Great thread so far.
Makes me wish i had put an ounce of thought into my list and made it longer than 10 artists.
I didn't really look at any of the lists... Do we think this is Radiohead vs. The Beatles?
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The SOMBie quotes are great. Thanks for all your efforts Paul.
QUOTE (Melted Cheese @ Aug 18 2008, 11:58 PM) 
Great thread so far.
Makes me wish i had put an ounce of thought into my list and made it longer than 10 artists.
I didn't really look at any of the lists... Do we think this is Radiohead vs. The Beatles?
Makes me wish i had put an ounce of thought into my list and made it longer than 10 artists.
I didn't really look at any of the lists... Do we think this is Radiohead vs. The Beatles?
the thread subtitle makes me think replacements. fake out?
but seriously, how sweet would it be for the replacements to beat out the beatles?
and fuck democracy, i'll bribe ya paul to make this come true.
wow, Shadow's really low. But it's all good. So far the list is looking nice.
there are just so many god damn great bands in this world... so many bands.
I would be sweet if the Beatles weren't even top five.
QUOTE (simakos @ Aug 19 2008, 12:18 AM)
there are just so many god damn great bands in this world... so many bands.
Precisely.
great job, Paul
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 18 2008, 04:07 PM)
You’re So Cute When You’re Frustrated, Dear
#299.
Interpol
SOMBies Say:
“Interpol is a fucking awesome band. And perhaps you can try and make vague complaints ("the sound is old now", "they sound like She Wants Revenge"), but at the end of the day, there's this little fact for me: Interpol writes fucking amazing songs, and has had 2 damn great albums (everyone loves Turn Off The Bright Lights, but I think that Antics is just as good.” – MattDrufke
“THis annoying girl I work with kept talking about innerpool at our happy hour today. I wanted to slap her. She said, "innerpool and the killers are my favorite bands. oh, and i also love mars volta." She also said I rock becaus eI was the only one who knew what teh hell she was talking about.” – red
#299.
Interpol
SOMBies Say:
“Interpol is a fucking awesome band. And perhaps you can try and make vague complaints ("the sound is old now", "they sound like She Wants Revenge"), but at the end of the day, there's this little fact for me: Interpol writes fucking amazing songs, and has had 2 damn great albums (everyone loves Turn Off The Bright Lights, but I think that Antics is just as good.” – MattDrufke
“THis annoying girl I work with kept talking about innerpool at our happy hour today. I wanted to slap her. She said, "innerpool and the killers are my favorite bands. oh, and i also love mars volta." She also said I rock becaus eI was the only one who knew what teh hell she was talking about.” – red
Shoule be higher.
Great thread!
Should have been lower. These guys are horrible.
Agreed.
QUOTE (theremin @ Aug 18 2008, 03:25 PM)
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 18 2008, 04:11 PM)
#298. Foo Fighters
Should have been lower. These guys are horrible.
Agreed.
QUOTE (Saskadelphia @ Aug 19 2008, 03:46 PM)
Great thread!
Should have been lower. These guys are horrible.
Agreed.
QUOTE (theremin @ Aug 18 2008, 03:25 PM)
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 18 2008, 04:11 PM)
#298. Foo Fighters
Should have been lower. These guys are horrible.
Agreed.
Maybe - but I can easily say they'll be better than quite a bit of what's to come.
Looking good Paul, cheers
Good mix of the great (Specials, Byrds, Gram, Spector) the good (Primals, Doves) and complete shit. (Counting Crows, Montana.)
Thrilled to see Low made it... one of my favorite bands. And already I've had my interest piqued about a new band (The Specials) - awesome!
Each passing entry convinces me that the Burritos are going to be top 20. Top 10 even...
Meaningless prediction: Counting Crows would have been higher in the list if they'd stopped making (the same old) music after '94...
Kinda sad no one else listed my favorite Kiwi band, the Mutton Birds. I guess I was hoping as obscure as they are in the US someone else around might have heard and liked them, and they'd find their way in someone at the end of the ranking... Then again, there was a Bailterspace vote, so it's good to see at least some small NZ bands get a bit of appreciation.
Kinda sad no one else listed my favorite Kiwi band, the Mutton Birds. I guess I was hoping as obscure as they are in the US someone else around might have heard and liked them, and they'd find their way in someone at the end of the ranking... Then again, there was a Bailterspace vote, so it's good to see at least some small NZ bands get a bit of appreciation.
QUOTE (Himajin @ Aug 19 2008, 08:15 AM)
Meaningless prediction: Counting Crows would have been higher in the list if they'd stopped making (the same old) music after '94...
