John Cale - Fear Is A Man's Best Poll

here's some of his big ears set -- sounds kind of cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFOf39vRSOU

yes, it was amazing, though I will admit that it took me a while to find a way into the groove of whatever it is that they were doing. But once I did I was all theirs.

Ludicrously great band obviously. Funkiest bassist ever.

oof the bridge in "buffalo ballet"... so nice.

the whole record. john cale rules.

http://quietus_production.s3.amazonaws.com/images/articles/7147/John_Cale_1318330132_crop_550x571.jpg

He looks like a Brian Froud drawing.

I just play the whole Island Years comp.

* hi, my name is Zach_TBD (Karl Malone). i was a longstanding underrater of Fear.
** hi Zach_TBD (Karl Malone).
* hi. god, this is awkward. what was i even thinking. where do i even begin

sleeping in the midday sun.
sleeping in the midday sun.

one of those single lines that just makes the entire song. john cale has a lot of those.

note: on Spotify, the most popular song on this album is Barracuda (close to 3M listens, compared to only 500K for the best song, Ship of Fools). on this poll, Barracuda has 0 votes.

"Barracuda" is a catchy sumbitch

sleeping in the midday sun.
sleeping in the midday sun.

one of those single lines that just makes the entire song. john cale has a lot of those.

Holy shit, I was going to post that I was surprised more people don't cover John Cale, but then I saw this:

https://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/covers/index.html

List of bands includes both Sugar Ray and Red Hot Chili Peppers, though both (particularly the latter) or kind of technicalities:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NzuVBA55NI

Paul Kelly does a great version of "Buffalo Ballet":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cBcd0IaIA

"Emily" would have been my pick. Another one-line chorus: "Maybe we'll love again".

haha, that is weird that "barracuda" is the most-played spotify track — must be the one that the algorithm has singled out for being up-tempo, no screaming, not too long etc. the playlist canon.

KM I am glad that you are properly appreciating this masterpiece

haha, that is weird that "barracuda" is the most-played spotify track — must be the one that the algorithm has singled out for being up-tempo, no screaming, not too long etc. the playlist canon.

― tylerw

I wonder if it's from people searching for the Heart song and playing it.

I wondered that too.

Haha maybe!

Most likely

Now if only Taylor Swift would record a song entitled "The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy"...

“Barracuda” features in the recent Andy Samberg film Palm Springs - might be getting some action from that.

omg the Heart connection, don't know whether to laugh or cry

“Barracuda” features in the recent Andy Samberg film Palm Springs - might be getting some action from that.

god, this just hit me hard for some reason