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

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So I received 33 ballots in total, 27 for albums. It was as massive as hearing Spec Bebop for the first time (do you remember?). As I said earlier, I'll start this afternoon with albums and covers. Then we will roll the (45) songs over the course of the week, ending Thursday. Clemenza prepared something awesome for the songs. A huge thank you for Clemenza and Bee OK for providing patience and support for the poll. I feel like I'm part of the ilx family now.

I do not use Spotify so if somebody could volunteer for it later that would be awesome.

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link

I have to confess, for the first 2 years of listening to Yo La Tengo (right when Summer Sun was released) I was certain Ira was James and James was Ira. I didn't check for very long.

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 21:22 (eight years ago) link

#9. 14 votes. 3 vote
http://direct-ns.rhap.com/imageserver/v2/albums/Alb.104817/images/500x500.jpg

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link

14 points. 3 votes. That is.

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link

#8. 14 points. 4 votes
http://static.stereogum.com/blogs.dir/2/files/2013/01/Yo-La-Tengo-Fade.jpg

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link

I didn't vote for album...Painful, probably, then Fade. I do like The Sounds of the Sounds of Science, which Christgau slammed. My favourite songs are distributed among almost every album.

clemenza, Monday, 1 June 2015 22:34 (eight years ago) link

#6. 22 points. 7 votes.
http://pontone.pl/wp-content/gallery/yo-la-tengo/06_0.jpg

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link

#5. 23 points. 8 votes.
http://resources.wimpmusic.com/images/5697bfe6/74e5/4316/9a6e/445a3ee4e7e1/1280x1280.jpg

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:07 (eight years ago) link

Then comes the huge point jump...

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link

May I suggest putting the titles above the pictures before you get to the main part of the poll? Just in case the image links disappear in the future (and for those browsing with images turned off). Thanks....!

lingereffect (Kent Burt), Monday, 1 June 2015 23:25 (eight years ago) link

Sure thing!

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link

#4. 137 points. 22 votes. 6 1st places.
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/beatrixkiddo79/default/36-yo-la-tengo-then--large-msg-126090352208.jpg

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:32 (eight years ago) link

word

mookieproof, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:34 (eight years ago) link

Can someone edit the titles into the precedent albums please? It would be very appreciated.

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link

Only question is the order, I voted And Then Nothing... #1, not that you can go wrong with any of the others.

campreverb, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link

#3. 152 points. 3 1st places
Painful
http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/albums/covers/other//YoLaTengo_Painful(LP).jpg

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link

and 25 votes.

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link

always interested to see how closely favorite album correlates with first heard

xp that was my first, but not my #1

mookieproof, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link

we know where this is going

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 June 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link

My first YLT was I Can Hear The Heart. Went back and forth between Painful and And Then Nothing...
really when I went back Popular Songs seems the only out and out bust, and even then I think Avalon made my top 10 tracks.

campreverb, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link

I Can Hear the Heart my first as well. Then Summer Sun. Both made my ballot.

Really glad The Sounds of Sounds of Science made it. One of the underrated YLT records, gorgeous gorgeous jams.

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link

#2. 158 points. 25 votes. 5 1st places.
Electr-O-Pura
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEA54LvUEAA7l-o.jpg:large

#1.165 points. 27 votes. 7 1st places.
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
http://i.imgur.com/Zj4y4.jpg

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:54 (eight years ago) link

my boring album ballot was:

1. and then nothing turned itself inside-out
2. electr-O-pura
3. painful
4. i can hear the heart beating as one
5. summer sun

Karl Malone, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:56 (eight years ago) link

i voted the top four in that order

mookieproof, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:59 (eight years ago) link

that they polled

mookieproof, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:59 (eight years ago) link

what can I say, I wanted to give some love to Fuckbook.

1 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
2 Painful
3 Electro-pura
4 I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
5 Fuckbook

campreverb, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link

and then mookie's hivemind turned itself inside-out

Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link

Albums full results

1. I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
2. Electr-O-Pura
3. Painful
4. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
5. Summer Sun
6. I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
7. Fakebook
8. President Yo La Tengo
9. Fade
10. The Sounds of Sounds of Science
11. May I Sing With Me
12. Little Honda
13 =. Dan Electro
13 = . Today is the Day EP.
15. Popular Songs.