Yeah, if they'd broken up after Recovering the Satellites, or just faded into obscurity instead of still having the occasional chart hit with Joni Mitchell covers and terrible soundtrack pablum, they'd garner a lot more respect. Those first two albums are good enough that I could see people ignoring everything else and keeping them on a list of favorites. Hell, if anything else on the new album had been anywhere near the greatness of "Cowboys", I may have been willing to throw them at the bottom of mine...
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 18 2008, 09:52 PM)
Joe Strummer/Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
No way one can find an anti-Strummer quote around here. Wonder how often that will occur around here as the list progresses.
EDIT: And I wonder how often Paul can find NO positive quotes, as the case with Eminem.
nothing to see here...
I’d Rather Die
Than Give You Control
#284.
Nine Inch Nails
SOMBies Say:
“HOLY SHIT
Listening to The Downward Spiral for real for the first time. I thought this was going to suck but this is really, really fucking cool.” – vamos scorcho
“the new ryan adams” – tennisclay
Than Give You Control
#284.
Nine Inch Nails
SOMBies Say:
“HOLY SHIT
Listening to The Downward Spiral for real for the first time. I thought this was going to suck but this is really, really fucking cool.” – vamos scorcho
“the new ryan adams” – tennisclay
My Heart
My Heart
Kickstart My Heart
#283.
Mötley Crüe
SOMBies Say:
“Poison maybe has one good song. The Crue have at least, like, five.” – The Good Dr Bill
“Any band with misused umlauts must be good.” – mouthbreather
My Heart
Kickstart My Heart
#283.
Mötley Crüe
SOMBies Say:
“Poison maybe has one good song. The Crue have at least, like, five.” – The Good Dr Bill
“Any band with misused umlauts must be good.” – mouthbreather
Wow. 300? I don't envy your task here.
Nice to see Faust making this list, even that low. I can't remember if they were on my list or not.
Nice to see Faust making this list, even that low. I can't remember if they were on my list or not.
Some Of You Are Going To Die
Martyrs Of Course To The Freedom That I Shall Provide
#282.
Genesis
SOMBies Say:
“Gabriel-era is some of the greatest shit on earth. So, so much better than Led Zeppelin.” – theminimumcircus
“If you are right, Collins is doing one of the best Gabriel impressions ever.” – Montana
Martyrs Of Course To The Freedom That I Shall Provide
#282.
Genesis
SOMBies Say:
“Gabriel-era is some of the greatest shit on earth. So, so much better than Led Zeppelin.” – theminimumcircus
“If you are right, Collins is doing one of the best Gabriel impressions ever.” – Montana
We've hit a bit of a rough patch here, blimey
This is an awesome awesome thread.
I Get No Kick From Champagne
Mere Alcohol Doesn’t Thrill Me At All
#281.
Frank Sinatra
[b]SOMBies Say:
"Try the one where sings ballads and standards. That's the good one." - pong
"In the Wee Small Hours > Sings For Only the Lonely > No One Cares
Those albums are bigger downers then Joy Division's Closer for me" - Bobzilla
Mere Alcohol Doesn’t Thrill Me At All
#281.
Frank Sinatra
[b]SOMBies Say:
"Try the one where sings ballads and standards. That's the good one." - pong
"In the Wee Small Hours > Sings For Only the Lonely > No One Cares
Those albums are bigger downers then Joy Division's Closer for me" - Bobzilla
Ooo, I wasn't expecting to see this until Wednesday. I love the format, Paul! This will be a do-able, fun read.
And yeah, thanks for the blurb respite. The extra listening time is needed & much appreciated.
And yeah, thanks for the blurb respite. The extra listening time is needed & much appreciated.
I Met My Old Lover On The Street Last Night
She Seemed So Glad To See Me, I Just Smiled
#280.
Paul Simon
SOMBies Say:
"I think there's a tendency to think that Simon's stuff is too lightweight or whatever, but he really should get more credit for his songwriting. And I always preferred his voice over Art's." - UselessRocker
"more like paul semen" - Sausage
She Seemed So Glad To See Me, I Just Smiled
#280.
Paul Simon
SOMBies Say:
"I think there's a tendency to think that Simon's stuff is too lightweight or whatever, but he really should get more credit for his songwriting. And I always preferred his voice over Art's." - UselessRocker
"more like paul semen" - Sausage
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 19 2008, 11:01 AM)
#282. Genesis
Surprisingly low for this sample, even if I didn't vote for them.
Paul Simon post is hilarious. I lol'd at work and got many a dirty look for it.
Taking Time To Watch The Walking
Taking Time To Take The Train Off
#279.
