seriously one of the best songs ever, probably deserves to be number one
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 18 June 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
i know what’s left but not the order
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
your kisses scourge me, hyssop in your perfume
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/DsPVtQa.jpg2. The Afghan Whigs - My Curse552 points, 15 votes, 1 #1 votefrom Gentlemen
https://i.imgur.com/dZSK4Es.jpg1. The Afghan Whigs - Faded552 points, 15 votes, 2 #1 votesfrom Black Love
― ufo, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:30 (three years ago) link
a tie except on #1 votes! it was like this for a strangely long period of voting
don't think anyone would be surprised about this top 2 though
nice
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
surely a high-water mark for guest vocalists in an ILM poll
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
and here's the full results:
1. The Afghan Whigs - Faded - 552 points, 15 votes, 2 #1 votes2. The Afghan Whigs - My Curse - 552 points, 15 votes, 1 #1 vote3. The Afghan Whigs - Debonair - 434 points, 14 votes, 1 #1 vote4. The Afghan Whigs - Bulletproof - 398 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote5. The Afghan Whigs - What Jail Is Like - 378 points, 12 votes6. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen - 362 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote7. The Afghan Whigs - Uptown Again - 348 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote8. The Afghan Whigs - Summer's Kiss - 326 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote9. The Afghan Whigs - Honky's Ladder - 300 points, 10 votes10. The Afghan Whigs - Miles Iz Ded - 296 points, 12 votes11. The Afghan Whigs - John the Baptist - 290 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote12. The Afghan Whigs - Crime Scene Part One - 278 points, 10 votes13. The Afghan Whigs - Fountain and Fairfax - 272 points, 9 votes14. The Afghan Whigs - Going to Town - 264 points, 12 votes15. The Afghan Whigs - Be Sweet - 216 points, 7 votes16. The Afghan Whigs - Blame, Etc. - 198 points, 8 votes17. The Afghan Whigs - My Enemy - 186 points, 8 votes18. The Afghan Whigs - Oriole - 186 points, 6 votes19. The Afghan Whigs - Omertà - 184 points, 7 votes21. The Twilight Singers - Teenage Wristband - 168 points, 7 votes21. The Afghan Whigs - Now You Know - 168 points, 7 votes22. The Afghan Whigs - Turn on the Water - 160 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote23. The Afghan Whigs - When We Two Parted - 148 points, 10 votes24. The Afghan Whigs - Conjure Me - 146 points, 6 votes26. The Afghan Whigs - Citi Soleil - 136 points, 6 votes26. The Afghan Whigs - Demon in Profile - 136 points, 6 votes27. The Afghan Whigs - Double Day - 134 points, 5 votes28. The Afghan Whigs - Somethin' Hot - 130 points, 4 votes29. The Twilight Singers - There's Been an Accident - 126 points, 5 votes30. The Twilight Singers - Bonnie Brae - 126 points, 4 votes31. The Twilight Singers - Candy Cane Crawl - 122 points, 5 votes32. The Afghan Whigs - Step Into the Light - 118 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote33. The Afghan Whigs - I'm Her Slave - 114 points, 5 votes34. The Afghan Whigs - Into the Floor - 112 points, 5 votes35. The Afghan Whigs - 66 - 112 points, 4 votes36. The Afghan Whigs - Retarded - 102 points, 4 votes37. The Afghan Whigs - Lost in the Woods - 100 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote38. The Afghan Whigs - Crazy - 88 points, 4 votes39. The Twilight Singers - Papillon - 88 points, 3 votes40. