[snail33]

self-explanatory, non?

only originals (otherwise i would expect to see "rock on" atop EVERY list lol)

(1 is worst, 11 is least-worst)

these go to 11!


1 the entirety of zeitgeist, save for tarantula and zeitgeist (i swear i am not being controversial)

2 the entirety of teargarden by kaleidyscope, save for song for a son, spangled, teargarden theme, cottonwood symphony and the fellowship (and maybe a stitch in time)

3 the ballad of dusty and pistol pete

4 love

5 bury me

6 rotten apples

7 the crying tree of mercury

8 let me give the world to you

9 by starlight

10 we only come out at night

11 lily (my one and only)

[the_farewell_party]

snail33, on 30 April 2012 - 04:22 PM, said:

3 the [Tale] of dusty and pistol pete

4 love

5 bury me

6 rotten apples

7 the crying tree of mercury

9 by starlight

:shocked:/> I'm especially shocked by those last three. Oh well, different strokes for different folks and all.

For me:

11. Owata (the older version is okay... not so much as fan of the Teargarden version)
10. FOL
9. That's the Way (My Love Is)
8. If There is a God
7. Astral Planes
6. Spangled
5. The Bells
4. Jesus is the Sun
3. Freak
2. Lightning Strikes
1. Widow Wake My Mind (God, I despise this song. It's said that 154,889 people died the day this song was released. I don't think that was a coincidence.)

[blanket_skies]

the_farewell_party, on 30 April 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

4. Jesus is the Sun
3. Freak
2. Lightning Strikes

And I'm shocked by these, all awesome songs

By the way Love is an awesome song and is in my opinion by far the most underrated pumpkins song

[nickpancake]

A least favorite list is probably gonna piss a lot of people off :what:/>



1.All of teargarden except tom tom
2.All of zeitgeist
3.XYU
4.An ode to no one
5.Tales of a scorched earth
6.Starla
7.Let me give the world to you
8.mouths of babes
9.Window Paine
10.Once upon a time
11.Marquis in spades

[blanket_skies]

Okay he's my 11 off the top of my head without giving it too much thought


1. Astral planes
2. Widow Wake My Mind
3. The Bells
3. Tristessa
4. For God and Country (Studio version)
5. Appels and Oranjes (studio version)
6. The Boy
7. Take Me Down
8. Spangled
9. The Sacred and Profane
10. Raindrops + Sunshowers
11. Frail and Bedazzled

[oryann]

I'm going to attempt to leave out a lot of ZG, save for number one (because it is far and away my least fav of all SP songs), because I feel it would just unbalance my list.

1. Doomsday Clock (oh my god..)
2. Tales of a Scorched Earth
3. Suffer
4. Marquis In Spades
5. Pissant
6. Silverfuck
7. A Song For A Son (don't mind it as a song TOO much, but my god it got butchered in the studio)
8. Heavy Metal Machine
9. The Bells
10. Cash Car Star
11. Vanity

Obviously I'm not incredibly into the 'balls to the wall rock' songs. I prefer the more soft, atmospheric, emotional side of SP. Having said, I do enjoy all these songs (save for 1) to an extent, but could just never get into them like the other material..

[the_farewell_party]

nickpancake, on 30 April 2012 - 05:23 PM, said:

3.XYU
6.Starla
8.mouths of babes
9.Window Paine
10.Once upon a time
11.Marquis in spades

:shocked:/>

You--you're a monster!

:lol:/>

[nickpancake]

blanket_skies, on 30 April 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

Okay he's my 11 off the top of my head without giving it too much thought



3. The Bells

5. Appels and Oranjes (studio version)



9. The Sacred and Profane
10. Raindrops + Sunshowers

Love these. Appels + Oranjes being my favorite ever <3/>

[Deleted User Account]

This is going to be good.

