Just listened to the whole album there, "Get Behind Me" is awesome and "On Your Own Again" is the weakest song by some distance.
― Frank Bough: I Took Drugs with Vice Girls (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
i think i already voted for 'hero of the war' but 'get behind me' has been the one stuck in my head since listening again
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
I don't think they were much easier to find in the 90s.
iirc 1 and 2 weren't so difficult to find then. it was 3 and 4 that you'd never see and it was only when they were reissued on cd in 92 that I was able to finally get those ones.
― visiting, Thursday, 14 May 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
Yes, I think you're right, 4 in particular.
― Frank Bough: I Took Drugs with Vice Girls (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 May 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
Record is all peak.
this is the sign that needs to be repeatedly tapped
― come out you melts and bams (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 May 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
Maybe it was my own reluctance not to double up on stuff. I bought Eno's "More Blank Than Frank" comp in the late-'80s, and someone taped "Warm Jets" for me, and that sufficed for *years*, even though the 1973-77 LPs were out there. (If I was so frugal, how come I'm so broke now, huh?)
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 14 May 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
I didn't think the "covers" were that bad, anyway. Like you say, "3" had the same format. Just, not Brel.
Well there's five of them for a start, that's at least two too many. I could certainly do without hearing "What Are You Doing With the Rest of Your Life" for one.
― Frank Bough: I Took Drugs with Vice Girls (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 May 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
Yeah, there is that. I'm just thankful "it's over" isn't the Roy Orbison song, after Michael Caine
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 18 May 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
That was tough. I ended up voting for "The Seventh Seal" because for a long time it was the only song I could get into. The rest took a while to click. I'm aware it's kind of... pretentious, but it's a great opener that pops into my head a lot.
― cooldix, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 04:20 (four years ago) link
Nice results. Love the fact that every song got at least one vote and 'first place' is shared by three tracks.
― Valentijn, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 06:36 (four years ago) link
Yeah, the results fit the record imo. Nothing's left behind.
― Hey, let me drunkenly animate yr boats in about 25 to 60 days! (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 06:57 (four years ago) link
Get Behind Me is a little left behind. I do think it's a great song and it's been on my mind a lot over the last week. At least it still got one vote.
― Valentijn, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 07:27 (four years ago) link
I guess one more vote would make it number one on that distrib chart
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 07:31 (four years ago) link