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link

It's now time for covers! We got 10 ballots for them

#10. 12 points. 2 votes.
The Whole of the Law (Painful)
(Only Ones)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3oZjnHxWNQ

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link

#9. 13 points. 2 votes. 1 1st place
Yellow Sarong (Fakebook)
(Scene is Now)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmOqWHYEZTo

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link

May I Sing with Me too low btw

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link

#8. 13 points. 3 points
Somebody's Baby (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
(Jackson Browne)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFy6tJRkxFY

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:08 (eight years ago) link

#7. 14 points. 3 votes
Take Care (Summer Sun)
(Drake feat. Rihanna)
(Big Star)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPK1jiiZXkQ

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:13 (eight years ago) link

#7.14 points. 3 votes
Nuclear War (Nuclear War EP)
(Sun Ra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atMZEHhFQgs

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:18 (eight years ago) link

ah man "Whole of the Law" too low!

rip van wanko, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:19 (eight years ago) link

#5. 15 points. 2 votes. 1st place.
Cast A Shadow (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
(Beat Happening)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyhRc_2eisw

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:24 (eight years ago) link

yah, great roll-out so far Van Horn Street!

Can someone edit the titles into the precedent albums please? It would be very appreciated.

you will have to use this board: http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=56

Bee OK, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:24 (eight years ago) link

Oh how I wish for an edit option.

So sorry it's

#5. 15 points. 2 votes. 1st place.
You Tore Me Down (Fakebook)
(Flamin' Groovies)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GF4qI0N3Mg

#4. 15 points. 3 votes.
Cast A Shadow (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
(Beat Happening)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyhRc_2eisw

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:29 (eight years ago) link

#3. 22 points. 4 votes. 1 1st place
Little Honda (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
(The Beach Boys)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyiZFlHuPqg

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:36 (eight years ago) link

I don't think I ever heard the Beach Boys original, don't think I ever will.

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:42 (eight years ago) link

#2. 25 points. 3 votes. 2 first place
By The Time It Gets Dark (Little Honda)
(Sandy Denny)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5gbp8adho

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:43 (eight years ago) link

pam-pam-pam-pam-pam pam-pam

#1. 40 points. 6 votes. 2 first places.
You Can Have It All (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
(George McCrae)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQW7jZJY9s

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link

Aside from #1 & #3, I am 100% on board with these covers results!

I voted for:
"Oklahoma USA" - Kinks
"I Threw It All Away" - Dylan
"Yellow Sarong" - The Scene Is Now
"It's All Right The Way That You Live" - VU
"Griselda" - Pete Stampfel

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:54 (eight years ago) link

Voted for You Can Have It All in the main tracks poll. Glad the Sandy Denny placed so high, it was my last cut on covers.

1 You Tore Me Down Flamin Groovies
2 It's ChristmasTime Sun Ra
3 Gentle Hour Snapper
4 For Shame of Doing Wrong Richard & Linda Thompson
5 Ashes on the Ground Jad Fair

campreverb, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 02:00 (eight years ago) link

Songs tomorrow, I'll only be able in the early afternoon that being said.

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 02:01 (eight years ago) link

Didn't vote, but wow. I can't believe the "Speeding Motorcycle" cover couldn't crack the top 10.

Also, their cover of Blondie's "Dreaming" is superb.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link

They have so many great covers. I am surprising either Needle of Death and Be Thankful For What You've Got.

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 02:13 (eight years ago) link

Dump's "Raspberry Beret" is excellent--almost put that on my regular ballot.

clemenza, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 02:20 (eight years ago) link

Also, Tom Courtenay got 2 votes for the acoustic version, if people wondered about its dominance.

Van Horn Street, Friday, 5 June 2015 02:46 (eight years ago) link

I'll bring in more stats tomorrow.

