This one almost made my ballot and I could have picked one of the lower tracks and replaced it with this one pretty easily. Always great live.
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
cut out witch is awesome
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
Gloomtown does feel too low. So much crammed in those 90 seconds.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
Cut out witch totally great. Pretty good showing.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
Great song!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
love the structure of Cut Out Witch - sounds so easy but other bands could try for years and fail to come up with something as snappy and well formed as that.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
24. "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" (Propeller, 1992) [281 points, 14 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFvonufcz8A
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
No love?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
Lotta love! I voted for this. Just really busy at work today, so I'm limited in my time for deep thoughts.
Overall I'm pleased that my #1 is still yet to come. Unless ILM will shame me by shutting it out completely.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really like 14 Cheerleader Coldfront very much tbh. It has never really moved me.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's so delicate, especially in the midst of what's around it on Propeller. It's swoony.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
I love this one. I think I had it tops among all the pre-Bee Thousand songs. I am totally out of touch with the greater GBV community, so actually I had no idea everybody else loved it too. I thought it was an unconventional pick on my ballot.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
See, for me, Circus World is swoony. 14 Cheerleader -- I dunno -- it just doesn't soar, it doesn't drive, it doesn't even plod -- it just kinda sits there harmonizing like a forgettable pair of strummers singing a coffee shop duet.
I would never get into this much detail with people who hadn't already spent this much time discussing the minutiae of GBV songs, but we have, so I did.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
I get what LL is getting at wrt "14 Cheerleader Coldfront", but I voted for it because they always seem to be able to breathe new life into it on-stage.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
If I'm in a wistful mood this is the ticket - great lyrics
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
stay close to locker rooms
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
23. "A Salty Salute" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [302 points, 14 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX6vRwEZFrM
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
C'MON C'MON C'MON!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
I still cringe at "no coin meters there"I guess I'll never really love that song.
Anyway, PROOOOOOUD BROTHERS
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
One of the great album openers ever. Not surprising that they chose this to start off the 'greatest hits' CD too.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
^^ so OTM
― V79, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i actually thought this'd be #1greatest bassline ever.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
'Blimps Go 90' FAR TOO LOW.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
erg, i don't think i voted for that. but yeah, A+ opening track
― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
An almost perfect GBV song, just admire all the lyrics:
Disarm the settlersThe new drunk driversHave hoisted the flagWe are with you in your angerProud brothersDo not fretThe bus will get you there yetTo carry us to the lakeThe club is openYeah, The club is openHey, the club is openA-come on, come on, the club is openC'mon, c'mon, the club is openC'mon, c'mon, c'mon, the club is open...
― Jeff, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, since this poll I've been paying more attention to the lyrics, and some of them are so great. 'Atom Eyes' is my fave atm.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
in retrospect i clearly threw most of my votes into the trash, but i think there will be at least 7 more that make it to the top 20
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Love 14 Cheerleader Coldfront. A Salty Salute the first GBV song I ever heard. A great album opener.
I wonder if my #1 will show. It's not one of their bigger songs but one I think they've played every time I've seen them -- usually during the 1st or 2nd encore.
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
still laughing at that joke about "this one is on the house" from upthread
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
22. "Watch Me Jumpstart" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [306 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRkntM8IFFY
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
A++++ run here
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
i love the sway/chug on watch me jumpstart!!!
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
I'm glad this one did not make the top 20. It's fine, but I've always found it to be a bit overrated, probably like my 10th favorite song or so on the album, maybe less.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
Great live song, like it much better than the album version
― Jeff, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
that was my #2 i think? it's kind of a gbv litmus test sound-wise, some people just hear sludge, but the chorus hook is undeniable imo
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
i love to make up my own harmonies and doot doot doots to "watch me jumpstart" -- been singing the same ones for years, no idea why
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
'Cause I'm a supernova erect and white hot
― Jeff, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
tmi
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
21. "Dayton, Ohio—19 Something and 5" (Tonics and Twisted Chasers, 1996) [317 points, 14 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C6AhgMYiRg
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
re "Watch Me Jumpstart": my #8. GBV at their most anthemic. well, of course the same can be said about "Salty Salute".
