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I'm trying to decide.

1) The Supremes (1961-1970). The best singles, for sure, but did they ever put together a solid album? No, they didn't.
2) Supertramp (1969-?). The boy band to the Supremes girl band. Some of their music, early on especially, is unlistenable, but then comes Breakfast in America, and "The Logical Song" (1979), which is a better argument against capitalist fascism than anything on God Saves the Queen.
3) Superchunk (1989-?). Slack motherfuckers/indie label svengalis. They're still plugging away, maybe not getting better, but they kept the good fight up at least through Here's Where the Strings Comes In. Do they have a song as good as "The Logical Song," though?
4) Super Furry Animals (1993-?). Live they're incredible, but their best album's sung in Welsh. Who can relate to that? And what's more indispensable in this crazy world--Fuzzy Logic (all of it) or "The Logical Song"?
5) Supergrass (1993-?). They're my pick, maybe because they're the most consistent, maybe because Life on Other Planets was so unexpectedly great there's hope they'll top "The Logical Song" before they're done.

― steve hise, Thursday, 29 July 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Supersuckers

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 29 July 2004 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Supergrass won't ever top 'The Logical Song' by Scooter.

― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 29 July 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Some good points, well made steve. But come on, Fuzzy Logic is the greatest thing ever with no exceptions.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

How could I forget the Supersuckers? Fuck me in the ass. I don't agree that Fuzzy Logic is their best album, at least it's not the one I listen to most. That's MWWNG. That's their one aberration, otherwise I'd say they're getting better with each album, with Phantom Power being my second favorite. Anyways, they're so good live, I think they're studio underachievers. All in all, even including the Supersuckers, my vote goes to Supergrass.

― steve hise, Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Superdrag!

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Gear beat me to the Supersuckers....but they've started to indeed supersuck in the last few years, so maybe not them, actually.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Superconductor! Carl Newman's supergroup of 7 guitar players in pure noise fuzz pop bliss.

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Superstar! Random late-nineties indie band that sounded quite like the Beatles, had two singles, and then disappeared off the face of the earth as if had never existed.

― cis (cis), Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I vote for Superchunk. Their last album was one of their best, they've evolved quite a bit and too many Supremes songs sound the same to me.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I refuse to use "The Logical Song" as the benchmark for comparison ... none of these bands have made a single that is one-billionth as fantastic as SFA's "Juxtapozed With U", arguably the best single of the past five years (wait is that song nominated on the other thread ... )

Anyway, SFA are my pick.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Do they have a song as good as "The Logical Song," though?

Several. "Package Thief" and "The First Part" to start with.

― phil dennison, Friday, 30 July 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Supremes! I've been listening to the singles a lot today, actually. Big points go to:
'When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes'
'I Want A Guy'
'Nothing but Heartaches'
'I Hear a Symphony'
'Come See About me'
'My World Is Empty Without You'
'Can't Hurry Love'
'You Keep Me Hangin' On'(if just for the guitar line)

plus the hilarious craziness of 'Buttered Popcorn'

― derrick (derrick), Friday, 30 July 2004 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Supersnazz!

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 30 July 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

superstar has been around since forever and have like three or four albums. joe mcalinden's best days were spent in the groovy little numbers.

― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 30 July 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/SuperFuzzPoster2.jpg

― Sir Chaki McBeer III (chaki), Friday, 30 July 2004 01:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Supergrass and SFA are both perennial favories of mine, but SFA, for sheer volume of amazing material, are clearly superior.

― Simon H., Friday, 30 July 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Supremes and it isn't even close.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 July 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually I'd take the Diana Ross-less Supremes over any of these acts (Supergrass haha.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 July 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Super Session: 1968, Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills contains the definitive version of Donovan's Season of the Witch.

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 30 July 2004 03:02 (twenty-one years ago)

This is fun. Um, not Superjesus from here in Australia. Quite bad really.

My vote goes to Superchunk, one of my fave live shows ever. Supergrass can be really amazing or really irritatingly plain for me. And SFA I am still woefully under-educated in.

― piers, Friday, 30 July 2004 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Supersilent?

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 30 July 2004 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Haw re: Superdrag. Knoxvillian boys!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 30 July 2004 03:32 (twenty-one years ago)

btw I was going to say Electronic, but that's when I misunderstood the thread title. The answer is Superchunk.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 30 July 2004 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

wrong answer Roxy! the correct answer of course is DAMN YANKEES

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 30 July 2004 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Supersilent 6 should be a choice, but 1-5 aren't all that.

― steve hise, Friday, 30 July 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

another vote for Superdrag. i love em. lots. but i realise that proper answer is probably SFA.

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 30 July 2004 07:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Supersister

― (Jon L), Friday, 30 July 2004 07:34 (twenty-one years ago)

SUPE
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― peepee (peepee), Friday, 30 July 2004 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.tbrecordslimited.com/img/SUPERGARAGEshowcase.jpg

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 30 July 2004 13:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Princess Superstar

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 30 July 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks to all the contestants, you had a good run, but we have a winner: it's ORCHESTRA SUPER MAZEMBE! (applause, tears, cue the music)

― briania (briania), Friday, 30 July 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

superchunk for me. although i suck for not making it to mergefest to see them last night.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 30 July 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

the ned's home county supertones

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 30 July 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Supermutherfuckingchunk.

But I superlike Superdrag too, and not just cause they are from Tennessee.

― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 30 July 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Super Madrigal Brothers!!

(on another note, please visit my website at www.supermadrigalbros.com)

― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 30 July 2004 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Superdrag once broke my dryer = immediate dud.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 30 July 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Super Furry Animals have now beaten Supertramp to what title they used to have.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 30 July 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

superchunk

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 30 July 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

What about supersnazz?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 30 July 2004 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

what's the vote count so far?

Am lazy, so Steve Hise, that would be your job ;)

― piers (piers), Saturday, 31 July 2004 05:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Although I still vote for Super_Collider, and am curious about Supersilent, I also put forth The World's Famous Supreme Team

― peepee (peepee), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)

The Super Super Blues Band?

― Mike Dixon (Mike Dixon), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

the vote count, so far (poor Supertramp)

Bands that have, or seem to have, one vote,

Super Super Blues Band
Super Madrigal Brothers
Orchestra Super Mazembe
Princess Superstar
Supergarage
Super_Collider
Supersister
Supersilent
Super Session
Superstar
Superconductor
Supersuckers
Supergrass

-Two Votes-

Superdrag
Supremes
Supersnazz

-Four Votes-

Super Furry Animals

SIX VOTES!

Superchunk

― steve hise, Saturday, 31 July 2004 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Super Etoile de Dakar
Super Rail Band

― Peter Scholtes, Monday, 2 August 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

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