yes! http://gbv.com/sounds/peephole.mp3
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
actually a ton of cool live stuff here: http://gbv.com/music.html
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
40. "Your Name Is Wild" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [183 points, 8 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HKCwYjt5eY
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
I love this one even if no one else does.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
I might name my firstborn "Wild".
i think i voted for it? great side two opener. about his daughter, I think? did i make that up?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
seven other people do! (including me, i voted for it)
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
'closer you are' is one of my favourite i'm-having-a-bad-day songs. "you try to be nice and look where it gets you aaaah aaaah"
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
"Stoned at the Alamo" tonight
― dmr, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Wild Strawberry Fever <-- nice name, kid
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Guessing that the "Peep-Hole" naysayers are "I Am A Scientist" fans who think of it as the natural climax to the album? The appeal--Pollard drawing back the curtain at the end of the album with a fairly legible lyric--is pretty much the same. Though the lyric in "Scientist" is a lot more evolved, I always thought the melody of "Peep-Hole" worked better, and I love the inarticulate scatting at the end. (But then, I am the mentalist who voted it #1.)
― bentelec, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
I love this one even if no one else does.that's how i feel about "Liquid Indian"i just LOVE it for no apparent reason
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
xp hey, did you forget of "You're Not An Airplane"? no hard feelings, I can't really recall this one either tbh
― V79, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
39. "Subspace Biographies" (Waved Out, 1998) [184 points, 7 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U5BWlCBNS0
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
xpNah, just that the album seems to resolve at "I Am A Scientist" (or "Peep-Hole," depending on your taste) and that what follows is for lagniappe, like righteousmaelstrom said.
― bentelec, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
xp yes!some of my favorite pollard lyrics, so berzerk
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
super chuggy too
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
that one came up on shuffle the other day and oh man
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
i dropped all the solo pollard tracks from my ballot though since it was the least agonizing way to get it down to 20.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah, I see (I was also kind of joking)
― V79, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Subspace was my #2. Thought it would come in higher.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
hey, did you forget of "You're Not An Airplane"? no hard feelings, I can't really recall this one either tbh
You will be eating your words when "You're Not An Airplane" finishes #1.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
i will have to rep for 'Far-Out Crops' some other time
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
Waved out isn't on spotify :(
― Jeff, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for "We've Got Airplanes" does that count?
Faaaaaar Ooooout Croooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooops that song rules
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Only three more for today. I'll do them when I get back from lunch!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
I put "Peephole" second. Almost put it first. It's this great love song to his (now-ex-) wife, disarmingly straightforward. Some of his most touching lyrics and melody, I think. It only seems slight if you accept the notion that a song only a minute or so long is necessarily slight - a perspective I can't imagine reconciling with being a Pollard fan. Then again, I voted for "The Ascended Master's Grog Shop". And two tracks off the Get Out of My Stations 7", which I'm sure people think of as a slight release (I would have put it on my albums ballot if I had counted it as an album).
― erasingclouds, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
it only seems slight if you accept the notion that a song only a minute or so long is necessarily slight
Nah, the #1 song on my ballot is about the same length as "Peep-Hole" so that's not it. It's a fine song, but the melody just never grabs me. Actually, I've always found it to be very forgettable.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
I just got idea we also should have voted for our favourite Pollard track & album names (I like the ring of "Get Out of My Stations")
― V79, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
Peep hole was one of the last songs to be cut from my list. Subspace biographies was quite high on mine.
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
xpYeah! "Deathtrot and Warlock Riding a Rooster" would place high, I hope.
― bentelec, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
cock of the block
i've had my fingers crossed for "don't stop now" kinda bummed that i am going to be in class tomorrow during the countdown :(
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
i've owned you for centuries
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
Voted Subspace! Such a simple but great rock song. Almost dumped it to stick to GBV stuff, but just found that I still loved it.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Have to think that "Don't Stop Now" will make it. I am holding out for quite a few UTBUTS songs, none of mine have placed yet.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
I had 2 UTBUTS songs on my ballot and I would be shocked if they don't both place.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
38. "Dusted" (Vampire on Titus, 1993 / Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, 1994) [185 points, 7 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwUgou8yaRQ
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
amazing song, i had it pretty high up there. if i drank enough rolling rock, i'd probably argue that FJSC is the best album of the 90s. And it's not even an album.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
good vocal quality on "dusted"
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
I had 5 from alien lanes. Didn't even notice while I was making my list. No other album has more than 2 for me.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
tangentially related -- rock n roll hall of fame first-time eligibles this year but not nominated include Crowded House, Guided by Voices, the Jayhawks, Lyle Lovett, Salt N Pepa, Soundgarden, They Might Be Giants, and Yo La Tengo.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
Would be surprised if any of them ever make it in.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Soundgarden will, someday.
― The Man With The Flavored Toothpick (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
had never heard the amazing FJSC version, definitely pushed it into my ballot
― bentelec, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
Mu number nineteen.
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
Mu My
37. "Jane of the Waking Universe" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [190 points, 8 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5cNgnHUevU
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
Subspace Biographies is awesome. Was hoping to hear some solo/outtake stuff that I was not familiar with.
― skip, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
Really glad this one made it. I think I knew at one point that it was one of the "classic lineup" final recordings, but had forgotten until it was mentioned in the voting thread. ANTHEMIC!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
Here's another song I voted for (at around #12 or so). Def. my favorite on Mag Earwhig!, one of the very best Pollard choruses actually.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link