Van Horn Street, Friday, 5 June 2015 02:46 (eight years ago) link

"Tom Courtenay" was a complete surprise to me. I wasn't even remotely aware that was a key YLT song.

clemenza, Friday, 5 June 2015 02:47 (eight years ago) link

Another huge thanks to Clem and Bee OK.

And of course thank you to anyone who participated! Sorry for the endless typos. Dyslexia at work. I'm still pretty damn proud.

Van Horn Street, Friday, 5 June 2015 02:47 (eight years ago) link

I wish the text on the images had been sharper...I don't why they weren't. Anyway, I figure this was the least contentious countdown ever. Can you imagine two Yo La Tengo fans getting into a heated argument?

clemenza, Friday, 5 June 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link

VHS thanks for running this-and Clemenza these images were so great. Thanks again.

Y'all I think Fade is a good album, truthfully above the overly long I'm Not Afraid Of You...

1 Paul Is Dead Electr-O-Pura
Our Way To Fall
Pablo And Andrea
You Can Have It All
Sudden Organ
6 Before We Run Fade
Deeper Into Movies
Big Day Coming (slow)
Today is the Day (rock)
10 Spec Bebop I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
The Summer
Black Flowers
Moby Octopad
From a Motel 6
15 I'll Be Around Fade
16 Avalon Or Someone Very Similar Popular Songs
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
18 Drug Test President Yo La Tengo
19 Styles of the Times Today Is The Day! EP
20 I Feel Like Going Home I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Tom Courtenay
23 Let's Be Still Summer Sun
Little Eyes
25 Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck) May I Sing with Me

campreverb, Friday, 5 June 2015 02:51 (eight years ago) link

Not surprised at the top 5, but a little dismayed at the high placings of Summer Sun and ATNTIIO tracks. I think what I love about YLT doesn't match up with the aspects they valued/tried to focus on the most in their own work.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 5 June 2015 02:55 (eight years ago) link

great poll!

just sayin, Friday, 5 June 2015 03:03 (eight years ago) link

love deeper into movies, they've just done another version of it for their new album - www.vulture.com/2015/06/yo-la-tengo-premiere-deeper-into-movies.html

just sayin, Friday, 5 June 2015 03:03 (eight years ago) link

thx VHS, Clemenza!

rip van wanko, Friday, 5 June 2015 03:18 (eight years ago) link

Pablo and Andrea was my #1

― JoeStork, Thursday, June 4, 2015 7:05 PM (2 hours ago)

Deeper into Movies was mine.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, June 4, 2015 7:05 PM (2 hours ago)

uh... Deeper Into Movies was my #1 vote too and the results said it there was only one #1 vote for it... ?

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 5 June 2015 04:32 (eight years ago) link

Welp, now I think my ballot wasn't counted, but here it is (note to all the matador-n00bz: lots of great 80s tracks here y'all should check out):

Deeper Into Movies
Last Days Of Disco
A Shy Dog
Pablo & Andrea
Lewis
Drug Test
The Summer
Blue Line Swinger
Tears Are In Your Eyes
A Worrying Thing
Barnaby, Hardly Working (Fakebook version)
Nowhere Near
Avalon Or Someone Very Similar
Detouring America With Horns
Did I Tell You (Fakebook version)
I Heard You Looking
Tom Courtenay
From A Motel 6
Saturday
Green Arrow
Center Of Gravity
Big Day Coming (version 1)
Can't Forget
What Comes Next
Don't Say A Word (Hot Chicken #2)

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 5 June 2015 04:34 (eight years ago) link

I'm also a little worried that my ballot wasn't counted, but what can you do. Fun poll, amazing images. I voted for four songs from Fade, which I'm pretty sure makes me unique.

Damage
Our Way to Fall
Ohm
Tom Courtnenay
Autumn Sweater
Black Flowers
Cherry Chapstick
Decora
Nowhere Near
Sugarcube
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Sudden Organ
Blue Line Swinger
Mr. Tough
You Can Have It All
Pass The hatchet I Think I'm Goodkind
Deeper Into Movies
From a Motel 6
Here to Fall
Before We Run
Pablo and Andrea
Well You Better
Sometimes I Don't Get You
Center of Gravity
Stupid Things

thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, 5 June 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link

"Tom Courtenay" was a complete surprise to me. I wasn't even remotely aware that was a key YLT song.

