Nice. On the weekend I found a copy of Jukebox, which I never bought, in the card foil sleeve with the second disc of extras, mint condition for $2. I'm taking it as a sign so it's in my car CD player until I learn to love it.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 26 August 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
i love the guitar strumming on top expert, my #9. the chords seem to be hanging in the room. a stark song where she is haunted by the supernatural, quite characteristic of her early period.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 05:02 (four years ago) link
Ended on one half of a tie, now here's the other half (excuse the incorrect rank in the image):
https://i.imgur.com/1AvFpgV.png
40. Evolution, 46 points, 3 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdgkYFEQTjE
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fAr1rZ8.png
39. Willie Deadwilder, 47 points, 2 votes1 #1 votes
Youtube
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/v0WOgpZ.png
38. Ruin, 48 points, 3 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
evolution is such a fragile beauty of sadness. i hardly dare to breathe when i listen to it. it could be blown away by one careless breath.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
lol at the evolution image.
I listen to willie deadwilder for an hour or more sometimes - its one of those songs that's a self-contained world I just want to stay inside & i feel so perfectly happy listening to it. I am a sucker for a good looping finger-picked guitar tune & it's almost like henry flynt. she has such a deep warmth & generosity towards the characters in the song and you can hear it all in her voice, such a beautiful tone to it here - and that yawn at the start !
― ogmor, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
kinda wishing i voted now just to throw some points at her cover of the hot boys' 'i feel'
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rwtXD7j.png
37. Water & Air, 57 points, 3 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
god that song is just brutal
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
I forgot to upload the image for #36, but here it is:
36. Moonshiner, 63 points, 4 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
an amazing song. how the guitars draw the music like pointillist splashes of black and white. how they slow down after half of the song as if they are running out of steam and it is all over, the drinking has drowned the singer. there is a power to this song of which i didn't know that it was an ancient folk tune but which totally makes sense. there is another old folk song about alcohol which also totally gives me the shivers. it is called "john barleycorn must die" .
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
btw i think it was this song that made me a fan when she played it with mick turner and jim white on the moon pix tour in 1999. i hardly knew anything by her before. the openers were quasi and elliott smith who was totally incomprehensible and low key, cat power totally overshadowed them with her hypnotic singing behind her bangs.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
The Covers Record is an easy #2 to Moon Pix for me. And the CR version of In This Hole is one of my favorite songs evah
― world's #1 piece of shit (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
As I've said, I'm not a Moon Pix fan but "Moonshiner" is amazing, easily among her best songs, and I'm surprised it's this low.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/n51K0Vh.png
35. What Would the Community Think, 66 points, 4 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/c3Mk02P.png
34. Bathysphere, 67 points, 4 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:43 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/YbcojEd.png
32. Wild Is the Wind, 70 points, 4 votes
https://i.imgur.com/TZB4h1T.png
32. (tie) The Moon, 70 points, 4 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
"The Moon" crept on me till I listened to The Greatest again for this poll, and now it's possibly her prettiest song for me.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:49 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/aKCGonp.png
31. Love & Communication, 71 points, 3 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
Mean beat, Chan's run-on lyrics, such a swaggering stomp of a song. My fave off of that record.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
The strings on that song
― enochroot, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
haha A+ image
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 04:19 (four years ago) link
I'm very late to this thread. I'll be quietly readin' and learnin'. (Didn't feel sufficiently well-informed to vote.) Interesting that the top 3 albums are exactly the ones I already have in the house.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 04:54 (four years ago) link
love all of the cat pictures!
― Dan S, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 05:13 (four years ago) link
I couldn't help myself: a Spotify playlist to aid with learnin'. Collaborative, if anyone is into that sort of thing.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Zq74kywCbVRkjdZwzOWlq
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 05:28 (four years ago) link
To be totally honest I think 90% of my motivation for this poll was the cat pix.
Interesting tidbit is every ballot that voted on albums included WWTCT, Moon Pix, The Greatest, and YAF.
I think that "Evolution" is maybe the most Moon Pixy track on You Are Free.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
And the "Moonshiner" banner:
https://i.imgur.com/79wSsEA.png
https://i.imgur.com/IwALtyg.png
30. In Your Face, 72 points, 4 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
I love the melody playing with the rhythm there, this particular combination being so un-Chan but she pulls it off beautifully.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/hVyEVgN.png
29. Woman, 78 points, 5 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
"in your face" is a dance where you turn around yourself. first i thought it was a waltz but it isn't. which dance can it be? the lyrics are pretty cryptic like in most cat power songs. i like the first line "you never need, you're american". is she talking to herself? my #5. i don't want to imagine where the song would have ended without my vote. it is obviously about 20 places too low.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
my #5. i don't want to imagine where the song would have ended without my vote.
No need to imagine, it would've ended in a tie for #44.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
at least it would have made the top 50!
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Another tie, but I forgot to upload the image for one of them. :(
https://i.imgur.com/kmdecqx.png
27. (tie) Names, 80 points, 4 votes
27. (tie) I Found a Reason, 80 points, 4 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
god, names is her saddest song. i have always troubles listening to it.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
Her name was NaomiBeautiful round face, so ashamedTold me how to please a manAfter school in the back of a busShe was eleven years old
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
Agreed, it's an emotional holocaust.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
no, that is not correct. the song is about abuse of children and children taking drugs and destroying themselves. it is physical. no holocaust or emotions involved.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
I'm not referencing the historical WW2 Holocaust, I'm using a more generalized definition of the word:
a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life especially through fire
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
let's change the subject. cat power lovers seem to be very discreet people. i wonder why.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1v76Mku.png
26. Cherokee, 88 points, 6 votes
(Explanation for the banner image.)
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
I actually remember converting more than one person to Cat Power with "Cherokee" when it first came out.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Lq24X0s.png
25. Metal Heart (Jukebox), 93 points, 3 votes
WILL THIS BE THE ONLY VERSION OF "METAL HEART" TO PLACE? ONLY TIME CAN TELL!
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
"Cherokee" has one of Chan's most urgent and dramatic choruses that makes the song's kitschier elements forgivable. I still love it to bits, and it's my favorite from Sun.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
xp. cherokee had 2.1 million views, is that the closest she came to a hit? i quite like this song as the tune is slowly evolving and it has got a lot of punch like most good cat power songs.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
it will not, in fact, be the only version of metal heart to place
this one should have been higher tho, imo
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
cherokee had 2.1 million views, is that the closest she came to a hit?
Looking at her Spotify page, the 10 popular songs are all over 2 million listens, and two songs are are in the tens of millions (I'm guessing they were included on soundtracks).
As for her YT vids, "Stay" has 1.3M (Rihanna obvs), "Manhattan" has 2.3M, and "Woman" has 4.9M (LDR obvs).
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
that version of metal heart is actually quite good. but i still prefer the first one. i also prefer the rolling stones "satisfaction" by hers. i heard the originals first which might be one reason.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link