comprised of three different choruses stacked atop one another
Haha. Yes. I said something about "an endless series of bridges" or something the other day.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:01 (three years ago) link
One one last entry for now...
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#20 Swingin Partyfrom Tim (1985) Score: 302Votes: 23 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link
Didn’t quite make the cut for me, but like it fine.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:07 (three years ago) link
PARTY DOWN THE LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:09 (three years ago) link
Yup
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:09 (three years ago) link
I'll start rolling out the remainder in about... 18 hours.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:09 (three years ago) link
voted highly for this. beautiful melody, glorious little doo wop guitar solo, and plenty of memorable lyrics.
― covidiot wind (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
“bring your own lampshade somewhere there’s a party” is a definite entrant in the opening lyric hall of fame
― covidiot wind (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
Lorde fans not representin'
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
Swingin Party was top 10 for me
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:36 (three years ago) link
Swingin' Party is one of my favorite mopey Mats numbers
I guess I need to hear Dead Man's Pop, huh? The original PTTM mixes sound pretty dire to me, which is one reason I voted for very little from that album
― Brad C., Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link
Dead Man’s Pop is a different mix of DTaSSo Paul has two sisters, his older sister Julie who was a flight attendant, and a younger sister Mary Lucia aka “Looch,” the DJ mentioned in the Prince anecdote, who also does podcasts like the one M@tt linked upthread about one of the Suicide Commandos or the one I just found with her (and Matos?) about Hüsker Dü, does voiceover work for Purina Puppy Chow and did the Audiobook for Trouble Boys.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
i really like Swingin Party but I either didnt have room or cut it during the brutal ‘lifeboat’ round :(it’s very good tho, glad to see it in the 20’s
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
Mary is also Paul's 'shadow self' in the "Achin' To Be" video.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:56 (three years ago) link
tell us more about this "lifeboat" round!
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:57 (three years ago) link
is this who is going to get eaten in the lifeboat first, if cannibalism becomes an option? or is not enough room in the lifeboat, one of your friends is going to have to die?
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:58 (three years ago) link
Not sure why I assumed Mehr's book wouldn't readily available here, across the ocean. Turns out there's a library copy 'on the shelf' 10 km away, for starters. Yowsah.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
i go through each song & if i cant make a good argument for keeping it i throw it overboard & it gets eaten by sharks
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
I doubt I'll ever listen to the original Don't Tell a Soul again
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
xp
wait, so you're on the lifeboat, but you're tossing things overboard to the sharks if there aren't good arguments for them existing? tough but fair :D
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
i run a tough lifeboat
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
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― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 03:52 (three years ago) link
lol vegemite
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 04:07 (three years ago) link
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 04:16 (three years ago) link
Could probably do with a summary about here... pts vts #1s 20 Swingin Party Tim (October 1985) 302 23 021 Valentine Pleased to Meet Me (April 1987) 297 17 022 The Ledge Pleased to Meet Me (April 1987) 279 20 023 I.O.U. Pleased to Meet Me (April 1987) 267 15 024 Never Mind Pleased to Meet Me (April 1987) 261 18 025 Talent Show Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989) 249 17 026 Johnny's Gonna Die SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 226 13 027 Achin' to Be Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989) 225 16 028 Go Stink (June 1982) 225 15 029 Takin' a Ride SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 220 12 030 We're Comin' Out Let It Be (September 1984) 207 12 031 Shiftless When Idle SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 188 14 032 Waitress in the Sky Tim (October 1985) 183 14 133 If Only You Were Lonely I'm in Trouble (August 1981) 175 12 034 Seen Your Video Let It Be (September 1984) 160 8 135 I Don't Know Pleased to Meet Me (April 1987) 149 12 036 Portland DTAS era micellany 146 12 037 Take Me Down to the Hootenanny (April 1983) 138 10 038 Black Diamond Let It Be (September 1984) 112 8 039 Careless SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 106 7 040 I Hate Music SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 104 8 041 Merry Go Round All Shook Down (September 1990) 103 11 042 Hayday Hootenanny (April 1983) 101 7 143 Customer SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 100 6 044 Tommy Gets His Tonsils Let It Be (September 1984) 99 8 045 Run It Hootenanny (April 1983) 99 7 046 I'm in Trouble SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 94 6 047 Treatment Bound Hootenanny (April 1983) 90 8 048 Sadly Beautiful All Shook Down (September 1990) 87 7 049 Nightclub Jitters Pleased to Meet Me (April 1987) 81 6 050 We'll Inherit the Earth Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989) 79 6 051 Fuck School Stink (June 1982) 79 4 152 Anywhere's Better Than Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989) 78 6 053 I'll Buy Tim (October 1985) 73 5 054 Don't Ask Why SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 70 3 055 Love Lines Hootenanny (April 1983) 65 5 056 Nowhere Is My Home Tim era miscellany 61 4 057 Kick Your Door Down SMFTTOTT (August 1981) 58 5 058 God Damn Job Stink (June 1982) 58 4 059 Asking Me Lies Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989) 58 3 060 Buck Hill Hootenanny (April 1983) 57 6 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 04:50 (three years ago) link
