I wish you could have 2 votes in these polls as minutemen appear to be running away with it.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
My War probably my favorite on the list these days, but Double Nickels is a sentimental favorite and the quotes on the thread are gettin' to me. Gets my vote.
― circa1916, Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"I won't stick any of you unless and until I can stick all of you" from family man is the jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjpt4VNRqRA
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH_ukAUl0ZM
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nX0mGv7-4
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSnfMBi4aRs
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Bob's guitar on Turn On The News is fucking godlike. Brilliant song with brilliant guitar.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Eight Miles High
The pinnacle.
My first Husker purchase and possibly the best.
Fucking huge
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Saint Vitus v Minutemen v Zen Arcade for me...
― Neil S, Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I voted Saint Vitus in the end just so they got a vote as they deserve it, but ZA is the best album here.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
but you know what? I like them all.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
what a year for a label.
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
1985 would also belong to SST. But what about 1986? I have a gut feeling that's when Homestead takes over?
― yes, said Cam'ron & the thing was in the impression of J. Timberlake (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Someone should figure out a labels best year in the 80s, then poll each labels best year against each other and see who wins.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm assuming def jam had some ridiculous ass year too but i'd have to look
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
you just volunteered!
hurrah!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Lol I think there's a specific year in the mid-80s where Sire would have been my champion label.
― yes, said Cam'ron & the thing was in the impression of J. Timberlake (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
you volunteering to help him?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Nooooooooo
― yes, said Cam'ron & the thing was in the impression of J. Timberlake (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
just name the labels here then he can compile a poll once we sorta agree on labels/years
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
SSTHomesteadTouch & GoDef JamSire
who else?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Sub Pop ?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Epic! (if one of the albums you put out in any given year is thriller, you're probably dominating that year no matter what else you or anyone else puts out)
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Blast FirstDischord
― Neil S, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.bsnpubs.com/warner/distributed/sire.html
Here's a discography of Sire Records albums. '81, '83, '84 are all great.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm sure the Minutemen will win by a wide margin. For me, it's dead even between Meat Puppets II and "Eight Miles High." I want to vote, so I'll go with "Eight Miles High" as the one that had the greater effect on me at the time. I might be wrong, but I think it came out slightly in advance of Zen Arcade; I remember thinking that this was a far as you could possibly take something. And, as I've written elsewhere on this board, that's exactly how it played out for me; I thought a lot of Zen Arcade consisted of them doing stuff that they'd already moved past. And then they got great again with the next two albums, but only because they changed.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
embarrassing, but i only know a handful of these records ... anyone want to make me a mix? SST 84!?
― tylerw, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Voted for Saint Vitus in the end.
― Neil S, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm there's not that one year of def jam i was really counting on....they didn't put out as many albums as i thought!
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 26 March 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow that Sire catalog, yeah. I wonder how long I could sustain myself on only the Sire and SST catalogs 1980-1985.
Beggar's Banquet would probably need to be added to the list, no? Maybe Creation? Factory, obv.
― yes, said Cam'ron & the thing was in the impression of J. Timberlake (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 March 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost Tyler I am shocked!!!
i know the husker and minutemen stuff, but my war is the only Black Flag record from this list I have ... and for some reason I don't have any Meat Puppets!
― tylerw, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
that's fucked up dude, you'd love up II & especially on the sun
― Brio, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i meant you'd love II & especially upon the sun
― Brio, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
up on the sun
― Mr. Que, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess i gotta get it. always meant to get around to the meat puppets but never did.
― tylerw, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i'd be super-shocked if you didn't like up on the sun
― Brio, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
We can hip you to highlights of their later records later but yeah just start with II and Up.
― yes, said Cam'ron & the thing was in the impression of J. Timberlake (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 March 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
voted live 84
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 26 March 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i think every album might get at least one vote.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 27 March 2010 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
up on the sun is soooooo great.
― ian, Saturday, 27 March 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i just bought it!
― tylerw, Saturday, 27 March 2010 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
am i the only person who doesn't like meat puppets II? just totally doesn't work for me, hate the vocals.
― Slaughter in Robot Village (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 27 March 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not my favorite meat puppets record by any stretch, and now that i think about it i'd rank them: in a car > s/t > up on the sun > II
and i don't know if i've ever heard any of them past that. i guess i should check out huevos sometime?
― ian, Saturday, 27 March 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost Naw, I just cannot get past those weak vox. Never understood the love at all.
― Armchair Crab (staggerlee), Saturday, 27 March 2010 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
great album, but i love all their 80s stuff bar the 1st one that i just couldnt get into.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 27 March 2010 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
vote!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 29 March 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
was listening to II a bunch this weekend....that's a real dusty trip. love it.
― can't think of anything (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 29 March 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Huevos wasn't "weird" enough for some old-school fans but it's pretty awesome zztop style driving boogie rock.
― Brio, Monday, 29 March 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link