Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and POLLed: The ILM Nirvana poll results thread (Poll #69)

Oh god, yeah, this is miles better than 'Heart-Shaped Box', but then again pretty much the rest of In Utero is.

http://i.imgur.com/abUMWN7.jpg

7. In Bloom
576 points, 23 votes, 1 #1 vote

I was one of the FFWHHROS #1's.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I wrote out the full lyrics to it and a couple other songs on the covers of the three-ring binder I carried freshman year.

These last two were my #4 and #3. Love the drumming on In Bloom.

did anyone else put If You Must, Spank Thru, Endless Nameless, Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Thru the Strip, The Other Improv, or Beeswax on their ballots? all of my songs have placed except Heart Shaped Box, Drain You, and On a Plain...

― flappy bird, Friday, November 13, 2015 2:30 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i voted for "Endless, Nameless," disappointed that it missed the top 40. one of the few famous hidden tracks of the CD era that i think makes for a really interesting, appropriate to the album and the 'true' closing track.

'Frances Farmer...' is an incredible song, definitely one of my all-time favourites. Love the chord progression in the verses!

XPS I think the others were "Blow Up The Outside World" and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"...there was also a Nine Inch Nails logo.

I also voted for 'Endless, Nameless', but it's the one song on my ballot that I know isn't going to place at this stage. 18 of mine have now already placed, and I have a feeling that the remaining one will place quite soon.

Did anyone vote for 'Beans'!?

damn that is one angsty binder! i had a canvas binder that i drew a few band logos on, including the Nirvana smiley face.

I had a 5X7 card on which I'd written good New Order lyrics.

http://i.imgur.com/4EHbOXb.jpg

6. Serve the Servants
632 points, 22 votes, 3 #1 votes

Here's a song with an opening couplet I admire more than the rest of the song yet I still voted for it.

Yup, there it is: my #8!

Everything from this point onwards is too high.

i was one of the #1 votes for "Serve," it's really their most Beatles-on-jet-fuel song

"Frances Farmer" was my #1 too. In Utero pretty much feels like a perfect rock album for me but "Frances" is one song where every moment seems great.

Explosive intro, dynamite first line, perfectly timed little bursts of feedback, then that devastating chorus.

There was a 24 hour period towards the very end of the voting where this next one was #1.

She'll come back as FIRE and burn all the liars, leave a blanket of ash on the grooooooooound!

http://i.imgur.com/zQSPhmK.jpg

5. On a Plain
655 points, 28 votes, 2 #1 votes

daaaamn i would've loved "On A Plain" as our #1

I know it's hard but what I can I doooooo

on a plain is the nirvana song I think of most.

I would have loved this to have been #1 more than any song that I know is going to follow, that's for sure! Still a little bit too high, though.

I remember the first time I heard 'On a Plain', the sudden vocal harmony on "love myself better than you" for me was just like "YEAH!"

the closest they ever came to the vaselines.

yes listen to this terrible strumming
https://vimeo.com/39267368

Yeah, that's definitely a nice picked line (and I apparently actually have that album so I should probably just avoid talking about Dylan). Was Dylan playing it, though? Some writers credit Bruce Langhorne. I looked up a few live clips and saw Dylan strumming the chords in all of them.

http://i.imgur.com/XI2GiOd.jpg

4. Lithium
668 points, 25 votes, 3 #1 votes

on a plain is the nirvana song I think of most.

Yeah, lines from this, "Frances Farmer", and "Serve the Servants" get in my head all the time.

smells like a boring top 3 lol jk

I really like the modal mixture in "Lithium".

"Drain You" is my favorite, but I honestly have no idea whether it's a fan favorite or ILM consensus track...

http://i.imgur.com/EJtr19Z.jpg

3. Drain You
703 points, 30 votes, 2 #1 votes

Sorry MikoMcha...

I think I read in Shakey that Neil Young loved "Drain You."

God, I am so fucking bored of 'Lithium' that it's fucking unreal.

God, I am so fucking bored of 'Lithium' that it's fucking unreal.

Yes, there are far better songs on that album.

So it's 'Heart-Shaped Box' and 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' for the top two, then. It doesn't matter what order it's in, because either way it's the dullest outcome imaginable.

YOU'RE THE DULLEST OUTCOME IMAGINABLE!!

J/K

Calm yo tits!

http://i.imgur.com/cEZD40d.jpg

2. Heart-Shaped Box
707 points, 29 votes, 4 #1 votes

http://i.imgur.com/LRwlYTG.jpg

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
737 points, 27 votes, 2 #1 votes

"Drain You" in third place is pretty good though! For some reason I always felt alone with that one.

smfh seriously.

thx Gavin

mine:

Sliver
Something in the Way (Nevermind)
Smells Like Teen Spirit
About a Girl (Unplugged)
Lithium
In Bloom
Sappy
Where Did You Sleep Last Night (cover)
Come As You Are
Polly (Unplugged)
All Apologies (Unplugged)
Pennyroyal Tea (Unplugged)
Heart-Shaped Box
The Man Who Sold the World (cover)
Territorial Pissings
Drain You
On a Plain
Lake of Fire (cover)
Breed
Stay Away

Favorite album: Unplugged

is this the most you've ever commented on a music thread?

prob not, when was the last time a good band was polled?

oh, Ramones poll i bet

you may have posted in the Backstreet Boys poll

Gavin thanks for running the poll and helping with my mangled ballot. It was great to spend some time with a band that means a lot to me, but that I don't listen to as much anymore.
Too painful really. Somewhat predictable tracks ballot below.

All Apologies
Drain You
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Sliver
In Bloom
About A Girl
Heart-Shaped Box
Come As You Are
Lithium
Scentless Aprentice
Here She Comes Now
On a Plain
Breed
Polly
Been A Son
Territorial Pissings
Dumb
Endless Nameless
I Hate Myself And Want To Die

Negative Creep
About A Girl
Dive
Scoff
Love Buzz
Blew
School
Come As You Are
Paper Cuts
Swap Meet
Lithium
Floyd the Barber
Breed
Sifting
Smells Like Teen Spirit
In Bloom
Mr. Moustache
Big Cheese
Aneurysm
Something In The Way

Favorite album: Bleach