I Just Listened To A Bunch Of Teardrop Explodes 45s!

i like a bunch of the b-sides. strange house in the snow, christ versus warhol, poppies in the field...

don't tend to like anything with horns much. though i like reward.

I love Reward.

Went with Passionate Friend.

Well, you do, don't you?

the parachute's in my bag, I'm throwing it over to you

BLESS MY COTTON SOCKS!!!!

Gotta be "Reward," but my favorite of theirs remains "Great Dominions"

The other day "Treason" popped up in the shuffle and absolutely rocked. So, tonight I'll say "Treason." Tomorrow, could be nearly any of the rest.

comics insults you said, but comics are all i read

I will listen to these (or as many as I have) over the next few days...very fine band, but nothing for me tops the heartwrenching 8-minute thing of wonder that is "...And The Fighting Takes Over/The Great Dominions", a single entity in all but name and one of the finer bits of music spawned during the 1980's.

I enjoy all of these songs and love many of them, but the best is "When I Dream," by some distance, IMHO.

Hmmm, "Reward," "Treason" or "Read it in Books."

When I Dream is like a compressed nugget of TEishness. There's a lot to be said when they calmed down and didn't fill every available gap with ideas, as if in a mad panic that music was about to go out of style. But I like that mad panic.

"Treason" is the best single qua single. "Reward" might have the edge on it, some days, but I long ago over-played that sucker. "Bouncing Babies" might be my fave song on the list but it feels more like an album track to me. Ditto "Ha Ha I'm Drowning".

'Poppies In The Field' with 'Treason' a close second. I'd take Kilimanjaro over any of the first four Bunnymen albums (although the Bunnymen possibly have the better run of singles).

Whose version of "Read it in books" is the better?

Treason or Reward with Passionate Friend very close-by. Can't decide between Treason or Reward but I think I prefer Strange House In The Snow to Read It In Books I'm going for Reward as the better package.

Had the first verse of Treason stuck in my head for about the first two months of this year

I totally concur with what Gavin said. The Bunnymen did the better Books though.

"Reward", easily.

I'M IN THE NEWS LIKE HOWARD HUUUUGHES

I like 'Passionate Friend' too, but there are some sounds on that that I just can't get with.

The KilamonReadBooks is the best one, but of the single versions, I'd give it to the buns.

The In-Psychlopedia = proto-rave

I gotta give 'em another listen. I happen to be reading Cope's autobiography right now. Pretty entertaining.

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i missed this but woulda voted Ha Ha I'm Drowning or Bouncing Babies

I'm on my once-yearly listen to Wilder; I don't want it to get any less weird through overexposure

fucking awesome

Thanks for making me queue up their stuff! "Kilimanjaro" is no slouch, either. Really, at this point there should be a 4CD "Complete Teardrop" box.

"When I Dream" is prime love-mix-CD / playlist material. Glorious!

"sleeping gas" -- what a great dance/punk song

he really hated this tv show huh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpvT_Yvx2nU