"I'm The Queen of Rock and POLL!!!!!!"_ILM Artist Poll #51_SLEATER-KINNEY_ RESULTS THREAD

Results? Guitar? I got 'em!

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First up: Solo, Side, Early & Post Projects Tracks:

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10. The Corin Tucker Band, “Doubt”
1,000 Years, 2010
73 Points (2 Votes, 1 #1)

Live Version: http://youtu.be/3BCPUFWRrdk

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9. The Corin Tucker Band, “Dragon”
1,000 Years, 2010
74 Points (3 Votes)

Live on KEXP: http://youtu.be/VHUJeYMz52Y

YESS.

#8-1. Corin Tucker Band

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8. Heavens To Betsy, “Complicated”
Calculated, 1994
76 Points (2 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/L7WD0Hi3_nw

here we go

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7. Cadallaca, “Pocket Games”
Introducing Cadallaca, 1998
84 Points (3 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/7tXyMgiT03M
Live (At Miranda July's Birthday Party?): http://youtu.be/X4GBPMvgcoU

#8-1. Corin Tucker Band

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6. Corin Tucker Band, “1,000 Years”
1,000 Years, 2010
88 Points (3 Votes)

Solo Live in 2009: http://youtu.be/wCklAKgfNBQ
Live w/the band in 2010: http://youtu.be/ibrl5HCv04k

A+ picture

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5. Excuse 17, “The Drop Dead Look”
“Such Friends Are Dangerous”, 1995
92 Points (3 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/dt3dfCgw9RM

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4. Corin Tucker Band, “Neskowin”
Kill My Blues, 2012
101 Points (3 Votes, 1 #1)

Music Video: http://youtu.be/xY7TRjAvgvY

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3. Heavens To Betsy, “Axemen”
Calculated, 1994
103 Points (3 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/lWsii1n0pCY

^^ show in my town!

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2. Wild Flag, “Glass Tambourine”
Wild Flag, 2011
110 Points, (4 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/3NBbCs7jpws
Live: http://youtu.be/775teAcCeSQ

WOW Hall was where i saw the corin tucker band when they did their small tour, they sounded great.

surprised glass tambourine got so much love, it was one of my picks too! i prefer the 7" version

hey reddening do u still work at Skip's?

i never did, i work over at the community college!

oops OK!

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1. Wild Flag, “Romance”
Wild Flag, 2011
205 Points (6 Votes, 2 #1’s)

Music Video: http://youtu.be/8J8n9R8rnB8
Live on KEXP: http://youtu.be/q25zB3lJqgY
Live on Letterman: http://youtu.be/ecxbvJ-Avts
Amoeba Records "What's In My Bag" w/Wild Flag: http://youtu.be/N8_5ii79OFQ

That'll be it for today. Tune in tomorrow for Best Albums, Worst Songs, and the first part of the Tracks Rollout!

that's a pretty good representation of the side projects

How many ballots ended up getting sent in?

31 Ballots.

11 of which also had solo/side ballots.

June n July wuz robbed!

i wish corin tucker band's "big goodbye" had made it, it's my fave off that album.

Surprised Excuse 17's Forever Fired didn't

The Spells shoulda made it!

"June n July" and The Spells' "The Age of Backwards" were both bubbling under. Excuse 17 earned several votes, but "The Drop Dead Look" was easily the most popular of their seven tracks that earned votes.

Sorry for the delay. On To The Albums!

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5. The Woods, 2005
42 Points (14 Votes, 3 # 1’s)

realised awhile ago this sounds MUCH better to me played more softly than loud. i can't "hear" it when it's blaring. GREAT way to exit for the ladies in any event

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4. One Beat, 2002
51 Points (17 Votes, 3 #1’s)

I put One Beat as my #1, I wouldn't have anticipated putting it there before the poll but the production style here is my favorite

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3. Call The Doctor, 1996
53 Points (20 Votes)

I had CTD @ #2. Wouldn't have thought to do it prior to the poll, but I did my tracks list first and saw I had shortlisted practically the whole thing.

THR #2, DMO #1? /wishful thinking

no first place votes for call the doctor is kinda insane (esp w/ 3 #1s for the freaking woods)

CTD was like a perennial #2/3 on most ballots, which does add up.

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2. The Hot Rock, 1999
67 Points (21 Votes, 5 #1’s)

Just listened to The Woods again yesterday, and the mastering doesn't bug me as much anymore. Also, probably their best collection of songs, and by far their most unhinged performances.

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1. The Kink Kontroversy, 1965
89 Points (22 Votes, 12 #1’s)

lollll

stoked to see the hot rock so high!

I did an albums of the '90s list, and I do think that The Kink Kontroversy ended up as my #1.

Waitaminute

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1. Dig Me Out, 1997
89 Points (22 Votes, 12 #1’s)

For awhile DMR & THR were neck and neck for #1, but then the former got like 5 individual #1's in row, which sealed that one.

Also stoked to see the hot rock so high. Definitely their most critically underappreciated record in its day, and to me their crowning achievement.

Yeah, I definitely remember AHOTBO being hailed as a "return to form," as if THR sucked or something.

I'll happily take The Hot Rock at second. Which record was sixth?

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6. All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
31 Points (12 Votes)

After that, there's a precipitous drop off in points, with entries for the debut coming next, then Heavens To Betsy, the two Corin albums, Cadallaca, and Wild Flag.

Aw, I should've voted for albums. I don't know if it would've made a difference in the end, but AHOTBO would've been my #1.

THR was the only one of their post-S/T records to miss the P&J top 10, and if Wikipedia is to be believed, THR sold substantially less than each of their post-CTD albums.

Yeah, I definitely remember AHOTBO being hailed as a "return to form," as if THR sucked or something.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, April 24, 2014 3:14 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seems like THR was a backlash moment in some cases. I remember a review in Alternative Press in which the album got whatever the middle rating was on the scale they were using at the time, with the writer making points about how it wasn't anything they hadn't done as good or better before, and how it seemed like they were putting more effort into side projects then they should. THR was my intro to the band (bought it a few weeks after release) and I just couldn't get my head around how anyone could perceive it as a lackluster release.

I was super excited to hear it, as I was already in love with Dig Me Out, and I bought THR on release day. It exceeded my expectations, and my expectations were that they'd introduce more tension, drama, and mystery into their now-established formula, and that they'd also fuck with that formula.

I always suspected the haters just wanted DMO II.

THR was definitely not as universally loved as Dig Me Out or Call The Doctor.

X-post...Dig Me Out 2 would be great. I'm one of those fans.

If anything, the problem with The Hot Rock was the sequencing. After the alltime opener, it got a little tough going. Picked up on side 2, where DMO and CTD stumbled.

The Hot Rock was the only album (besides the first) that missed the top 10 of Pazz & Jop, and was also their lowest selling album (besides the first). and it's always been by far my favorite, so it's gratifying to see that it's got a lot of support here.

I'm gonna do the "Worst/Least Loved Songs" run now, and I'll fire up the Tracks Rollout tomorrow.

As the points totals reveal, I didn't get alot of takers on this part of the ballot. I'm including this # of them to illustrate a point later to be revealed in the regular tracks list.

On with the show:

8. “Jenny”
Dig Me Out, 1997
5 Points (2 Votes)

3. (Tie) “#1 Must Have”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000

“Entertain”
The Woods, 2005

“Faraway”
One Beat, 2002

“God Is A Number”
The Hot Rock, 1999

“Milkshake n’ Honey”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000

5 Points (1 Vote, 1 #1)

2. “Was It A Lie?”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
6 Points (2 Votes)

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1. “Combat Rock”
One Beat, 2002
8 Points (3 Votes)

BONUS FEATURE: Protest Vote from Leee

SUCK IT, THEY'RE ALL GREAT.

