PYLON

Ditto re: 10-11 legit contenders, gonna just vote ''Stop It'' on a whim and because otherwise I'll dither and forget to vote. NO ROCK AND ROLL, NO - great repetition, hypnotic, intensifying. But could easily vote for so many of the others. Oh mannn, ''Feast On My Heart.'' Seeing these live in their mid-oughts reunion phase was amazing...I'm sure I've posted about this before but they were still the best, most exciting show you could see in Athens, mostly.

"Working is no problem" is rarely cited, but for me it's a total fistpumper

inspired by putting on Chomp earlier this evening, and it sounds like a greatest hits album. every single song has something unique going for it.

That's on Gyrate tho. Voted Volume

(Sry to be anal, not like it matters! I get Volume in my head a LOT, so that)

oh, i haven't listened to working is no problem in a couple months, but i voted for it because it's an alltime fistpumper

i just meant starting the poll was inspired by putting on chomp this evening.

"this poll, brought to you by..."

I still don't have Chomp. Saw it at least once in bargain bins, bt ws put off (as a solemn teen) by the goofy bitemarked cover. I ws a dumb kid

Everything is cool.

^^

PYLON! C or D?

Crazy

Volume

Can't choose. Almost everything on Gyrate slays me. Chomp is good too but didn't/doesn't make me wanna bounce around like Gyrate does.

Yeah, this is tough. Think I'm going with "M-Train" though.

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tough to decide

the lack of older pylon concert footage just kills me. the few pieces that exist out there are so tantalizing! and i know some footage must be out there - SOMEONE must have pointed a camera at them for a few songs during one of their athens performances. right?

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almost voted for yo-yo, so high five to whoever did

the lack of older pylon concert footage just kills me. the few pieces that exist out there are so tantalizing! and i know some footage must be out there - SOMEONE must have pointed a camera at them for a few songs during one of their athens performances. right?

They played up and down the East Coast of the US back then, but yep few folks had video cameras in those days (or even used regualr cameras at shows).

the only thing i've been able to find is this excerpt from a 1981 show at Hurrah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyCWgGhG00o

Did you ever see this: Athens, GA: Inside/Out is a documentary film about the mid-1980s music scene in Athens, Georgia, USA.

The film features interviews and concert footage of local bands who were a part of the scene at the time of the documentation as well as local legends R.E.M., Pylon, and The B-52's. It also features an interview with famous folk artist Howard Finster.

Also Wiki says in Vanessa's bio:
They broke up for the first time in 1983 after playing a "final" show, which was taped for 'The Athens Show.' This was never formally released.

Karl Malone, either you or me did not actually vote for "Working is No Problem" or there are shenanigans afoot.

i think i voted for it! i meant to, at least. did you?

i guess it's also possible that i told myself i'd go ahead and listen to their entire catalog again really quick and make a decision, and never actually voted.

I meant to, and I am pretty sure I did!

curmudgeon i have seen that doc! actually i'm pretty sure that's where i first learned of them! and yeah, there's some footage in there as well, although again, it seems like just a bunch of snippets. i feel like some dude in athens has an amazing tape buried under a pile of dirty underwear

dang, then that should be TWO votes for working is no problem, then, vaulting it into the upper echelons of these poll results

Woo hoo!!

I voted for "Yo-yo", Karl. I only have one album though.

The film features interviews and concert footage of local bands who were a part of the scene

are there any good "scenes," anymore?

i'm not aware of any, but OTOH, i am o-l-d old.

some of you might enjoy reading this: http://www.netnik.com/jollybeggars/pylon.html

vanessa's history of the group. it spends say too much time on post-1990 activities, understandably, but still worth a read!

"Cool" (well part of it) is heard in a new 2016 Lexus RX car commercial

That's, erm, cool! Hope it brought the band some dough.

i'm trying to make arrangements to see pylon reenactment society next month. i hate that i never got to see randy play with them though

“We laughed that we were trying so hard to be authentic,” continues Lachowski, “We were like the Pylon Historical Reenactment Society instead of just being people in our late 40s in a band again"

2010

http://georgiamusic.org/we-are-pylon/

2016- Pylon Reenactment Society featuring Vanessa Briscoe-Hay

Dressy Bessy

Thu, February 18, 2016

Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm

Cat's Cradle - Back Room

Carrboro, NC

They were great back then in the early 80s

Vanessa's top 5 Pylon songs

Anybody go to this last night:

2016- Pylon Reenactment Society featuring Vanessa Briscoe-Hay

Dressy Bessy

Thu, February 18, 2016

Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm

i had to work :(

Reissue of “Cool/ Dub” single today for record store day. Vanessa, Michael, & Curtis will be doing 2 in-stores in Athens, GA

Wow

I'm hoping this means the albums will be reissued on New West soon and this isn't just a one-off partnership.

Ah, I answered my own question. Apparently a box is due in 2020.

dude, used copies of the first two albums are out of hand and they are unavailable digitally. curses.

Console w this thread PYLON! C or D?

Gyrate is reasonably priced on the used market (I've bid on and lost copies that go for under $25 on ebay), but Chomp is the one that's absolutely ridiculous.

I really hope this deal with New West results in reissues of the individual albums and not just some astronomically priced box set/collection.

If I remember right, Pylon was really late getting those first two records onto CD. I don't think either of them were ever in print on disc in the 90s...I know I found the first one on vinyl and did not get them on CD until the later post 2000 reissues.

the one Chomp LP that i saw for like ten bucks at wuxtry records in athens circa 2005 perpetually haunts me

Just a head's up if anyone missed out on the recent-ish reissues, New West is having a huge 50% off sale (today only, I think) including the box set