i included boner in my top 30. i didn't even really want to, to be honest, but i just figured i should do it
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 October 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
That’s understandable. Rock’n’roll is best when reverent and respectable. Bawdy vulgarity in rock is just the worst.
― rattle, Thursday, 8 October 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
the Boner is gone but he's not forgotten.
https://i.imgur.com/8NmuPDK.jpg
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 8 October 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
i grew up on boner. the character boner, but also a baseball trivia book that included a full-page feature dedicated to Merkle's Boner
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 October 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
related: by the time i got to middle school, these were still my main 2 thoughts regarding "boners", and I was publicly humiliated on the last day of 8th grade by asking the band instructor what a boner was in front of 80+ of my peers
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 October 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
and she wouldn't even tell me
Wow, that thread. I love a “boring“ record as much as I love anything in this big dumb, chintz-worshipping world, evidently. “You’re all wrong and I’m right” ‘til the day I die.
I'll just say Tim Ellison was flat-out wrong about the 'Mats. May he rest in peace. Godspeed Tim.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 8 October 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
He has risen again
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
Ha, messed that up a little. Roll Away the Stone
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
I tried a new approach to ballot generation, wonder if I will keep it for the next POLL.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/arts/music/texas-is-the-reason-punk-photos.html
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
LOL
― birdistheword, Thursday, 8 October 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/b6/3f/3GbgLwpM_o.jpg
#13PAUL WESTERBERG - Got You Down from Stereo (2002)Score: 76Votes: 4 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
By the way, here's an optional side-game: guess which track that has already been rolled out is actually significantly more popular that originally credited and will soon appear again!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
You got me.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
You had me at "Hello, this is the Minneapolis Police."
https://images2.imgbox.com/8e/0b/63EkaDkO_o.jpg
#12GRANDPABOY - Eyes Like Sparks from Mono (2002)Score: 77Votes: 4 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
The newly corrected entry is a little later on, to be clear. I did the "two separate entries for the one track in my spreadsheet" trick. This side-poll is the only time where I've not worked from complete reference list at the outset to avoid such a thing. Oh well.
Anyway, that there Stereo/Mono is pretty popular, hey!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/a7/8f/DI9RM4UW_o.jpg
#11BASH & POP – First Stepsfrom Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993)Score: 83Votes: 3 (1)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Only three votes?
To fair, that's pretty respectable here. Modest pool of voters, *very* wide range of tracks to choose from (much, much broader than the 100-and-something in the main poll) etc, etc....
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 21:29 (three years ago) link
The vaguely contentious one. Voters were mostly happy to treat it as one integrated suite, so...
https://images2.imgbox.com/4a/bb/L241FHgG_o.jpg
#10PAUL WESTERBERG - 49:00 from 49:00 (2008)Score: 83Votes: 4 (0)Soundcloud: complete audio
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/f6/74/twzfxX2u_o.jpg
#9PAUL WESTERBERG - First Glimmerfrom 14 Songs (1993)Score: 85Votes: 3 (1)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
Respectful silence during the recital or no one in the pews? LOL.
I quite like the last few. "First Glimmer" has grown on me in the past couple of weeks. Seemed a bit tepid once.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
I’m still pretty mystified about what’s going to make it - with a small voter pool and non-canonical artists, anything is possible.
― aphoristical, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
I voted for a 49:00 track, but it makes more sense as a piece.
― campreverb, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/d2/7c/sdpIYj0D_o.jpg
#8PAUL WESTERBERG - As Far As I Knowfrom Folker (2004) Score: 89Votes: 3 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/5f/81/RjsOL1yV_o.jpg
#7CHRIS MARS - Popular Creepsfrom Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (1992) Score: 93Votes: 3 (0)Youtube: original promo video
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
Pappy The Clown places!
― campreverb, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
I was relieved upon realising the top 10 wasn't going to be purely a Westerberg/Stinson affair.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
Is it at all possible to predict what the remainder will be? (One of which you've already seen, erroneously.) I really don't know.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/26/2a/FLxxIBC6_o.jpg
#6BASH & POP – Never Aim to Pleasefrom Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993)Score: 102Votes: 3 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 23:01 (three years ago) link
That Bash & Pop record is so full of hooks.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 23:05 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/f2/ea/eIZulBlM_o.jpg
#5PAUL WESTERBERG - Only Lie Worth Telling from Stereo (2002)Score: 102Votes: 4 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 23:21 (three years ago) link
I kinda feel like more talk about Stereo/Mono tracks would be helpful. What did he (apparently) get so right with that set of tracks?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/28/51/leRCRK4K_o.jpg
#4GRANDPABOY - High Time from Mono (2002)Score: 108Votes: 4 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
For me it was like he regained something essential that was missing in those 90’s albums. A more lo-fi aesthetic may be part of that I believe.
― rattle, Thursday, 8 October 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/73/89/FiEjNzx5_o.jpg
#3BASH & POP – Tiny Pieces from Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993)Score: 125Votes: 5 (0)Youtube: audio trackYoutube: live in Los Angeles, 2017
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
People seem particularly shy about commenting on this project. I gave this one a healthy number of points myself.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
Here's the one I messed up. Not tied for 27th place. 2nd place in fact, with all votes merged. Quite a monumental error. Because it initially had an entry in my top 10 already, few other rankings need adjustment.
