"Sister Ray" vs. "Hallogallo" vs. "Roadrunner" vs. "Jenny Ondioline"

Stop it. Just stop it.

Haha, what?

Actually, you know what? This one is easy, since it's just comparing songs.

Roadrunner is out of the running immediately. Sister Ray is great, but by no means even my fave Velvets song. Which really has it down between NEU! and Stereolab.

And as much as I freaking love NEU! and realise that the Stereolab track is a total cop of Hallogallo - I do actually prefer Jenny Ondioline because the only way that Hallogallo could POSSIBLY be any better would be if they stuck some icy cool female harmony vocals over the top and lo and behold... JENNY ONDIOLINE is the winner.

Hallogallo >>> Roadrunner > Sister Ray >>>>> Jenny Ondioline.

All are great.

This should make a hell of a mix together!

Went for Roadrunner. I don't care if I never hear Sister ray again in my life...I've heard that way too many times. Jenny Ondioline is good too, though.

But Jenny Ondioline also has that mad spoken word "the signal is recorded equally on both channels... ...but are OUT of phase..." bit before the NOISE BREAKDOWN.

Which is possibly one of my favourite moments in music, well, EVER.

All great. But some are greater than others.

Roadrunner>Sister Ray>Jenny Ondioline>Hallogallo

1 2 3 4 5 6

write-in vote for wilco "spiders (kidsmoke)"

n.b. may not be entirely serious

sister ray, no question!

sister ray>hallogallo>roadrunner >>>>>>>>> the other one

voted for roadrunner. sister ray is great but actually driving down a highway with roadrunner playing is sublime.

TAKING SIDES: "Yoo Doo Right" by THIN WHITE ROPE vs. "Mother Sky" by TH' FAITH HEALERS vs. "The Sad Skinhead" by TRUMANS WATER vs. "Jenny Ondioline" by STEREOLAB

D'you mean "best song"? Or best motorik?

Interpret it however you like, but I was thinking best song.

intrigued that deej put velvet undergound as no. 1.

i think i want neu as the best but this is so fucking hard

Neu!

i've been voting Neu! a lot in polls lately, and with good cause

"Roadrunner" is not at all good, but at least it is music.

I haven't heard the Stereolab one, I believe. And the others are not.

lol @ kneejerk anti-stereolab sentiment

jenny ondioline any day of the week

^^^^this

I have never understood "Roadrunner," the appeal thereof, though I do not dislike it much.

Jenny Ondioline > Sister Ray >> Hallogallo >>>>>>>>> Roadrunner

That having been said I listen to Sister Ray the least out of the four.

And as much as I freaking love NEU! and realise that the Stereolab track is a total cop of Hallogallo - I do actually prefer Jenny Ondioline because the only way that Hallogallo could POSSIBLY be any better would be if they stuck some icy cool female harmony vocals over the top and lo and behold... JENNY ONDIOLINE is the winner.

― post-apocalyptic time jazz (Masonic Boom)

Roadrunner > Jenny Ondioline >> Hallogallo >> Sister Ray

It may be heresy but if Sister Ray was only 5 minutes instead of 5 hours then I would like to hear it more than once every 5 years.

oh man, this is terrible.
i mean, hallogallo is kind of the backbone of modern rock music.
but im voting with my heart, and roadrunner it is

I have never understood "Roadrunner," the appeal thereof, though I do not dislike it much.

― rubisco (Abbott), Saturday, November 1, 2008 12:55 AM (4 hours ago)

this is not meant to be snide, but um, do you like punk music?

or rock'n'roll?

Personally, no, I don't like punk music. I like dronerock. Which is why I didn't vote for Roadrunner either. It's a cute enough shout-out punk song, but it's totally outclassed and out of its league in this company.

