I Heard You Polling - The Yo La Tengo Poll Results Thread. (ILM Poll #61)

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So I received 33 ballots in total, 27 for albums. It was as massive as hearing Spec Bebop for the first time (do you remember?). As I said earlier, I'll start this afternoon with albums and covers. Then we will roll the (45) songs over the course of the week, ending Thursday. Clemenza prepared something awesome for the songs. A huge thank you for Clemenza and Bee OK for providing patience and support for the poll. I feel like I'm part of the ilx family now.

I do not use Spotify so if somebody could volunteer for it later that would be awesome.

I have to confess, for the first 2 years of listening to Yo La Tengo (right when Summer Sun was released) I was certain Ira was James and James was Ira. I didn't check for very long.

Here we go!

#10. 3 votes. 11 points
http://cdn.discogs.com/t7ummPE3D60UmtxR5N434xt_p1U=/fit-in/598x582/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-1004969-1259792186.jpeg.jpg

#9. 14 votes. 3 vote
http://direct-ns.rhap.com/imageserver/v2/albums/Alb.104817/images/500x500.jpg

14 points. 3 votes. That is.

#8. 14 points. 4 votes
http://static.stereogum.com/blogs.dir/2/files/2013/01/Yo-La-Tengo-Fade.jpg

I didn't vote for album...Painful, probably, then Fade. I do like The Sounds of the Sounds of Science, which Christgau slammed. My favourite songs are distributed among almost every album.

#7.19 points. 7 votes.
http://www.soitditenpassant.com/selection/2011_50_years/1990%20-%20Yo%20La%20Tengo%20-%20Fakebook.jpg

#6. 22 points. 7 votes.
http://pontone.pl/wp-content/gallery/yo-la-tengo/06_0.jpg

#5. 23 points. 8 votes.
http://resources.wimpmusic.com/images/5697bfe6/74e5/4316/9a6e/445a3ee4e7e1/1280x1280.jpg

Then comes the huge point jump...

May I suggest putting the titles above the pictures before you get to the main part of the poll? Just in case the image links disappear in the future (and for those browsing with images turned off). Thanks....!

Sure thing!

#4. 137 points. 22 votes. 6 1st places.
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/beatrixkiddo79/default/36-yo-la-tengo-then--large-msg-126090352208.jpg

word

Can someone edit the titles into the precedent albums please? It would be very appreciated.

Only question is the order, I voted And Then Nothing... #1, not that you can go wrong with any of the others.

#3. 152 points. 3 1st places
Painful
http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/albums/covers/other//YoLaTengo_Painful(LP).jpg

and 25 votes.

always interested to see how closely favorite album correlates with first heard

xp that was my first, but not my #1

we know where this is going

My first YLT was I Can Hear The Heart. Went back and forth between Painful and And Then Nothing...
really when I went back Popular Songs seems the only out and out bust, and even then I think Avalon made my top 10 tracks.

I Can Hear the Heart my first as well. Then Summer Sun. Both made my ballot.

Really glad The Sounds of Sounds of Science made it. One of the underrated YLT records, gorgeous gorgeous jams.

#2. 158 points. 25 votes. 5 1st places.
Electr-O-Pura
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEA54LvUEAA7l-o.jpg:large

#1.165 points. 27 votes. 7 1st places.
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
http://i.imgur.com/Zj4y4.jpg

my boring album ballot was:

1. and then nothing turned itself inside-out
2. electr-O-pura
3. painful
4. i can hear the heart beating as one
5. summer sun

i voted the top four in that order

that they polled

what can I say, I wanted to give some love to Fuckbook.

1 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
2 Painful
3 Electro-pura
4 I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
5 Fuckbook

and then mookie's hivemind turned itself inside-out

Albums full results

1. I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
2. Electr-O-Pura
3. Painful
4. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
5. Summer Sun
6. I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
7. Fakebook
8. President Yo La Tengo
9. Fade
10. The Sounds of Sounds of Science
11. May I Sing With Me
12. Little Honda
13 =. Dan Electro
13 = . Today is the Day EP.
15. Popular Songs.

It's now time for covers! We got 10 ballots for them

#10. 12 points. 2 votes.
The Whole of the Law (Painful)
(Only Ones)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3oZjnHxWNQ

#9. 13 points. 2 votes. 1 1st place
Yellow Sarong (Fakebook)
(Scene is Now)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmOqWHYEZTo

May I Sing with Me too low btw

#8. 13 points. 3 points
Somebody's Baby (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
(Jackson Browne)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFy6tJRkxFY

#7. 14 points. 3 votes
Take Care (Summer Sun)
(Drake feat. Rihanna)
(Big Star)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPK1jiiZXkQ

#7.14 points. 3 votes
Nuclear War (Nuclear War EP)
(Sun Ra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atMZEHhFQgs

ah man "Whole of the Law" too low!

#5. 15 points. 2 votes. 1st place.
Cast A Shadow (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
(Beat Happening)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyhRc_2eisw

yah, great roll-out so far Van Horn Street!

Can someone edit the titles into the precedent albums please? It would be very appreciated.

you will have to use this board: http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=56

Oh how I wish for an edit option.

So sorry it's

#5. 15 points. 2 votes. 1st place.
You Tore Me Down (Fakebook)
(Flamin' Groovies)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GF4qI0N3Mg

#4. 15 points. 3 votes.
Cast A Shadow (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
(Beat Happening)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyhRc_2eisw

#3. 22 points. 4 votes. 1 1st place
Little Honda (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
(The Beach Boys)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyiZFlHuPqg

I don't think I ever heard the Beach Boys original, don't think I ever will.

#2. 25 points. 3 votes. 2 first place
By The Time It Gets Dark (Little Honda)
(Sandy Denny)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5gbp8adho

pam-pam-pam-pam-pam pam-pam

#1. 40 points. 6 votes. 2 first places.
You Can Have It All (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
(George McCrae)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQW7jZJY9s

Aside from #1 & #3, I am 100% on board with these covers results!

I voted for:
"Oklahoma USA" - Kinks
"I Threw It All Away" - Dylan
"Yellow Sarong" - The Scene Is Now
"It's All Right The Way That You Live" - VU
"Griselda" - Pete Stampfel

Voted for You Can Have It All in the main tracks poll. Glad the Sandy Denny placed so high, it was my last cut on covers.

