"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
lol "brand new low" never even occurred to me, but I thought "Captain's Dead" started thusly:
Captain's dead, the woman -- she has fled
haha
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 26 September 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i really did not know, but i looked it up
I'm sitting on 2 heads"Some seat" I heard some saidJust waiting for SundayFour days after Wednesday
The higher clouds are closing inTo hide the deeds of Fertile Jim
Could this be a brand new lowOne that we can't talk aboutOne that we can't live withoutOne that we can join in now
I'm standing on 2 feetNow buried in concreteJust waiting for sundownSo as to be not found
― tylerw, Monday, 26 September 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
The only one I voted for today was "Bulldog Skin" : such a power rocker. I thought about voting for "Gleemer" but 20's a tough # to fit with this band.
― Euler, Monday, 26 September 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Was listening to a fairly random GBV playlist on my way into work. Only one track I voted for was on the selection, but realised that if I hadn't done an instant top-of-my-head 20, I could have been there all week trying to winnow it down. So many good songs.
― Viva Brother Beyond (ithappens), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:25 (twelve years ago) link
Too bad that 'Key Losers' isn't better known. If it had been included on one of the '94-'96 albums, it would have placed MUCH higher. BTW, who had it at #1? It was my number 3.
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
Kicking it off for today in 3...2...1...
50. "As We Go Up, We Go Down" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [138 points, 8 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7FqlArPFwI
(My friend Danny actually made this video for it, so yeah.)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
Good start.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
49. "I Am a Tree" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [150 points, 6 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1fPyh53Ik
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
definitely my most listened GBV song, all time guitar lick
― skip, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
Just realized I should have voted for Kicker of Elves.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
I almost voted "Kicker of Elves"! It's a ridiculous song that I find myself singing for a laugh all the time.
― Euler, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
I swear that Doug Gillard ripped off the first part of the main riff from 'I Am A Tree' from some 70's hard rock band (I wanna say it was Head East but it's not). I will find it someday. Definitely the most "classic rock" of their songs.
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
voted "I Am A Tree" pretty high too
― Euler, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
48. "Closer You Are" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [150 points, 8 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTEcNruLS3Y
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
Seeing these Alien Lanes songs come in that I did not vote for makes me realize that I could have just voted the first 20 AL songs with an exception here or there and been pretty happy with my ballot.
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, we've had here 2 Alien Lanes songs that didn't make my ballot but very easily could have (ended up with 4 AL songs on my ballot, easily could have been 8 or so)
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
One of mine finally made the list!
― Jeff, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i think "as we go up" is the first song i voted for that's shown up. so beautiful and seemingly effortless.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
47. "Everywhere With Helicopter" (Universal Truths and Cycles, 2002) [152 points, 9 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRMobFKG-a4
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
The number 47 already getting 9 votes can only mean: monster poll. Love it.
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
Woo! One of the songs that shows not the transformation from lo-fi to hi-fi, but the transformation into a band capable of rocking so tight and hard.
― Viva Brother Beyond (ithappens), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
the only AL song i voted for hasn't showed up yet, but i know it will. i woke up this morning trying to remember the name of the song that contains the lyrics "under the bushes, under the stars". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-uZAwh7KLk
― some lady (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
9 votes with 152 points means a lot of people had this at the bottom of their ballot. I myself voted for it, at number 15. I've always thought it was the best song on Universal Truths & Cycles.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
Yay, Helicopter. Best part of that song is ROOF TO FLOOR.
― some lady (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
Even more than "I Am a Tree," I think "Helicopter" is their most fully put-together big rawk song. I used to love it originally, but now I'm a little over it. What it makes up for in flash and sound quality, it lacks in some of the other things I like about GBV. Gold bless Doug Gillard, but he's no Mitch Mitchell.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
I love Gillard's solo on Helicopter ... Not usually a fan of solos.
― Viva Brother Beyond (ithappens), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
The live version is better than the original imo. Rates pretty high on the "makes me flip out when I hear it" scale. I can't really say that for, I dunno, "Chicken Blows".
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
great track. The guitar solo reminds me of late 90s Bad Religion.
― skip, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
46. "Do the Earth" (I Am a Scientist EP, 1994) [154 points, 7 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIC2mqWerR0
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
Great song. Just missed out on my ballot.
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
At the risk of offending some people, I've got to admit that Doug Gillard's overplaying ruins a lot of late-period GBV for me - not that he does it all the time but nonetheless...
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
the only AL song i voted for hasn't showed up yet, but i know it will. i woke up this morning trying to remember the name of the song that contains the lyrics "under the bushes, under the stars".
― some lady (La Lechera), Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:53 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
Bunco Men from the first Suitcase also contains the "under the bushes under the stars" lyric. It was suppose to be on UTBUTS but apparently they misplaced the tape it was recorded on. Great song.
― ColinO, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
So far three of my songs have appeared in the countdown including the 60-51 bonus portion. (Big Boring Wedding, Gleemer, and Do The Earth)
And like justfanoe, I easily could have included Closer You Are and As We Go Up We Go Down but I already included a handful of Alien Lanes' tracks. Just too too many damn great songs...
― ColinO, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
45. "Girls of Wild Strawberries" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [156 points, 7 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oahhlvwZKk
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
I'm pleased with the amount of love some songs from Half Smiles have gotten so far. I didn't vote for this one or Raincloud, but I did for Huffman Prairie and a couple others. Def an underrated album.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
(xpost) that's a good one. I didn't vote for anything past Isolation Drills but yesterday I was thinking this one could/should have made it. or maybe Back to the Lake.
― dmr, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
Wild Strawberries is a good melody - I always wanted to hear it with a more energetic tempo. boomp boomp boomp boomp zzzzzzz
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
I totally expected As We Go Up We Go Down to be top 20
― iatee, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
This came on my iPod this morning, and I was struck by how brilliant it was. Didn't vote for it, mind.
― Viva Brother Beyond (ithappens), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link