Either Del Rio or Trouble. Probably the latter for evoking 'Pink Room'.
― devvvine, Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
It's 'Shadows' for me, solely because it embodies the whole TP feel and geist, to near perfection imo. Looking at the list I'm surprised half of it is pretty alright; watching during the season the performances made me feel more and more weary.
I probably disliked Hudson Mo's one the most.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
I didn't like all the artists but I loved the idea of taking time out of the 18 episodes for these performances. It was like David Lynch booking SNL.
― Chris L, Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
Voted "The World Spins"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
Toss up between that and "Shadow"
hudmo sucked. the rest of these are variously terrific
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
xps Yeah and all the variations on it were really cleverly done, patterns kept getting established & subverted ito the point in the episode where the cut to the roadhouse would happen, whether the announcer would be there, whether there would be an accompanying scene... there was just a great cumulative effect.
(This is partly why I think booker t and zz top should have been included, they're part of the "and now, tonight's musical guest" thread)
― streeps of range (wins), Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
might vote vedder tbh i've really grown to love that song???
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
― Chris L, Saturday, September 9, 2017 9:30 AM (fifty-four minutes ago)
The languidity of the opening theme/credits ushered me into this dreamworld every week, like a hypnotic trance re-induction cue, and a roadhouse performance ushered me out. Snap! You're awake.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 9 September 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
Cactus Blossoms, for the thrill of seeing a local (for me) band on the Twin Peaks stage
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 9 September 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
voted NIN as the killer prelude to that EP8 sequence. Twin Peaks was always industrial (the saw blades at the intro) so this made me so happy to see.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 September 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
"Snake Eyes", with "No Stars" a close second, and "Just You" third for the announcer giving me the chills when he introduced James.
― cwkiii, Saturday, 9 September 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
I voted for Sharon Van Etten just because I really lover her and I love that song, though I don't know if it was the 'best' one of these. I actually really liked the Trouble performance, and the song fit the series; it was like getting Thought Gang back
― akm, Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
"i voted for axolotl, because of the song and because of ruby"
yeah that was a surprise, I don't care for most of the Veils stuff but that song was awesome and I liked the 'performance' of it as well.
― akm, Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
Audrey's dance. Found most of the performances underwhelming, even if by artists I like. Like the Chromatics song fit but it's one of their weakest songs in their catalog
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
I still can't believe Charlene Yi had one of the maybe 10 best sequences of the entire series
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Honestly it's sad that Cruise probably won't win, due to the quick cut of her performance
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
That isn't why she won't win
― streeps of range (wins), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
yeah, shouldn't of said won't win, but less votes will definitely be cast. why then wins?
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
The Nine Inch Nails. Not my favorite song, but it was the perfect setup for the rest of 8.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
xp I don't think the (huge) impact of that song would have been greater if it had gone on for longer
― streeps of range (wins), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
But it's an old song and (rightly) not really recontextualised the way just you and Audrey's dance were, so it makes sense that people pass over it in a poll like this
― streeps of range (wins), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
I voted for James I'm not ashamed
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 10 September 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
hell yeah brother, was my second choice
― flappy bird, Sunday, 10 September 2017 04:43 (six years ago) link
I'm leaning towards Lark right now, it really ties a nice bow around the first four episodes. Like those first four episodes are so bewildering, you get through them all and you have no idea where the show is going to go, and then that song comes on and it's so pleasant. it really captures this feeling that the plot is starting to form and the rest of the show is gonna be one long strange dreamy ride. I also like how they're stylish in a lynchian way but it doesn't feel like they're "trying" to put on an image (i.e. chromatics, who i love but of course they're in this thing)
it's amazing how a vote's been guaranteed for all but 3 performances here, and there's no way No Stars isn't getting a vote. Heck it's my second choice right now.
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 10 September 2017 05:21 (six years ago) link
well maybe not guaranteed, but there's a lot of love to go around for all of these. except hudmo. poor hudmo. I contemplated combining his performance with au revoir simone's in part 9 but then anyone who just liked the simone song wouldn't dare vote for it
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 10 September 2017 05:23 (six years ago) link
I've had sharp dressed man stuck in my head since the episode aired.
― cosmic brain dildo (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 10 September 2017 06:07 (six years ago) link
I loved the HudMo for showing that there are support bands in the nu-Roadhouse universe
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Sunday, 10 September 2017 06:24 (six years ago) link
and ppl still talk through them
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Sunday, 10 September 2017 06:25 (six years ago) link
Axolotl was possibly the single worst thing I've ever seen. That band annoys me anyway, but jfc
― albvivertine, Sunday, 10 September 2017 06:41 (six years ago) link
Anyway, probably not voting for them
― albvivertine, Sunday, 10 September 2017 06:42 (six years ago) link
otm, axolotl was the absolute lowest point
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 10 September 2017 09:47 (six years ago) link
• None of the above.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 10 September 2017 13:04 (six years ago) link
sad that xiu xiu didn't get their rightful spot in the roadhouse but at least we have this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SG6yDSbtxU
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 10 September 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
my unborn child first discernibly kicked during the nine inch nails performance (and kicked like crazy during the same song when we saw them at webster hall a few weeks later). so the nin it is.
