Get Your POLL On, Baby: ILM Artist Poll #109 - The Afghan Whigs

"on the corner" still really hits

"gunshots" also amazing... too many good songs.....

the atmosphere of saturnalia is so goddamn thick

fuck, i’m gonna have to vote for “circle the fringes”

Been listening back thru everything for this poll and I’m feeling like blackberry belle might be my number one album vote when I thought gentlemen was a forgone conclusion.

Really enjoyed this acoustic Dulli/Lanegan set from Brussels ca. Saturnalia. Gutter Twins-heavy, but some solo-Lanegan/TS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlclKDn0z_E

good morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvvOEQqvxKU

i was super hyped for the gutter twins album in college, probably because they had been recording it for so long, and "idle hands" was like a rock song from hell. i think saturnalia has the best production of nearly any of dulli's records, and i think this is funny because it's surrounded by two twilight singers records where i'm not entirely down with the production choices. imo the first half is still a terrifying sink into black murk; for some reason the spell breaks for me after "circle the fringes"... which is fine given how good "circle the fringes" is. (until i revisited the record last night (my first time in at least ten years) i had completely forgotten that song existed, so it sort of feels like i've been reunited with an old friend lol)

if i had enough room on my ballot i would also vote for "all misery/flowers"

wow i had no idea they turned "candy cane crawl" into such a live epic, wish they'd done that on record

is "faded" the greatest power ballad ever or what

yes

btw 'faded' > 'purple rain'

― mookieproof, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 8:12 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

going through it all now....

Up In It is great, standout cuts are definitely Hey Cuz & I Know Your Little Secret.

omg rhythm section on I'm Her Slave and Turn On The Water so amazing. John Curley probably the best rock bassist of the 90s?

fuck and Conjure Me. oh god it's one of those polls where I listen through and just make a note of every single song on some albums and just cry at having to get the poll down to a reasonable length.

John Curley probably the best rock bassist of the 90s?

thats a bold claim but i was listening to Gentlemen a couple of days back, and was definitely struck by just how tight and punchy the bass tones are on that

for the sakes of that bold claim i am filing John Wm. Sims as 80s.

covers ballot? nearly as hard as tracks

btw that frank ocean cover they did in 2012... is the best

Right? I don't know how I'm going to vote in any of this.
xp

does backbeat count for the covers poll? i assume yes

not that i plan on voting for any of it lol

i am however definitely going to vote for "the temple" which is my favorite non-"miles iz dead" song on congregation

Forgot about that, backbeat, I mean. How exactly is it relevant again?

Faded is great, Black Love is great overall, but its second half is really superb eh.

Also I agree with whoever was repping for Bonnie Brae upthread, it's gonna be high up on my list if I can find it a spot! Lockless too.

Oh, GD provided vocals.

btw that frank ocean cover they did in 2012... is the best

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, May 26, 2021 2:02 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

better than the original (which i like) by a lot imo

always enjoyed the cheekiness of putting "train in vain" drums under their cover of "lost in the supermarket"

and then singing "stand by me" and "train in vain" over the outro

Cool, never heard that before!

I mean didn't know they covered that song, never mind the other stuff.

also highly recommend their cover of tlc's "creep"

Cool again, thanks again.

Does anyone stan for "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"?

yeah, creep was on the honky's ladder ep, i played it to death! xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYYTFSE2Y7s

my favorite thing about their "creep" is that it isn't a transformation like some of their other cover version, but actually a very reverent, faithful rendition

he does quite like to sing one song's lyrics over another song's music

eg touch me i'm sick/i touch myself/let it all hang out or mother/dr jimmy/ holocaust/in the mouth a desert during live versions of 'you my flower'

does that all the time with his own songs too, mostly on opening tracks iirc

one song that the whigs haven't covered but definitely should is neil young's "powderfinger"

does backbeat count for the covers poll? i assume yes

yeah if you really want

their wiki page says the whigs did cover "like a hurricane" live in the past but i can't find any recordings

their "lost in a supermarket" cover is certainly one of my favourites, it's one where i could make the case it's better than the original, and the original is one of my very favourite clash songs too

Backbeat soundtrack seems missing from streaming, although one can find the OCR of the musical version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvpKqJJXXvo

guy even has deep cut covers i've never heard before

posted that one bc it's particularly astonishing

anyway, ballot submitted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9U8jseaqxU

one last shout-out for late period whigs, "oriole" is the best song ever

lol duly added to my 'songs brad ne1son has described as best in the world' playlist

How can I follow that playlist?

01    The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights (6:31)
02    Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (3:47)
03    Machine - There But for the Grace of God Go I (5:19)
04    Van Halen - Panama (3:32)
05    Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (5:23)
06    Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down (6:15)
07    The Jets - Crush on You (6:20)
08    Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard (6:45)
09    Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby (4:20)
10    Saint Etienne - He's on the Phone (4:08)
11    John Martyn - Small Hours (8:45)
12    Womack & Womack - Teardrops (5:04)
13    Luomo - Tessio (12:07)
14    Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (4:11)
15    Sade - By Your Side (4:34)
16    Underworld - Jumbo (6:57)
17    ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:02)
18    Prefab Sprout - The Sound of Crying (4:43)
19    Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (5:17)
20    Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (4:03)
21    Steely Dan - Sign in Stranger (4:23)
22    Cameo - Candy (5:39)
23    Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry for Loverboy) (4:23)
24    Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat (3:33)
25    Janet Jackson - Escapade (4:43)
26    Taylor Swift - Treacherous (4:00)
27    Kylie Minogue - Get Outta My Way (3:38)
28    Prince - Mountains (3:57)
29    Anita Baker - Sweet Love (4:26)
30    Moloko - Forever More (7:22)
31    George Michael - One More Try (5:50)
32    Fall Out Boy - Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes (4:17)
33    Maze - Back in Stride (7:06)
34    Maxwell - Pretty Wings (5:10)
35    Rickie Lee Jones - We Belong Together (5:03)
36    Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (3:49)
37    Little Big Town - Lost in California (4:47)
38    Van Morrison - Summertime in England (15:37)
39    Michelle Branch - Breathe (3:31)
40    Orbital - Halcyon + On + On (9:27)
41    Mama - Unmask Me (Ashley Beedle Vocal Mix) (9:17)
42    Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender (4:00)
43    Jennifer Paige - Crush (3:20)
44    Force MD's - Tender Love (3:55)
45    Aerosmith - Combination (3:39)
46    Genesis - Keep It Dark (4:35)
47    Madonna - Take a Bow (5:21)
48    DeBarge - I Like It (4:39)
49    Annie Lennox - Why (4:54)
50    Tori Amos - Raspberry Swirl (3:58)
51    Afghan Whigs - Oriole (4:06)

dammit that was supposed to be hidden

lol solid playlist

The “Creep” cover is pretty faithful but is infected with this slightly ambiguous, tense undercurrent which is something that Dulli does with his covers so well