Agree that Leave You Behind is way too low. It was my number three. Beautiful song.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 26 April 2014 01:47 (ten years ago) link
I feel like maybe "Good Things" siphoned off the votes "Leave You Behind" would receive. I love both of those songs, and feel like they're two sides of the same coin.
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Saturday, 26 April 2014 03:51 (ten years ago) link
I guess I mean they feel like two versions of the same song, but written at different times in life and/or in the specific trajectory of this band. Either way, I love them both. Someone smart said it in the other thread: Sleater-Kinney writes incredible break-up songs.
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Saturday, 26 April 2014 03:53 (ten years ago) link
aw fuck totally forgot to vote for "leave you behind," great song
― Simon H., Saturday, 26 April 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
didn't vote for either "leave you behind" or "good things" and went riff-heavy on my ballot. listening to them again they're great, so i'm not sure if i made the right choice. but on the other hand i just don't connect with their slower stuff anymore, tho at one point i know i must have. rollercoaster is great and i regret not voting for that as well. i never did find the right way to connect with the woods, though there were a few standouts for me -- probably i should pay more attention to it.
anyway, my main point is just to double check i listened to glass tambourine again and its still dire.
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Saturday, 26 April 2014 04:34 (ten years ago) link
I'm gonna drop a few today and again tomorrow in anticipation of resuming a bigger rollout sometime on Monday.
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37. “Jenny”Dig Me Out, 1997130 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/_o7CeHj8vT0Live in '99: http://youtu.be/tS3JUDO7USE
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
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36. “Things You Say”Dig Me Out, 1997138 Points (6 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/VR-HiLe_X_ULive in '97: http://youtu.be/K0EXLwjx6uk
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
Voted for both of these. Two of the main reasons why Dig Me Out is such a brilliant album.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
xp I'd love to see that interview
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
I was the #1 on "Things You Say." Doesn't necessarily stick out between "Dance Song 97" and "Jenny," but it's really crept up on me over time.
― da croupier, Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
http://www.anneemall.net/blog/images/juin2010/bs_sk.jpg
35. “Don’t Talk Like”The Hot Rock, 1999141 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/C8EnSmXiYpoCouldn't find a live version, but this early (post-MacFarlane, pre-Weiss--a dude drummer!) live in-store clip of a unreleased song also about talking came up in the search: http://youtu.be/rYuo50WLNiU
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
"Jenny" has always felt so nakedly agonized that it makes me slightly uncomfortable with the raw sadness of Corin's vocal performance and the grinding despair of Carrie's guitar.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
Oh cool, voted for these three. "Don't Talk Like" made it very high on my ballot, such a perfect song.
― devvvine, Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Last one for today...
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34. “Modern Girl”The Woods, 2005142 Points (6 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/VQ1KkorXdBYLive Music Video Version: http://youtu.be/qOM107PIxV8Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/ZKSuigMwoF0
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 April 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
I love this one, top five for me. The way it gradually blows into overdrive
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 26 April 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, totally. I love the way the distortion builds.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 26 April 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
Interesting that they went with a new version for the video. Judging by the release date, I guess it was the last thing they recorded.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 April 2014 20:34 (ten years ago) link
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh finally catching up with this for a minute! Hard to add much but the Woods tracks appearing so far make me feel bad about shortchanging that record in my ballot, I fucking loved it when it came out. Maybe I just overplayed the thing.
Cut "What's Mine Is Yours" last-minute from my ballot - I do think it's one of the strongest cuts on the album but somehow when it came voting time, the big awesome guitar solo breakdown thing seemed like dead weight rather than an epic move for texture and space on their most Zep-ish LP.
"Rollercoaster" is awesome, love how busy and thundering and pounding it gets, with the ooh-ooh rockin' rollercoaster stuff gliding up through the mix. Would have made my ballot probably except, as with a lot of Woods tracks, it sounded way shittier and noisier and distorted on headphones from Spotify than it ever did on LP or in concert.
"Modern Girl" ditto actually - listening to the video version, as rough as it is, it sounds like such a Sleater-Kinney song and the moments that always had the most heart (the chorus, the "I DIDN'T BUY NOTHIN'!") come through that much clearer. Also I always loved the donut line.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 26 April 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
Your Sunday Sleater-Kinney Selections...
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33. “All Hands On The Bad One”All Hands On The Bad One, 2000144 Points (8 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/YvpHxtNx0BU
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 April 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
Did not vote for this, but love it lots. Their title tracks are almost all jams.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 April 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2013/05/Carrie-Brownstein-608x475.jpg
32. “It’s Enough”Dig Me Out, 1997146 Points (8 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/HOZoIbcGORoLive in '97 @ 924 Gilman St.: http://youtu.be/M0F8bTWivmo
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 April 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
Today's Final Entry:
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31. “Ironclad”All Hands On The Bad One, 2000156 Points (8 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/BsG3AuE7jlULive In 2000: http://youtu.be/kDpdOvpT2qs
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 April 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
Too low
― devvvine, Sunday, 27 April 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
lol @ the "It's Enough" screenshot. Early on, I was thrown by the sax on it -- riot grrrl with horns? So not punk! But really adds some texture to your usual awesome Corin wailing.