GRRRRRRRRRRR

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 June 2015 05:27 (eight years ago) link

thx VHS, Clemenza!

^ This.

Seems my only tracks to miss out were two covers I should have just moved across to that sub-poll, plus

Shaker
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss
Beanbag Chair
Superstar-Watcher
Spec Bebop
Here to Fall

Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 5 June 2015 06:50 (eight years ago) link

cool poll, feels like my ballot isn't super contiguous with the consensus in that I favor non-album tracks except for the big two albums

Night Falls On Hoboken
Deeper Into Movies
Blue Line Swinger
Tom Courtenay
The Whole Of The Law
Stockholm Syndrome
Don't Say A Word
Big Day Coming #1
Somebody's Baby
Little Honda
From A Motel 6
A Worrying Thing
Barnaby, Hardly Working
I Heard You Looking
Be Thankful For What You Got
Autumn Sweater
You Can Have It All
Rock N Roll Santa
Demons
Pablo and Andrea
(Straight Down To The) Bitter End
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Everyday
My Heart's Reflection
Needle of Death

droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 5 June 2015 08:32 (eight years ago) link

Good poll, thanks VHS & Clemenza.

Hope this got counted:
1. From a Motel 6
2. We’re an American Band
3. Sudden Organ
4. Upside-Down
5. Autumn Sweater
6. Double Dare
7. You Tore Me Down
8. Night Falls on Hoboken
9. Spec Bebop
10. Cherry Chapstick
11. Sugarcube
12. Sea Urchins
13. Tom Courtenay
14. I Heard You Looking
15. Last Days of Disco
16. Saturday
17. Deeper Into Movies
18. Barnaby, Hardly Working
19. Mushroom Cloud of Hiss
20. Madeline
21. Moby Octopad
22. Tears Are in Your Eyes
23. Oklahoma USA
24. Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
25. Big Day Coming #1

WilliamC, Friday, 5 June 2015 11:13 (eight years ago) link

I wonder if I'm the only one who voted for a track from the Sounds of the Sounds of Science.

WilliamC, Friday, 5 June 2015 11:16 (eight years ago) link

I had From a Motel 6 as my #1 too, only 1 got counted.

kornrulez6969, Friday, 5 June 2015 11:41 (eight years ago) link

I was afraid of that.

WilliamC, Friday, 5 June 2015 11:46 (eight years ago) link

Another Motel 6 #1 here.

Chris L, Friday, 5 June 2015 11:55 (eight years ago) link

1. Tom Courtenay (Electr-O-Pura version)
2. From a Motel 6
3. Cherry Chapstick
4. Autumn Sweater
5. The Summer
6. By the Time It Gets Dark
7. Sugarcube
8. You Can Have It All
9. Moby Octopad
10. Our Way to Fall
11. Madeline
12. False Alarm
13. The Hour Grows Late
14. Upside-Down
15. Little Eyes
16. Decora
17. Pablo and Andrea
18. Little Honda
19. Stockholm Syndrome
20. Mr. Tough

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 June 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link

picked my #1 without a moment's hesitation. Best thing they've ever done.

1. Sleeping Pill
2. Sudden Organ
3. I Heard You Looking
4. False Alarm
5. From A Motel 6
6. The Hour Grows Late
7. Don't Say a Word (Hot Chicken #2)
8. My Heart's Reflection (alternate take from Tom Courtenay EP)
9. Out The Window
10. Always Something
11. Shaker
12. Sunsquashed
13. Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
14. I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long
15. Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
16. Decora
17. Some Kinda Fatigue
18. Deeper Into Movies
19. Barnaby, Hardly Working
20. Drug Test
21. Swing For Life
22. Autumn Sweater
23. We're An American Band
24. Detouring America with Horns
25. From Black To Blue

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 5 June 2015 13:40 (eight years ago) link

I feel like I might have counted ranked ballots as unranked. I will have to check.

