the Twin Peaks: The Return roadhouse performances poll

Poll should include sharp dressed man and green onions imo

"Shadow" at the end of the 2 hour premiere captured my reaction to what I had just seen: a mix of nostalgia, unfamiliarity, and excitement about what was to come.

For "Audrey's Dance" are we voting on just the musical performance, or Audrey's actual dance?

I'm definitely taking into account the scene and not just the song in all these cases

Like the lissie track on its own is whatever but I really love how they emphasise the disconnect between it and the ominous conversation that opens the scene, the way the two women turn toward the stage there's a weird sense that this both is and isn't happening in the same room that reminds me a bit of the inland empire loco-motion scene I always go on about

knee-jerk vote for trouble and then immediate regret i didn't vote for james

Excellent choice

I've never liked Au Revoir Simone as much as you'd think I would but A Violent Yet Flammable World was terrific. No Stars and Snake Eyes close second and third.

I hope someone votes for James, but it won't be me. My top ones were the first Chromatics, which was a great way to release the tension of the first two episodes and welcome you back to Twin Peaks proper, the nin, which has such a dark heavy vibe that matches the most inventive and extreme episode, and Rebekah Del Rio, who provides a nice callback to Lynch's other work and has beautiful emotional range.

i voted for axolotl, because of the song and because of ruby

I'm torn between "Shadow," maybe the song to capture... one modality of the TP:TR mood best for me, "Snake Eyes" because it's great and exemplifies the Sacred Bones/Twin Peaks crossover I love so much, and "She's Gone Away" because it was used so goddamn well in my favorite episode. Though "No Stars" was great as well and "Audrey's Dance" is already deservedly iconic in this new iteration...

I want to throw a bone out to "Axolotl" cause it was integrated so well

(Ended up voting for "Shadow" for its tone-setting)

IA that it's called Wild West not Wild Wild West

"I'm glowing bright obsidian/axolotl amphibian" is the most hilariously undie couplet

Either Del Rio or Trouble. Probably the latter for evoking 'Pink Room'.

It's 'Shadows' for me, solely because it embodies the whole TP feel and geist, to near perfection imo. Looking at the list I'm surprised half of it is pretty alright; watching during the season the performances made me feel more and more weary.

I probably disliked Hudson Mo's one the most.

I didn't like all the artists but I loved the idea of taking time out of the 18 episodes for these performances. It was like David Lynch booking SNL.

Voted "The World Spins"

Toss up between that and "Shadow"

hudmo sucked. the rest of these are variously terrific

xps Yeah and all the variations on it were really cleverly done, patterns kept getting established & subverted ito the point in the episode where the cut to the roadhouse would happen, whether the announcer would be there, whether there would be an accompanying scene... there was just a great cumulative effect.

(This is partly why I think booker t and zz top should have been included, they're part of the "and now, tonight's musical guest" thread)

might vote vedder tbh i've really grown to love that song???

I didn't like all the artists but I loved the idea of taking time out of the 18 episodes for these performances. It was like David Lynch booking SNL.

― Chris L, Saturday, September 9, 2017 9:30 AM (fifty-four minutes ago)

The languidity of the opening theme/credits ushered me into this dreamworld every week, like a hypnotic trance re-induction cue, and a roadhouse performance ushered me out. Snap! You're awake.

Cactus Blossoms, for the thrill of seeing a local (for me) band on the Twin Peaks stage

voted NIN as the killer prelude to that EP8 sequence. Twin Peaks was always industrial (the saw blades at the intro) so this made me so happy to see.

"Snake Eyes", with "No Stars" a close second, and "Just You" third for the announcer giving me the chills when he introduced James.

I voted for Sharon Van Etten just because I really lover her and I love that song, though I don't know if it was the 'best' one of these. I actually really liked the Trouble performance, and the song fit the series; it was like getting Thought Gang back

"i voted for axolotl, because of the song and because of ruby"

yeah that was a surprise, I don't care for most of the Veils stuff but that song was awesome and I liked the 'performance' of it as well.

