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Originally posted by Ralph M:
Yes, while a collection of b-sides:
Landslide

This horrific version is not anywhere near a B-side. This is actually a cover of the classic Fleetwood Mac song that was wriiten by Stevie Nicks. Do yourself a favor and listen to the original; Billy Corgan's reedy and girly voice does it no justice. Also, "Girl Named Sandoz" is a cover of the Animals original.

an alternative smashing pumpkins list

1.Starla
2.Silverfuck
3.Soma
4.Galapogos
5.Porcelina Of The Valst Oceans
6.Bodies
7.To Sheila
8.Heavy metal Machine
9.Thru the Eyes of Ruby
10.Blank Page


the first 2 tracks should be in every list.
i think that starla is always playin in the back of my mind.

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Originally posted by Ralph M:

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Originally posted by Dork:
Edit: (Afterthought) Should I grab Pisces Iscariot used?

Yes, while a collection of b-sides this was a fertile time for Smashing Pumpkins and this holds up well as anything on Gish and Siamese Dream. My favorite songs from Pisces Iscariot include:

Landslide
Dolly Vita (More ballad than rocker)
Frail and Bedazzeled
Hello Kitty Kat
Plume
Blue
Pissant

It's worth it for the 11-minute "Starla" alone. The rest is pretty good as well.

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:
Also, "Girl Named Sandoz" is a cover of the Animals original.

Back when I owned Pisces Iscariot, this was my favorite track. I thought it was an interesting choice for a cover. Not many people are familiar with the original version.

This leaves off a lot, but Top 10 Andrew Bird songs:

"How Indiscreet"
"Measuring Cups"
"Darkmatter"
"Action/Adventure"
"11:11"
"Cataracts"
"Fatal Flower Garden"
"A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left"
"Way Out West"
"Yawny at the Apocalypse"

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Originally posted by sk:
an alternative smashing pumpkins list

1."Starla" 10:59 vs "I Am One"
2.Silverfuck 8:43
3.Soma
5.Porcelina Of The Valst Oceans 9:21
9.Thru the Eyes of Ruby 7:38

the first 2 tracks should be in every list.
i think that starla is always playin in the back of my mind.

Good call with "Soma".
I admit that I tend not to like long pop songs, I think this goes back to making mix tapes where putting on one long song would mean leaving off two shorter songs. So I tend to this day to think of "The top 80 minutes of music" which always leaves me 10 minutes short since I grew up on 90 minute tapes...

I owned 'Pisces Iscariot' for a while before transferring it to my computer, and I never knew 'Girl Named Sandoz' was originally an Animals tune. Guess you learn something new every day. It was probably noted in teh liner notes and I never saw it

Top 10 Death Cab For Cutie (in no particular order):
I Was a Kaleidoscope (The Photo Album)
Bend To Squares (Something About Airplanes)
Expo '86 (Transatlanticism)
Company Calls Epilogue (alternate) (The Forbidden Love EP)
405 (We Have The Facts and We're Voting Yes)
Death of an Interior Designer (Transatlanticism)
Title Track (We Have The Facts and We're Voting Yes)
Title and Registration (Transatlanticism)
Your Heart is an Empty Room (Plans)
Song for Kelly Huckaby (The Forbidden Love EP)

Not a definitive list by any means, but hopefully a representative sample.

Bing Crosby

1. White Christmas
2. Pennies From Heaven
3. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
4. Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
5. Don't Fence Me In
6. Swinging on a Star
7. Did You Hear What I Hear?
8. True Love
9. Alexander's Ragtime Band
10. The White World of Winter
11. Pistol Packin' Mama
12. Around the World
13. Sunday, Monday, or Always
14. Adeste Fideles
15. Now You Has Jazz
16. Well Did You Evah?
17. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral
18. Sweet Lailani
19. Sweet Georgia Brown
20. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me

Frank Sinatra

1. Strangers in the Night
2. It Was A Very Good Year
3. My Way
4. That's Life
5. Love and Marriage
6. Summer Wind
7. I've Got You Under My Skin
8. Come Fly With Me
9. Nancy with the Laughing Face
10. Night and Day
11. One for My Baby -and one more for the road
12. The Song is You
13. The Way You Look Tonight
14. They Can't Take That Away From Me
15. You Make Me Feel So Young
16. All the Way
17. Witchcraft
18. The Lady is a Tramp
19. Theme from New York, New York
20. Stormy Weather

Elvis Presley

1. Don't Be Cruel
2. Hound Dog
3. All Shook Up
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
6. Love Me Tender
7. Love Me
8. Mystery Train
9. Can't Help Falling in Love
10. Jailhouse Rock
11. Baby Let's Play House
12. Viva Las Vegas
13. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
14. Suspicious Minds
15. Good Rockin' Tonight
16. Treat Me Nice
17. Trying to Get to You
18. Blue Suede Shoes
19. Kentucky Rain
20. That's All Right

I have to say that limiting myself to only 20 songs for Frank was the hardest - and I had the hardest time ranking the Elvis list.

