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

I didn't vote in this, but would have gone for One More Hour, barely, over Dig Me Out. Those are the two tracks that have stuck with me the most over the years. Hope they both make it!

huuuush / hush and ruuuush

W&G so poppy yet so, so heavy.

http://37.media.tumblr.com/ad008cd108832a24301b5a0c07c9b6cb/tumblr_mzqf4qze1y1raeetho1_500.jpg

3. “Dig Me Out”
Dig Me Out, 1997
550 Points (22 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/qxfJIERpsBk
Live in '96, preceded by "The Last Song": http://youtu.be/bUZJuejJGBA
Live @ 924 Gilman in '97: http://youtu.be/FgAdvpeiLCA
Last Show: http://youtu.be/6Vv1vNjCo64

"Dig Me Out" -- that killer no-nonsense riff saying "We're not messing around, plus hey let's introduce our new drummer..." BOOOM BOOOM BOOOOOM.

the roll in w&g at 1:17 before it kicks into the bridge, straight through "rock until you're good and dead"

so good

does anyone else write songs like s/k? everything about their sound, their riffs, feels really distinct, like from a whole different place

A Real Man #1

Catching up, "Words & Guitar" was my number one, just one of the most flat out fun rock songs ever put to tape.

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/ee/2f/0f/ee2f0f38ce0402900251a7cc0e204135.jpg

2. “One More Hour”
Dig Me Out, 1997
559 Points (19 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: http://youtu.be/spcbqFjJ1SE
Live @ 924 Gilman in '97: http://youtu.be/uMqRUOxUwZA
Live @ The NYC Tower Records: http://youtu.be/O6zOJAxmqhs
Final Show: http://youtu.be/uvd8dcEtN_o

Final show, final song. ;___;

Anyway, congratulations to #1, "Fortunate Son."

I have a feeling what #1 will be but...no, it can't be.

Milkshake 'N Honey it is!

Prisstina for the win. Was there ever any doubt?

Surprised One More Hour isn't number one. It looks like I voted for all the top five. Not sure that's ever happened before.

Still room for "Buy Her Candy"!

It looks like I voted for all the top five. Not sure that's ever happened before.

This won't apply to me. ;_;

The Professional is gonna take it

Nice pic above for One More Hour. They both look great there.

We know what #1 will be so there's no suspense. I am surprised nothing from the first album especially Be Yr Mama placed.

http://www.electrip.com/sleater-kinney/images/discog/USsingles/GetUpCDbig.jpg

1. “Get Up”
The Hot Rock, 1999
573 Points (21 Votes, 3 #1’s)

Music Video: http://youtu.be/ubyVReV2gDc
Live In '99: http://youtu.be/0mDbkJwNzps
Live @ Coachella '06, preceded by banter about Madonna: http://youtu.be/ariAv3ifhPQ
Band interview by Nardwuar: http://youtu.be/XjTz3sT91ms

WHAT A GREAT SONG

GOODBYE SMALL HANDS

GOODBYE SMALL HEART

wau did not expect "get up" to top "one more hour"!

MY SOUL IS CLIMBING TREE TRUNKS
AND SWINGING FROM EVERY BRANCH

otm

its a great song but it feels so unrepresentative of s/k?

Voted for it, but figured it wouldn't make it.

YES! my number one!

thanks for running this poll. great pics, lots of video selections.

this is the most fun i've had on ILM in ages

I feel like we did a poll a few years back and this was the favorite then too.

goddamn!

Thanks to all for Participating (be it voting, commenting, or both)! Here's two more bonus vids I had a brain fart about and didn't post when the tracks just came up.

1. The S-K segment of Song For Cassavettes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGqmiKjBtX4

2. "Fortunate Son" & "Dig Me Out" live in 2000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5v_m5JAuBY

horseshoe s-k karaoke is harder than you think, you try it once or twice and the you're like 'ok, maybe stick to pavement songs'

ha i've never actually done it, except in my bedroom. i would be crushed to discover just how much i don't sing like corin tucker, amplified.

My #1, "Get Up" was the first s/k song I fell for and it's the greatest. Thanks for doing the poll! Never really spoken to people about s-k that much so it's been really interesting to see the results.

Great result and a great poll.

WAIT -- balls, you've seen S-K in karaoke machines????

yeah we used to have indie rock karaoke here then dude moved to idaho and it just became regular karaoke (actually i guess new guy does have some bikini kill but still it's mainly sorority girls and divorcees alternating between queen and reba). you can ask casino about it. guy was back in town last xmas so there was a one-off show, i closed w/ rem's 'find the river' and pavement's 'here', both right in my wheelhouse.

now you need to cover a song from Paisley's Wheelhouse.

Guess it doesn't matter that I didn't vote for Turn It On, or for One More Hour for that matter

Funny, "Get Up" was one I would've expected to make my top 10, but then I didn't even vote for it. I got on an SK rockers kick and didn't leave room for it. Great song tho. As fair a #1 as any.

Ballot time?

s-k tracks
get up
little mouth
one more hour
words and guitar
i wanna be your joey ramone
ironclad
step aside
the end of you
good things
oh
a quarter to three
the drama you’ve been craving
the hot rock
the day i went away
burn don’t freeze
dig me out
start together
leave you behind
little babies
you’re no rock n roll fun

albums
the hot rock
dig me out
call the doctor
all hands on the bad one
wild flag

non-s-k tracks
complicated (heavens to betsy)
the drop dead look (excuse 17)
racehorse (wild flag)
glass tambourine (wild flag)
paralyzed (heavens to betsy)
designated shotgun (excuse 17)
black tiles (wild flag)
joey (corin tucker band)
under a cloud (quasi)
two beers later (cadallaca)

Songs:
Words and Guitar
Jumpers
One More Hour
Call the Doctor
Modern Girl
Sympathy
Little Babies
Dig Me Out
Leave You Behind
Rollercoaster
Oh!
You’re No Rock ‘N Roll Fun
Burn Don’t Freeze
All Hands on the Bad One
Good Things
One Song For You
Entertain
#1 Must Have
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
One Beat

Albums:
Dig Me Out
The Woods
All Hands on the Bad One
Call the Doctor
The Hot Rock

1. Dance Song '97
2. Get Up
3. Dig Me Out
4. Turn It On
5. Good Things
6. To the Beat
7. The Size of Our Love
8. Step Aside
9. You're No Rock 'n' Roll Fun
10. Start Together
11. One Beat
12. The Drama That You're Craving
13. Milkshake 'n' Honey
14. I'm Not Waiting
15. All Hands on the Bad One
16. Leave You Behind
17. The End of You
18. A Quarter to Three
19. Words and Guitar
20. Oh!

ALBUMS

1. Dig Me Out
2. The Hot Rock
3. Call the Doctor
4. All Hands on the Bad One
5. One Beat

WORST

1. Entertain
2. Jenny
3. The Swimmer
4. Youth Decay
5. Male Model

i love youth decay and male model

that Dig Me Out gilman st. footage is from the first time i saw them. 95 degree day in Berserkeley and a slew of bands opened so it was a absolute sweatbox by the time s-k came on and managed ~30 minute set (gilman is a tiny little cement cube). in that short span they far exceeded anything i might've been expecting/hoping for, they just blew me away. no way they couldn't be my fave band of the decade after that