Catching up ... "Never Mind" was very high for me, I've always loved the way the words and music work together in that song. Paul sings "Never MIND" and the guitar doubles his voice. Jim Dickinson sure made them sound good. Same with "I.O.U.," the noise is so in your face, that song really rocks. "Swingin Party" is a big personal fave. "If being afraid is a crime we hang side by side" — such an empathetic lyricist for someone who was evidently such a jerk.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link
I didn't vote but I can say with confidence that "Takin' a Ride" is way too low.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 05:11 (three years ago) link
Excited for the Top 20 :D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 05:28 (three years ago) link
Worried for Gary’s Got A Boner not placing.
― aphoristical, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 06:12 (three years ago) link
Not holding out much hope for Mr. Whirly either
― bunny slopes, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 06:28 (three years ago) link
I enjoyed selecting those Youtube tracks just now. Not even particularly representative perhaps, but you might be able to guess why I chose those...
Is it something like lowest placed track from the album (that received votes)?
― aphoristical, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:02 (three years ago) link
Hahaha. I think they were mostly the highest ranked tracks that weren't going to be in the rollout per se. Just to spread the love around.
BUT I messed that up by expanding the rollout from 50 to 60 at the last minute, so we saw most of them between #50 and #60 anyway.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:12 (three years ago) link
Cool, that’s what I thought at first but was confused by God Damn Job in there.
Good news for my deductive skills but bad news for boners.
― aphoristical, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:39 (three years ago) link
I guessed the game was up when you mentioned 'Gary' and then that sentence. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:56 (three years ago) link
Seeing as I'm still awake I may as well drop one now. I'll finish off the remainder in about 6 hours. Also: too low.
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#19Kids Don't Followfrom Stink (1982) Score: 316Votes: 21 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link
I had it at #13.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
yes!
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
I'm glad you approve of the way I ranked it.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 14:06 (three years ago) link
'I didn't vote, but' is the 'well, actually' of ILM.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
this was a top tenner for me, probably my favorite riff they ever put to tape.
― covidiot wind (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
yeah I love that song
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
btw I voted for both "Portland" & "Talent Show" (the latter was my #2 I think?). "Talent Show" is the one of the great openers: a mission statement that this band can't live up to, surprising no one.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:03 (three years ago) link
Great description! I still haven’t listened to both of them carefully to compare.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
"Kids Don't Follow"! i had it around the same spot in my ballot (#21) but it was one my favorite discoveries of this poll (hadn't heard Stink at all until a few weeks ago)
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
I voted for “The Ledge,” had it at #25. Sometimes worry that it is a little cheesy but something about it sticks to me. It’s a little better done than it could be. Is it related to “Can’t Hardly Wait” somehow?
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, October 12, 2020 9:30 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
CHW has a suicide lyric version and someone @ sire (iirc) thought there should only really be one suicide song on an album so they went w the ledge
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
One of my favorite versions of "Kids Don't Follow," where they impudently mash it up with U2's "I Will Follow":
https://youtu.be/3drH8fr11V0?t=2588
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
That's the show where Gene Simmons was in the audience, and Alex Chilton too, I think.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
"Kids Don't Follow" is classic — otm about the riff — and has maybe the greatest intro of any punk song ever.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
I wonder if that Minneapolis Police Dept. officer even knows he was immortalized.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
Which part is Dave Pirner again?
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link