#2PAUL WESTERBERG - We May Be the Ones from Stereo (2002)Score: 137Votes: 5 (0)Youtube: audio trackYoutube: Late Night with Conan O'Brien, 2002
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:33 (three years ago) link
May as well post the image again.
https://images2.imgbox.com/22/42/2k7NYTCx_o.jpg
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link
It’s hilarious and I suppose fits a kind of pattern: what others seem to like the most just does nothing for me (and vice versa)!
― rattle, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
:)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:40 (three years ago) link
Is #1 guessable at this point? A fair proportion of voters voted for it.
World Class Fad? 1990s Westerberg hasn't been very popular though.
― aphoristical, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/f7/e8/Uxpnpb7e_o.jpg
#1PAUL WESTERBERG - World Class Fadfrom 14 Songs (1993)Score: 184Votes: 7 (1)Youtube: original promo videoYoutube: Jools Holland, 1993
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
I voted with a pretty heavy Stereo/Mono tilt, so this is how I came at it. Alfred posted above about the expectations he brought to Singles, I suppose this is that story in reverse.
I'm a lifelong Replacements/Westerberg fan. I saw The Replacements Let It Be-All Shook Down, and then one of the solo shows with Tommy Keene on guitar. All Shook Down through Eventually all had their moments, but Suicaine felt like he had lost the script entirely, and in 2002 I don't think expectations could have been any lower. To call it a nadir seems appropriate. So it was pretty shocking that he dropped not one but 2 wall-to-wall great albums that have held up remarkably well. You hear that opening line 'Baby learns to crawl/watching daddy's skin' and the effect is just chilling. It was a fairly astonishing return to form that we have seem glimpses of since, but it's far and away his best solo work.
― campreverb, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
Had to reboot, btw. LOL. Wasn't intending to build suspense for that long.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
XP: Makes sense, thanks.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
The key to Stereo's greatness is that the focus is on the sound of his voice.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 9 October 2020 01:10 (three years ago) link
Expanded to include everything that received a second vote pts vts #1s 1 World Class Fad Westerberg - 14 Songs (1993) 184 7 1 2 We May Be the Ones Westerberg - Stereo (2002) 137 5 0 3 Tiny Pieces Bash & Pop – Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993) 125 5 0 4 High Time Grandpaboy - Mono (2002) 108 4 0 5 Only Lie Worth Telling Westerberg - Stereo (2002) 102 4 0 6 Never Aim to Please Bash & Pop – Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993) 102 3 0 7 Popular Creeps Mars - Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (1992) 93 3 1 8 As Far As I Know Westerberg - Folker (2004) 89 3 0 9 First Glimmer Westerberg - 14 Songs (1993) 85 3 110 49:00 Westerberg - 49:00 (2008) 83 4 011 First Steps Bash & Pop – Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993) 83 3 112 Eyes Like Sparks Grandpaboy - Mono (2002) 77 4 013 Got You Down Westerberg - Stereo (2002) 76 4 014 AAA Grandpaboy - Mono (2002) 76 3 115 Baby Learns to Crawl Westerberg - Stereo (2002) 76 3 016 Let’s Not Belong Together Grandpaboy - Mono (2002) 69 3 017 Waiting For Somebody Westerberg - World Class Fad EP2 67 3 018 Silent Film Stars Grandpaboy - Mono 66 3 019 Best Thing That Never Happened Westerberg - Suicaine Gratifaction (1999) 64 2 120 Outta My System Wild Stab (2016) + 49:00 (2008) votes 64 2 021 Things Westerberg - 14 Songs (1993) 62 2 122 Not A Moment Too Soon Stinson - Village Gorilla Head (2004) 62 2 023 Fast & Hard Bash & Pop – Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993) 59 3 024 Mr. Rabbit Westerberg - Stereo (2002) 56 2 125 Love Untold Westerberg - Eventually (1996) 56 2 026 Better Days Perfect - Once, Twice, Three Times A Maybe (2004) 55 2 027= Knockin' on Mine Westerberg - 14 Songs (1993) 54 2 027= Friday Night Is Killing Me Bash & Pop – Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993) 54 2 029 Born For Me The I Don't Cares – Wild Stab (2016) 53 2 030 2 Days 'Til Tomorrow Grandpaboy - Mono (2002) 47 2 031 Dirty Diesel Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble (2003) 45 2 032 My Dad Westerberg - Folker (2004) 43 2 033 Daydream Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble (2003) 42 2 034= Light of Day Stinson - Village Gorilla Head (2004) 40 1 134= A Star Is Bored Westerberg - Melrose Place (1995) 40 1 134= Runaway Wind Westerberg - 14 Songs (1993) 40 1 137 Tickled to Tears Bash & Pop – Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993) 39 2 038 Man Without Ties Westerberg - Knockin On Mine (1993) 36 2 039= Let’s Do It Paul Westerberg + Joan Jett.. - Tank Girl ST.. 36 1 039= Call That Gone Westerberg - Stereo (2002) 36 1 039= You Just Might Be The One Westerberg - live Monkees cover 36 1 042 MPLS Grandpaboy - Dead Man Shake (2003) 35 2 043 I’m a Gas Station Attendant Paul Westerberg - demo 34 2 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 9 October 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link