Oh shit my #2 shows up at 100. I was hoping thatd be way higher
*gulp*
― always one or two posters dog-determined to be RONG in a thread (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 03:15 (nine years ago) link
dope start. voted for the Autechre and cut the LRD at the last second.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 03:17 (nine years ago) link
already overwhelmed
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 03:18 (nine years ago) link
I hope LRD's The Last One shows up as well; thx Brad for getting me to re-listen. Nothing but seething feedback and malevolent unsteady martial garage rhythms. I was pretty bowled over.
― always one or two posters dog-determined to be RONG in a thread (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 03:27 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/7NXQN32.jpg
98. Public Image Ltd - Albatross - 3650 points | 6 votesDuration: 10:34Youtube
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 04:38 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cQrrYnF.jpg
97. DJ Sprinkles - Sisters, I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To - 3700 points | 5 votesDuration: 10:50
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 04:39 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tcl4zQn.jpg
95T. DJ Shadow - In/Flux - 3750 points | 4 votesDuration: 12:14YoutubeSpotify
http://i.imgur.com/chUGa91.jpg
95T. The Fiery Furnaces - Quay Cur - 3750 points | 6 votesDuration: 10:25YoutubeSpotify
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 04:40 (nine years ago) link
I vaguely remember liking this Fiery Furnaces song. Kind of surprised to see it higher than the Public Image Ltd song.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 04:53 (nine years ago) link
hey i voted for that dj sprinkles track bc, it is the best thing in the goddamn world
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 04:56 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/IFrwkzK.jpg
94. The Who - My Generation (from Live At Leeds) - 3775 points | 4 votes | 1 #1 voteDuration: 15:26YoutubeSpotify
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Ujw8Ao6.jpg
93. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - 3850 points | 4 votesDuration: 18:39YoutubeSpotify
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:29 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZYsIod0.jpg
92. Orbital - Impact (The Earth Is Burning) - 3900 points | 5 votesDuration: 10:27YoutubeSpotify
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:30 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/xeWD6yi.jpg
91. Scott Walker - SDSS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter) - 3925 points | 5 votes | 1 #1 voteDuration: 21:41YoutubeSpotify
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:31 (nine years ago) link
Next 10 tomorrow.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:32 (nine years ago) link
impact! i love impact
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:35 (nine years ago) link
It'll start rolling out when Britishes start rolling out of bed!
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Monday, March 30, 2015 11:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just no
is this gonna be 4am every day
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:33 (nine years ago) link
nice results so far, fiery furnaces my only vote to place so far (#41) but had night of the assassins at #62 on an extended ballot, listening to it now, so righteous
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:35 (nine years ago) link
And here's me thinking anything with 5 vote would be top ten! Well done in getting plenty ballots
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 07:39 (nine years ago) link
Yes, us Britishes are just oob, but ten every morning? I can def live with that.
Nice graphics too.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 07:41 (nine years ago) link
Voted for PiL, Orbital and Scott Walker, and long-listed DJ Sprinkles. A solid start!
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 07:57 (nine years ago) link
a bit of confusion there with the Mingus: were people who voted for it voting for the entire album or the side-long suite, Trio and Group Dancers? i couldn't tell when i saw it on the song list, which is why i left it alone.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 08:27 (nine years ago) link
had a dream just now that there was a song here that a load of ilm's dance massive responded to with an ecstatic 'tat tat tat' and i booted it up, prepared to roll my eyes, and it came in with a mighty swoosh and quite a slow 'tat tat tat' drum machine swipe, then settled into the most purely aquatic & hymnal ambient dance anthem, all was still and calm, i was back in my childhood bedroom and the walls were painted a luminous deep blue, then i awoke wondering if that song existed and whether it would make this poll
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 09:37 (nine years ago) link
5 votes looks like too high a bar for most my votes
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 09:38 (nine years ago) link
I'll be amazed if more than 5 of mine get in.
One so far though.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 10:01 (nine years ago) link
"my generation" was one of my votes, and "albatross" only didn't get in because the nominee list was so long i totally missed it (which i suspect will be the case with more than a few of the upcoming picks).
