you've never heard it?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 August 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
Yes, it's great. It's hard to mess that song up, but they certainly deliver. That was John Mellencamp's last big hit, I think.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
And into the Top 15. Let's start it off with a masterpiece...
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, August 7, 2017 12:40 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i believe i caught the beginning of the video several times in 1994 and switched channels for fear of my parents coming in
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
it's good though i wish someone other than mellencamp were singing it
http://i.imgur.com/bp3e4Lm.jpg
15. Almost Independence Dayfrom Saint Dominic's Preview10 votes, 233 points
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
yeah this song is... idk how to describe it
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
Up and down the San Francisco Bay...
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
This next one beat out Almost Independence Day by a whisker...
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/jZI1dyM.jpg
14. Listen To The Lionfrom Saint Dominic's Preview14 votes, 234 points
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
I am surprised that Streets of Arklow is a top 3 Veedon Fleece song here
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
unless there are more surpises
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
I should not be surprised. It is fantastic.
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
It just feels more like a segue between the linden arden/masked man suite and the album's centerpiece
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CfMo4Pu.jpg
13. You Don't Pull No Punches But You Don't Push the Riverfrom Veedon Fleece14 votes, 250 points
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
tooooooo looooooow
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Wow half my ballot just showed up in today's rollout, including every single Veedon Fleece song that placed
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
too low!
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
I was just listening to "You Don't Pull No Punches But You Don't Push the River" in the car.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
Prediction: #1 is the only one that no one will say "too low" about.
― bergoglio imbroglio (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/jp0XiJI.jpg
12. Summertime in Englandfrom Common One14 votes, 278 points, one #126 points for live version, Glastonbury 1987
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
astral weeks is an amazing album, but this is outrageous
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
my no. 1, wayyyyyyyyyyyy too low
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
"irish heartbeat" hasn't placed yet (will it?) so there's hope for my ballot yet (?)
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
is this thread title a spoiler?
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
Too low...
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
xxp that's a little disingenuous of me i guess, my tastes are v well represented in this poll
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
Christ, what a track.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
oh yeah "summertime in england" makes me cry, every single time, when it gets to the "it ain't why why why it just is" part
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6QQXSPY.jpg
11. GloriaThem! single12 votes, 281 points, two #1 votes
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
it's weird i was expecting this one to land at 10 or 11
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
was it van who said if you threw a guitar down the stairs it would eventually play the chord sequence of "gloria"
Can you dig the top ten?
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
The first time I listened to It's Too Late To Stop Now (about 3 decades after I should have first listened to it), when he went into "Gloria" I thought, "Ugh, why does he have to cover this cliched war-horse...oh wait...he WROTE this."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9iKJ0FT.jpg
10. Ballerinafrom Astral Weeks12 votes, 299 points, one #1 vote
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
i love how much van straight up screams through the them material
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
step right up
and at least four astral weeks tracks to come, lol
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
And it's getting late, yes it is, yes it is.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
Take off your shoes!
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
grab the ketchup!
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/2fbayde.jpg
9. Sweet Thingfrom Astral Weeks16 votes, 310 points, one #1 vote
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
Well.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 August 2017 21:01 (six years ago) link
this song is so BEAUTIFUL
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 7 August 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
SUGAR BAAAABY
With your champagne eyes and your saint-like smile
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 August 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
I say we stop here today. I want suspense created as inexorably as Van pausing over a syllable in It's Too Late...
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 August 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
Sweet thing made my top ten
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 August 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
I say we stop here today. I want suspense created
It's too late to stop now.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3JPZsat.jpg
8. Madame Georgefrom Astral Weeks15 votes, 336 points, two #1 votes14 points for T.B. Sheets version
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link
I have no idea what at least one of these top 7 will be
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 August 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link