OPO: Yo la tengo

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...listening to the new comp and i desired to read this thread.

balls-out flabbergasted that it did not exist, here goes nothin.

gimmmmmeeee...(i actually thought about this for a reasonably long time for a friday night)..."Stockholm Syndrome"

― Jimmy_Coppenrath, Saturday, 19 March 2005 01:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Sugarcube

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 19 March 2005 01:43 (nineteen years ago) link

I love "Stockholm Syndrome" (that is #5 from I Can Hear The Heart.. right??) - great choice

Normally my pick would be "From A Motel 6" but I've been having "Moby Octopad" in my head lately and the first one on Electr-O-Pura too. Always forget song titles.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Saturday, 19 March 2005 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Deeper Into Movies

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 19 March 2005 02:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh. My bad. I love that one. Great tune.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Saturday, 19 March 2005 02:15 (nineteen years ago) link

"Detouring America with Horns". They used to close shows with this pretty regularly and it was always a perfect end.

Though "Stockholm Syndrome" is a great choice.

― Erik The Mainer (EZSnappin), Saturday, 19 March 2005 02:27 (nineteen years ago) link

"Nowhere Near"

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Decora

― Jimmy Mod Has Returned With Spices And Silks (ModJ), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:09 (nineteen years ago) link

the guitar solo on "We're an American Band".

― bill neil (inabillity), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:23 (nineteen years ago) link

after that I could only pick ten.

― bill neil (inabillity), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:24 (nineteen years ago) link

"the guitar solo on "We're an American Band" " - the guitar solo on "Pablo and Andrea"

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:30 (nineteen years ago) link

steve OTM re Nowhere Near

but since he took my choice, I'll pick another: Our Way to Fall

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link

"Sudden Organ"

― Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Blue Line Swinger

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:48 (nineteen years ago) link

"shaker"

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Let's Save Tony Orlando's House

― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:55 (nineteen years ago) link

off the top of my head, "From a Motel 6"

― sleep (sleep), Saturday, 19 March 2005 04:11 (nineteen years ago) link

poo per album!

ride the tiger - the forest green
new wave hot dogs - the story of jazz
president yo la tengo - orange song
fakebook - you tore me down
may i sing with me - detouring america with horns
painful - nowhere near
elecr-o-pura - pablo and andrea
i can hear the heart beating as one - sugarcube
and then nothing turned itself inside out - cherry chapstick
summer sun - season of the shark

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 19 March 2005 04:16 (nineteen years ago) link

i can't of a song with better lyrics than the crying of lot g . . . also we're an american band, the summer, shadows, green light, sea urchins, blue line swinger, everyday, motel 6 (the radio version off of the what's up matador compilation), double dare (slow version), madeline . . . i can only make an adequate disc if i choose a mood, too many to be skipped otherwise

― s luthra, Saturday, 19 March 2005 05:59 (nineteen years ago) link

I Heard You Looking.

― Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 19 March 2005 06:04 (nineteen years ago) link

"Tom Courtenay"

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Saturday, 19 March 2005 06:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Deeper Into Movies

― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Saturday, 19 March 2005 07:31 (nineteen years ago) link

blue line swinger or pablo & andrea

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Saturday, 19 March 2005 07:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Sunsquashed
Take Care

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Saturday, 19 March 2005 08:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Moby Octopad

― DJ Mencap0))), Saturday, 19 March 2005 09:18 (nineteen years ago) link

That simulated Velvet Underground jam they performed in "I Shot Andy Warhol."

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 19 March 2005 09:22 (nineteen years ago) link

"Pablo & Andrea" by a great length

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Saturday, 19 March 2005 09:25 (nineteen years ago) link

"double dare" - though i can't argue with "pablo and andrea."

― rajeev (rajeev), Saturday, 19 March 2005 09:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Pablo And Andrea. Especially on warm spring days like these.

― RickyT (RickyT), Saturday, 19 March 2005 11:10 (nineteen years ago) link

i don't get that pablo and andrea love. it's a good song but ylt did so much better. it sounds a little cliché. maybe it is that country component i am slightly allergic to.

there are a couple of songs with a similar mood from summer sun which i prefer. the double pack season of the shark and today is the day eg is excellent spring time music.

my overall fave is still blue line swinger i suppose. an unsurpassed hypnotic guitar drone monster.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Saturday, 19 March 2005 11:27 (nineteen years ago) link

"Out the Window" or "Cherry Chapstick". "Stockholm Syndrome" is probably my least favourite tune on my least favourite YLT album.

