I'm excited for the rollout! And I voted for mollys lips, so fun.
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link
Whoops, just realised Sifting should've been a tied #38 with...
http://i.imgur.com/Zxf7VSg.jpg
TIE 38. I Hate Myself and Want to Die112 points, 6 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
http://imgur.com/XvMkFCJ
37. tourette's119 points, 7 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
Try again...
https://i.imgur.com/XvMkFCJ.jpg
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
First song from my ballot to place
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:38 (eight years ago) link
Another cover version up next.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vpETKqH.jpg
36. The Man Who Sold the World127 points, 7 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
sifting? seriously? surprised. none of mine have placed yet
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link
Yeah Sifting was one I did not expect to make it.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Ck2KVBG.jpg
35. Stay Away133 points, 7 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
ALMOST voted for that one
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
It didn't make my ballot and there are half a dozen others I prefer on Nevermind but it does have one of their best intros.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:01 (eight years ago) link
Our first song with votes in double figures:
https://i.imgur.com/Oa9nbC6.jpg
34. Territorial Pissings178 points, 10 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link
Stay Away is the closet Nevermind has to filler.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
I wonder whether Bowie or Nirvana benefited most from the cover.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 5:14 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm. also, territorial pissings has the worst line on the album: "when i was an alien / cultures weren't opinions" wtf kurt
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
as I said on the other thread, i had the somewhat odd experience of In Utero being my first Nirvana album, and it shaped my taste and what i would start listening to soon after in a really major way. but over the years of going back and forth, i ultimately voted for Nevermind as my favorite album, it's just more consistently enjoyable to me.
so far "Tourette's" and "Territorial Pissings" are the only ones i've voted for, i voted for a lot of their 'this song is overtly, deliberately nonsensical' songs.
― Viva la Wu Tang or Meth and All His Friends (some dude), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:24 (eight years ago) link
(xposts) Yeah I don't know - I always thought it was a fairly obscure choice of Bowie song prior to that but then Lulu did have a big hit with it over here.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link
Another one I was quite surprised to see place:
https://i.imgur.com/D9H4Gzu.jpg
33. Swap Meet182 points, 8 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
TRUTHBOMB/CHALLOP: Nirvana gave Bowie better cred in the 90s than Reznor ever did.
― Jesus Krist of Novoselic (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
oh no doubt
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
fuck yeah swap meet! my #3
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
just beeecuuz you're paranoiiiid
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
Glad to see Sifter make it!
― how's life, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
Great to see Swap Meet make it! It was in my list.
― Birds in Hell, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
"Molly's Lips," the Bowie cover, and "Floyd..." on my list.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:39 (eight years ago) link
Swap Meet had one #1 vote by the way.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KFqWhUm.jpg
32. Rape Me208 points, 10 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:50 (eight years ago) link
Never really liked this one I've got to say.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:52 (eight years ago) link
I got my In Utero at WalMart, so it's always been "Waif Me" to me.
― Jesus Krist of Novoselic (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link
Ha!
OK, last one for today:
https://i.imgur.com/mLpaTH6.jpg
31. Blew208 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 23:13 (eight years ago) link
Stay Away is awesome fuiud
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
A recap:
TIE 40. Floyd the BarberTIE 40. Molly's LipsTIE 38. SiftingTIE 38. I Hate Myself and Want to Die37. tourette's36. The Man Who Sold the World35. Stay Away34. Territorial Pissings33. Swap Meet32. Rape Me31. Blew
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 23:19 (eight years ago) link
During my listening for this poll, Swap Meet was, for whatever reason, the song that most effectively conjured potent memories of being 15. So I voted for it.
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 23:23 (eight years ago) link
Swap Meet has such a killer chorus.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
oh i did vote for Stay Away (320). Also Man Who Sold and Pissings.
p sure already that my #1 won't show
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
that is, #20 for Stay
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link
"Swap Meet"!--.the chorus, the way it lurches along, and the fact that it was my first year in college--I was the #1 voter, and that's about all I have.
At the time, I was atypical at my college radio station in preferring the B-side of "Bleach" due to "Swap Meet" and (nerd alert) the Dante's Inferno label....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
Interesting. "Sifting" and "Floyd the Barber" were the two Bleach songs I voted for. Glad to see it got creamed in the albums poll. I still think Nevermind is their obvious best, but after relistening I can hear why many prefer In Utero, where the production is worlds away from Nevermind and no less brilliant for it, and which certainly contains KC's sharpest set of lyrics.
Unplugged is the real slept-on record here.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:39 (eight years ago) link
And sure "Stay Away" is kind of a filler track, but it's really good filler. "Something in the Way" is the only real dud on Nevermind - bummer that it ends the record but at least it was a convenient point to switch the stereo/discman off.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:45 (eight years ago) link
Blew was my #1! Love that song. Glad it made it in.
― how's life, Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
SitW in my top 3, go to hell xp
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
Love you too
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:59 (eight years ago) link
j/k but ya know
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
Hey no hard feelings Axl
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 01:18 (eight years ago) link
I didn't vote, but is Hairspray Queen going to show up or am I in a small minority that would have it in a top 10?
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Thursday, 12 November 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link
Really glad to see those four Bleach songs place. I didn't vote for any of them but the major regret from my ballot (other than only finding room for one of the big Nevermind singles) is not showing that album more love. Way to go, "Sifting"!
