You Have Seen Some UnbelievaPOLL Things - ILM Artist Poll #99 - Cat Power Results

"Cherokee" has one of Chan's most urgent and dramatic choruses that makes the song's kitschier elements forgivable. I still love it to bits, and it's my favorite from Sun.

xp. cherokee had 2.1 million views, is that the closest she came to a hit? i quite like this song as the tune is slowly evolving and it has got a lot of punch like most good cat power songs.

it will not, in fact, be the only version of metal heart to place

this one should have been higher tho, imo

cherokee had 2.1 million views, is that the closest she came to a hit?

Looking at her Spotify page, the 10 popular songs are all over 2 million listens, and two songs are are in the tens of millions (I'm guessing they were included on soundtracks).

As for her YT vids, "Stay" has 1.3M (Rihanna obvs), "Manhattan" has 2.3M, and "Woman" has 4.9M (LDR obvs).

that version of metal heart is actually quite good. but i still prefer the first one. i also prefer the rolling stones "satisfaction" by hers. i heard the originals first which might be one reason.

this one should have been higher tho, imo

I'm here for this. I love how exultant the Jukebox version is, so much catharsis! She doesn't really let loose like this with her vox anymore, does she? So that makes it kind of special in terms of her latter-day discography.

https://i.imgur.com/yAWEAOD.png

24. Sea of Love, 94 points, 5 votes

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Her most ukuelele-ready song, for better or worse.

xp. in any case metal heart is suffering in this poll due to split voting.

that is a perfect image for Metal Heart (Jukebox version) because her voice sounds so baked on it, every time I hear it I am still floored by the grizzling. idk if it needs to be said but i love this version -- we all experience a grizzling as we get older and life wears on us; her grizzling is front and center and backed by some top notch jammers. hi 5 to the three people who voted for it.

https://i.imgur.com/7mGyn3L.png

23. Good Clean Fun, 100 points, 4 votes

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good clean fun may be my favorite image so far!

great image for a great song. what does she mean when she sings "after this there will be no one"? what is the "this"? something drastic has happened but what? the end of a relation? and is good clean fun the straight edge band?

https://i.imgur.com/DBCOyFz.png

22. Fool, 101 points, 5 votes

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The melody is gorgeous, and I love the gentle, lilting swing of her vocal parts.

Last one for today:

https://i.imgur.com/AIwaGZv.png

21. In This Hole (What Would the Community Think), 105 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 votes

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my #1

thank you chan

I must say I thought Cat Power would have been a more liked artist among the ILX posse than she seems to be here. For me she's "one of the big ones" despite her albums being patchy representations of that greatness.

it's been non-stop traveling and visitors this summer for me, regret not making a contribution to this poll

Me too. I planned to catch up with the post-YAF records but was overwhelmed by ill-health just as I expressed enthusiasm for such a poll in the organising thread. Still, the process has at least made it clear that I shouldn't have slept on Wanderer or The Greatest, for starters.

I completely missed the first part of the rollout!

Love the results so far but Stay is a nice cover fit for her and should be higher. I think she nails the feeling better than Rihanna tbh

I love Stay

as far at The Covers album goes, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction is the one

for me

I'm a little surprised "Schizophrenia's Weighted Me Down" didn't rate amongst the covers. That seemed to get more local airplay than anything for a while there. And it gets bonus points for medley/mash-up thrills.

that glockenspiel in "in this hole" kills me. that song is an achingly beautiful lullaby. there is no way i could not listen to it with my full attention if it would play somewhere. and immediately stop all conversation. what an incredible start of an album.

a partner on the way down

re the Covers Album it's all about "I Found a Reason" for me, I could die listening to it and I wouldn't mind

Propitious timing, I found this image:

https://i.imgur.com/UIspH2h.png

the cat pictures are really nice!

Yeah I'm not normally a cat person but these images are great.

Managed to catch up with this thread last night after a busy couple of days, really enjoying the mix of eras across the rollout. My own ballot was very YAF-heavy - that was my introduction to Cat Power and it's a record that's stayed with me over the years, just listening to 'Shaking Paper' again reminded me what a unique feel it has.

re the Covers Album it's all about "I Found a Reason" for me, I could die listening to it and I wouldn't mind

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, August 29, 2019 12:20 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

would've been number one if i voted, turning the charming cornball melancholy of the original into pure emotional devastation.

Appreciate the compliments for the pics! BTW, did anyone notice the Easter eggs I put into the banner for "Names"?

My own ballot was very YAF-heavy - that was my introduction to Cat Power and it's a record that's stayed with me over the years

Same here. I think my ballot has 10 tracks from YAF.

re easter egg: oh yes, i see some names there, thank you. a slight correction, it is mainhattan not manhattan. Main as the German river, -hattan for the Frankfurt skyline.

Oops! That's what I get for making those images at night!

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20. Back of Your Head, 106 points, 5 votes

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https://i.imgur.com/oMUn2e7.png

19. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, 110 points, 6 votes

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https://i.imgur.com/CMb4rRg.png

18. Good Woman, 128 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 votes

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Good Woman breaks my heart into thousand little pieces every time I hear it.

"Good Woman" is my #1. Her songs with distorted, electric fingerpicking have this voluptously romantic quality that sends me into dizzy swoons, and it's such an intense pleasure.

And it's technically so simple (this noob guitarist can play a decent rendition of the song)! It's another example of how Chan can take simple elements and build on and twist them into these miraculous gems.

https://i.imgur.com/aJnugLc.png

17. Lived In Bars, 130 points, 7 votes

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Good Woman is way too low jeez

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16. Say, 135 points, 7 votes

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https://i.imgur.com/sanS6R8.png

15. Rockets, 135 points, 8 votes

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"Say", oh my heart. Impenetrable, opaque lyric, and I hang on every word.

this is going too fast!

Where do the rockets find planets?

i love that cat next to the beer glass!

i never paid too much attention to "good woman" but it definotely is a lovely song. warren ellis "noisy" violin makes the difference for me.