Bands In Which the Backup Singer Should Have Been Promoted

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tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
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The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
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I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
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There should have been more than one Steely Dan song with Walter Becker on vocals.
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Spiral Stairs should have probably had more songs on Pavement records, but that little bitch Malkmus wasn't having it.
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I'm also a huge Lou Barlow fan (Sebadoh > Dinosaur Jr.), so I prefer more Barlow singing/songs on Dino Jr. albums.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Sonic Youth is tricky, because they split the singing duties up roughly:

Thurston: 60%
Kim: 20%
Lee: 20%

Anyway, Lee & Kim are both better than Thurston. Kim's output quality is wildly all over the place, but like 90% of the Lee songs are awesome.
Yeah, Lee and Kim's songs always instantly stood out for me. "Wish Fulfillment" and "JC" are probably my 2 favorites from Dirty.
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Bilinda Butcher's voice is way better and generally more fitting of MBV's sound than Kevin Shields' stupid voice.
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Sonic Youth is tricky, because they split the singing duties up roughly:

Thurston: 60%
Kim: 20%
Lee: 20%
I don't think those percentages are right. Kim was lead singer on more than 20%, and Lee on less than 20%.

Maybe 55-33-12
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Captain Termite wrote:
Sonic Youth is tricky, because they split the singing duties up roughly:

Thurston: 60%
Kim: 20%
Lee: 20%
I don't think those percentages are right. Kim was lead singer on more than 20%, and Lee on less than 20%.

Maybe 55-33-12
someone please go through every Sonic Youth song and figure out the correct ratio. i won't be able to sleep tonight without it.
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run2death wrote:Bilinda Butcher's voice is way better and generally more fitting of MBV's sound than Kevin Shields' stupid voice.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
run2death wrote:I'm also a huge Lou Barlow fan (Sebadoh > Dinosaur Jr.), so I prefer more Barlow singing/songs on Dino Jr. albums.
Pretty much on board with all the posts thus far, but this one is especially :thumbsup:
What's your fav Sebadoh album?
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tragabigzanda wrote:
run2death wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
run2death wrote:I'm also a huge Lou Barlow fan (Sebadoh > Dinosaur Jr.), so I prefer more Barlow singing/songs on Dino Jr. albums.
Pretty much on board with all the posts thus far, but this one is especially :thumbsup:
What's your fav Sebadoh album?
i waffle between III and Bakesale. I really dig Deluxe Folk Implosion too.
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i must have played The Sebadoh 1000 times when it came out too. i loved that album for some reason. "Flame" is still a super great, catchy song.
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The five album run of Sebadoh III, Bubble & Scrape, Bakesale, Harmacy and The Sebadoh is amazing.

I'd probably go Bakesale as my fav.
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i never listen to his solo albums, but i was pleasantly surprised by Phil Selway's vocals. i had zero expectation. it's interesting to hear how influenced he is by Thom Yorke's singing (when Thom sings)
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