Too LOW: ILM Artist Poll #111 - Low - RESULTS

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7. Over the Ocean
Released on The Curtain Hits The Cast (1996)
728 points, 20 voters, 1 #1 vote
Music video

absolutely gorgeous

also a little structurally odd when you pay attention

it’s going to be weird if the better Mimi-led song from that album doesn’t place.

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, November 26, 2021 4:29 PM (forty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Xxxxp there it is!

“In Metal” for the ILX parenting crew

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6. (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace
Released on Trust (2002)
782 points, 21 voters, 1 #1 vote
Studio version

just checking in on the rollout for a minute! every single song, so good, for so long.

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5. Sunflower
Released on Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
789 points, 23 voters, 1 #1 vote
Music video

quite surprised about number six. laser beam was my number one. i know what my odds are for number one...!

hm maybe my no. 1 didn’t make it. do you all like “tonight” as much as i do or no

I think it was on the other thread but I definitely had no idea “amazing grace” was liked so well. In the bottom half of their admittedly great track record of album openers (Words, Sunflower, Monkey, White Horses, etc.)

trust has some good tunes but i feel like the production is so... distant and indirect for the most part

hm, i feel exactly the opposite

kinda like that time i saw them in halifax minister for a christmas show but i was drunk off two miniature bottles of red wine from the train ride and stood behind a pillar at the back for the whole show

it and c’mon are my favorite (acoustic, non-blown out) low production jobs

xp

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4. Words
Released on I Could Live In Hope (1994)
859 points, 20 voters, 1 #1 vote
Music video

oooooo damn

<3 “words”, it just…shimmers

Hmmm... Are we in for a Mimi surprise?

nah it'll be a certain song from drums and guns (:

how does almost everything on trust place but not “tonight” i’m devastating and won’t be taking any calls thank you

devastated* but i’m also devastating

That one and the other one taken as a given, but i'm scratching my head at the 3rd one.

deaf/murderer/waltz in some order?

There are 5 songs in my personal top 10 that have not shown up yet.

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3. Two-Step
Released on Secret Name (1999)
922 points, 24 voters, 2 #1 votes
Studio version

"Words" is probably my favorite Low song but that line "man in the box wants to burn my soul" is a little rough lol

televangelism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9pVoAoUEg

i knew that would be number 1

Ah yeah not such a surprise after all then, absolutely deserved.

I’d honestly written this song off for placing once the 20 and under results started showing. Really really great to see it’s placement here.

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2. Do You Know How To Waltz?
Released on The Curtain Hits The Cast (1996)
1002 points, 25 voters, 1 #1 vote
60 points & 1 #1 vote for the Rock the Garden 2013 live version
Studio version
Live at Rock the Garden 2013

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1. Murderer
Released on the Murderer EP (2003) & Drums and Guns (2007)
1156 points, 27 voters, 2 #1 votes
114 points, 3 voters for the Murderer EP version
Drums and Guns version
Murderer EP version
Live at NRMAL 2016

i recommend everyone itt fall in love with “tonight” and never look back

called it

wait y’all knew murderer would be no. 1? i assumed waltz

Wow. I know “Waltz” is beloved but I’d honestly like to hear from others about giving “Murderer” such high marks.

XP completely shocked. It was my #1 and had no thought it was in that circle of reverence. I knew the EP version was preferred by the heads but that was it.

there's something about the mellotron(?) & bass progression & the opening lines that makes it so definitive, final, resolute. it feels like the complete epitome, like the last song they could have ever written. they could have stopped there and it would have been perfect, but im so glad they didnt.

2-Step was my #1

Not surprised nor mad at the top 3.

Biggest shock for me is that “Stars Gone Out” didn’t place.

oh totally, that was my #2

Two Step is incredible. Never been much of a fan of Do You Know. I have no opinion of Murderer really, I mean it's fine but.

Phh. My number one didn't even place.

