IT'S THE LOW EPICS POLL

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setting 6:30 as a decent cut-off point for what counts as an epic for them

debated on whether to include "down by the river" since it's a cover but why not? hope i didn't miss any real obscurities. "not a word" and "i won't let you fall" are from the split single with s. carey but both were collaborative tracks with him, so i figured i'd include "i won't let you fall" even though it's credited as an s. carey track

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Do You Know How to Waltz? (14:39) 8
Nothing But Heart (8:10) 8
(That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace (7:14) 6
Down by the River (9:37) 4
Broadway (So Many People) (7:14) 3
From Your Place on Sunset (8:16) 2
Lullaby (9:51) 2
Shots & Ladders (7:52) 1
The Lamb (7:13) 1
Down (7:29) 1
Landslide (9:50) 0
Not a Word (7:00) 0
John Prine (7:55) 0
Untitled 4 (14:43) 0
Stay (7:04) 0
Coattails (6:55) 0
Laugh (9:37) 0
Turning Over (7:46) 0
Be There (b-side version) (8:29) 0
Born by the Wires (13:27) 0
Landlord (6:47) 0
Don't Understand (6:58) 0
I Won't Let You Fall (7:00) 0


ufo, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link

waltz

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 23:03 (two years ago) link

i'm initially leaning towards "lullaby", "nothing but heart", or "landslide"

ufo, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link

Glad you included Down By The River. Either that or Nothing But Heart.

that's not my post, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link

xpost from the thread about surprising songs that are a band's most streamed ... for Low it's Lullaby. 18.5 million views on YT. Tons of comments in Turkish. The melancholic beauty seems to resonate.

that's not my post, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link

My heart says Waltz.

My soul says Nothing But Heart.

My brain can't decide between the two.

yeah but how, Thursday, 24 June 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link

My heart says Waltz.

My soul says Nothing But Heart.

My brain can't decide between the two.

yeah but how, Thursday, 24 June 2021 00:49 (two years ago) link

wish this poll wasn't just limited by the length of the track. Silver Rider is only 5:03 minutes long but is truly epic and is one of my favorite ever Low songs

voted for Broadway (So Many People)

Dan S, Thursday, 24 June 2021 02:18 (two years ago) link

I would vote for one of the long slow early live versions of Lullaby over the album track, but as it is I'm going with From Your Place On Sunset.

StanM, Thursday, 24 June 2021 06:00 (two years ago) link

Will I be the only vote for The Lamb?

Hideous Lump, Thursday, 24 June 2021 06:01 (two years ago) link

Nothing But Heart is the ultimate Low epic for me. And as much as Nels Cline kills it on that, I've seen them do it live a couple of times and it was still incredible.

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 24 June 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link

down is the ultimate dirge from the first LP and still reaches a darkness untouched by anything thereafter until curtain maybe...

maelin, Thursday, 24 June 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link

Voted for Down by the River. The way Mimi's vocals emerge out of 6 minutes of ambient sludge is so striking and beautiful. Like it's the opposite structure of Days Like These which has beautiful harmonies at the beginning and then ends with a couple of minutes of blissed out ambient sounds.

that's not my post, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link

one month passes...

Just heard Curtain Hits the Cast for the first time last week - definitely my favorite of the early albums so far. "Waltz" is an incredible song, so massive and cavernous. I lose track of time listening to it. Glad that I didn't vote in this poll earlier!

Vinnie, Thursday, 12 August 2021 00:42 (two years ago) link

i ended up going with "lullaby"

ufo, Thursday, 12 August 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link

Spotify for most of them:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50tAifbQwgT1Rl4MRD81Mf?si=nxCcfuiOQKWoiijZv8optg

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 12 August 2021 03:34 (two years ago) link

“Nothing But Heart” was our first dance at our wedding <3

my Least Favorite Writer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 August 2021 03:53 (two years ago) link

i applaud yr wedding crowd if you went the full song length! :)

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 12 August 2021 04:11 (two years ago) link

"Nothing But Heart" is also amazing

Vinnie, Thursday, 12 August 2021 05:13 (two years ago) link

iirc we cut out the noise guitar intro and the drone outro, which shortened it almost a minute and a half

my Least Favorite Writer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 August 2021 05:36 (two years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link

counting down...

StanM, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link


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