When I was getting into them I really didn't like the Call the Doctor album that much at all, the only song that stuck was the title track. The whole album has grown on me a lot but that song in particular has become one of my favourite songs of theirs. Such a brilliant opener.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
"Dance Song '97" and its roller rink organ warmed to the band after the initial shock.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
I kind of always forget about Dance 97 as it's surrounded by such amazing songs that overshadow it a little bit.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
it sounds like an awesome riff and chorus from obscure New Wave band stapled together
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
Oh wow, I had no idea Dance Song 97 was this beloved.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
it doesn't fit in on dmo when i think about what dmo is about, but if i go track by track its one of my favorites.
bouncy sk is the best, and i love the undercurrent of compulsion and dread. it has a "dance dance dance to the radio" quality.
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
omg the the toms that kick in around 2:20 in the outro.
Me neither. Shocked that it placed this high. I dig it and everything, but it didn't make my ballot.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
It was in the middle of my ballot, but I was expecting it to get totally overlooked.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
i don't know if can explain very well why i like it so much but i had it pegged as my #1 from the outset and listening thru the catalog again confirmed it. man i love that song.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
Very nearly posted this by accident in the Mad Men thread...
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10. “Turn It On”Dig Me Out, 1997381 Points (13 Votes, 2 #1’s)
The Track: http://youtu.be/WO9eBvw2gdYLive @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/_DZWW5ZsYpULive @ Bumbershoot '97: http://youtu.be/QPv9dRsQtTELive in 2000, preceded by Jokes by Janet & "White Rabbit" cover: http://youtu.be/jyZ0tBqOqTALive in '06: http://youtu.be/1xfbVrwHDio
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
"I can clearly see your nuts..."
Love "Turn It On" but it was one of the DMO rockers I omitted in favor of "It's Enough" and "Not What You Want." All so good, tho.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
when that first TURN IT ON TURN IT ON YOU CAN TURN IT ON starts it's all I can do to keep the car from running off the road.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
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9. “Burn, Don’t Freeze”The Hot Rock, 1999399 Points (18 votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/STMNeSYywk8Live in '99: http://youtu.be/W-neLUogNW4Acapella cover: http://youtu.be/nA0EmQdD3fk
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
Incredible song, right here
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
first SK song i ever heard, totally bewildered and enchanted me, wasn't like anything i'd ever heard. still makes me catch my breath every time the 'fast' part starts.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:21 (ten years ago) link
Ditto. Fucking love this; on first listen, THR had its hooks in me from "Start Together," but hearing this, I knew it was one of those songs that would be in my life for a very long time.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
My #1, and no question about it. The subtle "oooohs" in the chorus (and as I still remember from one of his posts, josh blog noting how even the clapping is so focused and determined), Corin cranking up the insane desperation in her typically awesome vocals, the way she whispers before exploding at the end, this song always makes me tear up and always gets me on the knife's edge of living.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
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8. “Good Things”Call The Doctor, 1996415 Points (17 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/iu8bCtMDkkcLive in '98, followed by "Little Mouth": http://youtu.be/_u5lu5jDzBk
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link
^^^ stuck in my head since balloting it
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link
I've got some errands to run before my follow-up doctor (B is for Brownstein) appointment. So, shall we reconvene for the final 7 this evening?
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
aww, I was hoping for top 5 with Good Things.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
I was one of the #1s for Turn It On. Their best, easy.
Dance Song '97 was also a top 5 for me.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
I hate that I didn't see this in time to vote. Thanks for doing it though, I've been jamming s-k all day. Also lol I wanted to show my mate this and clicked on the next youtube to send her... and she was the one to post it! This band is the best.
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
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kornrulez u r aok in my book
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
"i'm gone! / we're going underground / i'm gone! / that's where these hearts are found"
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Thankyouverymuch. You have great taste in SK songs.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
I agree.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
now I'm in that space where I'm nervous for the songs on my ballot that haven't showed. surely there's still two songs from one beat that will appear???
― reddening, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
I can think of 5 likely songs:
Dig Me OutGet UpWords and GuitarI Wanna Be Your Thurston Mary TimonyOh!??????
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
Start Together is surely going to make it too.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
One More Hour as well.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I feel like one more hour might take it all, but it's a tough competition for the top spot
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Which Dig Me Out songs will actually miss out? I can only think of Buy Me Candy.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
"Things You Say" probably not placing, either.
Also, looks like only two songs from The Woods will miss the cut.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
Things you say made the poll, somewhere in the 40s I think
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
I think buy her candy is the only one likely to miss out, unless it's a surprise top 10 smash
I wanted to vote for buy me candy, I love it, but ughh only 20 slots!!
― reddening, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
I voted for it, but I'm not expecting to see it.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
man looking at Leee's list there's just no way "hollywood ending" makes it. but if "oh!" doesn't make it i'll riot.
― reddening, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:43 (ten years ago) link
can't imagine 'oh!' doesn't make it though wow didn't think it'd be this high.
― balls, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
― reddening
Same here.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
...and we're back!
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7. “Oh!”One Beat, 2002420 Points (19 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/kO_o1i0L8ZULive @ Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/EKnlzffqUBMNext to Last Show: http://youtu.be/GgTMD8t1G9w
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
haha perfect
― balls, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
listening to all the DMO tracks now, this was absolutely the album with the most ferocious drumming, right?
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:23 (ten years ago) link
impressive that at 31 ballots in, the highest vote count so far is still only 19.
and no track listed has had more than one #1 vote i think?
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:32 (ten years ago) link
"Turn It On" garnered two!
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
So did Quarter to Three.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:36 (ten years ago) link
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6. “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone”Call The Doctor, 1996421 Points (19 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/xE6mBttNhLELive @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/sBWo2inG0UwLive in '06: http://youtu.be/urW2NuFnwLECover by Denver School of Rock: http://youtu.be/b1Wims0jIpM
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:37 (ten years ago) link