Greatest year for indie/punk/whatevs and one of the best for mainstream rock/pop too. 1984 was a blazing hole of goodness.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:47 PM (5 minutes ago)
― Half lies and gorilla dust (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
My copy of the Saint Vitus LP was purchased from milk carton ilxor Tim Ellison some years back for a barely believable $1 plus postage
voted Zen Arcade however
― Not a musician, but I thought of Justin Fashanu for some reason (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Tim made a solitary post just a coupla months ago (can't remember the thread)
― Half lies and gorilla dust (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"Also didn't realize that Black Flag put out 4 albums that year; that's pretty crazy."
Isn't this cuz they didn't release any records in the previous three due to a lawsuit?
Clearly Zen Arcade vs. Double Nickels although I might just vote II so I don't have to choose.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
That's it exactly. Though they did release Everything Went Black during that period, which apparently resulted in a night in the cells for Greg and Chuck - unless that's an apocryphal story.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Puppets just barely over Minutemen.
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:21 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah same for me, but someday i have to sit down with MY WAR and SLIP IT IN.
― 69, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I can dismiss regrets of not voting for II or Zen by reminding myself I like both bands' subsequent LP even better.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
glad I have 6 days to decide, i was 14 in 84 when punk rock changed my life
a little part of me really wants to vote 025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9vhkaiVW7E
― that new wave hippie disco shit (herb albert), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Double Nickels On The Dime (not even close)
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
IMPOSSIBLE POLL
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
voted 8MH, fuk teh h8rz
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
2x nickls competition is none, love 2 more than most albums tho
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:52 (fourteen years ago) link
i was 14 in 84 when punk rock changed my life
Me too. We were fucking corn dogs.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually no I heard most of these albums at the beginning of 85. But I was still 14. And a fucking corn dog.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
^^that song you're referring to always always always gives me goosebumps
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
hella tender 4 sure
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Whole album is a fucking e-ticket thrillride, even "You Need the Glory".
― Religious Embolism (WmC), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes. The jumping two-note figure that ends each two bar phrase is a heart tugger.
14 yo me "who the fuck is E Bloom?" Now BOC is probably my favorite of the bands shouted out to in that verse.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn would totally sit around a back yard fire with y'all right now.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Mr. Narrator
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
027 Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
This is Bob Dylan to me!
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
time monitorspace measure-er
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
real thingscondition-ing
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I know Double Nickels inside-out yet only like 5 of the song titles
― that new wave hippie disco shit (herb albert), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
So dig this big crux.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
which apparently resulted in a night in the cells for Greg and Chuck - unless that's an apocryphal story.
several nights, and it sounds like a pretty grisly experience
― Wat ho, goatee'd man? Thy skinnee jenes hath byrn'd my corneyas. (stevie), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
the do, the how, the why, the where, the when, the whatcan these words refine that truth?
― Religious Embolism (WmC), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
we are cuss words
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck i have no idea. argghgh
― First and Last and Safeways (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i must look like a dork
― that new wave hippie disco shit (herb albert), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
man...probably gonna vote minutemen
but surviving you always is so dope
almost tempted to vote for 8 miles high
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link
jjj don't you mean you can't decide can't decide can't decide ANYTHIIIIINNNGG
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
my war is the origin-point for all grunge, right? and that and st. vitus are the origin points for all doom metal?
― failboat fucking captain (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Vitus or those guys that were something to do with Kelly Osbourne's dad, I guess
― Not a musician, but I thought of Justin Fashanu for some reason (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't the first possessed record come out in like 83?
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
OK I went for 8 Miles High in the end, brevity wins out over the sprawling double albums. Not much talk about Meat Puppets II? Could be a dark horse.
― Matt #2, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
awww man u guys quoting double nickels makes me reconsider the vote i already cast for II
― 69, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i started listening to the grateful dead in 1984!
did the meat puppets have anything to do with that?
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
smartass
but seriously My War (and later, SV's first album) is the point where Sabbath becomes a cool indie reference-point in addition to being heavy metal's primal father, right?
