still reeling from the news of that "Regret" cover
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 01:39 (three years ago) link
uhhh "come see about me" isn't no. 1????? wtf
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 01:44 (three years ago) link
2. The Afghan Whigs - Creep85 points, 7 voters, 1 #1 voteoriginally performed by TLC, written by Austinreleased as a B-side to the Honky's Ladder single studio version
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 01:44 (three years ago) link
would argue it is the best cover of all time xp
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
"creep" cover is amazing ofc, always felt a kinship with the whigs bc they covered six-year-old me's favorite song
i'm guessing "lost in the supermarket" took this? great result tbh, despite my earlier complaining
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 01:47 (three years ago) link
real three dimensional cover
1. The Afghan Whigs - Lost in the Supermarket94 points, 6 votersoriginally performed by The Clash, written by Strummer/Jonesreleased on Burning London: The Clash Tributestudio version
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 01:50 (three years ago) link
really stunning cover, love the "train in vain" drums & snippets at the end, and those soaring backing vocals!
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 01:52 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I had that as my #2, which is fine, as my left field #1 didn’t place.Honky’s Ladder EP apparently also had this other non-original which I hadn’t known about until just now:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_yW2OHKFE
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 01:56 (three years ago) link
there are so many dulli covers i had no idea about before doing this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHoY0cTiGbk
"be for real" was a real favourite (from the beautiful girls soundtrack but even better than "can't get enough of your love babe") but i only discovered it right before voting closed
the "when you sleep" cover was also another i had no idea at all about until it showed up in someone's ballot
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link
and full results... will put together a playlist of everything soon
1. The Afghan Whigs - Lost in the Supermarket (The Clash cover) - 94 points, 6 voters2. The Afghan Whigs - Creep (TLC Cover) - 85 points, 7 voters, 1 #1 vote3. The Afghan Whigs - Come See About Me (The Supremes cover) - 74 points, 4 voters, 2 #1 votes4. The Afghan Whigs - Lovecrimes (Frank Ocean cover) - 73 points, 6 voters, 1 #1 vote5. The Afghan Whigs - Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe (Barry White cover) - 69 points, 5 voters6. The Twilight Singers - Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair (traditional cover) - 60 points, 4 voters, 1 #1 vote7. The Afghan Whigs - Mr. Superlove (Ass Ponys cover) - 42 points, 5 voters8. The Afghan Whigs - My World is Empty Without You (The Supremes cover) - 38 points, 4 voters (14 points for "My World is Empty Without You/I Hear a Symphony")9. The Twilight Singers - Too Tough to Die (Martina Topley-Bird cover) - 36 points, 4 voters10. The Afghan Whigs - Regret (New Order cover) - 36 points, 2 voters, 1 #1 vote11. The Afghan Whigs - Miss World (Hole cover) - 30 points, 3 voters12. The Afghan Whigs - The Temple (Lloyd Webber/Rice cover, from Jesus Christ Superstar) - 28 points, 2 voters13. The Twilight Singers - Please Stay (Once You Go Away) (Marvin Gaye cover) - 26 points, 3 voters14. The Afghan Whigs - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (The Police cover) - 23 points, 3 voters15. The Afghan Whigs - Ex-Factor (Lauryn Hill cover) - 23 points, 2 voters16. The Afghan Whigs - I Keep Coming Back (Tyrone Davis cover) - 21 points, 2 voters17. The Afghan Whigs - I'll Be Around (The Spinners cover) - 20 points, 1, 1 voter18. The Twilight Singers - When Doves Cry (Prince cover) - 20 points, 1, 1 voter19. Greg Dulli - Isn't It A Pity/Atlantis (George Harrison/Donovan cover medley) - 20 points, 1, 1 voter20. The Afghan Whigs - Nightime (Big Star cover) - 20 points, 2 voters21. The Afghan Whigs - Beware (Al Green cover) - 18 points, 1 voter22. The Afghan Whigs - Beast of Burden (The Rolling Stones cover) - 18 points, 2 voters23. The Afghan Whigs - Band of Gold (Freda Payne cover) - 18 points, 1 voter24. The Afghan Whigs - Dark End of the Street (James Carr cover) - 18 points, 3 voters25. The Afghan Whigs - Be For Real (Marlena Shaw cover) - 16 points, 1 voter26. The Afghan Whigs - One Day (The Church cover) - 14 points, 1 voter27. The Twilight Singers - Live With Me (Massive Attack cover) - 13 points, 2 voters28. The Afghan Whigs - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go (Curtis Mayfield cover) - 12 points, 1 voter29. The Afghan Whigs - Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover) - 12 points, 2 voters30. Greg Dulli - Paper Thin Hotel (Leonard Cohen cover) - 11 points, 1 voter31. The Afghan Whigs - Moon River (Henry Mancini cover) - 11 points, 1 voter32. Greg Dulli - A Crime (Sharon von Etten cover) - 11 points, 1 voter33. The Twilight Singers - Hyperballad (Bjork cover) - 10 points, 1 voter34. The Twilight Singers - Don't Call (Desire cover) - 10 points, 1 voter35. The Twilight Singers - When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine cover) - 8 points, 1 voter36. The Backbeat Band - Helter Skelter (The Beatles cover) - 4 points, 1 voter37. The Afghan Whigs - Little Girl Blue (Rodgers/Hart cover, from Jumbo) - 4 points, 1 voter38. The Afghan Whigs - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Prince cover) - 2 points, 1 voter39. The Afghan Whigs - Purple Rain (Prince cover) - 2 points, 1 voter
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:18 (three years ago) link
oh i messed that up lol... let me try again
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:19 (three years ago) link
17. The Afghan Whigs - I'll Be Around (The Spinners cover) - 20 points, 1 voter, 1# vote18. The Twilight Singers - When Doves Cry (Prince cover) - 20 points, 1 voter, 1# vote
just these two
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:20 (three years ago) link
& 14 points for "Please Stay (Once You Go Away)" were for it as part of "A Love Supreme/Please Stay (Once You Go Away)"