I'm also pretty shocked that "Murderer" took it, especially over the towering "Waltz". No complaints though, both would be worthy winners

Anyone think "Over the Ocean" was inspired by "Purple Rain"? Very similar chords, sparse guitar + drums, water theme?? I've had association between those songs since I heard them

Thanks for running the poll ufo!

This was the performance that pushed me from casual to LOWRULES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSbR0_gdc60

i was one of the #1 votes for "murderer" (specifically the EP version) - i love the way the anger and disillusionment reaches this intense boiling point - AND I'VE READ YOUR BOOKS! - and then slowly ebbs right when you think it's going to explode. "waltz" was in my top ten because it undeniably rules but it also feels like something i can only listen to in a particular state of mind

definitely assumed either "when i go deaf" or "point of disgust" was going to show up here at some point. what a wild poll! thanks for running it ufo

thank you for participating, everyone

here's the full results:

1. Murderer - 1156 points, 27 voters, 2 #1 votes
2. Do You Know How To Waltz? - 1002 points, 25 voters, 1 #1 vote
3. Two-Step - 922 points, 24 voters, 2 #1 votes
4. Words - 859 points, 20 voters, 1 #1 vote
5. Sunflower - 789 points, 23 voters, 1 #1 vote
6. (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace - 782 points, 21 voters, 1 #1 vote
7. Over the Ocean - 728 points, 20 voters, 1 #1 vote
8. In Metal - 699 points, 18 voters, 3 #1 votes
9. Violence - 614 points, 17 voters, 2 #1 votes
10. Laser Beam - 587 points, 15 voters, 1 #1 vote
11. Lullaby - 565 points, 17 voters, 1 #1 vote
12. Canada - 522 points, 14 voters
13. Lazy - 507 points, 15 voters
14. Nothing But Heart - 506 points, 13 voters
15. Silver Rider - 495 points, 13 voters, 3 #1 votes
16. Pissing - 479 points, 16 voters
17. Hey - 461 points, 15 voters
18. Dinosaur Act - 440 points, 14 voters, 1 #1 vote
19. Quorum - 438 points, 14 voters
20. Fly - 433 points, 12 voters, 1 #1 vote
21. Starfire - 428 points, 15 voters, 1 #1 vote
22. Coattails - 424 points, 13 voters
23. The Plan - 417 points, 12 voters
24. Monkey - 405 points, 13 voters
25. Always Trying to Work It Out - 400 points, 12 voters
26. In The Drugs - 397 points, 14 voters
27. Shame - 394 points, 13 voters
28. Breaker - 370 points, 13 voters
29. Shots & Ladders - 352 points, 14 voters
30. White Horses - 331 points, 10 voters
31. Violent Past - 310 points, 10 voters, 1 #1 vote
31. Will the Night - 310 points, 11 voters, 1 #1 vote
33. The Lamb - 303 points, 7 voters, 1 #1 vote
34. Broadway (So Many People) - 302 points, 7 voters
35. Weight of Water - 291 points, 9 voters, 1 #1 vote
35. No Comprende - 291 points, 11 voters
37. Whitetail - 285 points, 8 voters
37. Landslide - 285 points, 11 voters
39. Last Snowstorm of the Year - 279 points, 8 voters
40. Tempest - 278 points, 7 voters
41. The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off) - 277 points, 9 voters
42. California - 276 points, 9 voters
43. July - 274 points, 10 voters
44. Lies - 273 points, 9 voters
45. Always Up - 271 points, 6 voters
46. Venus - 270 points, 11 voters
47. Just Like Christmas - 266 points, 7 voters
48. Anon - 257 points, 7 voters
49. Immune - 250 points, 5 voters, 1 #1 vote
50. Especially Me - 238 points, 9 voters, 1 #1 vote
50. More - 238 points, 10 voters, 1 #1 vote
52. Dancing and Blood - 237 points, 7 voters
53. Sleep at the Bottom - 233 points, 8 voters, 1 #1 vote
54. Soon - 216 points, 8 voters, 1 #1 vote
55. Belarus - 206 points, 6 voters
55. John Prine - 206 points, 7 voters
57. Days Like These - 202 points, 7 voters
58. Like a Forest - 186 points, 6 voters
58. Spanish Translation - 186 points, 7 voters, 1 #1 vote
60. Gentle - 177 points, 6 voters
61. I Remember - 176 points, 5 voters
61. Nightingale - 176 points, 5 voters
63. When I Go Deaf - 168 points, 7 voters
64. Don't Understand - 166 points, 8 voters
65. Take Your Time - 163 points, 5 voters
65. Point of Disgust - 163 points, 7 voters
67. Because You Stood Still - 162 points, 4 voters
67. Closer - 162 points, 4 voters
69. You See Everything - 158 points, 6 voters
70. Try To Sleep - 152 points, 5 voters