I opted out of this poll primarily because I couldn't think of 5 missteps in their catalog that were major enough to really merit inclusion in a "worst" poll.

I voted for two of these.

ha, 2 of the worst were on my top 20 ballot.

the framing of "faraway" isn't my deal but i love the holler of "why can't i get along with youuuuuuuuuu?"

same

Hah, two of mine show up there, plus, "Jenny" is great!

Honestly, my protest vote was because I didn't have time to go through my least favorites!

I really like Was it a Lie and Combat Rock. I didn't end up voting for worst songs. Would have probably just filled my list with songs from the first album.

"Entertain" my pick for worst. Presaged Carrie Brownstein's NPR column career.

Disappointed that All Hands missed the top five. I was very close to putting it as my number two behind Dig Me Out but ended up putting The Hot Rock ahead of it too.

ha, 2 of the worst were on my top 20 ballot.

^

(one of them was my first-place track...so, you people suck)

i had to hear the story behind "was it a lie?" before i could genuinely appreciate it. i always thought AHOTB was their most self-consciously feminist album, but after re-listening to the earlier stuff it might just be that they're more...idk, didactic? than they were before. still love it tho.

Two of the worst in my top 20, though I can understand how one bores and one annoys.

I wonder how much of "Combat Rock"'s hate stems not from the politics but from Carrie's cutsey speak-singing accent.

(one of them was my first-place track...so, you people suck)

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, April 24, 2014 5:47 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ditto.

The only other poll I know of that had a "worst songs" ballot was the Who. Were there any others?

Stones, I think

I wonder how much of "Combat Rock"'s hate stems not from the politics but from Carrie's cutsey speak-singing accent.

lol I like her singing on that.

Xp Kinks ("Come Dancing" made both lists.)

love their Yoko-meets-Cindy-Wilson vocal affect on "Milkshake 'n' Honey" though.

Ah, that's right, I remember now. I did a worst ballot for the Kinks and the Who, but not for the Stones. A few Who songs made both lists, too.

i put who songs on all my worst ballots!

jk, i couldn't imagine putting together a worst ballot for sk, nothing they did ever really annoyed me or continues to annoy me the way say 'long live rock' does, definitely could've predicted a few of those cuts would make it though really hectoring bush era protest songs are something i can forgive very easily, we all lived thru that hell. worst songs are pretty common though and there's always at least one or two cuts i'm a little outraged to see make it.

Elton had a Worst Songs side poll (and maaaan does Elton have some Worst Songs).

^^I didn't partake often, but I did follow that Mama Can't Buy You Love thread.

have I got Worst Elton Songs for you

Kinda hoping there's a Worst Songs side poll for Dylan, and then I kinda want to poll Elton's worst against Dylan's.

I couldn't be bothered to isolate Dylan songs I might hate, because I usually just skip them. Something about Elton's most terrible songs is that many of them weren't ignorable.

#1 Must Have is awesome wtf

i knew i should have voted in this goddamn poll

i don't understand what people like about the woods. i tried.

i don't know if ahotbo is the most self-consciously feminist one, but maybe the most lucidly feminist?

#1 Must Have is awesome wtf

i don't understand what people like about the woods. i tried.

horseshoe otm x10000000000

i think the reason i did't vote in this poll was that i couldn't bear to get sad about how sleater-kinney doesn't exist anymore right now

i had some wine, might be in this thread all night

This is still one of my favorite thread titles for a thread I started: I'm tired of a world without Sleater-Kinney

I try to be careful about defining this or that ostensibly feminist work as shrill.

one of the things i love about corin tucker's voice is how it just dares a motherfucker to call her shrill. i wish a mf would!

listening to the s/t right now. i guess the drumming is bad, but i won't pretend to understand such things. album rules imo.

re: #1 Must Have i guess people like their lyrics murky and ambiguous or not didactic or whatever, but how can you not warm to this:

And for all the ladies out there I wish
We could write more than the next marketing bid
Culture is what we make it yes it is
Now is the time, now is the time
Now is the time to invent, invent, invent
Invent, invent, invent

i just straight up say that to people sometimes. i mean, i don't repeat "invent" six times. but maybe i should.

Was kinda surprised to see "combat rock" so high on the worst. It was on my ballot but chosen as a representative of the multiple songs on one beat I find interminable, and given the nod for being their first song to clear 4:30.

Previous longest sk songs were album closers with extended outros right at 4min

i didn't know about the cadallaca album before this! thank you poll! corin should sing all the songs.

My top 5 worst consisted of the two cheesiest "corin has fun" songs in their songbook imo (one made the poll), two somewhat arbitrary selections representing what I don't like from the last two albums soundwise (one made the poll), and the song about how y2k ain't no thing.

corin tucker's one of two times i've been starstruck and dorky over a celebrity. the first was i working in the shoebox at wuxtry and playing everything falls apart and grant hart literally stuck his head in the door and i went 'grant hart!' like it was an episode of happy days. w/ corin it was basically a replay of the tig notaro story about taylor dayne, almost word for word, except i didn't keep running into her. i think sleater-kinney was my last favorite band, in the sense of yr favorite band meaning something.

man i can't believe you ppl put 'god is a number' on the worst list, that song rocks.

lol "you ppl":

“God Is A Number”
The Hot Rock, 1999

5 Points (1 Vote, 1 #1)

That one guy...

Corin's last "I need it right now" in that song, the slight catch in her voice on "now" is one of my favorite S-K moments.

I was up until this poll a confirmed Carrie stan, but re-listening to my #1 and #2 must haves, it was Corin who left me destroyed.

I didn't vote for any on my worst list but man it's funny how quaint s-k's more overt "I gotta rock!" in-praise-of-guitar moments feel now

i don't know if ahotbo is the most self-consciously feminist one, but maybe the most lucidly feminist?

yeah that's a better word for it. i want to clarify that "didactic" pings as more negative than i intended, i love them for their straightforward feminist statements like:

A woman's pain never private, always seen
I want to close my eyes
I want to cut the wires
I want a day not made for you to see

I def shake my fist at the two people who can't think of sk songs worse than was it a lie. I mean at least #1 must have is kind if static and includes "cultures what we make it, yes it is!" as arguable demerits.

*shakes fist*

Kind OF static, I mean

"cultures what we make it, yes it is!" as arguable demerits.

*shakes fist*

― da croupier, Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:13 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'll kill you

I'll watch.

I voted for "terrorist" on the side project poll so Ivan dig it

Lol "I can dig it" rather

lol i love that song forgiven

man i can't believe you ppl put 'god is a number' on the worst list, that song rocks.

was puzzled by this as well

I voted for God Is A Number as worst song. There are no really bad SK songs but what the heck, sometimes ya gotta go for it dude.

God is not a number, God is a FREE MAN!

I was hoping it was someone who found it sacriligeous.

Just pretentious.

Like she saw Pi and wrote a song about it

i didn't vote for worst songs, but the two i came up with before i stopped trying were "steep air" and "the remainder," mostly because i find them boring. and i still like corin's part in "the remainder."

Gobsmacked that anything in "The Remainder" is boring!

i don't know if ahotbo is the most self-consciously feminist one, but maybe the most lucidly feminist?

― horseshoe, Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:24 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Corin, in a fun webchat from 2000:

Detroit, Michigan: This record seems to be quite a bit more overtly political and perphaps feminist than your previous albums. What is your reaction to the attacks against the so-called feminist agenda by men and women alike recently?

Sleater Kinney: *Corin) I, personally, have really reconnected with my political anger this year, and have felt more inspired than I have in a long time. I've felt disturbed by the mysoginist and sexist things that happened in 1999. By having the privilidge {sic} of an audience, if I can in any way inspire people to change things, I want to.

