HU Podcast #62: Poll Results 5:33 pm // Thursday, June 24, 2010
Posted by chris in podcast, regression analysis.trackback
This past weekend I contacted my fellow podcasters with the intention of doing a short, one-topic podcast about the results of the recent poll of your favorite Billy Corgan-penned songs post-revival. I figured we’d argue about some songs, make fun of each others’ tastes, and call it a night. Well 40-some-odd minutes, a regression analysis, and discussion on almost every song later, Jason talked me into tacking a 35-minute song onto the end as the Song of the Week. So don’t be too alarmed by the staggering length and lack of broken-up segments.
Which of us was a total crowd-follower and didn’t vote for any song below Starz? Who had such discriminating taste that they only voted for 5 songs? Who voted for almost the entirety of American Gothic? Who admitted to kind of liking, but not voting for, Choose to Choose Love? Tune in to find out, and view the full poll results below the jump.
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Panelists
-Chris, Jason, Jill, and Andrew
Song of the Week
-Gossamer, San Francisco, CA July 31, 2007
Gossamer 236, The Rose March 196, Tarantula 193, A Song for a Son 191, 99 Floors 183, Stellar 154, As Rome Burns 153, A Stitch in Time 147, United States 138, That’s the Way (My Love Is) 127, Superchrist 120, Doomsday Clock 118, 7 Shades of Black 114, Bring the Light 111, Bleeding the Orchid 106, Ma Belle 95, Peace+Love 94, Owata 92, Tom Tom 89, Zeitgeist 87, Freak 83, Death from Above 81, Sunkissed 81, Starz 76, G.L.O.W. 71, Widow Wake My Mind 65, Neverlost 64, FOL 57, Astral Planes 56, Again Again Again (The Crux) 50, Pomp and Circumstances 46, If All Goes Wrong 43, Lonely Is the Name 41, (Come On) Let’s Go! 36, Pox 30, Emerald Green Is the Colour 29, Circular Change 28, For God and Country 28, When the Cocks Crow 27, Mama 26, Baby 22, No Surrender 22, Make It Happen 21, I’m Doing the Best I Can 20, The Leaving Lament 20, The March Hare 20, Caroline Yes 19, Teargarden Theme 18, Orpheus Descending 17, Question Mark 16, The Fellowship 15, Shadowland 14, The Trip 13, ! (If Only in a Dream) 12, Psalm 131 12, I Don’t Mind 10, Promise Me 10, West Coast 9, Communion 8, Into the Light 5, Choose to Choose Love 3, Corsage in Flames 1.
the 20th anniversary version of gossamer is my favorite.. they got it right there.
surprised people like tarantula. not a fan personally.
Peace+Love is indeed a great song.
Ma Belle should so be higher on that list than As Rome Burns
Spreadsheet of the data analysis?
This probably isn’t the right place to do it, but I wanted to let jjb know that the new Arcade Fire album is going to have 8(!) different covers, and Tom Breihan has this to say about it:
“And if you really love Arcade Fire, you should start saving up right now.”
Sorry to the rest of y’all for fueling jjb’s anti-Pitchfork fire ;)
mini-podcast? ahaha it’s more than an hour long….
Kirk the Pug: i read that earlier today and because I am so bitter about Pitchforks attitude towards Billy I immediately thought of the story they wrote in 2007 when it was announced that there would be 4 versions of Zeitgeist. The picture they used was a dollar bill with Bilys face on it and his “message” to fans was FUCK YOU. But I guess Arcade Fire is within their right to do 8 covers-even though its the same album 8 times over
so pitchfork is inconsistent in their view points.. but one thing is for sure, they consistently hate billy corgan.
only because it makes them look cool-don’t forget it
I was waiting for the Jimmy Regression… Do we just assume that everybody who’s still here is over his departure?
And I’ve always liked “(Come On) Let’s Go.” Surprised to hear of its universal panning.
not to get into this pitchfork thing… but a lot of people hate billy corgan, and not just because it’s cool. but it’s almost always unjustified and ill-considered.
Also, we still are without a studio “Gossamer”, “99 Floors”, “As Rome Burns”, “Peace + Love”, and “Owata”… It might be nice to have a studio cut of these… and, wheres the love for the March Hare? Fools!
oh great job on the poll btw… had a lot of fun with this podcast.
oh and jason, doomsday clock has a “come on” as well, if we’re counting. someone needs to do a poll with just the “come on” and “la la” songs.
can’t believe not one of the four of you like, let alone love, stellar. i know that chris for one has talked about the importance of lyrics in his appreciation of SP songs, making the stellar exclusion more surprising to me. seriously, listen to it and read the lyrics. the music is killer too: the guitar textures, jimmy’s sympathetic drums… i could go on for ever…. so much love for that song
agree with Woody.
You guys do such a great job! a BIG thanks!! Neverlost is definitely in my top 3.
@Woody: I’ll give it another shot and pay more attention to the lyrics.
Chrics, here’s a nice live version of ‘Stellar’ :)
this song to me is very beautiful, winterish, snowy :D. brilliant. one of the best SP songs since reunion.
/just finished listening to the podcast-ending song
It warms my heart to think that maybe, just maybe, these poll results will help us get a studio release for songs like “Gossamer” and “As Rome Burns.”
Regarding Pitchfork… They hate Billy Corgan because he represents a threat to their fiefdom. They want to be the gatekeepers. They want a world in which music journalists make and break careers. Billy Corgan is a clear example of an artist who succeeded and who continues to succeed on the basis of his own raw talent, postmodern English-majors be damned. The writers at Pitchfork can’t have the most talented artists directly influencing the culture – it’s a direct threat to the journos’ status.
People like that really exist – people who aren’t interested in adding beauty to the world but rather enhancing their own power by obtaining a gatekeeper role. I know a young man whose career goal is to become the person who decides which artists in our city receive taxpayer funding.
@jjb: Did you start right after I posted the podcast?
The Trip = Cheese City. It gives me douche chills.
@Gv what an angry world you live in.
GV, Gossamer or As Rome Burns without JC – spell epic fail.
Regardless of the poll results, I think its fair to say that (at least IMO) there have been a wealth of fantastic songs written since the revival. I genuinely enjoy the vast majority of the songs above.
Sweet I voted for Gossamer :P
and isn’t Tarantula pronounced tare-an-tooluh??
best part of the show..listening to Gossamer at the end :P
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I actually was never into Gossamer at all and would always skip it. But, this poll forced me to go back and give it another chance. It’s definitely growing on me as I’m a sucker for epic songs like that.
I have listened to Stellar several times and it just doesn’t grab me.
As Rome Burns is freaking incredible but…. can we please just bring JC back for the studio version??? It won’t be the same without him. :(
Listening to Gossamer gave me a headache. That song is harder to endure than Pastichio Medley is.