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Also, mistake RE: "[Live]" after Red Heaven. That was obviously supposed to be after Live in Providence.

Katherine, I've never really bonded with Red Heaven. The live stuff from that era (Providence and the Curse) is really good, though. 'Pearl' is definitely worth it on its own.

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link

Limbo and University are such layered records. The songs have so many aspects to them. Really just masterfully crafted and executed.

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link

can someone rank all the Pitchfork lists

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link

"Furious" is one of my favorite album openers, just tremendous in every way

aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link

Katherine, have you ever heard the song 'Catch a Falling Star'? I'm not sure they ever recorded it properly, but have always assumed it was an outtake from the Red Heaven sessions, as they play it on the Live in Providence album. It's kind of classic Kristin in a way; but that rendition does also feel a lot like a demo. It's a "lost song" of sorts, but really great all the same.

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link

Best Comsat Angels records:

1. Sleep No More (1981)
2. Fiction (1982)
3. Waiting for a Miracle (1980)
4. Chasing Shadows (1986)
5. Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (early 1980s)
6. The Glamour (1995)
7. My Mind's Eye (1992)
8. To Before (early 1980s)
9. Fire on the Moon [released under the name Dream Command] (1990)
9. Land (1983)
10. 7 Day Weekend (1985)

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link

1. Beastie Boys

nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 15 September 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link

agree

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 September 2018 01:57 (five years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnJYLxNW4AYzOEs.jpg:large

mark s, Saturday, 15 September 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link

My favorite American bands:

1. Velvet Underground
2. Wussy
3. Husker Du
4. Jefferson Airplane
5. Byrds
6. Replacements
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Yo La Tengo
9. Shoes
10. Ramones

Not based on albums, but what kind of 80-minute mix-CD I could assemble for each band. I've done it for four or five them; I'm going to make it a project to make one for all of them.

It's a relatively conventional list. The only names that would raise any eyebrows would be the Jefferson Airplane and the Shoes, and I guess the high ranking for Wussy.

clemenza, Saturday, 15 September 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link

Why would JA raise eyebrows? They are one of the greatest American bands for sure!

stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 15 September 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link

It's just generally been my experience that people don't like them as much as I do (or that they don't know anything beyond the two hits).

clemenza, Saturday, 15 September 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link

Degree of difficulty:

3. Trying to figure out quantum physics
2. Trying to figure out the meaning of life
1. Trying to figure out how to hit two good golf shots in a row

clemenza, Sunday, 16 September 2018 02:57 (five years ago) link

Bagel varieties

1. Garlic
2. Onion
3. Egg
4. Plain
5. Sesame
6. Poppy
7. Cinnamon Raisin
8. Chocolate Chip
9. Blueberry
.
.
.
15. “Everything”

stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Sunday, 16 September 2018 05:37 (five years ago) link

there was a period where jefferson airplane constantly talking about the "revolution" was a little bit embarrassing. we're past that period.

milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Sunday, 16 September 2018 12:39 (five years ago) link

Are we in the “escape Earth in a starship” period?

stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link

(For the record, I think they mention “revolution” in literally one song only...!)

stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link

1. 14th
2. 13th
3. 4th
4. 6th
5. 1st
6. 5th
7. (tie) 15th
7. (tie) 19th
9. 24th
10. 22nd
11. 3rd
12. 9th
13. 8th
14. 21st
15. 26th
16. 20th
17. 17th
18. 23rd
19. 10th
20. 16th
21. 2nd
22. 27th
23. 7th
24. 25th
25. 11th
26. 12th
27. 18th

SlimAndSlam, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 00:35 (five years ago) link

(For the record, I think they mention “revolution” in literally one song only...!)

― stan in the place where you work (morrisp)

you don't have to _talk_ about the revolution to talk about the revolution, maaaan

milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 00:52 (five years ago) link

Up against the wall, Fred!

stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

lmao what the fuck is up w that wack ass bagel ranking

vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 19 October 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link

#1 bagel is a cinnamon raisin everything bagel

vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 19 October 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link

Why can't anyone just make me a cinnamon only bagel without it being that greasy wannabe-donut "french toast" bagel?