Unrest
SOMBies Say:
"You know how you guys are always saying 'Marry the girl who listens Unrest!' Well, I was that girl in high school" - Some Girl
"And they had the coolest song titles ever, right? Seriously, having an album with songs called "Cherry Cream On" and "I Do Believe You Are Blushing" pretty much guarantees untouchable pop perfection." - Pavement Ist Rad
Taking Time To Take The Train Off
#279.
Unrest
SOMBies Say:
"You know how you guys are always saying 'Marry the girl who listens Unrest!' Well, I was that girl in high school" - Some Girl
"And they had the coolest song titles ever, right? Seriously, having an album with songs called "Cherry Cream On" and "I Do Believe You Are Blushing" pretty much guarantees untouchable pop perfection." - Pavement Ist Rad
I thought for sure we'd get a coolrock quote on simon here... hold on...
QUOTE
Can I get a witness? I never understood the love for these two fuckwads; Paul Simon coronated as the Prince of Pretension, either looking down his nose or wagging a scolding finger at the un-illuminated masses while Artie hung about, teasing his hair and getting dangerously close to being arrested for Loitering in Front of a Microphone.
I should've known back in the sixties when my brother's sensitive, kiln-tending gal pals went straight from Odetta and Joan Baez to Simon and Garfinkle, bypassing the menace of "Highway 61" to fly like sparrows with broken wings to the spiral notebook and begin writing poetry wrought with "gossamer rain" while S & G plaintively needled them about not having read enough T.S. Elliot and constantly reminded them that they could never be sensitive enough.
This accounts for about 40% of why you kids are so fucked up, btw, or, more simply put,
" Hello lampost. What'cha knowin'?"
Anecdotedly, one of my former band-mates worked very closely with Paul Simon on one of the cuts on his bloated messterpiece, "Graceland", and had great stories about Paul being one of the world's biggest assholes, including, at one point, when his group tried vainly to wrestle some writing credit away from the greedy midget's fat little fingers(for a song that was basically theirs), he told them ( direct quote),
" You could get hurt."
Yee-haaa!
" Hello, Vito, my old friend.
I've come to hire you again."
I should've known back in the sixties when my brother's sensitive, kiln-tending gal pals went straight from Odetta and Joan Baez to Simon and Garfinkle, bypassing the menace of "Highway 61" to fly like sparrows with broken wings to the spiral notebook and begin writing poetry wrought with "gossamer rain" while S & G plaintively needled them about not having read enough T.S. Elliot and constantly reminded them that they could never be sensitive enough.
This accounts for about 40% of why you kids are so fucked up, btw, or, more simply put,
" Hello lampost. What'cha knowin'?"
Anecdotedly, one of my former band-mates worked very closely with Paul Simon on one of the cuts on his bloated messterpiece, "Graceland", and had great stories about Paul being one of the world's biggest assholes, including, at one point, when his group tried vainly to wrestle some writing credit away from the greedy midget's fat little fingers(for a song that was basically theirs), he told them ( direct quote),
" You could get hurt."
Yee-haaa!
" Hello, Vito, my old friend.
I've come to hire you again."
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 19 2008, 08:40 AM)
#284.
Nine Inch Nails
Astonishingly low. A sad, ominous portent.
I Remember At Michael's House
In The Living Room When You Kissed My Neck
And I Almost Touched Your Blouse
#278.
Sufjan Stevens
SOMBies Say:
"I make fun of Sufjan, but I still enjoy a few of his songs a great deal." - Montana
"The thing that made me dig Michigan in the first place was the combination of Reich/Glass and pop sensibilities." - scarymuppet
In The Living Room When You Kissed My Neck
And I Almost Touched Your Blouse
#278.
Sufjan Stevens
SOMBies Say:
"I make fun of Sufjan, but I still enjoy a few of his songs a great deal." - Montana
"The thing that made me dig Michigan in the first place was the combination of Reich/Glass and pop sensibilities." - scarymuppet
This Coffin Is Your Abode From Now And Onwards
#277.
Opeth
SOMBies Say:
"They may very well not have a single bad song, only less good ones" - n-infusino
"Opeth brings the death/black elements in a more classic sense of the genres than probably anything Tool has ever churned out." - Pavement Ist Rad
#277.
Opeth
SOMBies Say:
"They may very well not have a single bad song, only less good ones" - n-infusino
"Opeth brings the death/black elements in a more classic sense of the genres than probably anything Tool has ever churned out." - Pavement Ist Rad
Surprised at all the Unrest love. They never seemed to inspire the same loyalty as other early 90s indie titans, and its a shame because they might have been the best of the lot.
