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#5 Streets of Your Town from 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
Points: 526Votes: 26 (0)
Original promo video 1Original promo video 2
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
OH NO!
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
Ooh, what an upset!
― Alba, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
No one's no.1! All too cool.
Promo video #1 = REMPromo video #2 = Crowded House
― enochroot, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
Ahahaha a bit of image-based insurrection there!
― verhexen, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
Oh wow, I thought this would be in the top two for sure!
― kitchen person, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
I think it was the song that introduced me to the band when it was played on GLR in 1988 or 1989. Bought the 78-90 compilation off the back of it. Don't the sleeve notes complain that DJs only played it when the sun shone?
― Alba, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
Just realised I've undone my own chronology there. Must have been 1990 or 1991 I heard it on the radio.
― Alba, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
The videos are fine, no?
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
They're the right videos -- I was just drawing some aesthetic comparisons
― enochroot, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
Okay, cool! :)
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
just a beautiful sweeping epic, another stunning 16LL bridge too. probly shoulda put it higher, but i was feeling idiosyncratic
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
always thought 16LL was an excellent rainy day album, with those cascading acoustic guitars and a track that's called 'clouds' fergodsake
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
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#4 Bye Bye Pride from Tallulah (1987)
Points: 571Votes: 23 (3)
Original promo video
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
perfect song.
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
a white moon appears like a hole in the sky
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
Never got it!
― Alba, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
THE DOOR IS
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
Amanda is perfect.
Never noticed how many of these songs have an oboe solo.
― enochroot, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
They were really choosing some nauseating typefaces circa Tallulah.
"Bye Bye Pride" itself, on the other hand, has been known to make me a little misty-eyed.
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
Get shivers off this one. Turned the fan off, and went for a walk by the lights down on Shield Street...
― verhexen, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
Its what falling in love sounds like.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
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#3 Bachelor Kissesfrom Spring Hill Fair (1984)
Points: 577Votes: 24 (2)
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
^alfred otm
I think I forgot about Bachelor Kisses, I always do. What an idiot, but then, what a lovely surprise to remember.
― verhexen, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
I happened to play "Bye Bye Pride" just before May 24 this year, but forgot to play it again a few days later :(
― geoffreyess, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
The first Go-Be's song I heard.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
I'm glad that means the top 2 slots are shared between the two songwriters.
― Alba, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
"Bye Bye Pride", my number one,cemented my fandom via first hearing it on Bellvista Terrace
― gardening@night, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
I love the bass playing on “Bye Bye Pride”, particularly during the verses.
― michaellambert, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
So relieved that spring rain is going to be in one of the top 2 slots -- I won't have to delete my account in disgust.
― enochroot, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
My elbow in the breeze
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
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#89 River of Moneyfrom Spring Hill Fair (1984)
Points: 23Votes: 2 (0)
Youtube audio
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Still holding out for River of Money to make that surprise appearance
― verhexen, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Ahahahahaha xp
Ha!
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
It's neither fair nor reasonable for sadness to confine itself to its causes
― verhexen, Friday, 12 July 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
OTM
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
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#2Spring Rainfrom Liberty Belle & the Black Diamond Express (1986)
Points: 610Votes: 26 (2)
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#1 Cattle and Canefrom Before Hollywood (1983)
Points: 816Votes: 28 (7)
Countdown appearance, ABC TV
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
ultimately the only choice
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 July 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
Minor mislabelling there: the 'Spring Rain' link is the 1986 video, not just audio.
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
Amazing top two. One for each songwriter, both anchored to place and childhood, each showcasing their individual strengths. I'm happy.
― verhexen, Friday, 12 July 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
His father's watchHe left it in the shower
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 July 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
Personally, I think Spring Rain is the only choice... so many details to love:the lead guitar line during the verse, the suspenseful void of the pre-chorus, lindy's drum fill that leads into the chorus, grant echoing robert's lines during the chorus, and finally the payoff when they sing the last line in harmony
― enochroot, Friday, 12 July 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
(but cattle and cane was still in my top 5)
^compelling argument, love Spring Rain. Also, is it their only good video? If we're pretending Your Turn, My Turn/SMAL don't exist, which we clearly have been >:(
― verhexen, Friday, 12 July 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
"River of Money" too high but can't really argue with the top 5.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Friday, 12 July 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
I'll paste full results in the [GMT+10] morning, if people are interested. I must sleep pretty much immediately.
Thanks everyone for voting and listening and discussing and reading!
― The Second Side of Tallulah (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 12 July 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link