Title track through Sue is up there with Remain In Light for me in terms of all-time unfuckwithable Side 1’s
― One Eye Open, Monday, 17 June 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
Er thru Lazarus that is, lol
― One Eye Open, Monday, 17 June 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
3 hours left to vote
― ilm jive mind (FlopsyDuck), Monday, 17 June 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
very surprised to see Lazarus so low (though i voted for ★)
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
Definitely surprised by those results. For me it's ★, Sue, Whore, Give, Lazarus, Girl, Dollar (the only song on the record I actually dislike).
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
glad Blackstar won
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
Black struck the kiss, she kept my cockSmote the mistress, drifting on
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:41 (four years ago) link
and happy Tis a Pity placed so high
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
I still can't listen to this record though, I've barely revisited it since 2016. Just too much... I probably said this before but to face death with such dignity, strength, and risk. A truly remarkable man.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
Sue is a really good song! Damn.
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
Yeah Sue is really something else. When I listen to the album straight through, by the time Sue is finished I usually need to turn it off for a minute and take a break to get my bearings
― One Eye Open, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
Is Turrican on holiday
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
You could put it like that.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
it's more accurate to say that we're on holiday
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
Not banned is he? I assumed he was wisely stepping back from ILX for a while.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
a little r and r at a ranch they call number 51
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
xp banned with extreme prejudice, I think he hit 55 before they pulled the plug
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
Oops.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
The earlier version of "Sue", from the Nothing has Changed comp alerted me that Bowie was really back, and still much prefer it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NYgRuxO2sw
― bendy, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:48 (four years ago) link
i was the only "girl loves me" vote?!?
i'm not decided between the "nothing has changed" versions of "sue" and "'tis a pity" and the blackstar versions. they're both good in their own way!
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
also "astronomy (8th light)" was robbed
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
I couldn't choose, but I might have voted for Girl Loves Me if I had been able to
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 01:22 (four years ago) link
xp, yeah i think the og version of sue absolutely destroys the blackstar version
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 02:09 (four years ago) link
It’s more highbrow, but I love the dirty drum’n’bass workouts of the album version. A little nod to Earthling which I still rate.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link