My love for "Les Yper-Sound" is all thanks to nabisco. I salute thee, wherever thou art!
"Miss Modular" just missed my final ballot, I squeezed it out in favor of "Brakhage" (I guess because it's a rather atypical Groop track).
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 7 April 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
my #1. the crown jewel of dots and loops.
― iatee, Thursday, 7 April 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
It's also their most listened song on Spotify currently.... used to be French Disko. I wonder why... I love it but it was never a single or anything was it?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, April 7, 2016 3:16 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Spotify Discover. Brakhage popped up on my playlist and a lot of others I imagine.
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 April 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
It was "Miss Modular" for me. It sounded so familiar when it came on, but I had no idea which album it was from.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 7 April 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
That dorky video for Miss Modular is the greatest
― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist), Thursday, 7 April 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link
yeah just watched it too, and realized that (yet again) the single version is different than the album one
― Dominique, Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:00 (eight years ago) link
There's decent amount of Stereolab singles that sound like they should have been hits. Miss Modular has to be right up there as one that should have got them in the top 40. Such a beautiful and playful melody.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
Good top 12 so far.
Super-Electric 12" was my introduction to the groop. Single of the Week review in Melody Maker intrigued me, bought the record, thought: yes this act has got something. Couple of gigs later: this is my new favourite band and has been ever since.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
I love Miss Modular, probably the song that got me into Stereolab. I don't think I had seen the video until now.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/g40SxKW.jpg08. John Cage Bubblegum 14 votes, 397 points. 3 first place votes. From:John Cage Bubblegum 7” (1993)https://youtu.be/iUmIusAZJAo
It's the most beautifulAnd it's the saddestIt's the most beautifulLandscape in the world
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:04 (eight years ago) link
Misheard so many times "c'est le plus beau" as 'save the people'.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
And there's my number 1. Essence of early Stereolab and greatest intro to any song ever.
ayyy-ayyy-ay-ayyyyyy ayyy-ayyy-ay-ayyyyy etc etc
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
Sitting here, cueing up tracks as they appear in the countdown on Spotify on my phone and AirPlaying to the stereo. I'm five behind!
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
No spoilers, but counting on my fingers rn... some gems are really going to get the shaft here
― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist), Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:15 (eight years ago) link
Seems like the next one was their most popular single?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:18 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/fbadiie.jpg07. Ping Pong 18 votes, 426 points. 0 first place votes. From:Ping Pong EP / Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)https://youtu.be/3_XswHm514w
well that's just a really Stereolab-y sounding song
― Dominique, Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zN1kX56.jpg06. Metronomic Underground 17 votes, 431 points. 0 first place votes. From:Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)https://youtu.be/AyCjTj0aAQY
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
I remember being really surprised when "Ping Pong" was released. Not disappointed though, because it's awesome. And the mostly readily intelligible lyrics are fantastic in this impossibly jaunty context. I can't even tell any more whether it represented much of a departure from what became before. Probably not in reality.
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
crazysturdya torpedo
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
MU live the couple times I saw them 96-99 so huge and awesome
― sciatica, Thursday, 7 April 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qaA9SVt.jpg05. Fluorescences 19 votes, 470 points. 2 first place votes. From:Fluorescences EP (1996)https://youtu.be/7TMoy6DNTO4
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link
This song always sounded post-etk and post-d&l for me, up until this poll I thought it was a 2001 ep.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
wow, great run, just catching up
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
What an incredible song. Made number 76 in the single chart which has to be one of the most frustrating chart stats ever.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
I had no idea Fluorescences was so revered
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
xp Well, it is post-ETK.
Last of my votes to place, I suspect.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
John Cage Bubblegum was my #2 (so Jeff W we should not like a certain Jenny come between us). ABC version is the first that I heard and is my preference -- it has this raw power that the Refried version, great as it is, lacks.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
As a Stereolab fan their overall chart performance is one of the most frustrating things ever.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
Jenny Ondioline Bubblegum would be an intersting mashup.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
Glad I needn't have feared "Flourescences" being overlooked. Possibly the highest non-LP track?
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
Brakhage: I just love their jazzy, melancholy tracks from D&L and this is my favorite, the singing is filled with so much resignation. Cool drums on this too, I think it might be John McEntire?
Miss Modular: the intro to this is my ringtone
Ping Pong: agree with Nag! on this, it was a minor revelation when this came out, just to hear them with such clarity, especially the singing
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
Following song is sweet. Had no idea it was one of their most loved ones in here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yivfa2R.jpg04. Pack Yr Romantic Mind 19 votes, 473 points. 5 first place votes. From:Transient Random Noise-Bursts… (1993)https://youtu.be/_UgTOFW7T8w
forgot to vote for that but I should have
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
my #1, this was the song that hooked me into them
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
Oh! How did I forget this one!
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
Has the scrapped version with the uncleared George Harrison sample ever leaked? Would like to hear that.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:17 (eight years ago) link
Wow, I had no idea this was still to come. Didn't end up voting for it but it's a brilliant song.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:17 (eight years ago) link
my #1 too, was beginning to despair!
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link
I didn't vote (shame on me) and I've been too busy to follow along (dang!), but I'm happy Crest came in so high. I hope French Disko wins!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link
― Jeff W
What are you talking about and why didn't I know about this?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:19 (eight years ago) link
Scroll down to 'Information':http://www.stereolab.co.uk/discography/1993/LP/transient_random_noise_bursts_with_announcements/
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:22 (eight years ago) link
Long thread on it: http://www.stereolab.co.uk/forum/stereolab/topic/6242/threaded/67729
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
Wow! Had no idea... quick googling tells me there isn't an upload of it yet... no mention of the song sampled either... maybe it wasn't a song but a snippet of an interview which is why they didn't bother clearing it out before pressing those first copies?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
We're almost done people.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EAuoLZs.jpg03. Cybele’s Reverie 20 votes, 515 points. 2 first place votes. From:Cybele’s Reverie EP / Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)https://youtu.be/v6dNTmfZp0U
The real first Stereolab song I heard. Immensely pretty, but I left it off my ballot.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:29 (eight years ago) link
so great, but the album version is way better than the single. another great example of how liked to pile one thing on top of another until it becomes almost maddening. I love how harsh the string and synth stabs are on such a pretty song.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:29 (eight years ago) link