Re-listening to the album really brings back the memories timecapsule-style. It was a really ugly time, Woodstock '99 only being the crowning acheivement of alot of really odious events and posturing going around. I remember seeing a big report on "Dateline" that fall about how this, I think it was a lesbian student alliance/outreach group from Columbia University was having an event in Central Park that was crashed by this large group of guys who ending up assaulting (both physically and sexually) the attendees. There were camcorders in the crowd, a bunch of footage was captured, and the scary thing was it was all so random--it was't premeditated, the men just showed up and went to town on these young women. I also seem to recall that--despite the evidence--their punishments were fairly light--some fines, perhaps a little community service.

You listen to the album and it's a ticket back to this time before it was so easy to get a hold of thinkpieces, back when instant journalism was in its infancy. You have this time where it felt like some great positive change had occurred, but suddenly <BOOM>, we're back in the stone ages again.

Lie is the track that most gets across that frustration to me IMO, where some of the others on that album feel more about "what do I do with the privilege of an audience" in a more detached way

i think the reason i did't vote in this poll was that i couldn't bear to get sad about how sleater-kinney doesn't exist anymore right now

― horseshoe, Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

From Onion AV Club -- one of my favorite music crit paragraphs:

"Sleater-Kinney
Album: One Beat
Label: Kill Rock Stars
When the haze from the dry ice and flashpots finally lifts, and the boy bands, girl singers, and tortured tattoo exhibits that shifted so many units at the turn of the millennium are revealed as the 1910 Fruitgum Company of their day, history will have to rewrite itself in a fashion that focuses on the music that mattered. With each album, Sleater-Kinney continues to assure its place in that yet-to-be-written canon by turning out music of such potency that, by comparison, most other bands don't seem to be trying. "

That's my five albums, tho not in my order. And I ws a Woods #1 voter, btw

1910 Fruitgum Company released some good songs!

Taking Sides: Limp Bizkit vs. 1910 Fruitgum Company

Someone say, "Tracks Rollout"?

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50. “Heart Factory”
Dig Me Out, 1997
97 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/8Nn1jV3wS4s
Live in '98: http://youtu.be/Zt7FsggLQf8

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49. “One Song For You”
The Hot Rock, 1999
111 Points (4 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/i0_hWz7K68A
Live in '97 @ CBGB's: http://youtu.be/1a1x6Flhzj4

lotta points for 50/49!

i <3 'one song for you'

I like Heart Factory in terms of its place in the flow of Dig Me Out -- some breathing room between the bangers -- but on its own I think it's sorta clunky.

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48. “Hot Rock”
The Hot Rock, 1999
112 Points (5 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/A8odXlYpjUY
Live in 2006: http://youtu.be/Q6KusmZ1FXE

catching up a bit here, but had to let it be known that THREE of my top 20 songs made the worst song list. slightly weirded out there.

with regard to songs rolling out just now, nice to see the title track from The Hot Rock nudging in there. have always been fond of that one.

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47. “I’m Not Waiting"
Call The Doctor, 1996
114 Points (5 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/NnSL24w-n5E
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/Q6c8lgLk2Co

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Tie-45. “Pompeii”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
118 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/WV8pYW9YiAs
Live in 2000 (bad audio encode): http://youtu.be/5TQ4Tj1f6oY

ok, so I'm Not Waiting is the first song from my ballot to actually place. collects into a modest frenzy before i've had a chance to get over the hypnotics of the opening guitar line.

"Heart Factory" first song on mine to place. Is it too early for a TOO LOW ? Always stood out as a DMO highlight for me.

DMO is all highlights

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Tie-45. “Was It A Lie?”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
118 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/86cCqXiRWkI
Live in 2005: http://youtu.be/3QSsacnzEPI

The guitar in "Pompeii" is some of my favorite S-K playing from their whole run.

I like how more people put lie in their top 20 than bottom 5, but the relative lack of worst ballots means we get to go "omg why u not like that one ilx??"

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44. “What’s Mine Is Yours”
The Woods, 2005
119 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/wM9OJVpdvek
Live @ Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/wFM--FCa7gE

From the comments on the live clip:

Okay, Carrie's solo gave me a total lady-boner.

big, big fan of Was It A Lie?. manages to sound fidgety, languid and tender all at the same time.

otm

I didn't even bother re-listening to The Woods before voting, because it was plenty easy to fill my ballot with 20 tracks I knew I already liked. This list could be a useful guide, but I'm wary still.

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43. “God Is A Number”
The Hot Rock, 1999
120 Points (5 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/4_27XsRINig
Live in '99: http://youtu.be/baR7KKa4gk0
Live in '06 (last show): http://youtu.be/KjT7n-9fRCQ

god is an infinitely-sided die

5 of my votes have already placed

Hah! I randomly had "Heart Factory" pop into my head this morning! PRESCIENCE. Even the poppier cuts on Dig Me Out are heavy rocks.

Just What's Mine is Yrs so far, a lot than I had it

LOWER

Since hot rock was my #1, I'll go ahead and call "too low" on that one

Though I guess I take some comfort in my points guaranteeing it a place in the top 50

i'll second 'hot rock' as too low, song was kinda devastating to me at the time

WMIY ws my #5 or so, so I prob gave it a leg up

@grisso I voted hot rock at #1 but it isn't listed as receiving any #1 votes above. Is that a typo? Sorry to be so anal, just want to make sure justice is served on behalf of that heartbreaking masterpiece.

It's a typo.

I've got this one, and then I've gotta go do some crimes errands. Hopefully I'll be back for a few more later this afternoon.

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42. “Rollercoaster”
The Woods, 2005
123 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/jLYQMNh2h0I
Live @ Coachella '06 ("I heard Keith Richards fell out of a palm tree the other day...we're gonna avoid those.": http://youtu.be/yqkGjoh_cCA

Awesome, thanks again for doing the poll!

Voted for "Rollercoaster,' great riff, lots of fun.

Man, Janet is raging on that live clip.

great images for these, <3 the one for rollercoaster.

three of mine have placed (one song, pompeii, god is a #), all three of which i was like "do other people like these enough to put them in their Top 20?" i'm totally psyched to see them here and with so many votes!

"one song for you" was the first s-k track i ever heard, it's such an A+ example of their characteristic interplay that my mind was instantly blown.

i was the #1 voter for "God Is A Number" :)

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41. “Faraway”
One Beat, 2002
123 Points (5 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/q7bDlj2013A
Live in 2002 (third show back from hiatus): http://youtu.be/7GwaGaXdlA8
Live in 2005, Dedicated to "the people in New Orleans": http://youtu.be/fgykJkWlaR0

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40. “Leave You Behind”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
127 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/Qnz4i2ZzZLc

Too low.

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39. ”O2”
One Beat, 2002
128 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/fwe4S7C13L8
Live In '06 (sub-vhs quality a/v): http://youtu.be/Iuz22dJQ2LI

Ox-uh, genh-uhn-uhnn.

Leave You Behind is so great, I think it was in my top 5.

They opened with O2 the last (2003) show I saw. That shit just hurtled out of the gate.

I can hear Bernard Sumner sing "Leave You Behind. "

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38. “Not What You Want”
Dig Me Out, 1997
129 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/HK7UW8ZUc0k

^^So glad this one made it. Had it at #9 on my ballot, the last several voters put it on the list. One of the best car songs of the last 20 years.

That'll be it for today. Do we want the rollout to continue over the weekend?

xp YESS! "Not What You Want" crept up on me for the poll because it kind of gets lost in the second-half murk Dig Me Out. Their sub-2:00 songs are almost all classic.

Leave You Behind was in my top 10, that's the song I dig out AHOTBO for more than any other. And Not What You Want was a last-minute sub for me, I deleted something else to make room for it. "You think you wanna watch/ I think you better not..."

