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is it cold in alaska y/n

Poll Results

Option	Votes
stephanie says	19
candy says	14
lisa says	12
caroline says	3
sylvia said (john cale bonus pick)	1

― iatee, Friday, 22 July 2011 01:28 (fourteen years ago)

i too have come to hate my body, so candy

― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 22 July 2011 01:29 (fourteen years ago)

have you considered cutting down on the mayo-vodka shots

― iatee, Friday, 22 July 2011 01:30 (fourteen years ago)

cheaper than heroin

― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 22 July 2011 01:31 (fourteen years ago)

I go with lisa, wonder if I'll be alone in that

― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 22 July 2011 01:33 (fourteen years ago)

It's so. cold. in my apartment.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2011 01:34 (fourteen years ago)

Lisa

― Euler, Friday, 22 July 2011 01:39 (fourteen years ago)

Candy now and forever

― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:37 (fourteen years ago)

candy says is so prettyyyyyy

― davon cuul II (m bison), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:38 (fourteen years ago)

stephanie

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 22 July 2011 03:46 (fourteen years ago)

write in vote for the colored girls

― messiahwannabe, Friday, 22 July 2011 03:58 (fourteen years ago)

not to mention holly, jackie and the apollo

― messiahwannabe, Friday, 22 July 2011 04:01 (fourteen years ago)

Don't know how this could be anything other than stephanie says, though I do have a lot of love for lisa says

― the emancipation of distraction (askance johnson), Friday, 22 July 2011 04:08 (fourteen years ago)

Caroline Says I or II?

― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 22 July 2011 04:19 (fourteen years ago)

candy. this was done before but candy didn't win so I'm not going to link to it.

― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 22 July 2011 04:39 (fourteen years ago)

I searched for it dammit!

― iatee, Friday, 22 July 2011 05:01 (fourteen years ago)

it was linked on the lou reed / metallica thread I think

― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 22 July 2011 05:19 (fourteen years ago)

Best Lou Reed "Somebody Says" Song

― All Hopped Up and Ready To POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 July 2011 08:39 (fourteen years ago)

Was going to say, we've done this.

― Mark G, Friday, 22 July 2011 09:09 (fourteen years ago)

lisa has best guitar, stephanie best lyrics, candy best vocals

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 July 2011 15:40 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIexvY4nDdQ

― porkpie cokeheads (Eazy), Friday, 22 July 2011 15:46 (fourteen years ago)

^YES!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE that version.

― Trip Maker, Friday, 22 July 2011 15:50 (fourteen years ago)

wow! how did i get this far through life without hearing this!

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 July 2011 15:54 (fourteen years ago)

listening to the single mix of Stephanie Says compared to the VU version, I can see why it got dropped until a much later remix ... goofy muppet backing vocals

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 July 2011 16:05 (fourteen years ago)

single mix?! they released that as a single?

― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 July 2011 16:06 (fourteen years ago)

bootleg single from the 70s? I like those backing vocals.

― tylerw, Friday, 22 July 2011 16:09 (fourteen years ago)

yeah radio promo ... it's on that singles box comp that came out recently

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 July 2011 16:11 (fourteen years ago)

I like the backing vocals too, but I can see how the shift towards radio hits in the band post-cale would be stripping away such extravagance

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 July 2011 16:13 (fourteen years ago)

lisa has best guitar, stephanie best lyrics, candy best vocals

madness. stephanie says has a great opening line, but the rest isn't so good. candy says has perfect lyrics.

― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 22 July 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)

sylvia said is the second best song of these

― iatee, Friday, 22 July 2011 17:38 (fourteen years ago)

fyis

― iatee, Friday, 22 July 2011 17:38 (fourteen years ago)

"Just like Sister Ray says..."

― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 22 July 2011 17:50 (fourteen years ago)

Lisa>Stephanie>Candy

― publier les (suggest) bans de (Michael White), Friday, 22 July 2011 17:52 (fourteen years ago)

you got the little alligators backwards

― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 22 July 2011 17:57 (fourteen years ago)

That's one hell of a way to talk about these ladies!