Van Horn Street, Friday, 5 June 2015 13:42 (eight years ago) link

It's definitively the case for Albert R. I'm so sorry.

Van Horn Street, Friday, 5 June 2015 13:42 (eight years ago) link

1. Flying Lesson
2. You Can Have It All
3. Little Eyes
4. Stockholm Syndrome
5. Cherry Chaptstick
6. Autumn Sweater
7. Hanky Panky Nohow
8. (Straight Down to the) Bitter End
9. Moby Octopad
10. Sugarcube
11. Season of the Shark
12. Little Hond
13. Ohm
14. The Room Got Heavy
15. Big Day Coming
16. I Should've Known Better
17. Deeper Into Movies
18. Madeline
19. From a Motel 6
20. Our Way to Fall

ALBUMS

1. I Can Hear The heart Beating as One
2. And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
3. Electr-O-Pura
4. Summer Sun

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link

Non-placers bolded

TRACKS

1. Blue Line Swinger

2. Barnaby, Hardly Working (President YLT)

3. Mushroom Cloud Of Hiss

4. Moby Octopad

5. Tom Courtenay

6. The Summer

7. Saturday

8, Black Flowers

9, Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House

10. My Heart’s Reflection

11. False Alarm

12. Big Day Coming #2

13. Nowhere Near

14. Our Way To Fall

15. (Straight Down To The) Bitter End

16. Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)

17. The Whole Of The Law

18. Autumn Sweater

19. Decora

20. Somebody’s Baby

21. Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop

22. Paul Is Dead

23. Too Late

24. Pablo And Andrea

25. Sunsquashed

ALBUMS

1. Electr-O-Pura

2. Painful

3. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

4. Facebook (a sic from my e-mail for posterity)

5. President Yo La Tengo

da croupier, Friday, 5 June 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link

Here's my ballot. Many thanks to VHS and Clemenza for running it.

From A Motel 6
Deeper Into Movies
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
Decora
Damage
Autumn Sweater
Paul Is Dead
The Ballad Of Red Buckets
Detouring American With Horns
Blue Line Swinger
I Heard You Looking
Stockholm Syndrome
Tom Courtnay
Upside-Down
Little Eyes
Double Dare
Did I Tell You
Our Way To Fall
Pablo and Andrea
The Summer
I’ll Be Around
Season Of The Shark
Beanbag Chair
By Two’s
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House



Top 5 albums

Electr-o-Pura
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Painful
May I Sing With Me
I Am Not Afraid Of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

Covers

Little Honda
Somebody’s Baby
By The Time It Gets Dark
Too Late
Barstool Blues

kornrulez6969, Friday, 5 June 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link

I wonder if I'm the only one who voted for a track from the Sounds of the Sounds of Science.
― WilliamC

I did a 100-favorite-songs list on Facebook a few years ago, and "Jellyfish" was in my Top 10; considered it for #1 here.

1. “Moby Octopad”
2. “Satellite”
3. “How Some Jellyfish Are Born”
4. “Blue Line Swinger”
5. “I’ll Be Around”
6. “Positively Jeff Oliphant” (Dump)
7. “I Heard You Looking”
8. “Detouring America with Horns”
9. “Sudden Organ”
10. “International Airport” (Dump)
11. “From Black to Blue”
12. “The Race Is On Again”
13. “(Thin) Blue Line Swinger”
14. “Return to Hot Chicken”
15. “The Ballad of Red Buckets”
16. “Always Something”
17. “Nutricia”
18. “Before We Run”
19. “Living in the Country”
20. “Little Eyes”

clemenza, Friday, 5 June 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link

i put "the love life of the octopus"at #6

Karl Malone, Friday, 5 June 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link

Was also lucky enough to see them perform the whole album live, with the films projected alongside.

clemenza, Friday, 5 June 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link

Glad to see some Before We Run votes.

campreverb, Friday, 5 June 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link

There was a few SOSOS placings.

---

Was also lucky enough to see them perform the whole album live, with the films projected alongside.

― clemenza, Friday, June 5, 2015 10:56 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how was it??!

