Zep also a good choice
Creedence disqualified for Mardi Gras
― sleeve, Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
Trux and Zep are two of my favorite bands of all time. Neither of them belong here. Which is also true for a number of these acts that I like v much but aren't among my all-time favorites.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
Almost certainly Cocteau Twins for me.
Young Marble Giants feels like a bit of a cheat, tbf. V v good but a bit of a cheat.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
the beatles
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
lol @ Beatles omission
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
Miles is out due to his 80s stuff. Sade is out due to not loving a good chunk of her stuff. Zep out because some tracks annoy me. Cocteau out cause cause of limited range, and I guess then that would apply to Fela too. But I enjoy listening to Fela more than I do Duke. If Duke had Tony Allen in his band it'd be a wrap.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
i think i am voting for sade
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link
though maybe i should guarantee deftones get at least one vote
Giving it to Duke due to wider range of emotions his music engenders. And afaic he wasn't a misogynistic prick.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
Indeed. It's all about the ratio, and most of these names lack it.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
What I couldn't live with out today: Ae, Fugazi, D'Angelo
not voting
― Todd Phillips, party auteur (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
Zep out because some tracks annoy me.
Does this sentiment count? I can say this about every songwriter, poet, novelist, director who ever breathed.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
Ooh shit and SotL. Probably them. Not voting.
going with Broadcast in the absence of the Beatles
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
sade 100%
― adam, Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
Huh you can Alfred? There's a bunch of artists etc who don't flat out annoy me ever. Just sticking to this group polled here, I can't think of any Fela or Sade I'm annoyed by. Ho hum is my worst reaction to any song of theirs.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
wait I just noticed Wham! was listed
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
Voted for Nick Drake, 3 perfectish LPs, nothing else whatsoever.Broadcast is a good choice too, but I may be into their more wilfully obscure stuff more than some people, ymmv, etc.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
xpost Yeah, that's pretty lol. Love ol' George and Make It Big is great but c'mon.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
WHAM! BAM!I AM! A MAN!
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link
steely dan has the comeback era, roxy has the relatively lackluster manifesto and flesh + blood, funkadelic is fantastic but the highs aren't quite high enough for this exercise. d'angelo only has 3 albums.
might have to go with coltrane, short time period but massive volume and an almost 100% hit rate.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
Wham! is more like a band with one good song
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
everything she wants?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
Careless Whispers
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
Haha oh wait
Ok, no good songs!
great wham! songs: "everything she wants," "freedom," "careless whisper," "i'm your man," "the edge of heaven," "club tropicana," "heartbeat," "wake me up," "a different corner," "last christmas"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
but yeah no idea why wham! is here
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
oh for fuck's sake
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
if you're gonna do it do it right
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger),
Yeah, see, this is a weird statement with which I've no empathy. I can't think of a single artist who hasn't annoyed me or hasn't released mediocre work, and that's a good thing. One of the nominees here said best: "Looking for love in a looking-glass world/Is pretty hard for you."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
George Michael's singing range is right in sync with mine so I love to tear up a karaoke stage with a rousing rendition of 'Oh For Fuck's Sake'.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
If we're going to stick to a strict set of criteria, I've never heard anything egregiously bad by:
D'AngeloDeathGorgutsJohn ColtraneNina NastasiaPortisheadStars of the Lid
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
may vote Wham! to annoy Shakey tbh
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
hasn't annoyed me: yeshasn't released mediocre work: no
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
deftones have released at least one song that annoys me so i'm sympathetic with alfred here
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
Cocteau Twins did a Fruitopia commercial, does that count
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 February 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, February 13, 2020 2:44 PM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I went through the thread and found the things people were most passionate about.
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
It's funny when people try to nail down the platonic ideal of perfection
― Todd Phillips, party auteur (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, February 13, 2020 2:10 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Οὖτις, Thursday, February 13, 2020 2:11 PM (fifty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yep.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
Not that it matters since plenty of other bands listed suffer from the same problem but The Beatles were nothing if not inconsistent.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
Even their best albums have at least a couple of songs that genuinely suck.
Inconsistent at being imperfect, I think u mean.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
some amazing album tracks and b-sides too, especially 'Nothing Looks The Same In The Light' and 'Blue'
― ymo sumac (NickB), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
And why would we discount With The Beatles or Beatles for Sale, both which I hope never to revisit.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
I can't think of a single artist who hasn't annoyed me or hasn't released mediocre work, and that's a good thing. One of the nominees here said best: "Looking for love in a looking-glass world/Is pretty hard for you."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:45 PM (forty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
As if on cue, my iPod delivers up a song by Charlotte Hatherley (likely my favorite musical artist of the 21st Century) that frankly kinda annoys the living eff out of me. It really is a thing, I'm afraid.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
ppl hating on the Beatles will never not be amusing
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
Not hating per se. The Beatles are pretty good, no more and no less.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
I haven’t followed this thread but dang, Beatles For Sale is the best Beatles album
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
kraftwerk.
judging purely on the fact that i have heard all of the official releases, and love it all.
― mark e, Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
Easy vote for Low - a band whose aesthetic concept should have run into a ditch after three albums, but instead have been endlessly fascinating and wonderful for 25 years and still going—and their most recent album is arguably the best thing they’ve ever done!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 14 February 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link
Voted Sade.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
btw this year i’m going to see both deftones and underworld live for the first time :D
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
I saw Deftones about a decade ago, with Dir En Grey opening. They were really good. (Dir En Grey were amazing.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
this tour poppy and gojira are opening. i expect to die
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
I have too long an attention span for Poppy, but the prospect of a new Gojira album is extremely exciting. It's been too long.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
is there any point scrolling past duke ellington, I don’t think so
― brimstead, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
is there any point even opening this thread?
