I also listen to Verlaines the most. I am quite fond of Tall Dwarfs, as well.
― Mr. Farmer, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
ok well that gives me permission to post this thencheck out the crowd when the drums (finally) kick inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_wNspWphMM
― La Lechera, former application inspector for the (league of women voters), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFPcoElI0M4
voted clean tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
Chills, but not by much.
― sleeve sandbox, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
chills! way ahead of the clean imo. brave words is a solid album.
― kid steel, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
3ds tho
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, come on. Only FN band that the future will remember:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-iM_1h5uA
― dlp2917, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
<3 <3 <3 the Axemen
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
I love the 3Ds freakouts; their polite songs are ok but kinda forgettable.
― La Lechera, former application inspector for the (league of women voters), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
once I made a tape of only David Mitchell 3Ds songs (or at least the ones he sang)(+ a couple of denise numbers)(+ some other David Mitchell stuff) and it confirmed my theory that he was the reason the 3Ds were good.
― advance johnson, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
can't decide; see you in 19 hours
― wang dang google doodle (James Redd), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
Clean
― pothole pleasures, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
after listening to most of what i have by both, i've changed my mind and prefer the chills, but i think i already voted for the clean.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think I can vote in this...they seem like such different bands, despite being associated with the same scene. They were both, in their primes, trying for such different things, and I think they both succeeded.
― advance johnson, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
always the diplomatnow put your vote into the hat
― La Lechera, former application inspector for the (league of women voters), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
This would be a much harder call for me if it was down to their early output, but Kaleidoscope World clinches it for The Chills.
― Pollbix, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
if I had to vote I guess it'd be for the clean, because I can't see there being a point in my life when I'm going to be listening to the chills a lot again.
― advance johnson, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 1 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
nice.
― sleeve sandbox, Thursday, 1 December 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
Wow that's p close.
― ruth m4rcus is a mor4n (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 1 December 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
er.. I meant Submarine Bells.
I think the results are exactly correct btw
― Pollbix, Thursday, 1 December 2011 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
dang
― La Lechera, former application inspector for the (league of women voters), Thursday, 1 December 2011 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
the verlaines were robbed
― advance johnson, Thursday, 1 December 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
We can agree this is a draw, right?
― La Lechera, former application inspector for the (league of women voters), Thursday, 1 December 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
No. WE WON, GUYS, WE WON.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Thursday, 1 December 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
i forgot to vote for the clean ;_;
― dope, goons and thuggin’ in the street (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
so it's all YOUR fault
― Fake Eyeball, Thursday, 1 December 2011 11:08 (twelve years ago) link
my poll votes have been far more decisive than my ballots in our fake democracy.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
I still consider this a tie.
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
I blame myself. I got confused about how many days were in November and gave this poll only one day instead of the two I had originally planned.
― ruth m4rcus is a mor4n (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
Bah, finally got my new system up and running and look what I missed? This is sort of a classic career-breadth vs career high-points, and in my view The Clean wins the former and The Chills win the latter. I would've voted Chills regardless.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 1 December 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
oh god so close. new bats record sounds great btw.
― tylerw_sandbox, Thursday, 1 December 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
haven't heard any bats apart from daddy's highway (block of wood!!!) - maybe i should
most underrated flying nun band are the gordons but they're a totally different kettle of kakapos i guess
― domish gassambino (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4ViMA2fKs
― domish gassambino (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
iirc gordons begat bailter space & that is certainly a good thing indeed!
― Pollbix, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Wow y'know all this time I thought Bailter Space was formed by Hamish Kilgour or that he was a prominent member, but reading their wiki it seems he was only in the band for a couple of years and yes the line up for most of the time was in fact the same as the Gordons! (who were fucking awesome, you can still get the CD of their first album pretty cheaply iirc)
TheMoreYouKnow.jpg
― Fake Eyeball, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
Also where is Daddy's Highway reissue formed?
one band that never seems to get mentioned when NZ bands are discussed are Snapper, started by Peter Gutteridge who was an ex-member of ... The Clean and The Chills!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhyIV-XLgPohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOtO2DzHNGc
― zappi, Friday, 2 December 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
never seen that first snapper video before, such a neat band!
― the gas-cramp dilla (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
Snapper is awesome! Bailter Space too!
Different kettle of fish, but I really like Dadamah as well...
― iagree (henrietta lacks), Friday, 2 December 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
someone talk to me about guns in flying nun songs
iirc there are guns in "anything could happen", "wheatfields", "pink frost" and probably a bunch of songs i don't know/don't remember
don't point that thing at mewhat's up with the gun imagery?
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Monday, 5 December 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
you'll only end up like Rimbaud/get shot by Verlaine
― CharlieS, Monday, 5 December 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
God, that's what he's saying? Good to know.
― Mr. Farmer, Monday, 5 December 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
i thought about wheatfields the other day because a student gave her final speech about van gogh/wheat fields/absinthe/potassium bromide... ok it was a little confusing, but long story short it made me think about flying nun gun imagery.
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Monday, 5 December 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
why dont you do yourself in?
― synthpop of the Gnostics (henrietta lacks), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
that's what i'm saying ^^
is there some nz cultural or political thing i'm missing here?
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
didn't snapper have an album called 'shotgun blossom' or something?
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
^yeah, they did/do.
― Mr. Farmer, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
excellent record
― synthpop of the Gnostics (henrietta lacks), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link