― V79, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
this top 30 is gonna be about as good a compilation as you can make
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
the chord change into "cause i won't be around, as you run...etc." so great
― bluelips, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
A++++ run continues
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
ooh didn't know people rated that one so highly. it's nice
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
and shoooooooot me dowwwwwwwwnnnnnnn
― dmr, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
That's all for today. Top 20 rolls out tomorrow, so get ready.
TIE 60. "My Kind of Soldier" (Earthquake Glue, 2003) [110 points, 5 votes]TIE 60. "Chicken Blows" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [110 points, 5 votes]58. "Postal Blowfish" (outtake, 1993) [111 points, 5 votes]57. "Bulldog Skin" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [116 points, 6 votes]56. "The Key Losers" (outtake, 1995) [124 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote]55. "Huffman Prairie Flying Field" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [125 points, 4 votes]54. "Big Boring Wedding" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [125 points, 5 votes]53. "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [130 points, 6 votes]52. "Gleemer (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" (Vampire on Titus, 1993) [131 points, 6 votes]51. "Little Whirl" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [136 points, 6 votes]
50. "As We Go Up, We Go Down" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [138 points, 8 votes]49. "I Am a Tree" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [150 points, 6 votes]48. "Closer You Are" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [150 points, 8 votes]47. "Everywhere With Helicopter" (Universal Truths and Cycles, 2002) [152 points, 9 votes]46. "Do the Earth" (I Am a Scientist EP, 1994) [154 points, 7 votes]45. "Girls of Wild Strawberries" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [156 points, 7 votes, 1 #1 vote]44. "Acorns and Orioles" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [157 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote]43. "Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy" (Propeller, 1992) [157 points, 8 votes]42. "Man Called Aerodynamics" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [159 points, 7 votes]41. "Peep-Hole" (Bee Thousand, 1994) [164 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote]40. "Your Name Is Wild" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [183 points, 8 votes]39. "Subspace Biographies" (Waved Out, 1998) [184 points, 7 votes]38. "Dusted" (Vampire on Titus, 1993 / Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, 1994) [185 points, 7 votes, 1 #1 vote]37. "Jane of the Waking Universe" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [190 points, 8 votes]36. "Hot Freaks" (Bee Thousand, 1994) [202 points, 9 votes]
35. "Wished I Was a Giant" (Vampire on Titus, 1993) [203 points, 9 votes]34. "A Good Flying Bird" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [207 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote]33. "Glad Girls" (Isolation Drills, 2001) [211 points, 10 votes]32. "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" (Bee Thousand, 1994) [220 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote]31. "My Son Cool" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [235 points, 10 votes]30. "My Impression Now" (Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, 1994) [241 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote]29. "Redmen and Their Wives" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [247 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote]28. "Chasing Heather Crazy" (Isolation Drills, 2001) [248 points, 11 votes]27. "Blimps Go 90" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [249 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote]26. "Shocker in Gloomtown" (The Grand Hour, 1993) [262 points, 10 votes]25. "Cut Out Witch" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [264 points, 14 votes]24. "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" (Propeller, 1992) [281 points, 14 votes]23. "A Salty Salute" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [302 points, 14 votes, 1 #1 vote]22. "Watch Me Jumpstart" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [306 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote]21. "Dayton, Ohio—19 Something and 5" (Tonics and Twisted Chasers, 1996) [317 points, 14 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks Johnny! Cannot wait for tomorrow.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
"Isn't it great to exist at this point in time? Where the produce is rotten but no one is forgotten"
O_O
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
wonder how much overlap there will be with the official GH compilation.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
Man, really unfortunate that I am going to miss out on tomorrow.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link