― rushomancy, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 10:28 (nine years ago) link
"my generation" was much better than i thought it'd be, and although i'm not well-disposed to live versions of shorter songs making it into this poll, this is clearly something very different to the original
zercon is enormous although not the walker i voted for
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 10:38 (nine years ago) link
i coulda voted for all the Walkers, but decided it was fairest to vote for just the one.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 11:04 (nine years ago) link
(and the one i voted for was voted very high)
Voted for DJ Sprinkles, I'm glad it made the top 100. Nice to see Mingus here too, though "Black Saint" is not my favourite, I voted for a different track. And I was similarly confused as Charlie H on why it was nominated as a whole album, since it's clearly a multi-part suite.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 11:25 (nine years ago) link
Really annoyed with myself I didn't manage to vote. Just so ridiculously busy right now. You guys had better've voted for lots of kraut.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 11:47 (nine years ago) link
lol I even forgot Hallogallo let alone all the other kraut, hopefully others have picked up the slack (I have a sorta-kraut at number 2 tho)
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 12:00 (nine years ago) link
2 Neu! and 2 Faust on my ballot. You're welcome.
― Gimme Gimme Pop Secret (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 13:01 (nine years ago) link
Good stuff so far! Didn't vote for 'Impact' but I love the live version from the 'Satan Live' CD single.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
It was my #1, and yeah, it's just a completely different animal to the studio recording.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link
So far three of mine -- Who, Mingus, Scott Walker -- have made the list.
Pfff...if you can sit through that Scott Walker song, you are a better man than I am.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
I'd be surprised if there was a funnier epic than "Zercon" on this poll.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:06 (nine years ago) link
Laaaabor Daaay!
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link
. and no dinner!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
Any chance of a slightly earlier rollout today?
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
Nope.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
Unless a few hours counts as "slightly earlier."
that'd do ty
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
maybe whet our appetites with some hints
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
ugh, dislike that Les Rallizes Dénudés intensely. A dull, lo-fi guitar jam is all I hear. An epic should, you know, DO something with it's running time. Hope there's not too much more like that in the countdown.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
Argh forgot to vote in this. Pleasantly surprised by the inclusion of the Fiery Furnaces.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Next 10 is pretty eclectic as far as nations of origin go.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
An epic should, you know, DO something with it's running time. Hope there's not too much more like that in the countdown.
Well good thing this isn't an epics poll! ;)
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
of course "marquee moon" is epic but it is one of those 1000 page novels where many readers wish that it should end after the first chapter because after that nothing interesting happens anymore...
thinking of "marquee moon" i wonder if it would have been number one if everyone would have had a black list of songs which get minus points. there must be a reason why its assessment is quite controversial.
i am one of those tom, but "a sailor's life" is - as someone wrote before - a dyamic duel between violin and guitar and is full of inspiration, tension and delicacy whereas i find "marquee moon" boring, repetitive and unimaginative. maybe this evaluaton is unjust but one problem is of course that the expectation level for "marquee moon" was very high because of the critic's praise when i listened to it first about 20 years ago whereas i had more or less given up on fairport convention as their rather predictable standard chamber folk rock didn't prepare me for the originality and ingeniuty of "a sailor's life".
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 10 April 2015 09:39 (nine years ago) link
346T. Keith Jarrett - Sapporo: Part III (Encore) - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. Gary Byrd & The GB Experience - The Crown - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. The Young Gods - Moon Revolutions - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. The Don Ellis Orchestra - Turkish Bath - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. George Lewis - Homage To Charles Parker - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. Hoedh - Heilige (Sophisme Sonores) - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. Kayo Dot - The Manifold Curiosity - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. Agalloch - Our Fortress Is Burning (parts 1, 2, 3) - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. Shades Of Orion - Biotrip - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. Echolyn - Mei - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote346T. Jeff Buckley - The Way Young Lovers Do (Live At Sin-E Version) - 1525 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote
wonder how many of these were fairly 'tactical' e.g. 'The Crown' isn't really my favourite long song ever (top 50 sure) but nbd I knew it wouldn't get much love so...
― nashwan, Friday, 10 April 2015 09:51 (nine years ago) link
When I was voting, I decided to go for songs that had somehow 'earned' their length. Some tracks deserved the vote due to their many movements and segues and rooms-within-rooms (Zercon, for instance). Others were voted for the way they developed an atmosphere over time (Sunn O)))'s 'Alice'. Marquee Moon was third on my ballot. It neither has rooms-within-rooms nor does it develop an atmosphere over time, but it's a rare example of a rock track that works in this monolithic way. So many memorable melodies and moments that get returned to over its course. It wouldn't be the song it is were it not for its length and I rarely think, when listening to it, that it's dragging or going on too long. It's only when I'm putting together a playlist or mixtape that I become aware of how long it is.