Van Horn Street, Friday, 5 June 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link

what I have learned here is that I like YLT's covers and instrumentals much more than most people seem to

sleeve, Friday, 5 June 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link

(xpost) It was something to see--very contemplative, very much like what I imagine a '60s Warhol-type mixed-media happening to be. Some or all of the films are online:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jean+Painlev%C3%A9

After the show, everyone autographed a vinyl copy of And Then Nothing... I'd bought that day.

clemenza, Friday, 5 June 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link

thanks for the poll, vhs and clemenza. here is my song ballot. bold titles didn't make it into the top 45. could you please post the complete results (or at least the top 45 in a list), that would be cool.

1. Blue Line Swinger (Electr-o-pura)
2. Today Is the Day (Summer Sun)
3. Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1), (Electr-o-pura)
4. Always Something (May I Sing with Me)
5. Autumn Sweater (LP version) (Autumn Sweater)
6. Detouring America with Horns (May I Sing with Me)
7. Can’t Forget (Fakebook)
8. Black Flowers (I Am Not Afraid of You…)
9. Shadows (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
10.The Summer (Fakebook)
11.Did I Tell You (New Wave Hot Dogs)
12.Stockholm Syndrome (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
13.Fog over Frisco (Genius + Love Yo La Tengo)
14.The Evil that Men Do (Craig’s Version) (President Yo La Tengo)
15.I Should’ve Known Better (I Am Not Afraid of You…)
16.No Water(New Wave Hot Dogs)
17.Night Falls on Hoboken (And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
18.Nowhere Near (Painful)
19.Barnaby, Hardly Working (President Yo La Tengo)
20.Sudden Organ (Painful)
21.How Some Jellyfish Are Born (The Sounds of the Sounds of Science)
22.Moby Octopad (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
23.From a Motel 6, Pt. 1 (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
24.Isolation Tank (They Shoot, We Score)
25.Double Dare (Painful)

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 6 June 2015 10:46 (eight years ago) link

Thanks a lot!
Fantastic results for the most part. Slightly dismayed by the lack of pre electr-o-pura stuff. But I didn't vote for much of it either, so what can you do?

1. Tom Courtenay (Electr-o-pura)
2. Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
3. Stockholm Syndrome
4. You Can Have It All
5. Blue Line Swinger (Electr-o-pura)
6. Sudden Organ
7. Detouring America With Horns
8. Damage
9. Shaker
10. Did I Tell You (Fakebook)
11. Autumn Sweater
12. Our Way to Fall
13. What Can I Say
14. Periodically Double or Triple
15. Satellite
16. Shadows
17. I Heard You Looking
18. (Straight Down To The) Bitter End
19. Little Eyes
20. Black Flowers
21. Moby Octopad
22. Here to Fall
23. Lewis
24. Alydia
25. The Whole of the Law

olly, Saturday, 6 June 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link

(xpost) I can post the top 45 later today, but VHS would have to put up the full results.

I never thought to check They Shoot, We Score, which I have--some of the Old Joy stuff on there is excellent.

clemenza, Saturday, 6 June 2015 14:08 (eight years ago) link

I didnt vote bcz the only album I'm super-familiar with is Electr-o-pura (even though Blue Line Swinger is still my favorite song of all time) but here have this: European stoner metal band doing a YLT tribute on the last thing they released before breaking up. Obv the drummer is stiff compared to Georgia (what drummer isn't?) and the guitarist can't wig out like Ira (only a few can) but I was still struck at how well they nailed it against the odds:

https://youtu.be/DBE1oIlUO4A

unclever bop (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 6 June 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link

there is a new album coming in august. a kind of sequel to fakebook. aquarium drunkard has the details including two mp3s.

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link

Here are the Top 45. I left things with the numbers that VHS passed on to me. I suspect he's right that some ranked ballots--the ones where people didn't actually fill in the points themselves--were counted as unranked. I say that because that's what I did; I ordered my ballot but didn't fill in the corresponding points, and my #1 ("Moby Octopad") wasn't noted either, until I noticed myself. If this is true, I'm sure a few songs would have shifted around, possibly even at the top. But that's better than if the ballots had been missed altogether. And by and large, the world goes on as before.