Audrey's dance. Found most of the performances underwhelming, even if by artists I like. Like the Chromatics song fit but it's one of their weakest songs in their catalog

I still can't believe Charlene Yi had one of the maybe 10 best sequences of the entire series

Honestly it's sad that Cruise probably won't win, due to the quick cut of her performance

That isn't why she won't win

yeah, shouldn't of said won't win, but less votes will definitely be cast. why then wins?

The Nine Inch Nails. Not my favorite song, but it was the perfect setup for the rest of 8.

xp I don't think the (huge) impact of that song would have been greater if it had gone on for longer

But it's an old song and (rightly) not really recontextualised the way just you and Audrey's dance were, so it makes sense that people pass over it in a poll like this

I voted for James I'm not ashamed

hell yeah brother, was my second choice

I'm leaning towards Lark right now, it really ties a nice bow around the first four episodes. Like those first four episodes are so bewildering, you get through them all and you have no idea where the show is going to go, and then that song comes on and it's so pleasant. it really captures this feeling that the plot is starting to form and the rest of the show is gonna be one long strange dreamy ride. I also like how they're stylish in a lynchian way but it doesn't feel like they're "trying" to put on an image (i.e. chromatics, who i love but of course they're in this thing)

it's amazing how a vote's been guaranteed for all but 3 performances here, and there's no way No Stars isn't getting a vote. Heck it's my second choice right now.

well maybe not guaranteed, but there's a lot of love to go around for all of these. except hudmo. poor hudmo. I contemplated combining his performance with au revoir simone's in part 9 but then anyone who just liked the simone song wouldn't dare vote for it

I've had sharp dressed man stuck in my head since the episode aired.

I loved the HudMo for showing that there are support bands in the nu-Roadhouse universe

and ppl still talk through them

Axolotl was possibly the single worst thing I've ever seen. That band annoys me anyway, but jfc

Anyway, probably not voting for them

otm, axolotl was the absolute lowest point

• None of the above.

sad that xiu xiu didn't get their rightful spot in the roadhouse but at least we have this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SG6yDSbtxU

my unborn child first discernibly kicked during the nine inch nails performance (and kicked like crazy during the same song when we saw them at webster hall a few weeks later). so the nin it is.

that rules

The roadhouse is proud to welcome

not sure why people have a visceral bad reaction to that Veils song.

who is going to stand up for Lissie - Wild West? NOT ME that was fucking terrible.

the absolute nadir and low point of the Return IMO

(except for maybe Leaving Las Vegas)

eh on rewatch i suddenly really liked the lissie song

I thought the Veils song was great.

akm otm ftw

voting 'shadow', just ahead of nin for me

i didn't hate any of the songs. the lissie song felt a little out of context with the rest of the music, and i'm not a big vedder/pearl jam fan but i thought his song was fine. the sharon van etten song is the only one i have no memory of at all.

i'm actually going to vote for the sharon van etten song, it's so gorgeous

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regret voting for NIN instead of James

don't regret it, you made the right choice

plot twist: james actually wins the poll

no spoilers

I voted for James

Fuck it, I'm voting for Lissie. Haters gonna hate.

that song rules. speak your truth

Lissie annoyed me a lot less than Au Revoir Simone

C'mon, Au Rev Sim were the counterparts of Candy and the casino girls, absolutely perfect. If I'm honest the most annoying artist was Julee Cruise - felt that way in 1991 and still feel it in 2017.

These takes are so foreign to me I hardly know how to approach them

Julee Cruise did seem shoehorned in unfortunately

as opposed to the rest of the musical performances?