Evan, Friday, 19 October 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link

Selected IPAs

1. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
2. Deschutes Fresh Squeezed
3. Deschutes Pine Drops
4. Dogfish Head 90 Minute
5. Green Flash West Coast
6. New Belgium Voodoo Ranger

a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Friday, 19 October 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

Halloween > the post-Halloween omnidenominational holiday season >>>>>>>>> the rest of the calendar year (what I like to call 'the Beige Months')

My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 November 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link

Julia Holter albums:

1. Aviary (2018)
2. Have You In My Wilderness (2015)
3. In the Same Room (2017)
4. Loud City Song (2013)
5. Ekstasis (2012)
6. Tragedy (2011)

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 19 November 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link

xxp
I’m gonna add Lagunitas at #7, as a reliable standby that I wouldn’t turn down if it’s the only option.

my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Thursday, 22 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link

rock your baby
be my baby
always be my baby
do me, baby
give it to me baby
don't worry baby
you're just a baby
ooo baby baby
come back baby
not my baby
bye bye baby
baby
you' just haven't earned it yet, baby
brenda's got a baby
don't leave the light on baby

Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 November 2018 05:28 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
More
Atom Heart Mother
Meddle
Saucerful of Secrets
Ummagumma

timellison, Sunday, 30 December 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link

Led Zeppelin Opening Tracks:

Immigrant Song: If Zep didn't want to be a singles band they shouldn't have put out a single this good. Two and a half minutes of howling Viking fury. Completely misleading as well, as the rest of the record is Bert Jansch-inspired folk with a long blues work-out in the middle.

Black Dog: Hard as it is to hear this utterly overplayed song as anything but a tired cliche, this call-and-response howler is a particular high point of an absolute murderer's row of an album, and is probably still introducing vulnerable youth to the degenerate world of "classic rock". After all, what's more "classic rock" than seducing twelve-year-olds?

Achilles Last Stand: Epic prog! Their heroin-soaked Gotterdammerung still goes by quicker than the half-the-length epic opener to their fifth album.

Whole Lotta Love: The all-time cock-rock song in a genre (trouser) stuffed to the gills with them. I like the psychedelic horseshit mid-section, myself.

In The Evening: Not terribly surprising that the opening cut on their stab at Vegas opens with a throwback to Page's ancient "violin bow" gimmick. A husky-voiced Plant channels the ghost of Fat Elvis, equal parts swagger and lethargy.

The Song Remains The Same: Rides in an an all-time sloppy Page riff, but after the rollercoaster ride of the first instrumental section they can't figure out how to bring in Plant - so they play the prog card and throw in a vocal section that clashes garishly with the opening riff. What's the point in holding back your secret weapon for a minute and a half if this is the best you can do with it?

Custard Pie: The central metaphor matches "Whole Lotta Love" in crudeness, but not in raw power. Page's riff is a B+, A- at best, John Bonham is typecast as "John Bonham", and 1975 happened to be the peak of the unfortunate "white boy Clavinet" fad. Still a great song, but one that becomes utterly forgettable by the time the phasing kicks in on "The Rover".

Good Times Bad Times: Yeah, the opening riff is great, but once the shock wears off what's left is one of the weaker songs on the record.

We're Gonna Groove: _Coda_ tracks are always going to come out on the bottom, but credit where credit is due, this is a great high-energy concert opener and suffers only by comparison with their other openers.

errang (rushomancy), Monday, 31 December 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link

two months pass...

Chips, mostly.
1. Zapp's Spicy Cajun Crawtators
2. Tim's Cascade Snacks
3. Golden Flake Thin and Crispy
4. Ruffles
5. Nacho Cheese Doritos
6. Frito's Scoops
7. Kettle Jalapeno Chips
8. Plain Lay's

campreverb, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 02:42 (five years ago) link

b.g.
wayne tied with juvenile
turk

brimstead, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 06:08 (five years ago) link

1. uptown top ranking

j., Wednesday, 13 March 2019 06:30 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

Disney Animation* films, by era (*Pixar not factored in):