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:24 (three years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxWLJazbXOakAdy9duG4og7bz6Fsd-QSg
here's a playlist of all those covers, i even uploaded a few that weren't on youtube before
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:35 (three years ago) link
amazing work
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:40 (three years ago) link
Wow, great job!
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:55 (three years ago) link
yeah it didn't quite make my ballot but it was wonderful to discover
my ballot fwiw (ranked)When Doves CryLost in the SupermarketBe For RealMiss WorldEx-FactorMr. SuperloveCan't Get Enough of Your Love, BabeNightimeLovecrimesI Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 02:57 (three years ago) link
my ranked covers ballot:
Come See About MeBand of GoldThe TempleLost in the SupermarketLovecrimesDon't CallMr. SuperloveCreepLittle Girl BlueMiss World
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
i was the number one voter for lovecrimes, which runs rings around the frank version
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 03:46 (three years ago) link
my short, ranked covers ballot
LovecrimesCreepRegretLost In The SupermarketBeast of Burden
what are y’all’s dream whigs covers? i mentioned the following on the voting thread:
neil young - powderfingertears for fears - woman in chains
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 03:48 (three years ago) link
yeah "woman in chains" would be a great fit
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 03:50 (three years ago) link
hmm... "Why Don't You Move In With Me?" by Roberta Flack?
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 04:17 (three years ago) link
just spitballing here but i could imagine them taking the Cure's 'fascination st' by the scruff of the neck and making it tuff and funky and vicious
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 04:21 (three years ago) link
iirc the Lost In The Supermarket cover was recorded after the band split (it's just Dulli and Curley, plus Susan Marshall and the drum track), so they go from that to Lovecrimes
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 04:24 (three years ago) link
great work ufo!!
it was released march 1999 and they were still touring behind 1965 until september or so
the tracks released between then & 2012 are "nightime" (a big star cover) which was recorded in 1996 but not released until 2006 for a tribute album, and "i'm a soldier" and "magazine" on the greatest hits comp, which were tracks they originally demoed in 2000 in the failed sessions for their planned next album before breaking up, but they finished recording them in 2006 for the greatest hits album
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 04:29 (three years ago) link
yeah I was cheating the Unbreakable tracks as not-entirely-new recordings there. ty for fact check
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 04:36 (three years ago) link
Live With Me video not available.
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 09:39 (three years ago) link
ah it was available for me here in australia. replaced it with one that should hopefully work worldwide?
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 09:58 (three years ago) link
Yes, now I can see, thanks!
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 10:15 (three years ago) link
going to count down albums now, and then tracks #50-41
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Jao7t2Z.jpg10. The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia18 points, 4 voters
about half of the tracks on this record are perfected rawk gloom
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 13:06 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/2tguNGE.jpg9. The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast28 points, 6 voters
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 13:26 (three years ago) link
manages to split the difference really nicely between self-consciously returning to the classic Whigs sound and continuing on with the sound of the Twilight Singers, even if McCollum's absence is noticeable
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 13:27 (three years ago) link
it was nice for poll purposes to reconfirm that do to the beast is significantly more inspired than dynamite steps (even though dulli never really steps below "good" ever)
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
yeah he certainly seemed a bit reinvigorated from the whigs reunion, even though he never put out a bad album from congregation onwards
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/n93cUDO.jpg8. The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns32 points, 5 voters
contains like eight of dulli's best songs ever and one of his worst
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
Yeah nice to see powder burns show up, I felt bad not voting for it considering how much I love some of the songs on it but it’s just so inconsistent
― Will (kruezer2), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
which one's the dud? it's got some real gems on it but ultimately feels just like blackberry belle except not quite as good to me. i love blackberry belle so that's fine of course
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:24 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/w96PjJc.jpg7. Twilight as played by The Twilight Singers44 points, 6 voters
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
I'm really sorry but I do not like that other guy's vocals. lots of good stuff in the mix though
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
which one's the dud
"my time (has come)"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
i love shawn smith and harold chichester and twilight is way too low
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
it's a pretty weird exploratory record, not quite like anything else he's done. there's parts of the sound dulli brought over to the later twilight singers records but a lot that's very distinctively on its own. i'm not huge on the other two singers either. there's a few great tracks and a lot of stuff that's just fine?
