This song is a force of nature, btw.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
"Unleashed" bassline intro reminds me heavily of a similar intro in JD's "Disorder"― V79, Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:19 PM (14 minutes ago)
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
'Digital'?
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
xp the bassline also (kinda) resembles the Pachelbel canon, which is a popular chord movement after all. but I assure you, the moment I first heard "Unleashed" it made me think of "Disorder" :)
― V79, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
This song is a force of nature, btw
The way this song starts it sounds like you're in the middle of a tornado. No matter how many times I listen to it, it still takes me a second or two to get my bearings.
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
Brilliant record opener, and OTM about the tornado effect. Sounds like a few seconds were cut off on the master tape.
BTW: I always thought that instead of a 'book mobile' he was talking about this thing :)http://images.wikia.com/mafiawars/images/c/ce/Popemobile_Real.jpg
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
don't know if he gets called out too much but kevin fennell can be a pretty impressive drummer -- the beat on aerodynamics is relentless.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
The whole song, for me, is a frantic build-up to the moment Pollard sings the song's title and stretches out the "aeeeroooo-dy-namics".
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
I feel like I just won the lottery by the time he gets to it.
I suddenly realised what the bassline of 'Unleashed' reminded me of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OArdM4Cb-ho
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
41. "Peep-Hole" (Bee Thousand, 1994) [164 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjzXV9bIGA
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
Gotta admit I don't get "Peep-Hole" being this high, much less getting a #1.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
now that's a hell of a crazy tune.
^^^ well that's the GBV - even the strangests of cuts have their own charm, that few may find very appealing
― V79, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for peephole, just one of those gorgeous melodies that sounds effortless, but is actually pretty complex/strange. christ it's a cluttered mess!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
This song is fine but it just seems too slight to rank on a top 20 list.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for "Cigarette Tricks", I can understand anything that happens in this poll
― V79, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Man Called Aerodynamics is such a great song! Listen to the demo version first, and then the full version and it's like getting a blast of wind in the face. Head clearing!
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Haha. xp
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
It and the Sprout song after it are like lagniappes. Nice, but not essential.
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
"It" being 'Peep-Hole' xpost
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it is an oddly underwhelming way to end the album.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
there was a cracking electrified live version of peephole i had on mp3 from somewhere. maybe from gbv.com?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
yes! http://gbv.com/sounds/peephole.mp3
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
actually a ton of cool live stuff here: http://gbv.com/music.html
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
40. "Your Name Is Wild" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [183 points, 8 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HKCwYjt5eY
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
I love this one even if no one else does.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
I might name my firstborn "Wild".
i think i voted for it? great side two opener. about his daughter, I think? did i make that up?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
seven other people do! (including me, i voted for it)
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
'closer you are' is one of my favourite i'm-having-a-bad-day songs. "you try to be nice and look where it gets you aaaah aaaah"
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
"Stoned at the Alamo" tonight
― dmr, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Wild Strawberry Fever <-- nice name, kid
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Guessing that the "Peep-Hole" naysayers are "I Am A Scientist" fans who think of it as the natural climax to the album? The appeal--Pollard drawing back the curtain at the end of the album with a fairly legible lyric--is pretty much the same. Though the lyric in "Scientist" is a lot more evolved, I always thought the melody of "Peep-Hole" worked better, and I love the inarticulate scatting at the end. (But then, I am the mentalist who voted it #1.)
― bentelec, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
I love this one even if no one else does.that's how i feel about "Liquid Indian"i just LOVE it for no apparent reason
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
xp hey, did you forget of "You're Not An Airplane"? no hard feelings, I can't really recall this one either tbh
― V79, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
39. "Subspace Biographies" (Waved Out, 1998) [184 points, 7 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U5BWlCBNS0
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
xpNah, just that the album seems to resolve at "I Am A Scientist" (or "Peep-Hole," depending on your taste) and that what follows is for lagniappe, like righteousmaelstrom said.
― bentelec, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
xp yes!some of my favorite pollard lyrics, so berzerk
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
super chuggy too
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
that one came up on shuffle the other day and oh man
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
i dropped all the solo pollard tracks from my ballot though since it was the least agonizing way to get it down to 20.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah, I see (I was also kind of joking)
― V79, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Subspace was my #2. Thought it would come in higher.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
hey, did you forget of "You're Not An Airplane"? no hard feelings, I can't really recall this one either tbh
You will be eating your words when "You're Not An Airplane" finishes #1.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
i will have to rep for 'Far-Out Crops' some other time
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
Waved out isn't on spotify :(
― Jeff, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for "We've Got Airplanes" does that count?
Faaaaaar Ooooout Croooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooops that song rules
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Only three more for today. I'll do them when I get back from lunch!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
I put "Peephole" second. Almost put it first. It's this great love song to his (now-ex-) wife, disarmingly straightforward. Some of his most touching lyrics and melody, I think. It only seems slight if you accept the notion that a song only a minute or so long is necessarily slight - a perspective I can't imagine reconciling with being a Pollard fan. Then again, I voted for "The Ascended Master's Grog Shop". And two tracks off the Get Out of My Stations 7", which I'm sure people think of as a slight release (I would have put it on my albums ballot if I had counted it as an album).
― erasingclouds, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
it only seems slight if you accept the notion that a song only a minute or so long is necessarily slight
Nah, the #1 song on my ballot is about the same length as "Peep-Hole" so that's not it. It's a fine song, but the melody just never grabs me. Actually, I've always found it to be very forgettable.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link