sue me jack"), including 4 from perfect sound. plus 6 from slanted and 4 from crooked. and, uh, a couple more. but sequencing is a bitch...
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 June 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
interesting development! looking forward to the results.
All about motion suggests.
seconded; my #1.
― del griffith, Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
o fuck. forgot abt "i love perth"! and cruelly slighted wowee zowee (only one song, and it ain't "motion suggests"). glad i waited before submitting my ballot, as i clearly need to let this percolate a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRKi4wz_PIU
everyone is carrying on in this housei feign to neglect, but i can't even watchthe things you do and the people you know...
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 June 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
^ not a patch on "give it a day" by any objective measure, but i do love it so
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 June 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
how could you only choose one from wowee!
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Sunday, June 5, 2011 12:00 PM (7 hours ago)
They must—I'm following all the same guidelines set forth by the original Blur poll.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 12 June 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
Snappy work!
― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, 12 June 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
more ballots than a hoy hoy's rap poll?
― nultybutnice (whatever), Sunday, 12 June 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
not sure I shoulda picked "Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent."
― thewufs
i am very sure that you shoulda picked "angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent."
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Sunday, 12 June 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Just listened to slanted and enchanted walking home with the sun only just up - literally terror twilight - I think I'm converted. This is a really great collection of songs
― The Boy Who Can Go Inside The TV (dog latin), Saturday, June 11, 2011 9:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
^ RT
Well, I sent 22 tracks in a semi-random order and could probably have thought of another 22. In fact, I'm probably going to wake up at 4am with terrible regret for missing at least another 3 or 4. But, psyched for the results, etc...
― sambal dalek (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 12 June 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
first attempt at a ballot has 37 songs :/
― horseshoe, Sunday, 12 June 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
Progress! Only 15 more to axe.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
just sent mine in.
S&E - 7CRCR - 5WoZo - 2BTC - 1
+
you're killing meshe believeseasily fooledbox elderfrom now onrecorder grot
just missing out:
lionsshoot the singergroundeddebris slidebaptiss blackstickperfume - vstop breathinjackals, false grailsunseen power of the picket fence
― nicky lo-fi, Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
sent! i switched out circa 1762 for kentucky cocktail at the last minute. also feel like a criminal for leaving off summer babe and loretta's scars.
― horseshoe, Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
this thread has done more for reviving my interest in listening to pavement than the reunion tour ever did.
― del griffith, Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
i know, right? terror twilight isn't so bad, as it turns out.
― horseshoe, Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
disqualified
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
I can't grasp how 'Grounded' wouldn't be in anyone's top 22 tbh o_O
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
lip balm on watery clayrelationships hey hey hey
― horseshoe, Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
Just 4+ hours left to vote.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
one more that made it: forwards
two more that just missed: carrot rope & spit on a stranger
― nicky lo-fi, Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, fine, those can go
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
"grounded" would have easily made it for me back in the day. It was one of my favorites live as well. It's just slipped a bit for me over time.
― nicky lo-fi, Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
We're not talking about our picks yet are we?
You guys are worse than kids at Christmas!
― kraudive, Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, save 'em!
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
54 ballots, 118 tracks have received votes.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Monday, 13 June 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
Because I don't smoke marijuana anymore.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 13 June 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
Fighting talk!
― hipsters gonna hip (seandalai), Monday, 13 June 2011 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, fair enough PP
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 13 June 2011 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
Which, to be fair, the 22 I submitted would have been much different than the ones I would have wrote in 10-15 years ago.
And to that, I'm just as surprised as anyone that more Terror Twilight songs didn't show up in my ballot. If a 37-year-old father of two can't get into those party barge rock tunes, then I don't know who can.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 13 June 2011 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
too late to send off a ballot?
― Michael B, Monday, 13 June 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
3 more hours.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Monday, 13 June 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
Why do so many people prefer "And Then" to "The Hexx," anyway?
It's heavier, with a better vocal performance and the guitars are just huge.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 13 June 2011 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
Slanted 6WZ 4TT 4CRCR 3BTC 3comp 1watery 1
― Michael B, Monday, 13 June 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
Really wishing this thread had happened first. I'm so primed for this band right now!
― Cosmo Vitelli, Monday, 13 June 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
something about "The Hexx" thats a bit more blank and deady eyed which I prefer. Nice song but I didnt vote for it.
― Michael B, Monday, 13 June 2011 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
get in your last minute votes for "Circa 1762"
― billstevejim, Monday, 13 June 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
Or for "Shoot the Singer"
― President Keyes, Monday, 13 June 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for it
― Michael B, Monday, 13 June 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
ONE HOUR LEFT TO VOTE
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Monday, 13 June 2011 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
voted. thanks P!
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Monday, 13 June 2011 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
Voting is closed!
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Monday, 13 June 2011 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
did a guy named (Mr.) Jay Batman get a ballot in?
― symbol of the paramount chaos (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 13 June 2011 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the Hexx is pure vampire music.
― The Boy Who Can Go Inside The TV (dog latin), Monday, 13 June 2011 09:08 (twelve years ago) link