"I'm The Queen of Rock and POLL!!!!!!"_ILM Artist Poll #51_SLEATER-KINNEY_ RESULTS THREAD

^^^ My Twitter wallpaper! Love the call-and-response between Corin and Carrie and Janet, one of their most fun and playful moments.

Still smh @ it beating out "Little Mouth" though.

XP YESSS TARFUMES.

I had the realization the other day that "Step Aside" is what High Time-era MC5 would've sounded like if they'd been female.

first track i heard from one beat, i can remember driving around in the country outside of athens listening to wuog when it was still on the air and this just coming on out of nowhere and rocking my fucking world. easily my fave s-k in that pop anthem mode. RIGHTEOUS.

Actually thinking about the great moments in "Step Aside" -- the C&R sections, the whoo-ooh-oohs, the na-na-na-na-nana nanana outro -- makes me not so butthurd.

I had the realization the other day that "Step Aside" is what High Time-era MC5 would've sounded like if they'd been female.

― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:25 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wow, never heard it like that before...that's totally OTMFM.

Also, the horn parts seem to echo/mimic those in the Who's "The Real Me."

I'll take that as an endorsement to listen to the MC5.

OK, I'll say it... TOO LOW.

"Step Aside" has appeared on many mix tapes.

"move it up / one time"

"knife through the heart of our exploitation / disassemble our discrimination"

carrie's wiggly rock legs in late period sk videos are awesome.

That's two in a row I feel silly about not voting for.

Damn me, I guess.

honestly i'm glad they didn't really do any other tracks like this. but i'm so glad they did this one.

yeah i'll second that

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15. “A Quarter To Three”
The Hot Rock, 1999
314 Points (14 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/ZbU2VLPCRS0

Love the guitar-playing on this one so much

This was my number one. Beautiful song and the one that really got me into the band.

The backing vocals in the chorus are so great.

"Little Mouth" is so furious, Leee otm

I think it ended up being my #4

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14. “Let’s Call It Love/Night Light”
The Woods, 2005
323 Points (13 Votes, 1 #1)

The Tracks: http://youtu.be/I9aR7Tyzibc
"Let's Call It Love/Entertain" Live @ Coachella '06 (two parts): http://youtu.be/GvjWH8iCgTI http://youtu.be/IKVsIhIGOzw

this fell off my ballot towards the very end. it was great live, and i adore the crescendo of "all - my - life - i've - WAIT - ed" into the climactic holler "LOOOOOOOOOVE!"

That ping ping guitar riff at the heart of "A Quarter to Three," the Cure-esque solo, the melodica -- it's a perfect last song.

^^ someone pointed out earlier that they don't usually fade-out at the end of their songs, but they do it here and it's a great choice.

Incidentally "A Quarter To Three" was the last minute addition to my ballot when I was informed that "Let's Call It Love" and "Night Light" were being counted as one song and I had an extra spot.

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i've come to appreciate how Let's Call It Love goes on way too long, if only because it creates a positively monumental lead-in to that magic juncture where it finally catches focus and segues into Night Light.

oh, damn, I need to check ILM every now and then.
woulda thrown another #1 to "Sympathy"

Corin sings Sympathy really well

Is that Carrie with OITNB people??

Just one OITNB people. I see Modern Family, Veep and Goldbergs people as well.

the emergence of Carrie Brownstein, Frequent Late Night Talk Show Guest is still kind of surreal

i'm not sure i'll ever get used to it. i'm all 'good for her!' and happy she's getting paid and it beats blogging for npr but even if i'm just watching portlandia (nevermind stuff like the amex commercial) every now and then my head will go 'wtf that's carrie brownstein'. i'm going thru a similar thing now w/ that fucking apple commercial w/ 'gigantic' - i lolled heartily the first time, i was happy that kim in particular was gettting paid, i rolled my eyes at the idea of outrage over an indie song in a commercial at this late a date, and yet now more and more frequently a part of me that is getting louder and louder thinks 'there is something about this specifically that is very weird and very wrong'.

With the "Gigantic" ad, I mostly thought of my high school friends in 1989 who gave me shit for going to see squaresville corporate rock sellouts the Who on their cash-grab reunion tour, while insisting their faves the Pixies (who I dug too) would never fall into any of those sellouty rock-star traps.

Stoked for what can only be the upcoming DMO deluge.

O rly?

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13. “You’re No Rock n’ Roll Fun”
All Hands On The Bad One, 2000
336 Points (16 Votes, 1 #1)

Music Video: http://youtu.be/NNpKjmNaJpQ
Live on "Trackers": http://youtu.be/tP9faBenZGw
Interview from same: http://youtu.be/TME8W73nYWY
Seattle School of Rock cover version: http://youtu.be/ANX0mOqtDV4

I'm still waiting.

can totally see Don 'n' Glenn getting heckled by SK and fans at a show.

The first Sleater-Kinney song I ever heard. I'm surprised to see it miss the top ten.

My #1! Truly the song that made me a fan.

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12. “Call The Doctor”
Call The Doctor, 1996
344 Points (15 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/sysudzyUpzI
Live @ Bryn Mawr in '96: http://youtu.be/LRO3pJn6v-E
Live @ CBGB's in '97: http://youtu.be/DA7FYXZWOPI
Live in '06: http://youtu.be/8Do94cSetio

"You're No Rock n' Roll Fun" and "All Hands On The Bad One" were the songs that turned me off the band for a while after The Hot Rock got me interested in them tbh

"You're No" was the only AHOTBO song to make my ballot.

I'm still waiting.

― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:08 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm not waiting

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11. “Dance Song ‘97”
Dig Me Out, 1997
347 Points (14 Votes, 2 # 1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/cw6XU87YaXQ
Live in '97 w/members of The Need & Donna Dresch: http://youtu.be/cw6XU87YaXQ
Live in '06: http://youtu.be/1QDnkcktEm8

OOOOH TOO LOW for "Call the Doctor" -- I had it at #2, and it's my #2 by a large margin. I'd never heard anything like it before -- not with lyrics about socialization, the weird vocal interplay, the vibrato in the lead singer's voice -- and then the explosion during the bridge -- Corin wailing, Carrie screaming -- made me an instant fan. So powerful.

When I was getting into them I really didn't like the Call the Doctor album that much at all, the only song that stuck was the title track. The whole album has grown on me a lot but that song in particular has become one of my favourite songs of theirs. Such a brilliant opener.

"Dance Song '97" and its roller rink organ warmed to the band after the initial shock.

I kind of always forget about Dance 97 as it's surrounded by such amazing songs that overshadow it a little bit.

it sounds like an awesome riff and chorus from obscure New Wave band stapled together

Oh wow, I had no idea Dance Song 97 was this beloved.

it doesn't fit in on dmo when i think about what dmo is about, but if i go track by track its one of my favorites.

bouncy sk is the best, and i love the undercurrent of compulsion and dread. it has a "dance dance dance to the radio" quality.

omg the the toms that kick in around 2:20 in the outro.