SUICIDE

Cheree, Cheree. My comic book fantasy.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 13 December 2008 16:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

I was gonna say that (though Keep Your Dreams bonus track is probably my absolute favorite).

Judging by hype Frankie's gonna be a landslide here but I doubt that's the reality

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 13 December 2008 16:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

Frankie Teardrop is awesome, but is in no way the most awesome song on this record. I can't wait to see them do it at ATP and make everyone uncomfortable.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 13 December 2008 16:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

I voted Cheree too, btw.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 13 December 2008 16:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

america america is killing its youth

― Edward III, Saturday, 13 December 2008 16:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

whole frickin' album is classic tho

― Edward III, Saturday, 13 December 2008 16:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

anothe one for Cheree

― Zeno, Saturday, 13 December 2008 17:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

this is supposed to be the image up top, btw

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 13 December 2008 18:29 (4 years ago) Permalink

Probably 'Rocket USA', though it's hard to pick one, and I also like 'Che' a whole lot.

― Soukesian, Saturday, 13 December 2008 19:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

A friend and I tried to find the best song on this by removing a track at a time. I think we ended up with Ghost Rider but I'm voting Cheree this time as I've been playing it loads lately.

― dj onimotian (onimo), Saturday, 13 December 2008 20:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

Ghost Rider

― Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Saturday, 13 December 2008 20:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

Rocket USA!

Frankie Teardrop is overrated.

― Jack Battery-Pack, Saturday, 13 December 2008 20:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

let's hear it for Frankie

― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 13 December 2008 20:48 (4 years ago) Permalink

"Ghost Rider" one of the best opening tracks ever.

― Mark G, Monday, 15 December 2008 10:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

frankie teardrop is great but nowhere near cheree

― psychgawsple, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 00:44 (4 years ago) Permalink

maybe it's just hard to call it a favorite since it always scares the living shit out of me

― psychgawsple, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 00:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

sorry to be boring but frankie. for the same reasons that 'the gift' is my favourite on WL/WH

― Minister for Compression Issues (electricsound), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 00:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

This is actually really hard!
Rocket USA I guess..

― Ivan, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 01:11 (4 years ago) Permalink

ghost rider

― dmr, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 02:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

"girl"

― rio (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 02:10 (4 years ago) Permalink

Cheree

― Millsner, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 05:36 (4 years ago) Permalink

Another vote for "Cheree"

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 06:50 (4 years ago) Permalink

"Rocket USA" I think. Or maybe "Girl". Bah, too difficult!

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 10:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

Frankie 4 eva, you guys who voted for Cheree are wusses.

― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

ghost rider he means

but yeah these results are mental, did the yahoo group for people named "Cheree" link this or something

― J0hn D., Wednesday, 17 December 2008 03:13 (4 years ago) Permalink

After my Wire poll and sandwich poll didn't go my way, I'm glad this one did at least

― The Reverending Story III: This is beef, motherfucker! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 05:39 (4 years ago) Permalink

Frankie 4 eva, you guys who voted for Cheree are wusses.

Yeah, it takes a real macho-man to waste his entire family, despite being outnumbered 2-1 by his wife and toddler!

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 08:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 13:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

what's the deal with johnny getting 0 votes. i wouldn't have voted for it either, but still.

― charlie h, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

actually i may have voted for it... am listening to it now and it's catchy as.

― charlie h, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

Frankie 4 eva, you guys who voted for Cheree are wusses.

― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:12 PM

― am0n, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

"girl" is my shit 100% completely

― 4 my muthafuckin mods (crüt), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:10 (2 years ago) Permalink

also "cheree," "frankie teardrop," "ghost rider," "rocket u.s.a.," and "johnny"

― 4 my muthafuckin mods (crüt), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

and "che." sorry I am petty wasted atm

― 4 my muthafuckin mods (crüt), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

i voted "girl"

i love this but it can't touch the second album

― lao gan ma (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 13:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

Love both equally

― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 13:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

Bought this the other day, not listened yet...

― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

Wow. Late to the party much, Southall?

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

Just kidding, that was kinda bitter. This is a great album, glad you've picked it up and let us know how it hits you.

Oh, and: PLAY LOUD

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

Basically, any song on this record deserves to win.

― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento LLC (SNM), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:47 (2 years ago) Permalink

the one suicide thing i keep coming back to lately is the basement tapes disc that came with the double cd reissue of the second album. i think its recordings from the mid 70s, super minimal and lofi, loads of tape hiss and space echo feedback and room ambience, just so spacious and warped and quite beautiful at times

― lao gan ma (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

Their LP is for sure GOAT-status, but Dream Baby Dream will forever be their best song. Who knew that Ric Ocasek could make Suicide sound better?

― coolsundays, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 19:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

the one suicide thing i keep coming back to lately is the basement tapes disc that came with the double cd reissue of the second album. i think its recordings from the mid 70s, super minimal and lofi, loads of tape hiss and space echo feedback and room ambience, just so spacious and warped and quite beautiful at times

^cosign. They're from the early Seventies, IIRC. As far as I know, there's no live recordings from the pre-album period, which is a major shame.

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 19:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, that disc is amazing. I return to the second album a lot more than the first these days, I love how dreamy it sounds. Has there ever been a book about Vega and Rev, or something really in-depth on them? If not I feel like someone has to get on that, because they're no spring chickens these days, and I bet they have some excellently entertaining stories to tell.

― Position Position, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

Are any of the albums after the 2nd one worth checking out?

