I Heard You Polling - The Yo La Tengo Poll Results Thread. (ILM Poll #61)

i mean, Bee OK

Is someone doing a Spotify playlist for these results?

i only voted for 5 albums, but i'm still surprised that Popular Songs was last. I think only one cut from that record made my top 25 (Periodically Double or Triple), but I've been returning to it recently and find it solid. Guess I'm the only one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaABQkkX_qo
i've watched this a jillion times

voodoo chili, yes --

I've found myself listening along slightly belatedly (fine selections so far!), so made it a collaborative Spotify playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/user/empeecee/playlist/7K4JaHe2wQxsYFEdY0bvq9
May struggle to update it in real time myself (timezones, eh?), so obviously feel free...

― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Tuesday, June 2, 2015 6:31 PM (Yesterday)

nice, thanks

That's a terrific version of today is the day, thanks.

I'll start again when I'm done with those delicous pupupas.

#30. 169 points. 9 votes.
.Black Flowers (I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt30_zpsvzq4wwgj.jpg

164 points*

that double drum hit when they come back from the bridge is one of my favorite small ylt moments

xp on 'today is the day'

I might infuriate purists but if I had to show YLT to a new listener I'd go with both Today is the Day.

I'm not even sure I remember John McEnroe having a talk show. Did he often have such high-caliber musical guests?

mets fans bonding

I suppose he got into a screaming match with his sidekick every night (and I bet that joke's been made a zillion times).

#29. 181 points. 9 votes.
Last Days of Disco (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt29_zps6mpqcqyd.jpeg

too low!

anyway, black flowers -- best james(-sung) tune? probably more partial to stockholm syndrome for personal reasons tho

.#28. 189 points. 9 votes.
The Summer (Fakebook)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt28_zps29utcgm1.jpg

damn I completely forgot to vote for Last Days Of Disco! Would have been low on my ballot, but still should have been on it.

#27. 202 points. 11 votes.
Double Dare (Painful)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt27_zps9ga0nqx6.jpg

"No big hair!"--should have used that one in the Pavement poll.

Who is he?

Oscar Gamble--most famous Afro of the '70s.

(Baseball Afro...Angela Davis and Pam Grier and a few other people had even more famous Afros. I had a decent white-guy Afro myself.)

#26. 208 points. 11 votes. 1 1st place.
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1) (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt26_zpsmvgfzxa6.jpg

I voted for "Return to Hot Chicken," but not this one. I can't think of the connection off-hand...both instrumentals, right?

Never understood the hot chicken thing either, if someone with the knowledge could tell us!

http://www.roadfood.com/Photos/9370.jpg

They (used to) record in Nashville a lot. Nashville-style hot chicken is a regional thing, and Prince's is a legendary joint. Wait times of several hours reported...it's like getting brisket at Franklin's.

#25. 209 points. 11 votes.
Detouring America With Horns (May I Sing With Me)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt25_zpsokg85vhp.jpg

#24. 211 points. 11 votes.
Saturday (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt24_zpscnepctoq.jpg

Black Flowers is lovely, was in my top 10 or maybe just outside? Easily my favourite sung by James

#23. 212 points. 11 votes.
We're An American Band (I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt23_zps7adxqpuv.jpg

"out of tune, out of tune..." <dissonant piano stab out of nowhere>

I probably should have given "Saturday" even more points.

American Band was my #2. Such an epic track.

#22. 243 points. 10 votes.
You Can Have It All (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://s854.photobucket.com/user/Maax_Seguela/media/ylt22_zpsd5fitxyy.jpg.html

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt22_zpsd5fitxyy.jpg

#21. 258 points. 10 votes. 3 1st place votes.
Night Falls In Hoboken (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt21_zpslvfg4qmo.jpg

there goes my #1

rip jim palmer

it has put me to sleep more than any other song ever, probably by an order of magnitude, and i mean that in the most complimentary of ways

Yeah, Night Falls (and the next one) being outside of the top 20 was a huge surprise to me. Probably the two biggest of the poll.

#20. 265 points. 1 1st place vote
Everyday (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt20_zpshwmctw4b.jpg

I mean, Everyday is in top 20. But I thought it would be higher. I scream a traditional TOO LOW at both.

So many songs from Inside-Out made it--seemed like almost every one except for the song I voted for.

these quiet songs are nice and i like them, but i guess what has made the band special to me is when they make the loud songs just as intimate

#19. 276 points. 15 votes. 1 1st place vote.
Moby Octopad (I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt19_zpsgyunuhcs.jpg

I totally get how someone made this their #1.

earl weaver is universally intimate, however

Just catching up with this. I had Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken) In my top 5. It looks as if Judy about everything from Electro-Pura will place. Very cool. Also nice to see Detouring America With Horns so high.