1 You Tore Me Down Flamin Groovies
2 It's ChristmasTime Sun Ra
3 Gentle Hour Snapper
4 For Shame of Doing Wrong Richard & Linda Thompson
5 Ashes on the Ground Jad Fair

Songs tomorrow, I'll only be able in the early afternoon that being said.

Didn't vote, but wow. I can't believe the "Speeding Motorcycle" cover couldn't crack the top 10.

Also, their cover of Blondie's "Dreaming" is superb.

They have so many great covers. I am surprising either Needle of Death and Be Thankful For What You've Got.

Dump's "Raspberry Beret" is excellent--almost put that on my regular ballot.

I didn't vote for it, but still surprised that May I Sing With Me placed lower than President YLT (though I guess there wasn't a tremendous point difference between the bottom 5 anyway). I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed Electr-o-pura while compiling my ballot. I always think of it as a lesser album, but then wanted to put a load of tracks from it on my ballot. I can't help but feel that ICHTHBAO is a little overrated, while ATNTIIO is comparatively underrated.

All of my picks ended up in the covers results so YAY!

Popular Songs placed lower than the Danelectro EP LOL.

ALBUMS
1. Painful
2. Fakebook
3. I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
4. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
5. May I Sing With Me

COVERS
1. Speeding Motorcycle (Johnston)
2. Take Care (Big Star)
3. Big Sky (Kinks)
4. Oklahoma USA (Kinks)
5. Andalucia (John Cale)

Before I started working on my ballot, I would have thought the cover of "I Threw It All Away" would make my 5, but these jumped way ahead.

Albums:
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Fade
Painful
Electr-o-Pura

Covers:
You Can Have it All (George McRae)
Nuclear War (Sun Ra)
Little Honda (Beach Boys)
Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens)
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Bob Dylan)

ALBUMS/EPs
1. President Yo La Tengo
2. Little Honda
3. Electr-o-pura
4. Summer Sun
5. Fakebook

COVERS
1. Be Thankful for What You Got
2. Take Care
3. Blitzkrieg Bop
4. Somebody’s Baby
5. Cast a Shadow

I find that "President Yo La Tengo" is their most solid album and seriously underrated. Almost every song on it is phantastic. There are other albums like "Electr-o-pura" which have higher highs but at the same time they also feature a couple of weaker songs. I seriously don't understand why "Be Thankful for What You Got" didn't place in the covers poll. By far their best cover, imo. And the EP "Little Honda" it is on is such a fun cover feast.

Albums:
Painful
Electr-O-Pura
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

Painful had always been my favourite but I think Electr-O-Pura has just edged ahead since submitting my ballot. I was really surprised by it when re-listening to everything, it had never stuck in my mind as much as some of the others before.

Albums/EPs:

1. Painful
2. Electr-O-Pura
3. Shaker EP
4. May I Sing With Me
5. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

1 & 2 could switch places easily, though.

Funny timing on this: http://store.matadorrecords.com/stuff-like-that-there

Don't get me wrong, I voted it as my #4, but Painful suffers from the curse of the sound of those late 80s/early 90s BOSS digital guitar pedals. That record would have been so much better if they had played with vintage gear.

think i know what you mean, but man, i love the guitars on painful.

pretty psyched for this Fakebook sequel -- sample tracks sound amazing. schramm really is a wonderful guitarist.

I do too. I'm not hearing those pedals, or at least, nothing that sounds out-of-line with Kaplan's usual sound.

In fact, I'm not even sure which pedals those are, and the only digital stuff I saw them use in '94 were the DigiTech PDS delays (to astounding effect, I should add).

xp

the guitars on Painful do sound worse than the later albums but it doesn't really bother me much

i am v disappointed the new record does not seem to include a cover of the song it references

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_-EinTErdQ

ALBUMS
1. Electr-O-Pura
2. And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
3. Painful
4. Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
5. May I Sing with Me


COVERS
1. By the Time It Gets Dark
2. You Can Have It All
3. Little Honda
4. Emulsified
5. Cast a Shadow

http://thebestshow.net/#news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-3NhI6VOuo

I'll start rolling the tracks in 10 minutes.

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt45_zpsf0umlrpi.jpg

(i might echo the request to add the information as text above or below the image, so those on phones can see them, and also just in case the image links ever break)

ah yes!

also, i request that all of the images continue to be dick allen baseball cards

I don't think a baseball player needed to listen to Ohm more than Dick Allen.

#44. 117 points. 4 votes.
Stupid Things
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt44_zpsparvbx0w.jpg

Dick got a bad rap xp

Butch Huskey or R Ashburn cards more appr

oh, i get it now.

#43. 118 points. 7 votes.
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind (I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt43_zpsreq7wv5m.jpg

#42. 124 points. 8 votes.
Season of the Shark (Summer Sun)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt42_zpsp9hroqr0.jpg

oh holy crap these are amazing guys.

For what it's worth, the songs are not connected to the players, unless I hit upon something accidentally. They were matched according to length of song/album title and how much available space there was--Yo La Tengo sometimes have very long album titles. Every card is from the '70s.

I didn't even think to match Dock Ellis with "Sugarcube."

#41. 128 points. 6 votes.
Madeline (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt41_zpscvyvtm5j.jpg

I personal favorite of mine. I grew up with the Madeline books. Listening to the song, I always picture her as a grown up.

JR Richard was one of my favorite players growing up.
Madeline however did not make my final ballot.

#40. 129 points. 5 votes. 1 1st place.
My Heart's Reflection (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt40_zpsenwwetun.jpg

YLT is on Tom Scharpling's Best Show tonite at 9 EST if you are interested...

#39. 129 points. 7 votes.
(Straight Down to the) Bitter End (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt39_zpsv0ppqqve.jpg

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt39_zpsv0ppqqve.jpg

"Madeline" in my top ten. So casual that it almost drifts away. I love the organ and lead guitar line.

#38. 130 points. 9 points.
Tears Are In Your Eyes ((And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt38_zpsb10mp0ld.jpg

The last three on my ballot.

haha, these cards are perfect -- now i wish i hadn't been too lazy to vote!!!

are tears in your eyes a foreign substance, Gaylord Perry?

I have to go a little faster, someone has a date.

#37. 132 points. 7 votes.
Center of Gravity ( I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt37_zpstxqizrvl.jpg

Wow, four already that I've voted for including my number 3 ("Ohm").

