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I didn't mean to disparage Rush (though fuck Boston). I meant that Corgan used to embrace these supposedly uncool bands, because to hell with what's fashionable, man! But at the same he so clearly, vocally wanted to be fashionable. Like, he could hang with Rick Nielsen at will, but his eye was on Sonic Youth, or Pavement, or all these people at the cool party he wasn't invited to. Very insecure.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, February 5, 2015 3:27 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Rush 32
Sonic Youth 19
Boston 15
Smashing Pumpkins 11


how's life, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:31 (ten years ago)

I don't know who will win out of those four, but I suspect I know who will come in last on ILX, and it ain't Rush.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:33 (ten years ago)

SY > SP > Boston > Rush

Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:52 (ten years ago)

(Not drawn to scale)

Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:53 (ten years ago)

SP > Rush > SY >>> Boston >>>>>>> Patriots fans

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:54 (ten years ago)

One poll where I love all four options! This will probably come down to Rush vs SY. Boston and SP made one great album each imo (s/t and Siamese Dream obv). I like "Don't Look Back", Gish, and some later SP singles too, though.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:05 (ten years ago)

Boston at least have one or two enjoyable songs, which is more than I can say for the rest of the options. So I voted them. No regrets.

ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:08 (ten years ago)

Boston by far the best singles band out of these, and the least pretentious. But they were only a great singles band in the 70s...and the only great single was "More Than A Feeling."

Rush's lyrics are far too dopey (with maybe one or two exceptions) and their music too unswinging to be taken seriously beyond the occasional "Oh, right, this song...I think it has a not-silly part in it...somewhere."

I'm baffled that SP were/are taken seriously as anything more significant than the Styx of the 90s. And at least Styx had the (slight) advantage of having a sense of humor, however clumsy.

SY's peaks (Evol through Daydream Nation, plus Washing Machine and the SYR series) largely cancel out the blandness of their late-90s/00s/10s records. Voted SY.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:10 (ten years ago)

When was Cheap Trick ever uncool?

billstevejim, Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:35 (ten years ago)

I guess they were kinda uncool when "The Flame" was a big hit, but besides that I always assumed they were pretty nicely embraced by alt-rock throughout the '80s and '90s.

billstevejim, Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:39 (ten years ago)

Where's the Rick Nelson option?

MarkoP, Thursday, 5 February 2015 22:02 (ten years ago)

Oh wait, you said Rick Nielsen. That makes more sense.

MarkoP, Thursday, 5 February 2015 22:04 (ten years ago)

I always assumed they were pretty nicely embraced by alt-rock throughout the '80s and '90s.

They were, for the most part. Problem was, they also put out uniformly sucky records throughout the 80s and 90s.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 5 February 2015 22:05 (ten years ago)

As far as Midwest rock goes, beloved, but I always assumed they were disproportionately revered here.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 February 2015 22:09 (ten years ago)

SY > Rush > Boston > Billy Corgan

voted Rush in deference to thread title

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 February 2015 22:52 (ten years ago)

I really hate that I had to include sonic youth in this. As cool as Kim Gordon probably is, and as much as I admire their gear, they are probably my least favorite of all 4.

how's life, Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:18 (ten years ago)

should have gone with sadgasm instead

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:24 (ten years ago)

Boston>Rush>Sonic Youth>Smashing Pumpkins.

jetfan, Friday, 6 February 2015 00:33 (ten years ago)

Rush > SY > maybe 2 Boston songs > the sound of baby animals being stomped to death > Smashing Pumpkins.

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 6 February 2015 00:53 (ten years ago)

xpost You guys are crazy with your Boston love. Seriously, can anyone defend more than the first album? Out of, what, three albums over 20 years?

I will say this: without Boston we would not have my fave Xgau review:

Boston (Epic, 1976)
When informed that someone has achieved an American synthesis of Led Zeppelin and Yes, all I can do is hold my ears and say gosh. C

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 01:11 (ten years ago)

It's a fun album but not classic or terribly important

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 6 February 2015 01:51 (ten years ago)

I really hate that I had to include sonic youth in this. As cool as Kim Gordon probably is, and as much as I admire their gear, they are probably my least favorite of all 4.

