What are your favorite GUIDED BY VOICES songs?

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My List:

-GLAD GIRLS (A perfect power pop tune in the fine tradition of Cheap Trick and The Raspberries. This would have been a huge single in 1977!)

-GAME OF PRICKS (When that minor chord kicks in during the verses, the hairs on my neck stand up. This is one of Bob's shiniest moments.)

-AS WE GO UP, WE GO DOWN (The kind of song that you could swear you've heard before, even though you haven't. The chorus harmony is almost out of key yet it falls in perfect within the song. Do I know what the lyrics are about? No. But with a melody that timeless, does it matter?)

-CHASING HEATHER CRAZY (This track is in the flavor of Big Star but with more emphasis on catchiness. I must have listened to this song over 100 times since it's release.)

-ECHOS MYRON (It sounds like it's coming out of a transistor radio but it hooks you in upon impact! The Zombies and The Who influence is prevalent. Break out the air guitars!)

-carlos nyc

― Carlos Ramirez (Carlos Ramirez), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 08:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree with all the other responses on this thread.

― Erik Tripper (Erik Tripper), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll try to control myself.

The Best Of Jill Hives
Universal Truths & Cycles
Back To The Lake
Beg For A Wheelbarrow
The Brides Have Hit Glass
Frequent Weaver Who Burns
Pop Zeus
Teenage FBI
Submarine Teams
Choking Tara
Subspace Biographies
Whiskey Ships
Caught Waves Again
Now To War
The Finest Joke Is Upon Us
I Am Produced
Sad If I Lost It
Psychic Pilot Clocks Out
Get Under It
Finks
Official Ironmen Rally Song
Lord Of Overstock
Cut-Out Witch
A Salty Salute
Watch Me Jumpstart
Game Of Pricks
My Valuable Hunting Knife
As We Go Up, We Go Down
Buzzards And Dreadful Crows
I Am A Scientist
Hot Freaks
Echoes Myron
Non-Absorbing
Big School
Shocker In Gloomtown
Weed King
Back To Saturn X
Postal Blowfish

..to start with.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 13:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Mesh Gear Fox
Game of Pricks
Buzzards and Dreadful Crows

But I find that Propellar, Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes each run together as one fantastic massive song, so I would never separate any of them onto mixtapes or whatever. Those three records are brilliant.

― roger adultery, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been thinking about this, as I've been listening to the new Best Of (reviewing it for someone). "Echos Myron" really stands out for me. My favourite is "If We Wait" and it's a travesty that it isn't on that comp!

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

But I find that Propeller, Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes each run together as one fantastic massive song, so I would never separate any of them onto mixtapes or whatever. Those three records are brilliant.

-- roger adultery (vlad62...), December 3rd, 2003.

If you add the Sunfish Holy Breakfast EP to that list, I'm totally in agreeance. :)

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Shocker in Gloomtown -- The part that references about PS Dump Your Boyfriend, I thought was funny, because I have actually saw that cover band once at a dime beer night.

I am a Tree
Gold Star for Robot Boy
Motor Away
Exit Flagger
Redmen and Their Wives
Your Name Is Wild
Hot Freaks
Echos Myron
Watch Me Jumpstart

― earlnash, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

"Smothered in Hugs"!

― Lee G (Lee G), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Dodging Invisible Rays

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

ooh, and "Fair Touching". That was my favourite from "Isolation Drills".

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

little whirl

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

GBV only, no pollard solo?

game of pricks
tractor rape train
official ironman song

god, i'm drawing a total blank right now.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not really a fan but "Kicker of Elves" is genius.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

1. smothered in hugs
2. the brides have hit glass
3. shocker in gloomtown
4. some song off Vampire In Titus i've forgotten the title of
5. echos myron

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 23:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn it, I forgot "If We Wait."

