for true!
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 May 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
Another one that should be high on your ballot: Don't Look Now
If you're only familiar wtih the Minutemen version, treat yourself to the original, it's up there with their best.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 28 May 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
Will definitely vote for "Wrote a Song For Everyone." Was legit surprised to see that it wasn't on Chronicle.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Thursday, 28 May 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
It's on Chronicle 2
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 28 May 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
Pagan
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 May 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
Baby
I was just looking at wiki and... I knew that there was tight timeline on these records, but "Green River", "Bayou Country" and "Willy & the Poor Boys" all came out during the SAME FUCKING YEAR?
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 May 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
Here's my ballot:
1. Every song that isn't "Ooby Dooby"2. "Ooby Dooby"
Also, weird for such an awesome band that their tunes are surprisingly great fodder for covers, Minutemen, 8 Eyed Spy, Uncle Tupelo, Richard Hell...
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 May 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
Jesus, Ike & Tina, duh
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 May 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
Sleater-Kinney!: https://youtu.be/k5v_m5JAuBY
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 May 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link
Santana with Scott Stapp! I ain't linking it but its out there
Silkworm!
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 May 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
The CCR song I hold closest for an odd reason is "Long As I Can See the Light," because I had a dream one night as I was drifting off to sleep that it was written/sung from the perspective of a man who had just died and wasn't sure yet what this death thing was all about. I don't know if that was Fogerty's intention (probably not), but I love that halfway lucid reading of the song.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 May 2015 02:28 (eight years ago) link
Send all ballots to choogledocs AT gmail DOT com.
lmao
― call all destroyer, Friday, 29 May 2015 02:31 (eight years ago) link
perfect
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 May 2015 02:34 (eight years ago) link
This song to me is like all of 1970 in a hand grenade with a three-minute fuse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbI0cMyyw_M
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 May 2015 04:07 (eight years ago) link
^^Used to fantastic effect in The Big Lebowski.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 May 2015 04:40 (eight years ago) link
Any chance people could preface their YT embeds with the song's name? PRC, eh.
I still think about this mark s post (& maybe conflate it w/something he or dave q said about Roxy Music?):
above all that they cared abt singles rather than LPs, and were definitely counter the big-art-statement faux adult sensibility of the times — the songs were tight and sort of just there, rather than constructed and worked over and part of some brave new post-beatles counterculture worldalso i think that the music they minded about was music that ROCK AS IT BECAME AWARE OF ITSELF was trying to put behind it, or get beyond, or something
like in the late 60s, a LOT of music — pop and non-pop — from the 50s and early 60s was widely considered a bit of a primitive yokel joke: and i think they clung to it in quite a lonely, dogged way...
this later (80s etc) became for others a revivalist shtick which played super-well in music mags etc — grrr the clash haha — and part of the general dad-rock cd-rerelease spasm, but these were the years when rock was in its prime and needed no memory, or anyway a sense of its own HISTORY was not yet at all important to its essential identity
(sorry this probably isn't very clear: i think what i'm saying is that the content of "revival" in their name and aesthetic — partly bcz it wz half ironic, in a bitter sort of way — was that it refused to place faith in these huge PLACEMARKER WORKS, dylan/beatles/stones blah blah, which stood in the way of understanding where they themselves as works came from, and provided the glue of the music community all round, the values it shared...)
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 00:14 (12 years ago)
― etc, Friday, 29 May 2015 05:11 (eight years ago) link
Holy crap, i'm listening to disc one of the box and the Golliwogs O.G. version of "Walking On The Water" (laid down in August 1966) sounds like it was recorded in 1975! Dig how the fuzz/compressed bass sounds like an Arp! And how that clanking fuzz solo at the end is straight outta the Pere Ubu playbook!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkhCifAgLY4
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 May 2015 05:22 (eight years ago) link
I'm off ILX now but am making a one-off return for this.
― You've had your say, now it's my turn (Tom D.), Friday, 29 May 2015 09:22 (eight years ago) link
They're famous now for hitting #2 on Billboard five times but never having a #1 (singles--still a record). I was looking at their discography, and they actually had four consecutive #1 singles in Canada, the first three two-sided: "Up Around the Bend"/"Run Through the Jungle," "Lookin' Out My Back Door"/"Long as I Can See the Light," "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"/"Hey Tonight," "Sweet Hitch-hiker" (love that clip posted above--almost looks like an actual video).
― clemenza, Friday, 29 May 2015 11:32 (eight years ago) link
Proud to say I owned Cosmo's Factory on 8-track.
― clemenza, Friday, 29 May 2015 11:33 (eight years ago) link
haha I always forget about the randomly punched in backing vocals on Suzie Q
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 May 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Another great clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmrwAW5-5rU
I think there's a running joke--maybe it started with Christgau--about avoiding any CCR song about rain. I think "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" is okay; truly love "Who'll Stop the Rain," musically and metaphorically.
― clemenza, Friday, 29 May 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
Wow you're right, he calls Who'll Stop The Rain "borderline-sappy." That's always been one of my very favorites and will be very high on my ballot.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 29 May 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
huh the main riff in "Graveyard Train" bears an uncanny resemblance to Tom Waits' "Gin Soaked Boy"
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
starting an album with "Ramble Tamble" was pretty amazing, wasn't it? kinda like starting with "Gimme Shelter" maybe?