71. La La La Song - 151 points, 5 voters
72. Throw Out The Line - 143 points, 5 voters
72. Stars Gone Out - 143 points, 4 voters
74. Everybody's Song - 140 points, 4 voters
75. Time is the Diamond - 136 points, 6 voters
76. Medicine Magazines - 135 points, 5 voters
77. Congregation - 130 points, 5 voters
78. Witches - 128 points, 5 voters
78. Down - 128 points, 5 voters
80. Drag - 127 points, 5 voters
81. Little Argument With Myself - 126 points, 5 voters
81. Just Make It Stop - 126 points, 5 voters
83. Condescend - 124 points, 5 voters, 1 #1 vote
83. Hatchet - 124 points, 4 voters
85. Laugh - 119 points, 4 voters
86. Tonight - 118 points, 3 voters, 1 #1 vote
86. Long Way Around The Sea - 118 points, 3 voters
88. All Night - 116 points, 5 voters
88. Cut - 116 points, 4 voters
88. Disappearing - 116 points, 3 voters
91. Whore - 114 points, 3 voters
92. If You Were Born Today (Song for Little Baby Jesus) - 110 points, 3 voters
92. Down by the River - 110 points, 3 voters
94. So Easy (So Far) - 106 points, 3 voters
94. Don't Carry It All - 106 points, 2 voters
96. Stay - 101 points, 4 voters
97. Rome (Always In The Dark) - 100 points, 3 voters
98. Swingin' - 98 points, 4 voters
98. Poor Sucker - 98 points, 3 voters
100. Below & Above - 94 points, 5 voters
101. Bombscare - 90 points, 2 voters
102. In Silence - 86 points, 3 voters
103. Born by the Wires - 82 points, 3 voters
103. Hand So Small - 82 points, 2 voters
105. Dancing and Fire - 81 points, 4 voters
105. On the Edge of - 81 points, 4 voters
107. Disarray - 78 points, 4 voters
108. Joan of Arc - 76 points, 3 voters
109. Don't Walk Away - 74 points, 2 voters
110. Embrace - 73 points, 2 voters
111. What Part Of Me - 72 points, 5 voters
112. The Innocents - 70 points, 4 voters
113. Dragonfly - 68 points, 4 voters
114. Standby - 67 points, 3 voters
115. Fear - 64 points, 2 voters
115. Be There - 64 points, 3 voters
115. Plastic Cup - 64 points, 5 voters
118. Just Stand Back - 62 points, 3 voters
119. Mom Says - 59 points, 2 voters
120. Cue the Strings - 58 points, 2 voters
120. Caroline - 58 points, 2 voters
120. So Blue - 58 points, 2 voters
123. Death of a Salesman - 56 points, 2 voters
123. DJ - 56 points, 3 voters
125. Candy Girl - 54 points, 2 voters
125. Dark - 54 points, 2 voters
127. Streetlight - 48 points, 1 voter
127. Slide - 48 points, 1 voter
129. From Your Place on Sunset - 47 points, 2 voters
130. Always Fade - 46 points, 3 voters
130. Untitled 4 - 46 points, 1 voter
130. Transmission - 46 points, 3 voters
133. Those Girls (Song For Nico) - 44 points, 1 voter
134. On My Own - 42 points, 3 voters
134. David & Jude - 42 points, 1 voter
136. Tomorrow One - 40 points, 3 voters
137. Way Behind - 38 points, 1 voter
137. Missouri - 38 points, 2 voters
139. Old Man Song - 36 points, 1 voter
139. One Special Gift - 36 points, 1 voter
139. I Started A Joke - 36 points, 2 voters
139. When You Walked - 36 points, 1 voter
139. Untitled 1 - 36 points, 1 voter
144. Amethyst - 32 points, 1 voter
145. Turn - 31 points, 1 voter
145. Walk You Out - 31 points, 1 voter
145. Lust - 31 points, 1 voter
145. Turning Over - 31 points, 1 voter
149. Hey Chicago - 30 points, 1 voter
150. Alone - 28 points, 2 voters
150. Rope - 28 points, 1 voter
150. Walk Into the Sea - 28 points, 2 voters
150. Landlord - 28 points, 1 voter
154. Sea - 26 points, 1 voter
155. Bright - 24 points, 1 voter
155. Sunshine - 24 points, 1 voter
157. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - 20 points, 1 voter
157. Blue-Eyed Devil - 20 points, 1 voter
159. Lion/Lamb - 18 points, 1 voter
159. Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand - 18 points, 2 voters
159. Home - 18 points, 2 voters
162. I Can Wait - 16 points, 1 voter
162. Kind of Girl - 16 points, 2 voters
162. Overhead - 16 points, 1 voter
165. Days of… - 14 points, 1 voter
166. Majesty/Magic - 12 points, 1 voter
166. No Need - 12 points, 1 voter
168. Prisoner - 8 points, 1 voter
168. Something's Turning Over - 8 points, 1 voter
170. I Hear... Goodnight - 6 points, 1 voter
170. Stay (Rihanna cover) - 6 points, 1 voter
172. Take - 4 points, 1 voter
172. Taking Down The Tree - 4 points, 1 voter
172. Tear Down - 4 points, 1 voter
175. Back Home Again - 2 points, 1 voter

