xp it's a weird book, lot of cool stuff, but a lot of inside baseball stuff that isn't of too much interest. inside baseball almost literally -- there's kind of an interminable amount of space devoted to the pollard bros' high school sports career.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Man love "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows", it's just a continuous hook.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Just listened to it 3 times in a row.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Glad Girls one of my least favorites :(
Love Buzzards
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
31. "My Son Cool" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [235 points, 10 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdY-sjG8-vk
(Volume is really low on the clip, but I remember watching the show when they appeared!)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
The problem with "Glad Girls" is that it goes on too long, which should never happen in a GBV song.
This has been a bad day for me, only one song I voted for and none of the other songs that made it are really anywhere close to my favorites.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
there's something really haunting about "My Son Cool" (esp. about the coda) and I can't put my finger on it. those three closing songs AL stand out from the rest of the album in a way I can't really explain
― V79, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i love my son cool -- decide now!!!!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
30. "My Impression Now" (Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, 1994) [241 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4_2rjFkPcI
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
yay
― dmr, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
It's another good one... but not better than "My Son Cool"
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
The first time I heard Glad Girls was at a show in Athens, GA. They were playing through the entirety of ID and after Glad Girls, they decided to play it again! I'm sure that would annoy some people but it was awesome at the time.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
... maybe they ran out of songs
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
^ GBV fan's joke
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
in those rare events, when GBV run out of songs onstage, they just take a 5 minute break and come back with premiere material
― V79, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
29. "Redmen and Their Wives" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [247 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__q87LmkD8Y
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
Unlike Glad Girls which goes on way too long, I'd be fine with Redmen and Their Wives going on another 3 or 4 minutes.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that one's got some nice catharsis
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
28. "Chasing Heather Crazy" (Isolation Drills, 2001) [248 points, 11 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7KiLRCxt58
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
Hooray!
― Jeff, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
I like this track a lot more now than I did at the time the album was new. It's a remarkably slow burn for such an uptempo GBV song.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
isolation drills really came at a low point of my GBV fandom, but i couldn't deny this song.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
27. "Blimps Go 90" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [249 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU4NJnK1pvk
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
Great song.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
The rusty violin is a nice touch. Also, Mary Lou Lord had a nice cover of this on one of her albums (can't remember which).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
nooooo, "Heather" is criminally TOO LOW :( that was my #2, I seriously thought it's a lock on for a top ten...
― V79, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, here's 2 songs I voted for, and two of GBV's prettiest tunes. I love the harmonies on "Chasing Heather Crazy" so much.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
I almost voted for 'Chasing Heather Crazy' but couldn't really decide whether or not 'Unspirited' does a similar-ish thing better... In the end neither made my final ballot anyway.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
yay "my impression now"!! escort you safely away hey
hey hey
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
for the record, what i don't like about "Glad Girls" is the same thing I don't like about "Girls of Wild Strawberries" -- plodding undynamic unremarkable generic song about "girls"
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
26. "Shocker in Gloomtown" (The Grand Hour, 1993) [262 points, 10 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GO0i0ohbw
(bonus Breeders cover with GBV cameos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FqhOQLD3t0
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
yaaaay
love the breeders cover!!!!!
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that is a great version. first time i saw gbv, kim miraculously appeared to sing on that and goldheart mountaintop.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
According the youtube uploader, that GBV vid is from just earlier this month and was the final show of the tour (maybe the final show ever? well, probably not that.)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
how the hell did we miss itbared his ass for all to seeand no one got to kiss it
― dmr, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
The more I think about it, the more I think this song came in too low (I realize that #26 out of a zillion is pretty high, but still...).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely too low.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
Glad Girls -- but I was really torn between that and Motor Away.― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:01 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:01 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark
Haha. These are neither my #1 or #2.
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
25. "Cut Out Witch" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [264 points, 14 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjkJIy2vZ2I
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
This one almost made my ballot and I could have picked one of the lower tracks and replaced it with this one pretty easily. Always great live.
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
cut out witch is awesome
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
Gloomtown does feel too low. So much crammed in those 90 seconds.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
Cut out witch totally great. Pretty good showing.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
Great song!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
love the structure of Cut Out Witch - sounds so easy but other bands could try for years and fail to come up with something as snappy and well formed as that.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
24. "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" (Propeller, 1992) [281 points, 14 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFvonufcz8A
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
No love?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
Lotta love! I voted for this. Just really busy at work today, so I'm limited in my time for deep thoughts.
Overall I'm pleased that my #1 is still yet to come. Unless ILM will shame me by shutting it out completely.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really like 14 Cheerleader Coldfront very much tbh. It has never really moved me.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's so delicate, especially in the midst of what's around it on Propeller. It's swoony.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link