― failboat fucking captain (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, and the Buttholes.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost I got all into American Beauty in '85 and that DEFINITELY was because of the Pups.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i voted zen arcade for its sprawl and its mystery and its hooks and its very strange-sounding and very beautiful wall of guitar squall. the fact that new day rising came out six months later somehow makes it even better.
double nickels and II -- double ones? -- are runners up by, like, one or two thousandths of a point.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Double Nickels, I think I said why I love it so much on the '80s poll thread, can't quite remember what but the gist was that it's such a joyful, start-of-summer record for me.
― Gavin in Leeds, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Someone tell me about Family Man, cos I don't know a single track off that.
― Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Farting in Space (NickB), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Love all these Double Nickels quotes. I'm fucking overwhelmed!
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Half Henry Rollins spoken word, half instrumental jams iirc. Not my thing at all.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Family Man was in the mix Zeitgeist-wise, but I liked Rollins's spoken-word a lot better immediately after Black Flag, more humor, seemed a lot happier.
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Meat Puppets II and Double Nickels on the Dime are both so important to me that I couldn't chose. Voted for Suck Vitus.
― Fellini.Kuti, Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
There's maybe a dozen I can't attach titles to, and that's why I didn't attempt to
Give an album's full track listing from memory
when that thread first appeared.
― Half lies and gorilla dust (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:55 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf!
― Religious Embolism (WmC), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice surprise! But tinged with sadness that I was the only one who voted for Saccharine Trust.
However you were right pfunkboy - every album got at least one vote!
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't realize there were so many damn Husker fans lurking about.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Let me reiterate: wow. Between this and the other SST poll, it would seem that Husker Du has a lot more goodwill out there than I thought. Hooray for that.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Husker Du are liked round here, but they're outnumbered by Minutemen fans and DNOTD fans are a lot more vocal. But tbh i think a lot love both, but HD fans cant agree on what is their best album while Minutemen fans generally do. Hence DNOTD usually doing well in the polls.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Remember to vote in Favourite Hüsker Dü Album?
Favourite SST Release of... 1985
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
as i said in the last poll, i pretty much expect Husker to dominate any poll they're in after this: your favorite run of SST releases by one band
― forktongueclovenhoofu (some dude), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
022 Saint Vitus Saint Vitus 13
Wow, I'm kind of surprised! Sup fellow dirtheads.
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Hurrah for vitus
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Husker Du are liked round here, but they're outnumbered by Minutemen fans and DNOTD fans are a lot more vocal.
this poll would suggest otherwise, kerr
― d15turb3nc3 @ th3 w@ff13 h0u53 (stevie), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 07:02 (fourteen years ago) link
not really, im pretty sure there was more shout outs on this thread for Minutemen, but I get your point via the results.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:47 (fourteen years ago) link
stevie you spelled d15turb@nc3 wrong...
― forgotten funk-uncle (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i... aw shit.
― d15turb3nc3 @ th3 w@ff13 h0u53 (stevie), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Proud to be a St Vitus 13%-er for life! We should all get tattoos.
― Brio, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
or meet up at a gig since they reformed.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I remember my friend's big brother telling me that if I liked St Vitus so much I should check out Sabbath, who I was only vaguely aware of at 14. I thought he was a stupid hippy.
― Brio, Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
When did you become a stupid hippy?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
about 10 minutes after the events recounted above, when he put on Snowblind
― Brio, Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Supernaut did it for me.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Butthole Surfers did it for me when I realized 'Sweat Loaf' was a Sabbath riff.
― Bonnie Prince Stabby (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Walking Seeds did it for me with their version of 'Iron Man' on Skullfuck.
― Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Farting in Space (NickB), Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
the entire 80's dirtbag underground scene was a conspiracy to get kids into sabbath
― Brio, Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
These are good poll results. One of the very few times Ive picked the winning horse.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
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― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 February 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
saw that posted on the ile Oscars thread
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 February 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
This is the best ever!
― i;m the worst poster e9er (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 3 March 2016 16:52 (eight years ago) link