Leave You Behind is way too low

Agree that Leave You Behind is way too low. It was my number three. Beautiful song.

I feel like maybe "Good Things" siphoned off the votes "Leave You Behind" would receive. I love both of those songs, and feel like they're two sides of the same coin.

I guess I mean they feel like two versions of the same song, but written at different times in life and/or in the specific trajectory of this band. Either way, I love them both. Someone smart said it in the other thread: Sleater-Kinney writes incredible break-up songs.

aw fuck totally forgot to vote for "leave you behind," great song

didn't vote for either "leave you behind" or "good things" and went riff-heavy on my ballot. listening to them again they're great, so i'm not sure if i made the right choice. but on the other hand i just don't connect with their slower stuff anymore, tho at one point i know i must have. rollercoaster is great and i regret not voting for that as well. i never did find the right way to connect with the woods, though there were a few standouts for me -- probably i should pay more attention to it.

anyway, my main point is just to double check i listened to glass tambourine again and its still dire.

I'm gonna drop a few today and again tomorrow in anticipation of resuming a bigger rollout sometime on Monday.

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37. “Jenny”
Dig Me Out, 1997
130 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/_o7CeHj8vT0
Live in '99: http://youtu.be/tS3JUDO7USE

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36. “Things You Say”
Dig Me Out, 1997
138 Points (6 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/VR-HiLe_X_U
Live in '97: http://youtu.be/K0EXLwjx6uk

Voted for both of these. Two of the main reasons why Dig Me Out is such a brilliant album.

xp I'd love to see that interview

I was the #1 on "Things You Say." Doesn't necessarily stick out between "Dance Song 97" and "Jenny," but it's really crept up on me over time.

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35. “Don’t Talk Like”
The Hot Rock, 1999
141 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/C8EnSmXiYpo
Couldn't find a live version, but this early (post-MacFarlane, pre-Weiss--a dude drummer!) live in-store clip of a unreleased song also about talking came up in the search: http://youtu.be/rYuo50WLNiU

"Jenny" has always felt so nakedly agonized that it makes me slightly uncomfortable with the raw sadness of Corin's vocal performance and the grinding despair of Carrie's guitar.

Oh cool, voted for these three. "Don't Talk Like" made it very high on my ballot, such a perfect song.

Last one for today...

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34. “Modern Girl”
The Woods, 2005
142 Points (6 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/VQ1KkorXdBY
Live Music Video Version: http://youtu.be/qOM107PIxV8
Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/ZKSuigMwoF0

I love this one, top five for me. The way it gradually blows into overdrive

Yeah, totally. I love the way the distortion builds.

Interesting that they went with a new version for the video. Judging by the release date, I guess it was the last thing they recorded.

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh finally catching up with this for a minute! Hard to add much but the Woods tracks appearing so far make me feel bad about shortchanging that record in my ballot, I fucking loved it when it came out. Maybe I just overplayed the thing.

Cut "What's Mine Is Yours" last-minute from my ballot - I do think it's one of the strongest cuts on the album but somehow when it came voting time, the big awesome guitar solo breakdown thing seemed like dead weight rather than an epic move for texture and space on their most Zep-ish LP.

"Rollercoaster" is awesome, love how busy and thundering and pounding it gets, with the ooh-ooh rockin' rollercoaster stuff gliding up through the mix. Would have made my ballot probably except, as with a lot of Woods tracks, it sounded way shittier and noisier and distorted on headphones from Spotify than it ever did on LP or in concert.

"Modern Girl" ditto actually - listening to the video version, as rough as it is, it sounds like such a Sleater-Kinney song and the moments that always had the most heart (the chorus, the "I DIDN'T BUY NOTHIN'!") come through that much clearer. Also I always loved the donut line.

Your Sunday Sleater-Kinney Selections...

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33. “All Hands On The Bad One”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
144 Points (8 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/YvpHxtNx0BU

Did not vote for this, but love it lots. Their title tracks are almost all jams.

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32. “It’s Enough”
Dig Me Out, 1997
146 Points (8 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/HOZoIbcGORo
Live in '97 @ 924 Gilman St.: http://youtu.be/M0F8bTWivmo

Today's Final Entry:

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31. “Ironclad”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
156 Points (8 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/BsG3AuE7jlU
Live In 2000: http://youtu.be/kDpdOvpT2qs

Too low

lol @ the "It's Enough" screenshot. Early on, I was thrown by the sax on it -- riot grrrl with horns? So not punk! But really adds some texture to your usual awesome Corin wailing.

"Ironclad" and "Youth Decay" were the two RAWK ones from All Hands that I was choosing between, went with the former probably because it's a little more top-to-bottom awesome.

this poll is so joyous, every song that shows up i'm like "hell yeah what a great song, why didn't i vote for it??"

^^^I know, right?

1:06 to 1:32 of Pompeii is just, I don't know how to not get all hyperbolic saying this, but it was one of the last times where I was just floored by a rock song.

yeah that's one of the few so far that i voted for. right now the song that i'm like wow why didn't i vote for this is "Was It A Lie?"

Sorry for the delay. I had to, er, "Call The Doctor" on myself this morning. (I should be okay in time.)

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30. “Anonymous”
Call The Doctor, 1996
169 Points (7 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/d9AWN-lIewU
Live @ Reading '99 (start of three song mini-set): http://youtu.be/lGcvnTuugMg
Live in 2000: http://youtu.be/SrQRNrYr0jw

Oh this is too low. My favorite of side 1 Call The Doctor, which is saying something.

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29. “The Size of Our Love”
The Hot Rock, 1999
180 Points (8 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/E8DBJirlEh0

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28. “Sympathy”
One Beat, 2002
190 Points (8 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/2mOrhpSWTec
Live @ Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/gvWd03dfs6U

"The Size of Our Love" kills me. Their most fully realized ballad to date.

It didn't make my ballot, but ^^ this.

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27. “The Fox”
The Woods, 2005
203 Points (9 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/xgBRjqDE-24
Live in '04 (from bonus dvd): http://youtu.be/joS3HiPiEaA
Live in '06 (Final Show): http://youtu.be/mr71K5xdfEQ

Heh, going through a stretch of songs that didn't make my shortlist.

Anonymous and Size of Our Love were last-minute cuts from my ballot. I voted for "Sympathy," my favorite song off One Beat and one of their most affecting.

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26. “Entertain”
The Woods, 2005
206 Points (12 Votes)

Music Video: http://youtu.be/MbxRu7fwR24
Live in 2004 (early lyrics from bonus dvd): http://youtu.be/Iv8AaUqV2wk
Live on "The Henry Rollins Show": http://youtu.be/TAmIm3XFPuY

my ballot was prejudiced towards the barn-burners (i put "the fox" high in my ballot for the giddiness of "i'll go / i'll go / and there's NO LOOKING BACK!"), but "the size of our love" was so important to me at one point. re-listening evokes a total sense-memory of when i first heard it (first year of college, sitting on the grass outside the library, achingly and fruitlessly in love).

"sympathy" was also on my ballot; i love the combo of corin's concrete despair and and carrie's imagistic strut.

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25. “Light Rail Coyote”
One Beat, 2002
216 Points (10 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/GLgPGpX5Gek
Live in '06: http://youtu.be/xZUVUk-DsfE

Woo Entertain! I was worried it would miss the cut. The Jumpers to Rollercoaster section of The Woods is one of the best stretches in S-K history.

"Light Rail Coyote" reaallllly took off live.

Back in early days of the voting thread I brought up what I felt could be this poll's "Sway", a song that had been on all the initial ballots. It didn't keep up the momentum, but here 'tis:

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24. “The End of You”
The Hot Rock, 1999
229 Points (12 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/qrIq4UWG-Uc
Live in '99: http://youtu.be/HS8JVUdaK6I
Live in '06 (Final Show): http://youtu.be/vka588sPseU

too low

Yeah, seriously.

