i didn't vote for worst songs, but the two i came up with before i stopped trying were "steep air" and "the remainder," mostly because i find them boring. and i still like corin's part in "the remainder."
― reddening, Friday, 25 April 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
Gobsmacked that anything in "The Remainder" is boring!
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Friday, 25 April 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
i don't know if ahotbo is the most self-consciously feminist one, but maybe the most lucidly feminist?― horseshoe, Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:24 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― horseshoe, Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:24 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Corin, in a fun webchat from 2000:
Detroit, Michigan: This record seems to be quite a bit more overtly political and perphaps feminist than your previous albums. What is your reaction to the attacks against the so-called feminist agenda by men and women alike recently?Sleater Kinney: *Corin) I, personally, have really reconnected with my political anger this year, and have felt more inspired than I have in a long time. I've felt disturbed by the mysoginist and sexist things that happened in 1999. By having the privilidge {sic} of an audience, if I can in any way inspire people to change things, I want to.
Sleater Kinney: *Corin) I, personally, have really reconnected with my political anger this year, and have felt more inspired than I have in a long time. I've felt disturbed by the mysoginist and sexist things that happened in 1999. By having the privilidge {sic} of an audience, if I can in any way inspire people to change things, I want to.
Re-listening to the album really brings back the memories timecapsule-style. It was a really ugly time, Woodstock '99 only being the crowning acheivement of alot of really odious events and posturing going around. I remember seeing a big report on "Dateline" that fall about how this, I think it was a lesbian student alliance/outreach group from Columbia University was having an event in Central Park that was crashed by this large group of guys who ending up assaulting (both physically and sexually) the attendees. There were camcorders in the crowd, a bunch of footage was captured, and the scary thing was it was all so random--it was't premeditated, the men just showed up and went to town on these young women. I also seem to recall that--despite the evidence--their punishments were fairly light--some fines, perhaps a little community service.
You listen to the album and it's a ticket back to this time before it was so easy to get a hold of thinkpieces, back when instant journalism was in its infancy. You have this time where it felt like some great positive change had occurred, but suddenly <BOOM>, we're back in the stone ages again.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 03:49 (ten years ago) link
Lie is the track that most gets across that frustration to me IMO, where some of the others on that album feel more about "what do I do with the privilege of an audience" in a more detached way
― da croupier, Friday, 25 April 2014 03:58 (ten years ago) link
i think the reason i did't vote in this poll was that i couldn't bear to get sad about how sleater-kinney doesn't exist anymore right now
― horseshoe, Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 25 April 2014 04:33 (ten years ago) link
From Onion AV Club -- one of my favorite music crit paragraphs:
"Sleater-KinneyAlbum: One Beat Label: Kill Rock StarsWhen the haze from the dry ice and flashpots finally lifts, and the boy bands, girl singers, and tortured tattoo exhibits that shifted so many units at the turn of the millennium are revealed as the 1910 Fruitgum Company of their day, history will have to rewrite itself in a fashion that focuses on the music that mattered. With each album, Sleater-Kinney continues to assure its place in that yet-to-be-written canon by turning out music of such potency that, by comparison, most other bands don't seem to be trying. "
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 25 April 2014 04:34 (ten years ago) link
That's my five albums, tho not in my order. And I ws a Woods #1 voter, btw
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 25 April 2014 05:08 (ten years ago) link
1910 Fruitgum Company released some good songs!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 April 2014 05:45 (ten years ago) link
Taking Sides: Limp Bizkit vs. 1910 Fruitgum Company
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 05:59 (ten years ago) link
Someone say, "Tracks Rollout"?
http://pearsonmaron.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/heart-factory-tattoo-1.jpg
50. “Heart Factory”Dig Me Out, 199797 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/8Nn1jV3wS4sLive in '98: http://youtu.be/Zt7FsggLQf8
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
http://tk-jk.net/S-K/TabImages/OneSongForYou/OneSongForYou1.jpg
49. “One Song For You”The Hot Rock, 1999111 Points (4 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/i0_hWz7K68ALive in '97 @ CBGB's: http://youtu.be/1a1x6Flhzj4
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
lotta points for 50/49!
i <3 'one song for you'
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 April 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
I like Heart Factory in terms of its place in the flow of Dig Me Out -- some breathing room between the bangers -- but on its own I think it's sorta clunky.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 25 April 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3xNI8MBOYpQ/TkvJg0zOKhI/AAAAAAAABqE/ADrTxj_suOY/s1600/Hot+Rock+1.jpg
48. “Hot Rock”The Hot Rock, 1999112 Points (5 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/A8odXlYpjUYLive in 2006: http://youtu.be/Q6KusmZ1FXE
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
catching up a bit here, but had to let it be known that THREE of my top 20 songs made the worst song list. slightly weirded out there.
with regard to songs rolling out just now, nice to see the title track from The Hot Rock nudging in there. have always been fond of that one.
