that's enough fact checkin for now
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:16 (three weeks ago) link
Why is Zurich Is Stained up there now. This makes no obvious sense
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:16 (three weeks ago) link
It's not my fault
― jaymc, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:17 (three weeks ago) link
I didn't mean "Stereo" was a weird outlier in Pavement's overall discography or sound, just within my tiers list.
It isn't 'moody' like "Grounded" or "Zurich" or "Stranger", it's a lot goofier than the big trio of songs from Crooked Rain, it's maybe got more in common with "Harness" than anything else in that top 10 most-streamed list.
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:36 (three weeks ago) link
And if anyone is baffled by "Zurich"'s placement here, let me just add that the 2xCD reissue of S&E came out when I was a high school sophomore, and I spent an entire hour one time listening to "Zurich" on repeat and crying while mowing my parents' lawn.
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:39 (three weeks ago) link
My friends had a kid around 2000, and by the time the kid was three or four it was kind of a parlor trick for them to put on "Stereo" and have the kid sing along with it word perfect.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:40 (three weeks ago) link
are you all still trying to figure this out? Spotify makes pkayliats, they put a pavement song on a playlist, lots of people who aren’t pavement fans listen to the playlist. It isn’t a bunch of little griel marcusues going “ummm Zurich is stained is the new ghostly weird Central Valley rubiyat” or something
― brimstead, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:43 (three weeks ago) link
lol
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:50 (three weeks ago) link
Thank you o wise one
― a based robot like Bender (stevie), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:51 (three weeks ago) link
pavement pkayliats
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:57 (three weeks ago) link
That Top 10 is like some bullshit classic rock Memorial Day list of The Greatest Songs of All Time where "Dust In the Wind" is #1.
― pplains, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:57 (three weeks ago) link
its quite a thrill as a fanboy seeing Harness have some success. The rare occasion when dreaming about a bside being better known actually comes true.
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:15 (three weeks ago) link
lol brimstead
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:29 (three weeks ago) link
"zurich" is short/melodic/doesn't have SM shrieking at any point — it's ideal for spotify's "classic indie of the 90s" playlists that halfway cool coffee shops or co-working spaces play on endless repeat
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:38 (three weeks ago) link
What about the song "Harness Your Hopes"? How did it get that high?
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:39 (three weeks ago) link
Does it get played by ordinary guy?
― a based robot like Bender (stevie), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:46 (three weeks ago) link
I met it, and it does
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:46 (three weeks ago) link
now where's our fact checking cuz
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:47 (three weeks ago) link
where oh where is the "debris slide" tik tok trend
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:34 (three weeks ago) link
we can dream
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:35 (three weeks ago) link
Looks like no Malkmus solo song has topped 2 million streams, and the most popular ones from the s/t album ("Jenny & The Ess-Dog" et al).
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:49 (three weeks ago) link
malkmus's solo career is on the whole very good, more people should stream his post-pavement work imo
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:05 (three weeks ago) link
zurich is stained has always felt to me like a real standout on S+E ever since I bought it as a high schooler in 1998. not surprised that people enjoy listening to it above the other s+e tracks, which are clattery and noisier. i don't think it's the playlist thing like harness your hopes is.
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:08 (three weeks ago) link
also it starts off with a line about being a wimpy loser, people love songs about that
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:10 (three weeks ago) link
Some Jicks songs are higher than 2 million though
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:10 (three weeks ago) link
Oh wow, one of those cases where I didn't even think of searching for two different artist pages.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:12 (three weeks ago) link
The "Harness Your Hopes" phenomenon is still so funny/random to me (even though, yes, I get "how" it happened). I received a notification a few weeks back that the song was released as a single... I guess to qualify for the RIAA certification(?)
― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:10 (three weeks ago) link
+1 in the highschooler discovering pavement and immediately latching onto Zurich is stained.
It really is a little bop. The slide guitar still mesmerises me today like it did the first time.
― H.P, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:14 (three weeks ago) link
Also vry cute story above about the 4yo parlour trick Eazy. Someone teach their kid Conduit For Sale next.
― H.P, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:17 (three weeks ago) link