Slowdive - Pygmalion POLL

Good one. Crazy for you, followed by Visions of La.

I'll go for Blue Skied an' Clear. I've never made sense of the lyrics but I really like how the bassline pulls it all together and the effervescent feeling of what seems to be the chorus.

Actually, I got Visions of La mixed up with Blue Skied, really meant Blue Skied. But still second to Crazy for you.

It's been a long time.

CRAZY FOR YOU

Gorgeous album.

had to listen to this again because i didn't know any of the song titles

for me it's a tossup between 'trellisaze' and 'visions of la'. the latter for its beautiful minor chord progression and the former because its clear guitar tone reminds me of fucking around with a delay pedal

because of its clear guitar tone AND reminding me of fucking around with a delay pedal, rather.

"Rutti" is the best opening track on any album ever, so that. It's ten minutes long and I wish it were 100 minutes long.

this album is fucking awesome but i kinda have to be boring and go blue skied here

I truely love this album. I think I'm with Mr. Snrub.

CRAAAAZY

Crazy for You is great <3

listening to this album from beginning to end is an amazing experience (especially really early in the morning), but crazy for you stands out as the tune that really knocks this album out of the park while encapsulating the sound they were going for.

"Rutti" is the best opening track on any album ever, so that. It's ten minutes long and I wish it were 100 minutes long.

^^^^ with this.

(also my favorite Slowdive album by far)

"Rutti" is the best opening track on any album ever, so that. It's ten minutes long and I wish it were 100 minutes long.

And another OTM vote

this album is fucking awesome but i kinda have to be boring and go blue skied here

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OTM.

how does the mojave3 stuff stack up to this album?

it pales in comparison imo.

imo 'spoon and rafter' is as good as any album slowdive did, the song 'bluebird of happiness' alone is godhead, 'billoddity' and 'the battle of broken hearts' not far behind

unless 'spoon and rafter' marked a radical change, I have to say Mojave 3 comes across as pleasant but slight

"crazy for you." ulrich schnauss's cover is even better

ulrich schnauss's cover

hang on

I know Schnauss organised a compilation in honour of Slowdive called Blue Skied An' Clear but he covered this particular song? I may prefer the Blue Skied original but there's something about Schnauss covering Crazy For You that kinda sets me off

and Spoon And Rafter is a lovely, substantial, beautifully-sequenced record full of great moments, super melodies and genuine surprises.

that's 'crazy'... i was just listening to this ulrich schnauss remix of bluebird of happiness. lovely song

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YES hahaha although I actually think the original just about pips the Schnauss version in that instance...it's like a perfect union of awesome, except the parent song really doesn't need any work done to it.

Or to put it more accurately, Schnauss' mix is a bit faithful to the source text. There's a couple of other remixes (Dan Snaith has a go, as does Adem) which change it up radically. Schnauss just turns up the reverb. It's still gorgeous!

Actually, the new bassline in the Schnauss version is kinda wondrous. Hmm. It's a closer call than I thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsPafCEz92M
crazy for youtube!

it's like a tears for fears and dream academy jam session. oh ulrich

i am crazy for u, where u is both u and ulrich

p.s. ulrich schnauss = the best shoegaze qua shoegaze artist ever - he understands shoegaze, lives it, breathes it - you can kevin shields me all you want but KS wasn't a shoegaze artist so much as a sonic innovator and dreampop genius who kinda loved his noize

btw 'trellisaze' came VERY close to getting my vote; it's a stunning, stunning piece of music and it does amazing things with bleepy noises

oops i voted Blue Skies but i obviously meant Crazy for You

no you didn't :D

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i haven't listened to this album in forever. anyone heard those pygmalion demos that floated around the web awhile back (still floating, prob)? some really great stuff there, unreleased tracks are a wonder. "Red 5", in particular, why-oh-why did they NOT release that one?

I voted for Rutti - one of my all-time favorite Slowdive songs.

"Rutti" is the best opening track on any album ever, so that. It's ten minutes long and I wish it were 100 minutes long.

I agree with this - though this song also makes a great closer. I've used it to end all kinds of night-time compilations/playlists.

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http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a61/npope3001/blassie0.jpg

sowdive

lol

I remember listening to "Miranda" in the aftermath of 9/11, and it being very, very unsettling. A lot of the weird sounds in this song sounded like airplanes, and it was completely freaking me out.

where have i heard the beautiful female vocal line from Blue Skied an' Clear outside the context of this record? since I've never heard the record until today and I've no idea why i left it so long.

it could be in a film, a mix, a cover version, a sample or whatever but i knew it straight away.

What female vocal?

sorry, it's obviously a chorister, now that i listen to it again.

While I way prefer Souvlaki to Pygmalion, Blue Skied an' Clear is so good.

Pygmalion turns 30 this week and is still gorgeous. Worth a thread revive, I reckon.

It's always worth it!

my god what

I’d love to see an all encompassing Slowdive tracks poll.