I love Center of Gravity, such a nice little interlude in I Can Hear...

tears are in your eyes is a lovely song. i always think of atntiio as an album about depression, particularly struggling with it with someone else that you love, and tears are in your eyes kind of marks the lowest point of the sadness and the beginnings of recovery.

#36. 136 points. 5 votes.
Today is the Day (Summer Sun)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt36_zpss5o1nb0y.jpg

^^^wrong version

Very interesting Karl. Absolutely love tears are in your eyes. The slow drum. The compassion.

#35. 138 points. 8 votes.
Shadows (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt35_zpspyrrirrz.jpg

I love both Today is the Day versions, but I prefer the other one as well.

#34. 141 points. 9 votes,
Upside-Down (May I Sing With Me)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt34_zpsinkcievc.jpg

def voted "Upside-Down" which i hadnt remembered the title of til i heard it 2 weeks ago.

#33. 162 points. 8 votes
Barnaby, Hardly Working (Fakebook)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt33_zps35xlo18p.jpg

wow I love it. I voted rock version on Today Is The Day.

#32. 163 points. 9 votes.
False Alarm (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt32_zpsyzevhqq8.jpg

Upside-down was pretty high on my ballot. I need to listen to May I Sing With Me some more but that's the one that's always really stuck out to me.

voted False Alarm, even better than Al Hrabosky

(if it helps w/ the GIFs, I have an old postcard from Ira that mentions Masato Yoshii)

#31. 164 points. 5 votes.
Today is the Day (Today is the Day EP)
http://s854.photobucket.com/user/Maax_Seguela/media/ylt31_zpsbg4krgsv.jpg.html?sort=3&o=12

Aight. This is it for today. Already a classic collections of songs imo.

"Upside-Down" is one of the most perfect 3-minute rock songs ever, imo. No fadeout, they really stick the landing.

Rock version for the win!

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt31_zpsbg4krgsv.jpg

I can't even remember "Today Is the Day." I wish I didn't, but I see the title and think of the Smashing Pumpkins.

"False Alarm" too low.

During my one listen to Summer Sun, a non-YLT-fan friend of mine asked why I was so disappointed by it. I immediately put on "False Alarm" saying, "Because they used to be this good!" He understood immediately.

I've found myself listening along slightly belatedly (fine selections so far!), so made it a collaborative Spotify playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/user/empeecee/playlist/7K4JaHe2wQxsYFEdY0bvq9
May struggle to update it in real time myself (timezones, eh?), so obviously feel free...

Speaking of YLT and covers, Luna should totally cover Damage. It's lyrical themes and construction are so similar to Dean's.

i love how the I Love Baseball board has taken over this poll.

excellent images clemenza.

need a few more Mets

also William VanLandingham, if you know the story

i was going to get really excited as VHS is a huge Giants fan (just like me) but then i realized that it's clemenza's images. so are we going to get a bunch of Blue Jay images?

so far it's been as diverse as the YLT catalog

No Blue Jays. After the initial excitement of getting the franchise and maybe the first few weeks, I barely paid attention to the Blue Jays in the '70s. They were pretty terrible. I was much more caught up in all the drama of the Yankees at the time.

VHS, you are aware that this is a Mets band?

i mean, Bee OK

Is someone doing a Spotify playlist for these results?

i only voted for 5 albums, but i'm still surprised that Popular Songs was last. I think only one cut from that record made my top 25 (Periodically Double or Triple), but I've been returning to it recently and find it solid. Guess I'm the only one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaABQkkX_qo
i've watched this a jillion times

voodoo chili, yes --

I've found myself listening along slightly belatedly (fine selections so far!), so made it a collaborative Spotify playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/user/empeecee/playlist/7K4JaHe2wQxsYFEdY0bvq9
May struggle to update it in real time myself (timezones, eh?), so obviously feel free...

― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Tuesday, June 2, 2015 6:31 PM (Yesterday)

nice, thanks

That's a terrific version of today is the day, thanks.

I'll start again when I'm done with those delicous pupupas.

#30. 169 points. 9 votes.
.Black Flowers (I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt30_zpsvzq4wwgj.jpg

164 points*

that double drum hit when they come back from the bridge is one of my favorite small ylt moments

xp on 'today is the day'

I might infuriate purists but if I had to show YLT to a new listener I'd go with both Today is the Day.

I'm not even sure I remember John McEnroe having a talk show. Did he often have such high-caliber musical guests?

mets fans bonding

I suppose he got into a screaming match with his sidekick every night (and I bet that joke's been made a zillion times).

#29. 181 points. 9 votes.
Last Days of Disco (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt29_zps6mpqcqyd.jpeg

too low!

anyway, black flowers -- best james(-sung) tune? probably more partial to stockholm syndrome for personal reasons tho

.#28. 189 points. 9 votes.
The Summer (Fakebook)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt28_zps29utcgm1.jpg

damn I completely forgot to vote for Last Days Of Disco! Would have been low on my ballot, but still should have been on it.

#27. 202 points. 11 votes.
Double Dare (Painful)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt27_zps9ga0nqx6.jpg

"No big hair!"--should have used that one in the Pavement poll.

Who is he?

Oscar Gamble--most famous Afro of the '70s.

(Baseball Afro...Angela Davis and Pam Grier and a few other people had even more famous Afros. I had a decent white-guy Afro myself.)

#26. 208 points. 11 votes. 1 1st place.
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1) (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt26_zpsmvgfzxa6.jpg

I voted for "Return to Hot Chicken," but not this one. I can't think of the connection off-hand...both instrumentals, right?

Never understood the hot chicken thing either, if someone with the knowledge could tell us!

http://www.roadfood.com/Photos/9370.jpg

They (used to) record in Nashville a lot. Nashville-style hot chicken is a regional thing, and Prince's is a legendary joint. Wait times of several hours reported...it's like getting brisket at Franklin's.

#25. 209 points. 11 votes.
Detouring America With Horns (May I Sing With Me)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt25_zpsokg85vhp.jpg

#24. 211 points. 11 votes.
Saturday (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt24_zpscnepctoq.jpg

Black Flowers is lovely, was in my top 10 or maybe just outside? Easily my favourite sung by James

#23. 212 points. 11 votes.
We're An American Band (I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt23_zps7adxqpuv.jpg

"out of tune, out of tune..." <dissonant piano stab out of nowhere>

I probably should have given "Saturday" even more points.

American Band was my #2. Such an epic track.

