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[Paul]

My excitement over BSS has cooled, but I think they're one of the bands that we shouldn't forget how good they are/were. They recently played a street festival out here and a friend of some friends who blogged about it and wrote that he didn't like BSS' set because he "got over Dave Matthews 8 years ago". I'm seriously thinking about just straight up punching him and yelling "You fucking idiot" at him next time I see him at a show. It's amazing how some people can completely miss the point of something and not get it.

Sort of along those lines, there is a comment in Stereogum's post about BSS at Lollapalooza 2006 where the guy says that someone standing by him was surprised they didn't sound like Barenaked Ladies. I guess because they're both Canadian or something.

[Bleep Blop]

Amazed Stars of the Lid are so high. Loved the last album though. Might be the wrong thread to ask, and I'm not even sure it matters-- but SOTL fans, where do I go next after the latest album? Tired Sounds?

[Simakos]

we still have Jay Reatard coming up. right?

[theremin]

damn, is that it for the night?

[Pavement Ist Rad]

we still have Jay Reatard coming up. right?

Ha, he actually placed a long time ago.

I don't think Eric's Trip placed yet, though.

[77 or 88]

If we are judging Funkadelic as a separate band than Parliament, does that mean Parliament placed higher, or didn't place at all? I love Funkadelic and all but fuck, Funkentelechy vs the Placebo Syndrome is easily the best album George Clinton was ever involved with.

Aside: the school i attend just decided to book Blues Traveler over George Clinton and P-Funk. George and all are way past their prime, but picking Blues Traveler as being the big show of the year? wtf?

[Bleep Blop]

If we are judging Funkadelic as a separate band than Parliament, does that mean Parliament placed higher, or didn't place at all? I love Funkadelic and all but fuck, Funkentelechy vs the Placebo Syndrome is easily the best album George Clinton was ever involved with.

Aside: the school i attend just decided to book Blues Traveler over George Clinton and P-Funk. George and all are way past their prime, but picking Blues Traveler as being the big show of the year? wtf?

That's a mistake. Saw P-Funk Allstars at Uchicago 3-4 years ago, and that was just fun as hell. George Clinton was so fucked up that when his sunglasses got stuck in his dreads, he didn't bother with the untangle- he just ripped out a few of those motherfuckers.

Oh yeah, and when they played Maggotbrain, it started raining. Prah.

[theremin]

If we are judging Funkadelic as a separate band than Parliament, does that mean Parliament placed higher, or didn't place at all? I love Funkadelic and all but fuck, Funkentelechy vs the Placebo Syndrome is easily the best album George Clinton was ever involved with.

The decision was made to split them. I saw more people voting for funkadelic, so that's what I voted for. I don't think parliament will place.

[Campaigner]

I prefer Funkadelic to Parliament - so they got more vote. Parliament may have been more fun than Funkadelic, but Funkadelic were far more exciting, and it's that excitement which sends me back to their albums more than Parliament's (which aren't bad at all).

[M_Rots]

If we are judging Funkadelic as a separate band than Parliament, does that mean Parliament placed higher, or didn't place at all? I love Funkadelic and all but fuck, Funkentelechy vs the Placebo Syndrome is easily the best album George Clinton was ever involved with.

Aside: the school i attend just decided to book Blues Traveler over George Clinton and P-Funk. George and all are way past their prime, but picking Blues Traveler as being the big show of the year? wtf?

Bright side for you: Ole Miss booked Tone Loc last year.

This year: Afroman.

That'll be an hour of drunk kids ignoring the guy onstage and then ten minutes of cheering whenever he goes, "Because I got high..."

[Ent]