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Friday, 10 April 2015 09:56 (nine years ago) link
Jeff Buckley was my no.1 and wasn't a tactical vote at all. My thinking was much the same as dog latin's - I want these songs to do something with their length, not just hit a spot and stay there. I took Marquee Moon (and Autobahn) off my ballot for this reason. I want these tracks to build to something or go other places. If Torn Curtain had been long enough I'd have given it a vote. Walk On By had been my original no.1 but I ended up marking it down a little bit because, awesome as it is, I felt it didn't quite peak like, say, Sinnerman does.
So The Way Young Lovers Do was my final pick as no.1 because it does the most with least - just voice, guitar and a lot of echo. It's an amazing thing, leaves me all a-shiver by the time it reaches that penultimate chord. I wonder what it was like happening upon that gig, probably having no idea who this guy was or that there was even somebody playing - let alone that he was about to drop the best epic of alltime. My ballot in full:
1. Jeff Buckley - The Way Young Lovers Do2. Suede - The Asphalt World3. Beastie Boys - B-Boy Bouillabaisse4. Nina Simone - Sinnerman5. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)6. Isaac Hayes - Walk On By7. Kate Bush - An Endless Sky of Honey (glad this didn't quite make it to be honest)8. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin Stone9. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road10. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
11. Ice Cube - Bop Gun (One Nation)12. Pink Floyd - Pigs13. The Bucketheads - the bomb!14. Janes Addiction - Three Days (a bit shocked this missed out; really shocked it was so low)15. O'Jays - I Love Music (12" version)16. Ride - Grasshopper17. Alexander O'Neal - Innocent18. Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand19. Primal Scream - Screamadelica20. Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song
21. The Doors - The End22. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (12" version)23. Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing24. Donna Summer - love to love you baby (amazed this didn't make it)25. Li'l Louis - French Kiss26. Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train Comin27. The Doors - When the Music's Over28. Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal29. Chris Squire - Silently Falling30. Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
31. UB40 - Madam Medusa32. Neil Young - Natural Beauty33. Led Zeppelin - Carouselambra34. Marvin Gaye - got to give it up (parts 1 and 2) (I kind of hate this now)35. David Bowie - Station to Station36. Underworld - Juanita:Kiteless:To Dream of Love37. Dexys Midnight Runners - This Is What She's Like38. Kate Bush - Lake Tahoe39. The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu - It's Grim up North part 140. Bjork - Human Behaviour (Underworld mix)
I didn't pick a 41-50 because those places scored so few points it seemed like a waste of time.
― caloma, Friday, 10 April 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
i hardly ever vote tactical so my number one keith jarrett's sapporo encore is my real number one. i must have listened to it a hundred times when i was about 18-20. keith jarrett's solo improvisations in the seventies totally grabbed me. when jarrett had a good day and the improvisation worked, it was truly transcendental.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 10 April 2015 10:35 (nine years ago) link
tbh my favourite Fairport epic is "Sloth" but just too short to qualify for this poll.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Friday, 10 April 2015 11:26 (nine years ago) link
I don't know how a vote for "Homage to Charles Parker" can be seen as tactical — I knew it wasn't going to get any other votes. It's just the most beautiful, evocative, emotional 17:59 in recorded music imo.
― WilliamC, Friday, 10 April 2015 12:14 (nine years ago) link
if i had voted etc etc.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 10 April 2015 13:20 (nine years ago) link
118T. Stereolab & Nurse With Wound - Simple Headphone Mind - 3300 points | 4 votes
Placed way higher than I expected. I'm pumped that 3 other people have heard this thing.
― billstevejim, Friday, 10 April 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
7. Kate Bush - An Endless Sky of Honey (glad this didn't quite make it to be honest)
It was my #7, too, and I feel the exact same way.
― jaymc, Friday, 10 April 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for running this, Leee. Enjoyed it very much.
My ballot. Bold = didn't place in top 1000. Bold italics = sole voter.
