1. Flip Your Wig, 2. "Makes No Sense at All," 3. New Day Rising. Then all those other bands.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
if that's your prediction, then I'm sure it's gonna be way off :)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Choosing The Process of Weeding Out was somewhat automatic of me--it's my favorite Black Flag record, and my favorite Black Flag record is inherently prized over my favorite Husker Du or Minutemen or Meat Puppets record for reasons wholly personal and insane.
The insane reasons: I'm partial to post-Damaged Black Flag already--the records are all uneven (except for In My Head, which I almost voted for) and are either abominably produced or recorded, but it's riveting to hear them expand beyond hardcore (as it is with most of the SST bands represented here), whether engaging with thick metal structures or letting Greg Ginn indulge his Ornette Coleman obsession for a whole side. Which is something that Family Man had, these weird, half-formed instrumentals that circled with menace! But there was also that pretty awful Henry Rollins spoken-word side.
The Process of Weeding Out has no Henry at all. Thus, perfect! All Kira drawing bass circles, Greg Ginn eradicating the residual with his onslaught of pink noise and awful soloing that I like to construe as "free."
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
But there was also that pretty awful Henry Rollins spoken-word side.
Let your fingers do the walkin' let your fingers do the walkin' let your fingers do the walkin'
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
She ate the chocolates and watched TV. He... BLEW HIS BRAINS OUT.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:20 (fourteen years ago) link
While someone on a bus PUKES ON AN OLD LADYPUKES ON AN OLD LADY!!!
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 1 April 2010 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh wait that was Kickboy Face.
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 1 April 2010 01:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Who will get 0 votes this time out?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 April 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"Up on the Sun"... voted for it, I mean
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
... only time I've voted (or will vote) in any of these SST polls
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
can I just
My First Bells 1980-831985
Cassette-only.
CT: 1985 US SST SST 032
Paranoid Time:ValidationThe MazeDefinitionsSickles and HammersFascistJoe McCarthy's GhostParanoid Chant
Cracks in the Sidewalk:9:30 May 2
Chunks:Clocks
Joy:JoyBlack SheepMore Joy
The Punch Line:SearchTensionGamesBoilingDisguisesThe StruggleMonumentsRuinsIssuedThe Punch LineSong for El SalvadorHistory LessonFanaticsNo ParadeStraight JacketGravityWarfareStatic
“bean-spill” e.p.:Split RedIf Reagan Played DiscoCase ClosedAfternoonsFuturism Restated
Life is Beautiful, So Why Not Eat Health Foods?:Prelude (Bolan)
What Makes a Man Start Fires?:Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda SongsOne Chapter In The BookBeacon Sighted Through FogFake ContestMutiny in JonestownPure JoyFaith/East Wind'99The AnchorSell or Be SoldThe Only MinoritySplit RedColorsPlightThis RoadThe Tin RoofLife As a RehearsalPolarity
Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat:Self-ReferencedCutDream Told By MotoDreams are Free, Motherfucker!The Toe JamI Felt Like a GringoThe ProductLittle Man With a Gun in His Hand
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
this would be a good place to confess I never liked any husker du album before or after zen arcade
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
this would be a good place to confess I never liked any meat puppets album before or after zen arcade
(ok, ii is good)
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
OOPS!
this would be a good place to confess I never liked any meat puppets album before or after up on the sun
want to vote for worldbroken, can't
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
also want to vote for in my head, fu jjjusten
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
so do you pronounce Troccoli like Broccoli or Spicoli?
― that new wave hippie disco shit (herb albert), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
^ asking the tough questions
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 1 April 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Minus the compilation tracks and other extras (some still not available at Corndogs.org), CDs served that body of Minutemen work much better, IMO. My First Bells was an essential two-year stopgap, though, during which I mostly listened to my copy of the WORT New Needles special on the Minutemen until somebody stole it out of my locker (along with my An-Aesthetic zine with a Minutemen interview). I hope it changed their life.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 1 April 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
that sucks
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
D.C.3 - my favourite Black Flag singer, with Paul Roessler and guys from the Stains to boot, but I can't fucking stand them. I've tried, the dog knows I've tried.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Thursday, 1 April 2010 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
'In A Car' was from about 1967.
Surely?
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 1 April 2010 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
still deciding which one of em gets my vote. leaning toward mersh since i have a strong feeling that's all it's gonna get.
mersh it is.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Mersh isn't bad at all. I love it more than Three Way Tie. 'The Cheerleaders' is a jam.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
every song on it is a jam! even "more spiel" in its trance-like way.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i loved that album when it came out. i probably listened to it more than any of their other stuff.
― scott seward, Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Flip Your Wig is the album out of all these I listen to most these days.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 2 April 2010 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I cant find a meat puppets albums poll, so unless a board lawyer prick can find one, shall we do a meat puppets album poll?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 2 April 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
There's been a thread debating the subject but no poll I don't think. If you do it be sure to include Out My Way EP, b/c jeez if MP I is an album then Out My Way is also long enough to be one.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Friday, 2 April 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
but is it classed as an lp or ep?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 2 April 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
It's classed as an EP. But it's such an underdog and no one ever talks about it ever. It's a midpoint between Up On The Sun golden-psych-thicket and the more mersh Mirage sound.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Friday, 2 April 2010 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Out My Way is a jam. Probably my top SST from 1986. Better than Evol? Yeah.
― dad a, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
But with all my love for Up On The Sun I'm voting here for My First Bells because I mean come on.
― dad a, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
vote
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 5 April 2010 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
please
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 5 April 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
done
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 5 April 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Voted Hallow's Victim, no surprise.
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 5 April 2010 04:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I dont think St Vitus will do as well this time. Next poll it might though.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 5 April 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Finally tipped for Up On The Sun b/c My First Bells no longer exists in that form, and New Day Rising i've so internalized that I never really play it anymore.
And bc Up On The Sun still seems to paint a picture of an escapist oasis I would gladly live in if I knew where to find it.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Monday, 5 April 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
My First Bells no longer exists in that form
my tape shelf disagrees w/ you
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 5 April 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh you know what I mean! It was a dodgy rationalization that helped me come to a decision.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Monday, 5 April 2010 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
just don't dare vote in the best 78 release of 1929 poll
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 5 April 2010 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Geir wont poll inferior formats
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 5 April 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
One thing this thread has done is reinforce my belief that I really should get some more Minutemen into my collection.
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 5 April 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 5 April 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Up On The Sun still seems to paint a picture of an escapist oasis I would gladly live in if I knew where to find it.
It really does, doesn't it? It's a surefire cure for the winter blues.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 06:55 (fourteen years ago) link
The best place I ever foundWasn't close to any townWas a little swimming ground
― forgotten funk-uncle (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
5 hours to go
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't vote for NDR without mentioning the production. Again.But I will.Closely followed by Up on the Sun
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
why do i have the feeling that this is just gonna be an outlet for more husker du lurkers to show their numbers? zzzzz
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link