Gotta Lotta POLLING To Do - ILM Artist Poll #29 - Your HÜSKER DÜ Nominations Thread

Took three minutes to come up with a list that is 17 Grant, 3 Bob. All I need to do is determine an order.

Stanning for "Crystal" here. Scariest drug song this side of "Luv n' Haight." And it's the fucking opening track on their major label debut. Gotta love 'em for that.

Here's a scan of my second-ever published review: Metal Circus, from a University of Toronto campus paper, 2/24/84. (Dug it up just for this thread.) Lots of special pleading, lots of adjectives, lots of clunky earnestness and lyric-quoting--I'm quite beside myself. I remember expressing befuddlement to the editor about the photo.

I don't think this is actually a nominations thread. Voting/campaigning here, results next thread.

But I could be wrong! I'm not the answer guy.

This is the 1 band I really want to get back together and do a nostalgia tour. They broke up a year or 2 before I got old enough to go see bands play live. Their records have aged so well, too.

I've wished that too (although I was lucky enough to have seen them in '87), but part of what made them so great was that they'd been playing constantly for a few years solid. It would be difficult-to-impossible for them to get near that level in a one-off situation.

Also, while Bob and Grant hate each other, they hate Greg even more.

Here are some photos (by Mike Dyer) from a club show in '85 that I saw, a place called Larry's Hideaway:

http://www.thirdav.com/hd_discog/stills/s19850502.html

They played "Ticket to Ride" that night, and it was just the best thing ever. (Scanning faces, not seeing myself.)

Scanning faces, I don't even see the drummer!

Nominations, lobbying, suggestions, throwing-it-out-there's, I don't know what you want to call it. I stole most of the intro from other poll threads.

What song does Gotta Lotta POLLING to do reference? They have so many Poll-worthy song titles. You're A Polldier, I Apollagize, If I Polled You, etc.

Also, while Bob and Grant hate each other, they hate Greg even more.

First I've heard this! Why do they hate Greg?

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I generally refrain from this craze, but: Bob Polled.

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First I've heard this! Why do they hate Greg?

Supposedly, he wanted 1/3rd of the money despite not writing or singing any of the songs (except for "Everytime"). Grant has mentioned this in interviews, and I think Bob did too in his book.

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There is no way Bob and Grant hate Greg more than they hate each other. Grant considers Bob a self-serving compulsive liar who limited the number of songs he could contribute, kicked him out of the band, then spent several of the past years trying to scam the rights to the band's music out of the other members.

However, I have it on some authority that the band has if not buried the hatchet, then has managed to find itself on the same (legal) page, as far as the catalog goes.

My favorite line came from Grant (a long time ago) who said "Bob won't get off his high horse and Grant won't get off his horse high."

Quoting Robert Carradine in Go Ask Alice. (Not kidding.)

I could listen to Mould singing "It's a game some say that anyone can play" over that riff for 3000 minutes.

I generally refrain from this craze, but: Bob Polled.

― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:23 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Would've also worked for GBV poll.

Wish I could vote for "2541" in this. Not complaining, though, I understand why that's a separate thing.

Would never forgive myself if something like "Helpless" topped a Husker Du poll.

I haven't started thinking about my actual 20 yet, but I'm predicting it will break about evenly between Grant and Bob. I think of myself as a Grant fan, but I have a feeling when I really go through the catalog there's going to be more Bob I love than I tend to remember.

thought i'd post this here

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/575118_10151239675558774_1156480133_n.jpg

^grew up with that game

I've got two versions of it at home - the one featured in the YouTube above and this one:

http://neighborhoodvalues.com/nv/Toys-Games/TG4/pixs/HuskerDu1.jpg

Both were gifts – hey, pplains likes Husker Du, I'd bet he'd love these board games!

I finally opened the new one up with my then-2-year-old daughter. Haha, she didn't outwit me for shit.

I grew up with the old one, too, which I have downstairs.

Noticed the Grant beefs with Greg in recent interviews, he must be full of shit considering he's been supposedly friends and thanked in album covers in the 20+ years since the split

Something like "I wouldn't have any problem playing again with Bob, but I'd have no interest in playing with Greg, neither would Bob".

Maybe if Grant wasn't prone to such strange outbursts people would take his account of the Husker split and his problems with BM more seriously.

They both probably got food poisoning at Greg's restaurant.