1. Yes - Close to the Edge2. Orbital - Out There Somewhere3. Kraftwerk - Autobahn4. Luciano Berio - Sinfonia, Part III: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung5. Jimi Hendrix - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)6. Stereolab - Blue Milk (=346th)7. The Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Loving You)8. Pierre Boulez - Répons9. Hampton Grease Band - Halifax10. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park Suite (=332nd)11. Genesis - Supper's Ready12. Nina Simone - Sinnerman13. Dmitri Shostakovich - Allegro (The 9th of January) from Symphony No.11, The Year 190514. Scott Walker - Clara15. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)16. 50 Foot Wave - Power+Light (=611th)17. Brian Eno - 1/1[/i]18. The Undisputed Truth - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)[/i]19. Osymyso - Intro-Inspection (=203rd)20. Dexys Midnight Runners - This Is What She's Like21. Tantra - Hills of Katmandu (=170th)22. Witold Lutoslawski - Symphony No.323. Jon & Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo (=279th)24. Giorgio Moroder - Battlestar Galactica (Medley)25. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (parts 1 and 2)26. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte (version for piano, percussion and 4-track tape)27. Global Communication - 14:3128. Crusaders - Street Life29. Cortney Tidwell - Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Objects In Space Vocal mix)30. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Part 1) (=162nd)31. Lindstrom - The Long Way Home (=210th)32. Beautiful Bend - Make That Feeling Come Again! (=765th)33. Lil' Louis - French Kiss34. AMM III - Radio Activity35. The Juan Maclean - Happy House36. Deep Purple - Child In Time (=298th)37. The Sequence - Funk You Up (=676th)38. Steve Reich - Music For A Large Ensemble39. The Fiery Furnaces - Quay Cur40. James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (=170th)41. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (One More From The Road, 1976 version) (=368th)42. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter (=203rd)43. Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, Im Dying of Thirst (=147th)44. Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 (=473rd)45. Underworld - Mmm Skyscraper I Love You (131st)46. Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop (=279th)47. George Benjamin - Antara48. Isaac Hayes - By the Time I Get to Phoenix49. Bob Dylan - Desolation Row50. Goldie - Mother
― Jeff W, Friday, 10 April 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
oh well, that was close enough for jazz
― Jeff W, Friday, 10 April 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
Some cool picks on the list.
I can understand not liking "Marquee Moon" but I can't really understand thinking that it sounds like generic 70s rock (like what? BTO? Bob Seger?) or a less talented Rolling Stones.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 10 April 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
118T. Stereolab & Nurse With Wound - Simple Headphone Mind - 3300 points | 4 votesPlaced way higher than I expected. I'm pumped that 3 other people have heard this thing.
As a self-professed Groop dork I should really check this out one of these days.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Friday, 10 April 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
I think the reaction to MM as #1 has less to do with its inherent qualities as it does with people thinking it's a perfectly lovely song but meriting such a wide gap between Eddie Hazel's tortured/ecstatic emotional gasps? kind of deal.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Friday, 10 April 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
my marquee moon highlights:
1) getting the 12" single and playing it at Bri's house2) getting the cd version and discovering it now has a full ending3) getting the remaster and now there's an alternate version with a different solo
Would not pick one of these over the others...
― Mark G, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
I once heard "Marquee Moon" on an AM station while driving through western Ohio (this was maybe 5-6 years ago). Being unexpectedly hit with this song on the radio is one thing; hearing it on AM heightened the mystery of the song considerably.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
If I'd known two other people would actually vote for that Polvo song, I'd've put it higher on my ballot. That song is a monster.
― Blah! I'm A Drackla! (Old Lunch), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
I think if you're listening to MM for the first time circa 2015, a lot of what's it's doing has been finally digested in the last decade of pop, post-Strokes, post-Franz Ferdinand, post-Phoenix - the way the tone of the different guitars trade off, the little filigree licks, the lack of blues in a non-thrashy way. Marquee Moon didn't really have guiding effect on overall presentation of dual-guitar bands between 78 and 98. While it's always been well adored, those that adored it were adding more noise or digital delay or compressed dynamics. It paved the way for U2 and Sonic Youth and MBV, but those bands took bits of the approach. Around 2000 is when I really started hearing Television borrowings wholesale, just like Gang of Four.
This poll got me to listen closely to Hendrix again, but Stevie Ray Vaughn really killed Voodoo Chile dead for me. I just cant hear Hendrix with an open mind. Something similar has happened to Television. Would likely have been on my list 10 years ago! But I didn't even feel like listening.
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
well for me Mei by Echolyn had to be #1 because it's one of my favorite albums ever and I think it's in the spirit of the ballot to value things that are long and epic (compared to say, Autechre's "Rsdio", which I also voted for, but it's one that would've worked at say, 7 minutes)
my one big mistake on this was not nominating "USA" by Dan Deacon. cuz I think that would've been a top 3 pick for me.
― frogbs, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:44 (nine years ago) link
This poll got me to listen closely to Hendrix again, but Stevie Ray Vaughn really killed Voodoo Chile dead for me
Had no idea this existed you know...thanks for that *buries head in sand forever*
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
The Crown was one of the last tunes I had to cut from my shortlist to trim it down to 50, now I feel bad for leaving it out, because it is awesome.
