l0u1s jagg3r's 23 Best Songs Of The Decade!

lj knows i love him. i just can't read that much about, like, anything

xp - come on, this is the epitome of affectionate teasing!

i'm happy for him, and for us too, this would have been l0u1s jagg3r's 100 best songs of the decade! but for the grace of her.

ysi?

you want someone to send you her grace?

i am very happy for him.

this is exactly what girls say when they are jealous

that is very far from what I said at the various points in time when i was jealous, though.

do me a favor though - and please collectively decide whether i'm supposed to be lj's mom or love interest (both is not an option). this is all very confusing to me. Please let me know when you've reached a decision.

thanks,

i like loujag

does anyone not?

missed u boo

I think you're his mom on M-W-F and his love interest on T-TH-Sat-Sun

that's too confusing, you can only pick one ... or none.

that's exactly what someone who is both his mom and love interest would say, though

look - I'm thinking of the wonderful ilxors who live in Australia & New Zealand here - who are almost always a day ahead - it just is not logistically possible to alternate days like that and have it be functional.

what if we compromised with 'sister who he hooks up w/ once in a while'?

i like Tonyte & Now Woel

xp - what if we dropped the subject and discussed the awesomeness of Deathspell Omega instead?

that thighpaulsandra track is awesome!

:-)

Awesome. Never even heard OF most of these.

Sweet Jesus LJ. Also lol at this entire thread.

fwiw vahid i picked up TPS on a complete whim and don't know much else like it...if you cd suggest bands or artists who operate in a similarly esoteric electronic sphere then i would be extremely grateful. sorry we do not have similar tastes otherwise. this is as i say the subjective judgement of an indieprog loon.

this'll give me some reading for the much-needed first coffee break this morning, likely with room to spare - great work LJ (On My Own ftw).

Epic post, but needs more subjectivity.

Never heard any of these, but I'm voting for Super Furry Animals, because I think that's a good band name. Hopefully their music isn't actually Christian doom metal or something...

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l-r LJ, Tuomas

rather than sending it, i shall describe it for you.

A single horn (trumpet?) sounds.

Flourish of violins and other assorted strings. A low sound, much like a tuba, is also detectable.

The horn sounds again, a few semitones lower. It begins to play a slow tune.

Enter piano and some rain effects. The low tuba thing goes on.

Ethereal moans and wail permeate the song.

Suddenly, an oscillating, windy pumping noise fills the speakers, dying away as soon as it arrives. As it returns for the second time, however, a bluesy guitar riff bursts in unexpectedly.

Along with a distorted harmonica.

Some muted percussion is also audible.

Hollis begins to sing: "Oh yeah, the world's turned upside down..."

Shall I continue?

― unfished business, Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:29 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

No.

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:10 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Snoball, who are those?

i have no words. maybe lj has used them all up.

Hi Louis! Nice to have you back.

Along with a distorted harmonica.

Curt1s's quote from the Talk Talk thread is surely a put-down for the ages. So good that it makes me wonder if unfished business was merely a sock for Michael to feed him the "shall I continue?".

Okay, I've created a spotify playlist adhering as closely as possible to your selection. Will report back with some kind of verdict in due course.

On My Own is a nice ditty.

Snoball, who are those?

― Tuomas, Monday, 9 November 2009 09:59 (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Little and Large, a comedy duo popular in the UK in the 80's.

best poll ever. nice work, LJ. know about a quarter of these songs, will check out the rest.

Okay, I've created a spotify playlist adhering as closely as possible to your selection. Will report back with some kind of verdict in due course.

link, pls?

These are some looong songs. Not a fan of skits, shanties and ditties, I take it?

19) The Chap - Now Woel (3.54) (2004)

I want to actively avoid ever hearing this.

As close as I could get without spending much time on it: http://open.spotify.com/user/nickupt0eleven/playlist/4b7RI66qIvFe9VB5UYXSub

xp ha, it's prob the least irritating song they've got. it just sounds like MBV.

So far.... he has a taste for the flamboyant dunt he? Although the Spiritualized is relatively down-to-earth compared to the first two.

Anyway ... I'm never going to hear any of these, but on the strength of these reviews and their titles it's between 'The Terse Crimp' and 'Black Metal Valentine' - the former takes my vote, basically because it made me think of a tense shrimp.

I'm listening to the Spiritualized song where God appears... I guess He isn't what He used to be. Otherwise this is an okay tune though; if only they'd gotten rid of the irritating rock hero guitar, and hired someone who can sing properly to do the lead vocal instead of the monotone-voiced dude who does it now, I might've actually liked it.

He's supposed to sound like he's on the verge of death, that's kind of the point.

God, when I'm on the verge of death, I hope I don't sound like the dude from Metallica!

lol

I mean, why get a "gospel" choir to back you up, if you can't sing gospel yourself? That's why I don't like this type of rock singing: it's so colourless and lacking of passion.

Ulver - Christmas

This tune has a nice and pretty intro, but then the "headbanging" part starts. What a waste of a good intro! Based on the title and intro I was expecting this to be a solemn Christmas tune, so I'm disappointed.

I mean, why get a "gospel" choir to back you up, if you can't sing gospel yourself? That's why I don't like this type of rock singing: it's so colourless and lacking of passion.

You've answered your own question here.

Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around The World

This quite okay! It's like 90s Britpop but funkier, and some psychedelic 60s stuff in it too. Definitely not Christian doom metal! I'm glad I voted for it.

an attempt at an UNRANKED remaining 48:

ulver - blood inside
mansun - six
cardiacs - the seaside
spratley's japs - pony
the fall - levitate
the fall - the unutterable
vdgg - still life
autechre - draft 7.30
foetus - hole
the cure - pornography
swirlies - they spent their wild youthful days in the glittering world of the salons
mercury rev - yerself is steam
soft machine - third
lapsus linguae - you got me fraiche
kayo dot - dowsing anemone with copper tongue (new one might join it when I finally get around to buying it)
william d drake - the rising of the lights
thumpermonkey - we bake our bread beneath her holy fire
neurosis - through silver in blood
talk talk - spirit of eden
wire - send
wire - 154
the the - infected
hood - rustic houses, forlorn valleys
mr bungle - disco volante (although their best two songs are on the debut)
deep turtle - there's a vomitsprinkler in my liverriver
magma - mdk
the fiery furnaces - blueberry boat (fuck you)
thomas white - i dream of black
neu - neu
dalek - absence (in your face whiney lol)
cannibal ox - the cold vein (faaaaaace)
duran duran - rio
volcano! - beautiful seizure
oceansize - effloresce
jute gyte - discontinuities
peter hammill - the silent corner & the empty stage
cardiacs - guns
cardiacs - heaven born & ever bright
cardiacs - on land & in the sea
tim smith - extra special oceanlandworld
the fall - hex enduction hour
youthmovies - good nature
to arms etc - to arms etc
thighpaulsandra - i, thighpaulsandra
half man half biscuit - trouble over bridgwater
boredoms - super roots 7
coil - musick to play in the dark

proooooog

List of 10 albums chosed by LJ that are good albums in my subjective estimation, ranked according to an objective sorting algorithm

autechre - draft 7.30
wire - send
wire - 154
boredoms - super roots 7
the fall - hex enduction hour
swirlies - they spent their wild youthful days in the glittering world of the salons
cannibal ox - the cold vein
neu - neu
the fall - levitate
the fall - the unutterable

you're a swirlies fan? figures i guess but i'd have had them as too childish for you

you missed "a little man and a house"!!

their worst album frogbs. sorry but it's true. still great but less so. imo, obv

its probably my 3rd favorite. I dunno, they're all worthy of laudation. What did you think of the Knifeworld album? (if you've heard it?) - it sucks that Tim obviously isn't on it, but IMO it's the next best thing

knifeworld album was cool & had a couple of screamers (unwreckaged, me to the future of you). also their recept eps have been good, maybe even better than the debut album material. monsoon bassoon album was obviously very good

the william d drake album in the list is my favourite non-tim-smith spin-off, but his solo album & spratleys japs are amazing as well

thumpermonkey are also cardiacs-influenced, u shd hear them

yeah it's very solid. "Pissed up on Brake Fluid" sounds like something that would fit on a later day Cardiacs album. that said I feel their second album is going to blow it out of the water.

if you could pick 5 of these for me to hear, what would it be?

v difficult question that depends on what you've already heard. given what i know already

ulver - blood inside
mansun - six
kayo dot - dowsing anemone with copper tongue
william d drake - the rising of the lights
thumpermonkey - we bake our bread beneath her holy fire

^^^if you leave this with mind unblown you can have your money back idk. they're mostly available on youtube or bandcamp

but the foetus, lapsus linguae and neurosis are also exceptionally important

voted Talk Talk...kinda boring choice, sorry!

I'd like to hear frogbs take on the Lapsus record.

Your description of The Terse Crimp is bang on LJ, I love that song.

I'm sure I've said this before, don't sleep on the Sea Nymphs records and also the Shrubbies record which was produced by Tim.

http://shrubbies.bandcamp.com/

Ah this is cool. Forgot to say that North Sea Radio Orchestra's last album (I A Moon) is really superb and not far from any Top 50 list I could make (it's also dedicated to Tim Smith, albeit a little folkier and mellower than Cardiacs usually are). Similar personnel to Shrubbies iirc.

ah yes, the 'nice little songs then monster title-track wig-out' trick. tends to obscure the littler songs a bit

good album tho

last two tracks bringing the epic as well tbf

I've heard the other two NSRO albums, both of them are pretty good. They sound a lot like Penguin Cafe Orchestra but I like NSRO better. You may like Birds a lot if you haven't heard it.

Just heard the Ulver album, metal isn't really in my wheelhouse (yet) but this is much different than that, very interesting and definitely not something I can really discern on one listen. I decided to listen to an earlier Ulver album too and it's very interesting, I can see why you like them.

Now listening to Mansun - Six...reminds me a bit of Mars Volta but not quite as over-the-top or obnoxious. Very good stuff so far.

lj what do you think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6GUq__yp24

deeply melancholy, effective synth build, simple melodic themes; basically a 3-minute mogwai song without guitars

v pretty but without the complexity or subtlety of narrative that really sets me off

some solo eno does appeal to me; my favourite stuff is on 'here come the warm jets', especially the cataclysmic descent into misanthropy that is 'driving me backwards'

my favourite stuff is on 'here come the warm jets'

my man!

jets is the most lj friendly of the 70s song lps for sure

do you know on land? probably the most lj friendly of the ambient serie

Not at all. May investigate. I'd like to get into electronic music more, but artists like NWW, Current 93 etc have punishingly enormous discographies, dissuading me from the whole enterprise. Even The Fall took a long time to click.