don't know if you're posting #1 votes, Bee OK, but this was mine! I still remember how electrifying it felt to hear this for the first time
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjSStHeWlvE
3. RegimentBy: Brian Eno and David ByrneFrom: My Life In The Bush of GhostsReleased: February 1981382 Points, 9 Votes
― pplains, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
I love the way the density of the sound increases throughout the last half of The Jezebel Spirit, the whole layering of tracks/"rampant texturology" thing
this is another good one
I have to say also that I really don't understand the point of view that The Catherine Wheel is better than this album!
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
"Regiment" is my favorite track from the album, another killer bass part
― sleeve, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:16 (seven years ago) link
WHAT ARE WORDS WORTH??
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Well it certainly looks like Byrneno has this list all locked up, might as well just throw in the – wait, what's this?
― pplains, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:27 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vl1m5FYlAo
2. Wordy RappinghoodBy: Tom Tom ClubFrom: Tom Tom ClubReleased: Single, February 1981; Album, October 1981558 Points, 13 VotesAlso: Live at Summer Sonic Festival in Japan (2009)
Brakes on a bus, brakes on a carBreaks to make you a superstarBreaks to win and breaks to loseBut these here breaks will rock your shoesAnd these are the breaksBreak it up, break it up, break it up!
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
still, i like the song, the tom tom club album is gloriously weird
a chipmunk-voiced 'old macdonald'!
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
when a friend and I bought a used cassette of the first album in spring '94 it could not have sounded more exotic – we had no idea how to understand what we were listening to.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
Can anyone vouch for the second Tom Tom Club album?
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
I only know the Drifters cover.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
with the exception of Pleasure of Love I didn't think it was all that memorable
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:56 (seven years ago) link
too bad "As Above, So Below" won't make it here, it's my favorite track on this album.
but the one that (I assume) will make it at the top is iconic so...
Ok, that's about it for now. Bee will be back this American afternoon to roll out the album rankings. And then crossing over into tomorrow, he'll begin the rundown of the Top 50.
Oh, and speaking of crossovers....
― pplains, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
1. Genius of LoveBy: Tom Tom ClubFrom: Tom Tom ClubReleased: Single, September 1981; Album, October 1981841 Points, 19 Votes, 7 Number OnesAlso: Official VideoSoul Train clip of guy dancing to this with a basketball.Stop Making Sense version Extended DJ Mr. Ice Remix (15 minutes long!)
― pplains, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECiMhe4E0pI
Ok, that's it for the Tom Tom Club and solo acts! Happy to be here! We're gonna change back to the Talking Heads soon! See ya then!
― pplains, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
thank you pplains!
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
so when i say bye, we gotta go!
okay bye!
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:08 (seven years ago) link
will never forget walking into a record store and overhearing an already in progress convo about why Genius of Love is the greatest song ever recorded. "That first line... 'Whatchu gonna do when you get out of jail? I'm gonna have some fun!'... it's all there. it's everything."
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:08 (seven years ago) link
Some of the vocals in the Stop Making Sense performance are... unfortunate
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIW4skg3Ceo&feature=youtu.be&t=250
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIW4skg3Ceo#t=250
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
ILX doesn't do Timecodes I guess, so skip to 4:10
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
wow, lorelei got robbed. i left on,on,on,on off of my ballot because it always seems like the lesser cousin of lorelei.
no offense to people who have high-achieving cousins and feel as if they are somehow "less than" them in some ways
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
but lorelei is here...
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
oh, whoops! i missed it during the rollout somehow. thanks!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
i know it's been discussed at length but what happens in genius of love at 4:10 is enough to ruin the song, permanently
i still put it on my ballot, in the way that jessie's parents on breaking bad fondly remember their son's life up through adolescence
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
genius of love at 4:10 in the SMS video whiney g posted, i mean.
yeah I agree, I had not seen that before
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
I remember seeing SMS in the theater as a kid after wearing out the cassette version and being utterly perplexed and horrified by the Tom Tom Club segment. Still, I love the album version.
Will also say that the SMS version of What A Day That Was is wayyy better than the original.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
Thought Lazy by X-Press 2 would've placed, had it fairly high up my ballot.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link
I didn't submit a ballot, finally decided I couldn't quantify and rank all my favorite tracks, but it's been fun listening to all these today.
yeah and some of them are HILARIOUSLY nineties― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:53 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:53 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Can you explain this to me please? Bush of Ghosts was 1981, so I'm not understanding the description.
