Gotta Make Polls for the Polls I Make - ILM HUSKER DU POLL RESULTS

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who was the other first place? hi 5 to you, from me.

One quick note: you'll notice Nos. 6 & 5 have the same number of points, but unlike the other ties, I gave the edge to the one that had more first-place votes.

Next time, I might use number of votes received as another tie-breaker, but with only 25 ballots, I'm not sure how much difference it would have made on this poll anyway.

Guys, the point in Chartered Trips where they add the echo to Bob's vocals at the end of the verses, dear god

Chartered totes deserves its placement

Love "Something I Learned Today"--a college friend and I used it for a super-8 film once. Never really cared for "New Day Rising."

This was also one of the songs that gave me pause in assigning writing credit. "In A Free Land" is credited to Hart/Mould/Norton while this one's attributed to Mould/Hüsker Dü.

You could surmise that band politics were really swinging into effect by the time this record came out.

Another Mould/HD song from that album is "How To Skin A Cat".

So Bob repeats take the rats from the cats and the cats from the rats 20 times and gets songwriting credit? And vetoes a slide guitar on one of Grant's songs because it doesn't fit the record?

One of those reasons that I lean toward Grant.

New Day Rising is like gospel music for me in a number of ways which I will absolutely not bore anyone with. Strong feelings!
I love it so much, especially at a deafening volume.

Without Mould's guitar , they'd be nothing.Hear glimpses of it on his recent output. Only glimpses

Definitely, stun guitar for the win.

And Greg Norton's melodic, non obvious bass,
at well chosen moments.

New Day Rising didn't make mine either. Intro Filler

Definitely, stun guitar for the win.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:56 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Bob Mould and Eric Bloom.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt203/pplains/Husker%20Du%20Poll/pink_turns_to_blue700.jpg

4. “Pink Turns to Blue” - 327 points / (2 votes for first place)
• Live in Seattle, 1983
• Live in Finland, 1987
• Nova Mob, Live in Cambridge, Mass. 1992
• The Blue Up? cover from Dü Hüskers
• Bloodpit cover

And just one point separated this from the last two.

Also, on the nominations thread, we were talking about the MPLS tribute to Zen Arcade comp.

I could not find it anywhere except for the link below. Mess around with the song titles in the URL and you should be able to find the rest of it.

h77p://www.4casey4.com/Music/The%20Blue%20Up%20-%20Pink%20Turns%20to%20Blue.mp3

I'm still at 100% of everything in the top 10 being something that was on my ballot, but with only 3 to go I'm starting to wonder if my #1 will make it. I have doubts. ;_;

The Blue Up! They opened up for Robyn Hitchcock at First Ave in 86. One of them later became a naked webcam celebrity.

Hi five La Lechera! You write a list of Husker Du songs down, you've gotta damn well start with New Day Rising imo. You mentioned gospel music, maybe I'm overdoing it here but I think it's kind of Coltrane-ish or Ayler-esque in a way - the fervour, the repetition, the overall sentiment of it. Anyhow, awesome song! Love the way the drums break out of that bash-bash-bash rhythm the first time around and the bass really kicks in and it feels like this whole rush of ecstatic noise is going to carry you away. Fuck yes!

I was one of the Pink to Blue #1s. My ideal Husker Du song.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt203/pplains/Husker%20Du%20Poll/dontwannaknow700.jpg

3. “Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely” - 361 points / (2 votes for first place)

• Official video
• Catherine Wheel cover
• Green Day cover
• Some kids in their backyard doing a cover of Green Day covering Hüsker Dü

And I'm going to break the no-YouTube rule here for just one deserved second:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKRi1mFigA

First Husker Du song i ever heard, thank you Radio Luxembourg

Shocking development. I had no idea this song was so popular.

Ditto. I was afraid it wouldn't make the cut. Glad it did.

Is there a no-You Tube rule effect?

Only question left is whether this will be the first of these polls with a cover at #1.

(I sort of hope not, since the other song in contention would be a perfect #1 itself. But they're both amazing so whatever.)

I like to think that could happen to Hendrix too, so they're in good company

Is there a no-You Tube rule effect?

It doesn't bother me, but for some people, 30 Youtubes on one thread really messes with the loading. It's why I've been linking everything.

This was my No. 1. I could listen to it morning, noon, night, 20 years ago and five minutes from now and would love hearing it all just the same.

Anyway, decisions have been made; the die has been cast.

Geez, I better see Adventureland.

No hurry.

So this is Celibate Summer vs. 8 Mile, Sigh amirite?

I'm blanking out on the obvious second-song everyone's figured out. The cover, I know. The other one...I don't think it's the one I'd want, so I don't know.

xp
Unless there's something very wrong in that ballot pool...

So no "Real World" or "Everything Falls Apart" (or did I miss them)? Surprised. But yeah, I forgot about "Celebrated Summer."

Unexpected last-minute surge for "Ultracore."

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt203/pplains/Husker%20Du%20Poll/celebrated_summer700.jpg

2. “Celebrated Summer” - 419 points / (1 vote for first place)
• Live in London, 1985
• Bob Mould, 2009
• Anthrax cover
• Detroit remix

I thought this would be #1.

I didn't know my love of "Chartered Trips" was shared so widely.

First one in the top 10 I didn't vote for. Don't mind it being here, though.

so it's eight miles high

no "Newest Industry" = sadface

no "Standing in the Rain" = sadface

no "It's Not Peculiar" = big sadface

no "Back from Somewhere" = sadface

No Private Plane = sadface

Same sadface for "Newest Industry," my #3.

man i'm nervous and I'm the one looking at the list.

okay here goes