QUOTE (RabbiSchmoiley @ Aug 18 2008, 08:27 PM)
Nice work, Paul. I'll have to tell my wife that Counting Crows made it... she has a special dance she does only for "Mr. Jones" that is fucking hysterical. And that's pretty much all CC is good for, if you ask me.
This post is worthless without pictures.
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 18 2008, 09:52 PM)
Mona Lisa On A Motorcylce Gang
#292.
Joe Strummer/Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
SOMBies Say:
“"Streetcore" makes me wanna rape and pillage. Even on my days off. God damn what an amazing album.” – tweed
#292.
Joe Strummer/Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
SOMBies Say:
“"Streetcore" makes me wanna rape and pillage. Even on my days off. God damn what an amazing album.” – tweed
One of the all-time great SOMBie quotes.
"You said 'rape twice."
"I like rape."
QUOTE (Mitchell @ Aug 19 2008, 04:05 AM)
Good mix of the great (Specials, Byrds, Gram, Spector) the good (Primals, Doves) and complete shit. (Counting Crows, Montana.)
Jesus Died For Somebody's Sins But Not Mine
#276.
Patti Smith
SOMBies Say:
"Easter is way great. Rock and Roll Nigger is one of the best songs ever." - Efrim
"I was disgusted with that "N....R" song patti sung. Withh James Brown honored, Aretha there, Sharpton, Flash and his boys, Jigga, it was pathetic. But I guess these concept songs are what these loony weirdo whites from the 70's use as aliby. She probably the Paris Hilton of her era since the love the same word." - Jigga
#276.
Patti Smith
SOMBies Say:
"Easter is way great. Rock and Roll Nigger is one of the best songs ever." - Efrim
"I was disgusted with that "N....R" song patti sung. Withh James Brown honored, Aretha there, Sharpton, Flash and his boys, Jigga, it was pathetic. But I guess these concept songs are what these loony weirdo whites from the 70's use as aliby. She probably the Paris Hilton of her era since the love the same word." - Jigga
fucking gutted that none of my opeth comments made it. And that they beat the foos
No opeth song ever, ever, could compare with Everlong. Or All my Life. Or Monkey Wrench. Or Aurora. Or...
No opeth song ever, ever, could compare with Everlong. Or All my Life. Or Monkey Wrench. Or Aurora. Or...
She Don't Run
Through The Fields
Anymore
#275.
Sparklehorse
SOMBies Say:
"Get 'It's a Wonderful Life' for a more polished sound (Dave Fridmann) and for a more raw sound check out 'Good Morning Spider'." - Montana
"'piano fire' is one of the best songs i've ever heard in my life. i like sparklehorse, i'm excited, but i secretly wish miss harvey was in the band permanently so everything would be like 'piano fire.'" - Some Girl
Through The Fields
Anymore
#275.
Sparklehorse
SOMBies Say:
"Get 'It's a Wonderful Life' for a more polished sound (Dave Fridmann) and for a more raw sound check out 'Good Morning Spider'." - Montana
"'piano fire' is one of the best songs i've ever heard in my life. i like sparklehorse, i'm excited, but i secretly wish miss harvey was in the band permanently so everything would be like 'piano fire.'" - Some Girl
They Were Gonna Do It Anyway, Even If It Doesn't Pay
#274.
Gillian Welch
SOMBies Say:
"Sing, play guitar, harmonize, write lyrics, develop laws of thermodynamics, cook crack, whatever. Gillian does everything better than anyone else on the history of the world." - Hans Christian Anderson
"And Dave Rawlins ain't too bad either." - Guelan
#274.
Gillian Welch
SOMBies Say:
"Sing, play guitar, harmonize, write lyrics, develop laws of thermodynamics, cook crack, whatever. Gillian does everything better than anyone else on the history of the world." - Hans Christian Anderson
"And Dave Rawlins ain't too bad either." - Guelan
ha great quote there hans. should be higher, imo.
Tonight, We Smoke Them Out
#273.
The Tragically Hip
SOMBies Say:
"A lot of what we've come to expect from The Hip. The single is not close to being the best song. There's some great songwriting here and obscure references to Canadian pop-culture." - Northern Voice
"Theyve fallen off in quality a bit in the last decade. The last few records have been good, but kinda 'meh'" - Peanut Butter Motherfucker
#273.
The Tragically Hip
SOMBies Say:
"A lot of what we've come to expect from The Hip. The single is not close to being the best song. There's some great songwriting here and obscure references to Canadian pop-culture." - Northern Voice
"Theyve fallen off in quality a bit in the last decade. The last few records have been good, but kinda 'meh'" - Peanut Butter Motherfucker
Where Have All My Friends Gone
They've All Disappeared
#272.
