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
Youtube
(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
I'm here for this. I love how exultant the Jukebox version is, so much catharsis! She doesn't really let loose like this with her vox anymore, does she? So that makes it kind of special in terms of her latter-day discography.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/yAWEAOD.png
24. Sea of Love, 94 points, 5 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
Her most ukuelele-ready song, for better or worse.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
xp. in any case metal heart is suffering in this poll due to split voting.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
that is a perfect image for Metal Heart (Jukebox version) because her voice sounds so baked on it, every time I hear it I am still floored by the grizzling. idk if it needs to be said but i love this version -- we all experience a grizzling as we get older and life wears on us; her grizzling is front and center and backed by some top notch jammers. hi 5 to the three people who voted for it.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7mGyn3L.png
23. Good Clean Fun, 100 points, 4 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
good clean fun may be my favorite image so far!
― campreverb, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
great image for a great song. what does she mean when she sings "after this there will be no one"? what is the "this"? something drastic has happened but what? the end of a relation? and is good clean fun the straight edge band?
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/DBCOyFz.png
22. Fool, 101 points, 5 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
The melody is gorgeous, and I love the gentle, lilting swing of her vocal parts.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
Last one for today:
https://i.imgur.com/AIwaGZv.png
21. In This Hole (What Would the Community Think), 105 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
my #1
thank you chan
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
I must say I thought Cat Power would have been a more liked artist among the ILX posse than she seems to be here. For me she's "one of the big ones" despite her albums being patchy representations of that greatness.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 29 August 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
it's been non-stop traveling and visitors this summer for me, regret not making a contribution to this poll
― Dan S, Thursday, 29 August 2019 02:32 (four years ago) link
Me too. I planned to catch up with the post-YAF records but was overwhelmed by ill-health just as I expressed enthusiasm for such a poll in the organising thread. Still, the process has at least made it clear that I shouldn't have slept on Wanderer or The Greatest, for starters.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:01 (four years ago) link
I completely missed the first part of the rollout!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:10 (four years ago) link
Love the results so far but Stay is a nice cover fit for her and should be higher. I think she nails the feeling better than Rihanna tbh
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:12 (four years ago) link
I love Stay
― Dan S, Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:21 (four years ago) link
as far at The Covers album goes, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction is the one
― Dan S, Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:26 (four years ago) link
for me
― Dan S, Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
I'm a little surprised "Schizophrenia's Weighted Me Down" didn't rate amongst the covers. That seemed to get more local airplay than anything for a while there. And it gets bonus points for medley/mash-up thrills.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
that glockenspiel in "in this hole" kills me. that song is an achingly beautiful lullaby. there is no way i could not listen to it with my full attention if it would play somewhere. and immediately stop all conversation. what an incredible start of an album.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 29 August 2019 04:51 (four years ago) link
a partner on the way down
― flappy bird, Thursday, 29 August 2019 05:09 (four years ago) link
re the Covers Album it's all about "I Found a Reason" for me, I could die listening to it and I wouldn't mind
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 29 August 2019 05:20 (four years ago) link
Propitious timing, I found this image:
https://i.imgur.com/UIspH2h.png
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 05:27 (four years ago) link
the cat pictures are really nice!
― Dan S, Thursday, 29 August 2019 07:01 (four years ago) link
Yeah I'm not normally a cat person but these images are great.
Managed to catch up with this thread last night after a busy couple of days, really enjoying the mix of eras across the rollout. My own ballot was very YAF-heavy - that was my introduction to Cat Power and it's a record that's stayed with me over the years, just listening to 'Shaking Paper' again reminded me what a unique feel it has.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, August 29, 2019 12:20 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
would've been number one if i voted, turning the charming cornball melancholy of the original into pure emotional devastation.
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
Appreciate the compliments for the pics! BTW, did anyone notice the Easter eggs I put into the banner for "Names"?
My own ballot was very YAF-heavy - that was my introduction to Cat Power and it's a record that's stayed with me over the years
Same here. I think my ballot has 10 tracks from YAF.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
re easter egg: oh yes, i see some names there, thank you. a slight correction, it is mainhattan not manhattan. Main as the German river, -hattan for the Frankfurt skyline.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
Oops! That's what I get for making those images at night!
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZtLavEB.png
20. Back of Your Head, 106 points, 5 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oMUn2e7.png
19. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, 110 points, 6 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CMb4rRg.png
18. Good Woman, 128 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
Good Woman breaks my heart into thousand little pieces every time I hear it.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
"Good Woman" is my #1. Her songs with distorted, electric fingerpicking have this voluptously romantic quality that sends me into dizzy swoons, and it's such an intense pleasure.
And it's technically so simple (this noob guitarist can play a decent rendition of the song)! It's another example of how Chan can take simple elements and build on and twist them into these miraculous gems.
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/aJnugLc.png
17. Lived In Bars, 130 points, 7 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
Good Woman is way too low jeez
― world's #1 piece of shit (rip van wanko), Thursday, 29 August 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LYidyYF.png
16. Say, 135 points, 7 votes
― Melon Musk (Leee), Thursday, 29 August 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link