Wow, seriously didn't expect that to even make the poll, let alone the top half. I mean, I love every song on THR, but I definitely consider "The End of You" to be one of its lesser tracks.

Still, surprises like that are making me love this poll

my brain can't even compute how someone wouldn't think this is one of S-K's FIFTY best songs.

Back in early days of the voting thread I brought up what I felt could be this poll's "Sway", a song that had been on all the initial ballots.

Ha, I was wondering what song it was that made all the (early) ballots! This was my #11, but it's always been a THR highlight for me. Love the hunkering down/us-against-the-world sentiment (magnified by the ferocious music).

In my defense S-K has tons of great songs

It's true, but imo almost all of them came between 1996-2000.

Kinda surprised about "Light Rail Coyote"! I seem to recall that it somehow got painted with the same ambivalence of "Combat Rock" when One Beat came out.

No way. Light Rail Coyote rules!!!

can't believe i didn't vote for anonymous.

entertain and the fox are as not-fun as i remember, ditto light-rail coyote. i guess they're all part of a late-phase "rawk" sk sound that's technically pretty intricate, but feels sort of plodding

^^^ That was what I remembered the reception being like!

pirouettes, bows

A few evening entries:

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23. “The Drama You’ve Been Craving”
Dig Me Out, 1997
241 Points (9 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/dE1UT5fmYSM
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/ttlFGOOJerU

KICK IT OUUUUUUUUUUUT

all the bridges gonna fall gonna burn down

love the first half of DMO.

Posted this on the voting thread, but deserves repeating. I love this song.

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

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22. “Youth Decay”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
244 Points (13 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/vdUGcBaQLz0
Live in '99: http://youtu.be/ZmVFax0GuSM

xpost

Oh, that's the same one posted above. Sorry. Anyway, yeah, that song. It was my #5. Probably should have voted it higher.

Love "Youth Decay" too.

Last for today...

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21. “Stay Where You Are”
Call The Doctor, 1996
251 Points (11 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/cjKGYYkkXtU
Live In-Store from '96 (4 songs total): http://youtu.be/yI1tnmRt_d0
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/eGEfLY0hI5Q

That first side is a marvel.

My #1. I love the big meaty riff and the sheer morass of the chorus, Corin howling in the back like a pack of wolves while Carrie deadpans a hook on top. It's one of those mystery songs to me, like how did human beings make this sound?

Stay Where You Are is so great

oh wow, i love The End of You. the sequence running from Carrie's spare semi-spoken chorus into the vine-like guitar interlude and back into Corin's fragile verse is one of my favourite stretches of music in all of S-K.

ok i just ran into a few early early sk tracks on youtube. thanks to all this ctd stuff on the poll i got in the mood for it and wow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNJ0Es7kWmg

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsIyJ0A3jDc

i guess big big lights was post DMO actually. its pretty well realized. surf song is apparently from the debut 7"? its hilarious

Feel like tracks from AHOTBO are making a really strong showing, given where it landed in the albums poll.

listening through s/t now, which is better than i remembered. its weird how raw the lyrics are. i tend to think of them as a more refined, sort of oblique band even, lyrically, and then you have lyrics like: "Sold out, do, do you wanna it / On a magazine cover? / Take it, it's my body / Take it, I want money / Diamonds are a girl's best friend"

I love that first 7", always thought they sounded a lot better on it than the subsequent 10"

I was given the 10" as a review copy when it came out and I don't think I panned it but it wasn't what I was expecting having seen the two previous bands. I should try and dig that review up tonight.

Stay Where You Are is so great

― da croupier, Monday, April 28, 2014 10:41 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

been listening to this on repeat. so great, so bouncy!

i remember "real man" was actually v. important to people i knew at the time. only 1000 ppl bought the debut 10" but all of them put "real man" on mixtapes for their queer friends?

That was mean of them

Uh I bought it bt didn't tape it for friends cos they'd already got that message (andit's a bad song)? Can see it's imptce at that time in specific places tho, f'sure. I ws in NZ tho, was kinda a "hey others!" thing

Love "A Real Man", just narrowly missed my ballot. And yeah, it meant a lot to me. The s/t bangs pretty hard, and while there are some lowlights I think it's less spotty than a few of their albums. Plus it has their first stone-cold classic "Be Yr Mama", which I'm hoping shows up (but it's not looking too optimistic)

Happy Tuesday!

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20. “Jumpers”
The Woods, 2005
252 Points (10 Votes)

Music Video: http://youtu.be/vZA_7FtttRY
Live on Letterman: http://youtu.be/6JgZn-75gfo
Live on The Henry Rollins Show: http://youtu.be/8PYihqQJHXQ
Live @ Big Day Out '06: http://youtu.be/X9H3d1vjsvQ

use of that photo only cool if she didn't jump imo

The only Woods tune I might've voted for.

Jumpers is incredible, classic Letterman performance.

use of that photo only cool if she didn't jump imo

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 12:30 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

According To wiki (who host the image) the police talked her down.

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19. “One Beat”
One Beat, 2002
254 Points (11 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/TpLhrLzSaFQ
Live @ ATP '06 (rough audio): http://youtu.be/nXPFmJUxAjg

The opening drums! The new "Be My Baby" for the 21st century! I find it intensely sensual.

Anyone else think Corin sounds a lot like Geddy Lee on the opening lines of this?

xp Not to be confused with "Oh!" which liberally quotes the drumbeat from "Be My Baby"

Jumpers is incredible, classic Letterman performance.

― voodoo chili, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 5:51 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Great job, girls!"

(Love the performance, but Letterman, eeps.)

Haha I do confuse "One Beat" and "Oh!" all the time actually.

Also, I'll have to listen to "Oh!" more carefully to peep the "BMB" quotations.

The only Woods tune I might've voted for.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

The only Woods song I did vote for. Didn't even consider any of the other songs.

I'm sure someone already pointed out how great their title tracks are. One Beat is one of the best.

Also, their lead-off tracks. There's still plenty of poll left, but my guess is all but one of the post-S/T openers made the top 27 of this poll.

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18. “Little Babies”
Dig Me Out, 1997
272 Points (12 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/GbFCnkQmdWI
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/paSu9eWbC7s

TOO LOW!

My #4, and the first S-K song I went completely nuts for.

One of the last songs I cut from my list. That was one of my favourites the first time I played Dig Me Out but other songs have overtaken it since.

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17. “Little Mouth”
Call The Doctor, 1996
279 Points (12 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/6wiJE1SQvHg
Live in '96 (pre-Janet): http://youtu.be/mN2nsRpG7AE
Live in '97: http://youtu.be/dajUxRnyP6g
Live in '06 (next to last show): http://youtu.be/EGcThxZO5LQ

My first TOO LOW.

So furious.

I mean the song is, not me.

Wow I can't believe I didn't vote for this, last minute scratch.

when Tucker yells TOO THE BEEEEEAAAAAAAT it's a scary-awesome moment.

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16. “Step Aside”
One Beat, 2002
282 Points (12 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/j_ALfenP714
Live on Conan: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24mt4_sleater-kinney-step-a-side-live_music
Live @ Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/PzRaMa7WAd8

JANET! CARRIE! CAN YOU FEEL IT?

^^^ My Twitter wallpaper! Love the call-and-response between Corin and Carrie and Janet, one of their most fun and playful moments.

Still smh @ it beating out "Little Mouth" though.

XP YESSS TARFUMES.

