I've always given Pitchfork a slight (very) benefit of the doubt for any of their opinions on music from the 2000's, because there really isn't the stand-out mega-superstar model any more.

But go look at their top albums from the 1970's. Ugh. No comment.

I am guessing it reads like this:

1. Nirvana song
2. Nirvana song
3. Nirvana song

etc etc etc

It's got Motownphilly by Boyz II Men on it.

//Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD
//The East Coast family

AdolfOliverPanties: I am guessing it reads like this:

1. Nirvana song
2. Nirvana song
3. Nirvana song

etc etc etc

This guess is based on your familiarity with Pitchfork, I bet.

Goddamnit, "Flagpole Sitta" is nowhere near Harvey Danger's best song. Such a criminally underrated band.
/Thumbs up for including "Virginia Reel Around the Fountain," though

Tantrum: Not a bad start. Lots of good songs already covered, it looks like.

/in before the hipster-bashing

"Hipster" has replaced "emo" as the word unoriginal cretins use to bash anybody who likes any sort of popular music that doesn't involve long haired white men with Les Pauls and 100 watt stacks. It's beyond worn-out.

I was thinking of all the '90s bands that I like that I figured wouldn't get mentioned on the list, and the Boo Radleys were one of them. Then, whaddaya know, there they are at 174.

/They remain the loudest band I've ever seen
//No, I never saw My Bloody Valentine

tallguywithglasseson: It's got Motownphilly by Boyz II Men on it.

you know, I heard that song again for the first time in ages, the other night.
Its actually aged surprisingly well.

SilentStrider: you know, I heard that song again for the first time in ages, the other night.
Its actually aged surprisingly well.

That's probably because it's not too hard, and not too soft.

Ugly Baby Judges You: dholway: I was thinking of all the '90s bands that I like that I figured wouldn't get mentioned on the list, and the Boo Radleys were one of them. Then, whaddaya know, there they are at 174.

/They remain the loudest band I've ever seen
//No, I never saw My Bloody Valentine

Also never saw Mogwai, I take it?

/Hasn't seen Mogwai either, but has heard the stories



outside of a few tracks, I really can't imagine Mogwai being very loud, though I've heard they are. MBV was basically sustained noise for 75 minutes. It was great.

I bet Only Shallow makes the top 10.

Ashtrey: mightybaldking: 4 songs on that list that I knew well enough to hum/sing at least one phrase.

Same here.

Flagpole Sittah
Interstate Love Song
Longview
Your Woman

I can do

197. Danzig "Mother '93"
194. Boyz II Men "Motownphilly"
193. Positive K "I Got a Man" [I'm not tryin' to hear that, see!]
192. Harvey Danger "Flagpole Sitta"

189. The Sundays "Here's Where the Story Ends"
183. Mercury Rev "Holes"

175. Stone Temple Pilots "Interstate Love Song"
174. The Boo Radleys "Lazarus"
172. Gang Starr "Mass Appeal"
171. Black Box "Everybody Everybody"

168. Alice in Chains "Would?"
166. En Vogue "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"

158. White Town "Your Woman" [please make it farking stop]
152. Jane's Addiction "Stop!"
151. Green Day "Longview"

I recognize a few of the other bands but not the listed song from the title.

FeedTheCollapse: Ugly Baby Judges You: dholway: I was thinking of all the '90s bands that I like that I figured wouldn't get mentioned on the list, and the Boo Radleys were one of them. Then, whaddaya know, there they are at 174.

/They remain the loudest band I've ever seen
//No, I never saw My Bloody Valentine

Also never saw Mogwai, I take it?

/Hasn't seen Mogwai either, but has heard the stories



outside of a few tracks, I really can't imagine Mogwai being very loud, though I've heard they are. MBV was basically sustained noise for 75 minutes. It was great.

With my Boo Radleys show, I think it was partly because they were deliberately loud and noisy to begin with and partly because I swear they were in a small American club with all the amps they'd use at outdoor festivals in England. It was ungodly loud. It was great, mind you, but it was also preposterous. If you went anywhere near the stage, the amps provided a weird breeze, and you could almost see the smoke in the air vibrating. And when the trumpets(!!) would get going on top of the wall of guitar distortion, sensible people would flee. Not me, though. I wish I had a link to their version of Love's "Alone Again Or"...it gives the best hint of what they were capable of.

dholway: With my Boo Radleys show, I think it was partly because they were deliberately loud and noisy to begin with and partly because I swear they were in a small American club with all the amps they'd use at outdoor festivals in England. It was ungodly loud. It was great, mind you, but it was also preposterous. If you went anywhere near the stage, the amps provided a weird breeze, and you could almost see the smoke in the air vibrating. And when the trumpets(!!) would get going on top of the wall of guitar distortion, sensible people would flee. Not me, though. I wish I had a link to their version of Love's "Alone Again Or"...it gives the best hint of what they were capable of.

Thinking about the dynamics/loudness on the recorded version of "Leaves and Sand" makes me think they probably did really want it that loud.

Never got to see them. Would love to have.

//hopes Leaves and Sand makes the list too

"Summer Babe" would have been a good guess before big Pitchfork show this summer. I suspect that the love won't be there any longer. What will it be, though? I suspect that it won't be a hiphop/R&B entry, but if it is, I'll bet it's Public Enemy's "Welcome to the Terrordome". I have plenty of choices for what number one should be, but I know they'll never even make the list. Songs like the Feelies' "Time For a Witness" and the Chills' "Oncoming Day" just aren't going to happen. Nothing like Freakwater's "Crazy Man" or the Scud Mountain Boys' "Freight of Fire" don't stand a chance, either. I'll have to think more about what might win.