― Tuomas, Friday, 10 April 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
But my vote for Biotrip wasn't tactical, I just wanted my #1 to be over 20 minutes so it's truly epic, and that's the best 20+ minute tune I know.
― Tuomas, Friday, 10 April 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link
I would have voted for The Crown if I'd noticed it on the list!
― courtney barnett formula (seandalai), Friday, 10 April 2015 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Great track - never heard it in its entirety.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 10 April 2015 20:05 (nine years ago) link
I wonder what it was like happening upon that gig, probably having no idea who this guy was or that there was even somebody playing - let alone that he was about to drop the best epic of alltime.
listening to this now & i really, really want to flag post you
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Saturday, 11 April 2015 10:16 (nine years ago) link
Jeff loads of good stuff on that ballot but what is Close to the Edge doing at no1? ;-)
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 April 2015 10:32 (nine years ago) link
yeah I listened to the Berio on that highest unplaced playlist & it were wonderful, need to chase down more
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Saturday, 11 April 2015 10:33 (nine years ago) link
Actually giving it another go now. I like these as a pair:
18T. Yes - Close To The Edge - 8600 points | 9 votes | 2 #1 votes18T. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea - 8600 points | 11 votes
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 April 2015 10:33 (nine years ago) link
Actually Close to the Edge is much better than I remember, especially the organ break in the middle. The birds twittering at the end is clearly an acknowledgement of the up and coming green politics of the 1970s. "so progressiva" indeed!
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 April 2015 10:47 (nine years ago) link
this Dissidenten track is very great, whoever voted for it!
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Saturday, 11 April 2015 10:58 (nine years ago) link
I'm loving Don Ellis Orchestra's "Turkish Bath". Why didn't I know about this record before?
― Jeff W, Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:08 (nine years ago) link
^yeah this is great too, Spottie got me listening to Don Lewis a while back and I was similarly rapt back then
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:11 (nine years ago) link
It was me who nommed the Dissidenten track, and I'm glad that someone else likes it. It's a Berlin-goes-to-Morocco fusion thing from 1984, which sounds ahead of its time to me.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:28 (nine years ago) link
It sounded like New Order for about 3 seconds, then took flight, emitting more power than a substation - really wonderful, ty
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:33 (nine years ago) link
Shout-out to the Ute Lemper song as well
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
This was my ballot btw:
Arthur Russell - In the Light of the MiracleIsaac Hayes - Walk On ByJimi Hendrix - Machine GunInner Life - Ain't No Mountain High EnoughSun Ra - Space Is The PlaceThe Velvet Underground - Sister RayDinosaur - Kiss Me AgainStereolab & Nurse With Wound - Simple Headphone MindAlbert Ayler - Truth Is Marching InSanta Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodDadawah - Seventy-Two NationsWilliam Onyeabor - Good NameGodspeed You Black Emperor - MoyaDonna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Megamix)Sonic Youth - The Diamond SeaLindstrom - Where You Go I Go TooMarcos Cabral & Shux - A Lifetime GrooveSonic Youth - Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg)War - The World is a GhettoHerbie Hancock - HornetsAcid Mothers Temple - La NoviaPharoah Sanders - The Creator Has A Master PlanLou Harrison - Pacifika RondoNina Simone - SinnermanThe Juan Maclean - Happy HouseCan - HalleluwahFunkadelic - Maggot BrainMiles Davis - Shhh/PeacefulRahsaan Roland Kirk - Seasons: One Mind Winter/Summer/Ninth GhostGilberto Gil & Jorge Ben - Taj MahalCerrone - SupernatureStudio - Out ThereSugarhill Gang - Rapper's DelightNeu! - HallogalloDelia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig Remix)Dirty Three - I Offered It Up to the Stars and Night SkyErykah Badu - Out My Mind, Just In timeMcFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (12" version)Richard Dawson - The Vile StuffUniversal Robot Band - Barely Breaking EvenPatty Waters - Black is the Color of my True Love's HairThe Knife - Colouring of PigeonsPrimal Scream - Come TogetherRoland P Young - Crystal MotionsFela Kuti - Water Get No EnemyPopol Vuh - Hosianna-MantraFranco Battiato - Sequenze e FrequenzeBoredoms - Super ShineRhys Chatham - An Angel Moves Too Fast To SeeKendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
― courtney barnett formula (seandalai), Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:41 (nine years ago) link
Thanks so much for the poll Leee! It has been a dizzying experience.