#22. 243 points. 10 votes.
You Can Have It All (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://s854.photobucket.com/user/Maax_Seguela/media/ylt22_zpsd5fitxyy.jpg.html

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt22_zpsd5fitxyy.jpg

#21. 258 points. 10 votes. 3 1st place votes.
Night Falls In Hoboken (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt21_zpslvfg4qmo.jpg

there goes my #1

rip jim palmer

it has put me to sleep more than any other song ever, probably by an order of magnitude, and i mean that in the most complimentary of ways

Yeah, Night Falls (and the next one) being outside of the top 20 was a huge surprise to me. Probably the two biggest of the poll.

#20. 265 points. 1 1st place vote
Everyday (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt20_zpshwmctw4b.jpg

I mean, Everyday is in top 20. But I thought it would be higher. I scream a traditional TOO LOW at both.

So many songs from Inside-Out made it--seemed like almost every one except for the song I voted for.

these quiet songs are nice and i like them, but i guess what has made the band special to me is when they make the loud songs just as intimate

#19. 276 points. 15 votes. 1 1st place vote.
Moby Octopad (I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt19_zpsgyunuhcs.jpg

I totally get how someone made this their #1.

earl weaver is universally intimate, however

Just catching up with this. I had Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken) In my top 5. It looks as if Judy about everything from Electro-Pura will place. Very cool. Also nice to see Detouring America With Horns so high.

The last two hit my ideal for YLT, totally enveloping and intimate but also with a lot of momentum and not lulling me to sleep (though the latter is totally fine, see "Night Falls on Hoboken")

#18. 276 points. 16 votes.
Decora (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt18_zpsn7fpb2dw.jpg

had no idea until a second ago that "Armenia City In the Sky" is the source of the high-pitched sample in "Moby Octopad"

i feel like i should have noticed that but of course never did

"Moby Octopad" was my #1. A friend taped I Can Hear the Heart for me, I played it in the car on a lengthy drive to a cottage, and I kept playing "Moby Octopad" over and over. It was so strange and so melodic, and it didn't seem at all like what they were doing on New Wave Hot Dogs, the last I'd heard of them at the time. (I probably wasn't remembering very well--I imagine there's some continuity there.) I think I picked out the Who sample right away.

Everyday was my first place vote. Glad to see it sneak into the top 20. Love the arrangement - it really sets the mood beautifully for that album.

Yeah Moby Octopad works very well on repeat, I remember playing the song over and over driving through BC with my parents, it reminded me of a rainy night in the city for some reasons.

Want to be Paul Le Mat in 1980.

turns the volume up for mooksies*

#17. 278 points. 12 votes.
Sudden Organ (Painful)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt17_zpsiwevda7q.jpg

I was way too stoned on my fifth listen to "Moby Octopad" in the summer of 2000 to attempt a sixth. On my ballot though.

#16. 285 points. 15 votes. 1 1st place vote.
I Heard You Looking (Painful)(
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt16_zpsf5uwv3p6.jpg

See you tomorrow with the top 15!!

Had no idea about the Who sample! It always brought Seefeel to my mind. Amusingly non-OTM.

this is thee quintessential YLT song imo

TOO LOW

(cobra, tho)

my #1, narrowly

surely the live #1

several years ago my ex-wife got us tickets, for my birthday, to a small-room conversation/performance with ylt. then, mortifyingly, she mentioned that fact during the q&a session and asked them to either play happy birthday or i heard you looking for me. they chose the latter, thank god

the rollouts happening when i'm not home kind of a bummer, frankly

but i don't remember what half these songs are

people don't believe me when i tell them you forget when you don't PLAY RECORDS for YEARS

however, "Moby Octopad" is the only song thus far (i think) that mentions an actual baseball player:

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/10313/10313-10Fr.jpg

had no idea until a second ago that "Armenia City In the Sky" is the source of the high-pitched sample in "Moby Octopad"

I don't think I realized this, either -- I thought the sound was similar, but didn't think it was a sample.

Also, I always found it odd that the most Who-like live band I've ever seen never covered a Who song.

they def have on the WFMU fundraisers.

"Night Falls" was my #1. my fav vocals on a YLT song.
I like to take the title literally and hear it like a summer day ending, collapsing into crickets.
the best YLT show I saw, they opened with it, went on like 45 minutes, had a gong player. there was really nowhere else to go after that.

they def have on the WFMU fundraisers.

Hm, didn't know that. I scanned a list of all known YLT covers and didn't see any Who.

yeah you can hear "mary anne with the shaky hands" on murdering the classics -- obviously an off-the-cuff version, but nice all the same (they don't exactly murder it)

Ah, cool! Will check out.

#15. 289 points. 14 votes.
Big Day Coming (first version) (Painful)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt15_zpsfqnabtcw.jpg

#14. 295 points.15 votes.
Damage (I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt14_zpszuoos8jx.jpg

are we finishing tonight or tomorrow?

Damage. That's my favorite of their slow songs.

i'm thinking of finishing tonight. unless ilxors want otherwise of course.

Only 15 more--I'd finish.

I'll roll a little more slowly today

#13. 324 points. 17 votes. 2 1st place votes.
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt13_zps6oxlyi7u.jpg

Too low, etc, etc. (I was one of the #1 votes.) Still, first track to appear on a (slight) majority of all ballots, seemingly!

#12. 328 points. 15 votes. 1 1st vote.
Nowhere Near (Painful)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt12_zpsrsudelf7.jpg

You would not think to look at him but he was famous long ago.

I figured this was a lock for the top ten. There are going to be some surprises.

I am going to be sad if no 80s tracks make it on here. Also, I haven't heard any of the post y2k stuff so I have a bias.

http://insightpsychologybayside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/grief.jpg

#11. 328 points. 17 votes.
Stockholm Syndrome (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt11_zpsgkqvudyz.jpg

so good

I thought this would be top ten.

#10. 340 points. 15 points.
Cherry Chapstick (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt10_zpsjveugnot.jpg

Their best "The Blue Mask" homage.

Haven't counted, but the albums and singles results don't seem to jibe. I Can Hear won the albums, but I think Inside-Out (4th) placed many more songs.

Completely serendipitous: Cherry Chapstick/Cesar Cedeno.

I'm missing the Blue Mask/Cherry Chapstick connection, but it sounds great.