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers - 80 points, 4 votes41. The Afghan Whigs - Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer - 76 points, 3 votes42. The Twilight Singers - Twilight - 74 points, 4 votes43. The Twilight Singers - Esta Noche - 68 points, 3 votes44. The Twilight Singers - That's Just How That Bird Sings - 64 points, 3 votes46. The Twilight Singers - Verti-Marte - 62 points, 2 votes46. The Twilight Singers - Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair - 62 points, 2 votes47. The Afghan Whigs - It Kills - 60 points, 3 votes48. The Afghan Whigs - Neglekted - 56 points, 4 votes50. The Twilight Singers - I Wish I Was - 56 points, 3 votes50. The Afghan Whigs - If I Were Going - 56 points, 3 votes51. The Afghan Whigs - I Know Your Little Secret - 52 points, 2 votes52. The Twilight Singers - On the Corner - 52 points, 2 votes53. The Twilight Singers - Annie Mae - 50 points, 1 vote, 1 #1 vote54. The Afghan Whigs - The Slide Song - 50 points, 2 votes55. The Twilight Singers - Decatur St. - 48 points, 3 votes56. The Afghan Whigs - The Vampire Lanois - 48 points, 2 votes57. Greg Dulli - Lockless - 46 points, 1 vote58. The Afghan Whigs - Kiss the Floor - 46 points, 2 votes59. The Afghan Whigs - Sister Brother - 46 points, 1 vote60. The Twilight Singers - Last Temptation - 46 points, 1 vote61. The Afghan Whigs - Mr. Superlove - 44 points, 1 vote62. The Afghan Whigs - Hey Cuz - 42 points, 1 vote63. The Afghan Whigs - Creep - 40 points, 1 vote64. The Afghan Whigs - Can Rova - 40 points, 2 votes65. The Twilight Singers - Please Stay (Once You Go Away) - 40 points, 1 vote66. The Twilight Singers - King Only - 38 points, 2 votes67. The Afghan Whigs - Matamoros - 38 points, 1 vote68. The Afghan Whigs - The Spell - 36 points, 3 votes69. The Afghan Whigs - Congregation - 34 points, 1 vote70. The Twilight Singers - The Twilite Kid - 34 points, 1 vote71. Lo Fidelity Allstars feat. Greg Dulli - Somebody Needs You - 34 points, 1 vote72. The Afghan Whigs - Come See About Me - 32 points, 1 vote73. The Afghan Whigs - Hated - 32 points, 2 votes74. The Afghan Whigs - I Got Lost - 30 points, 2 votes75. The Twilight Singers - Underneath the Waves - 30 points, 2 votes76. The Afghan Whigs - Let Me Lie To You - 30 points, 1 vote77. Greg Dulli - Cigarettes - 28 points, 2 votes78. The Twilight Singers - The Killer - 28 points, 2 votes79. The Twilight Singers - Follow You Down - 28 points, 1 vote80. Greg Dulli - Sempre - 28 points, 1 vote81. The Gutter Twins - The Stations - 28 points, 2 votes82. The Gutter Twins - Circle the Fringes - 28 points, 1 vote83. The Afghan Whigs - Tonight - 26 points, 1 vote84. The Afghan Whigs - Light as a Feather - 26 points, 1 vote85. The Twilight Singers - Get Lucky - 26 points, 1 vote86. The Afghan Whigs - Too Tough to Die - 26 points, 1 vote87. The Afghan Whigs - White Trash Party - 26 points, 1 vote88. The Twilight Singers - Martin Eden - 26 points, 1 vote89. The Afghan Whigs - Toy Automatic - 26 points, 1 vote90. The Twilight Singers - Number Nine - 26 points, 1 vote91. The Twilight Singers - Live With Me - 26 points, 1 vote92. The Twilight Singers - St. Gregory - 26 points, 1 vote93. The Gutter Twins - God's Children - 24 points, 1 vote94. The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns - 24 points, 1 vote95. The Gutter Twins - Front Street - 22 points, 1 vote96. The Afghan Whigs - You, My Flower - 20 points, 1 vote97. The Afghan Whigs - The Lottery - 20 points, 1 vote98. The Afghan Whigs - Arabian Heights - 18 points, 1 vote99. Greg Dulli - Black Moon - 16 points, 1 vote100. The Twilight Singers - Feathers - 16 points, 1 vote101. The Afghan Whigs - Parked Outside - 14 points, 1 vote102. The Afghan Whigs - I'm a Soldier - 12 points, 1 vote103. The Afghan Whigs - I'll Be Around - 12 points, 1 vote104. The Twilight Singers - Clyde - 10 points, 1 vote105. The Gutter Twins - I Was In Love With You - 10 points, 1 vote106. The Twilight Singers - Love - 10 points, 1 vote107. The Afghan Whigs - These Sticks - 8 points, 1 vote108. The Twilight Singers - I'm Ready - 6 points, 1 vote109. The Afghan Whigs - Dead to Rights - 6 points, 1 vote110. The Twilight Singers - Waves - 6 points, 1 vote111. Greg Dulli - Pantomima - 4 points, 1 vote112. The Gutter Twins - Idle Hands - 4 points, 1 vote113. The Afghan Whigs - The Singer - 2 points, 1 vote114. The Gutter Twins - Down The Line - 2 points, 1 vote
― ufo, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:39 (three years ago) link
great job, thank you!