Don't know what "Sister Ray" is doing here, what's it got to do with motorik? The "Live 1969" version of "What Goes On" on the other hand...

sister ray begat roadrunner which (???begat???) hallogallo which begat jenny ondioline

i've recently come into a new appreciation of sister ray...i think i'll vote for it.

between roadrunner and Hallogallo

i don't know what that stereolab one is, but then I don't really like stereolab.

sister ray>hallogallo>roadrunner >>>>>>>>> the other one

― joe 40oz (deej), Friday, 31 October 2008 18:16 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^ ban

I don't think there's the slightest begat between Roadrunner and Hallogallo. It's more like an evolutionary dead end. It's totally the odd one out in the otherwise selection of greatness.

hallogallo

Sister Ray & Roadrunner are related. Hallogallo and that other thing are related. However Pair 1 has nothing to woth Pair 2 and vice versa.

um, the original thread made it sound like all of them have the same groove...liek one two three four five six SEVEN EIGHT or something like that

a poll where the options aren't even related, now that's something new

I can't pick between Roadrunner or Hallogallo.
Also, I'd vote for The Light That Will Cease To Fail over any of these.

I have never understood "Roadrunner," the appeal thereof, though I do not dislike it much.

― rubisco (Abbott), Friday, October 31, 2008 8:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

OTM, this is the Modern Lovers track I listen to the fucking least.

"Roadrunner" is a song about enjoying the freedom of the road. "Hallogallo" IS the freedom of the road in the form of a song. Or something.

forget the modern lovers version, the long '76 single version with the long monologue about the pine trees late at night is where it's at

Hallogallo wins for me, cause I like the rest of the record so much.

when I'm fucked up and feel like dancing, and maybe falling on my ass, I'll go with "sister ray" or "roadrunner"

I walked by the stop 'n' shop
then I drove by the stop 'n' shop
I liked that much better than walkin' by the stop 'n' shop
'Cos I had the radio on

"Roadrunner" doesn't really belong here because it's only four minutes long. "Jenny Ondioline" is a cover version of "Hallogallo" (albeit a great one), so that leaves Neu vs Velvets. I always liked the first few minutes of "Sister Ray" the best, and "Hallogallo" is pretty much eleven minutes of that, so:

"Hallogallo" > "Sister Ray" > "Jenny Ondioline
-> "Roadrunner" (separate category)

The real motorik VU song, at least for me, is "What Goes On" - especially in uts Live 1969 incarnation. "Jenny Ondioline" is basically a mix between that version and "Hallogallo".

p.s. need to do the definitive motorik mixtape, now...

Yeah, What Goes On might win over Jenny Ondioline, (that live version is possibly my favourite piece of music... ever) but that wasn't in the poll!

'roadrunner' being in a separate category doesn't make it any less awesome.

stereolab, on the other hand, sound polished and dated (in a bad way) in this company. 'hallogallo' arrived fully formed, it didn't need to get all 90s-ized.

if anything could beat the VUs it'd be neu!, man this is a tough one

"what goes on" is the best VU song and i would vote for it over any song in any poll ever

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

You know, always been curious, what's the best drug to take to listen to something like Hallogallo or Ondioline?

^^poll

opium.

Oh come on people! Roadrunner placed number 3 in our song poll of the entire 1970s, and now it's getting crushed Neu!?! For crying out loud, that's not even the best Neu instrumental! Geez louise!!!!!!

best winner, Roadrunner shoulda been next, it was all O_o after that really.

I didn't see this poll earlier, so I missed my chance to vote for "Roadrunner".

Wow!

Roadrunner is last...but it's one of the best songs of the 70's according to the ILX poll.

Geir!

I believe you would love (OK, like) Jenny Ondioline. It's motorik, sure, but with melody and stuff.

Man, Neu! has been kicking ärsche in the polls department recently, defeating all my favourites easily - they'll probably overtake Kraftwerk one of these days! (Me, I think they're "OK".)

it's not exactly "last"...it's basically a dead tie for second. xp

Roadrunner doesn't really belong in here anyway.

it's not exactly "last"...it's basically a dead tie for second. xp

― Kevin Keller, Friday, 7 November 2008 16:10 (2 hours ago) Permalink

Just checked again...no, it's definitely last. Equal last, maybe, but still last.

Best drug is mushrooms

I change my vote to "Mother Sky"

Geir!

I believe you would love (OK, like) Jenny Ondioline. It's motorik, sure, but with melody and stuff.

Calling Geir again...