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 12 November 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link
"Hairspray Queen" was a tough cut for me
xposts but
I predict: /In Utero/ > /Unplugged/ > /Nevermind/ > /Incesticide/ > /Bleach/.
xposts now but I suspect if we'd voted for 2 or 3 albums it mighta shook out this way. Unplugged likely everyone's #2. I'd honestly have to check my ballot to see if I voted for that or In Utero...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 12 November 2015 03:06 (eight years ago) link
i know people started to talk about seeing Nirvana in the voting thread but waited to post that here. first time i saw Nirvana they were the opening band for Sonic Youth's Goo tour, so it was Nirvana's Bleach tour. i was blown away and had to find out who that opening band was. show was 08/17/90 - Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA, so a good year before Nevermind. During "Love Buzz," Kurt jumped into the audience and allowed members of the crowd to play his guitar for a minute before going back onstage. last time i saw them it was like the second or third last show Nirvana played in the US outside of his home town of WA. the second show was 12/30/93 - Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA. the show was very, very dark and chaotic. it was also really powerful as Kurt gave it his all and was practically falling down from exhaustion. it did feel like a moment in time that i would never witness again. a few months later he was dead.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 12 November 2015 03:13 (eight years ago) link
wow do I love "Scentless Apprentice", I think I'd never really listened to it before this poll (despite buying the album the day it came out). but sometimes it takes years, and new ears, and tbh good headphones.
so thanks poll! never really gave In Utero a real chance until now.
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 15 November 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
One of the reasons (of many) that I like In Utero so much is that I can hear a fair amount of post-punk influence in there... 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter' reminds me quite a lot of 'Annalisa' by Public Image Ltd. and the bridge between the verses and the "GO AWAY!" chorus on 'Scentless Apprentice' (the ascending guitar part) reminds me a lot of the intro to 'Something Must Break' by Joy Division.
― Turrican, Sunday, 15 November 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
There's hints of post-punk, The Beatles, R.E.M. and Pixies amongst other things, and all tied together with Kurt's unique melodic sense and the way he formulates his chord progressions.
― Turrican, Sunday, 15 November 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link
Thanks to Mr. Gavin. Leeds for running the pool! It will live forever in the Heart Shaped Box of my heart.
My ballot:
1Smells Like Teen SpiritDrain YouIn BloomLounge ActAll ApologiesWhere Did You Sleep Last Night?BreedVery ApeCome As You AreOn a PlainDiveSliverRape MeFrances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On SeattleSchoolSiftingAbout a GirlOpinionLithiumSappy20
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 15 November 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link
Teen Spirit is a moment in time that I cant get back to. I couldn't vote for it. Other songs still work the way they're supposed to; just not Teen spirit.
― The Once-ler, Monday, 16 November 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link
I still find "Breed" as thrilling as any great Ramones song. It never gets old. Maybe I should have made it my #1. Or maybe I should have voted...
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
i wish i had voted in this. aneurysm! oh the guilt!
i had that grunge family tree taped up in my locker during high school.
― maura, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
i wish i had included Dive in my list. not an oversight so much as having not realized how good it was until after the results came out.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Toad or toe, people? The only thing I liked about that song was that he may have run down his pet amphibian.
― how's life, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
oh the guilt = my favourite song not to place
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
moist vagina is such a great overlooked track, classic alone for Kurt wailing "MARIJUANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" and then the vocal fry at the end
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link
really i do suspect those of you who don't think "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is one of Nirvana's 20 best recordings of pure frontin'― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:05 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:05 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't think it is, and I'm definitely not "frontin'"
― Turrican, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
ok i believe you
(i just don't understand)
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I don't quite get the Smells Like Teen Spirit contempt. That's part of the reason I made it my #1, to counteract the negative creeps (Just kidding). In truth any of my top 5 could have been 1.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 01:32 (eight years ago) link
I'm far far more sick of Lithium and Come As You Are than Smells Like Teen Spirit.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 12:03 (eight years ago) link
been a son is a pretty cool song. i've never heard it before. thanks poll!
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 19 November 2015 03:37 (eight years ago) link
Thanks to the poll for making me listen to "Do Re Mi" for the first time. It's great! I can't believe I never sought it out. I guess I was put off by the price of the big box set (I had no money then) and ignored the "best of the box" thing. It's a rough cut, but I had bits of it stuck in my head for days. What a shame the world never got the "next" Nirvana record, with that, "You Know You're Right," and hell maybe even some songs that showed up on the first Foo Fighters album. Wasn't it meant to be like the White Album, with a little bit of everything? Maybe I'm wrong, but I recall Kurt was supposed to go out to Georgia and meet with Michael Stipe and throw around some ideas. Ach, what a loss...
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 19 November 2015 11:33 (eight years ago) link
Lounge ActAneurysmSchoolDumbEven In His Youth - actually discovered this song while making my listScentless ApprenticeMilk ItStay AwayDrain YouNegative CreepAll ApologiesCome As You AreMolly's LipsBreedSliverBeen A SonDo Re MiMarigoldThe Man Who Sold The WorldHeart-Shaped Box
The funny thing was that I had a really hard time picking 20 songs but ordering those 20 didn't matter too much.I love that 'Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle' ranked so high because that was my hardest cut.
I'm also glad that Wishkah did really good considering 'Spank Thru' was the only song that didn't place. The Wishkah versions of several songs are better than the stereo versions.
― The Once-ler, Sunday, 22 November 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link
'Molly's Lips' was the other song I never actually noticed until I made my list.
― The Once-ler, Sunday, 22 November 2015 22:01 (eight years ago) link
I ranked a few faves.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 12:08 (five years ago) link
No Incesticide? I know it's not strictly an album but with such a sparse discography I'd have thought you'd take everything you could get.
Also I think my rankings would possibly be exactly the opposite way round to yours (some days IU first and Bleach second).
― chap, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
Yes - felt that way since it came out. Ultimately, he was a great singer, and never communicated more clearly than on Unplugged. All the covers freed him up to really reveal something that his instinctively blunt poesy kept hidden.
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link