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 23:22 (twenty-two years ago)

1. non-absorbing
2. my impression now
3. peep-hole
4. kicker of elves
5. pimple zoo

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

which is the one that has the chorus that says "time, time, time, time"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"Everywhere w/ Helicopter"
"Teenage FBI"

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I dunno if it's my superfavorite. But "Big Boring Wedding" is probably my fave that hasn't been mentioned yet. And I love playing it on guitar (Drop d!)

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 4 December 2003 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

surface noice: you're thinking of "expecting brainchild."

― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 4 December 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

yes! i am. thankyou

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 4 December 2003 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

1 my thoughts are a gas
2 no sky
3 hot freaks

― ron (ron), Thursday, 4 December 2003 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

'auditorium'

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 4 December 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

haha matos to thread!

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 4 December 2003 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah i got all excited to make him a cd until i realized it would only have 3 songs on it

― ron (ron), Thursday, 4 December 2003 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

eleven months pass...

"everybody thinks i'm a raincloud (when i'm not looking)" is among them for sure.

― f ath, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Circus World
Big Boring Wedding
Lethargy
Exit Flagger
On the Tundra
Radio Song (Trust the Wizard)

― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

watch me jumpstart
motor away
tractor rape chain
queen of cans and jars

I just recently started checking out the more recent albums, but haven't got any favorite tracks from them yet.

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

official ironman rally song.

― todd swiss (eliti), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

blimps go 90
auditorium->motor away
closer you are
my valuable hunting knife

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

smothered in hugs
pimple zoo
jar of cardinals
lethergy
land of danger

― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Buzzards and Dreadful Crows
Gold Star for Robot Boy
Underwater Explosions
Game of Pricks
Exit Flagger
Best of Jill Hives
Teenage FBI
Hot Freaks

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Psychic Pilot Clocks Out

― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm seriously restraining myself from going too overboard here:

Acorns And Orioles
The Best Of Jill Hives
Big School
Buzzards And Dreadful Crows
Chasing Heather Crazy
Chicken Blows
Choking Tara
Closer You Are
Crutch Came Slinking
Cut-Out Witch
Dayton Ohio 19 Something And 5
Demons Are Real
Do They Teach You The Chase?
Echoes Myron
Everyday
Ex-Supermodel
Father Sgt. Christmas Card
Game Of Pricks
Gelatin, Ice Cream, Plum
Glad Girls
Glow Boy Butlers
Gold Star For Robot Boy
Hardcore UFOs
Her Psychology Today
If We Wait
Jane Of The Waking Universe
Learning To Hunt
Long Distance Man
Motor Away
Mute Superstar
My Thoughts Are A Gas
My Valuable Hunting Knife
The Official Ironmen Rally Song
Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox
Paper Girl
Peep-Hole
Pink Drink
Postal Blowfish
Rhine Jive Click
Shocker In Gloomtown
Smothered In Hugs
Sot
Squirmish Frontal Room
Striped White Jets
Teenage FBI
Tractor Rape Chain
Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy
Watch Me Jumpstart
When She Turns 50
White Whale

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

If we wait

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm seriously restraining myself from going too overboard here:

no you're not :)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't believe I know one! "Watch Me Jumpstart"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

(x-post)

Well, yeah, but...that's still probably around 1% of Pollard's complete recorded output.

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I have never "gotten" GBV. One of the most boring bands I've ever witnessed. I've been dragged to three different concerts and left every one early. Bob Pollard is a wanker and it makes me happy that they will forever live in the "indie"relm to be know by only a few. Good riddance GBV.

― Catrin, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

But Catrin, you didn't tell us your favorite GBV song!

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

lol..sorry for my inappropriate rant! can i put in my least favourite?

― catrin, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

can i put in my least favourite?

Fire away.

I'm surprised that out of three concerts, none impressed you. However, I've seen them about 5 times and they can definitely suck if Robert gets a little too drinky-drinky during the set.

