minor quibble:
counter-quibble: this was already annotated in the previous post :)
in the other thread, Ned noted
What's kinda remarkable about all these heard in a heap is that -- and sequencing and more would allow for even more fun possibilities -- is that it becomes an absolutely amazing genre-hopping solo album. Reminds me of nothing so much as Sinead O'Connor's collaborations compilation, which is a deeply underrated collection.
Across the last 30 years, he's released enough solo-recorded covers to make a bonus disc for this compilation (Robert Smith: Together & Alone?) - I'd definitely put Girl On The Corner on the second disc if that happened, but since this one was recorded for a Twilight Sad release, I reckon it qualifies for poll purposes.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 4 June 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
added Brad's asterisk to the playlist
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 4 June 2021 23:24 (two years ago) link
fair enough! i only heard his version of john martyn's 'small hours' recently, that one's been growing on me too
― building a hole (NickB), Friday, 4 June 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link
also added bcz I forgot: Robert's own remix of the Japanese Popstars track
which can also be found in DJP's Spotify playlist for the poll
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 4 June 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link
yeh his version of ‘small hours’ is great, impossible song to cover and he pulls it off - very fond of ‘pirate ships’ as well, both feel like they point towards a RS solo LP that could be really beautiful - sparse but warm and late night intimate
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Saturday, 5 June 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
there is a RS solo album on the way but it's "an hour of noise" so probably the opposite of that
― ufo, Saturday, 5 June 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link
there is a RS solo album on the way but it's "an hour of noise" ― ufo, Friday, June 4, 2021 7:08 PM
― ufo, Friday, June 4, 2021 7:08 PM
the cure came out in 2004 though.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 5 June 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
“Da Hype” is amazing.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 5 June 2021 11:12 (two years ago) link
I like the way Snrub thinks.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 5 June 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
yeah sure there is, I'll file that next to all my other RS solo albums
― bovarism, Saturday, 5 June 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
Some of these sound like Patrick Wolf songs in the end. Unfamiliar with most before this poll, and I liked Perfect Blue Sky the most.
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 June 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
I love this new one with CHVRCHES so much, possibly because it reminds me of a particular late-90s sound crossing between alt-rock, electro-pop and big beat (Smashing Pumpkins' 'Adore' and 'Ultra' by Depeche Mode especially). I started making a playlist to complement it https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4K8WgL7iYM8OAKZMgpfdIq?si=52d605d9bd354821
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 7 June 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
I guess I should have been paying a lot more attention to The Twilight Sad and 65daysofsummer over the years, huh
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Monday, 7 June 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
65dos rule
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Monday, 7 June 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
I haven't followed the Twilight Sad too closely because at some point it began to feel like diminishing returns, but No One Can Ever Know is glorious the whole way through. I guess they specialise in a kind of oddly stirring dourness, but that one seemed to have a bit more hot blood pumping round its veins than some of the other stuff I've heard
― building a hole (NickB), Monday, 7 June 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
i think this one is actually a cover version rather than a guest vocal? smith plays all the instruments on it afaict. it's good though!
Yeah, I had to look this up because I've listened to that Twilight Sad album a hundred times and never heard Bob on it. Turns out he covered "There's a Girl in the Corner" and Twilight Sad released it as a B-side to one of their other singles from the record.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 June 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
I wish I’d said that
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 7 June 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
These posts are actually covers of your post
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 June 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
you did not guest type them i think?
sorry sic, I did not see your note in the playlist post, scanned right past it!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 June 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
:)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 7 June 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
i was able to listen to Dan's playlist, voting Crystal Castles.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 June 2021 01:30 (two years ago) link
Chvrches one sounds like a direct followup to Crystal Castles, which does not feel like it was eleven years ago
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 10 June 2021 09:16 (two years ago) link
This thread is closing today.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 10 June 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
Sicstem
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 10 June 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 11 June 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
markers has two socks?
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 11 June 2021 00:07 (two years ago) link
the initial results were a bit different: BOB POPPINS: Robert Smith's guest vocals, 2003-2021
― Bee OK, Friday, 11 June 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
Spoiled ballots, changed via satellite rays from Italy.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 11 June 2021 04:29 (two years ago) link
Might have to redo the poll again because he's also done a remix of "How Not to Drown" and uh AWESOME
https://chvrches.lnk.to/HNTDRSRemixPR
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 June 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
i think, even by next year, "How Not To Drown" will be the most ranked song for Bob Poppins, this poll was just a bit too early
― Bee OK, Saturday, 4 December 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
Gorillaz lockdown concert (feat. Bob’s poppin) in US cinemas this Wednesday night.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 4 December 2021 01:54 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfwwBGYWr7U
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 03:40 (eight months ago) link
This is where I got it from and a good summary with other stuff:https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/exploring-robert-smith-of-the-cures-musical-collaborations/
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 03:42 (eight months ago) link
well you missed your chance to vote for it!!
― serving bundt (sic), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 04:33 (eight months ago) link