I had the realization the other day that "Step Aside" is what High Time-era MC5 would've sounded like if they'd been female.

first track i heard from one beat, i can remember driving around in the country outside of athens listening to wuog when it was still on the air and this just coming on out of nowhere and rocking my fucking world. easily my fave s-k in that pop anthem mode. RIGHTEOUS.

Actually thinking about the great moments in "Step Aside" -- the C&R sections, the whoo-ooh-oohs, the na-na-na-na-nana nanana outro -- makes me not so butthurd.

I had the realization the other day that "Step Aside" is what High Time-era MC5 would've sounded like if they'd been female.

― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:25 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wow, never heard it like that before...that's totally OTMFM.

Also, the horn parts seem to echo/mimic those in the Who's "The Real Me."

I'll take that as an endorsement to listen to the MC5.

OK, I'll say it... TOO LOW.

"Step Aside" has appeared on many mix tapes.

"move it up / one time"

"knife through the heart of our exploitation / disassemble our discrimination"

carrie's wiggly rock legs in late period sk videos are awesome.

That's two in a row I feel silly about not voting for.

Damn me, I guess.

honestly i'm glad they didn't really do any other tracks like this. but i'm so glad they did this one.

yeah i'll second that

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15. “A Quarter To Three”
The Hot Rock, 1999
314 Points (14 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/ZbU2VLPCRS0

Love the guitar-playing on this one so much

This was my number one. Beautiful song and the one that really got me into the band.

The backing vocals in the chorus are so great.

"Little Mouth" is so furious, Leee otm

I think it ended up being my #4

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14. “Let’s Call It Love/Night Light”
The Woods, 2005
323 Points (13 Votes, 1 #1)

The Tracks: http://youtu.be/I9aR7Tyzibc
"Let's Call It Love/Entertain" Live @ Coachella '06 (two parts): http://youtu.be/GvjWH8iCgTI http://youtu.be/IKVsIhIGOzw

this fell off my ballot towards the very end. it was great live, and i adore the crescendo of "all - my - life - i've - WAIT - ed" into the climactic holler "LOOOOOOOOOVE!"

That ping ping guitar riff at the heart of "A Quarter to Three," the Cure-esque solo, the melodica -- it's a perfect last song.

^^ someone pointed out earlier that they don't usually fade-out at the end of their songs, but they do it here and it's a great choice.

Incidentally "A Quarter To Three" was the last minute addition to my ballot when I was informed that "Let's Call It Love" and "Night Light" were being counted as one song and I had an extra spot.

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i've come to appreciate how Let's Call It Love goes on way too long, if only because it creates a positively monumental lead-in to that magic juncture where it finally catches focus and segues into Night Light.

oh, damn, I need to check ILM every now and then.
woulda thrown another #1 to "Sympathy"

Corin sings Sympathy really well

Is that Carrie with OITNB people??

Just one OITNB people. I see Modern Family, Veep and Goldbergs people as well.

the emergence of Carrie Brownstein, Frequent Late Night Talk Show Guest is still kind of surreal

i'm not sure i'll ever get used to it. i'm all 'good for her!' and happy she's getting paid and it beats blogging for npr but even if i'm just watching portlandia (nevermind stuff like the amex commercial) every now and then my head will go 'wtf that's carrie brownstein'. i'm going thru a similar thing now w/ that fucking apple commercial w/ 'gigantic' - i lolled heartily the first time, i was happy that kim in particular was gettting paid, i rolled my eyes at the idea of outrage over an indie song in a commercial at this late a date, and yet now more and more frequently a part of me that is getting louder and louder thinks 'there is something about this specifically that is very weird and very wrong'.

With the "Gigantic" ad, I mostly thought of my high school friends in 1989 who gave me shit for going to see squaresville corporate rock sellouts the Who on their cash-grab reunion tour, while insisting their faves the Pixies (who I dug too) would never fall into any of those sellouty rock-star traps.

Stoked for what can only be the upcoming DMO deluge.

O rly?

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13. “You’re No Rock n’ Roll Fun”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
336 Points (16 Votes, 1 #1)

Music Video: http://youtu.be/NNpKjmNaJpQ
Live on "Trackers": http://youtu.be/tP9faBenZGw
Interview from same: http://youtu.be/TME8W73nYWY
Seattle School of Rock cover version: http://youtu.be/ANX0mOqtDV4

I'm still waiting.

can totally see Don 'n' Glenn getting heckled by SK and fans at a show.

The first Sleater-Kinney song I ever heard. I'm surprised to see it miss the top ten.

My #1! Truly the song that made me a fan.

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12. “Call The Doctor”
Call The Doctor, 1996
344 Points (15 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/sysudzyUpzI
Live @ Bryn Mawr in '96: http://youtu.be/LRO3pJn6v-E
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/DA7FYXZWOPI
Live in '06: http://youtu.be/8Do94cSetio

"You're No Rock n' Roll Fun" and "All Hands On The Bad One" were the songs that turned me off the band for a while after The Hot Rock got me interested in them tbh

"You're No" was the only AHOTBO song to make my ballot.

I'm still waiting.

― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:08 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm not waiting

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11. “Dance Song ‘97”
Dig Me Out, 1997
347 Points (14 Votes, 2 # 1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/cw6XU87YaXQ
Live in '97 w/members of The Need & Donna Dresch: http://youtu.be/cw6XU87YaXQ
Live in '06: http://youtu.be/1QDnkcktEm8

OOOOH TOO LOW for "Call the Doctor" -- I had it at #2, and it's my #2 by a large margin. I'd never heard anything like it before -- not with lyrics about socialization, the weird vocal interplay, the vibrato in the lead singer's voice -- and then the explosion during the bridge -- Corin wailing, Carrie screaming -- made me an instant fan. So powerful.

When I was getting into them I really didn't like the Call the Doctor album that much at all, the only song that stuck was the title track. The whole album has grown on me a lot but that song in particular has become one of my favourite songs of theirs. Such a brilliant opener.

"Dance Song '97" and its roller rink organ warmed to the band after the initial shock.

I kind of always forget about Dance 97 as it's surrounded by such amazing songs that overshadow it a little bit.

it sounds like an awesome riff and chorus from obscure New Wave band stapled together

Oh wow, I had no idea Dance Song 97 was this beloved.

it doesn't fit in on dmo when i think about what dmo is about, but if i go track by track its one of my favorites.

bouncy sk is the best, and i love the undercurrent of compulsion and dread. it has a "dance dance dance to the radio" quality.

omg the the toms that kick in around 2:20 in the outro.

Oh wow, I had no idea Dance Song 97 was this beloved.

Me neither. Shocked that it placed this high. I dig it and everything, but it didn't make my ballot.

It was in the middle of my ballot, but I was expecting it to get totally overlooked.

i don't know if can explain very well why i like it so much but i had it pegged as my #1 from the outset and listening thru the catalog again confirmed it. man i love that song.

Very nearly posted this by accident in the Mad Men thread...

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10. “Turn It On”
Dig Me Out, 1997
381 Points (13 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/WO9eBvw2gdY
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/_DZWW5ZsYpU
Live @ Bumbershoot '97: http://youtu.be/QPv9dRsQtTE
Live in 2000, preceded by Jokes by Janet & "White Rabbit" cover: http://youtu.be/jyZ0tBqOqTA
Live in '06: http://youtu.be/1xfbVrwHDio

"I can clearly see your nuts..."

Love "Turn It On" but it was one of the DMO rockers I omitted in favor of "It's Enough" and "Not What You Want." All so good, tho.

when that first TURN IT ON TURN IT ON YOU CAN TURN IT ON starts it's all I can do to keep the car from running off the road.

http://www.electrip.com/sleater-kinney/images/discog/UKsingles/AQuarterToThreeBig.jpg

9. “Burn, Don’t Freeze”
The Hot Rock, 1999
399 Points (18 votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/STMNeSYywk8
Live in '99: http://youtu.be/W-neLUogNW4
Acapella cover: http://youtu.be/nA0EmQdD3fk

Incredible song, right here

first SK song i ever heard, totally bewildered and enchanted me, wasn't like anything i'd ever heard. still makes me catch my breath every time the 'fast' part starts.

