way-hey-hey-hey-heyve . . .
― The Wayward Johnny B, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 11:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i never really think about this band, but looking at this poll, i realise ive a lot of time for wave of mutilation, gouge away, here comes your man, not sure which i'd pick
― Filey Camp, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 12:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Suprisingly I think "Hey!" is going to win this based on responses thus far. Interesting.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 12:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I just remembered a sweet thing. I had just been to JB HiFi (Aus chain CD store) and was outside it waiting for a tram. These 2 teenaged indie boys came out, with a bag of cds. One of them pulled out "Surfer Rosa" and showed it to his mate and said "this is an awesome album I've heard". This made me happy. His friend took the CD, looked at it and went "hmm.. hey awesome, she has her tits out on the cover".
― Trayce, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 12:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I felt so old. but in a good way.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 12:48 (sixteen years ago) link
"I Bleed"
― zeus, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
In another era, Debaser and especially Monkey Gone To Heaven would both have been top ten UK hits
That reminds me - there's a cover of Where Is My Mind? by Yoav that reminded me what a fantastic song THAT is (definitely the best on Surfer Rosa): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDM5uHT_34M
― Christopher Cross, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ Cool technique, but it's far too emo for its own good.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Grrr, I wish I had voted for Debaser instead of Hey
― Davey D, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link
can't believe only one person has mentioned "Wave of Mutilation". I'll probably end up voting for "Debaser", but still, that song is solid!
― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 01:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i went with Debaser, they also played it on indie 103.1 today.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I ended up voting "Dead".
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I love Debasser! Especially as the opening song for Haiku Tunnel. I think I'm gonna watch it now....
― Aja, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
"Wave of Mutilation" is great but I gotta give it to "Debaser".
― Nick Minichino, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 05:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i vote for dead.
― funny farm, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXMxMGJGkuI
Young, with hair, doing a beavis&butthead naw-naw-nawing intro to "wave of mutilation" - priceless!
"Do you intend paying him back?" "No, absolutely not! He's my father"
― willem, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 05:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Most of the time I'm like "Oh, solo acoustic performance...*yawn*", but in this case it just shines a light on how excellent those old Pixies songs are. It's like his brain was in a lock groove of pure awesome for about five years.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 07:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahah that is awesome with the "nawww naww nawww" pretend guitar he's sings :D
― Trayce, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 07:18 (sixteen years ago) link
when i first heard this, aged ... what, 13? 14? ... i thought "dead" and "monkey gone to heaven" were actually two parts of the same song. can i have them both?
no? all right, then. MGTH it is.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 09:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Sometimes, Dead is better.
― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 09:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I meant to say Debaser and especially Here Comes Your Man would both have been top ten UK hits in another era.
Although Monkey was good too.
― Christopher Cross, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 12:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Unexpected but correct.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Interesting!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
ilmotm
― Drooone, Thursday, 9 August 2007 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
ish.
I think I'm going to burn the songs to cd in this order and see how it goes.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 August 2007 00:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i think it's the most popular poll in ilm ever. how many votes? 130 more or less? anyway,mr.grievs shouldve been higher.
― Zeno, Thursday, 9 August 2007 01:12 (sixteen years ago) link
i think it's the most popular poll in ilm ever. how many votes? 130 more or less?
the Rolling Stones one had over 150 votes.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 August 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Two people voted for La La Love You? WTF?
― StanM, Thursday, 9 August 2007 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i voted for "tame" but "i bleed" deserves more love
― latebloomer, Thursday, 9 August 2007 04:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Holy crap! "Hey" won. I voted for it to make sure that its greatness was at least acknowledged, but I figured that "Debaser", "Here Comes Your Man", "Gouuge Away", and "Monkey Gone to Heaven" would have beaten it easily.
― j-rock, Thursday, 9 August 2007 04:52 (sixteen years ago) link
at least the two worst songs on the record came last.
and the top four is actually about right.
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 9 August 2007 05:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Debaser is not that good!
― mizzell, Thursday, 9 August 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
And Silver! It makes me mad when people complain about the later albums being just bf solo albums and i'm like yeah what bossanova needs is a snoozer like Silver. No thanks.
― mizzell, Thursday, 9 August 2007 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Bam Thwok is better than at least half of these songs.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 9 August 2007 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link
"Hey"?? Strange decision, not even in the best ten songs of the album.
― zeus, Thursday, 9 August 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
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― special guest stars mark bronson, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
man, looking at that song list reminds me that this is probably one of the ten best albums I own
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
A little surprised by the margin of victory here seeing as I never got into Hey when I was listening to this album regularly (ie about 12 years ago at least).
― Holy Suffering Gobi Desert Clit Nun (Matt DC), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
took me some distance and time, but it's definitely surpassed apparent fan favorite Surfa Rosa for me.
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
wow. i saw this thread and logged in so i could vote for "Hey" and whaddya know..
i always loved the beginning it was like some kind of ghost version of the rolling stones
― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
really surprised at this outcome. hey? really?
― goole, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
this should be a yearly poll. gouge away would win for me x99999999
― bnw, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
it's all about no. 13 baby
Dan I want to personally thank you for carrying the Kim Deal torch in this thread...anybody who's heard the Pod Demos knows that Sliver was utterly immolated out of spite by Mr. Black Francis...
― my brain hurts a lot (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 5 February 2009 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
alright I still really love No. 13 Baby, but I am starting to see how maybe Hey is the best song off this album...
― the soft boy of karate (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
How is this album so perfect.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
It's incomprehensible.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
i honestly rate it as the worst of their albums. and this is a band i find extremely overrated btw
― charlie h, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link