Lol at "had"

EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 6 February 2015 02:04 (ten years ago)

Boston is another band my over 45 raised on AM radio friends despise with a passion, along with bands like the Eagles, for getting shoved down their throats like inescapable product in the '70s. I love the Boston origin story, but this is ur-corporate rock.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 02:14 (ten years ago)

rush are pretty amazing, and i don't even /like/ that kind of music much. but their best songs are full of instrumental and vocal hooks, interesting textures, structures, the works. the lyrics can be pretty embarrassing, sure, but geez.

i basically like all these bands save for SP, and that's really mostly because i have an irrational, visceral dislike for much "alternative rock" of that era.

anyway

SY > Rush > Boston > SP

with Rush running a close 2nd

I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 6 February 2015 02:29 (ten years ago)

actually maybe Rush would be 1st, i dunno, it depends on my mood. Rush probably has at least as many albums I'd eagerly listen to all the way through as SY.

I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 6 February 2015 02:30 (ten years ago)

imo we should make this a second "amanda" thread

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 6 February 2015 03:04 (ten years ago)

Rush slightly ahead of Sonic Youth miles ahead of Smashing Pumpkins slightly ahead of Boston

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 6 February 2015 03:16 (ten years ago)

i like the random assortment of bands. sonic youth is the worst out of these, followed by rush, and then a full furlong ahead boston and the smashing pumpkins are neck and neck. into the final stretch now, rush comes up from behind closing in on both, and he's coming, but it's too late! smashing pumpkins win on the strength of 1979 and Tonight, Tonight because you only ever need to listen to the songs you want to listen to and so bad music bands release cannot and will not be held against them.

Treeship, Friday, 6 February 2015 03:19 (ten years ago)

Rush, easily. Not sure if I prefer SP or SY, they're both great. I like Boston's hits but they are the only of these that I never just listen to by my own volition.

Eagerly looking forward to handing out FPs like candy to all the Rush haterz ITT.

Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Friday, 6 February 2015 03:55 (ten years ago)

^^ do it

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 6 February 2015 04:03 (ten years ago)

Don't get too eager, I have a special FP for haterz of Patriots fans.

Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Friday, 6 February 2015 04:10 (ten years ago)

Found a few clips of Pumpkins covering Rush but don't want to link because they gave me a headache.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:20 (ten years ago)

Boston knew how to write a tune.
Then they gave it 60 different titles

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:37 (ten years ago)

It's a fun album but not classic or terribly important

Defining importance with music as being emotional resonance, I would say that "More Than a Feeling" has been pretty important in my life. Defining it as beauty, I would say "Hitch a Ride" and others have been pretty important to me also.

timellison, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:43 (ten years ago)

Fair enough. I mean I played the hell out of it as a kid and could quote Peace of Mind verbatim but rarely go back to it these days.

More than a feeling was the first guitar solo I learned so there's that.

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:49 (ten years ago)

SY is my favorite but the odds are stacked in their favor here anyway, so i voted for Rush

some dude, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:56 (ten years ago)

^ that was at least half my reasoning. other half is held in secret trust by the priests.

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Friday, 6 February 2015 05:01 (ten years ago)

boston's debut >> SP's debut >>>>>>>>>> sonic youth's debut >>> rush's debut

BUT

rush >>>> sonic youth >>>> boston > SP

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 6 February 2015 12:28 (ten years ago)

Otm.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 12:38 (ten years ago)

No "More Than A Feeling," no "Smells Like Teen Spirit." For this crime alone, Boston should be destroyed.

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 6 February 2015 13:56 (ten years ago)

Something weird to think about: Both Boston and The Cars are rock bands from Boston who released their debut albums within two years of each other, and nearly every single song from both debuts can be heard fairly regularly on classic rock and oldies radio.

Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Friday, 6 February 2015 14:01 (ten years ago)

Yeah, and both bands (Candy-O excepted) never really managed another good record.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 14:43 (ten years ago)

Oh, I completely disagree there. The first five Cars albums are all good to great.

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 6 February 2015 15:03 (ten years ago)

Maybe, but certainly not compared to the first one. I mean, I like the second two Television albums, but ...

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:16 (ten years ago)

Rush>SP/Boston>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SY

Also Cheap Trick had bad albums in the 90s? They made three and two of them are really great.

DavidLeeRoth, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:19 (ten years ago)

Yeah, I probably overstated that. The self-titled one had some decent moments, but was misleadingly/unfairly hyped as THEIR BEST RECORD SINCE IN COLOR!

The "Baby Talk"/"Brontosaurus" single is one of my all-time favorite Cheap Trick things, though.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 February 2015 15:34 (ten years ago)

Rush>Boston>>>>>>Smashing Pumpkins>>>>Five Seconds of Summer>>>>>One Direction>>>>>>Sonic Youth

Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 6 February 2015 15:34 (ten years ago)

Any time somebody uses a fucking Robert Christgau review to make their point, they are DQ'd from the discussion.

Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 6 February 2015 15:35 (ten years ago)

In Color>every record mentioned in this thread.

DavidLeeRoth, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:39 (ten years ago)

Dairy Queened?

"In Color" rules.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:58 (ten years ago)

if the manager makes the soft-serve too soft the night before, the employees cannot make dipped cones, sir

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 6 February 2015 16:53 (ten years ago)

^ Dairy Queened

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 6 February 2015 16:54 (ten years ago)

i imagine that anyone ITT who really claims that any of these bands are "terrible" (or some similar adjective) are guilty of demagoguery.

I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 6 February 2015 17:06 (ten years ago)

it's like, sure you may not like the /idea/ of rush (ayn rand-inspired wanky prog canadian fucks) or sonic youth (art-damaged elitist boho snobs without enough choons) but i dunno, lower your defenses a little bit-- in practice they've both made a striking amount of extremely memorable and involving music.

I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 6 February 2015 17:08 (ten years ago)

sorry for boring posts, i guess i'm in the wrong thread if my argument is "they're all great! relax!"

I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 6 February 2015 17:08 (ten years ago)

The only one of the four I've owned a record by was Boston's debut. An old roommate had a bunch of Sonic Youth, I liked some of those okay. Always felt like I was kinda too old to "get" Smashing Pumpkins. And I've never liked Rush, young or old. Not saying they're terrible, just massively not my thing. I guess that's the order I would rank them.

Losing swag by the second (Dan Peterson), Friday, 6 February 2015 17:22 (ten years ago)

these bands all have some really great records and also a lot of massively dull/irritating ones

example (crüt), Friday, 6 February 2015 17:29 (ten years ago)

Rhinoceros, Drown, Mayonnaise, and Soma > Boston's debut record > 100% and Theresa's Soundworld > Freewill, Red Barchetta, and La Villa Strangiato

how's life, Friday, 6 February 2015 17:47 (ten years ago)

That's how I'm approaching this.

how's life, Friday, 6 February 2015 17:48 (ten years ago)

The way I approached this: I listen to Rush a bunch, Sonic Youth on rare occasion, SP not since "Gish" and Boston never on purpose. Mind, I like the idea of Boston, and appreciate the band's wall of AOR guitar influence, but damned if I ever so much as taped a song off the radio when I was 8.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 18:46 (ten years ago)

The way I approached this: Billy wrote 'Cherub Rock'. You, me, and these other bands did not.

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 6 February 2015 18:48 (ten years ago)

So you're saying: one great song > one great album > one great stretch > one great career.

I will say, as people I'd hang with, the dudes in Rush seem pretty awesome, but the other acts are in a three way tie for last. You've got art-snobs, insecure jerks and the sheer weirdness of Brad Delp's final days.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 18:50 (ten years ago)

Rush are probably the best human beings out of this lot, I'll agree with you there.

how's life, Friday, 6 February 2015 18:52 (ten years ago)

for the following kinda reductive reasons these bands are all good (or great in SY's case) for different reasons. boston released the best one-hit wonder classic '70s rock radio album of all time. rush is the best proggy ridiculous north american band of all time. smashing pumpkins have at least three really good albums and the best alt-rock supervillain of all time. SY were the best NYC alt band of all time and had great tunes and could stretch out in ways that weren't boring or tedious.

voted SY. brad delp was the best person out of anyone in any of these bands though.

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 6 February 2015 18:55 (ten years ago)

Sonic Youth don't deserve to be ranked above Rush, whether you like Rush or not. I sympathize with BC, suddenly. Being "too cool" is a huge turn-off. That said, Boston's music was engineered for stadiums - alienated kids' bedrooms were not the intended fora for those records. Feel that making records that are not truly for the home is evil.

SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Friday, 6 February 2015 18:56 (ten years ago)

brad delp was the best person out of anyone in any of these bands though.

!!!

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 February 2015 18:57 (ten years ago)

boston's music was engineered for car rides imo

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 6 February 2015 18:58 (ten years ago)

best PERFORMER i should have said

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 6 February 2015 18:58 (ten years ago)

that is so much worse than your reasons for labeling Billy an asshole.

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 6 February 2015 19:01 (ten years ago)

Billy is at least a blanched asshole in the light of these findings

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 6 February 2015 19:02 (ten years ago)

dig the Boston songs I know from the radio except for "Amanda," feel like Tom Scholz is probably a genius on the level of Brian Wilson, whose music I also don't listen to. Rush.

