Porcupine Pie vs. Cowboy Star

[evan (giggles)]

I have a nomination: Scott Walker's Jolson and Jones. I defy you to listen to his disk "The Drift" from start to finish. I have done it three times. What does not kill you makes you stronger.

I much prefer the song from "the drift" with the sampled daffy duck voice. oh man, i'm in stitches whenever i hear that.

[buffcoat]

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is easily the most unlistenable song of all time (pick any one of the four).  But I don't think it's the worst because he was just doing it to get back at his record company.

Seriously - I challenge you to listen to all 4 sides of that record without doing anything to distract you.  It's a remarkable experience to even try.

[Laurie]

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is easily the most unlistenable song of all time (pick any one of the four).  But I don't think it's the worst because he was just doing it to get back at his record company.

Seriously - I challenge you to listen to all 4 sides of that record without doing anything to distract you.  It's a remarkable experience to even try.

Ha! I was gonna mention that one. I love VU, and I love quite a lot of Lou Reed's solo stuff, but man oh manishevitz, that is truly awful music noise.

[J W Buchanan]

Porcupine Pie just sort of teeters perfectly on the edge of awfulness, which keeps you listening until it can infect you with its crazy. I'd had enough of Cowboy Star ten seconds in.

I'm also fascinated with how Neil Diamond will mention blue jeans at the drop of a hat.

[buffcoat]

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is easily the most unlistenable song of all time (pick any one of the four).  But I don't think it's the worst because he was just doing it to get back at his record company.

Seriously - I challenge you to listen to all 4 sides of that record without doing anything to distract you.  It's a remarkable experience to even try.

Ha! I was gonna mention that one. I love VU, and I love quite a lot of Lou Reed's solo stuff, but man oh manishevitz, that is truly awful music noise.

F.L./F.M.J.C.,

It was one of the first things I downloaded during the "Napster" phase of American music, just to hear what all the fuss was about.  I've seen some people online try to defend it and pretend that there's some sort of discernible theme in there.  Uh, no.

[Sploops]

I thought The Load-Out by Jackson Brown was declared the worst song ever?  There's nothing worse than some millionaire singing an ode to the slobs working as his roadies like he's some friend to the working-man.  P'shaw.





PS - I like Metal Machine Music

[Omar]

I thought The Load-Out by Jackson Brown was declared the worst song ever?  There's nothing worse than some millionaire singing an ode to the slobs working as his roadies like he's some friend to the working-man.  P'shaw.

Stan mentioned this in the chat on Tuesday night -- the tune did indeed receive this dishonor on the 11/30/04 installment.

[John Junk]

I think Hornsby imitating Mohammad Ali and saying "Joe Frosia" is worse than both songs.

[LostInReno]

Cowboy Star is the worst song ever

[rootdoc (not my real name)]

Has nobody heard the Wiggles version of Porcupine Pie?

It's actually better than the original!!!

Check it out on iTunes.

[Reggie]

Porcupine Pie is pretty wacky, but I'd say it gets a pass because it sounds like he wrote it for his kids off the top of his head, and then decided to start playing it live, which is the sort of crazy think I love about Neil.  (his writing a song about the movie E.T. is another example of this).

Cowboy Star is just awful all the way through.  Though some people apparently like it...allmusic.com calls the song a "knockout"! HAHA!  That whole Aaron Copeland section in the middle is SO BAD!

 

[Andy]

are we supposed to be sending in song suggestions?  If so, I have a winner.

[Andy]

this isn't mine, but it's up there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLYRdWxJ7zY

[Reggie]

sorry Andy, that song is super good compared to P. Pie and C. Star!

[redmedicine]

Cowboy Star is just awful all the way through.  Though some people apparently like it...allmusic.com calls the song a "knockout"! HAHA!  That whole Aaron Copeland section in the middle is SO BAD!
 

I dunno, that Americana section sounds like it could be a heretofore unknown influence on Soupjam Stevens.