(oh wait, "Never Stop" was a non-album single as well. it can stay.)
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
yep. "My Kingdom" is a glaring omission here.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
inclined to vote for "the cutter"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
back of love, most likely. other standouts among standouts are dancing horses, the cutter, and seven seas.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 21:06 (four years ago) link
A tough choice against "The Killing Moon" and "Never Stop,", but whenever I see or hear the word "shimmer" I immediately think of "Bring on the Dancing Horses," so I have to go with it.
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
I love "Rescue". It feels in family with "Never Say Never". It's hard to vote for an Ocean Rain track because I love that whole album and want to also hear The Yo Yo Man when I listen to the others.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 03:27 (four years ago) link
maybe it seems aimless (aimless!) compared to the songs all around it
Yes, I've become quite fond of this moniker. ftr, in the book Cold Comfort Farm there is a cow named Aimless. This immediately endeared the book to me. I have not yet seen it used as a proper noun anywhere else.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 03:34 (four years ago) link
"Back of Love" wins for me thanks to that dreamy bridge with the strings.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 04:50 (four years ago) link
this is tough. I might vote for "Do It Clean"
― crüt, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 05:21 (four years ago) link
Why I'm voting for BotDHs:
+ Pete's drumming. He has an amazing soft touch of blending in his high-hat with the 16th-note chuggy arpeggiator at the end of each bar, and then this unusual ambidextrous way of punctuating the offbeat in the chorus.+ Les's bass. The chorus has this nifty thing where he does that ascending D-E-F# lick on three different strings while simultaneously ringing the open string of the chord progression (D-A-G).+ I know that arp-synth gate/triggered trem-heavy sound was pretty hot at the time ("How Soon Is Now?" was released a few months earlier) but I feel that in an age of complete excess, Will's playing is really minimal and understated, giving a lot of space to the rhythm section and...- lol those corny-ass presets! those pentatonic harp sweeps, the dreaded pan flute, "lush strings" is the other one in verse 2 I think... but they save the best one for the chorus, that kind of reedy/brassy Eno-esque ascension DX-7 patch. I can forgive those goofy 80s cliches just for the payoff of the one in the chorus.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 05:49 (four years ago) link
Plus, the video
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 09:20 (four years ago) link
bit of an unfair poll, since you have to choose one favorite song from five albums... and each representing a different stage/phase.Then that's how it is. I'm with 'A promise' from Heaven Up Here.
― meisenfek, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 19 April 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
I saw them a couple times, including the tour after this was released. In the end, can't deny "The Killing Moon."
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 April 2020 12:15 (three years ago) link
I would have gone for Ocean Rain if it were here, too. Saving that, The Cutter (the live version off the Liverpool album is holy shit amazing).
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 19 April 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
"Killing Moon" is very my thing
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 19 April 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
― crüt, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 10:21 PM (two weeks ago)
― sarahell, Sunday, 19 April 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
I've never warmed to these people, but I can't deny "The Cutter" and "Do It Clean."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 April 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 20 April 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Surprised at the result!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 20 April 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
same! i didn't realize that "Bring On The Dancing Horses" was a big song for them, tbh
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 April 2020 02:13 (three years ago) link
Pretty in Pink, y'all. Maybe you weren't old enough.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 April 2020 02:13 (three years ago) link
*looks down at 50 year old hands. Frowns*.
Well.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 20 April 2020 03:21 (three years ago) link
i think i voted for 'the cutter' but this poll prompted me to listen to 'bring on the dancing horses' every day for like a week so
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 20 April 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link