latest updated list 131. Stereolab 132. Stars of the Lid 133. Bob Mould 134. Slayer 135. Funkadelic 136. The Mekons 137. Steve Earle 138. Orbital 139. Queens of the Stone Age 140. Broken Social Scene 141. John Coltrane 142. Wire 143. The Allman Brothers Band 144. Buffalo Tom 145. Autechre 146. Sun Kil Moon 147. Joy Division 148. King Crimson 149. Rocket From The Crypt 150. Dinosaur Jr. 151. Kraftwerk 152. Sunny Day Real Estate 153. Joanna Newsom 154. Television 155. Bob Marley 156. Jeff Buckley 157. X 158. The Hold Steady 159. Kings Of Leon 160. Curtis Mayfield 161. Super Furry Animals 162. Queen 163. Jawbox 164. Boredoms 165. Deftones 166. Meat Puppets 167. The Cars 168. Cat Stevens 169. Nas 170. The Police 171. Eels 172. The Mountain Goats 173. Chuck Berry 174. Peter Gabriel 175. Leonard Cohen 176. Paul McCartney/Wings 177. Scott Walker 178. The Pogues 179. Jens Lekman 180. Paul Westerberg 181. Kiss 182. Sugar 183. Bauhaus 184. The Notorious B.I.G. 185. Unwound 186. Buzzcocks 187. Public Enemy 188. Oasis 189. Swans 190. Tortoise 191. The Doors 192. Destroyer 193. The Go-Betweens 194. Green Day 195. Tori Amos 196. Sunset Rubdown 197. Neurosis 198. Prong 199. Grant Lee Buffalo 200. Michael Jackson 201. Ray Charles 202. Robyn Hitchcock 203. Air 204. Supergrass 205. Thelonious Monk 206. The Zombies 207. Jimmy Eat World 208. Morphine 209. The Fiery Furnaces 210. Bright Eyes 211. John Lennon 212. The Libertines 213. The Magnetic Fields 214. The Chemical Brothers 215. Echo and the Bunnymen 216. Motörhead 217. King's X 218. Arvo Pärt 219. Willie Nelson 220. John Prine 221. This Heat 222. Jane's Addiction 223. Pet Shop Boys 224. The Streets 225. Superchunk 226. Kate Bush 227. Social Distortion 228. The Mars Volta 229. Al Green 230. Jawbreaker 231. Wu-Tang Clan 232. Billy Bragg 233. Jets To Brazil 234. Tool 235. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 236. Nick Lowe 237. Wolf Parade 238. Dexys Midnight Runners 239. Townes Van Zandt 240. Saint Etienne 241. Morrissey 242. Woody Guthrie 243. The Birthday Party 244. American Music Club 245. Booker T & The M.G.'s 246. Mr. Bungle 247. The Olivia Tremor Control 248. The Sea and Cake 249. Marvin Gaye 250. Elvis Presley 251. Chris Whitley 252. Hanoi Rocks 253. Marillion 254. Patty Griffin 255. [Insert your favorite band that got left out here] 256. Pretty Girls Make Graves 257. Steve Reich 258. The Sword 259. The Misfits 260. ABBA 261. Fiona Apple 262. Howlin' Wolf 263. The Orb 264. Jay Reatard 265. Ricardo Villalobos 266. Todd Rundgren 267. James Brown 268. At The Drive-In 269. LCD Soundsystem 270. Red House Painters 271. Death Cab For Cutie 272. The Jayhawks 273. The Tragically Hip 274. Gillian Welch 275. Sparklehorse 276. Patti Smith 277. Opeth 278. Sufjan Stevens 279. Unrest 280. Paul Simon 281. Frank Sinatra 282. Genesis 283. Mötley Crüe 284. Nine Inch Nails 285. Primal Scream 286. The Wrens 287. DJ Shadow 288. Phil Spector 289. The Specials 290. Low 291. Eminem 292. Joe Strummer/Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros 293. The Byrds 294. Counting Crows 295. Gram Parsons 296. Slowdive 297. Faust 298. Foo Fighters 299. Interpol 300. Doves 301. Rilo Kiley

[falling and laughing]

great to see Stereolab, a classic and underrated band. They, even moreso than Tortoise or Beck or Mo Wax or Grand Royal or Saint Etienne, helped push 90s indie in so many directions at once and did quite a lot to define what from the past became "cool" and key texts to indie kids at the time and going forward, from the Beach Boys and Cali Pop to krautrock to Ennio and soundtracks to exotica and lounge to yé-yé and continental pop to tropicalia. Plus made great music of course, and even were political in a non-punchable way. They're one of those groups that suffer due to looking at the past through an LP-centric prism, because there have no go-to LPs that sum up their sound, or an album everyone agrees is their best and therefore makes all-time lists, so they get unfairly skipped over.

[Huckle]

great to see Stereolab, a classic and underrated band. They, even moreso than Tortoise or Beck or Mo Wax or Grand Royal or Saint Etienne, helped push 90s indie in so many directions at once and did quite a lot to define what from the past became "cool" and key texts to indie kids at the time and going forward, from the Beach Boys and Cali Pop to krautrock to Ennio and soundtracks to exotica and lounge to yé-yé and continental pop to tropicalia. Plus made great music of course, and even were political in a non-punchable way.

They're one of those groups that suffer due to looking at the past through an LP-centric prism, because there have no go-to LPs that sum up their sound, or an album everyone agrees is their best and therefore makes all-time lists, so they get unfairly skipped over.