Ditto. Fucking love this; on first listen, THR had its hooks in me from "Start Together," but hearing this, I knew it was one of those songs that would be in my life for a very long time.

My #1, and no question about it. The subtle "oooohs" in the chorus (and as I still remember from one of his posts, josh blog noting how even the clapping is so focused and determined), Corin cranking up the insane desperation in her typically awesome vocals, the way she whispers before exploding at the end, this song always makes me tear up and always gets me on the knife's edge of living.

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8. “Good Things”
Call The Doctor, 1996
415 Points (17 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/iu8bCtMDkkc
Live in '98, followed by "Little Mouth": http://youtu.be/_u5lu5jDzBk

^^^ stuck in my head since balloting it

I've got some errands to run before my follow-up doctor (B is for Brownstein) appointment. So, shall we reconvene for the final 7 this evening?

aww, I was hoping for top 5 with Good Things.

I was one of the #1s for Turn It On. Their best, easy.

Dance Song '97 was also a top 5 for me.

I hate that I didn't see this in time to vote. Thanks for doing it though, I've been jamming s-k all day. Also lol I wanted to show my mate this and clicked on the next youtube to send her... and she was the one to post it! This band is the best.

I was one of the #1s for Turn It On. Their best, easy.

Dance Song '97 was also a top 5 for me.

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:46 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kornrulez u r aok in my book

"i'm gone! / we're going underground / i'm gone! / that's where these hearts are found"

kornrulez u r aok in my book

Thankyouverymuch. You have great taste in SK songs.

I agree.

now I'm in that space where I'm nervous for the songs on my ballot that haven't showed. surely there's still two songs from one beat that will appear???

I can think of 5 likely songs:

Dig Me Out
Get Up
Words and Guitar
I Wanna Be Your Thurston Mary Timony
Oh!
???
???

Start Together is surely going to make it too.

One More Hour as well.

Yeah, I feel like one more hour might take it all, but it's a tough competition for the top spot

Which Dig Me Out songs will actually miss out? I can only think of Buy Me Candy.

"Things You Say" probably not placing, either.

Also, looks like only two songs from The Woods will miss the cut.

Things you say made the poll, somewhere in the 40s I think

I think buy her candy is the only one likely to miss out, unless it's a surprise top 10 smash

I wanted to vote for buy me candy, I love it, but ughh only 20 slots!!

I voted for it, but I'm not expecting to see it.

man looking at Leee's list there's just no way "hollywood ending" makes it. but if "oh!" doesn't make it i'll riot.

can't imagine 'oh!' doesn't make it though wow didn't think it'd be this high.

I wanted to vote for buy me candy, I love it, but ughh only 20 slots!!

― reddening

Same here.

...and we're back!

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7. “Oh!”
One Beat, 2002
420 Points (19 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/kO_o1i0L8ZU
Live @ Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/EKnlzffqUBM
Next to Last Show: http://youtu.be/GgTMD8t1G9w

haha perfect

listening to all the DMO tracks now, this was absolutely the album with the most ferocious drumming, right?

impressive that at 31 ballots in, the highest vote count so far is still only 19.

and no track listed has had more than one #1 vote i think?

"Turn It On" garnered two!

So did Quarter to Three.

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6. “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone”
Call The Doctor, 1996
421 Points (19 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/xE6mBttNhLE
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/sBWo2inG0Uw
Live in '06: http://youtu.be/urW2NuFnwLE
Cover by Denver School of Rock: http://youtu.be/b1Wims0jIpM

TBH I cringe a little bit at the live version of Joey R., Carrie's screams in the chorus are mixed just right on the record but a little hmm too mannered in concert.

i would like nothing better than to sing this song at karaoke but alas i have never seen it offered.

file under: i want to be corin tucker

lol.

The singer in the Denver SOR clip handles both Joey vocal parts with due aplomb, imho.

that 97 version mixes in the rock lobster riff underneath -- reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRIAA2bl1OI

I'd like to take a moment before presenting the Top 5 to point out that at one time or another each of these songs was #1, and it wasn't until the last ballots that anything was set.

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5. “Start Together”
The Hot Rock, 1999
457 Points (18 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/0sTmJEMxnyk
Live New Year's Eve '97 (possibly the song's first performance): http://youtu.be/jy1gFy4vgSU
Live in '99 w/additional performances of "Be Yr Mama" & "Words & Guitar": http://youtu.be/aF54kqLTp0o
Live on TV in '99: http://youtu.be/PMmtmmZMVKU
Live @ Lollapalooza '06: http://youtu.be/lzkr9b7c6MQ

^^My #1 btw.

Greil Marcus' favorite too.

Brilliant song. The Hot Rock was my favourite Sleater-Kinney album at first just because the first and last song are my two favourite songs of theirs.

I remember popping this into the CD player for the first time and saying, "OK, can you guys top Dig Me Out like I'm unfairly expected you to?" Was very pleased to immediately hear a resounding YES in the form of this song.

*expecting

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4. “Words And Guitar”
Dig Me Out, 1997
491 Points (21 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/cKBmUD4k4fs
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/swWQeQwrcUI
Final Show: http://youtu.be/5QS_xfMsj9k

Way, way too loud :)

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In every live show I saw they started with a long drum solo, guitar interlude, then launched into W&G.

if i had voted, and voted my conscience, this might have been my #1

I didn't vote in this, but would have gone for One More Hour, barely, over Dig Me Out. Those are the two tracks that have stuck with me the most over the years. Hope they both make it!

huuuush / hush and ruuuush

W&G so poppy yet so, so heavy.

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3. “Dig Me Out”
Dig Me Out, 1997
550 Points (22 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/qxfJIERpsBk
Live in '96, preceded by "The Last Song": http://youtu.be/bUZJuejJGBA
Live @ 924 Gilman in '97: http://youtu.be/FgAdvpeiLCA
Last Show: http://youtu.be/6Vv1vNjCo64

"Dig Me Out" -- that killer no-nonsense riff saying "We're not messing around, plus hey let's introduce our new drummer..." BOOOM BOOOM BOOOOOM.

the roll in w&g at 1:17 before it kicks into the bridge, straight through "rock until you're good and dead"

so good

does anyone else write songs like s/k? everything about their sound, their riffs, feels really distinct, like from a whole different place

A Real Man #1

Catching up, "Words & Guitar" was my number one, just one of the most flat out fun rock songs ever put to tape.

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2. “One More Hour”
Dig Me Out, 1997
559 Points (19 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/spcbqFjJ1SE
Live @ 924 Gilman in '97: http://youtu.be/uMqRUOxUwZA
Live @ The NYC Tower Records: http://youtu.be/O6zOJAxmqhs
Final Show: http://youtu.be/uvd8dcEtN_o

Final show, final song. ;___;

Anyway, congratulations to #1, "Fortunate Son."

I have a feeling what #1 will be but...no, it can't be.

Milkshake 'N Honey it is!

Prisstina for the win. Was there ever any doubt?

Surprised One More Hour isn't number one. It looks like I voted for all the top five. Not sure that's ever happened before.

Still room for "Buy Her Candy"!

It looks like I voted for all the top five. Not sure that's ever happened before.

This won't apply to me. ;_;

The Professional is gonna take it

Nice pic above for One More Hour. They both look great there.

We know what #1 will be so there's no suspense. I am surprised nothing from the first album especially Be Yr Mama placed.