1. “Tom Courtenay” (573 points/23 votes/four #1s)
2. “Autumn Sweater” (555/24/x)
3. “Blue Line Swinger” (539/22/3)
4. “From a Motel 6” (484/22/1)
5. “Deeper Into Movies” (412/21/1)
6. “Pablo and Andrea” (397/18/2)
7. “Our Way to Fall” (392/19/x)
8. “Little Eyes” (352/16/1)
9. “Sugarcube” (349/18/x)
10. “Cherry Chapstick” (340/15/x)
11. “Stockholm Syndrome” (328/17/x)
12. “Nowhere Near” (328/15/1)
13. “Let's Save Tony Orlando's House” (324/17/2)
14. “Damage” (295/15/x)
15. “Big Day Coming” (first version) (289/14/x)
16. “I Heard You Looking” (285/15/1)
17. “Sudden Organ” (278/12/x)
18. “Decora” (276/16/x)
19. “Moby Octopad” (276/15/1)
20. “Everyday” (265/12/1)
21. “Nights Fall on Hoboken” (258/10/3)
22. “You Can Have It All” (243/10/x)
23. “We're an American Band” (212/11/x)
24. “Saturday” (211/10/x)
25. “Detouring America with Horns” (209/11/x)
26. “Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)” (208/11/1)
27. “Double Dare” (202/11/x)
28. “The Summer” (189/9/x)
29. “Last Days of Disco” (181/9/x)
30. “Black Flowers” (164/9/x)
31. “Today Is the Day” (EP version) (164/5/x)
32. “False Alarm” (163/9/x)
33. “Barnaby Hardly Working” (162/8/x)
34. “Upside Down” (141/9/x)
35. “Shadows” (138/8/x)
36. “Today Is the Day” (Summer Sun version) (136/5/x)
37. “Center of Gravity” (132/7/x)
38. “Tears Are in Your Eyes” (130/9/x)
39. “(Straight Down to the) Bitter End” (129/7/x)
40. “My Heart's Reflection” (129/5/1)
41. “Madeline” (128/6/x)
42. “Season of the Shark” (124/8/x)
43. “Pass the Hatchet” (118/7/x)
44. “Stupid Things” (117/4/x)
45. “Ohm” (116/6/x)

clemenza, Saturday, 6 June 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link

thanks, clemenza.

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 7 June 2015 07:09 (eight years ago) link

I missed the rollout while I was traveling, but thx VHS and clem for putting this together! Nice graphics clem!

My ballot (ranked, FWIW, although I didn't fill in the numbers or points):

COVERS
Speeding Motorcycle
The Whole of the Law
You Can Have It All
Rock the Boat
Nuclear War

ALBUMS and EPs
Painful
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Danelectro

TRACKS
Nowhere Near
Sugarcube
From a Motel 6
The Story of Yo La Tango
Nothing To Hide
Deeper Into Movies
Speeding Motorcycle
Our Way to Fall
Tears are In Your Eyes
The Weakest Part
A Worrying Thing
The Whole of the Law
Center of Gravity
The Crying of Lot G
Cherry Chapstick
Autumn Sweater
One PM Again
Nuclear War
Decora
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
Everyday
Here To Fall
Flying Lesson
Beanbag Chair
We're an American Band

NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 7 June 2015 11:18 (eight years ago) link

Sorry I missed this poll, but what a nice invitation to listen to the old records again. I would have said 1) Electropura 2) Heart Beating as One 3) Nothing Turned itself etc.

Did anyone remark on the fact that on the list of songs on the back of Electro-Pura, the times are all messed up (deliberately, I'm sure): So that the 9 minute "Blue Line Swinger" is listed at being 3+? Pretty funny.

stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Monday, 8 June 2015 23:01 (eight years ago) link

I'm back. Canadian forests don't have wifi. Rest of the list.

