"Gold Star For Robot Boy," but only because I forgot "Tractor Rape Chain" was on this.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Yours to Keep ----->Echos Myron
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm finding this pretty impossible
― da croupier, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Mostly stuck between "Echoes" and "I Am A Scientist"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Queen of Cans and Jars
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
there should be a SIDE ONE or SIDE TWO option
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Buzzards and Dreadful Crows is my choice.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh jesus man. Why don't you just force me to pick which of the life-sustaining breaths I've taken is my favorite.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 18:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Hard one, but "Echos" beats "Gold Star" by virtue of the last "something like that."
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
tractor rape chain
― Zeno, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
If we were going by sides, Side One would win this. At least, I would choose it.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
KICKER OF ELVES U TWERPS.
― ian, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
SO HARD. oh wait this is not a pet shop boys poll so I choose Demons Are Real.
― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I am a Scientist: Pop genius beamed down from some other planet.
― Emily S., Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
robot boy
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I like to imagine a world (possibly a much better one) where the only marker that Guided by Voices existed is the track Hot Freaks, which can only be found on some version of Nuggets released in the year 2055. Little is known about this garage band from Ohio, and no recording information is available. This song was the b-side of their only single, of which only 2 copies are known to exist.
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Thursday, 25 October 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB91xOkn3b4
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 October 2009 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZveDF0Biv7Y&feature=related
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 October 2009 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Missed this, but that ringing open string on robot boy...
That song would have got my vote
― Fer Ark, Sunday, 25 October 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I wanna know who the other people are that voted for 'Smothered in Hugs'. You are my best friends for life
― What the hell is hamster love (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 25 October 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
too bad this poll didn't take place a few years earlier so we could have had dozens of posts about how much people hated gbv
― velko, Sunday, 25 October 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
such a shame the tobin songs didnt get votes
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 October 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
hi lorax
i was one
― undergrad lovers (electricsound), Sunday, 25 October 2009 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I like Tobin's songs on Alien Lanes a lot more than the ones on Bee Thousand.Especially "Little Whirl."
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 25 October 2009 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Hardcore UFOs is one of those GBV songs that is like A+++ best song ever if it gets in yr head but the recorded version is kind of disappointing to listen to (see also Teenage FBI and probably 6000 cooler more obscure picks that I can't remember now). Should still have got more than one vote, but I realise there was plenty of other awesome to vote for here.
I am sitting here staring at a 2-year-old poll going "oh! it's THAT one... no, it's THAT one... oh no way, it's gotta be...", which is maybe not the best use of a Monday morning, but hey.
― ein fisch schwimmt im wasser · fisch im wasser durstig (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 26 October 2009 09:39 (fourteen years ago) link
― Emily S.
― Moka, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I think that describes the entire album.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
The 'Directors Cut' version of BT is a true, modern psychedelic joy.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 10 March 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
in the first placeit's probably just paranoia
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 12 October 2018 00:21 (five years ago) link
Her psychology todayIs To play the crying game
― calstars, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
love the stop-starty drums during that part
― brimstead, Thursday, 29 April 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
And he tells you of the dreamersBut he's cracked up like the roadAnd he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy loadAnd we're finally here and shit yeah it's coolAnd shouldn't it be - or something like that
...
GUITAR
― Mule, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
Every time I saw GBV in Philly he always played Echoes Myron because of the Liberty Bell line and everyone would go apeshit like it was an Eagles game.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
Which is probably 5-6 times.
I just got suitcase 4 a few weeks ago and it’s pretty cool to hear a lot of these songs in their embryonic form. Some of them are kinda more straight forward than what they became eg “walls and windows” compared to “hardcore ufos”.
― brimstead, Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
Hot freaks came on at the barI inhaled deeply
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:23 (eleven months ago) link
“This one is on the house”If you say so
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:24 (eleven months ago) link