curious to know what you would think of 'My Legendary Girlfriend' tbh
― nashwan, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
if you don't like jarvis cocker's voice, pulp is probably not for you, tbh
try "something changed," maybe? it's a well-written british invasion throwback that lays off the psychosexual stuff and the social commentary and smooths down cocker's vocal tics a bit
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
"Juicy" is the only one that actually belongs here.
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
Party Hard xp
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
"Sorted for E's and Whizz" is the best pulp song. But it does sound like maybe Pulp isn't for you.
― enochroot, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
forks, listen to "this is hardcore" or "sunrise"
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
"Underwear" is pretty great imo
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
I used to keep a blog where I wrote about every pulp song, underwear was the last entry I wrotehttps://pulpsongs.wordpress.com/hope to resume it one day but won't be for a while
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
one listen per, who knew that 9/20/21 would be my pulp day.
My Legendary Girlfriend - Great intro, very Talking Heads and I approve of the effects. In general this is a sufficiently strange enough take on 70's R&B that I could see coming around to it. I wish it would rock out a bit harder at the apex but maybe on headphones?
Something Changed - Inoffensive but boring. I have an association with this era of breakout britpop with a time when i was living in a trailer park in the outskirts of Nashville, sleeping on the floor next to a flea-ridden hound, so you're gonna have to be a lot better than this to win me over with this sorta sound.
Party Hard - I'm into the electric jaw harp and the guitar line and the driving drums but man i just don't care for Cocker's Lugosi/Dr Frank-n-Furter voice at all. It is weighing down a very very busy track to the point where I don't want to put in the effort to figure out where I'm supposed to grab hold.
Sorted for E's and Wizz - I assume this is made for the clunkiest woodland children. I like the burping electronics.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
i'll try three more but then i'm clocking out.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
Babies is the best Pulp song
― g simmel, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
I wish it would rock out a bit harder at the apex but maybe on headphones
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
yeah Babies might still be the best
This Is Hardcore - Musically, it's kind of interesting: a James Bond theme as imagined by a sad drunk who won't stop going on. Wish it had spun out naturally around 4.15, which is where I derailed right around THAT GOES IN THERE THAT GOES IN THERE UNGHGUGNGHGUUHH. Pretty charming up till then though.
Sunrise - Six minutes of pomp without circumstance. Generally that speaks to me but not here.
Underwear - If they gave the dead milkmen quaaludes
as always, i reserve the right to completely rethink everything i believe but i am okay not listening to pulp anymore except maybe for the newly posted version of Legendary Girlfriend to see if they made the highs higher.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
Yeah the Youtube version of Leg Girl is very good!
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
lo-fi pulp hits the right points imo
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
I have been biting my tongue not talking about 80s pulp but would say it is all pretty lo-fi
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
As a Pulp fan I mostly agree with your observations. Try Babies.
― g simmel, Monday, 20 September 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
forks if you like Roadrunner (and who wouldn't?) you should definitely check out that Modern Lovers album. Lots more of the same vibe.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 20 September 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
i will likely go back to that modern lovers album.
Babies is pretty good! If I had started here I woulda likely had a lot more patience for this band.
Frankly had no idea they dated back to the 80s!
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
So forks is coming around on Pulp. Now onto “Waterloo Sunset.”
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
xp Formed in 1978 when Jarvis was 15!
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
Is there an Apple Music playlist of the whole 500 up anywhere? A few quick searches revealed only partial lists, older lists, people's personal selections from the master list, etc.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
I thought I knew every song in the top 50 but just listened to "Gasolina," and cannot recall ever hearing this curiosity. Wish I could change my vote. Video is heinous.
― Indexed, Monday, 20 September 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
Sorry, should have posted that in the Worst songs thread.
just listened to Gasolina in full for first time and I love it
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
Here you go:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EdmaJCUXvXsXJKXZGvj2r?si=bc91434935b6452d
I also made a playlist of all ILX track poll winers that I listed in my post from yesterday, in case anyone's interested:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4cgduOuzi3ut0Lq2zmz0rt?si=d27239fd317645f0
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
ILXors discovering "Gasolina," perhaps one of the most consequential songs of the 21st Century, is very entertaining, plz do not stop
It's a good example of how fractured music is in the 21st Century!
― the 45-year-old gaz coomber (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
I don't know about "discover" as I have heard it many times in bits and pieces, first time I have actually listened to it properly
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 19:01 (two years ago) link
#14 - The Kinks "Waterloo Sunset"I like quite a lot of The Kinks music that I've heard quite a lot but I do not like this at all!
this is truly one of the most baffling opinions i've ever heard on ilx
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 September 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
don't know what to tell you!
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
nor I you!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 September 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
"purple rain" ranking over "when doves cry" is really grinding my gears
also
42. Bob Marley & the Wailers, "Redemption Song"
isn't even a top 20 marley song much less representing reggae as a whole in the top 50
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 September 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
I never thought Gasolina was one of the best 50 songs of all time but in a dour playlist like this, it certainly feels like a “hell yeah!” moment when it comes on.
― Siegbran, Monday, 20 September 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
the ranking is, in general, hilarious here but it's such an obvious attempt at "sparking discourse" that i can hardly let it bother me.
as with all top whatever lists, this is a list of songs where most of them are well known and pretty good to excellent. which is not to say they are < or > than anything else.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
Gasolina was inescapable for years in huge parts of the world, but yeah, living in the US you could easily have never heard it. Of course, the same was true of Las Ketchup, and I don't see them in the top 50.
― enochroot, Monday, 20 September 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
I kinda like The Ketchup Song (Asereje), something about the slightly out-of-time, slightly-out-of-rhythm unharmonised descending-scale vocals paired with the generic upbeat backing produces this distinctive kind of unintended melancholy, it's like a V/VM version of itself.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
very tempted to troll whiney and bring up crazy frog here
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
I’m not much of a fan of “Waterloo sunset” either. I’d put 10 Kinks’ songs ahead of that one easily.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 20 September 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
That said I don’t mind it and can see why some people think it’s one of their best songs.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 20 September 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
There was a People's Songs episode on Radio 4 about Waterloo Sunset, and can report that after half an hour or so it becomes pretty tiresome to listen to, my wife asked me to turn the radio off.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
I still subscribe to the Challopian Christgovian orthodoxy about "Waterloo Sunset" being "the most beautiful song in the English language," in no small part due to the ethereal harmonizing of Dave and Rasa Davies, but don't expect others to share this belief and hesitate to brand them as infidels, especially someone as nice as forks.
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
I saw Jon Brion do "Waterloo Sunset" with Benmont Tench & Glenn Kotche, and if memory serves me right, he called it the greatest song ever written.
― Indexed, Monday, 20 September 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
Pulp will never top "Disco 2000" imo
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
The other perfect song on Different Class
― Indexed, Monday, 20 September 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
So many good Pulp songs, hard to pick one.This video may have the opposite effect. Found it whilst looking for a quote from Steve Jones which I couldn't locate.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0qnHaWfQXg
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, September 20, 2021 3:50 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
Is this supposed an indictment of the song somehow?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:14 (two years ago) link
I listened to “People Get Ready” for 24 hours straight and you know what, it’s just not that good a song.
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
Sometimes I can listen to a song over and over for hours on end and sometimes I have to turn it off right away and take a break from it for a few years, not necessarily a reflection on the quality of the song.Ha, xpost!
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
think my favourite songs I could listen to for half an hour on repeat and wouldn't tire of them at all, since that's the format of the show and there were lots of episodes, I would say that approx 40% of the songs got fairly annoying by the end (worst was Part Of The Union)
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link