Don't Forget The AlcoPOLL (ooh baby! ooh baby!): ILM Artist Poll #109 - The Afghan Whigs - RESULTS

hmm looks like "lost in the woods" is officially way too low

honestly love the groove of "r*******"

and the opening line

way worse song than "lost in the woods" though

https://i.imgur.com/TKSiCqp.jpg
35. The Afghan Whigs - 66
112 points, 4 votes
from 1965

another that's way too low, fantastic shimmering pop moment

the one weakness is lack of a strong bridge but they make up for that live by throwing "little red corvette" in there

https://i.imgur.com/XeCHdzF.jpg
34. The Afghan Whigs - Into the Floor
112 points, 5 votes
from In Spades

whoa

https://i.imgur.com/EDPeVQJ.jpg
33. The Afghan Whigs - I'm Her Slave
114 points, 5 votes
from Congregation

the first time the reunited whigs performed on… was it jimmy fallon? they played this song and the performance was so staggering that it was like hearing it anew. been one of my all-time faves ever since

the weird time signature is cool, it's like back and forth between bars of 3/4 & 7/8 or something?

https://i.imgur.com/1Tnxr4h.jpg
32. The Afghan Whigs - Step Into the Light
118 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote
from Black Love

oh damn spoilers...

https://i.imgur.com/89ll6p9.jpg

was gonna say that this seemed low for "honky's ladder"!

lol oops

“Step into the Light” was one of the few I reluctantly cut from Black Love to make room for other stuff.

step into the light got a number 1 vote, nice. i love their ballads

if i woulda ordered my ballot i woulda had into the floor in my top 5. the song is in a constant state of falling forward.

https://i.imgur.com/BDCfWHE.jpg
31. The Twilight Singers - Candy Cane Crawl
122 points, 5 votes
from Powder Burns

the studio version of this is alright but obviously when they turn it into an 8 minute epic live is the real deal

eh the studio cut has its own magic too, v gorgeous gentle ballad, appropriate it placed next to "step into the light"

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

here's a great live version

the studio version has a similar low-boil magic to "set the ray to jerry" imo

which was the new live wrens song that sounded like dulli?

I was thinking of "Get Out of this Hopeless Town" but "Well it's Right then it's Wrong" (both seen here) fits as well I think. There's some Dulli-esque intensity to "Boys You Won't" as well, so maybe it's Kevin-specific.

"boys you won't" even has the high "ooooh"s that are a dulli trademark

https://i.imgur.com/VmHJlVR.jpg
30. The Twilight Singers - Bonnie Brae
126 points, 4 votes
from Powder Burns

this song deserved so much better than a rescue me needle drop

too low!

https://i.imgur.com/4Wz5QdJ.jpg
29. The Twilight Singers - There's Been an Accident
126 points, 5 votes
from Powder Burns

what an amazing song. in my top five

there's something steinman-ian in the build to this one

three straight from powder burns

bonnie brae too low!

https://i.imgur.com/3MHc42k.jpg
28. The Afghan Whigs - Somethin' Hot
130 points, 4 votes
from 1965

good song about butts

https://i.imgur.com/90rkjeK.jpg
27. The Afghan Whigs - Double Day
134 points, 5 votes
from Black Love

oh man couldn't fit this track on my ballot no matter how hard i tried but it's like wow another phenomenal song on black love, big whoop

it's one of the weaker tracks on black love and still phenomenonal and full of great tricks like letting the backing vocalist go wild during the guitar solo

portends 1965 a lil

https://i.imgur.com/fUN8H2n.jpg
26. The Afghan Whigs - Demon in Profile
136 points, 6 votes
from In Spades

oh wait it's a tie i forgot

https://i.imgur.com/W2hTSu7.jpg
26. The Afghan Whigs - Citi Soleil
136 points, 6 votes
from 1965

funky tie

and that's all for now

ty for your service

Voted for everything less than or equal to 28.

And yeah, thanks.

I've really only dug into Gentleman, 1965, and especially, Black Love, and if they (and Dulli) have 26 songs better than Double Day, sign me up.

what are y’all’s dream whigs covers? i mentioned the following on the voting thread

Nothing Dulli has made since Black Love has made a connection -- will keep trying, thanks in part to you all -- but I've heard Telefon Tel Aviv's "I Lied" as a Whigs piano ballad since 2004, word to "Nolia Clap."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPkcd1qpZJw

Surprised that neither "Rot" nor "Chalk Outline" received any covers votes.

If elected, my team and I will do everything in our power to facilitate a discussion between Dulli and Linda Ronstadt that enables Ronstadt to air out her legitimate objection to the cover of Gentlemen and ends with her hearing the Whigs' version of "Dark End of the Street" (which would have been number two for me, after "Come See About Me").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKBvG8XJrSU

Whoa, basically a whole day of too lows. Algiers, Papillon, Crazy, 66, Into the Floor, Double Day all in my top ten.