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I think I will get the box set, only £8.99 on Amazon.

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 19 March 2005 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Green Arrow

― Aaron A., Saturday, 19 March 2005 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link

TS: Yo La Tengo's "I Heard You Looking" vs Yo La Tengo's "Blue Line Swinger"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Green Arrow is lovely but much of the credit for that tune has to go to Lambchop's Mark Niehaus for the gorgeous pedal steel. And the cicadas.
Autumn Sweater is great, a real slow burner. Moby Octapad is deeply groovy and I dig the bossa of Centre of the Universe.
But yes, Stockholm Syndrome probably wins it.

They've done some great covers over the years, esp Dylan's I Threw It All Away, Cat Stevens' Here Comes My Baby, Sun Ra's Nuclear War and, of course, Daniel Johnston's Speeding Motorcycle.

― stew, Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link

blue line swinger

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link

It's gotta be "Blue Line Swinger," but "Deeper into Movies" is one of the greatest song titles ever.

― sympathizer, Saturday, 19 March 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Satellite

― jergins (jergins), Sunday, 20 March 2005 04:17 (nineteen years ago) link

our way to fall. they opened with it when i saw them here in st. louis, and it was perfect.

― j-dizzle, Sunday, 20 March 2005 05:23 (nineteen years ago) link

I fogot how much I like Somebody's Baby.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Blue Line Swinger, without a doubt. It takes me places.

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Let's Save Tony Orlando's House

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link

>"Deeper into Movies" is one of the greatest song titles ever

Their only copped directly from a book (Pauline Kael)? (not like Pynchon "Lot G")

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 March 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link

"The Summer"

― Burr (Burr), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

"Tom Courtenay" seconded, especially because of "Eleanor Bron" namecheck.

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link

actually maybe i like 'center of gravity' more than the ones i mentioned upthread.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link

My honest answer is much like many folks. Unswervingly "Stockholm Syndrome", great song, melody and the guitar solo absolutely shreds. Honourable mentions to "Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)", "Spec Bebop" for driving and "Tears Are In Your Eyes" for weeping!

― -the-night-watch- (-the-night-watch-), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:33 (nineteen years ago) link

"The Summer" or maybe "Worrying Thing." "Stockholm Syndrome" is one of those songs that sounds so good you think it's a cover.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link

eight years pass...

the ballad of red buckets

― rip van wanko, Friday, 19 July 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link

Autumn Sweater

― skip, Friday, 19 July 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link

Holy shit, look at me posting a few posts back, almost 10 fucking years ago. Time to take a break, maybe ...

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 July 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link

five months pass...

the weakest part

― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 23 December 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link

seven years pass...

Let's rank the closers!.

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link

Hard to find much to argue with, solid list. Though I would personally bump "Jazz", "Glitter" and "Here You Are" each up one level.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link

my opo is definitely Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House

― brimstead, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link

re: closers, I think "story of jazz" is really the only "meh" for me. they're great at closers! "speeding motorcyle" isn't a closer, however — Fakebook ends with the lovely NRBQ cover "What Can I Say?"

― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link

Being baseball fans, they ought to end an album with "Goose Goosage" or "Al Hrabosky."

― clemenza, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link

Bc of the 2-fer CD I think of the closer on President/New Wave Hot Dogs as being “The Asparagus Song,” which I love.

― JoeStork, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link

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