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Originally posted by mark f:
This leaves off a lot, but Top 10 Andrew Bird songs:

"How Indiscreet"
"Measuring Cups"
"Darkmatter"
"Action/Adventure"
"11:11"
"Cataracts"
"Fatal Flower Garden"
"A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left"
"Way Out West"
"Yawny at the Apocalypse"

I think my favorite Andrew Bird song is "Masterfade." I just love that part where he goes "the sky's ful of zeroes and ones" with the 'one' all strung out and fluctuating.

Wasn't he in a band called Squirrel Nut Zippers? I've heard they sucked.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
Wasn't he in a band called Squirrel Nut Zippers? I've heard they sucked.

Once again, you'd be wrong...about the "sucked" part. I'd take the Squirrel Nut Zippers' "Hell" over any song Andrew Bird's released as a solo artist.

Actually, I'd once again be right. I most definitely heard that they sucked.

Don't be so anxious to rip on others, eric.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
Don't be so anxious to rip on others, eric.

I'm not, but again you're taking the word of others as opposed to checking out an artist for yourself. I find that funny (funny strange, not funny ha-ha). If you're curious about the band Andrew Bird was formerly in, go sample a track. Don't just say, "I heard they sucked." Are you interested in music or not?

For future reference, I will continue to mock you every time you refer to a band, genre, or musical era without any firsthand knowledge of it.

Who said I was taking the word of others? It's very simple, eric. I merely commented that I had heard somewhere that the Squirrel Nut Zippers were not good, thinking that maybe it would entice some comments from someone with some knowledge of their music. I never said I think they suck. Stop reading malevolent intentions into everything people say. Sheesh.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
I merely commented that I had heard somewhere that the Squirrel Nut Zippers were not good, thinking that maybe it would entice some comments from someone with some knowledge of their music.

If that was truly your intention, why not post something along the lines of "I heard Andrew Bird was in a band called Squirrel Nut Zippers. Is anyone familiar with their stuff?," instead of starting with a negative comment you heard about them.

I read a lot of negative comments about various bands on this board. I find most of them to be bullshit. Check stuff out for yourself.

Yes, message to everyone: never say anything bad about a band. You might hurt one of their fan's feelings. Only positive comments are allowed.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
Yes, message to everyone: never say anything bad about a band. You might hurt one of their fan's feelings. Only positive comments are allowed.

That's not what I'm saying.

I just think it's stupid to reiterate a negative comment someone else made about a band, when you yourself have no knowledge of this band. If I put stock in every negative comment I read about a band on this board, it's unlikely I'd like anything.

Don't believe the hype and for everyone's sake, don't spread the hype. Check stuff out for yourself. Can I make my point any clearer?

Neither of you have a point. RavingLunatic commented on some of the feedback he has heard with regards to "Squirrel Nut Zippers." You took it as him off-handedly dismissing a band, which it may or may not have been. I think that it is important to note that this is a website that compiles reviews from critics, if Rolling Stone gives a poor review to "Squirrel Nut Zippers," RL would have grounds to say "I heard they ("Squirrel Nut Zipper") suck."

Regardless, Eric made a comment about the negative criticism that is rampant in this, as well as every other forum on the net as well if I may add, and to that I would say that it is generally much easier for me to describe something that I dislike than it is to describe something that I enjoy.

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Originally posted by Mike:
Regardless, Eric made a comment about the negative criticism that is rampant in this, as well as every other forum on the net as well if I may add, and to that I would say that it is generally much easier for me to describe something that I dislike than it is to describe something that I enjoy.

You may be right about that last part Mike, but I would like to say once more that I'm not so much coming down on people who make negative comments as I am on people who blindly buy into those comments.

I started getting into music before the internet, so if something piqued my interest, such as the prior work of an artist I liked, I'd just find it, listen to it, and make up my own mind about it. I find it odd that people today (I'm not singling out RL here) are so eager to let other people inform their decisions about what music not to seek out. It's especially baffling since music is so easy to come by now. In the time we argued about it, RL could've downloaded a SNZ song, listened to it and actually known whether it was something he was interested in or not.

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In the time we argued about it, RL could've downloaded a SNZ song, listened to it and actually known whether it was something he was interested in or not.

But then we could not have had this discourse.