"No Alternative" compilation poll

Not sure how I feel about a charity comp essentially being used as a dumping ground for stray b-sides, covers and live tracks.

Voted Manning, whose track is several measures of quality above anything else here.

Not sure how I feel about a charity comp essentially being used as a dumping ground for stray b-sides, covers and live tracks.

you should feel intimately familiar with it

oh man that Manning Joed Out <3<3 it's like I'm 17 all over again <3<3

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Voted Nirvana but always dug the Uncle Tupelo cut

forgot to vote yet, wound up tossing it to mould

lol phrasing

The Pavement song has always annoyed me, predated my fandom.

my god i can't believe i used to listen to this so much. maybe i overlistened to it because i'm pretty sure i can't deal with of these songs now.
i'll go with what i would've gone with back then: matthew sweet or buffalo tom, mostly for the guitar. oh how i loved matthew sweet and buffalo tom when i was a teen... lol. i did really like effigy too.

so do we have a poll for Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams is the thing

Love Buffalo Tom and like Matthew Sweet but the selections here are unessential, if hardly bad.

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Why wasn't Barbara Manning born in New Zealand? Her song from this comp was as great as anything from her records. I love her.

a lot of times when Nirvana dominates a poll, i kinda loudly roll my eyes about how it's such an obvious but not really correct choice. this is not one of those times.

ah damn i missed this. i would have broken the tie. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW.

ooh ooh do the kids soundtrack next

Effigy!

deserved more than four votes; I wish I would've voted for that but then that would've given the edge to Pavement :(

anyways I need to soon come into a copy of this CD

forgot ta vote

ooh ooh do the kids soundtrack next

― goole, Tuesday, November 13, 2012 8:01 PM (Yesterday)

I'M THE POLL NATURAL POLL for the KIDS soundtrack (1995 Harmony Korine, Lou Barlow Folk Implosion)

expected as much

i guess slitting my throat is in order?

my quantum nostalgia clip show ILX OF THE 2000s LOVES THE 90s is going to be a big hit

Possibly JacobSanders may have given up waiting for an answer but the song Barbara manning is singing is actually by the Verlaines from NZ. So they kinda got two songs on the record.

The Verlaines track belatedly became my favorite. It smokes!

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, November 8, 2012 8:40 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This. I don't think I paid any attention to it whatsoever when I was listening to this comp at the time ('the Ver-whats?!') but goddamn did this song ever sneak up on me in recent years.

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Loved this comp ("Glynis"!). It went on to become a stalwart of the bargain bin, along with REM's Monster.

I'm surprised to see there's no thread or poll for Red Hot's follow-up indie rock comp. So here you go: Red Hot + Bothered: The Poll

Hey Lunchie, if you like that Verlaines track you'll love their "You're Just Too Obscure For Me" comp. It picks the best bits of their 20th century work (they've since reformed and released patchy-with-strong-tracks albums).

Cool, I will check that out. They're one of the many bands for whom I've discovered an amazing song that I love and have stupidly explored no further than that.