"I'm The Queen of Rock and POLL!!!!!!"_ILM Artist Poll #51_SLEATER-KINNEY_ RESULTS THREAD

Love "Turn It On" but it was one of the DMO rockers I omitted in favor of "It's Enough" and "Not What You Want." All so good, tho.

when that first TURN IT ON TURN IT ON YOU CAN TURN IT ON starts it's all I can do to keep the car from running off the road.

http://www.electrip.com/sleater-kinney/images/discog/UKsingles/AQuarterToThreeBig.jpg

9. “Burn, Don’t Freeze”
The Hot Rock, 1999
399 Points (18 votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/STMNeSYywk8
Live in '99: http://youtu.be/W-neLUogNW4
Acapella cover: http://youtu.be/nA0EmQdD3fk

Incredible song, right here

first SK song i ever heard, totally bewildered and enchanted me, wasn't like anything i'd ever heard. still makes me catch my breath every time the 'fast' part starts.

Ditto. Fucking love this; on first listen, THR had its hooks in me from "Start Together," but hearing this, I knew it was one of those songs that would be in my life for a very long time.

My #1, and no question about it. The subtle "oooohs" in the chorus (and as I still remember from one of his posts, josh blog noting how even the clapping is so focused and determined), Corin cranking up the insane desperation in her typically awesome vocals, the way she whispers before exploding at the end, this song always makes me tear up and always gets me on the knife's edge of living.

http://bossyfemme.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/be-vulnerable-or-go-away.jpg?w=479&h=451

8. “Good Things”
Call The Doctor, 1996
415 Points (17 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/iu8bCtMDkkc
Live in '98, followed by "Little Mouth": http://youtu.be/_u5lu5jDzBk

^^^ stuck in my head since balloting it

I've got some errands to run before my follow-up doctor (B is for Brownstein) appointment. So, shall we reconvene for the final 7 this evening?

aww, I was hoping for top 5 with Good Things.

I was one of the #1s for Turn It On. Their best, easy.

Dance Song '97 was also a top 5 for me.

I hate that I didn't see this in time to vote. Thanks for doing it though, I've been jamming s-k all day. Also lol I wanted to show my mate this and clicked on the next youtube to send her... and she was the one to post it! This band is the best.

I was one of the #1s for Turn It On. Their best, easy.

Dance Song '97 was also a top 5 for me.

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:46 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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Thankyouverymuch. You have great taste in SK songs.

I agree.

now I'm in that space where I'm nervous for the songs on my ballot that haven't showed. surely there's still two songs from one beat that will appear???

I can think of 5 likely songs:

Dig Me Out
Get Up
Words and Guitar
I Wanna Be Your Thurston Mary Timony
Oh!
???
???

Start Together is surely going to make it too.

One More Hour as well.

Yeah, I feel like one more hour might take it all, but it's a tough competition for the top spot

Which Dig Me Out songs will actually miss out? I can only think of Buy Me Candy.

"Things You Say" probably not placing, either.

Also, looks like only two songs from The Woods will miss the cut.

Things you say made the poll, somewhere in the 40s I think

I think buy her candy is the only one likely to miss out, unless it's a surprise top 10 smash

I wanted to vote for buy me candy, I love it, but ughh only 20 slots!!

I voted for it, but I'm not expecting to see it.

man looking at Leee's list there's just no way "hollywood ending" makes it. but if "oh!" doesn't make it i'll riot.

can't imagine 'oh!' doesn't make it though wow didn't think it'd be this high.

I wanted to vote for buy me candy, I love it, but ughh only 20 slots!!

― reddening

Same here.

...and we're back!

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7. “Oh!”
One Beat, 2002
420 Points (19 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/kO_o1i0L8ZU
Live @ Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/EKnlzffqUBM
Next to Last Show: http://youtu.be/GgTMD8t1G9w

haha perfect

listening to all the DMO tracks now, this was absolutely the album with the most ferocious drumming, right?

impressive that at 31 ballots in, the highest vote count so far is still only 19.

and no track listed has had more than one #1 vote i think?

"Turn It On" garnered two!

So did Quarter to Three.

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6. “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone”
Call The Doctor, 1996
421 Points (19 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/xE6mBttNhLE
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/sBWo2inG0Uw
Live in '06: http://youtu.be/urW2NuFnwLE
Cover by Denver School of Rock: http://youtu.be/b1Wims0jIpM

TBH I cringe a little bit at the live version of Joey R., Carrie's screams in the chorus are mixed just right on the record but a little hmm too mannered in concert.

i would like nothing better than to sing this song at karaoke but alas i have never seen it offered.

file under: i want to be corin tucker

lol.

The singer in the Denver SOR clip handles both Joey vocal parts with due aplomb, imho.

that 97 version mixes in the rock lobster riff underneath -- reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRIAA2bl1OI

I'd like to take a moment before presenting the Top 5 to point out that at one time or another each of these songs was #1, and it wasn't until the last ballots that anything was set.

http://www.electrip.com/sleater-kinney/images/showPosters/1999/1999June25-29JapanBig.jpg

5. “Start Together”
The Hot Rock, 1999
457 Points (18 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/0sTmJEMxnyk
Live New Year's Eve '97 (possibly the song's first performance): http://youtu.be/jy1gFy4vgSU
Live in '99 w/additional performances of "Be Yr Mama" & "Words & Guitar": http://youtu.be/aF54kqLTp0o
Live on TV in '99: http://youtu.be/PMmtmmZMVKU
Live @ Lollapalooza '06: http://youtu.be/lzkr9b7c6MQ

^^My #1 btw.

Greil Marcus' favorite too.

Brilliant song. The Hot Rock was my favourite Sleater-Kinney album at first just because the first and last song are my two favourite songs of theirs.

I remember popping this into the CD player for the first time and saying, "OK, can you guys top Dig Me Out like I'm unfairly expected you to?" Was very pleased to immediately hear a resounding YES in the form of this song.

*expecting