Of all the great Husker Du songs to pick--hell, even all the great ones on that album--I'm baffled. I've always hated that song on the grounds that it's overstated, trite and insincere.
― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 18 November 2002 22:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Micheline Gros-Jean (Micheline), Monday, 18 November 2002 22:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Monday, 18 November 2002 22:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― angelo (angelo), Monday, 18 November 2002 22:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Monday, 18 November 2002 23:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
I could replace HD with the Replacements and wonder the same thing about JBR's pick. That's not a dis, but it's just funny because I never liked "I'll Be You" and I've never even heard anyone say anything good about it.
― Aaron A., Monday, 18 November 2002 23:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 18 November 2002 23:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 18 November 2002 23:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
That song is like a best friend to me (along with the Feelies' "Only Life," which would be my second choice for an OPO '86-'02) when I'm bored/depressed/self-pitying. I'm gonna listen to the song again tonight and I'll see if I can come up with a better answer than "blah blah Westerberg weary romanticism blah blah."
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 November 2002 23:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
(please don't tell anyone)
― dan (dan), Monday, 18 November 2002 23:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 00:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― original bgm, Tuesday, 19 November 2002 00:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― angelo (angelo), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 00:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 00:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
I wonder what Ned's answer is.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 01:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 02:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 02:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
This is very difficult, so I will go with something from left field.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 19 November 2002 03:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
Kind of recent, but I think Spoon rivals Wilco as the best band of the past three or four years.
― Bruce Urquhart, Tuesday, 19 November 2002 03:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom Millar (Millar), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 03:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 03:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 03:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 04:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jm, Tuesday, 19 November 2002 04:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tad (llamasfur), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 05:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 09:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― doug (doug), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 09:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 10:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Guest Informant" by The Fall.
― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 11:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
Oh, far be it from me to disappoint.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 12:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
Sonic Youth - Kissability
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 12:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 13:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― adam b (adam b), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 13:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 13:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Ball (James Ball), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 13:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― toraneko (toraneko), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 13:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 14:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
"the rest of the day" - bedhead
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
"Kennedy" by the Wedding Present― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, November 18, 2002 4:08 PM (fifteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this was mine for a time
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE - Built to Spill
happy & not at all surprised to see another track from Keep It Like a Secret mentioned upthread 15 years ago
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Pavement - Gold Soundz
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
Pavement - Summer Babe
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link
East River Pipe - 40 Miles
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
Can we do a POX thread for this one?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
yeah probably need a POX, but the first song I thought of when I saw this thread title was
Archers of Loaf - "Web in Front"
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
Right answer obv = Superchunk - "Slack Motherfucker"
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
Breeders - cannonball
― brimstead, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
Sugarcubes, "Birthday".
― brimstead, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link
itt I admit listening to Babybird lately. 'Back Together' is like his emo bittersweet symphony. sort of a palatable emo because old man voice, not crybabyI'm not gonna OPO
― Woon... Doopee Time (FlopsyDuck), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 02:14 (six years ago) link
maybe silkworm's "couldn't you wait" acoustic version
― Famous Anus (rip van wanko), Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
^SUCH a great song, that version in particular
Without thinking too hard I'd pick the Breeders - Divine Hammer
― J. Sam, Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
...or Throwing Muses - Hate My Way
― J. Sam, Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:53 (four years ago) link
Trail of Dead "Relative Ways" might be mine
― billstevejim, Friday, 27 September 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
the pastels - nothing to be done
― devvvine, Friday, 27 September 2019 11:51 (four years ago) link
^ great pick
but feeling "gemini cusp" by polvo rn
― greta van thunberger fleetwig (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 05:52 (four years ago) link
Carry the Zero, Slack MFer, or tractor Rape Chain
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:23 (four years ago) link
Built to Spill - Temporarily Blind
― ☮️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
Blue Line Swinger
― are you a fan of i.die music (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:31 (four years ago) link
Swirlies - Wrong Tube
― Evan, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
Oh wait I already went with 40 miles upthread. I can stick with that too
the one I happen to be listening to right now (Dinosaur Jr. - "Start Choppin'") is as good a contender as any!
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link
Unrest - Suki
― sleeve, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
Archers of Loaf - Wrong
― Chris L, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
carry the zero
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
ask me again tomorrow and i'll pick someone else.
we should do a genre poll.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 21:04 (four years ago) link
yeah 'Start Choppin' rules!
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 21:37 (four years ago) link
I feel like the real giants are being looked over for perhaps being too obvious. like "I Wanna Be Adored", "Freak Scene", "Teenage Riot", "Summer Babe", "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (not indie but alt). Am I rong
― greta van thunberger fleetwig (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link