this top 30 is gonna be about as good a compilation as you can make
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
the chord change into "cause i won't be around, as you run...etc." so great
― bluelips, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
A++++ run continues
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
ooh didn't know people rated that one so highly. it's nice
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
and shoooooooot me dowwwwwwwwnnnnnnn
― dmr, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
That's all for today. Top 20 rolls out tomorrow, so get ready.
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]
50. "As We Go Up, We Go Down" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [138 points, 8 votes]49. "I Am a Tree" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [150 points, 6 votes]48. "Closer You Are" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [150 points, 8 votes]47. "Everywhere With Helicopter" (Universal Truths and Cycles, 2002) [152 points, 9 votes]46. "Do the Earth" (I Am a Scientist EP, 1994) [154 points, 7 votes]45. "Girls of Wild Strawberries" (Half Smiles of the Decomposed, 2004) [156 points, 7 votes, 1 #1 vote]44. "Acorns and Orioles" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [157 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote]43. "Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy" (Propeller, 1992) [157 points, 8 votes]42. "Man Called Aerodynamics" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [159 points, 7 votes]41. "Peep-Hole" (Bee Thousand, 1994) [164 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote]40. "Your Name Is Wild" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [183 points, 8 votes]39. "Subspace Biographies" (Waved Out, 1998) [184 points, 7 votes]38. "Dusted" (Vampire on Titus, 1993 / Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, 1994) [185 points, 7 votes, 1 #1 vote]37. "Jane of the Waking Universe" (Mag Earwhig!, 1997) [190 points, 8 votes]36. "Hot Freaks" (Bee Thousand, 1994) [202 points, 9 votes]
35. "Wished I Was a Giant" (Vampire on Titus, 1993) [203 points, 9 votes]34. "A Good Flying Bird" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [207 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote]33. "Glad Girls" (Isolation Drills, 2001) [211 points, 10 votes]32. "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" (Bee Thousand, 1994) [220 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote]31. "My Son Cool" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [235 points, 10 votes]30. "My Impression Now" (Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, 1994) [241 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote]29. "Redmen and Their Wives" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [247 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote]28. "Chasing Heather Crazy" (Isolation Drills, 2001) [248 points, 11 votes]27. "Blimps Go 90" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [249 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote]26. "Shocker in Gloomtown" (The Grand Hour, 1993) [262 points, 10 votes]25. "Cut Out Witch" (Under the Bushes Under the Stars, 1996) [264 points, 14 votes]24. "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" (Propeller, 1992) [281 points, 14 votes]23. "A Salty Salute" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [302 points, 14 votes, 1 #1 vote]22. "Watch Me Jumpstart" (Alien Lanes, 1995) [306 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote]21. "Dayton, Ohio—19 Something and 5" (Tonics and Twisted Chasers, 1996) [317 points, 14 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks Johnny! Cannot wait for tomorrow.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
"Isn't it great to exist at this point in time? Where the produce is rotten but no one is forgotten"
O_O
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
wonder how much overlap there will be with the official GH compilation.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
Man, really unfortunate that I am going to miss out on tomorrow.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
i thought it was "no one's forgotten strawberry philadelphia drive"
"the smell of fried food and pure hot tar" is one of my favorite descriptive lines, pure ohio, gives me chills
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
like no one HAS forgottenrather than no one IS forgotten
because it is very ohio to hold a permanent grudge
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
exercise in contrasts:
"Dayton, Ohio"
+
"Other Place"
One is grim and real but also tenderly affectionate; the other is sunny and rings like a strange jangly clown maskboth are talking ostensibly about the same place
yes i have thought about this a lot
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Dayton, Ohio-19 Something And 5 was so great live. Just an incredibly evocative and nostalgic song, I had it at #17.
Only 5 of my songs have shown up so far. I love how when each new song is unveiled I'm like "damn that one could have easily made my list..."
― ColinO, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
I love how when each new song is unveiled I'm like "damn that one could have easily made my list..."
Yeah, this. Only three of mine in so far but it's still been a great list.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
Got six landed so far .
My next 14 will land. Surely?
There are some songs on here that I need to revisit / didn't realise they existed.And I have the rekkids.
I am a bad man and poor listener
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
9 so far here. I probably will see 7 more place. Would be surprised if anything else off of ID shows up (I only have one song left from that one).
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
Gosh darn I missed 35-21, and will prob miss the final showdown tomorrow. Curse you americans with your weird time system!
anyway 5 or 6 of mine placed so far inc. my #1, redmen and their wives, had to go for the melancholia. wonderful cathedral-organ atmospherics of the second guitar when it comes in, and then after the understated first half they bust out some traditional gbv slow n heavy rock, almost a redemption even as the lyrics descend from resignation to despair.