― publier les (suggest) bans de (Michael White), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:23 (fourteen years ago)

candy you fools

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:23 (fourteen years ago)

no matter how many times I listen to this song, at the second line, when he says "I'd like to...", I always think the lyrics are going to be "I'd like to learn karate"

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:26 (fourteen years ago)

IT'S SO. COLD. IN ALASKA.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)

voted lisa cuz its real

― stepmomster (Lamp), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:32 (fourteen years ago)

5:55 1969 version of Lisa Says

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)

If I could still make mixtapes, I'd fill a hundred-minute one with the first four songs, over and over.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:34 (fourteen years ago)

5:55 1969 version of Lisa Says

What my vote is based on...

― publier les (suggest) bans de (Michael White), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:37 (fourteen years ago)

when the guitars amp up in the second half ...

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

yeah that's the definitive version of that song...man, the guitars on Live 1969! And Lou's vocals! Whenever I hear that record I'm reminded of why I love the dude.

― tylerw, Friday, 22 July 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

we could do one long set or two short sets, whatever's easiest for you

― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:41 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, the Alaska stuff is the main problem with Stephanie. It's kind of an interesting idea but it doesn't quite work. And the line "it's so cold in alaska" is not really strong enough to bear the repetition and stress he gives it at the end. And all for what, to say she's a cold person? Not as interesting IMO as "what do you think I'd see if I could walk away from me".

― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:42 (fourteen years ago)

Also, excuse me for a being part hippy here, but the jam that is 'New Age' is nonpareil.

― publier les (suggest) bans de (Michael White), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:42 (fourteen years ago)

pull up your cushions

― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:42 (fourteen years ago)

or whatever else you have with you that makes life bearable in Texas

― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:43 (fourteen years ago)

we could do one long set or two short sets, whatever's easiest for you

"...and whatever else you have with you that makes life bearable in Texas."

Ha ha!

― publier les (suggest) bans de (Michael White), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:44 (fourteen years ago)

1969 Live was my first VU record, love it to pieces. Voted "Lisa"

― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)

5:55 1969 version of Lisa Says

― stepmomster (Lamp), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)

has Live 69 ever been polled? seems like would've been, but i can't find it. so many amazing versions on there.

― tylerw, Friday, 22 July 2011 18:53 (fourteen years ago)

i think i could easily fill up a "100 Amazing Things About The Velvet Underground's Live 1969" thread. all by myself.

― tylerw, Friday, 22 July 2011 18:53 (fourteen years ago)

It's Moe's favorite VU record fwiw.
Mine, too.

― Trip Maker, Friday, 22 July 2011 18:55 (fourteen years ago)

"I don't need you to tell me I'm good..." I AM THE MR LOU REED TAKE NO PRISONERS POLL

― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:57 (fourteen years ago)

for me 69 is all about New Age, Ocean, What Goes On, Real Good Time, Sweet Jane, Rock & Roll, and Beginning to See the Light

― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 22 July 2011 19:01 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 22 July 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

Lisa

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 23 July 2011 00:48 (fourteen years ago)

it's SO FUCKING COLD in alaska

― notes on camping (Pillbox), Saturday, 23 July 2011 02:50 (fourteen years ago)

I'm sticking with Stephanie.

― It's So POLLED in Alaska (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2011 02:57 (fourteen years ago)

Alaska always makes me think of Raymond Carver's "What's in Alaska?"

― porkpie cokeheads (Eazy), Saturday, 23 July 2011 05:07 (fourteen years ago)

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

― System, Saturday, 23 July 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

Some ranking as before with less voting and a closer finish.

― It's So POLLED in Alaska (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2011 23:33 (fourteen years ago)

we should tell lou we've figured out the official ranking

― iatee, Saturday, 23 July 2011 23:34 (fourteen years ago)

someone should really do the VU members solo poll, I would but I'm already down for one

― iatee, Saturday, 23 July 2011 23:35 (fourteen years ago)

Jenny said protest write-in vote!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Sunday, 24 July 2011 01:40 (fourteen years ago)

nine years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UrhX1ilwwc&ab

― calzino, Sunday, 4 October 2020 01:16 (five years ago)

amusing interview from '74 with arsehole Aussie hacks

― calzino, Sunday, 4 October 2020 01:18 (five years ago)

aw, bless, the guy with dark hair to Lou's left is Ray Martin, the milquetoast longtime daytime TV host and pissweak reporter

― assert (MatthewK), Sunday, 4 October 2020 01:57 (five years ago)

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