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
the live version of "help me somebody" being talked about there was from 1998.
― new noise, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 18:46 (seven years ago) link
wonder if tina had a hendrix vs. buddy miles moment in the studio with frantz
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 18:52 (seven years ago) link
Ah, totally missed that hyperlink to the live clip, thanks. xp
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
Yay it's here. Like dl I'd embarrassingly slept on The Catherine Wheel before - got The Red House on just now and it's pretty great.
― Jolyon + On + On (Mr Andy M), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
i was just about to post about the red house as well. it was my #2.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
So is My Life's reputation as this ancestor of hip-hop sampling warranted? Was this thing really a touchstone?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
It came out around the same time as Ant Rap so there's a bit of debate about which of these white guys invented hip-hop.
― everything, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
xps: i can vouch for TTC album 2. this is the hipster's choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf7xZBHVik4
― piscesx, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
James Rizzi's artworks for TTC's stuff was crazy good, and his animations in the Genius Of Love video are the best thing ever.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
sorry, finally back.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
Top 12 Albums
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IXN5A2FJTo1-RZBj53fi48J4AJTtIYJJS1PQxsRYOG2n-5eQe3qjmR02FRAenF6EwpKlQSKztEplSgthfjhOl9Tl509riErKLk_E6rqdDVgse8_PLE6y7YOsEJEKG30BPscTQjiaotIY0y1Q4hjrq1upAaAD5it1uEMRtl_ctCsjyogwMXK2TZT883D25r8WPoF04p5IhudD_4kwplrD2HpFO3CEr2oKDt_GQXuLcn233J_whvLCOaxVpQLH2t-3VID46nJ7P2BgemEpXqgihB16ea6_ljYCfBlVUVA21B7tLqzZ7cg1sAGQ2y-RjJ3t75KmTIfrEefMiwUDQ22DQAemPq4Bss3PD983pOPTX9Kw44f_8LWTw0SQqXpQUo3LSmc8a_moHuI48qN0qvoIQ3hf5axrSjGKGGkLfSwNbpCcU06qdc127XpnOETmDtIsCIKd-Qk7bBIaKlVwt3oT_1hEVAPoQc_MT0gBOljMVsIsTM9WU1nV2Yyx21b_dYFPo1FPsGly9bZiPjWA73y_Zyli0qfaqs1Fhzvmvi7IJgJIJS-AkkBtEjFeoFbpYixQMhzCY-WHTht6YP7tdqAELhlekWIpVnD9FALqFkeSRsCdYXUT27Y=s500-no
12. The Catherine Wheel356 Points, 10 VotesBy: David ByrneReleased: December 1981
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rR4Au_fs8MHIVfJTFwHd3x4XGXdjOa8Pve-ZxiwC-iiifT43d_IiQja31h5GwZI_QwY_z2pB-eALCPqaMknWdl9UjiA2j8S9SRktwQJRsBEmceNmKncub7iYyUynUG34E3RGXYUWY79PXWGle8m6sareVf5prmPw9RZSzodEtVYOHj5bK0pmemaFUHwtS7B-nLHhzIH0zzehkF3AwLyK-ndybC2LDjSP9_v4oJ9wtS5Ve276Hadq14iFUqE1YciOHT32yV7kwfUC4Wy9Vfahvyiduz-XAFMWDHdDWyw3w0mSbPAn8bTOo0G19M0pUe6zpfqHBDb4EVeux7HImAxs6Gy0l8gHoVXxE3nRP_SowAMCWiEru81GV273qPDa6F6U_b5LeIKXj1kTzZ6LpqnII3c8nj8PguJKRa90gtiUI9DOaC65zLciukenEEn0w0CftqfX62_19ZhwxMf-n_qKIrjWRP1kDVsN84El_v2vSR44ks-7kRqz8gJMtZlHMpDL2EI0cIJKEcPZCE_o_j6vkAcCPwWUeBsyq7EtIHfOsS5m3AIXn8QeaxBlnJklkqMQ2_7est7d2fcUItsELb9N8fFxfqIz_G48RECSc8cBW2XXRrDnfgg=s500-no
11. Little Creatures497 Points, 14 VotesReleased: June 10, 1985
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
whoa, that seems low
― sleeve, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
would also have thought The Catherine Wheel would be higher! it's hard to believe there are 11 TH albums/side project albums better than it
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link