l0u1s jagg3r's 23 Best Songs Of The Decade!

a summation.

most of the stuff I previously knew here is amazing (cardiacs, kayo dot, shining, deathspell, chrome hoof). not all though – I can't bear fiery furnaces any more, and the incredible oceansize live performance I saw a couple a months ago bears almost no relation to their recorded work, which I find ponderous in the extreme.

of the unfamiliar stuff I've managed to track down, foetus totally floored me, but the rest, not so much. 'come together' aside, I've never really been convinced by spiritualized. my computer was my idea of hell. sorry.

I'd normally expect cardiacs to claim my vote in any poll they're involved in, but 'ditzy scene' is for me not one of their strongest works - the sonics are beautifully dense and layered, but it's too plodding, too linear. cardiacs are at their best when they're very much neither of these things. this falls towards the relatively accessible 'is this the life?' end of their ouevre, rather than the vastly more enervating 'fiery gun hand'-type stuff. the b-sides to ditzy scene were better than the title track, imo.

much as I love kayo dot, they're almost too abstract for me to think about them in terms of SONGS, so their inclusion here is jarring. that said choirs of the eye is easily their most instantly accessible and least foreboding work. but even so, I can't divorce the song from the album, and I'm not sure it works that well in isolation.

this is tough. four-way tie. chrome hoof, deathspell, foetus and shining are all just stunning pieces of work. jim benefits from 'shock of the new' though, so maybe I should digest a little more before voting...

__olf is on Dowsing Anemone, not Choirs Of The Eye!

But cheers for the feedback! Glad you've made an effort. I can see your point re: Ditzy Scene, and the b-sides ARE phenomenal, but it's such a monumentally enormous-sounding piece of work, so fierce and driven, that I can only see it as a successor to Dirty Boy which might be my favourite song ever. Well, definitely one of. I think it's infinitely more soaring, complex and sublime a work than Is This The Life, a rare example of a band's worst song being their biggest hit.

Think you might enjoy LL muchly, although given your reaction to the similarly piano-involving My Computer, maybe I'm not so sure. The My Computer write-up is my best one IMO and I strongly believe it needs to be heard and understood by more people.

But yeah, that Foetus song. Jim found a moment there.

glad you are back LJ

yes great post tbh. i'm liking this kayo dot track. a lot to check out still. otherwise though im leaning to 'on my own' so far.

i can only post staccato style as im late for class right now.

'Fiery Gun Hand' enervating? The opposite surely.

xxp right you are, re: KD. got myself all confused there, as I was writing about 'the manifolfd curiosity', the replacement track on the spotify playlist.
oops.

piano is not a problem per se... I have liked what I've heard of lapsus linguae in the past, seen them live once, and at least one of their number has gone on to do great stuff with doneimagine and if you lived here you'd be home by now (and he has also got me drunk in his capacity as a cider slinger in a certain glasgow venue). haven't heard the song in question though. will redouble efforts to track it down.

xp YES! right you are. the opposite. fell into common linguistic trap there. this is not a good day.

Although that said, the mental chopped together guitar solo could wear you out!

Ooh, didn't see the Spotify playlist! When I get home from uni I'll check it out and praise/deride Nick accordingly ;)

Will maybe check out the LL spin-offs. That song will either explode your head or put you off your elevenses. Fiery Gun Hand is grugsome.

xp no way...that's the best bit!

btw The Manifold Curiosity is Kayo Dot's second-best song, well chosen. Verily it bringeth the rock. Maybe not as hard as that solo.

wb LJ! lol @ wallotext

4 minutes in and I'm thinking I'm not going to be able to endure another 8 minutes of the Foetus track.

hahahahahahaha dude that song is NOT for everyone

I'll Sendspace the Hacke song later, maybe. Can't think how else anyone's gonna hear it. Would be a shame if nobody did. Here's Youtube-quality MC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMnvZ6_gBg

Kreibebe actually picked up around the 6 minute mark so I did make it to the end. God help me, I may be coming round to Oceansize.

I want to hear the foetus track

good grief, LJ, you have appalling taste.

welcome back!

XD

pains me to vote against foetus (but not so much because his early stuff is just plain better), gotta give this one to Ulv3r (googleproofing thanks to the fact that Dan is a vengeful trickster btw)

Dan's a vengefull trickster...
You know wot I mean!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYtb0xDWNh0

^_^

(lol I know regex and you don't)

"a cut above the pack"?

anyway, i'm surprised there's nothing here from The For Carnation

I'm surprised there's nothing by Esoteric.

Never got round to hearing The For Carnation, probably ought to. There's an Esoteric track in the 'Bubbling Under' section, accompanied by loads of indie :D

you could, Louis, but it's not very good

I should make an attempt to listen to the 21 songs that I haven't heard, rather than immediately vote for the Deathspell Omega one and call it done.

Chris Michaels is and always has been amazingly good. Medusa comes second.

And welcome back LJ, until your next inevitable 51.

My Computer were always one of those bands i've been meaning to check out. a resounding 'meh' to that track upthread however.

how many times have you said this over the past few years greg!

Lex I know! It is the same every time, I read something like LJ's list and it totally brings back how tremblingly important and exciting music felt aged 11-23 and I youtube a few things and just feel nothing and put on Early Winter again :(

i've hard one (1) of these songs, so i'm voting for that one. even though it's like the 20th best fiery furnaces song

Esoteric – Circle

I was hoping this was a track by the band Circle and not the other way round. Lou!s, do you like Circle?

songs i was hoping u wld pick btw:

1. She will only bring u happiness

2. More than a woman

1) is rly good, 2) i cannot remember

yes i like circle, i have the album prospekt and it slays especially the first track iirc

i'm oddly happy with this. i feel at peace with my music collection now. there's not much more that i need to say about 00's music.

I would worry about you if there was!

(kidding, but wow that was a large opening post)

dammit dan seeing you here makes me regret not including 'the promise' in my 'bubbling under'

instead i will think about how smith howls 'noooooooooooo' at the end and feel well once more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NLUthL6-BU

dammit dan seeing you here makes me regret not including 'the promise' in my 'bubbling under'

TMI

wait hang on, if 'bloodflowers' is '00 rather than '99 then '39' kinda belongs in that list

ahhhhh yeah i like aaliyah's stuff, i remember giving it A+ reviews

lolol que

No Provates, no cred!

Kreibabe is the top track on last.fm for the "fucking madness" tag.

http://www.last.fm/tag/fucking%20madness/tracks

awesome!

anyway

get yourself some SANCTUARY right here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/a6sozt

Dude - you gotta listen to Provates - best fucking band ever!!!

OKOK but first YOU listen to THE TERSE CRIMP: http://www.sendspace.com/file/80p6ar

(clue as to why you should do this: it is brilliant)