I'm a little late with this, but I'm keen to see my highest unplaced make its way onto that amazing new playlist (which I might be enjoying even more than the regular rollout). N.B. Nostalgia and tears heavily influence my voting behaviours. Unplaced bolded.
Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque AnimalJulian Cope - The TowerRenaissance - Trip To The FairRichard Dawson - Nothing ImportantThe Mars Volta - L'Via L'ViaquezThe Fiery Furnaces - Quay CurRichard Dawson - The Vile StuffNorth Sea Radio Orchestra - Shelley's SkylarkBright Eyes - Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and Be Loved)A Silver Mt Zion - what we loved was not enoughEinsturzende Neubauten - HeadcleanerDmitri Shostakovich - The Execution Of Stepan RazinSpacemen 3 - SuicideKate Bush - An Endless Sky of HoneyNorth Sea Radio Orchestra - ChimesWilco - One Sunday MorningComets On Fire - Blue TombThe Doors - The EndFunkadelic - Maggot BrainKrzysztof Penderecki - Threnody to the Victims of HiroshimaYes - Heart of the SunriseBob Dylan - Desolation RowStephen Malkmus - Real Emotional TrashPink Floyd - SheepCibo Matto - ThemeMoonface - Daughter of a DoveCoil - Red QueenKraftwerk - AutobahnDiamanda Galas - The Litanies of SatanIncredible String Band - A Very Cellular SongJute Gyte - The Grey KingKing Crimson - FractureRobbie Basho - Blue Corn SerenadeMercury Rev - Meth of a Rockette's KickBoredoms - Super ShineThe Knife - Colouring of PigeonsTelevision - Marquee MoonDanny Ben-Israel - The Hippies of Today are the Assholes of TomorrowGodspeed You Black Emperor - Dead Flag BluesConnan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin LovePhilip Glass - The GridViet Cong - DeathHelloween - HalloweenCan - SoupDeep Purple - child in time
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:43 (nine years ago) link
My highest unplaced track (the live "Little Johnny Jewel") isn't on spotify, but "Meet me at the Jailhouse" is.
― Mark G, Saturday, 11 April 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
i discovered the phantastic cortney tidwell track via the poll, her voice reminds me a lot of carolyn crawley (shelleyan orphan, this mortal coil), so pure and direct. "don't let stars keep us tangled up" is one of those comfort giving songs, almost like many neil young songs but in a completely different, more shining way.
the dissidenten were an offspring of embryo one of the early jazzy krautrock bands founded 1969 in munich (two years after amon düül). embryo had already been travellng a lot, they were probably the first world music band, the dissidenten which were called embryo's dissidenten in the beginning tried to appeal to a wider public and merged arab and indian music with dance pop. they were great but in the end they didn't have the success they should have had.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 11 April 2015 20:13 (nine years ago) link
39. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin Stone - 6175 points | 9 votes
Way too low. My fault: Forgot to vote it.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 11:00 (eight years ago) link
I've been listening to this this mix-CD I made for the car:
1. "Slipping (Into Something)," Feelies (6:00)2. "When," Grachan Moncur III (12:08)3. "Spiegel Im Spiegel," Arvo Pärt (10:38)4. "Fur Immer (Forever)," Neu! (11:17)5. "Quiet Nervousness," Manuel Göttsching (13:00)6. "How Some Jellyfish Are Born, Yo La Tengo (8:22)7. "Field of Stars," Oliver Schroer (8:15)8. "Find a Way," Feelies (7:05)
Assembled in the spirit of this poll, basically, although no strict 10-minute rule. I've never cared about streaming; I rarely listen to music when I'm sitting at the computer. Music in a car, though, life would be considerably less interesting without it--especially long songs, especially driving out in the country.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
Gawd, this thread is a goddamn treasure trove! My next few days (weeks) will be all about zoning out to long tracks.(And listening to short tracks for Karl's poll, obvs.)
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
Ever wonder what the most popular 10:00+ songs on Spotify are? I didn't. Until 10:00 ago.https://t.co/BzmgGFXBWR— glenn mcdonald (@glenn_mcdonald) September 27, 2021
― jaymc, Thursday, 4 November 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
Very surprised that Blue Train is above All Blues, which I figured was a shoe-in for the top jazz track. Very surprised Deep Purple on there at all, didn't think they'd maintained a following comparable to Floyd or the Doors.
― the plant based god (bendy), Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link