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)

postal blowfish
king and caroline
liar's tale
blatant doom trip/how loft i am?
indian was an angel
scissors
the drinking jim crow
a contest featuring human beings
a salty salute
game of pricks
my valuable hunting knife
always crush me
hey, hey spaceman
the tumblers
skills like this
the enemy
jane of the waking universe
little lines
bulldog skin
man called aerodynamics
official ironman rally song
ghosts of a different dream
drag days
take to the sky
office of hearts

― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

a lot have been mentioned already, but i gotta give special love to "the top chick's silver chord."

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 04:57 (twenty-one years ago)

MATTER EATER LAD

― It's hard to kill a horse with a flute (AaronHz), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 05:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Wondering Boy Poet
Indian Fables

― It's hard to kill a horse with a flute (AaronHz), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 06:14 (twenty-one years ago)

1. The Key Losers
2. Short on Posters
3. The Ascended Master's Grogshop
4. Game of Pricks
5. Awful Bliss
6. Echos Myron
7. To Remake the Young Flyer
8. The Official Ironman Rally Song
9. Teenage FBI
10. Blimps Go 90

― Melson (ArchCarrier), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

1. The Key Losers

[[smiles broadly]]

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

echos myron

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 11:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Am A Scientist"
(short attention span/memory taken up by Fall songs)

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 11:03 (twenty-one years ago)

official iron man rally
don't stop now
maggie turns to flies
i've owned you for centuries
chance to buy an island
the gray proclamation
psychic pilot clocks out (pretty much all of Not In My Airforce, actualy)
Life Is Beautiful
game of pricks
soul train college policeman
larger, massachusetts
crocker's favourite song
as we go up we go down (actually, all of Alien Lanes)
paper girl
white whale
captain's dead
time machines (Suitcase demo)
i'm learning to hunt
now to war
color of my blade
hey! june salutes you

that'll do for now

― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)

5 for today:
alone stinking and unafraid
underground intitiations
titus and strident wet nurse
from a voice plantation
window of my world

― thomas, Wednesday, 24 November 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"Cocksoliders and Their Postwar Stubble" has always been a favouirte song title of theirs. In fact the "Sunfish Holy Breakfast" is pretty damn good. GBV get more inspiring as I get older, in that it's not too late sorta way. Oh, and the "Watch Me Jumpstart" DVD is essential viewing.

Anyway, POX:

1. My Valuable Hunting Knife (Tigerbomb version)]
2. Atom Eyes
3. As We Go Up, We Go Down
4. Exit Flagger
5. Drag Days
6. If We Wait
7. Back To The Lake
8. My Kind of Solider
9. 14 Cheerleader Coldfront
10. Echos Myron

I must get that first 5 album box-set thingie.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Here is a game I've been playing that you can play too: If you haven't put your favorites on but have a favorite that is not on the list, wait and see when somebody finally sends it in. Double check whether it isn't actually already there. My unpicked until recently fave was "Drag Days."

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

But I guess that game is over for me so here's my list:

Gold Star for Robot Boy
Echoes Myron
Tractor Rape Chain
Motor Away
I Am A Scientist
Game of Pricks
My Valuable Hunting Knife
Bright Paper Werewolves
Everywhere With Helicopters
My Kind Of Soldier
The Best of Jill Hives
Drag Days
Hank's Little Fingers

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

1. The Key Losers
[[smiles broadly]]

Why, Matos?

― Melson (ArchCarrier), Thursday, 25 November 2004 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Matos is a GBV troll.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i, too, will try to limit myself

--everybody thinks i'm a raincloud (when i'm not looking)
--little lines
--tractor rape chain (natch)
--quality of armor
--secret star
--christian animation torch carriers
--game of pricks
--club molloska
--optional bases opposed
--huffman prairie flying field
--surgical focus
--a salty salute
--june salutes you
--the flame that cries
--liar's tale
--a trophy mule in particular
--queen of cans and jars
--chasing heather crazy
--brides have hit glass
--don't stop now
--navigation flood regions

god, i can't do this . . .

― aa, Friday, 26 November 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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