This is a nigh on impossible choice. I went with "To Forgive" in the end. If I could pick one "loud" one and one "quiet" one it might be a little easier. I might go with "X.Y.U." for my choice for the former.
I hope enough people vote in this to make the results interesting.
― krakow, Monday, 24 March 2008 09:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Single disc version:
Zero Thirty-Three Here Is No Why Fuck You Love Cupid De Locke Galapagos Muzzle Porcelina of the Vast Oceans Bodies In The Arms of Sleep 1979 Thru The Eyes of Ruby By Starlight
― Tim F, Monday, 24 March 2008 09:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Mellon Collie needs the line "the world is a vampire" in it somewhere.
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 March 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Where's the Aeroplane Flies poll?
-- billstevejim, Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
^^^^
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 24 March 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Do it by disc not song though pls.
― nickalicious, Monday, 24 March 2008 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
haha I made a bicycling mix tape this weekend and it has "Jellybelly" on it 3 times.
― nickalicious, Monday, 24 March 2008 19:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Also as a seasoned cynical adult and not an optimistic hormonal teenager, I am really impressed at how strong a reaction I still have emotionally to "Galapagos".
― nickalicious, Monday, 24 March 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Surprised bullet did so well!
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Dissappointed bullet did so well.
― our work is never over, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:02 (sixteen years ago) link
You crazy
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Whoever voted "Take Me Down" deserves some credit.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Those three songs deserved at least one vote!
― Duane Barry, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Disappointed bullet did so well.
Ditto. Also how did "Scorched" get two but "X.Y.U." only got one?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 25 March 2008 04:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"Bullet" is a great song, guys. Admit it. (I wouldn't have voted for it, but I'm certainly not disappointed!)
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 05:42 (sixteen years ago) link
a lot of people seem to voting, having only heard the singles...
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 06:08 (sixteen years ago) link
That was my first thought when I saw the results too. The singles are disappointingly prominent, when for me at least they are by far the less interesting songs on the album.
― krakow, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 08:26 (sixteen years ago) link
hahah yeah, pretty amazing that the likes of 'thru the eyes of ruby' should be so comprehensively overlooked in favour of the (admittedly more immediate-sounding) 'bullet with butterfly wings'
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 08:32 (sixteen years ago) link
"1979" a deserving front-runner though (even if I prefer "Thirty-Three").
― Tim F, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 10:19 (sixteen years ago) link
"Beautiful" should have gotten at least one vote just for the "na na na" part.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link
"beautiful" is a really sweet track.
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
GOAT album
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
is the "Mellon Collie and The Infinite Ga Ga Goo Goo" boot any good? I saw them on the tour after this (I think Veruca Salt opened? I was like 11) and I would lvoe to hear what they sounded like, that seems like the msot popular one
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
No votes for 'Beautiful'? Fuck, man.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
"Mellon Collie and The Infinite Ga Ga Goo Goo"
lol
― how's life, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
Hard for me to think that any song besides "1979" should win this. It's also hard to believe that the time between now and when "1979" came out (1995) is longer than between 1979 and 1995.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
1979 is so overrated, it's good for the first minute or so and then it just does the same thing for another three minutes
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, if I compiled a Top 10 of my favourites from this album, '1979' wouldn't make it in there. I love the way '1979' sounds, but I definitely think there's much much better songs than it here.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Poliopolice = the Accidental Parodist
― que sera sriracha (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
this describes most songs though. i like this song because it, more than any other song on the album, captures an elusive nostalgia that is hard to describe. Most of this album is full of lazy, indistinct, by-the-numbers Pumpkins tracks that sound like they were cranked out very quickly. "33" is good though.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
1979, here is no why, ruby, tonight, muzzle, porcelina are the most euphoric songs on the record so they will always win over the dour/angry/goofy songs. even though the range of moods is what makes mcis so amazing.