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 29 May 2015 17:20 (eight years ago) link
listened to Green River last night, title track and "Commotion" are both worthy of consideration imo
― sleeve, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:20 (eight years ago) link
Green River is incredible, I consider that tune some kind of turning point in their discography tbh
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
I sang it the one time I ever did karaoke, it's got some kind of dark woods magic to it
― sleeve, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
i think up to that point there are glimmers of what they were capable of, you can hear them teasing out their ideal synthesis of country, R&B and swamp blues or whatever you want to call it - and there are some really good songs - but Green River is the moment it all comes together
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
the moment it all comes together
I believe this is known as "chooglin'".
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 29 May 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
Man, Fogerty has written some incredible stuff. Was just listening to the #1 fans the Minutemen, and their "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" is, along with Bruce's, such a great underscoring of that song as an amazing part of the protest canon.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link
Actually, Bruce does "Who'll Stop the Rain," doesn't he. Eh, same dif, both great.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
The Minutemen also do Don't Look Now, a song whose lyrics are probably more relevant today than when it first came out.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
Weirdly, the Minutemen's vers of "Fortunate Son" isn't as awesome as it should be
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 29 May 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
tbf IMO none of the main Minutemen covers are as good as the original - Steely, Creedence, Halen etc
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 29 May 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
What I love about the Minutemen's covers is they really turn them into Minutemen songs, esp Halen and the Dan, the covers that hew too close to originals I don't love as much.
"Don't Look Know" is so much about Boon's vocal that it carries the song for me
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 29 May 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Did any Scottish punk bands cover "Keep on Chooglin"
― example (crüt), Friday, 29 May 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Someday Never Comes is a really good song too. It reminds me of the Yo La Tengo poll.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 29 May 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
"Who'll Stop the Rain" has probably gotten the most repeat listens from me. I love the build-up to the refrain. I love the three-note guitar hook like a raindrop splashing off the ground. A classic, tremendous tune centered around harrowing tension & poignant release.
― example (crüt), Friday, 29 May 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
This is probably my favorite cover version of a Creedence song. Richard Hell doing Walking On The Water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJxchDzwuOE
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
was pleasantly surprised when Pavement broke out this one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLM3Z6hCZNg
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link
Doin it right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AlPVC4lggM
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
Malkmu is an avowed Fogerty fan. Lots of his solo albums have chooglin'.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 May 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
Wow, who knew:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ks2j2M-tl4
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
I was at this Who show, and this was pretty unexpected:http://youtu.be/YYYxad4SxKY
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 29 May 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUCpCOx3zBk
(Note: Mark Hart, not Neil Finn singing)
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
It's been a while since I've played the ones that I knew once upon a time, but the albums *do* get significantly better after the debut and Bayou Country, right?
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Friday, 29 May 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
oh yeah
― sleeve, Friday, 29 May 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
Shockabilly had a weird cover of "Born on the Bayou" on their Vietnam LP.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mumvy
― clemenza, Friday, 29 May 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
just voted
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 June 2015 13:17 (eight years ago) link
when do ballots need to be sent by? midnight?
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Friday, 12 June 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
ostensibly yes, but I'm actually not going to get a chance to tally things up till tomorrow, so i'll extend the deadline till noon tomorrow
― example (crüt), Friday, 12 June 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
Voted
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 12 June 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
http://polkmuseumofart.org/wp-content/uploads/I-Voted-Sticker.jpg
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 13 June 2015 08:11 (eight years ago) link
sent in my ballot, hope I made it in time
― some dude, Saturday, 13 June 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
I've only got 21 ballots including my own, which seems a little low. I'm inclined to extend the voting period. Is anyone else interested in voting?
― example (crüt), Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Wow, I thought this might end up being one of the polls with big participation, but ilm is finicky.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
21 is about average i think
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
I didn't submit a ballot, but would vote if an extension was made.
But I don't want to be that guy everyone's waiting on either.
― pplains, Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
I think 20+ is enough to get reasonable results. ILM def has poll fatigue and extending deadlines isn't going to change that.
― WilliamC, Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
all right, i'll go ahead and tally these up, then. voting is closed!
― example (crüt), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
i know everyone likes these brief voting periods but i always thought 2 weeks was too short, both as a voter as an organizer. i always pushed back the deadline for polls i ran to encourage more ballots. and w/ this one i just barely had the time to work on my ballot before the 2 weeks were up.
that said, 21 is definitely a decent number, maybe even above average. i've definitely done artist polls w/ fewer voters.
― some dude, Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
I promise I won't say "'Ramble Tamble' only at No. 16? It would've at least been No. 15 had my ballot gone through."
― pplains, Sunday, 14 June 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
Don't worry, I've got "Ramble Tamble"'s back.
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 June 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
Me too!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 14 June 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
"Actuhs in tha White House"
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 14 June 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
Oh yeah, I've def got "Ramble" in my top five somewhere
― bunny slopes, Sunday, 14 June 2015 21:39 (eight years ago) link
No worries on the "Ramble Tamble" front.
― The Manner of Crawly (Tom D.), Sunday, 14 June 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
"Ramble Tamble" is probably very moved by this outpouring of support.
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 June 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
POLLIN' on the river — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (ILM artist poll #62) RESULTS THREAD
― example (crüt), Sunday, 14 June 2015 23:12 (eight years ago) link