OPO: Songs from Wire's Pink Flag

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Strange

― maypang (maypang), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:23 (twenty years ago) link

12XU!

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:28 (twenty years ago) link

Fragile

― mike a, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:29 (twenty years ago) link

Lowdown

― ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:31 (twenty years ago) link

No, Reuters.

― ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:32 (twenty years ago) link

Ex Lion Tamer

― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:32 (twenty years ago) link

I always kinda heard *Pink Flag* as one long song.

― Not That Chuck, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

Listen harder.

― maypang (maypang), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:38 (twenty years ago) link

I should of said "one long *great* song." But pressed I'll say "Mr. Suit."

― Not That Chuck, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link

"Connection" (ducking, running)

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:45 (twenty years ago) link

You are evil.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:45 (twenty years ago) link

no, Justine Frischmann is evil

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:49 (twenty years ago) link

12XU, ditto.

― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:52 (twenty years ago) link

Mannequin does it for me.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:57 (twenty years ago) link

Man-a-KIN. That's the one.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 19:02 (twenty years ago) link

You know, it's really a perfect record. What about *Chairs Missing*? Dibs on "I am the Fly."

― Not That Chuck, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 19:05 (twenty years ago) link

"Three Girl Rhumba"

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 19:11 (twenty years ago) link

pink flag, because the entire song is an open E.

― Former Supposed So Called Nihilist Teenage Drug Disco Addiction Counselor (mjt), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 19:20 (twenty years ago) link

for Chairs Missing, I choose "Sand In My Joints"

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 19:22 (twenty years ago) link

MR. SUIT!!!

― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:04 (twenty years ago) link

Chairs Missing = French Film Blurred vs Long Tinkly Outdoor Miner bonus track

― ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:18 (twenty years ago) link

i'm with lowdown too!

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:34 (twenty years ago) link

EX LION TAMER, BIYATCHES!

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:35 (twenty years ago) link

Alright. Here it is again, and it's called...1 2 X U!!!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:36 (twenty years ago) link

Not that Chuck is right, it's hard for me to think of this album as parts, I have to hear it as a whole. I've got it on my iPod but I always end up skipping the songs when they come up because they don't sound right out of sequence.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:42 (twenty years ago) link

So I guess I'm alone on Strange. Lousy REM.. I guess familiarity does breed comfort after all.

― maypang (maypang), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:44 (twenty years ago) link

"12XU" yet again.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:46 (twenty years ago) link

gotta be ex lion tamer

― jksd, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:58 (twenty years ago) link

"mannequin"

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:00 (twenty years ago) link

yup another vote for mannequin.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:16 (twenty years ago) link

12XU

― Hunter (Hunter), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:22 (twenty years ago) link

the one on side two where they go "la la la"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:30 (twenty years ago) link

yeah that's ''mannequin''.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago) link

'Dot-Dash' (ducking & running)

I dunno, either one of the pop ones ('Fragile' & 'Mannequin') or probably 'Ex-Lion Tamer' I love the "fish fingas all in loi-ne"...

Seriously though, this is an evil thread. You can't pick one.

'12XU' is the consensus for punk compilations though...

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:10 (twenty years ago) link

Start To Move

― Dude (The Yellow Dart), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link

1
2
X
U

― andrew s (andrew s), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:20 (twenty years ago) link

Chalk up another one for "Ex-Lion Tamer". Either that or "It's So Obvious"

― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:23 (twenty years ago) link

"lowdown" (or "dot dash" if we're allowed to include bonus tracks). and "another the letter" from Chairs Missing

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:25 (twenty years ago) link

I like Strange best as well

― John Fell Ryan, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:34 (twenty years ago) link

"Field Day For the Sundays". But any of em would do.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 04:28 (twenty years ago) link

ex lion tamer, folks.

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 05:24 (twenty years ago) link

It was "Ex Lion Tamer", but I re-listened to the album this weekend driving home w/some people (one of whom said, "You, know, when I think of the 'classic punk' sound I think of "Pink Flag" not the Sex Pistols or The Ramones") and I decided that...