Superchrist
Quasar
Owata
Because You Are
Tales Of A Scorched Earth
Blue Skies Bring Tears (electric)
FOL
Come On, Lets Go
Bring The Light
American Gothic
Sacred and Profane

[blanket_skies]

nickpancake, on 30 April 2012 - 05:27 PM, said:

Love these. Appels + Oranjes being my favorite ever <3/>

I think I found my exact opposite because your list of least favorites could also be a list for some of my favorites

nickpancake, on 30 April 2012 - 05:23 PM, said:

A least favorite list is probably gonna piss a lot of people off :what:/>



1.All of teargarden except tom tom
2.All of zeitgeist
3.XYU
4.An ode to no one
5.Tales of a scorched earth
6.Starla
7.Let me give the world to you
8.mouths of babes
9.Window Paine
10.Once upon a time
11.Marquis in spades

There's not a song on that list I don't think is awesome, except obviously some songs from TBK and Z, but not ALL of them

This post has been edited by blanket_skies: 30 April 2012 - 05:31 PM

[snail33]

nickpancake, on 30 April 2012 - 05:23 PM, said:

A least favorite list is probably gonna piss a lot of people off :what:/>



1.All of teargarden except tom tom
2.All of zeitgeist
3.XYU
4.An ode to no one
5.Tales of a scorched earth
6.Starla
7.Let me give the world to you
8.mouths of babes
9.Window Paine
10.Once upon a time
11.Marquis in spades

i like several of those to varying degrees--xyu, starla, marquis, window paine, even tales...but can actually understand why anyone, even SP diehards, might not.

not liking once upon a time, however, does not compute with me at all.

blanket_skies, on 30 April 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

Okay he's my 11 off the top of my head without giving it too much thought


1. Astral planes
2. Widow Wake My Mind
3. The Bells
3. Tristessa
4. For God and Country (Studio version)
5. Appels and Oranjes (studio version)
6. The Boy
7. Take Me Down
8. Spangled
9. The Sacred and Profane
10. Raindrops + Sunshowers
11. Frail and Bedazzled

you get a 78 on your quiz. you answered incorrectly on #s 3, 10 and 11.

ArticulateEric, on 30 April 2012 - 05:27 PM, said:

This is going to be good.

Superchrist
Quasar
Owata
Because You Are
Tales Of A Scorched Earth
Blue Skies Bring Tears (electric)
FOL
Come On, Lets Go
Bring The Light
American Gothic
Sacred and Profane

ALL of AG?

[Deleted User Account]

snail33, on 30 April 2012 - 05:34 PM, said:

ALL of AG?

I basically never listen to it. A creative nadir for Corgan. I'll give him a C on Again and Sunkissed, and a fail on Pox and yes, Rose March. The latter sounds like the acoustic bit from Aqualung, a song I like, though one that should not be referenced outside Anchorman.

The C tracks could benefit from better production. The disgustingly dry ear splitting vocals for all of them are brutal on my dainty pampered ears.

[blanket_skies]

snail33, on 30 April 2012 - 05:34 PM, said:

you get a 78 on your quiz. you answered incorrectly on #s 3, 10 and 11.

the hell I did, those songs suck

[the_farewell_party]

blanket_skies, on 30 April 2012 - 05:17 PM, said:

the_farewell_party, on 30 April 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

4. Jesus is the Sun
3. Freak
2. Lightning Strikes

And I'm shocked by these, all awesome songs

I guess I'm just not too much into the pop rock. Well, I guess a lot of the songs I do like could be described as poppy, but Freak and Lightning Strikes just seem to lack substance to me. And Jesus is The Sun, I just find boring.

blanket_skies, on 30 April 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

Okay he's my 11 off the top of my head without giving it too much thought


1. Astral planes
2. Widow Wake My Mind
3. The Bells
3. Tristessa
4. For God and Country (Studio version)
5. Appels and Oranjes (studio version)
6. The Boy
7. Take Me Down
8. Spangled
9. The Sacred and Profane
10. Raindrops + Sunshowers
11. Frail and Bedazzled

I agree with a lot of these and disagree with a lot.

Tristessa, Appels + Oranjes and Take Me Down are probably my least favorite songs on their respective albums. However, since I find Gish's songs all very homogenous in terms of quality (not sound), I still like Tristessa as it is only slightly not as good as the others. Take Me Down is boring. Appels + Oranjes... again, too poppy for my tastes and it seems to pale in comparison to what is an amazingly strong album.

Raindrops + Sunshowers... I used to agree with you here. It took the song a while to grow on me, and now I absolutely adore it. Potent imagery in the lyrics, and seems to mix up-tempo and dreary into this weird combination.