I think 80% of the fans would say Emperor Tomato is the best, and the hipster 20% crowd will say Transient Random Noise Bursts. I'm a Mars Audiac man myself.

[Agrimorfee]

Stars Of The Lid

who??

http://en.wikipedia....tars_of_the_Lid
I just got into these guys recently. I call it "Sigur Ros without the singing, played at 16 RPM." An ambient artist with a sense of humor is a rare thing, with song titles like "December Hunting for Vegetarian Fuckface".

[mouthbreather]

I prefer Funkadelic to Parliament - so they got more vote. Parliament may have been more fun than Funkadelic, but Funkadelic were far more exciting, and it's that excitement which sends me back to their albums more than Parliament's (which aren't bad at all).

Agreed. The Funkadelic albums were much more musically inventive to me - sure, not as fun to dance to - but they've also held up a bit better for me.

[But I guess, why split hairs? They're both effin' great]

[Drinky]

great to see Stereolab, a classic and underrated band. They, even moreso than Tortoise or Beck or Mo Wax or Grand Royal or Saint Etienne, helped push 90s indie in so many directions at once and did quite a lot to define what from the past became "cool" and key texts to indie kids at the time and going forward, from the Beach Boys and Cali Pop to krautrock to Ennio and soundtracks to exotica and lounge to yé-yé and continental pop to tropicalia. Plus made great music of course, and even were political in a non-punchable way.

They're one of those groups that suffer due to looking at the past through an LP-centric prism, because there have no go-to LPs that sum up their sound, or an album everyone agrees is their best and therefore makes all-time lists, so they get unfairly skipped over.

I think 80% of the fans would say Emperor Tomato is the best, and the hipster 20% crowd will say Transient Random Noise Bursts. I'm a Mars Audiac man myself.

Dots and Loops.

Great to seem them on the list, albeit outside the top 100. Not sure how overlooked they are as they've maintained a steady, substantial following for almost 20 years now. You can probably find their new album in most big-box stores.


I can't believe Stars of the Lid are this high. I like them and all, but...

[RabbiSchmoiley]

great to see Stereolab, a classic and underrated band. They, even moreso than Tortoise or Beck or Mo Wax or Grand Royal or Saint Etienne, helped push 90s indie in so many directions at once and did quite a lot to define what from the past became "cool" and key texts to indie kids at the time and going forward, from the Beach Boys and Cali Pop to krautrock to Ennio and soundtracks to exotica and lounge to yé-yé and continental pop to tropicalia. Plus made great music of course, and even were political in a non-punchable way.

They're one of those groups that suffer due to looking at the past through an LP-centric prism, because there have no go-to LPs that sum up their sound, or an album everyone agrees is their best and therefore makes all-time lists, so they get unfairly skipped over.

I think 80% of the fans would say Emperor Tomato is the best, and the hipster 20% crowd will say Transient Random Noise Bursts. I'm a Mars Audiac man myself.

Dots and Loops.

Falling and Laughing, great post. They really are one of those bands that most people would like if they heard them - just such a cool vibe. FWIW, my go-to album is Cobra and Phases.

[Duff.]

(just kidding Rush fans... or am I? Can't deny "Tom Sawyer," that's for sure)

Let me take this opportunity to deny Tom Sawyer.

[mouthbreather]

(just kidding Rush fans... or am I? Can't deny "Tom Sawyer," that's for sure)

Let me take this opportunity to deny Tom Sawyer.

Yeah, me too.
Solid song way back when, but suffers greatly from overexposure.

[bobsatwork]

great to see Stereolab, a classic and underrated band. They, even moreso than Tortoise or Beck or Mo Wax or Grand Royal or Saint Etienne, helped push 90s indie in so many directions at once and did quite a lot to define what from the past became "cool" and key texts to indie kids at the time and going forward, from the Beach Boys and Cali Pop to krautrock to Ennio and soundtracks to exotica and lounge to yé-yé and continental pop to tropicalia. Plus made great music of course, and even were political in a non-punchable way.

They're one of those groups that suffer due to looking at the past through an LP-centric prism, because there have no go-to LPs that sum up their sound, or an album everyone agrees is their best and therefore makes all-time lists, so they get unfairly skipped over.

I think 80% of the fans would say Emperor Tomato is the best, and the hipster 20% crowd will say Transient Random Noise Bursts. I'm a Mars Audiac man myself.

Dots and Loops.

Falling and Laughing, great post. They really are one of those bands that most people would like if they heard them - just such a cool vibe. FWIW, my go-to album is Cobra and Phases.

i'd go with Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On Volume 2, myself, and i think we've summed up your statement that no one fully agreed on which album is their best.