Game Theory - Lolita Nation - whats the best SONG in this twisted masterpiece of power pop record?

i already did this, but maybe you'll get more than 13 votes ...

let's see, last time i voted for "waist and the knees" so this time i'll go for "dripping with looks"

no that's not right. last time i voted "carol and allison." i think. i'm not sure. there's a lot of good songs on this.

8. Waist and the Knees 3
25. Chardonnay 2
7. We Love You, Carol and Alison 2

that make sense, though Dripping With Looks deserves more love.

"maybe you'll get more than 13 votes ":

so underrated/appreciated!

i mean, it's on the tradition of Tusk,Third/Sister lovers,A Wizard/True Star and such records.

so underrated/appreciated out of print for ages

As much as I have loved the album, I'd still have to say it's a touch overrated (within the Game Theory discography). Perhaps in part because of the difficulty of finding a copy, perhaps in part because of its sprawl—which some people (I think) take as a sign of seriousness (see Zen Arcade), but which does less and less for me as the record and I age. I'll take the concision of Real Nighttime and The Big Shot Chronicles every time now. (And New Day Rising, too.) I mean, is there anything as good as "Waltz the Halls" or "Erica's Word" on Lolita?

Still, "Dripping with Looks," "Exactly What We Don't Want to Hear," "The Real Sheila," "Last Day That We're Young," "All Together Now, Very Minor," and even Donette's "Look Away" have always had my ear.

i bought this album way back when cuz yeti mike was always raving about this band in the pages of his chemical imbalance and i think i played it once. didn't do much for me. but maybe i'd like it now. that happens, you know.

wait, no, i'm lying. the first album i got was 2 steps from the middle ages. and i played that once. then i bought a used copy of lolita nation. i think. didn't play that either. i'm curious how they would sound to me now. i like almost everything now.

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i know people who are fanatical about this album and scott miller, but I have to say that I always liked "plants and birds and rocks and things" and "interbabe concern" way more than this particular album

God the greatness of this band.
Dripping With Looks 1990
Chardonnay 1988
Look Away 1986
Real Sheila video
One More For Saint Michael 1987
Last Day That We're Young 1986
The World's Easiest Job 1987

Gotta be "We Love You Carol and Alison." There are at least 8 or 9 GT classics on Lolita Nation, although I'd be lying if I said I listened to it more than Big Shot Chronicles or Real Nighttime.

I could have gone to that Game Theory Maxwell's show on YouTube. Instead I stayed in New Brunswick and DJ'd a terrible Halloween party. At least I got to see them a couple of years later, same venue.

"Together Now, Very Minor" gets it for me. (I was once in a band that briefly worked up a disco arrangement of it.)

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13 votes is apparently the natural limit for lolita nation polls.

it's such a great record!

so weird it's not more loved.

also, kinda surprise 'bout the winner here (though with 13 votes it's not real "scientific" i guess)

Mammoth Gardens.

maybe now more people will appreciate this record, and it will finally get the reissue it deserves.

RIP, Scott Miller