#1 will be Dragons Awake! i am calling it right now
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, two of mine already showing up. And I thought mine would be obvious high-placing songs (which I am sure a lot of them will be). I had Postal Blowfish pretty high (love that version above). Just one of those songs I never get tired of for some reason.
― grandavis, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Likewise. Kind of embarrassing, I think, but w/e. Song sounds way better without the Wonder Years footage.
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, I really don't like 'Bulldog Skin' at all.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Same here.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
Chicken Blows is like the best bootleg White Album demo ever
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Same here, don't like it. Thought it was a candidate for "hated tracks" but found I really couldn't create a "hated songs"-list of GBV
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
60th seems about right for "My Kind of Soldier" and "Chicken Blows" which are both fine but never really close to making my ballot. Not crazy about the other two.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
is there a version on king shit and the golden boys? that one iirc is more lo-fi.
yes. and yes more lo-fi.
― dmr, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
actually think of the blowfish from crying your knife away as definitive. fun song to cover. so easy! (and a lot of GBV songs are deceptively difficult -- pollard uses strange chords).
― tylerw, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
56. "Key Losers" (outtake, 1995) [124 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emIlqw1xMjE
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
This one I actually vote for, though fairly low on my ballot. Was hoping to see it make the top 50, too bad.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Man, I had no idea that Doug Gillard had recorded I Am a Tree before joining GBV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06LeARpYqo0&feature=related
― Viva Brother Beyond (ithappens), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
Really thought Postal Blowfish was more loved (not to beat a dead horse here). Love the build up at the end, especially in that Brain Candy version, lots of cool guitar parts. Guess that's all Gillard?
― grandavis, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Brain Candy version would've been pre-Gillard.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
fun song to cover. so easy!
I have an mp3 of the Grifters covering it live
and yeah I thought the song the *poll was named for* might place higher? I voted it pretty high.
― dmr, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think the postal blowfish on brain candy is still "classic lineup" gbv? could be wrong.
― tylerw, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
non-album track etc etc
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
I thought the song the *poll was named for* might place higher
The song the Led Zeppelin poll was named for didn't make the countdown at all. To be honest, top 60 is a pretty good result when there were 80 million songs to choose from.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
I like Postal Blowfish but it's not one of my favorites.
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
I think so. There were a lot of songs around then that had a lo-fi and hi-fi version like Motor Away and I Am a Scientist but most of em all had the same guys playing on them
― dmr, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Would anyone be terribly offended if I asked if there are any other female voters here? Just curious.
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
55. "Huffman Prairie Flying Field" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [125 points, 4 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGYvY2unqVo
(Until the news that there would be upcoming GBV material, this would've been the final album track ever released by the band. A fine sign-off imo.)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man I tooooooooooooooootally love this song. Quintessential GBV.
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
The song the Led Zeppelin poll was named for didn't make the countdown at all.
A good pun trumps all.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
i'm happy then you didn't call this one, say, Tracks Poll Rape Chain
― V79, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
"Polled hands, touching my face"
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
Buzzards and Dreadful Polls
― tylerw, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Club POLLuska
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Robert POLLard
― V79, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
54. "Big Boring Wedding" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [125 points, 5 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKGprtQJwSY
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
woo!
― da croupier, Monday, 26 September 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Great track. Scraped my top 20, but I just couldn't make room for it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
53. "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [130 points, 6 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MTzCxFlT8g
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
^ Another near miss from my ballot. Given a second draft now, it likely would be on there.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
52. "Gleemer (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" (Vampire on Titus, 1993) [131 points, 6 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvsGMlgK0fs
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
That's a good one.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 26 September 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
could this be a brand new low? a brand new love? what is he saying? either way, so nice, maybe my favorite song on VOT. kind of long for a gbv song, but i wish it was longer!
― tylerw, Monday, 26 September 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
Last one for today. The "official" countdown begins tomorrow (50-36, then 35-21, then the top 20 on Thursday)...
51. "Little Whirl" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [136 points, 6 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1H0_NhJar8
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
"chicken blows" was in my most-hated tracks
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Monday, 26 September 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
None of my picks in those. Looking forward to the rest of the list.
― Jeff, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
my favourite Tobin song off of Alien Lanes. it's just so euphoric with its waves of overdrive, masses of compressed sounds. I can't shake off the feeling that Sprout sang this one with a huge smile on his face.
― V79, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
For stragglers:
TIE 60. "My Kind of Soldier" (Earthquake Glue, 2003) [110 points, 5 votes]TIE 60. "Chicken Blows" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [110 points, 5 votes]58. "Postal Blowfish" (outtake, 1993) [111 points, 5 votes]57. "Bulldog Skin" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [116 points, 6 votes]56. "The Key Losers" (outtake, 1995) [124 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote]55. "Huffman Prairie Flying Field" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [125 points, 4 votes]54. "Big Boring Wedding" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [125 points, 5 votes]53. "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [130 points, 6 votes]52. "Gleemer (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" (Vampire on Titus, 1993) [131 points, 6 votes]51. "Little Whirl" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [136 points, 6 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
it's my only pick (#12 on my ballot) so far to show up
― V79, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
man 3 of my top 20 already knocked out in there
― da croupier, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Chicken Blows just missed the cut for me. And of course, Bulldog Skin was on my ballot.
― righteousmaelstrom, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
Bulldog Skin was on mine as well. Just makes me happy.
― grandavis, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
This was one track I voted for ("Key Losers") and a whole bunch of tracks that were fine but I never really considered voting for. I guess that's about right for 60-51
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 26 September 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/sp10000/playlist/5QWljGgTEhj3DPiXtmkYU7
― skip, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Little Whirl and Big Boring Wedding both made my lists. The chicks are back!
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Monday, 26 September 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link