So Much Poll That It's Wasted: Dig the Pavement Watery, Domestic Poll

^^^^^ lol. I have that bootleg on vinyl

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. . ."

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

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

the hell is it about KC0U alum and that periodical.... !

i went with "texas never whispers" but they're all worthy, of course

I just recently discovered that Placebo samples Texas never whispers in some song. that's kinda weird.

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.

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.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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.

Yeah, that seven-song session may have been the peak of something. Western civilization, possibly.

and this kills chronic town

So wrong. And -- as good as Pavement's EP is -- not even a close call. But, de gustibus not est disputadum.

it is interesting that there's a whole classic pavement album in between S&E and CRCR

1. Texas Never Whispers
2. Frontwards
3. (Feed Them To The) Lions
4. Shoot the Singer
5. Greenlander
6. Sue Me Jack
7. So Stark
8. Kentucky Cocktail
9. Circa 1762
10. Secret Knowledge of the Backroads

I mean, that lineup of songs is as good as any record they ever released ...

the band has to call a collection of songs an album for it to be an album

you're right

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.

pavement in having ridiculously classic b-sides/unreleased songs shocker

i'll have to check 'em out - never got around to getting any of the expanded reissues.

earlier poll:

WATERY, DOMESTIC while we're at it

how hard is it to search the words watery, domestic

THIS:

"Dont hold your breath too long
This tunnel is a Texas mile

Callow teasing yellow eyes
Bleacher dates the second prize
Cherry pickin' favorites
My dashboard's locked
I guess I feel fine

The way the river bends
The woman's bending over me"

IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

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PEDANT ALERT: #s 6-7

also intro Oberheim OB-8 squelch forever.

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

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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