"Ironclad" and "Youth Decay" were the two RAWK ones from All Hands that I was choosing between, went with the former probably because it's a little more top-to-bottom awesome.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Sunday, 27 April 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
this poll is so joyous, every song that shows up i'm like "hell yeah what a great song, why didn't i vote for it??"
― reddening, Sunday, 27 April 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
^^^I know, right?
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 April 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
1:06 to 1:32 of Pompeii is just, I don't know how to not get all hyperbolic saying this, but it was one of the last times where I was just floored by a rock song.
― kaleb, Monday, 28 April 2014 06:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's one of the few so far that i voted for. right now the song that i'm like wow why didn't i vote for this is "Was It A Lie?"
― some dude, Monday, 28 April 2014 11:17 (ten years ago) link
Sorry for the delay. I had to, er, "Call The Doctor" on myself this morning. (I should be okay in time.)
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30. “Anonymous”Call The Doctor, 1996169 Points (7 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/d9AWN-lIewULive @ Reading '99 (start of three song mini-set): http://youtu.be/lGcvnTuugMgLive in 2000: http://youtu.be/SrQRNrYr0jw
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
Oh this is too low. My favorite of side 1 Call The Doctor, which is saying something.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 28 April 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/R397USGeIpo/0.jpg
29. “The Size of Our Love”The Hot Rock, 1999180 Points (8 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/E8DBJirlEh0
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
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28. “Sympathy”One Beat, 2002190 Points (8 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/2mOrhpSWTecLive @ Coachella '06: http://youtu.be/gvWd03dfs6U
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
"The Size of Our Love" kills me. Their most fully realized ballad to date.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
It didn't make my ballot, but ^^ this.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
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27. “The Fox”The Woods, 2005203 Points (9 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/xgBRjqDE-24Live in '04 (from bonus dvd): http://youtu.be/joS3HiPiEaALive in '06 (Final Show): http://youtu.be/mr71K5xdfEQ
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
Heh, going through a stretch of songs that didn't make my shortlist.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
Anonymous and Size of Our Love were last-minute cuts from my ballot. I voted for "Sympathy," my favorite song off One Beat and one of their most affecting.
― voodoo chili, Monday, 28 April 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
http://www.diatonico.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Interpol1.jpg
26. “Entertain”The Woods, 2005206 Points (12 Votes)
Music Video: http://youtu.be/MbxRu7fwR24Live in 2004 (early lyrics from bonus dvd): http://youtu.be/Iv8AaUqV2wkLive on "The Henry Rollins Show": http://youtu.be/TAmIm3XFPuY
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
my ballot was prejudiced towards the barn-burners (i put "the fox" high in my ballot for the giddiness of "i'll go / i'll go / and there's NO LOOKING BACK!"), but "the size of our love" was so important to me at one point. re-listening evokes a total sense-memory of when i first heard it (first year of college, sitting on the grass outside the library, achingly and fruitlessly in love).
"sympathy" was also on my ballot; i love the combo of corin's concrete despair and and carrie's imagistic strut.
― reddening, Monday, 28 April 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
http://www.portlandmercury.com/images/blogimages/2008/08/14/r_1218724230_coyote.jpg
25. “Light Rail Coyote”One Beat, 2002216 Points (10 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/GLgPGpX5GekLive in '06: http://youtu.be/xZUVUk-DsfE
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link
Woo Entertain! I was worried it would miss the cut. The Jumpers to Rollercoaster section of The Woods is one of the best stretches in S-K history.
― voodoo chili, Monday, 28 April 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
"Light Rail Coyote" reaallllly took off live.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Back in early days of the voting thread I brought up what I felt could be this poll's "Sway", a song that had been on all the initial ballots. It didn't keep up the momentum, but here 'tis:
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24. “The End of You”The Hot Rock, 1999229 Points (12 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/qrIq4UWG-UcLive in '99: http://youtu.be/HS8JVUdaK6ILive in '06 (Final Show): http://youtu.be/vka588sPseU
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
too low
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 April 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, seriously.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
Wow, seriously didn't expect that to even make the poll, let alone the top half. I mean, I love every song on THR, but I definitely consider "The End of You" to be one of its lesser tracks.
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
Still, surprises like that are making me love this poll
my brain can't even compute how someone wouldn't think this is one of S-K's FIFTY best songs.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 April 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
Back in early days of the voting thread I brought up what I felt could be this poll's "Sway", a song that had been on all the initial ballots.
Ha, I was wondering what song it was that made all the (early) ballots! This was my #11, but it's always been a THR highlight for me. Love the hunkering down/us-against-the-world sentiment (magnified by the ferocious music).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 28 April 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
In my defense S-K has tons of great songs
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Monday, 28 April 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link