^^ 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
i thought it was "no one's forgotten strawberry philadelphia drive"
"the smell of fried food and pure hot tar" is one of my favorite descriptive lines, pure ohio, gives me chills
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
like no one HAS forgottenrather than no one IS forgotten
because it is very ohio to hold a permanent grudge
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
exercise in contrasts:
"Dayton, Ohio"
+
"Other Place"
One is grim and real but also tenderly affectionate; the other is sunny and rings like a strange jangly clown maskboth are talking ostensibly about the same place
yes i have thought about this a lot
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Dayton, Ohio-19 Something And 5 was so great live. Just an incredibly evocative and nostalgic song, I had it at #17.
Only 5 of my songs have shown up so far. I love how when each new song is unveiled I'm like "damn that one could have easily made my list..."
― ColinO, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
I love how when each new song is unveiled I'm like "damn that one could have easily made my list..."
Yeah, this. Only three of mine in so far but it's still been a great list.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
Got six landed so far .
My next 14 will land. Surely?
There are some songs on here that I need to revisit / didn't realise they existed.And I have the rekkids.
I am a bad man and poor listener
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
9 so far here. I probably will see 7 more place. Would be surprised if anything else off of ID shows up (I only have one song left from that one).
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
Gosh darn I missed 35-21, and will prob miss the final showdown tomorrow. Curse you americans with your weird time system!
anyway 5 or 6 of mine placed so far inc. my #1, redmen and their wives, had to go for the melancholia. wonderful cathedral-organ atmospherics of the second guitar when it comes in, and then after the understated first half they bust out some traditional gbv slow n heavy rock, almost a redemption even as the lyrics descend from resignation to despair.
― ledge, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
"breadwinner and klutz" is a lovely "two types of people in the world" binary.
― ledge, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Ledge . I mean this is the problem for me and it's a very exciting one. I Had never listened/or even heard to 'Redmen...' ever. and I thought I was a big fan of UTBUTS . i didn;t get beyond "Rally" "witch" and "Don't Stop".What a tit. I am not GBV hardcore firm obviously.
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
ha i am so not the hardcore fan, i only had four albums in my top five. hoping to find some hidden gold in this poll meself but utbuts is standing firm as my personal sweet spot of unpolished melodic wonderment.
― ledge, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
The bottom 20
Smothered in HugsGold Star For Robot BoyTractor Rape ChainThe Goldheart Mountaintop Queen DirectoryEchos MyronI Am A ScientistYours to KeepPimple ZooGame Of PricksMy Valuable Hunting Knife(I Wanna Be a) DumbchargerMotor AwayOver The Neptune/Mesh Gear FoxWeed KingQuality of ArmorLethargyTeenage FBIThe Best of Jill HivesSubspace BiographiesUncle Dave
I'd be sad if Uncle Dave doesn't place
― ℓ٥ﻻ ﻉ√٥υ (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 29 September 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
this is the other song i was referring to btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8FMsWjiG7Y&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLB3A7A33B08123042
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 September 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
that album cover makes my heart hurt
Alien Lanes back cover photo: who is on the far left?
― calstars, Thursday, 29 September 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
jim greer
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 29 September 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
(i think!)
None of my Isolation Drills songs have placed yet not looking good for them.
― Jeff, Thursday, 29 September 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah :(
― minge beat (electricsound), Thursday, 29 September 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link