quote:

Originally posted by Bhob:
I'm nominating Captain Beefheart.

AMEN!!!! I'd like to second that nomination with an emphatic bleat.
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"Love over gold" Don Van Vliet
(this is what he wrote along with his signature when I groveled for an autograph at the Troubadour in the early '70s. Not having anything to write on, I appropriated the menu on the table we were sitting at and pushed it and a pen towards him as he sat down to spend some quality time with our starstruck party of four. The Captain was resplendent in a blue suit with red piping and cast a spell on us that has never really worn off. Yes, the very same suit that he's sporting on the cover of The Spotlight Kid album. Not terribly long after that the four of us reassembled at the Troubadour for two sets with Van Morrison and band that has been immortalized on the double album It's Too Late To Stop Now. But on this particular night, the Captain and his Magic Band were beyond sublime and generous to a fault. This night the Captain became my captain.) Needless to say I still have that menu.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: sanford9850,

quote:

Originally posted by sanford9850:

quote:

Originally posted by Bhob:
I'm nominating Captain Beefheart.

AMEN!!!! I'd like to second that nomination with an emphatic bleat.
________________________________________________

"Love over gold" Don Van Vliet
(this is what he wrote along with his signiture when I groveled for an autograph at the Troubadour in the early '70s. Not having anything to write on, I appropriated the menu on the table we were sitting at and pushed it and a pen towards him as he sat down to spend some quality time with our starstruck party of four. The Captain was resplendent in a blue suit with red piping and cast a spell on us that has never really worn off. Yes, the very same suit that he's sporting on the cover of The Spotlight Kid album. Not terribly long after that the four of us reassenbled at the Troubadour for two sets with Van Morrison and band that has been immortalized on the double album It's Too Late To Stop Now. But on this particular night, the Captain and his Magic Band were beyond sublime and generous to a fault. This night the Captain became my captain.) Needless to say I still have that menu.

That's a great story, sanford.

105 Great Songs written by Robert Pollard
(there are many more)

Acorns & Orioles
And I Don’t (So Now I Do)
A Salty Salute
As We Go Up, We Go Down
Beaten By The Target
Beg For A Wheelbarrow
Be It Not For The Serpentine Rain Dodger
Blimps Go 90
Boxing About
Bunco Men
Buzzards And Dreadful Crows
Catherine From Mid October
Cats Love A Parade
Chasing Heather Crazy
Chicken Blows
Children Come On
Choking Tara (Creamy Version)
Circle Saw Boys Club
Cock Of The Rainbow
Conqueror Of The Moon
Crocker’s Favorite Song
Current Desperation (Angels Speak Of Nothing)
Cut Out Witch
Damn Good Mr. Jam
Dayton, Ohio 19 Something & 5
Death Of The Party
Don’t Stop Now
Do The Earth
Drag Days
Dusted
Dusty Bushworms
Echos Myron
Everybody Thinks I’m A Raincloud
Every Word In The World
Everywhere With Helicopter
Exit Flagger
Fair Touching
Flat Beauty
Game Of Pricks
Get Under It
Gold Star For Robot Boy
Harrison Adams
How’s My Drinking?
I Am A Scientist
If We Wait
Indian Was An Angel
Invisible Train To Earth
Key Losers
Liar’s Tale
Light Show
Little Lines
Lonely Town
Long Distance Man
Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft
Jar Of Cardinals
Maggie Turns To Flies
Marchers In Orange
Miles Under The Skin
Motor Away
My Impression Now
My Kind Of Soldier
My Valuable Hunting Knife
Night Of The Golden Underground
Not Behind The Fighter Jet
Optional Bases Opposed
Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox
Pegasus Glue Factory
Pendulum
Pop Zeus
Postal Blowfish
Psychic Pilot Clocks Out
Real
Red Gas Circle
Recovering
Redmen & Their Wives
Secret Star
Shocker In Gloomtown
Slick As Snails
Snatch Candy
Sheetkickers
Society Dome
Stifled Man Casino
Storm Vibrations
Telephone Town
The Best Of Jill Hives
The Big Make-Over
The Right Thing
Things I Will Keep
Top Chick Silver Chord
Total Exposure
Tropical Robots
Shadow Port
Supermarket The Moon
The Brides Have Hit Glass
U.S. Mustard Company
The Lodger Carried A Gun
The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
The Enemy
Towers & Landslides
Tractor Rape Chain
Watch Me Jumpstart
Weed King
When She Turns 50
Wire Greyhounds
Wondering Boy Poet

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Dear Gawd, Glove-- you just made my fucking day.

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:
Dear Gawd, Glove-- you just made my fucking day.

Mission accomplished then.

I don't know nearly enough about him to try and compile a list, but can I suggest Mark E. Smith?

I think Smith is in the same camp as Pollard. If you're a fan, you could easily come up with a list of 100 Great songs-- mainly due to the shear amount of songs he's written. I know I've downloaded 65 songs onto my iTunes library (I'm generally pretty picky about what I choose to put on there), and I have only chosen songs from 13 of The Fall's albums.

The recent talk over in the Americana thread, has me seriously considering Bill Callahan of Smog. I've been revisiting all those old records recently, and definitely think his hit-to-miss ratio is pretty damn stellar.

Ani Difranco.
Sufjan Stevens.
Sleater-Kinney.
Don Ross.