Nice to get a couple 90s tracks in the top 10 before the mid/late 80s onslaught sets in. "Mote" is fine but def not Lee's best song by a long shot.
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
Mote is their least-subtle Dinosaur Jr tribute. Borrows heavy elements from Mascis (verses) and Barlow (chorus).
It's an accessible blend of classic rock and alt-rock.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
Oops duh I forgot the obvious 90s track still to come
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
Is Kotton Krown the only song where T&K sing in unison?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Interestingly the top 10 will have closing tracks from 4 albums. They sure knew how to end a record.
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
Wonder if "Cotton Crown" will be the only top 10 song I didn't vote for?
― grandavis, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
Had no idea that "Creme Brulee" was so loved
― grandavis, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/007.jpg7. Death Valley '69Bad Moon Rising, 1985(415 points, 23 votes, 1 #1)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
the only time I ever took their early death porn seriously
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Not sure I voted this one high enough at #12, but of course figured it would be a lock for top 10. Another song that I prefer live versions of, despite the lack of Lydia Lunch. Album version just isn't as ferocious though.
― grandavis, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
album version is plenty ferocious though
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
"Mote" is fine but def not Lee's best song by a long shot.
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, May 17, 2013 9:04 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, May 17, 2013 9:05 AM (13 minutes ago)
contrarywise, it IS lee's best song by a long shot (my #3 vote), and "genetic" is their least-subtle/interesting dino jr trib
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
Lonely panda girl singing baout Death Valley 69
― shantalla (seandalai), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/006.jpg6. 'Cross the BreezeDaydream Nation, 1988(463 points, 23 votes, 1 #1)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Big surprise.
I WANNA KNOW
― Euler, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
xp kotton krown was my #9, still a great song, i love its sluggishness and how it slowly embraces cacophony in the second half before getting back to the theme. the first three minutes must be about the most tuneful on sister.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
'Cross the Breeze is the DN track I voted for. Just such a massive and relentless song, by far the best on Daydream Nation.
― silverfish, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
My #5 and highest (exclusively) Kim song! Musically this song does almost everything I like about SY in one song. Just love the progression of it.
― grandavis, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
And yeah, totally relentless! Never seems like a 7 minute song to me.
I took a look into the hateIt made me feel very up to date
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
it's hard for me to say exactly why "mote" hits me so hard. in part, it's the soft cloud of vocals and gtr fuzz/production wrapped around this furious percussive maelstrom. the energy of it is so intense, it pins my ears back every time i hear it, and i can't think of another sy track where the integration between musical & lyrical suggestion is so tight & evocative.
i often think of evol having this quality of a warm, half liquid bundle of fur and flesh wrapped around a thicket of twitching razors. you hold it in your hand, and it feels soft, soothing, bruised in a way, but also gentle. every once in a while, though, a blade will whisper out and cut you. the feeling of the album is of having something like in your body always - purring, aching, cutting.
"mote" is similar, but also very different. it's soft, yearning, almost comforting, but inside is this furious engine, a rocket blasting through the haze. it's like tripping for the first time: beautiful but overwhelming, awesome, a bit scary. the drumming is incredible. and it's hook after hook after hook. shit, maybe it should have been my #1.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/005.jpg5. Teen Age RiotDaydream Nation, 1988(519 points, 24 votes, 2 #1)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
!
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
wooooowww – thought this was #1!
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
for some reason i thought "'Cross The Breeze" had already placed so i hadn't factored it into my assumptions of what the top 10 would like. i guess "White Kross" didn't make it at all?
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
i'm hoping so hard for a "Shadow of a Doubt" upset right now
satisfactory, given that it had to be top 5
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
which will be the four remaining songs? i have no clue. i wanted to put nic fit as my number but in the end i only put it at #10, it's the highest rated song left on my ballot now.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, my #13, though I think it deserves top 10 for sure (for the riff alone ....) Top 5 I am fine with, but I knew at least two of the songs left would beat it, at least on ILM. Thanks for not letting me down btw.
Also, thanks for the "Mote" thoughts Contenderizer. Doesn't sway me, but I totally get the feeling you are describing, and yeah, EVOL is like an album long meditation on it.
― grandavis, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
i wanted to put nic fit as number 1...
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/004.jpg4. Shadow of a DoubtEvol, 1986(656 points, 28 votes, 3 #1)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
Let's not guess the songs please! Maybe we will be surprised?
Shadow of a Doubt would have been my #1.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
nah there is no suspense about the top 3 if you think about it for a minute
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
i am definitely in suspense about the order, though
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
i know for sure what 2 of them are
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
cool results, lotsa twists. I voted Brave Men Run (never realized it shared initials with Bad Moon Rising), and Kotton Krown was my #1.
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
also, another big point jump there
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge),
Yeah. Tell it like it is.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
schizdiamondexpressway
uh...
shadow?purr?brother james?bull in the heather?
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
shadow it is
i don't get the love for shadow of a doubt. it is really nothing special, a track which just meanders and never really gets started. what's the deal?
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
it is beautiful, sexy, haunting and terrifying in equal measure
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
^^this. i put it on a mixtape for the first guy i ever dated
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
also, like, explosive crescendo, how can you miss that
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
I think the biggest point jump so far. My #8, such a cool song. Love it for all the reasons Contenderizer lists.
― grandavis, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
can't fathom how you could get to "must have been a DREAAAM!" and still be waiting for the song to start
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Plus it has the best music video of all time iirc
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
blew me away as an encore in 98
― trick paddy pollars (some dude), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link