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1. “Get Up”
The Hot Rock, 1999
573 Points (21 Votes, 3 #1’s)

Music Video: http://youtu.be/ubyVReV2gDc
Live In '99: http://youtu.be/0mDbkJwNzps
Live @ Coachella '06, preceded by banter about Madonna: http://youtu.be/ariAv3ifhPQ
Band interview by Nardwuar: http://youtu.be/XjTz3sT91ms

WHAT A GREAT SONG

GOODBYE SMALL HANDS

GOODBYE SMALL HEART

wau did not expect "get up" to top "one more hour"!

MY SOUL IS CLIMBING TREE TRUNKS
AND SWINGING FROM EVERY BRANCH

otm

its a great song but it feels so unrepresentative of s/k?

Voted for it, but figured it wouldn't make it.

YES! my number one!

thanks for running this poll. great pics, lots of video selections.

this is the most fun i've had on ILM in ages

I feel like we did a poll a few years back and this was the favorite then too.

goddamn!

Thanks to all for Participating (be it voting, commenting, or both)! Here's two more bonus vids I had a brain fart about and didn't post when the tracks just came up.

1. The S-K segment of Song For Cassavettes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGqmiKjBtX4

2. "Fortunate Son" & "Dig Me Out" live in 2000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5v_m5JAuBY

horseshoe s-k karaoke is harder than you think, you try it once or twice and the you're like 'ok, maybe stick to pavement songs'

ha i've never actually done it, except in my bedroom. i would be crushed to discover just how much i don't sing like corin tucker, amplified.

My #1, "Get Up" was the first s/k song I fell for and it's the greatest. Thanks for doing the poll! Never really spoken to people about s-k that much so it's been really interesting to see the results.

Great result and a great poll.

WAIT -- balls, you've seen S-K in karaoke machines????

yeah we used to have indie rock karaoke here then dude moved to idaho and it just became regular karaoke (actually i guess new guy does have some bikini kill but still it's mainly sorority girls and divorcees alternating between queen and reba). you can ask casino about it. guy was back in town last xmas so there was a one-off show, i closed w/ rem's 'find the river' and pavement's 'here', both right in my wheelhouse.

now you need to cover a song from Paisley's Wheelhouse.

Guess it doesn't matter that I didn't vote for Turn It On, or for One More Hour for that matter

Funny, "Get Up" was one I would've expected to make my top 10, but then I didn't even vote for it. I got on an SK rockers kick and didn't leave room for it. Great song tho. As fair a #1 as any.

Ballot time?

s-k tracks
get up
little mouth
one more hour
words and guitar
i wanna be your joey ramone
ironclad
step aside
the end of you
good things
oh
a quarter to three
the drama you’ve been craving
the hot rock
the day i went away
burn don’t freeze
dig me out
start together
leave you behind
little babies
you’re no rock n roll fun

albums
the hot rock
dig me out
call the doctor
all hands on the bad one
wild flag

non-s-k tracks
complicated (heavens to betsy)
the drop dead look (excuse 17)
racehorse (wild flag)
glass tambourine (wild flag)
paralyzed (heavens to betsy)
designated shotgun (excuse 17)
black tiles (wild flag)
joey (corin tucker band)
under a cloud (quasi)
two beers later (cadallaca)

Songs:
Words and Guitar
Jumpers
One More Hour
Call the Doctor
Modern Girl
Sympathy
Little Babies
Dig Me Out
Leave You Behind
Rollercoaster
Oh!
You’re No Rock ‘N Roll Fun
Burn Don’t Freeze
All Hands on the Bad One
Good Things
One Song For You
Entertain
#1 Must Have
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
One Beat

Albums:
Dig Me Out
The Woods
All Hands on the Bad One
Call the Doctor
The Hot Rock

1. Dance Song '97
2. Get Up
3. Dig Me Out
4. Turn It On
5. Good Things
6. To the Beat
7. The Size of Our Love
8. Step Aside
9. You're No Rock 'n' Roll Fun
10. Start Together
11. One Beat
12. The Drama That You're Craving
13. Milkshake 'n' Honey
14. I'm Not Waiting
15. All Hands on the Bad One
16. Leave You Behind
17. The End of You
18. A Quarter to Three
19. Words and Guitar
20. Oh!

ALBUMS

1. Dig Me Out
2. The Hot Rock
3. Call the Doctor
4. All Hands on the Bad One
5. One Beat

WORST

1. Entertain
2. Jenny
3. The Swimmer
4. Youth Decay
5. Male Model

i love youth decay and male model

that Dig Me Out gilman st. footage is from the first time i saw them. 95 degree day in Berserkeley and a slew of bands opened so it was a absolute sweatbox by the time s-k came on and managed ~30 minute set (gilman is a tiny little cement cube). in that short span they far exceeded anything i might've been expecting/hoping for, they just blew me away. no way they couldn't be my fave band of the decade after that

1. Start Together
2. Turn It On
3. Little Babies
4. Stay Where You Are
5. Entertain
6. The Remainder
7. The End of You
8. I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
9. Not What You Want
10. Was It A Lie?
11. Good Things
12. What's Yours Is Mine
13. Burn, Don't Freeze
14. Anonymous
15. Sympathy
16. The Day I Went Away
17. Prisstina
18. Taking Me Home
19. Pompeii
20. Lions and Tigers

Solo Tracks:

1. Neskowin (Corin Tucker Band)
2. Constance (Corin Tucker Band)
3. Doubt (Corin Tucker Band)
4. Axemen (Heavens To Betsy)
5. 1000 Years (Corin Tucker Band)
6. Glass Tambourine (Wild Flag)
7. Dragon (Corin Tucker Band)
8. Nervousness Never Fades (Excuse 17)
9. Waitress Hell (Heavens To Betsy)
10. This Not Your Wedding Song (Excuse 17)

Albums:

1. One Beat
2. Call The Doctor
3. The Hot Rock
4. Dig Me Out
5. Kill My Blues (Corin Tucker Band)

aw lions and tigers! <3 <3

cg/mcc can u give us a full rundown summary

then i'll forgive u for putting dig me out 4th

xp^^Soon-ish.

Tracks:

1. Oh!
2. The Fox
3. One Song For You
4. Hollywood Ending
5. One Beat
6. Sympathy
7. Pompeii
8. The Ballad of a Ladyman
9. Burn, Don't Freeze!
10. Step Aside
11. God Is A Number
12. A Quarter to Three
13. O2
14. Hubcap
15. One More Hour
16. Words and Guitar
17. All Hands on the Bad One
18. Dig Me Out
19. Entertain
20. You're No Rock 'n' Roll Fun

Albums:

1. One Beat
2. Dig Me Out
3. The Hot Rock
4. All Hands on the Bad One
5. The Woods

Side Project Tracks:

1. Wild Flag - Romance
2. Corin Tucker Band - Big Goodbye
3. Corin Tucker Band - Neskowin
4. Wild Flag - Glass Tambourine
5. Excuse 17 - Watchmaker
6. Corin Tucker Band - Half a World Away
7. Corin Tucker Band - Groundhog Day
8. Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years
9. Corin Tucker Band - Dragon
10. Corin Tucker Band - Thrift Store Coats

Alfred: Glad someone else dislikes Jenny, up there w Butterfly in spoiling 90s records w a soppy closer

TRACKS

1. Stay Where You Are
2. Dig Me Out
3. I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
4. Burn, Don't Freeze
5. The Drama You've Been Craving
6. Leave You Behind
7. Words and Guitar
8. Little Mouth
9. You're No Rock n Roll Fun
10. It's Enough
11. One More Hour
12. Sympathy
13. Good Things
14. Call the Doctor
15. Jumpers
16. Start Together
17. Not What You Want
18. Youth Decay
19. The End of You
20. A Real Man