46 Green Arrow 6 115
47 The Hour Grows Late 6 115
48 The Whole of the Law 7 112
49 Little Honda 6 101
50 The Ballad of Red Buckets 5 100
51 Before We Run 4 95
52 Beanbag Chair 5 92
52 I Feel Like Going Home 5 92
52 I'll Be Around 5 92
55 Don't Say A Word (Hot Chicken #2) 6 87
56 Paul Is Dead 5 86
56 Shaker 4 86
58 Cornelia and Jane 4 83
59 Drug Test 4 81
60 Did I Tell You (Fakebook Version) 5 78
61 The Crying of Lot G 4 77
61 The Race Is On Again 4 77
63 Big Day Coming #2 5 76
64 The Weakest Part 4 68
65 Five Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck) 4 67
65 One PM Again 5 67
67 Mushroom Cloud of Hiss 4 65
68 The Lie and How We Told It 3 62
69 Here To Fall 4 60
69 Nuclear War (Version 1) 4 60
69 Sleeping Pill 2 60
72 By the Time It Gets Dark 2 59
73 Periodically Double or Triple 2 54
73 Tom Courtenay (acoustic) 2 54
74 Always Something 2 52
75 I Was The Fool Beside You 2 49
76 Spec Bebop 3 48
77 Mr Tough 3 46
77 The Love Life of the Octupus 4 46
79 Alyda 2 45
79 Can't Forget 4 45
80 Lewis 2 44
81 A Worrying Thing 3 40
81 Sometimes I Don't Get You 2 40
82 The Room Got Heavy 2 38
83 Satelitte 2 37
83 The Sea Horse 2 37
83 You Tore Me Down 2 37
86 Barnaby Hardly Working (PYLT) 3 36
86 Nuclear War (Version 2) 1 36
88 Demons 1 35
88 Somebody's Baby 2 35
88 Sunsquashed 2 35
91 I Should've Known Better 3 33
91 Nutricia 2 33
91 Style of the Times 1 33
91 The Story of Yo La Tango 2 33
95 Griselda 2 31
95 How Some Jellyfish Are Born 2 31
95 Let's Be Still 2 31
95 Swing for Life 2 31
99 Tiny Birds 2 29
100 By Two 2 28
101 Alrock's Bell 2 23
101 Out of the Window 2 23
101 Outsmaterner 1 23
101 Too Late 1 23
105 Cherry Chapstick (Today is the EP) 2 22
106 And The Glitter is Gone 1 20
106 A Shy Dog 1 20
106 Don't Have To be So Sad 1 20
106 Fog Over Frisco 1 20
106 Oklahoma, USA 1 20
106 Hanky Panky Nohow 1 20
106 Is That Enough 1 20
106 Leaving Home 1 20
106 More Stars Than There Are In Heaven 1 20
106 Speeding Motorcycle 1 20
106 Well You Better 1 20
106 What Comes Next 1 20
118 Enough 1 19
118 The Asparus Song 1 19
118 Whatch Out For Me Ronnie 1 19
118 What Can I Say 1 19
122 All Your Secrets 1 18
122 Needle of Death 2 18
122 Superstar-Watcher 1 18
122 The Evil That Men Do 1 18
126 Be Thanful For What You Got 1 17
127 Avalon Or Something Similar 1 16
127 No Water 1 16
129 Some kinda fatigue 1 15
130 Rock'n'Roll Santa 1 14
130 Yellow Sarong 1 14
132 If It's True 1 13
132 My Little Corner of the World 1 13
134 Nothing To Hide 1 12
135 Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop 1 11
135 Moorock Mambo 1 11
135 Return To Hot Chicken 1 11
138 Danelectro 1 10
139 From A Motel 6 (G+L=YLT) 1 9
140 Isolation Tank 1 8
140 Nothing But You and Me 1 8
142 From Black to Blue 1 7

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link

first number: number of votes.
second number: point totals.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link

Songs with a #1 vote that did not place:

Sleeping Pill
Nuclear War
Paul is Dead

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:29 (eight years ago) link

Red Buckets wuz robbed!

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:30 (eight years ago) link

so was drug test

mookieproof, Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:42 (eight years ago) link

three years pass...

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