I love The Boy, as well. One of my favorite James-vocal songs, if not my favorite. I know, this goes against my "I don't like poppy songs so much" thing (it's pretty damn bubblegummy, down to the lyrics), but it has a sort of dreamy quality to it I really dig.

I don't understand why Zeitgeist's For God & Country gets so much flack, I think it sounds beautiful. I really like that oriental lead that everyone else seems to find silly, and I think that the Zeitgeist vocals actually fit well with this song whereas there are songs where the style feels misplaced on.

I really like The Sacred and Profane. Again, it's sort of dark and pseudo-gothic, but with a sort of uptempo rock pace.

[snail33]

blanket_skies, on 30 April 2012 - 05:42 PM, said:

the hell I did, those songs suck

no

[frednirv632]

1. Take Me Down [Or anything written only by JI, save for Go]
2. Meladori Magpie [Great EP/Single Otherwise. Sorry Mayfair :p/>]
3. Christmastime [:sick:/> :sick:/> :sick:/>]
4. Do you close your Eyes [cheesy sheese]
5. Blue Skies Bring Tears
6. Innosense
7. The Crying Tree of Mercury [Even the name sucks. lol]
8. Because You Are
9. Starz [Amazing drums though]
10. WWMM
11. Le Deux Machina [I'm assuming this is a given for most of you]

[frosty]

blanket_skies, on 30 April 2012 - 05:42 PM, said:

the hell I did, those songs suck

:lol:/>

this board sounds more & more like the old people that lived in the neighborhood i grew up in.

frednirv632, on 30 April 2012 - 06:03 PM, said:

3. Christmastime [:sick:/> :sick:/> :sick:/>]

oh my god, no.

[nickpancake]

frednirv632, on 30 April 2012 - 06:03 PM, said:

5. Blue Skies Bring Tears
6. Innosense

Looooooove theeessee!! :nono:/>

[frednirv632]

frosty, on 30 April 2012 - 06:05 PM, said:

oh my god, no.

yah.

nickpancake, on 30 April 2012 - 06:08 PM, said:

Looooooove theeessee!! :nono:/>

says the guy who chose XYU, An ode to no one, and Starla. :rofl:/>

[dudehitscar]

Because you are
Pox
Come on let's go
Doomsday clock
Fol
Take me down
Annie dog
Alternate version of Heavy metal machine
Glass(spacey)
Le dues machina
Vanilla( the worst lyrics ever)

[mkoasis]

It's funny, I can't stand Rock On!

Sweet Sweet (nice but could do without easily)
Love
Take Me Down (the album version doesnt cut it for me, though I like the song itself)
Tales of a Scorched Earth
Dusty + Pistol Pete
Shame (better live)
The Imploding Voice
Blue Skies Being Tears (I can appreciate the song but I dont get much out of listening to it)
Real Love
Vanilla
For God and Country

[blanket_skies]

dudehitscar, on 30 April 2012 - 06:22 PM, said:

Vanilla( the worst lyrics ever)

I might consider this an invitation yes

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Owata
Astral Planes
Here's to the Atom Bomb
Vanity
Raindrops + Sunshowers
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Ugly
Pug
Doomsday Clock
FOL
G.L.O.W.

[davidp2007]

I noticed some of my favorites (or at least songs that I like relatively speaking) on the list of others least favorites. Hmm this is a hard one, but in some cases, not so hard. In no particular order. I might not list alternate versions of songs, because I actually like some versions of those songs (eg. I like the Mike Garson version of Le Deux Machina, the Machina version of HMM, etc):
1. Pomp and Circumstances
2. Widow Wake My Mind
3. Spaced
4. Jesus is the Sun
5. FOL
6. The Bells
7. Because You Are
8. French Movie Theme
9. The March Hare
10.Meladori Magpie
11.G.L.O.W.

[Parksey]

in no particular order

owata
widow
because you are
crying tree of mercy
the sacred and profane
astral planes
pomp and circumstance
teargarden theme
tribute to johnny
have faithe, be merrie
death from above

[davidp2007]

I thought of putting Teargarden Theme as well. Though it sounds like an instrumental reworking of Widow Wake My Mind, but I would probably replace GLOW with that otherwise.