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
I couldn't get into Twilight at all, sorry.
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
idk why there is an animated girl in the video + i apologize if this song has already been discussed. i just listened to it and got a little excited :)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 19 June 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
‘do you want to make party?’ very much the theme of the full-band 1965-era show i saw
― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 June 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
Finally listening to and enjoying “I’m a Soldier” and wondering who is the one person who voted for it.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 June 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
Party at the mansion, y’all
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 June 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
Looks like nobody voted for that one.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 June 2021 21:35 (three years ago) link
Hope it’s not too late to change my ballot
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 June 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
xp I voted for I’m A Soldier! def a half-remembered/impressionistic vote as I remember being impressed by it when that Unbreakable comp came out - listening to it now maybe it feels a little like a collection of great bits that don’t totally cohere but I really dig the restrained tension of the intro and I still think it’s a cool tune
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Saturday, 19 June 2021 23:06 (three years ago) link
No worries. Feel like there are no wrong answers in this poll, at least in the upper reaches.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 June 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
Should I still be listening after the poll is over?
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 June 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
thanks for running the poll ufo!
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Sunday, 20 June 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
who's hot who's not
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 02:51 (three years ago) link
Did anyone think about this for their covers ballot?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-6dhxaMJNo
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 03:08 (three years ago) link
Oh, I see that sic mentioned it in the nominations/runup thread.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 03:12 (three years ago) link
But don't you let me breathe/Let it wash all over me=Now it's up to me/To bow out gracefully
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link
WIkipedia says when they toured the album they would interpolate the one song into the other.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
And I guess they did it later as well.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 14:18 (three years ago) link
they do that a lot! the other day i youtubed a live performance of Faded that started with I Can't Make You Love Me -- tbrrwu I heard the opening chords on the piano and my face literally exploded with tears, then the Bonnie Raitt song? Then more Faded? I felt like I had an ecstatic experience aka that's what the best Whigs shows felt like.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
the soul, the screen, the smoke in betweenthe rise, the fall, the thrillthe first, the last, the sins of the pastthe burn, the fade, the skin that you flayed
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 June 2021 03:58 (three years ago) link
come seethe sunkill everyone
but mei’m freeindubitably
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 June 2021 04:53 (three years ago) link
brad
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 June 2021 05:03 (three years ago) link
indubitably
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 June 2021 05:11 (three years ago) link
I think a lot of it's just time constraints, but I can be quite monomaniacal about bands - only really sticking to or only needing/able to handle a single record, maybe two or three at a push. What I love about the polls on here, among other things, is how they open up discographies and force one to listen to a wider range. Short version: this band, and offshoots eh?
This isn't any great revelation, but it strikes me that Dulli does quite a lot with not very much: particular rhythms, themes of betrayal and desperation, the endorphin rush of drugs and love and fucking, the vocal lines that complement those themes and don't venture a huge amount beyond 'baaayybeee, let me/can I/will you...' Which is his own kind of monomania and thank god for it.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 2 July 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
Current top 10 would be something like:
Crime Scene Part OneSummer's KissThere's Been An AccidentWhen We Two PartedFadedFountain and FairfaxCandy Cane CrawlInto the StreetDebonairWhat Jail is Like
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 2 July 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
Good posts, Chinaski.
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 July 2021 20:16 (three years ago) link
I've only heard Black Love, and only liked "Night by Candlelight" on that, which I see got no votes. Is there likely anything else in their work for me?
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 2 July 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
Doubt it
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 July 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
what are y’all’s dream whigs covers? i mentioned the following on the voting thread:neil young - powderfingertears for fears - woman in chains― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, June 14, 2021 10:48 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, June 14, 2021 10:48 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
was listening to Talk Talk yesterday and "Living in Another World" reminded me of this question
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
meant to post here, whatever
they just played “gentleman” in full over the p.a. at camden yards during the yanks-orioles game
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:50 PM (0 seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 September 2021 00:51 (three years ago) link
Wow
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 September 2021 01:10 (three years ago) link
haha according to lindsey adler warmups was a festival of 90s deep cuts
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 September 2021 02:24 (three years ago) link