The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Saturday, 7 February 2015 13:09 (ten years ago)

Sonic Youth and Rush don't suck
Pumpkins, I don't give a fuck
AMANDA

droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, 7 February 2015 13:17 (ten years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockman_(amplifier)

example (crüt), Saturday, 7 February 2015 13:30 (ten years ago)

The thing about Boston is...how can people escape them - even now! I don't understand how people can listen to them repeatedly, they're so smooshy sounding.

SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Saturday, 7 February 2015 14:17 (ten years ago)

I don't understand how people can listen to them repeatedly

My understanding is that they keep on tokin'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GzMx9CnhVk

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 7 February 2015 14:19 (ten years ago)

say what you will about Boston though, Delp was an incredible vocalist (RIP)

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 7 February 2015 15:25 (ten years ago)

Yeah, it is interesting that of the four bands in the poll, Boston is the only one with a traditional good singer.

Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 February 2015 16:27 (ten years ago)

That is sadly true, however IMO not even Celine Dion could bail them from their sludgy smudgy poo.

SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Saturday, 7 February 2015 18:56 (ten years ago)

worst graphic novel ever

example (crüt), Saturday, 7 February 2015 18:57 (ten years ago)

More than a poostain

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 7 February 2015 18:58 (ten years ago)

though I'm gonna have to disagree with you
their music's not sludgy poo

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 7 February 2015 18:59 (ten years ago)

...AMANDA

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 7 February 2015 18:59 (ten years ago)

I will stan for Boston! Brad Delp has golden pipes! It is gorgeously crafted pop smothered in classic rock and that first album is all killer no filler.

However my vote goes to Rush because they are Rush and therefore unfuckwithable

Sonic Youth is cool and great but they dont occupy those great heights for me. Smashing Pumkins r ok but yeah no

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 February 2015 23:09 (ten years ago)

I realized only a few years ago that I'd heard Boston's hits about a billion times, but had never actually owned the albums in any format. I wondered if they'd sound dramatically better on CD than on radio. They don't. More than anything I've heard this side of Christopher Cross, that band was made to played on the radio. Not true for Sonic Youth and Rush. Don't know about the other group.

dlp9001, Sunday, 8 February 2015 05:16 (ten years ago)

Rush music was made for alienated teenagers' bedrooms. Which is totally classic.

SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Sunday, 8 February 2015 15:15 (ten years ago)

"don't look back"
is better than "cherub rock"

reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 8 February 2015 15:23 (ten years ago)

AMANDA

reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 8 February 2015 15:23 (ten years ago)

the funny thing about Third Stage is that while it rocks considerably less than the two albums before it, at times sometimes I prefer it as it seems like it has more of a individual personality than the prior two albums, even if some of the songs are admittedly bland.

"We're Ready" is fucking sweet and I wish they did more songs like it. "To Be a Man" and "My Destination", though, god are those bleh.

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 February 2015 15:44 (ten years ago)

lol that Boston had an album called Corporate America

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 February 2015 15:46 (ten years ago)

Boston may be the only band of the four with songs that can justifiably be described as outright bleh.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 February 2015 15:51 (ten years ago)

Like, I don't like much Pumpkins, or listen to much later SY, but neither congress close to bleh IMO. I think Rush is pretty much bleh free.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 February 2015 15:52 (ten years ago)

I second that bleh-notion

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:41 (ten years ago)

Lol writing on phone waiting to get on cruise where I can already tell there are more rush and Boston fans than sp or sy, or have even heard of sy.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:43 (ten years ago)

Boston's ballads were the worst thing about them. They pretty much avoided them on the s/t but then shit on later albums like "A Man I'll Never Be" and lord was that nauseating(though I like "Amanda").

though the s/t has dreck on it too. "Hitch a Ride" is such middling boredom, "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" had an annoying chorus...

I guess when it boils down to it the reason I still like the album is "More Than a Feeling" (tho I could die happy not hearing it again), "Peace of Mind", "Foreplay/Long Time", and "Smoking".

"Rock and Roll Band" is lame because they wrote it as this cutesy meta tail of their gritty rise to stardom but actually they got their first recording contract before playing a live gig. Yeah, granted *we* in the authorial sense isn't always literal but it was clear in the lyrics of the song that they were trying to paint themselves as some band that came up through the bar scene when they weren't.

Oh, and the chorus sucks.

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:49 (ten years ago)

your cruise mission: convert them.

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:49 (ten years ago)

"what if I told you....."

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:52 (ten years ago)

Have you heard the Good News (about Billy's 4 star album)?

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 February 2015 17:16 (ten years ago)

"let me leave some materials with you...this is Daydream Nation. It might mean nothing to you, but once upon a time, it changed my life. Oh, you can go ahead and keep it, I have it on vinyl anyway."

