New Poll: Throwing Muses, _Limbo_

I was dismayed at the indifferent critical opinion this got upon release, as if the opinion that the Muses were yesterday's news was kind of prefigured. There's not a weak track.

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tar kissers

voted. done.

amaing album -- ur right, no weak track

used to be in LOVE with cowbirds though.

my #1 is Mr Bones, then White Bikini Sound.

When she comes back with that second refrain in Mr Bones, "Wake up now, why don't you wake up now, look my heart's almost breaking"... FIERCE

of course, later in years, i've grown very found of White Bikini Sand. not s much at first.

ohhh she played that when i saw her last summer too. mm good.

uh Sand xp

HA! i swear that was a goin up before i read your white binki sand. is goood

the one artist I regret the most not having seen live (yet)

i know, thank god i found out about that show. i have to tell you, i don't know much about shows but this woman can PERFORM.

next is kim deal. gotta get to it.

I saw an Amps show, that will suffice for Kim Dealage for me.

it was great though.

OK also: SHARK

fuck you saw the amps i really hate you ; (

Wish I still had the t-shirt. I love t-shirts that announce me as OLD CORNY FUKK

"you could be very easy..."

i mean

wow

yeah. there are moments of seemingly contrived lol-90s angst on the album... but they're few.

and btw FIERCE is a good description of this woman in general. i mean that look she gets in her eyes when she's playing, that's fierce.

did you see her as Muses of 50 ft Wave or what?

"or"

solo backed by a full band. did a lot off her new album (which like stole my summer), but also did some muses stuff. lots of classical strings which i thought was a really cool touch.

oh my god and i talked to her it was so weird i had no idea what to say, but it couldn't have happened any other way, i don't think. she signed my cd and stuff. wow i'm a dork.

i missed the ny muses show last august b/c of a wedding ; |

that is how i'd like to see her but no idea how she's planning her future tours. xxp

hahah - I listened to University a few days ago.

right... although it'd be super great to see 50ft wave as well. that's prolly a ridiculous show

University is good, and it may just be sentimentalism, but it's got nothing on this one.

i kind of agree.

i love university for its textures. but if memory serves me correclty (haven't given it a proper listen in a bit), it's nowhere near as hook-y or rocky as this. which i guess makes it kind of a mood record? limbo just kind of gets you riled up no matter what, and the songwriting is so great

i don't think we've had a best muses record poll yet!?

There has been plenty of discussion if you search. But not tons of love for Limbo.

it's true, plenty of discussion. i KNOW!

maybe because the instrumentation on it is kind of homogenic? i just don't really care though, like really

I like University but for the production, which turns some of Hersh's best guitar lines into sludge.

it's a little tinny, no? gosh i can't remember enuf, i have to put that on tomorrow!

"Slither," "Start," "That's All You Wanted," and (wow) "Snakeface" are marvelous.

snakeface was like a drug

I have to go back and listen but this is my favorite Throwing Muses record. Totally fucking solid.

She's another one who recently moved to Portland.

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i'm so happy this poll is short and sweet. come on vote ppl!!

freeloader is a great angry song, like if ur pissed

Tarkissers is awesome! "Kissing you's like kissing gravel/it feels like getting drunk" etc etc I love it.

Voting for 'Serene' because the cello part brought me to tears the first time I heard it - and years later it still does.

This my fave Muses record, post-Tanya, by a long stretch. There is just not a dud track on it - I mean, 'Ruthie's Knocking'? Most other bands would kill for a track half as good as that.

I guess someone can defend Red Heaven here or on the other Muses thread. "Firepile" was the first song of theirs I heard -- back in 1992. She sounds a bit like Christine Amphlett.

Shark

Hersh/Narcizo/Georges: MOST FAVORITE ROCK TRIO (and Muses lineup).

Really need to pull out this album again -- though a couple tracks always got skipped for being a little too (???) cute (???).

Afraid to play University out of fear that it won't have quite the same effect.

The Amps were pretty sloppy when I saw them. (Maybe that helps.)

i love limbo, just finally found a used copy late last year (we had it at my college radio but i never copied it). "tar kissers" gets my vote too

nice, i'm glad about the tar kissers love. Shark though, is really so hook-y, it gets me pumped.

yes, trayce, that's my favorite part, of course... "kissing you's like sinking down into the mud

you look better

upside dooooooown

you look better lying down."

I think this album's a masterpiece: great song-writing and good use of Martin McCarrick.

no way!! the same mcarrick that toured with her last year?

He also added his magic to Siouxsie & the Banshees for a while.

iiiinteresting. he's CUTE (and talented :-) )

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mmhmm.