really fucking glad "kill yr idols" cracked the top 50
"brother james" next
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
Damn, it is kind of a crime that "Kill Yr Idols" is not on my ballot. Not feeling great about that.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Hoping "Brother James" doesn't come too soon ....
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't know they noised this up live:http://youtu.be/Qkl8oeWiYcY
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
"Kill Yr Idols" was a late cut for me.
"Youth Against Fascism" can be fun if I don't focus on the lyrics. A little surprised to see it in the top 50.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
(That's a really good live recording of "I Love You Golden Blue" btw.)
Somehow I thought "Brother James" had already appeared. That was another late cut.
Man, the early-mid 2000s shows were great.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/048.jpg48. The Empty PageMurray Street, 2002(157 points, 10 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
nice
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
Good album opener.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
okay song but it escapes me how it cn beat "kool thing" or "youth against fascism"? it's a little on the lame and boring side of the spectrum. sonic youth on sleeping pills.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Kool Thing is pretty lame IMO. It was a huge disappointment the first time I heard it. Wow, Chuck D is on this? How cool is this gonna be! *puts song on* "Yeah, tell it like it is" *song ends* WTF, that was it? What was the fucking point of that?
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
really? but kool thing is fun and one of the few sy songs which make me want to dance. only for that a real classic.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/047.jpg47. Pipeline / Kill TimeSister, 1987(158 points, 10 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
That is way, way, way too low. wtf you people.
― herr doktor (askance johnson), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
Always thought "Kool Thing" was fun, but am perfectly happy that SY morphed into the kind of band that could write a song like "The Empty Page". I guess for me SY stopped being a band that I needed to be fun, or rocking, or edgy at all really. I just put on "Sister" (or "Hold That Tiger"), "Bad Moon Rising", or any number of other stuff of theirs that fits that bill, but these days I love the textured and measured approach of the later records. There is just great playing all over the place.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
OTM. I was going to write a post about how I much prefer subtle Sonic Youth to 'fun' Sonic Youth these days, but it sounded kind of corny.Also agree with the 'too low!' for 'Pipeline'. Of the 9 Lee songs on my ballot it was second-to last, but still within the top 20.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
Gotta side with Alex on empty page
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I get that. Basically I am OK being a little corny, and for SY to get a little corny too.
I did not vote for "The Empty Page" btw, prefer other songs from that record and that period, but I like every song on Murray St at the same time. That record was a huge revelation for me, loved it when it came out and still do.
"Pipeline" did deserve a little better. Too many good songs on "Sister", and from that period. Just couldn't find room for it on my ballot.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
xp you may have a point there concernig the good playing of the instruments but over-all there are much more "serious" sy songs than light and bouncy ones. there is only one kool thing but there are dozens of empty pages. and i still enjoy kool thing after all those years.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, pipeline/kill time could've been higher, was one of my votes
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
I would have thought that "Kool Thing" would place WAY higher than "The Empty Page", and would have placed it so myself if I had had more votes. Just sticking up for "The Empty Page" as not being lame or boring in my book. I agree that "Kool Thing" holds a special place in the catalogue, I just don't like it as much these days. If I was at a party and wanted to play an SY song though, "Kool Thing" would be at the top of the list perhaps. I would hope that people broke out in the Hal Hartley dance and that everyone had a better night for it for sure.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/046.jpg46. HalloweenBad Moon Rising, 1985(159 points, 10 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
I'd say this is just right
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
Halloween is not on BMR, it was the b-side to Flower (or are we just listing things as how they show up on CD reissues now)?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
You're right, I made that same mistake earlier with 'Flower'. Consider it corrected.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
Gotta say I would take "Flower" over "Halloween" (i.e., not sure why this placed so much higher), but "Halloween" is a weirder/more singular song.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
I like "Kool Thing", but my enjoyment of it is inextricably bound up with early '90s nostalgia. It's about as zeitgeisty as SY ever got, but it's kind of their "Shiny Happy People" so I can see why some people might hate it.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, seems strange that "halloween" beat "flower". both good songs tho.
agree that "pipeline/kt" should have been much higher. then again, only #16 on my ballot, so i can't complain too much.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Voted for 'Empty Page', I'd forgotten how good it was until I relistened to Murray Street the other weekend. Features my favourite SY bassline too.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
i had BMR playing once in HS and my brother's friend pronounced "hallowe'en" the worst song he'd ever heard
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
xp i like the weird, slightly spooky atmosphere of halloween but as a song it is a failure. there is almost nothing happening in it and this non-happening is even repeated all through it. it reminds me of the andersen tale of the emperor's new clothes. the best bit maybe the coda which is just a fade-out of some pretty low-key noise.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
XP: Hah, my best friend in high school said almost the same thing when I played 'Flower': "I really don't like this."
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
aargh what the hell is happening, why are Hits and Halloween not in the top 15 aargh
alex you have the same criticism every time, "nothing happening", that is very subjective and I disagree completely.
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/045.jpg45. Washing MachineWashing Machine, 1995(169 points, 11 votes, 1 #1)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
"Empty Page" is pretty good, but if that's the highest-placing track from "Murray Street" I'll be very disappointed.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
Aw, come on!
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
45th?!?
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for it! Though my placing at 27 may not have helped that much, sorry. Love it, but had a stack of Kim songs rated higher.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
Washing Machine was a late cut for me, a little too Royal Trux-y for me.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
Guys, there are 44 insanely great songs still coming up. There's no need to scream 'TOO LOW!' every time. They are all too low.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
'Rain on Tin' is still to come I'm sure, I'd also really like to see 'Disconnection Notice' place (xposts to o.nate).
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
I had it at #8
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know, I think saying "too low" is fully appropriate, the polls would be no fun if people didn't care. Hopefully people will also think that some of those 44 songs aren't so hot.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot my smiley at the end of that post.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
They are all too low.
haha otm but I am still gonna cry over the placement of Hits, it is a masterpiece imo, all time top ten SY for me.
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
Hah, fair enough! And yeah, I fully hope to be overly excited and bummed out by the placement of some stuff. I had "Hits" at 25 btw, so not sure I really helped that one too much either. Wouldn't have remembered to rate it at all though if folks didn't campaign for ATLeaves as much as they did though. My happiest rediscovery of this whole poll for sure.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
Fair enough is in reagards to the smiley face.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
It'd be nice to see those, also "Karen Revisited" and "Sympathy for the Strawberry". I guess "Empty Page" is about my 5th favorite on that album.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/044.jpg44. (TIE) Skip TracerWashing Machine, 1995(172 points, 11 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link