#9. 349 points. 18 votes.
Sugarcube (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt09_zpsjfcf74me.jpg

I always thought Cherry Chapstick was just a rehash of Sugarcube!

I always thought they were both inferior versions of Tom Courtenay

I don't remember how I voted but I'd say #teamsugarcube

Cherry Chapstick is the story of my life that being said, it brings the feels.

wow, thought Sugarcube would have been top 5 for sure

#8. 352 points. 16 votes. 1 1st place vote.
Little Eyes (Summer Sun)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt08_zpsqtbzehib.jpg

Top five for me, and Georgia Hubley's closest Moe Tucker moment.

Nice to see Little Eyes finish so high. This must be their highest-placing song post-And Then Nothing....

#7. 392 points. 19 votes.
Our Way To Fall (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt07_zpsmkxq1adx.jpg

I love this song too.

Damage was my number one, Our Way to Fall my number two

#6. 397 points. 18 votes. 2 1st place votes.
Pablo and Andrea (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt06_zpsysg5u8zo.jpg

Top five incoming!

Our Way To Fall is one of those songs that gives me so much hope about love and relationships. The opposite of Cherry Chapstick which can be crushing.

surprised to see Pablo and Andrea so high, it's nice but never stood out as a highlight

Pablo and Andrea was on the lower part of my ballot. It's a good song with a master guitar solo.

#5. 412 points. 21 votes. 1 1st place vote.
Deeper Into Movies (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt05_zpsitf9dm0u.jpg

i've been getting messages from outer space

Very happy to have "Pablo and Andrea" place so high... Top 3 for me - love the guitar sound on that track.

Y'all like "Little Eyes" and "Our Way to Fall" a lot more than I do.

#4.484 points. 22 votes. 1 1st place.
From A Motel 6 (Painful)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt04_zpsmonl7rgf.jpg

Pablo and Andrea was my #1

Deeper into Movies was mine.

There go my 2 & 1, respectively.

Wondering if Green Arrow is top 3

I don't think my #1 is gonna place. Pablo and Andrea was my #3, beautiful song and my favorite Ira solo.

So I take it The Ballad of Red Buckets is not going to show up. What's the matter with all you Red Buckets haters?

what's left of the big ones? Autumn Sweater?

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) hasn't placed yet.

#3. 539 points. 3 1st place votes
Blue Line Swinger (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt03_zpsolw8kj90.jpg

22 votes.

That was the song I predicted up thread would win, iirc I used the phrase "set in stone" lol

Every song in the top 10 is monumental imo.

I voted for both "Blue Line Swinger"s, the long one and the short one.

Where the fuck is Shadows.

#35

(my bad)

Actually Shadows came up late in the polls. I'm very glad it's there.

I've long since abandoned my hopes of The Asparagus Song placing

Barnaby not placing is a surprise. I voted Drug Test off President YLT.

Barnaby is #33.

I meant Spec Bebop.

#2. 555 points. 24 votes.
Autumn Sweater (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt02_zpssadgm7dk.jpg

#1. 573 points. 23 votes. 4 1st place votes
Tom Courtenay (Electr-O-Pura)
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/Maax_Seguela/ylt01_zpsv8hzmz3y.jpg

Kinda surprised "Shaker" is nowhere to be seen. Seemed fairly prominent at the time. Or at least a "heard it in a Hal Hartley film" level of prominent.

XP: Ooooh

Thanks for doing this, VHS! Great rollout! And great images/idea, clemenza!

Also, Tom Courtenay got 2 votes for the acoustic version, if people wondered about its dominance.

I'll bring in more stats tomorrow.

"Tom Courtenay" was a complete surprise to me. I wasn't even remotely aware that was a key YLT song.

Another huge thanks to Clem and Bee OK.

And of course thank you to anyone who participated! Sorry for the endless typos. Dyslexia at work. I'm still pretty damn proud.

I wish the text on the images had been sharper...I don't why they weren't. Anyway, I figure this was the least contentious countdown ever. Can you imagine two Yo La Tengo fans getting into a heated argument?

VHS thanks for running this-and Clemenza these images were so great. Thanks again.

Y'all I think Fade is a good album, truthfully above the overly long I'm Not Afraid Of You...

1 Paul Is Dead Electr-O-Pura
Our Way To Fall
Pablo And Andrea
You Can Have It All
Sudden Organ
6 Before We Run Fade
Deeper Into Movies
Big Day Coming (slow)
Today is the Day (rock)
10 Spec Bebop I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
The Summer
Black Flowers
Moby Octopad
From a Motel 6
15 I'll Be Around Fade
16 Avalon Or Someone Very Similar Popular Songs
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
18 Drug Test President Yo La Tengo
19 Styles of the Times Today Is The Day! EP
20 I Feel Like Going Home I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Tom Courtenay
23 Let's Be Still Summer Sun
Little Eyes
25 Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck) May I Sing with Me

Not surprised at the top 5, but a little dismayed at the high placings of Summer Sun and ATNTIIO tracks. I think what I love about YLT doesn't match up with the aspects they valued/tried to focus on the most in their own work.

great poll!

love deeper into movies, they've just done another version of it for their new album - www.vulture.com/2015/06/yo-la-tengo-premiere-deeper-into-movies.html

thx VHS, Clemenza!

Pablo and Andrea was my #1

― JoeStork, Thursday, June 4, 2015 7:05 PM (2 hours ago)

Deeper into Movies was mine.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, June 4, 2015 7:05 PM (2 hours ago)

uh... Deeper Into Movies was my #1 vote too and the results said it there was only one #1 vote for it... ?

Welp, now I think my ballot wasn't counted, but here it is (note to all the matador-n00bz: lots of great 80s tracks here y'all should check out):

Deeper Into Movies
Last Days Of Disco
A Shy Dog
Pablo & Andrea
Lewis
Drug Test
The Summer
Blue Line Swinger
Tears Are In Your Eyes
A Worrying Thing
Barnaby, Hardly Working (Fakebook version)
Nowhere Near
Avalon Or Someone Very Similar
Detouring America With Horns
Did I Tell You (Fakebook version)
I Heard You Looking
Tom Courtenay
From A Motel 6
Saturday
Green Arrow
Center Of Gravity
Big Day Coming (version 1)
Can't Forget
What Comes Next
Don't Say A Word (Hot Chicken #2)

I'm also a little worried that my ballot wasn't counted, but what can you do. Fun poll, amazing images. I voted for four songs from Fade, which I'm pretty sure makes me unique.