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 February 2015 17:20 (ten years ago)

Just played arcade fire over the pa.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 February 2015 20:52 (ten years ago)

only one of these bands has been on incessant earworm repeat for the last three days

Brad C., Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:01 (ten years ago)

With that "Corporate America" thing, I remember reading the articles. Wasn't that Boston getting all left-wing and anti-globalist? I remember that because their music seems so un-hippy and unnatural.

Believe it or not, I read a lot of articles on Boston at one time - because the guy was an engineer and I grew up with an engineer in my house - my dad. So I wanted to learn how an engineer thinks about music. Conceptually, it's interesting but it doesn't move me.

SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:01 (ten years ago)

It's like Tom went to MIT to learn how to engineer the best corporate rock band.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:06 (ten years ago)

it was clear in the lyrics of the song that they were trying to paint themselves as some band that came up through the bar scene when they weren't.

I know what you mean: even though Lynyrd Skynyrd is from Florida, they did "Sweet Home Alabama." They're dead to me now.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:24 (ten years ago)

Wasn't the first Boston album recorded largely in his basement?

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:38 (ten years ago)

All but one song and the vocals, yep. The one song not recorded in his basement was done in an LA studio as a decoy for the label people who didn't want him recording in his basement.

Also, haha:

While Boylan arranged for Delp to have a custom-made Taylor acoustic guitar for thousands of dollars on the album budget, Scholz recorded such tracks as "More Than a Feeling" in his basement with a $100 Yamaha acoustic guitar.[2][3][7]

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:45 (ten years ago)

"check out these UFOs! I bet this band sounds like they're from outer space!"

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:53 (ten years ago)

^ preceded one of the biggest disappointments of my older siblings' CDs scavenging

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:55 (ten years ago)

Rush.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Sunday, 8 February 2015 22:27 (ten years ago)

I don't have strong feelings about any of these bands, but I once saw a chicken walking across the front lawn of Brad Delp's (former) house, so my vote for Boston should be construed as a write-in vote for the chicken.

i ain't marchant anymore (unregistered), Sunday, 8 February 2015 22:47 (ten years ago)

I'd rather read about Boston than I would a lot of other people, as crap as I think their music is.

Boston and the Sierra Club article below. Scholz is also a PETA member.

http://www.sierraclub.org/boston/scholz_interview.asp

SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Sunday, 8 February 2015 22:55 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/Ng7wTtB.jpg

i ain't marchant anymore (unregistered), Sunday, 8 February 2015 22:59 (ten years ago)

(xpost)

i ain't marchant anymore (unregistered), Sunday, 8 February 2015 23:00 (ten years ago)

http://www.grubgrade.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Boston-Market-1-Chicken-Meal.jpg

It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 February 2015 23:26 (ten years ago)

and then Geddy Lee had it roasted onstage...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2704497420_84a5f26858.jpg

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 9 February 2015 02:18 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

lol rush fans

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:03 (ten years ago)

love that ilx has basically turned into a rush fanclub

contenderizer, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:04 (ten years ago)

CONFORM OR BE CAST OUT

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:09 (ten years ago)

I agree with Rush winning but how the FUCK does Boston beat SP

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:12 (ten years ago)

I wanna take this fucking poll
and shove it up your hole

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:12 (ten years ago)

Honestly, this is the largest concentration of SP fans I've ever seen. I always assumed their stature was roughly equivalent to that of, say, REO Speedwagon.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:13 (ten years ago)

holmes is the mean age of your community like 57

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:25 (ten years ago)

It's pi.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:27 (ten years ago)

But it has more to due with the fundamental overwhelming blandness in approach both bands share.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:28 (ten years ago)

You Can Tune a Piano But The End is the Beginning is the End

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:31 (ten years ago)

Wow @ results. I voted for Sonic Youth in the end.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:51 (ten years ago)

(Not complaining though.)

EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:52 (ten years ago)

Boston wants more sunlight
But Rush ignores their pleas

how's life, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:54 (ten years ago)

RIP that old song they used to play

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:58 (ten years ago)

i also like that the results form a descending scale of progness

prog
art
unprog
smurf turds

contenderizer, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 02:12 (ten years ago)

boston haters got some soul searching to do

*peels out of thread in red barchetta*

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 02:57 (ten years ago)

still 11 too many

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI22vpZ5ztQ (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 07:06 (ten years ago)

http://www.birchcommunityservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Bruschetta.jpg

how's life, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 10:32 (ten years ago)

mmm, barchetta

contenderizer, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 11:38 (ten years ago)


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