[RottingApples]

1. FOL
2. Jesus Needs a Hit
3. Spangled
4. Astral Planes
5. Bring the Light
6. Come On Let's Go
7. Superchrist
8. Pomp and Circumstances
9. Jesus Loves His Babies
10. Jesus is the Sun
11. I'm Doing the Best I Can

[Feriluce]

Eww someone added Marquis In Spades to their list. I am going to go ahead and act butthurt and say fuck you.

I have to think long and hard about this list though... *ponders*

[blanket_skies]

snail33, on 30 April 2012 - 05:47 PM, said:

no

yes

[davidp2007]

RottingApples, on 30 April 2012 - 10:25 PM, said:

1. FOL
2. Jesus Needs a Hit
3. Spangled
4. Astral Planes
5. Bring the Light
6. Come On Let's Go
7. Superchrist
8. Pomp and Circumstances
9. Jesus Loves His Babies
10. Jesus is the Sun
11. I'm Doing the Best I Can

I thought of putting Jesus Loves His Babies in there. I actually kind of like Bring the Light. To each their own.

[blanket_skies]

davidp2007, on 30 April 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

I thought of putting Jesus Loves His Babies in there. I actually kind of like Bring the Light. To each their own.

What's with the hate for Jesus loves his babies, that song cracks me up

[davidp2007]

blanket_skies, on 30 April 2012 - 10:51 PM, said:

What's with the hate for Jesus loves his babies, that song cracks me up

Haha, well I just don't like it that much. I don't necessarily hate it per se. And yes it's silly.

[.absof.]

Not in order..

Siamese Dream (original)
Bugg Superstar
Because You Are
The Bells
...Said Sadly
Sad Peter Pan
Pulseczar
Real Love
17
Slow Dawn
The Crying Tree of Mercury

These all pre-Zeitgeist btw. It'd be like shooting fish in a barrel doing post-2007 material.


PS. Rock On is fucken awesome.

[frosty]

.absof., on 30 April 2012 - 11:21 PM, said:

17

this makes me wanna cry.
and Slow Dawn is so pretty.

[.absof.]

What's the fascination with 17? Is there some hidden meaning I'm not getting?

[davidp2007]

For me, I don't hate "17", I am just massively annoyed by it because it's such a tease of "Blissed and Gone", which I really wanted to be on Adore (along with "Let Me Give the World To You").

[frosty]

.absof., on 01 May 2012 - 01:44 AM, said:

What's the fascination with 17? Is there some hidden meaning I'm not getting?

i just like it. i can just imagine what the rest of it would be like, had it been extended, and it's so different from their other songs. kind of childlike. more pure, to me, anyway.

[davidp2007]

Due to the existence of "17", I wonder if there is a pure piano recording of "Blissed and Gone" or if that's something he just quickly recorded on the fly, meant as a snippet. I know there is other version of "Blissed and Gone" floating around in demo or live form of course.

[JSapp]

No particular order off the top of my head

Astral planes
TOASE
XYU
Le Duex Machina
Heavy Metal Machine
The other version of Heavy Metal Machine
God and Country
Blue Skies Bring Tears
Annie Dog
G.L.O.W
Soul Power

[davidp2007]

Soul Power is a cover of James Brown actually. They said no covers at the top of the thread. I don't really care for TOASE but not sure if it makes my worst of list.

[LostSoul]

1. Widow Wake My Mind
2. Because You Are
3. Doomsday Clock
4. Jesus Is The Sun
5. Sparrow
6. (Come On) Let's Go!
7. The Imploding Voice
8. Innosense
9. Bring The Light
10. FOL
11. Heavy Metal Machine (neutered in-studio...live it is sick)

[dudehitscar]

blanket_skies, on 30 April 2012 - 07:36 PM, said:

I might consider this an invitation yes

more than you think, I need a drink
I AM VANILLA

:happy:/>

[JSapp]

davidp2007, on 01 May 2012 - 02:14 AM, said:

Soul Power is a cover of James Brown actually. They said no covers at the top of the thread. I don't really care for TOASE but not sure if it makes my worst of list.

Oh didnt see the no covers thing. Probably could put Crying Tree of Mercury in Soul Powers place. TOASE is a tossup with Astral Planes for the absolute least favorite for me. Those are the two that immediately popped into my head when I saw the thread title

[Her]

zeitgeist
adore
TBK/Oceania
lily
we only come out at night
bwbw
all those singles like GLOW, FOL, Superchrist, etc
i think i like mostly everything else