1. 1950s
2. 2010s
4. 1930s/40s
3. 1990s
5. 1960s
6. 1970s
7. 1980s

get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 13 April 2019 05:02 (five years ago) link

Whoops, I forgot the 2000s... tie with ’90s, I guess?

get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 13 April 2019 05:22 (five years ago) link

two months pass...

learning how to post
carter tutti void
god
family
my fine colleagues at coldwell banker - great lakes region
donating your organs
persona 5
contagious glossolalia
country
never having to say you're sorry

i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 03:15 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

1. It was hot, we stayed in the water
2. a crow looked at me
3. The glow pt 2
4. clear moon
5. no flashlight
6. sauna
7. mount eerie
8. ocean roar
9. now only
10. winds poem

devvvine, Thursday, 18 July 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link

seven months pass...

1. Nazis
2. Cars
3. Getting wet unexpectedly
4. Loud people nearby

Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 05:39 (four years ago) link

four months pass...

1. Black Peter
2. Cumberland Blues
3. High Time
4. New Speedway Boogie
5. Dire Wolf
6. Uncle John’s Band
7. Easy Wind
8. Casey Jones

Scampi Runamuck (WmC), Monday, 3 August 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link

1. Dire Wolf
2. High Time
3. Uncle John's Band
4. Black Peter
5. Casey Jones
6. New Speedway Boogie
7. Cumberland Blues
8. Easy Wind

o. nate, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link

one month passes...

1. A Promise
2. Knife Play
3. Angel Guts: Red Classroom
4. The Air Force
5. Chapel Of The Chimes
6. Split with Jim Yoshii
7. Twin Peaks
8. FORGET
9. Girl With A Basket Of Fruit
10. Women As Lovers
11. Nina
12. Fag Patrol
13. Dear God, I Hate Myself
14. Always
15. Fabulous Muscles
16. La Forêt
17. Ciautistico!

Not ranked: the Merzbow collaboration, the other Larsen collabs, the random one-off collabs, "Unclouded Sky" which I wasn't even aware of until this very moment

flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 21 September 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link

Really good ranking! Though I'm sad you've seemingly no love for Fabulous Muscles, a top 5 lock for me any day of the week. Never heard Ciautistico.

Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 21 September 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link

It's the only Larsen collaboration I listened to and it did nothing for me, and haven't heard the subsequent ones.

Fabulous Muscles hit me at the wrong time. The title track was inferior to the version that appeared on the split EP, and "I Luv The Valley" was a XITSJ song. The rest of the album sounded so in-the-box, like, entirely made on an SP-303 (I don't actually know if this was the case). "Bunny Gamer" and "Crank Heart" are not important songs to me, I was missing the gamelan and the sound of a room. La Forêt was the same but even worse. The Air Force came back in a big way-- pop hooks were back, and Saunier-recorded drums were highly welcome. It wasn't until Angel Guts that Xiu Xiu got back into "full-tilt tunelessness" but it was coupled with miraculous production choices-- it and Basket Of Fruit are watershed "hi-fi noise" albums, in my view

flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 21 September 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link

Angel Guts remains my favourite production credit in Congleton's discography tbh! It's an amazing sounding record even if the criticisms levelled at certain lyrics on it are for reasonably reasonable reasons

flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 21 September 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link

1. George Harrison
2. Ringo Starr
3. George Martin
4. Paul McCartney
5. Brian Epstein
6. John Lennon

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 September 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link

I can follow. I agree the tt is inferior to the EP version. I only knew the XITSJ 'Valley' after I had heard this one. I do hold 'Bunny Gamer' and 'Crank Heart' dear, and i love 'Clowne Towne'. But I agree I that "full-tilt tunelessness" is where they shine. 'Basket of Fruit' makes me really look forward to the new album proper, which has been finished, he's said recently!

Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 21 September 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link

1. The Vixen
2. The Beast
3. The Governess
4. The Dark Destroyer
5. The Sinnerman

(from the hardest to beat to the easiest)

nate woolls, Monday, 21 September 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link

1. The North
2. The South
3. The East
4. The West

Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 22 September 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5zav2yrC7M

willem, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link


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