I heard that Eiffel Tower High was written about GM's mustache

GN, that is

Probably ought to put this up at this point. Not perfect, but has its moments. Ode to Bob Mould. Better than TMBG's Replacements song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWuRZMu7wHc&feature=youtu.be

http://youtu.be/UWuRZMu7wHc

Could You Be the One is my #1

Ted Leo's been covering that one: http://youaintnopicasso.com/mp3/tedleocovers/05%20Could%20You%20Be%20the%20One.mp3

I think it has my favorite Husker guitar solo.

Is 'Flip Your Wig' the only song where Bob and Grant both sing on it? (Apart from stuff stuff like 'New Day Rising' title track etc.)

fwiw here's a blog post I wrote last year in the middle of a Zen Arcade reimmersion

http://blogs.metropulse.com/10-minute_obsession/2011/04/listening-to-zen-arcade-at-mid.html

(tho I see I attributed "What's Going On" to Mould instead of Hart. What you get for writing late-night exegeses.)

Is 'Flip Your Wig' the only song where Bob and Grant both sing on it? (Apart from stuff stuff like 'New Day Rising' title track etc.)

Ice Cold Ice? Not the trading verses like you're talking about though.

I've got it whittled down to 35 songs. Sorry, Baby Song, maybe next time.

Isn't "Somewhere" the only time Bob sang a Grant song? I totally agree with the above blog post about "Zen arcade", it's a record I admire more than love. Playing it again for this poll reminded me that I think it's impact and construction (a hardcore double concept album) was more important than the song content. There are some great songs on it, but better elsewhere in their catalogue.

Xp on "Could you be the one?" - I've always had a soft spot for this song, as it was the only cover I did at my debut solo gig twenty one years ago.

Think I'm down to thirty songs on my list so far, evenly split between Bob and Grant (with one entry for McGuinn / Clark etc)

oh man i've been waiting for this poll, first in a while where i felt more "ok i have a ton of their work i know well and want to make a ballot" than "i want to see results so i know what to investigate"

"Somewhere":

I've been confused about that song ever since I first read the liner notes on the gatefold. "Whoever wrote the song sang it, except for 'Somewhere'…" It's credited to Mould/Hart, but that's clearly Grant singing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qCSAWnl8EI

"Masochism World" and "One Step At a Time" are the only other M/H songs on the record. Grant's singing on Masochism, so how come it didn't get the same attention in the liner notes as "Somewhere"? And One Step is a 45-second piano piece. It took both guys to write that?

"Somewhere" is an awesome song, whatever the story is on it.

A reminder that the deadline for voting in this poll ends in a few hours.

I haven't checked today, but I know as of last night, we had 12-15 ballots submitted.

That said, I'm meeting some family members for pre-Thanksgiving and likely won't be home until 7 or 8 pm CST (0100-0200 GMT). If any ballots trickle in during that time, who would I be to turn them away.

thank you bendy
it's in my top 5!!

I'm too young to have ever seen Husker Du, but did anyone see Dwight Yoakam opening up in 1986?

No, but I saw them in 1987 with The Shamen supporting, bit of a mismatch really.

that sounds like a nightmare!

Deadline for submissions officially in 15 mins.

Vote! If nothing else, dilute the impact my ballot has on this, heh.

Just out of curiosity, how is this anyway? A couple of intriguing band/song combinations (Walt Mink, Janitor Joe). I remember seeing this in shops, but never bit. It's not on Spotify...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Du-Huskers-The-Twin-Cities-Replays-Zen-Arcade/release/752123

The only one I remember vividly is the Pink Turns To Blue cover which was damn near Bangles' Hazy Shade of Winter Pt. II. I liked it.

Exactly 90 songs were submitted and voted upon. I know I said let's do 33, but how about we amend that to 30. It'll still be 33-percent. Ties be damned.

25 ballots were received. If you did not get a response from me, please let me know as soon as possible.

Now.. let's see... hmmm. Anyone here ever used a spreadsheet before?

Were you able to figure out something? If you're stuck, let me know--I could probably tabulate 25 ballots/500 songs in an hour or so.

Ranked them all at No. 11.

Seeing that it was a direct and very representative portent of Things To Come (much more so than the one-off Statues, which was very PiL), it seems insane there's no studio recording of Amusement.

Getting geeked for this.

Probably will start the new thread in the morning, Tulsa Time, with the albums and band members. Then begin with the top 1/3 sometime around 1300 CST/1900 GMT.

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