― adam, Sunday, 10 September 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
that rules
― flappy bird, Sunday, 10 September 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
The roadhouse is proud to welcome
― streeps of range (wins), Sunday, 10 September 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
not sure why people have a visceral bad reaction to that Veils song.
who is going to stand up for Lissie - Wild West? NOT ME that was fucking terrible.
― akm, Sunday, 10 September 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
the absolute nadir and low point of the Return IMO
(except for maybe Leaving Las Vegas)
eh on rewatch i suddenly really liked the lissie song
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, 10 September 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
I thought the Veils song was great.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 10 September 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
akm otm ftw
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 10 September 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
voting 'shadow', just ahead of nin for me
― nxd, Monday, 11 September 2017 09:13 (six years ago) link
i didn't hate any of the songs. the lissie song felt a little out of context with the rest of the music, and i'm not a big vedder/pearl jam fan but i thought his song was fine. the sharon van etten song is the only one i have no memory of at all.
― na (NA), Monday, 11 September 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
i'm actually going to vote for the sharon van etten song, it's so gorgeous
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 September 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
regret voting for NIN instead of James
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 03:52 (six years ago) link
don't regret it, you made the right choice
― Moodles, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:02 (six years ago) link
plot twist: james actually wins the poll
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 05:23 (six years ago) link
it would have been 2 to three minutes better
― akm, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
Different strokes I guess. They could have had Donna and Bobby reprise their weeping, too, as a recording from the 90s played out, but it's hard to see what that would add - the way they went was purposeful and effective, and we can all still play our old CDs.
― good art is orange; great art is teal (wins), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
I definitely would have liked it longer though not necessarily the whole song.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
wins - the band that played her backing band (was it veils) did that interview about meticulously learning the song and playing it live over and over and then it was just the a short snippet of the performance that barely featured any julie and it was the recorded track from the 90s! obvs there was something up. maybe that clouds the scene for me.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
yeah Cruise went off on FB about "the cult" of Lynch. it's a bummer. reminded me of the Michael J. Anderson stuff. and Sherilyn's tweet...
― flappy bird, Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:44 (six years ago) link
Do you have a link to this? I saw cruise's SABRINA SUTHERLAND DISRESPECTED ME rant but I'm not so interested in stuff like that
Good results btw, although I thought the other chromatics and au revoir songs would get a vote
― good art is orange; great art is teal (wins), Thursday, 21 September 2017 10:08 (six years ago) link
It's fair to assume, if this poll wasn't Roadhouse specific, that Harry Dean Stanton would've won in a landslide, yes?
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 September 2017 11:54 (six years ago) link
Either that or gordon whistling
― good art is orange; great art is teal (wins), Thursday, 21 September 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
New Order piano into Dougie wonder tinkle section ftw
― lilcraigyboi (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 21 September 2017 12:10 (six years ago) link
LSO played a blinder in ep 8.
(Don't actually know if it's that recording).
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
I'd love a Trouble album
― Brad C., Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:38 (six years ago) link
It was Chromatics who played the backing band for Cruise and in fact played live with her. I think maybe one of the issues was that they wound up using the original recording instead of what was played. Who knows why. Jonny Jewel said in a P4k interview that they practiced it over and over; and they did one take, then Lynch whispered something to her, and he didn't know what it was, and it completely changed the performance and the second one was amazing. Clearly that wasn't what was used in the end.
― akm, Thursday, 21 September 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
that Trouble song is great!!!
disappointed the song isn't titled "where's billy" though
― akm, Thursday, 21 September 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
Au Revoir Simone underrepresented itt imo
― © louis jagger/richards (Pillbox), Thursday, 11 January 2018 09:18 (six years ago) link
I didn't care for Out of Sand when i first it but I've been revisiting it lately and yeah it emotionally destroys me every time
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 19 March 2018 02:09 (six years ago) link
just getting around to this. that NIN performance was the most embarrassing thing i have ever seen
― massaman gai, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 07:10 (five years ago) link
that’s a low threshold of embarrassment
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 10:59 (five years ago) link
It’s certainly no sycamore trees, given that it serves a similar purpose in the episode
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:36 (five years ago) link
have i noted my objection to this ilm thread being on ilx yet
― tired culché (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
an ilm thread on ilx? say it ain't so
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
cant get jaded in the face of tyranny buck
― tired culché (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
No votes fof Saturday? Used very beautifully
― mind how you go (Ross), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
wtf there are so many more embarrassing things than THE Nine Inch Nails
― akm, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy0a7_lEoQg
^^^ the best one
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 December 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
Indeed, one of those votes is mine
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 8 December 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
rewatching currently and Rebekah Del Rio’s just feels like the original run’s Julee Cruise song. And Moby!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:58 (two years ago) link
baffles me that Beach House weren’t among these performances
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 30 April 2022 05:07 (two years ago) link
the Broadcast poll had me thinking how they would’ve been a great fit, not necessarily on the stage performance section, but doing whatever Lynch was doing for his sound editing.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 30 April 2022 05:13 (two years ago) link
the breakdown in the chromatics song "shadow" has a brief moment that directly rips off the verse melody of "wish fulfillment" by sonic youth
― na (NA), Monday, 12 September 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
when I first saw that episode there was a moment where I thought it might be a cover
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 12 September 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
I got around to watching this last year and really liked the Lissie song.
― peace, man, Monday, 12 September 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
Au Revoir Simone is very bad
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 12 September 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link