Really? Felt to me like a very deliberate return to the emotional space of the end of episode 14 xp

Although exponents of the sync theory point to the use of that song as an example of a happy ending lol

*proponents I'm losing it

well i mean it was like really short and a weird ass part of the song she barely sings

That's precisely it for me. It's a replay of maddie's murder (in that Cooper has gravely failed and is deeply confounded) but this time we don't get to luxuriate in the sadness. It's a great setup for part 18 imo

Yah it totally worked, but I have no doubt in my mind it took A LOT of fiddling to make it work lol

yeah they didn't spend enough time on her performance. I don't know why. She blew her top when that aired on FB but then claimed it wasn't because of the shortened length. I'm still not sure what she was mad about if it wasn't that. That scene has a lot of emotional resonance in the original series; and here, it seemed superfluous. Maybe that was the intention though, like so many other semi-fan-servicey bits.

It really increased the sadness and eventual gut punch for me.

Yeah totally. I'm trying to imagine that scene in the forest fading into a 5-minute roadhouse performance and people thinking that was better than what we got

it would have been 2 to three minutes better

Different strokes I guess. They could have had Donna and Bobby reprise their weeping, too, as a recording from the 90s played out, but it's hard to see what that would add - the way they went was purposeful and effective, and we can all still play our old CDs.

I definitely would have liked it longer though not necessarily the whole song.

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wins - the band that played her backing band (was it veils) did that interview about meticulously learning the song and playing it live over and over and then it was just the a short snippet of the performance that barely featured any julie and it was the recorded track from the 90s! obvs there was something up. maybe that clouds the scene for me.

yeah Cruise went off on FB about "the cult" of Lynch. it's a bummer. reminded me of the Michael J. Anderson stuff. and Sherilyn's tweet...

wins - the band that played her backing band (was it veils) did that interview about meticulously learning the song and playing it live over and over and then it was just the a short snippet of the performance that barely featured any julie and it was the recorded track from the 90s! obvs there was something up. maybe that clouds the scene for me.

Do you have a link to this? I saw cruise's SABRINA SUTHERLAND DISRESPECTED ME rant but I'm not so interested in stuff like that

Good results btw, although I thought the other chromatics and au revoir songs would get a vote

It's fair to assume, if this poll wasn't Roadhouse specific, that Harry Dean Stanton would've won in a landslide, yes?

Either that or gordon whistling

New Order piano into Dougie wonder tinkle section ftw

LSO played a blinder in ep 8.

(Don't actually know if it's that recording).

I'd love a Trouble album

It was Chromatics who played the backing band for Cruise and in fact played live with her. I think maybe one of the issues was that they wound up using the original recording instead of what was played. Who knows why. Jonny Jewel said in a P4k interview that they practiced it over and over; and they did one take, then Lynch whispered something to her, and he didn't know what it was, and it completely changed the performance and the second one was amazing. Clearly that wasn't what was used in the end.

that Trouble song is great!!!

disappointed the song isn't titled "where's billy" though

Au Revoir Simone underrepresented itt imo

I didn't care for Out of Sand when i first it but I've been revisiting it lately and yeah it emotionally destroys me every time

just getting around to this. that NIN performance was the most embarrassing thing i have ever seen

that’s a low threshold of embarrassment

It’s certainly no sycamore trees, given that it serves a similar purpose in the episode

have i noted my objection to this ilm thread being on ilx yet

an ilm thread on ilx? say it ain't so

cant get jaded in the face of tyranny buck

No votes fof Saturday? Used very beautifully

wtf there are so many more embarrassing things than THE Nine Inch Nails

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy0a7_lEoQg

^^^ the best one

Indeed, one of those votes is mine

rewatching currently and Rebekah Del Rio’s just feels like the original run’s Julee Cruise song. And Moby!

baffles me that Beach House weren’t among these performances

the Broadcast poll had me thinking how they would’ve been a great fit, not necessarily on the stage performance section, but doing whatever Lynch was doing for his sound editing.

the breakdown in the chromatics song "shadow" has a brief moment that directly rips off the verse melody of "wish fulfillment" by sonic youth

when I first saw that episode there was a moment where I thought it might be a cover

I got around to watching this last year and really liked the Lissie song.

Au Revoir Simone is very bad