Damage
Our Way to Fall
Ohm
Tom Courtnenay
Autumn Sweater
Black Flowers
Cherry Chapstick
Decora
Nowhere Near
Sugarcube
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Sudden Organ
Blue Line Swinger
Mr. Tough
You Can Have It All
Pass The hatchet I Think I'm Goodkind
Deeper Into Movies
From a Motel 6
Here to Fall
Before We Run
Pablo and Andrea
Well You Better
Sometimes I Don't Get You
Center of Gravity
Stupid Things

"Tom Courtenay" was a complete surprise to me. I wasn't even remotely aware that was a key YLT song.

GRRRRRRRRRRR

thx VHS, Clemenza!

^ This.

Seems my only tracks to miss out were two covers I should have just moved across to that sub-poll, plus

Shaker
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss
Beanbag Chair
Superstar-Watcher
Spec Bebop
Here to Fall

cool poll, feels like my ballot isn't super contiguous with the consensus in that I favor non-album tracks except for the big two albums

Night Falls On Hoboken
Deeper Into Movies
Blue Line Swinger
Tom Courtenay
The Whole Of The Law
Stockholm Syndrome
Don't Say A Word
Big Day Coming #1
Somebody's Baby
Little Honda
From A Motel 6
A Worrying Thing
Barnaby, Hardly Working
I Heard You Looking
Be Thankful For What You Got
Autumn Sweater
You Can Have It All
Rock N Roll Santa
Demons
Pablo and Andrea
(Straight Down To The) Bitter End
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Everyday
My Heart's Reflection
Needle of Death

Good poll, thanks VHS & Clemenza.

Hope this got counted:
1. From a Motel 6
2. We’re an American Band
3. Sudden Organ
4. Upside-Down
5. Autumn Sweater
6. Double Dare
7. You Tore Me Down
8. Night Falls on Hoboken
9. Spec Bebop
10. Cherry Chapstick
11. Sugarcube
12. Sea Urchins
13. Tom Courtenay
14. I Heard You Looking
15. Last Days of Disco
16. Saturday
17. Deeper Into Movies
18. Barnaby, Hardly Working
19. Mushroom Cloud of Hiss
20. Madeline
21. Moby Octopad
22. Tears Are in Your Eyes
23. Oklahoma USA
24. Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
25. Big Day Coming #1

I wonder if I'm the only one who voted for a track from the Sounds of the Sounds of Science.

I had From a Motel 6 as my #1 too, only 1 got counted.

I was afraid of that.

Another Motel 6 #1 here.

1. Tom Courtenay (Electr-O-Pura version)
2. From a Motel 6
3. Cherry Chapstick
4. Autumn Sweater
5. The Summer
6. By the Time It Gets Dark
7. Sugarcube
8. You Can Have It All
9. Moby Octopad
10. Our Way to Fall
11. Madeline
12. False Alarm
13. The Hour Grows Late
14. Upside-Down
15. Little Eyes
16. Decora
17. Pablo and Andrea
18. Little Honda
19. Stockholm Syndrome
20. Mr. Tough

picked my #1 without a moment's hesitation. Best thing they've ever done.

1. Sleeping Pill
2. Sudden Organ
3. I Heard You Looking
4. False Alarm
5. From A Motel 6
6. The Hour Grows Late
7. Don't Say a Word (Hot Chicken #2)
8. My Heart's Reflection (alternate take from Tom Courtenay EP)
9. Out The Window
10. Always Something
11. Shaker
12. Sunsquashed
13. Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
14. I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long
15. Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
16. Decora
17. Some Kinda Fatigue
18. Deeper Into Movies
19. Barnaby, Hardly Working
20. Drug Test
21. Swing For Life
22. Autumn Sweater
23. We're An American Band
24. Detouring America with Horns
25. From Black To Blue

I feel like I might have counted ranked ballots as unranked. I will have to check.

It's definitively the case for Albert R. I'm so sorry.

1. Flying Lesson
2. You Can Have It All
3. Little Eyes
4. Stockholm Syndrome
5. Cherry Chaptstick
6. Autumn Sweater
7. Hanky Panky Nohow
8. (Straight Down to the) Bitter End
9. Moby Octopad
10. Sugarcube
11. Season of the Shark
12. Little Hond
13. Ohm
14. The Room Got Heavy
15. Big Day Coming
16. I Should've Known Better
17. Deeper Into Movies
18. Madeline
19. From a Motel 6
20. Our Way to Fall

ALBUMS

1. I Can Hear The heart Beating as One
2. And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
3. Electr-O-Pura
4. Summer Sun

Non-placers bolded

TRACKS

1. Blue Line Swinger

2. Barnaby, Hardly Working (President YLT)

3. Mushroom Cloud Of Hiss

4. Moby Octopad

5. Tom Courtenay

6. The Summer

7. Saturday

8, Black Flowers

9, Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House

10. My Heart’s Reflection

11. False Alarm

12. Big Day Coming #2

13. Nowhere Near

14. Our Way To Fall

15. (Straight Down To The) Bitter End

16. Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)

17. The Whole Of The Law

18. Autumn Sweater

19. Decora

20. Somebody’s Baby

21. Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop

22. Paul Is Dead

23. Too Late

24. Pablo And Andrea

25. Sunsquashed

ALBUMS

1. Electr-O-Pura

2. Painful

3. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

4. Facebook (a sic from my e-mail for posterity)

5. President Yo La Tengo

Here's my ballot. Many thanks to VHS and Clemenza for running it.

From A Motel 6
Deeper Into Movies
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
Decora
Damage
Autumn Sweater
Paul Is Dead
The Ballad Of Red Buckets
Detouring American With Horns
Blue Line Swinger
I Heard You Looking
Stockholm Syndrome
Tom Courtnay
Upside-Down
Little Eyes
Double Dare
Did I Tell You
Our Way To Fall
Pablo and Andrea
The Summer
I’ll Be Around
Season Of The Shark
Beanbag Chair
By Two’s
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House

Top 5 albums

Electr-o-Pura
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Painful
May I Sing With Me
I Am Not Afraid Of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

Covers

Little Honda
Somebody’s Baby
By The Time It Gets Dark
Too Late
Barstool Blues

I wonder if I'm the only one who voted for a track from the Sounds of the Sounds of Science.
― WilliamC

I did a 100-favorite-songs list on Facebook a few years ago, and "Jellyfish" was in my Top 10; considered it for #1 here.