― charlie h, Friday, 25 April 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
http://www.grassrootsfeminism.net/cms/sites/default/files/notwaiting.jpg
47. “I’m Not Waiting"Call The Doctor, 1996114 Points (5 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/NnSL24w-n5ELive @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/Q6c8lgLk2Co
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn5.openculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pink-floyd-live-at-pompeii.jpg
Tie-45. “Pompeii”All Hands On The Bad One, 2000118 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/WV8pYW9YiAsLive in 2000 (bad audio encode): http://youtu.be/5TQ4Tj1f6oY
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
ok, so I'm Not Waiting is the first song from my ballot to actually place. collects into a modest frenzy before i've had a chance to get over the hypnotics of the opening guitar line.
― charlie h, Friday, 25 April 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
"Heart Factory" first song on mine to place. Is it too early for a TOO LOW ? Always stood out as a DMO highlight for me.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 25 April 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
DMO is all highlights
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Friday, 25 April 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/silkwood/silkwoodcar600.jpg
Tie-45. “Was It A Lie?”All Hands On The Bad One, 2000118 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/86cCqXiRWkILive in 2005: http://youtu.be/3QSsacnzEPI
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
The guitar in "Pompeii" is some of my favorite S-K playing from their whole run.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 April 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
I like how more people put lie in their top 20 than bottom 5, but the relative lack of worst ballots means we get to go "omg why u not like that one ilx??"
― da croupier, Friday, 25 April 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
http://www.sustainablebrands.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/635x300/article_images/whats-mine-is-yours-cover.jpg
44. “What’s Mine Is Yours”The Woods, 2005119 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/wM9OJVpdvekLive @ Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/wFM--FCa7gE
From the comments on the live clip:
Okay, Carrie's solo gave me a total lady-boner.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
big, big fan of Was It A Lie?. manages to sound fidgety, languid and tender all at the same time.
― charlie h, Friday, 25 April 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
otm
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 April 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
I didn't even bother re-listening to The Woods before voting, because it was plenty easy to fill my ballot with 20 tracks I knew I already liked. This list could be a useful guide, but I'm wary still.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 April 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
http://cf.chucklesnetwork.com/items/8/3/2/1/4/original/what-if-xxx-is-actually-a-random-number-generator.jpg
43. “God Is A Number”The Hot Rock, 1999120 Points (5 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/4_27XsRINigLive in '99: http://youtu.be/baR7KKa4gk0Live in '06 (last show): http://youtu.be/KjT7n-9fRCQ
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
god is an infinitely-sided die
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 April 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
5 of my votes have already placed
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 April 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
Hah! I randomly had "Heart Factory" pop into my head this morning! PRESCIENCE. Even the poppier cuts on Dig Me Out are heavy rocks.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
Just What's Mine is Yrs so far, a lot than I had it
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:27 (ten years ago) link
LOWER
Since hot rock was my #1, I'll go ahead and call "too low" on that one
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
Though I guess I take some comfort in my points guaranteeing it a place in the top 50
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
i'll second 'hot rock' as too low, song was kinda devastating to me at the time
― balls, Friday, 25 April 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
WMIY ws my #5 or so, so I prob gave it a leg up
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
@grisso I voted hot rock at #1 but it isn't listed as receiving any #1 votes above. Is that a typo? Sorry to be so anal, just want to make sure justice is served on behalf of that heartbreaking masterpiece.
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Friday, 25 April 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
It's a typo.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
I've got this one, and then I've gotta go do some crimes errands. Hopefully I'll be back for a few more later this afternoon.
http://inmediasrecipe.com/wp-content/uploads/mixing-cherry-tomatoes.jpg
42. “Rollercoaster”The Woods, 2005123 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/jLYQMNh2h0ILive @ Coachella '06 ("I heard Keith Richards fell out of a palm tree the other day...we're gonna avoid those.": http://youtu.be/yqkGjoh_cCA
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
Awesome, thanks again for doing the poll!
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Friday, 25 April 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Voted for "Rollercoaster,' great riff, lots of fun.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
Man, Janet is raging on that live clip.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 25 April 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
great images for these, <3 the one for rollercoaster.
three of mine have placed (one song, pompeii, god is a #), all three of which i was like "do other people like these enough to put them in their Top 20?" i'm totally psyched to see them here and with so many votes!
― reddening, Friday, 25 April 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
"one song for you" was the first s-k track i ever heard, it's such an A+ example of their characteristic interplay that my mind was instantly blown.
― reddening, Friday, 25 April 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
i was the #1 voter for "God Is A Number" :)
― some dude, Friday, 25 April 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2011/04/51679845_a_l.jpg
41. “Faraway”One Beat, 2002123 Points (5 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/q7bDlj2013ALive in 2002 (third show back from hiatus): http://youtu.be/7GwaGaXdlA8Live in 2005, Dedicated to "the people in New Orleans": http://youtu.be/fgykJkWlaR0
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
http://www.debbieclapper.com/images/2005/sleater-kinney.jpg
40. “Leave You Behind”All Hands On The Bad One, 2000127 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/Qnz4i2ZzZLc
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
Too low.
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Friday, 25 April 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
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39. ”O2”One Beat, 2002128 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/fwe4S7C13L8Live In '06 (sub-vhs quality a/v): http://youtu.be/Iuz22dJQ2LI
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 April 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link