― Vic Funk, Saturday, 19 March 2005 11:34 (nineteen years ago) link

the ballad of red buckets

― toothy philanthropist, Saturday, 19 March 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link

autumn sweater

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 19 March 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link

poo for album

Ride The Tiger - whatever
new wave hot dogs - slightly less whatever but whatever
President Yo La Tengo - Barnaby, Hardly Working
Fakebook - The Summer
May I Sing With Me - Mushroom Cloud Of Hiss
Painful - Big Day Coming (loud version)
Electr-O-Pura - Blue Line Swinger
I Can Hear The Two Hearts Beating - Damage
And Nothing... - Saturday
Summer Sun - Little Eyes (though we're getting dangerously close to 'whatever' again here, but this song grabbed me when they played here on the pre-election tour - with Dave Schramm playing a solo on it! Fuckin' ruled)

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 19 March 2005 17:01 (nineteen years ago) link

I think I will get the box set, only £8.99 on Amazon.

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 19 March 2005 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Green Arrow

― Aaron A., Saturday, 19 March 2005 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link

TS: Yo La Tengo's "I Heard You Looking" vs Yo La Tengo's "Blue Line Swinger"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Green Arrow is lovely but much of the credit for that tune has to go to Lambchop's Mark Niehaus for the gorgeous pedal steel. And the cicadas.
Autumn Sweater is great, a real slow burner. Moby Octapad is deeply groovy and I dig the bossa of Centre of the Universe.
But yes, Stockholm Syndrome probably wins it.

They've done some great covers over the years, esp Dylan's I Threw It All Away, Cat Stevens' Here Comes My Baby, Sun Ra's Nuclear War and, of course, Daniel Johnston's Speeding Motorcycle.

― stew, Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link

blue line swinger

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link

It's gotta be "Blue Line Swinger," but "Deeper into Movies" is one of the greatest song titles ever.

― sympathizer, Saturday, 19 March 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Satellite

― jergins (jergins), Sunday, 20 March 2005 04:17 (nineteen years ago) link

our way to fall. they opened with it when i saw them here in st. louis, and it was perfect.

― j-dizzle, Sunday, 20 March 2005 05:23 (nineteen years ago) link

I fogot how much I like Somebody's Baby.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Blue Line Swinger, without a doubt. It takes me places.

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Let's Save Tony Orlando's House

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link

>"Deeper into Movies" is one of the greatest song titles ever

Their only copped directly from a book (Pauline Kael)? (not like Pynchon "Lot G")

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 March 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link

"The Summer"

― Burr (Burr), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

"Tom Courtenay" seconded, especially because of "Eleanor Bron" namecheck.

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link

actually maybe i like 'center of gravity' more than the ones i mentioned upthread.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link

My honest answer is much like many folks. Unswervingly "Stockholm Syndrome", great song, melody and the guitar solo absolutely shreds. Honourable mentions to "Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)", "Spec Bebop" for driving and "Tears Are In Your Eyes" for weeping!

― -the-night-watch- (-the-night-watch-), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:33 (nineteen years ago) link

"The Summer" or maybe "Worrying Thing." "Stockholm Syndrome" is one of those songs that sounds so good you think it's a cover.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link

eight years pass...

the ballad of red buckets

― rip van wanko, Friday, 19 July 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link

Autumn Sweater

― skip, Friday, 19 July 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link

Holy shit, look at me posting a few posts back, almost 10 fucking years ago. Time to take a break, maybe ...

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 July 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link

five months pass...

the weakest part

― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 23 December 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link

seven years pass...

Let's rank the closers!.

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link

Hard to find much to argue with, solid list. Though I would personally bump "Jazz", "Glitter" and "Here You Are" each up one level.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link

my opo is definitely Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House

― brimstead, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link

re: closers, I think "story of jazz" is really the only "meh" for me. they're great at closers! "speeding motorcyle" isn't a closer, however — Fakebook ends with the lovely NRBQ cover "What Can I Say?"

― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link

Being baseball fans, they ought to end an album with "Goose Goosage" or "Al Hrabosky."

― clemenza, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link

Bc of the 2-fer CD I think of the closer on President/New Wave Hot Dogs as being “The Asparagus Song,” which I love.

― JoeStork, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link

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