1. “Moby Octopad”
2. “Satellite”
3. “How Some Jellyfish Are Born”
4. “Blue Line Swinger”
5. “I’ll Be Around”
6. “Positively Jeff Oliphant” (Dump)
7. “I Heard You Looking”
8. “Detouring America with Horns”
9. “Sudden Organ”
10. “International Airport” (Dump)
11. “From Black to Blue”
12. “The Race Is On Again”
13. “(Thin) Blue Line Swinger”
14. “Return to Hot Chicken”
15. “The Ballad of Red Buckets”
16. “Always Something”
17. “Nutricia”
18. “Before We Run”
19. “Living in the Country”
20. “Little Eyes”

i put "the love life of the octopus"at #6

Was also lucky enough to see them perform the whole album live, with the films projected alongside.

Glad to see some Before We Run votes.

There was a few SOSOS placings.

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Was also lucky enough to see them perform the whole album live, with the films projected alongside.

― clemenza, Friday, June 5, 2015 10:56 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how was it??!

what I have learned here is that I like YLT's covers and instrumentals much more than most people seem to

(xpost) It was something to see--very contemplative, very much like what I imagine a '60s Warhol-type mixed-media happening to be. Some or all of the films are online:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jean+Painlev%C3%A9

After the show, everyone autographed a vinyl copy of And Then Nothing... I'd bought that day.

thanks for the poll, vhs and clemenza. here is my song ballot. bold titles didn't make it into the top 45. could you please post the complete results (or at least the top 45 in a list), that would be cool.

1. Blue Line Swinger (Electr-o-pura)
2. Today Is the Day (Summer Sun)
3. Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1), (Electr-o-pura)
4. Always Something (May I Sing with Me)
5. Autumn Sweater (LP version) (Autumn Sweater)
6. Detouring America with Horns (May I Sing with Me)
7. Can’t Forget (Fakebook)
8. Black Flowers (I Am Not Afraid of You…)
9. Shadows (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
10.The Summer (Fakebook)
11.Did I Tell You (New Wave Hot Dogs)
12.Stockholm Syndrome (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
13.Fog over Frisco (Genius + Love Yo La Tengo)
14.The Evil that Men Do (Craig’s Version) (President Yo La Tengo)
15.I Should’ve Known Better (I Am Not Afraid of You…)
16.No Water(New Wave Hot Dogs)
17.Night Falls on Hoboken (And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
18.Nowhere Near (Painful)
19.Barnaby, Hardly Working (President Yo La Tengo)
20.Sudden Organ (Painful)
21.How Some Jellyfish Are Born (The Sounds of the Sounds of Science)
22.Moby Octopad (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
23.From a Motel 6, Pt. 1 (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
24.Isolation Tank (They Shoot, We Score)
25.Double Dare (Painful)

Thanks a lot!
Fantastic results for the most part. Slightly dismayed by the lack of pre electr-o-pura stuff. But I didn't vote for much of it either, so what can you do?

1. Tom Courtenay (Electr-o-pura)
2. Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
3. Stockholm Syndrome
4. You Can Have It All
5. Blue Line Swinger (Electr-o-pura)
6. Sudden Organ
7. Detouring America With Horns
8. Damage
9. Shaker
10. Did I Tell You (Fakebook)
11. Autumn Sweater
12. Our Way to Fall
13. What Can I Say
14. Periodically Double or Triple
15. Satellite
16. Shadows
17. I Heard You Looking
18. (Straight Down To The) Bitter End
19. Little Eyes
20. Black Flowers
21. Moby Octopad
22. Here to Fall
23. Lewis
24. Alydia
25. The Whole of the Law

(xpost) I can post the top 45 later today, but VHS would have to put up the full results.

I never thought to check They Shoot, We Score, which I have--some of the Old Joy stuff on there is excellent.

I didnt vote bcz the only album I'm super-familiar with is Electr-o-pura (even though Blue Line Swinger is still my favorite song of all time) but here have this: European stoner metal band doing a YLT tribute on the last thing they released before breaking up. Obv the drummer is stiff compared to Georgia (what drummer isn't?) and the guitarist can't wig out like Ira (only a few can) but I was still struck at how well they nailed it against the odds:

https://youtu.be/DBE1oIlUO4A

there is a new album coming in august. a kind of sequel to fakebook. aquarium drunkard has the details including two mp3s.

Here are the Top 45. I left things with the numbers that VHS passed on to me. I suspect he's right that some ranked ballots--the ones where people didn't actually fill in the points themselves--were counted as unranked. I say that because that's what I did; I ordered my ballot but didn't fill in the corresponding points, and my #1 ("Moby Octopad") wasn't noted either, until I noticed myself. If this is true, I'm sure a few songs would have shifted around, possibly even at the top. But that's better than if the ballots had been missed altogether. And by and large, the world goes on as before.

1. “Tom Courtenay” (573 points/23 votes/four #1s)
2. “Autumn Sweater” (555/24/x)
3. “Blue Line Swinger” (539/22/3)
4. “From a Motel 6” (484/22/1)
5. “Deeper Into Movies” (412/21/1)
6. “Pablo and Andrea” (397/18/2)
7. “Our Way to Fall” (392/19/x)
8. “Little Eyes” (352/16/1)
9. “Sugarcube” (349/18/x)
10. “Cherry Chapstick” (340/15/x)
11. “Stockholm Syndrome” (328/17/x)
12. “Nowhere Near” (328/15/1)
13. “Let's Save Tony Orlando's House” (324/17/2)
14. “Damage” (295/15/x)
15. “Big Day Coming” (first version) (289/14/x)
16. “I Heard You Looking” (285/15/1)
17. “Sudden Organ” (278/12/x)
18. “Decora” (276/16/x)
19. “Moby Octopad” (276/15/1)
20. “Everyday” (265/12/1)
21. “Nights Fall on Hoboken” (258/10/3)
22. “You Can Have It All” (243/10/x)
23. “We're an American Band” (212/11/x)
24. “Saturday” (211/10/x)
25. “Detouring America with Horns” (209/11/x)
26. “Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)” (208/11/1)
27. “Double Dare” (202/11/x)
28. “The Summer” (189/9/x)
29. “Last Days of Disco” (181/9/x)
30. “Black Flowers” (164/9/x)
31. “Today Is the Day” (EP version) (164/5/x)
32. “False Alarm” (163/9/x)
33. “Barnaby Hardly Working” (162/8/x)
34. “Upside Down” (141/9/x)
35. “Shadows” (138/8/x)
36. “Today Is the Day” (Summer Sun version) (136/5/x)
37. “Center of Gravity” (132/7/x)
38. “Tears Are in Your Eyes” (130/9/x)
39. “(Straight Down to the) Bitter End” (129/7/x)
40. “My Heart's Reflection” (129/5/1)
41. “Madeline” (128/6/x)
42. “Season of the Shark” (124/8/x)
43. “Pass the Hatchet” (118/7/x)
44. “Stupid Things” (117/4/x)
45. “Ohm” (116/6/x)

thanks, clemenza.