I really, really liked "Fragile" even though, it seems, some people tend to slag off some of the poppy songs at the end. The drumming is so roboticly good, I love the drumming on the whole album, repeatedly hitting that cymbal sounds excelent as does the insane, frantic hand clappings on "Champs".

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 05:31 (twenty years ago) link

Strange, for sure...which possibly provided inspiration for Eleanor on - what song on "Gallowsbird's Bark", can't remember.

― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 05:38 (twenty years ago) link

mannequin!

who has the time to listen to strange?

― brian badword (badwords), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 07:57 (twenty years ago) link

Haven't heard that LP since I sold my copy a decade or so ago. I think I gotta go with "Mr. Suit".

Actually I was never terribly impressed with "Pink Flag" - for me, it grew increasingly tedious after a dozen listenings. But Wire certainly deserve praise for inspiring Minutemen and (presumably) Minor Threat.

― Myonga Von Bontee, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 08:50 (twenty years ago) link

"Lowdown" for me. But the one-chord-drone version of Pink Flag they have been playing recently on tour might be even better.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 08:56 (twenty years ago) link

Three Girl Rhumba

Probably.

Just at the moment anyway.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:00 (twenty years ago) link

BRAAAAAAAZIL!!!!

um, followed closely by onetwoXu.

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago) link

Hey, I'll take "strange" for true...

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 10:17 (twenty years ago) link

CHAAAAAMPS!!!

― damaged good, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 10:23 (twenty years ago) link

Ex-Lion Tamer

― d.w. (d.w.), Friday, 5 March 2004 21:37 (twenty years ago) link

Just realized no one's picked "106 Beats That", which is a shame.

― d.w. (d.w.), Friday, 5 March 2004 21:51 (twenty years ago) link

Mannequin...usually.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 5 March 2004 23:10 (twenty years ago) link

errr... Chairs Missing (!)

― radio morocco (radio morocco), Saturday, 6 March 2004 14:09 (twenty years ago) link

Mannex-lion tamerquin

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 March 2004 17:25 (twenty years ago) link

I love the original but I think I might like R.E.M.'s version of "Strange" more. It's hysterical to hear Wire played so arenay. Plus I heard it first and assumed there would be a lot more "doo-doo"'s in the Wire version.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 March 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link

at the very least R.E.M did better for Wire than Lou Reed did for the Velvet Underground on Rock'n'Roll Animal

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 March 2004 17:27 (twenty years ago) link

'mannequin' or '12xu' depending on my mood

― geeta (geeta), Saturday, 6 March 2004 21:05 (twenty years ago) link

"Ex Lion Tamer", without hesitation.

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Saturday, 6 March 2004 21:40 (twenty years ago) link

Pink Flag- Ex Lion Tamer
Chairs Missing- I am The Fly
154- Map Ref. 41 Degrees North 93 Degrees West

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 7 March 2004 02:19 (twenty years ago) link

Has anyone said "Field Day for the Sundays" yet?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 7 March 2004 05:34 (twenty years ago) link

four years pass...

"Mr. Suit"

― milo z, Saturday, 12 July 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link

12XU or Mannequin.

Can't decide, Can't decide, Can't decide ANYTHING
Oh go on then you bore. 12XU

― Fer Ark, Saturday, 12 July 2008 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link

I don't like this album very much, but I think Lowdown is my choice.

― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 12 July 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link

brazil

― latebloomer, Saturday, 12 July 2008 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link

Lou Pinada
Legend. Surely?

― Fer Ark, Saturday, 12 July 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link

Mannequin... or Three Girl Rhumba?

― zeus, Sunday, 13 July 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link

THE SMELL OF YOU ! - that's the Lowdown

― Zeno, Sunday, 13 July 2008 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link

four years pass...

FISH FINGERS ALL IN A LINE!!!!!

― "If you like the Byrds, try Depeche Mode" (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 July 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link

IT'S NOT ANIMOSITY!!!

― kornrulez6969, Monday, 1 July 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link

seven years pass...

strange

― unknown or illegal user (doo rag), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link

Lion Tamer (...but damn, what an album)

― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 06:00 (two years ago) link

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