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:35 (four years ago) link
depends, do you want to know about the Beatles?
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
tongue-in-cheek beatles arguments are still a billion miles better than a bunch of dudes masturbating about autechre, so this thread’s been excellent afaicvoted fela kuti btw
― El Tomboto, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
We should do a TS, e.g. Abbey Road vs Confield.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
another really hard poll
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
pretty sure most people who are stanning for the Beatles are wearing depends or will be soon enough
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link
depends with Wings
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
490
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
Better yet, only one song
― babby bitter (Noodle Vague), Friday, February 14, 2020 11:59 PM (yesterday)
Which band has the best discography?
(Madness albums) One Step Beyond... (1979) (UK No. 2) Absolutely (1980) (UK No. 2) 7 (1981) (UK No. 5) The Rise & Fall (1982) (UK No. 10) Keep Moving (1984) (UK No. 6) Mad Not Mad (1985) (UK No. 16) The Madness (1988) (UK No. 66) Wonderful (1999) (UK No. 17) The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 (2005) (UK No. 11) The Liberty of Norton Folgate (2009) (UK No. 5) Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da (2012) (UK No. 10) Can't Touch Us Now (2016) (UK No. 5)
I haven't heard any of these after 'Keep Moving' and I'm in no hurry to return to that.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, February 15, 2020 1:09 AM (five hours ago)
The Madness was a self-titled album by a handful of the members after the band split and can be disregarded. The singles on the 1999 album were decent. Dangermen was intended to be pseudonymous - they were playing club shows under the name, doing the sort of covers they played when they were starting out - but it got labelled as Madness for sales' sake. Liberty Of Norton Folgate is the only album they ever wrote as a cohesive album, is very very good, and launched with a Julien Temple film made for it. No idea about the recent two.
I actually think the !!! discography is really solid
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, February 15, 2020 1:46 AM (five hours ago)
yep yep yep
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
My "one song" was an affectionate Portishead joke, nb I don't think only having one song is a bad thing
― babby bitter (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
felt it would've been too harsh and potentially triggering to have made the joke about "y'all procrastinating yr regularly scheduled prostate cancer screening exams or ..."
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
It's still Erykah.
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
My "one song" was an affectionate Portishead joke
oh lol
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 14 February 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
Kraftwerk. OK Electric Café was a bit of a dud but apart from that they barely put a foot wrong
― paolo, Saturday, 15 February 2020 09:39 (four years ago) link
Talk Talk
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 15 February 2020 13:40 (four years ago) link
A couple of quick thoughts - I was slightly surprised not to see Slint on the list of options. I may have missed some chat about entry criteria based on number of releases, but still...
And, while delving into some chat about Autechre's NTS sessions, and particularly re the chat about whether their track 'all end' was actually the end of them releasing music (spoiler - it wasn't), I did think that if they did end there that their legacy would be, for me anyway, not far off perfect. However, given the number of live shows that they have released, and the number which I haven't listened to (spoiler - nearly all of them) , it's difficult to stand by that. I still voted for them though.
― neilasimpson, Saturday, 15 February 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 12 March 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
Honestly it's either Talk Talk or Autechre
― octobeard, Thursday, 12 March 2020 04:58 (four years ago) link
YELLOW
MAGIC
ORCHESTRA
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 12 March 2020 05:05 (four years ago) link
they bridge a gap between styles and generations in the same way roxy music does
I don’t think I voted. Leaning towards Miles even though I’ve only heard like 1/4 of his catalog. And also leaning towards Funkadelic though I haven’t heard Toys and the two post-Electric Spanking records.
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 March 2020 05:06 (four years ago) link
in the absence of YMO, i will choose kraftwerk.
what is the kraftwerk release(s) that do not apply? electric cafe? ok, but even on that there's gonna be a fight
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 12 March 2020 05:08 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
Nothing against Kraftwerk, I love those guys but can you imagine someone with true jazz chops on Electric Cafe.
Seriously though, I do love them but ~40% of their albums are of questionable flawlessness.
― Noel Emits, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:16 (four years ago) link
an you imagine someone with true jazz chops on Electric Cafe.
i'm not sure what this means!
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
Pretty good tie for second. (I voted Sade.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 13 March 2020 00:19 (four years ago) link
/an you imagine someone with true jazz chops on Electric Cafe./i'm not sure what this means!
― brimstead, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
(Answer to what would be an imagined Kraftwerk with jazz chips I mean)
― brimstead, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
the answer to most of the important questions in life is YMO
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
Nina Nastasia--never heard of her. I knew I was out of touch, but--seven votes--didn't realize how much.
― clemenza, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:49 (four years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Friday, 13 March 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link
Nina nastasia is one of the great, overlooked artists of the 2000’s. She was very prolific for awhile but dropped out of sight almost a decade ago (her last album was released in June 2010). She’s still out there playing shows and supposedly had something in the works awhile ago but haven’t heard much since. Really wonderful.
― omar little, Friday, 13 March 2020 02:49 (four years ago) link
Just a reminder that my Roxy Music vote was intended to be a vote for RTX \m/
― Panic! At The Costco (morrisp), Friday, 13 March 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link