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
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
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
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