I missed the rollout while I was traveling, but thx VHS and clem for putting this together! Nice graphics clem!

My ballot (ranked, FWIW, although I didn't fill in the numbers or points):

COVERS
Speeding Motorcycle
The Whole of the Law
You Can Have It All
Rock the Boat
Nuclear War

ALBUMS and EPs
Painful
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Danelectro

TRACKS
Nowhere Near
Sugarcube
From a Motel 6
The Story of Yo La Tango
Nothing To Hide
Deeper Into Movies
Speeding Motorcycle
Our Way to Fall
Tears are In Your Eyes
The Weakest Part
A Worrying Thing
The Whole of the Law
Center of Gravity
The Crying of Lot G
Cherry Chapstick
Autumn Sweater
One PM Again
Nuclear War
Decora
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
Everyday
Here To Fall
Flying Lesson
Beanbag Chair
We're an American Band

Sorry I missed this poll, but what a nice invitation to listen to the old records again. I would have said 1) Electropura 2) Heart Beating as One 3) Nothing Turned itself etc.

Did anyone remark on the fact that on the list of songs on the back of Electro-Pura, the times are all messed up (deliberately, I'm sure): So that the 9 minute "Blue Line Swinger" is listed at being 3+? Pretty funny.

I'm back. Canadian forests don't have wifi. Rest of the list.

46 Green Arrow 6 115
47 The Hour Grows Late 6 115
48 The Whole of the Law 7 112
49 Little Honda 6 101
50 The Ballad of Red Buckets 5 100
51 Before We Run 4 95
52 Beanbag Chair 5 92
52 I Feel Like Going Home 5 92
52 I'll Be Around 5 92
55 Don't Say A Word (Hot Chicken #2) 6 87
56 Paul Is Dead 5 86
56 Shaker 4 86
58 Cornelia and Jane 4 83
59 Drug Test 4 81
60 Did I Tell You (Fakebook Version) 5 78
61 The Crying of Lot G 4 77
61 The Race Is On Again 4 77
63 Big Day Coming #2 5 76
64 The Weakest Part 4 68
65 Five Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck) 4 67
65 One PM Again 5 67
67 Mushroom Cloud of Hiss 4 65
68 The Lie and How We Told It 3 62
69 Here To Fall 4 60
69 Nuclear War (Version 1) 4 60
69 Sleeping Pill 2 60
72 By the Time It Gets Dark 2 59
73 Periodically Double or Triple 2 54
73 Tom Courtenay (acoustic) 2 54
74 Always Something 2 52
75 I Was The Fool Beside You 2 49
76 Spec Bebop 3 48
77 Mr Tough 3 46
77 The Love Life of the Octupus 4 46
79 Alyda 2 45
79 Can't Forget 4 45
80 Lewis 2 44
81 A Worrying Thing 3 40
81 Sometimes I Don't Get You 2 40
82 The Room Got Heavy 2 38
83 Satelitte 2 37
83 The Sea Horse 2 37
83 You Tore Me Down 2 37
86 Barnaby Hardly Working (PYLT) 3 36
86 Nuclear War (Version 2) 1 36
88 Demons 1 35
88 Somebody's Baby 2 35
88 Sunsquashed 2 35
91 I Should've Known Better 3 33
91 Nutricia 2 33
91 Style of the Times 1 33
91 The Story of Yo La Tango 2 33
95 Griselda 2 31
95 How Some Jellyfish Are Born 2 31
95 Let's Be Still 2 31
95 Swing for Life 2 31
99 Tiny Birds 2 29
100 By Two 2 28
101 Alrock's Bell 2 23
101 Out of the Window 2 23
101 Outsmaterner 1 23
101 Too Late 1 23
105 Cherry Chapstick (Today is the EP) 2 22
106 And The Glitter is Gone 1 20
106 A Shy Dog 1 20
106 Don't Have To be So Sad 1 20
106 Fog Over Frisco 1 20
106 Oklahoma, USA 1 20
106 Hanky Panky Nohow 1 20
106 Is That Enough 1 20
106 Leaving Home 1 20
106 More Stars Than There Are In Heaven 1 20
106 Speeding Motorcycle 1 20
106 Well You Better 1 20
106 What Comes Next 1 20
118 Enough 1 19
118 The Asparus Song 1 19
118 Whatch Out For Me Ronnie 1 19
118 What Can I Say 1 19
122 All Your Secrets 1 18
122 Needle of Death 2 18
122 Superstar-Watcher 1 18
122 The Evil That Men Do 1 18
126 Be Thanful For What You Got 1 17
127 Avalon Or Something Similar 1 16
127 No Water 1 16
129 Some kinda fatigue 1 15
130 Rock'n'Roll Santa 1 14
130 Yellow Sarong 1 14
132 If It's True 1 13
132 My Little Corner of the World 1 13
134 Nothing To Hide 1 12
135 Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop 1 11
135 Moorock Mambo 1 11
135 Return To Hot Chicken 1 11
138 Danelectro 1 10
139 From A Motel 6 (G+L=YLT) 1 9
140 Isolation Tank 1 8
140 Nothing But You and Me 1 8
142 From Black to Blue 1 7

first number: number of votes.
second number: point totals.

Songs with a #1 vote that did not place:

Sleeping Pill
Nuclear War
Paul is Dead

Red Buckets wuz robbed!

so was drug test

And then nothing POLLED itself inside out.

A FB friend just posted this photo. Because he won't see it, I'll cut-and-paste my comment here (assuming a real name is okay when he posts under his real name): "Raymond Cummings left Facebook, so we're putting you in charge of Yo La Tengo album covers now."

https://i.postimg.cc/RV7zjt92/tengo.jpg