― ledge, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
"breadwinner and klutz" is a lovely "two types of people in the world" binary.
― ledge, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Ledge . I mean this is the problem for me and it's a very exciting one. I Had never listened/or even heard to 'Redmen...' ever. and I thought I was a big fan of UTBUTS . i didn;t get beyond "Rally" "witch" and "Don't Stop".What a tit. I am not GBV hardcore firm obviously.
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
ha i am so not the hardcore fan, i only had four albums in my top five. hoping to find some hidden gold in this poll meself but utbuts is standing firm as my personal sweet spot of unpolished melodic wonderment.
― ledge, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
The bottom 20
Smothered in HugsGold Star For Robot BoyTractor Rape ChainThe Goldheart Mountaintop Queen DirectoryEchos MyronI Am A ScientistYours to KeepPimple ZooGame Of PricksMy Valuable Hunting Knife(I Wanna Be a) DumbchargerMotor AwayOver The Neptune/Mesh Gear FoxWeed KingQuality of ArmorLethargyTeenage FBIThe Best of Jill HivesSubspace BiographiesUncle Dave
I'd be sad if Uncle Dave doesn't place
― ℓ٥ﻻ ﻉ√٥υ (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 29 September 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
this is the other song i was referring to btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8FMsWjiG7Y&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLB3A7A33B08123042
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 September 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
that album cover makes my heart hurt
Alien Lanes back cover photo: who is on the far left?
― calstars, Thursday, 29 September 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
jim greer
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 29 September 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
(i think!)
None of my Isolation Drills songs have placed yet not looking good for them.
― Jeff, Thursday, 29 September 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah :(
― minge beat (electricsound), Thursday, 29 September 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
great poll so far, am excited for the rest of the results. i wonder if my favourite gbv song "drag days" will place.
― marc iv, Thursday, 29 September 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
dept. of had i voted:
'i am a tree' would be higher'little whirl' would be higher'the enemy' would maybe have placed?
lamely,-m.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 September 2011 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
One of the ones in my guess for the top 20 already placed. I'll replace Subspace Biographies with Kicker of Elves
― ℓ٥ﻻ ﻉ√٥υ (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 29 September 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
No way in hell Uncle Dave is gonna place. That's a REALLY obscure choice only found on the Grifters' split single and never played live. Pretty good song though...
― ColinO, Thursday, 29 September 2011 07:38 (twelve years ago) link
Don't Stop Now, Official Ironmen Rally Song, Exit Flagger, and If We Wait should all make the top twenty. And probably Drinkers' Peace...
― ColinO, Thursday, 29 September 2011 07:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxxxxpost about the lyrics to 'Dayton': yes, you're probably right about HAS vs. IS. Too bad, I liked the universality of IS - like in this internet age everybody leaves traces of their existence online, so no-one is really forgotten anymore, but despite all the technology we eat bad food ('rotten produce').Never been in Ohio, so I don't recognize the specifics of the descriptions.
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:11 (twelve years ago) link
thoughts on cut-out witch: wonderfully weird images conjured up by the lyrics, like something out of struwwelpeter or a jan svankmajer film. although the witch herself doesn't seem at all malign so there's a nice form/content tension there.
― ledge, Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:35 (twelve years ago) link
LET'S DO THIS
20. "The Brides Have Hit Glass" (Isolation Drills, 2001) [327 points, 13 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4b-syoEgrU
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
tbh this song has never stood out to me in any way at all, so I was very surprised when all the votes for it started rolling in.
Nice song, like a lot of "Isolation Drills" it's a post-divorce heart-tugger
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
xp to archcarrier -- That's interesting about the universality of that song -- I've honestly never thought about it as anything but extremely specific to (for lack of better words) a place and a point in time :)
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Nice drums in "Brides Have Hit Glass"
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
19. "Hardcore UFO's" (Bee Thousand, 1994) [331 points, 14 votes, 1 #1 vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ICvSl2b38
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
First GBV song I ever heard. As I imagine it was for many.
― Jeff, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
really like the guitars during the chorus on "Brides" but see where JF is coming from. There's also a weird dissonance running through that keeps it interesting.
― skip, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
I wish I had gotten bee thousand at the time. too wrapped up in middle school KROQ stuff to know it even existed.
― skip, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
my first GBV song tooevokes driving aimlessly through the countryside by myself in my white escort, smoking ciggies and wondering what's going to happen to me
"build a playground in your head" -- words i have always really taken to heart
maybe i'm just sleep deprived but i feel like a weepy sap this morning!
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
don't stop now!
― Euler, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
Already 2 songs that out of all the guesses so far were not guessed. Great fun!
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
does robert pollard have AA experience
― thomp, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link