― yellow jacket (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
― Heyman (crüt), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Crut OTM.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
Aeroplane Flies High is every bit as good as Mellon Collie. They were riding a ridiculous songwriting hot streak at the time. "Cherry"? "Meladori Magpie"? The beautiful piano cover of "My Blue Heaven"? "Ugly"? "Set the Ray to Jerry"? "God"? That rocking instrumental with the drum solo? All great great stuff.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 11 April 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
it bums me out that Aeroplane isn't on Spotify
― some dude, Thursday, 11 April 2013 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, I just went looking for it there. ;_;
― Heyman (crüt), Thursday, 11 April 2013 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
reissue coming v soon. with even more c sides
― yellow jacket (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 11 April 2013 04:55 (eleven years ago) link
Neato
― que sera sriracha (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 11 April 2013 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
ZERO, people
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 11 April 2013 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
where boys fear to tread, lately. monster riff
― flappy bird, Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
i haven't done this for many, many years, but tonight i think i will crank up the old stereo and play the entire album
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
I still can't believe that 'Beautiful' didn't get any votes, it's always been one of my highlights of the album... I particularly love the way it changes from this seemingly loop-based thing to the full band playing in the middle section, with that gorgeous sitar-like guitar sound.
― and we're still talking about that Pitchfork list? Christ. (Turrican), Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
yeah I love that whole last side
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 27 August 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
These days, I would definitely vote for Ruby. Blue disc is a monster!
― jorts l0chinski (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
nearly a decade of listening to this album nearly constantly I never thought much of "To Forgive" but it fucking kills me now. happened all of a sudden last fall, I remember the day. it opened up, or swallowed me in.
and funny how Billy's singing on "In the Arms of Sleep" is so hard to take seriously sometimes but then sometimes you're riding on every syllable and sibilance.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 04:28 (five years ago) link
1:00:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDYyGECNfz0
(newly uploaded show btw, never circulated afaik)
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
is the "Mellon Collie and The Infinite Ga Ga Goo Goo" boot any good? I saw them on the tour after this (I think Veruca Salt opened? I was like 11) and I would lvoe to hear what they sounded like, that seems like the msot popular one― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, December 8, 2010 9:12 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, December 8, 2010 9:12 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Ga Ga Goo Goo Tracks Tonight, TonightIn the Arms of SleepCupid de LockeThirty-threeTodaySomaTake Me DownBeautifulRhinocerosRocketDisarm / SpaceboyDancing in the Moonlight [Thin Lizzy]Tonight, TonightCupid de LockeThirty-three1979 thumbnails | text
Label: FoamheadID: FH004Track info: Tracks 1-10: 1996-02-07 - Kezar Pavilion; San Francisco, CA, US - audience, acousticTracks 11-12: 1993-06-30 - VPRO Radio; Hilversum, NL - studio, acousticTracks 13-16: 1996-05-15 - Brixton Academy; London, UK - soundboard, acousticLength: 01:14:31 Notes
Track 6 is mislabeled as 'One Last Kiss Goodnight'. Track 10 is mislabeled as 'Skin Head Fag'. Track 11 is mislabeled as 'Disarm'. The liner contains an obviously modified photo of Billy with a swastika on his forehead, and a juvenile insult "Produced by the Bald-Headed Butt-Lover".
― peace, man, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
o_O
― peace, man, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
I am once again having fun toying with the sequencing of MCIS and its b-sides / outtakes. the songs I like to incorporate are the ones that don't feel like they have exact, existing analogues on the existing tracklist - "The Boy" and/or "Pennies" (way more relaxed and economical than usual), "Medelia" (always loved the slightly lo-fi production and piano sound), "...Said Sadly" (country duet vibes), "Transformer" (silly angst-free riffy rocker), "Set the Ray to Jerry" (basically its own genre), "Aeroplane Flies High" (OK, this one is a little redundant but it's also like one of their 10 or 20 best songs). I also like "Infinite Sadness" a lot though I guess it's technically SD-era.
"God" and "Ugly" and a few others are also good but they do feel like lesser counterparts to songs that are already in the mix
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
The bridge of “Beautiful” is a tight piece of business.
― Can Butch Vig not do "dynamimcs"? (morrisp), Friday, 11 September 2020 00:15 (four years ago) link