SILVER RIDER WAY TOO LOW! it was my #1. my favorite version of the song is basically "whenever i see them play it live" because on a good night, it's the most transcendent song humans have ever crafted

Love for whoever voted “Condescend” #1 and “Don’t Carry It All” as highly as I did

Thank you for running this, ufo!!

murderer is a worthy #1, i believe it was my #3. "i've seen you pound your first into the earth" is probably the most striking imagery i've ever heard in music

btw thanks for running the poll ufo!

my ballot

Tonight
Coattails
Landslide
Do You Know How to Waltz?
Murderer
Tempest
Laser Beam
Stay
Take Your Time
The Plan
Hey
July
Old Man Song
Dancing and Blood
So Blue
Don't Understand
Laugh
DJ
Spanish Translation
Always Fade
California
Congregation
Will the Night
Time is the Diamond
Lies
Try to Sleep
Disarray
Just Stand Back
Below & Above
No Comprende

my songs ballot

1. Murderer (EP version)
2. Nothing But Heart
3. Laser Beam
4. Words
5. (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace
6. Dancing and Blood
7. Do You Know How to Waltz?
8. The Plan
9. Breaker
10. Coattails
11. Silver Rider
12. Point of Disgust
13. In Metal
14. Quorum
15. Witches
16. Tomorrow One
17. Lazy
18. Spanish Translation
19. Shame
20. John Prine
21. Don't Understand
22. Over the Ocean
23. Shots and Ladders
24. When I Go Deaf
25. Soon
26. Hey
27. Whitetail
28. Starfire
29. Tear Down
30. Pissing