armenia
― da croupier, Friday, 6 July 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
tattoo
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 6 July 2012 00:32 (eleven years ago) link
I Can't Reach You
― fatmamakick, Friday, 6 July 2012 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
― some dude, Friday, 6 July 2012 00:40 (eleven years ago) link
tatto
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 6 July 2012 07:23 (eleven years ago) link
fuck, tattoo
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 6 July 2012 07:24 (eleven years ago) link
And yet, there's one song that'll probably win by miles..
― Mark G, Friday, 6 July 2012 08:27 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 7 July 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Actually somewhat shocked that "Sunrise" didn't get any votes.
― Chuck? Chuck? It's me, your cousin, Marvin D (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 7 July 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
must have been a lot of lurkers, huh? don't remember ICSFM getting lots of shout outs in the thread...
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 7 July 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
One of the rare albums I always listen to as an album, never in tracks. The sheer sound of this album, and of Piper at the Gates of Dawn, are the peak of a certain kind of big but crisp psychedelic production aesthetic that I can't describe without lapsing into metaphors from old soft drink commercials.
― Vic Perry, Saturday, 7 July 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
don't remember ICSFM getting lots of shout outs in the thread
obvious truths don't need shoutouts
― j., Saturday, 7 July 2012 04:23 (eleven years ago) link
alright then!
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 7 July 2012 04:52 (eleven years ago) link
"Relax" is full of good life advice.
― chupacabra seeds (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
And yet, there's one song that'll probably win by miles..― Mark G, Friday, 6 July 2012 08:27 (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Mark G, Friday, 6 July 2012 08:27 (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That'll be five pounds, thanks.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 09:02 (eleven years ago) link
Heinz Baked Beans 1
nutter...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 09:03 (eleven years ago) link
Nothing for Sunrise. Wish I'd voted for it now
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah that song is really hauntingly beautiful.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
damn no sunrise? i forgot to vote in this, but probably would've voted for that.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
Someone voted Odorono!
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Truck Bombing Begins at Home (Mount Cleaners), Thursday, 12 July 2012 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
Why shouldn't they, it's great!
― SomeTwat from Tring (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 July 2012 10:04 (eleven years ago) link
Yes.
― My Elusive Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 July 2012 11:09 (eleven years ago) link
Have been hearing "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" for 25-30 years and never realized the middle part was supposed to be flamenco.
― timellison, Saturday, 8 December 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
I've been playing this off YouTube for my art classes the past couple of days. (I know the "Monday-Tuesday" intro will make them laugh and put them into a receptive frame of mind right away.) The album's not new to me or anything--got a copy out of my parents' basement pile 45 years ago. But, like a lot of albums, it basically narrowed down in my mind over the years to my two or three favourite songs ("I Can't Reach You," "I Can See for Miles"). I haven't really listened to it in a long time.
So good. I don't think there's ever been an album I consider perfect, one where I unreservedly love every song. This one comes close--almost as close as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. I could do without "Silas Stingy" and "Sunrise," which I notice got no votes here. Completely endorse Christgau's retroactive A+. If there'd been Pazz & Jop in '67, it would have got my vote--wonder how it would have fared against Sgt. Pepper and Are You Experienced.
― clemenza, Friday, 14 February 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
Agree about Silas Stingy,but Sunrise is gorgeous
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
yes, perfect album and yes, Sunrise is gorgeous
― g simmel, Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:30 (ten years ago) link
It was one of the happy setlist surprises when I saw them in 1982.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:32 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I remember being surprised that they did "Tattoo" on that tour.
― timellison, Saturday, 15 February 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
I just looked up that gig (Birmingham, AL, Nov 82) and apparently they didn't play "Sunrise" -- but I swear I have a clear memory of them doing that song! They did do "Tattoo" though. (Faulty) memory is a funny thing.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 15 February 2014 05:12 (ten years ago) link
I expect I'll regret youBut the skin graft man won't get you
― The "5" Astronomer Royales (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
Christ, this album is perfect.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 14 December 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
I voted for 'Odorono' back in the day, but I'd switch it to 'I Can't Reach You' nowadays - just a beautiful song.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 14 December 2018 00:27 (five years ago) link
Also 'Silas Stingy' and 'Sunrise' are great - I'd take either over any track on The Who By Numbers that isn't 'Success Story' ...
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 14 December 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
Big fans of "The Who Sell Out" should check out the live at the Fillmore East 1968 collection. The set list at that point was from this LP. 'Relax' is a definite highlight of the set.
― earlnash, Friday, 14 December 2018 00:57 (five years ago) link
Miles is kind of a weak song really but it’s such a mind blowing track
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 23 November 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link
Very surprised to see the love for tattoo here, i always thought that and silas stingy were the obvious duds on this otherwise-perfect album
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 November 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
Me and my brother were talking to each other, and we 100% agree on "Silas Stingy" but think "Tattoo" is perfect.
― clemenza, Monday, 23 November 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
ha, mostly i just cant get over "i expect i'll regret you but the skin graft man wont get you", an all-time groaner of a rhyme
but tbf if id voted i might have honestly gone odorono so i might be nuts
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 November 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MDbELRzjhU
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 November 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
What? "Tattoo" is great and the skin graft line is great too!
― Naughty Boys Hoo! (Tom D.), Monday, 23 November 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
lol come on now, wtf is the skin graft man up to ffs? is he sneaking around stealing peoples skin?? also i just hate being made to picture skin grafts when im trying to enjoy rock music
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 November 2020 16:00 (three years ago) link
Armenia robbed. Love it so much, wish they played it live (or at least on an official release).
― Ape Hole Road (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 23 November 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
For someone regarded (at one time, anyway) as one of the Great Rock Lyricists, Townshend uses a lot of dubious rhymes, silly imagery and forced concepts.
I've always liked the grotesquerie of Silas Stingy; it's like a Dickens story animated by Terry Gilliam.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 23 November 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
That's Entwistle, though.
― Mark G, Monday, 23 November 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
I know, the first paragraph was responding to the conversation about Tattoo, the second about Silas Stingy.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 23 November 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
I assumed you knew, just clarified for the boys and girls.
― Mark G, Monday, 23 November 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
lol come on now, wtf is the skin graft man up to ffs
Talking of clairfication. He's covering up the tattoo obviously, the point being that the narrator is going to wear his tattoo proudly all his life. In which case, I don't see the problem with the lyric.
― Naughty Boys Hoo! (Tom D.), Monday, 23 November 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
Not covering up so much as removing and then grafting skin where the tattoo used to be.
― Naughty Boys Hoo! (Tom D.), Monday, 23 November 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
yeah i get what hes saying is "i wont go to the skin graft man", but "the skin graft man wont get you" is such an unfortunate phrasing to my ears, that makes it sound like the skin graft man wants to take the tattoo, like the tattoo is in peril due to this man who wants skin. just a weird weird line imo.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 November 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
it’s a bit of a mouthful, is my issue with “the skin graft man won’t get you”, too many consonants in a row
― brimstead, Monday, 23 November 2020 21:04 (three years ago) link