― Neil S, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

Remastered version of Why Be Blue? is bloody great but then I think the first album might be the greatest thing in recorded music so I could be the most biased man of all.

― It would have been better with burger sauce (aldo), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

I think the first album is brilliant too. Weirdly my first exposure to it was hearing it sampled by Bentley Rhythym Ace, a band for Spinal Tap's "where are they now" file if there ever was one.

― Neil S, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

"Are any of the albums after the 2nd one worth checking out?"
First Marin Rev solo Martin Rev and first Alan Vega solo Alan Vega (sometimes called Jukebox Baby are both pretty badass imo.
I listen to Vega's first solo record more than any of these lately, actually.

― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

Beyond that nothing has turned me on too much.

― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

I know and like the track "Jukebox Baby". Thanks for the recommendations!

― Neil S, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

"Ice Drummer" is the real standout on the album, but the whole thing is very very good.

― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 21:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

A WAY OF LIFE YOU FUCKING FUCKS! - "Got a cigarette?"

― Soukesian, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 22:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

First Marin Rev solo Martin Rev first Alan Vega solo Alan Vega (sometimes called Jukebox Baby are both pretty badass imo

And the second Alan Vega solo. I like the third too, come to that. And don't forget Marty's "Clouds of Glory"!

― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 September 2010 08:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

are there any metal bands who have cited suicide as an influence?

― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Thursday, 25 November 2010 21:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

Goat Science

― ia! ia! Cartman fthagn! (aldo), Thursday, 25 November 2010 22:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

<prepares for fight with another ilxor about metal>

― ia! ia! Cartman fthagn! (aldo), Thursday, 25 November 2010 22:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

i just thought, i could kinda see some alt-metal or even death ppl finding inspiration here

― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 November 2010 03:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

and not in the blackness/dysphoria so much as the rhythmic insistency

― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 November 2010 03:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

and the griminess, i guess

― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 November 2010 03:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

maybe it needs its own thread, but man, cubist blues is a great album

like the best rock n roll album EVER.

― tylerw, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Cubist Blues is awesome, my copy disappear awhile ago saldy, I'm always on the prowl for a new one

― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

Was there a double disc fancy reissue of this album (that was barely issued in the first place)? Or am I just dreaming?

― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

i would be interested in that, but don't know anything about it.
had a long-ish drive this weekend and this album provided a very fitting soundtrack.

― tylerw, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah! Cubist Blues is awesome. Should pull it out again, actually, used to be on regular rotation but not listened to it for a few years.

― emil.y, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh hey yeah, reissue: http://www.amazon.com/Cubist-Blues-Redux-Alan-Vega/dp/B000FS2W0I

― tylerw, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

& yeah i hadn't heard it in forever, but it sounded timelessly awesome.

― tylerw, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

american supreme is fucking insane

― the best Laid jams (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 September 2012 19:47 (8 months ago) Permalink

Favorite part of the album: the scratching

― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 17 September 2012 20:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

currently of the opinion this is the best song of all time. ALL TIME!

― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2012 18:13 (6 months ago) Permalink

There's an article on the making of Frankie Teardrop in the current Uncut btw.

― Stevolende, Friday, 2 November 2012 23:55 (6 months ago) Permalink

xp: nice track

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:13 (6 months ago) Permalink

Holy shit! I've just heard of this record, never got my hands on it or got around to check it out online (it's on spotify, I think), but this is just amazingly fucking great! I'm kinda stunned right now, actually.

― Mule, Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:20 (6 months ago) Permalink

lotsa gems in the vega rev solo rec treks

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:50 (6 months ago) Permalink

Will dive in. Ordered "Cubist" just now.

― Mule, Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:51 (6 months ago) Permalink

self titled Martin Rev album is incredible

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:08 (6 months ago) Permalink

Yepper. So is the first Alan Vega (s/t, untitled, "jukebox baby").

― Trip Maker, Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:28 (6 months ago) Permalink

I love Suicide, but that Vega/Chilton/Vaughn song up there is horrendous.

― wk, Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:37 (6 months ago) Permalink

What am I missing? It's like a shitty '90s drum machine sound drenched in reverb, a really sterile guitar plinking along, and Vega warbling on top. For 8 minutes.

― wk, Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:39 (6 months ago) Permalink

you say it like those are bad things

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:48 (6 months ago) Permalink

well, suicide is like cheesy drum machines, cliched '50s chord progressions, and long repetitious songs with Vega warbling dramatically on top, but it works. this just doesn't for me. I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around the idea that somebody could think that song was any good.

― wk, Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:52 (6 months ago) Permalink

haha! i don't know, i think it's sort of magical. might be worth listening to the whole album? you might get the vibe more.

― tylerw, Saturday, 3 November 2012 02:00 (6 months ago) Permalink

Like I said upthread, I find it amazing. Tylerw probably otm with "magical". It has a kind of twisted beaty I feel sometimes comes out of perverting established pop-cultural symbols, such as "cliched '50s chord progressions" and blues picking. Kinda like Lynch does in "Blue Velvet", applied to music. It's not too far from Suicide (which is amazing as well), especially "Keep Your Dreams"/"Dream Baby, Dream" have a similar feel.

However, I can understand how someone could find this song underwhelming. But I don't.

― Mule, Saturday, 3 November 2012 12:27 (6 months ago) Permalink

Amazed that Che only got one measly vote!

― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 November 2012 12:31 (6 months ago) Permalink

I first heard "Rocket USA" as a Loop cover, and it's still my favorite Suicide song...

― Clarke B., Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:39 (6 months ago) Permalink