The Jayhawks
SOMBies Say:
"The Jayhawks plummeted after Olson left. His last record with the band was Tomorrow The Green Grass, which is full of amazing songs. i wil lsay though that Louris does have a couple great tunes an album. It's just that the albums overall have been far weaker. There are a couple fantastic tunes on Rainy Day Music (Save It For a Rainy Day, Tailspin, Tampa to Tulsa)." - Montana
"the[sic] sound just like ryan adams. wtf?" - Nick
They've All Disappeared
#272.
The Jayhawks
SOMBies Say:
"The Jayhawks plummeted after Olson left. His last record with the band was Tomorrow The Green Grass, which is full of amazing songs. i wil lsay though that Louris does have a couple great tunes an album. It's just that the albums overall have been far weaker. There are a couple fantastic tunes on Rainy Day Music (Save It For a Rainy Day, Tailspin, Tampa to Tulsa)." - Montana
"the[sic] sound just like ryan adams. wtf?" - Nick
And As The Summer's Ending
The Cold Air Will Rush Your Hard Heart Away
#271.
Death Cab For Cutie
SOMBies Say:
"they name drop death cab like they're waiting for me to be impressed. they say it so smuggly too...like they're the greatest shit ever. i want to fucking crush their skulls, but i just agree so i can grab their bomb ass titties in the future." - john the cool kid
"We Have the Facts is still their best album by a mile. Photo Album, the EP with "Photobooth" and "Kelly Huckaby" on it and Transatlanticism are all worth having. Everything else is in sort of middling pleasant-but-not-great territory for me." - UselessRocker
The Cold Air Will Rush Your Hard Heart Away
#271.
Death Cab For Cutie
SOMBies Say:
"they name drop death cab like they're waiting for me to be impressed. they say it so smuggly too...like they're the greatest shit ever. i want to fucking crush their skulls, but i just agree so i can grab their bomb ass titties in the future." - john the cool kid
"We Have the Facts is still their best album by a mile. Photo Album, the EP with "Photobooth" and "Kelly Huckaby" on it and Transatlanticism are all worth having. Everything else is in sort of middling pleasant-but-not-great territory for me." - UselessRocker
Somehow They Feel Up And You Feel Down
#270.
Red House Painters
SOMBies Say:
"But for every catchy, jangle-folk song like 'Grace Cathedral Park', there's something totally heartbreaking like 'Down Through'. The first version of 'Mistress' isn't that great, but 'Mistress (Piano)' blows my mind." - ___
"A native of my neck of the woods. And here's a fun fact. He played the bass player for Stillwater in the movie Almost Famous." - Trails
#270.
Red House Painters
SOMBies Say:
"But for every catchy, jangle-folk song like 'Grace Cathedral Park', there's something totally heartbreaking like 'Down Through'. The first version of 'Mistress' isn't that great, but 'Mistress (Piano)' blows my mind." - ___
"A native of my neck of the woods. And here's a fun fact. He played the bass player for Stillwater in the movie Almost Famous." - Trails
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah-Yeah, Yeah-Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah-Yeah, Yeah-Yeah, Yeah
#269.
LCD Soundsystem
SOMBies Say:
"I heard LCD Soundsystem at Old Navy today.
"All My Friends"
back to school shopping will never be the same" - Red Lobster
"someone great and all my friends are the two best songs of 07 so far" - falling and laughing (posted on 12/04/06)
Yeah, Yeah-Yeah, Yeah-Yeah, Yeah
#269.
LCD Soundsystem
SOMBies Say:
"I heard LCD Soundsystem at Old Navy today.
"All My Friends"
back to school shopping will never be the same" - Red Lobster
"someone great and all my friends are the two best songs of 07 so far" - falling and laughing (posted on 12/04/06)
This morning I read that Death Cab is opening for Neil Young. It makes me smile when I picture Neil saying, "Let's give it up for Death Cab for Cutie" at the end of his show. goofy.
Pleased that my old comment about Patti Smith made the cut. Still just as true as when I first wrote it.
Oh wow, I didn't expect the Hip to actually make it. That's kind of awesome.
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 19 2008, 12:43 PM)
Jesus Died For Somebody's Sins But Not Mine
#276.
Patti Smith
#276.
Patti Smith
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 19 2008, 12:51 PM)
She Don't Run
Through The Fields
Anymore
#275.
Sparklehorse
Through The Fields
Anymore
#275.
Sparklehorse
Wow. Both waaaaay too low. What the hell is wrong with you people? Take it from an oldster, you need to make some adjustments in your life before it's too late.
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