POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!

Man, I had no idea that Doug Gillard had recorded I Am a Tree before joining GBV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06LeARpYqo0&feature=related

Really thought Postal Blowfish was more loved (not to beat a dead horse here). Love the build up at the end, especially in that Brain Candy version, lots of cool guitar parts. Guess that's all Gillard?

Brain Candy version would've been pre-Gillard.

fun song to cover. so easy!

I have an mp3 of the Grifters covering it live

and yeah I thought the song the *poll was named for* might place higher? I voted it pretty high.

yeah i think the postal blowfish on brain candy is still "classic lineup" gbv? could be wrong.

non-album track etc etc

I thought the song the *poll was named for* might place higher

The song the Led Zeppelin poll was named for didn't make the countdown at all. To be honest, top 60 is a pretty good result when there were 80 million songs to choose from.

I like Postal Blowfish but it's not one of my favorites.

yeah i think the postal blowfish on brain candy is still "classic lineup" gbv? could be wrong.

I think so. There were a lot of songs around then that had a lo-fi and hi-fi version like Motor Away and I Am a Scientist but most of em all had the same guys playing on them

Would anyone be terribly offended if I asked if there are any other female voters here? Just curious.

55. "Huffman Prairie Flying Field" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [125 points, 4 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGYvY2unqVo

(Until the news that there would be upcoming GBV material, this would've been the final album track ever released by the band. A fine sign-off imo.)

Oh man I tooooooooooooooootally love this song. Quintessential GBV.

The song the Led Zeppelin poll was named for didn't make the countdown at all.

A good pun trumps all.

i'm happy then you didn't call this one, say, Tracks Poll Rape Chain

"Polled hands, touching my face"

Buzzards and Dreadful Polls

Club POLLuska

Robert POLLard

54. "Big Boring Wedding" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [125 points, 5 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKGprtQJwSY

woo!

Great track. Scraped my top 20, but I just couldn't make room for it.

53. "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [130 points, 6 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MTzCxFlT8g

^ Another near miss from my ballot. Given a second draft now, it likely would be on there.

52. "Gleemer (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" (Vampire on Titus, 1993) [131 points, 6 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvsGMlgK0fs

That's a good one.

could this be a brand new low? a brand new love? what is he saying?
either way, so nice, maybe my favorite song on VOT.
kind of long for a gbv song, but i wish it was longer!

Last one for today. The "official" countdown begins tomorrow (50-36, then 35-21, then the top 20 on Thursday)...

51. "Little Whirl" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [136 points, 6 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1H0_NhJar8

"chicken blows" was in my most-hated tracks

None of my picks in those. Looking forward to the rest of the list.

my favourite Tobin song off of Alien Lanes. it's just so euphoric with its waves of overdrive, masses of compressed sounds. I can't shake off the feeling that Sprout sang this one with a huge smile on his face.

For stragglers:

TIE 60. "My Kind of Soldier" (Earthquake Glue, 2003) [110 points, 5 votes]
TIE 60. "Chicken Blows" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [110 points, 5 votes]
58. "Postal Blowfish" (outtake, 1993) [111 points, 5 votes]
57. "Bulldog Skin" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [116 points, 6 votes]
56. "The Key Losers" (outtake, 1995) [124 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote]
55. "Huffman Prairie Flying Field" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [125 points, 4 votes]
54. "Big Boring Wedding" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [125 points, 5 votes]
53. "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [130 points, 6 votes]
52. "Gleemer (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" (Vampire on Titus, 1993) [131 points, 6 votes]
51. "Little Whirl" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [136 points, 6 votes]

it's my only pick (#12 on my ballot) so far to show up

man 3 of my top 20 already knocked out in there

Chicken Blows just missed the cut for me. And of course, Bulldog Skin was on my ballot.

Bulldog Skin was on mine as well. Just makes me happy.

This was one track I voted for ("Key Losers") and a whole bunch of tracks that were fine but I never really considered voting for. I guess that's about right for 60-51

Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/sp10000/playlist/5QWljGgTEhj3DPiXtmkYU7

Little Whirl and Big Boring Wedding both made my lists. The chicks are back!

lol "brand new low" never even occurred to me, but I thought "Captain's Dead" started thusly:

Captain's dead, the woman -- she has fled

haha

ha, i really did not know, but i looked it up

I'm sitting on 2 heads
"Some seat" I heard some said
Just waiting for Sunday
Four days after Wednesday

The higher clouds are closing in
To hide the deeds of Fertile Jim

Could this be a brand new low
One that we can't talk about
One that we can't live without
One that we can join in now

I'm standing on 2 feet
Now buried in concrete
Just waiting for sundown
So as to be not found

The higher clouds are closing in
To hide the deeds of Fertile Jim

Could this be a brand new low
One that we can't talk about
One that we can't live without
One that we can join in now

The only one I voted for today was "Bulldog Skin" : such a power rocker. I thought about voting for "Gleemer" but 20's a tough # to fit with this band.

Was listening to a fairly random GBV playlist on my way into work. Only one track I voted for was on the selection, but realised that if I hadn't done an instant top-of-my-head 20, I could have been there all week trying to winnow it down. So many good songs.

Too bad that 'Key Losers' isn't better known. If it had been included on one of the '94-'96 albums, it would have placed MUCH higher. BTW, who had it at #1? It was my number 3.

Kicking it off for today in 3...2...1...

50. "As We Go Up, We Go Down" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [138 points, 8 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7FqlArPFwI

(My friend Danny actually made this video for it, so yeah.)

Good start.

49. "I Am a Tree" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [150 points, 6 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1fPyh53Ik

definitely my most listened GBV song, all time guitar lick

Just realized I should have voted for Kicker of Elves.

I almost voted "Kicker of Elves"! It's a ridiculous song that I find myself singing for a laugh all the time.

I swear that Doug Gillard ripped off the first part of the main riff from 'I Am A Tree' from some 70's hard rock band (I wanna say it was Head East but it's not). I will find it someday. Definitely the most "classic rock" of their songs.