lions (linden) don't do much for me tbh; the rest are gold but i can still rank 'em pretty easily, singer > texas > frontwards.
― massive dynamic lady (ledge), Monday, 18 May 2009 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Uhhhh . . . no.
Not to derail this but as the guy who's constantly REM-boosting on this board, let me say that even I recognize that Watery, Domestic is better than Chronic Town.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 May 2009 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link
frontwards was one of the first pavement songs i heard and loved, but i could really go with any one of the four. pretty near perfect, this.
whoa chronic town vs. watery domestic cage match!!
― ^defense is impregnable (will), Monday, 18 May 2009 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
so tough
― Mr. Que, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
texas vs. singer is killing me
and this kills chronic town
― Mr. Que, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link
overrated!!!
― dog latin, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ pssh
― cutty, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
love Greenlander though. I never quite got on with tinny, trebly-era Pavement though to be fair.
― dog latin, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess you don't like pavement then
― Mr. Que, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
and in the morning light.. you hold that ashtray !tight!
― cutty, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm one of those people who dodesn't think they went shit after the first album.
i liked the los campesinos version of frontward fwiw.
― dog latin, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
it's worth nothing.
― cutty, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
"this song is called frontwards. it's about moving forward. obviously."
― Mr. Que, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^^ lol. I have that bootleg on vinyl
― dmr, Monday, 18 May 2009 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
open up the purses for the boys who reimburse us
hahaha me too! high fives
voted for texas. a song i've only seen on a bootleg once, someone (prob. Bob) chanting "Texas" the whole time.
props for the summer babe version of lions
Gary: "I don't remember how the song goes."SM: "Every street a straight. . . Bomp-bom-ba-bom-ba-bom-ba-bom-bom. . . You'll know it."Gary: (drumming) Bomp-bom-ba-bom-ba-bom-ba-bom-bom
SM: "Every street a straight line. . ."
― Mr. Que, Monday, 18 May 2009 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
one of my favorite bootleg moments ever
Bob is doing some stringer/freelance writing lately for D41Ly R4c1ng F0rm (where I work)
It was weird trying to explain to people at work that our Prairie Mead0ws correspondent (tiny racetrack in Iowa) was in the best band of the '90s
― dmr, Monday, 18 May 2009 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
glad this thread has taken off. i think i'll go with "frontwards", though this is really like picking a favorite child. wowee zowee is definitely my favorite pavement album but like i said, this is the best thing they ever did, song-for-song
― k3vin k., Monday, 18 May 2009 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
the hell is it about KC0U alum and that periodical.... !
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 18 May 2009 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i went with "texas never whispers" but they're all worthy, of course
― Beatrix Kiddo, Monday, 18 May 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I just recently discovered that Placebo samples Texas never whispers in some song. that's kinda weird.
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 18 May 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Was pretty weird when I first heard it, for sure. I should probably apologise for putting this in the thread, even though I don't hate them.
― massive dynamic lady (ledge), Monday, 18 May 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Frontwards takes the cake. although Texas intro fills me with such excitement, especially if i know for sure that someone is playing the whole EP start to finish.
― ghostofcrujones, Monday, 18 May 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Was "Greenlander" from the same sessions, or just from around the same time?
Same sessions, as far as I know! As were the great "Sue Me Jack" and "So Stark (You're a Skyscraper)."
This poll is impossible.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, that seven-song session may have been the peak of something. Western civilization, possibly.
― Douglas, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
So wrong. And -- as good as Pavement's EP is -- not even a close call. But, de gustibus not est disputadum.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 20 May 2009 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
it is interesting that there's a whole classic pavement album in between S&E and CRCR
1. Texas Never Whispers2. Frontwards3. (Feed Them To The) Lions4. Shoot the Singer5. Greenlander6. Sue Me Jack7. So Stark8. Kentucky Cocktail9. Circa 176210. Secret Knowledge of the Backroads
I mean, that lineup of songs is as good as any record they ever released ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
the band has to call a collection of songs an album for it to be an album
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
you're right
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm just saying that they could've released an amazing follow up much sooner than they did
If they would have released all that as an EP, it would have competed with Come On Pilgrim for greatest EP ever.
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 01:33 (fourteen years ago) link
pavement in having ridiculously classic b-sides/unreleased songs shocker
― man see united (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 05:38 (fourteen years ago) link
i'll have to check 'em out - never got around to getting any of the expanded reissues.
― massive dynamic lady (ledge), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 07:54 (fourteen years ago) link
earlier poll:
WATERY, DOMESTIC while we're at it
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
how hard is it to search the words watery, domestic
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 09:45 (fourteen years ago) link
THIS:
"Dont hold your breath too longThis tunnel is a Texas mile
Callow teasing yellow eyesBleacher dates the second prizeCherry pickin' favoritesMy dashboard's lockedI guess I feel fine
The way the river bendsThe woman's bending over me"
IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Friday, October 17, 2008 1:39 PM
PEDANT ALERT: #s 6-7
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 09:47 (fourteen years ago) link
also intro Oberheim OB-8 squelch forever.
― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Friday, October 17, 2008 1:39 PM (7 months ago)
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 09:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
word
― man see united (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 23:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I know it's from Thom Wilson's Ambergris - "Ambergris" LP cover but check out Hodgy's shirt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcHxiWwubnk
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 16 January 2021 06:48 (three years ago) link