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

I am very late but can I sub Mesh Gear Fox for my obvious blooper. Campbell you idiot. You skewed me

a good flying bird
non absorbing
quality of armor
exit flagger
my kind of soldier
wished i was a giant
teenage fbi
things i will keep
over the neptune
gold star for robot boy
shocker in gloomtown
valuable hunting knife
game of pricks
they're not witches
cut out witch
official ironman rally song
dont stop now
jane of the waking universe
hold on hope
raincloud

I forgot to rank them

kind of a fascinating little glimpse into pollard's process here: http://www.jamesgreer.net/2011/10/13/trendspotter-acrobat/
these blog posts greer writes about GBV are so much better than the actual book he wrote about GBV

there's an amazing story by Greer on how he literally drew blood onstage playing with GBV. don't know if he posted this on his blog too, but you can find it in no. 13 issue of Five Dials here -> http://fivedials.com/files/fivedials_no13.pdf

great story! imagine Bob commanding you to write a song. terrifying.

btw does anyone anywhere keep track of those Greer uploads and, like, rips them to mp3's or something? coz I missed another great one, just thinking that I had a chance to (but didn't) listen to an '83 version of "Tractor Rape Chain" makes me feel sick :(

you didn't listen? i will sing it for you, here:

you gotta
tell meeeee how you feel about me
you gotta
tell meeee how you feel about me
jangle jingle doot doot doot
the end

*tries to imagine that* *fails miserably*

lol
that early tractor rape chain was pretty great. not as great as what we know and love, but sort of nice in a bizarre, alt-universe way.

Pretty sure Greer said he didn't want people to download them, otherwise he'd stop putting more up, so although they are no doubt out there, it'll probably be on the downlow.

Yep, I missed it too. FUCK. Honestly, kind of pissed at Greer for this. I 100% understand not wanting people to download it, fair enough, but can't you at least leave the stream up for a few weeks?

http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2011/10/25/guided-by-voices-new-single-by-original-lineup-the-unsinkable-fats-domino/
mp3!

!!!

listened to that few days before, unfortunately I'm not very impressed by this song :(

Well, it's a minor song in the classic-era catalogue sure, but it still makes me optimistic for the record(s).

I'm still very curious to the record too, wonder what Tobin brought to the table

http://gbvsongs.tumblr.com/

^quality tumblr

ha, that's awesome. is he doing the whole catalogue? :)

man, i missed this poll. :/ cones.

those are so great! i wonder how he chooses. does he take requests?

yeah, "raincloud", "a salty salute" and "tractor rape chain" are especially great

The "it's" in Hunting Knife is driving me crazy.

yes that is a little painful. photoshop anyone?

yeah, that one's really bad overall, though, so no big loss

i've never been a big GBV guy but i have to say i've been listening to the best tracks spotify playlist today and it's sounding really good

!!!!!!!!!
see??

new pollard album, mouseman cloud dropping soon -- sounds ... kind of great?
as for the latest GBV, i actually like it more and more.

I haven't heard anything off it yet, but I love the cover. I know Pollard loves his collages, but its just such a cool photo for him to use.

http://gbvdb.com/images/robert_pollard_mouseman_cloud_large.jpg

I wonder if he is in pinterest.

On

lol

agree, i like that pic of him

new pollard album, mouseman cloud dropping soon -- sounds ... kind of great?
as for the latest GBV, i actually like it more and more.

― tylerw, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 4:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Can't say I'm surprised it sounds kind of great, especially considering how strong Bob's 2011 output was. Waving At The Astronauts, Space City Kicks, New Theory Of Everything, Lord Of The Birdcage, Let It Beard, Capsized!, and Let's Go Eat The Factory were all excellent albums. I can't wait for Mouseman!

Really wanted the classic line up to deliver again.

They didn't

Perhaps I should give it a fifth listen? That's a lot in these hectic times

i think you should give it another listen! it's a grower.

Ok , I will tylerw.

I'm trusting you

The only one that grabbed me was Waves by Sprout.

but i only do tunes. Having said that. Pollard's lyrics. FFS.

ignore me, i'm a weirdo

New GBV single "Keep It In Motion" up at Quietus. Bob and Toby on vocals!

http://soundcloud.com/firerecords/guided-by-voices-keep-it-in

Like this at least twice as much as any song on Factory. Hoping Class Clown is their "no fuckin' around" reunion album.

GBV gets the White House seal of approval, sort of:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/jay-carney-guided-by-voices-press-conference_n_1345403.html

Jay Carney's GBV crush has been documented in the past as well.

I just learned something unbelievable about a GBV song I thought I knew!
According to the gbvdb official lyrics for the original version of "If We Wait", the last line is

We'll all be there

not, as I have thought for literally umpteen years

We'll all be dead

My mind: it is blown.

Actually, even worse, now that I look, it's (acc to gbvdb) "Then we'll be there"

are we sure it's not we'll all be dead? that's what i thought it was too! gah!

i mean, it's definitely "we'll all be ..." maybe it's a mistake? please let it be a mistake!

i know! it HAS to be "dead"!! but i checked and listened to it a few times and it could either pollard using his fake english accent OR a poorly articulated "dead."

i just know that i have been singing "dead" at the top of my lungs for a long time and don't believe i will stop now.

listening to a stream of Class Clown -- title track is some kind of instant classic.

Is this a stream you can share with the class?

sorry, did not mean to be a tease, it's some kinda password protected thing. i'm sure it'll be available shortly. really sounding good though!

Class Clown Spots A UFO is an old GBV song, known as Crocker's Favorite Song on King Shit and the Golden Boys. There's also a version on Suitcase 3. The clip I heard from this newest version sounds fantastic...

ah ok, knew the title had been around for a while, didn't know it was that song. actually not the *worst* idea pollard's had -- to go back and rework some of those older tunes?