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:40 (three years ago) link
thanks ufo! great poll, great band(s)
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 18 June 2021 23:42 (three years ago) link
someone else should have voted for powder burns, smh
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link
Yeah great poll that top two was the same as mine. It’s been nice to relisten to all Dulli’s stuff again it had been a while.
― Will (kruezer2), Saturday, 19 June 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
thanks for running it i too loved spending some time really diving in
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 19 June 2021 00:10 (three years ago) link
this was a fun poll
― Bee OK, Saturday, 19 June 2021 00:25 (three years ago) link
yeah, great rollout, thanks! just needed a bit more Gutter Twins imo
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 19 June 2021 01:07 (three years ago) link
looks like it's time for a Scrawl poll
I enjoyed the rollout even if I couldn’t bring myself to assemble a ballot Viva Dulli, the rhythm section, the horn section, the guest singers, and his songwriting 🙌
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 19 June 2021 02:25 (three years ago) link
Great poll everyone. I just got heavily into them because of the voting thread so I really enjoyed this rollout.
― Vin Jawn (PBKR), Saturday, 19 June 2021 02:38 (three years ago) link
ballots?
Uptown AgainMy CurseWhat Jail Is LikeCrazyDouble DayInto the FloorPapillonAlgiersBe Sweet66My EnemyIf I Were GoingI Know Your Little SecretGod's ChildrenDemon In ProfileWhen We Two PartedGoing To TownBlack MoonCiti SoleilDecatur St.I Was In Love With YouConjure MeWavesPantomimaThere's Been An Accident
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Gentlemen1965In SpadesSaturnaliaBlack LoveBlackberry BelleRandom Desire
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 19 June 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
this was my tracks ballot:BulletproofFadedJohn the BaptistMy CurseTeenage WristbandCrime Scene Part OneOmertà66Blame, Etc.My EnemyEsta NocheFollow You DownSummer's KissLost in the WoodsDemon in ProfileTwilightUptown AgainFeathersMiles Iz DedGentlemenWhen We Two PartedDebonairCigarettesI Wish I WasInto the Floor
― ufo, Saturday, 19 June 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
Lost in the WoodsBulletproofLast TemptationCrime Scene Part OneThere's Been an AccidentOmertàDebonairFadedSummer's KissMiles Iz DeadOrioleCircle the FringesBonnie BraeThe Slide SongCigarettesFountain and FairfaxUptown AgainMy CurseGoing to TownCrazyCandy Cane CrawlI'm Her SlaveJohn the BaptistMy EnemyNow You Know
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 19 June 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
Unranked tracks:Martin EdenDecatur St.If I Were GoingGentlemenBe SweetDebonairFountain and FairfaxWhat Jail Is LikeMy CurseNow You KnowBrother WoodrowDouble DayBlame, Etc.Going to TownHonky's LadderBulletproofSummer's KissFadedConjure MeOrioleDemon in ProfileSomethin' HotUptown AgainCiti SoleilJohn The Baptist
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 June 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link
Think I was the only one to vote for Martin Eden.
it's a great song but I suspect the vote count was low because it feels so much (to me at least) like an intro in the context of the album. "Black out the windows / it's party time" definitely in contention for best/most Dulli line though obv
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Saturday, 19 June 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
yeah it's quite good but not quite as good as the other blackberry belle songs i voted for which generally do a similar thing
― ufo, Saturday, 19 June 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
Simon H otm about party time! LOLI also want to shout out this lesser Twilight Singers song "Domani" that always sounded very quintessentially Dulli to me. Emotional swells in the chorus, talkin bout drugs & being high, a well-placed "yeah", it's just musically delicious in every way to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPDslhxons
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 19 June 2021 19:26 (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