your fave five from NUGGETS

[naughty boy]

[Charlie O.]

I went with "Dirty Water", "Night Time", "Don't Look Back" (a record I didn't like much at all for a long time), "Open My Eyes" and (after much deliberation) "Farmer John".

[never/ever]

Psychotic Reaction
You're Gonna Miss Me
Pushin' Too Hard
Run Run Run
and Oh Yeah

The first three have always been my favorites of this set.

[Bent Fabric]

I Had Too Much...
Lies
Don't Look Back
You're Gonna Miss Me
Open My Eyes

Shit - honorable mention to the remainder, I guess.

[BARON CORNY DOG]

Dirty Water
Lies
Public Execution
Don't Look Back
Open My Eyes

[fange]

Why does 'Liar, Liar' have so few votes?


You're Gonna Miss Me
Don't look Back
Liar, Liar
Psychotic Reaction
Open My Eyes

[naughty boy]

Why does 'Liar, Liar' have so few votes?

I came here to post just that.

and 'Lies' has three times as many.



'Psychotic Reaction' and 'Liar Liar' are way out in front of anything else for me, from this list.

I'm a big Elevators' fan but that one is a bit too 'standard', if you get me. Got my vote, tho', along with The Seeds and The Nazz.

[Darkness_Fish]

I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night
Pushin' To Hard
Liar, Liar
Psychotic Reaction
Hey Joe

[Snarfyguy]

Impeccably curated, isn't it?

[Bent Fabric]

Impeccably curated, isn't it?

Truly.

That said, having come to that particular vein of solid gold magic in the late 1980s (end of my teen years), I first collected this music through a series of Rhino single LP editions (Punk part III, Pop part I, etc.) as well as the - by then - proliferate Pebbles, Rubble, Highs of the Mid 60s, Back From the Grave, etc.

When Rhino put out the 4cd box in 1998, I went nuts for that, and it has taken me years to sort of develop a reliable sense memory of what actually derives from the original 2 LP collection. I keep thinking the likes of "Journey To the Center of the Mind" or 'Incense and Peppermints" will pop up, and even scrolled this poll for a title or two that clearly isn't part of the program.

Did anyone else compile their own cassettes of this stuff back in the cassette era? I had a GOOD one, that I would kill to find a track-listing for today.

[naughty boy]

YES - I remember taking a C-90 to Germany with me in 1990 (when I was studying there for six months), made up of tracks from a couple of those Rhino LPs you mention, as well as some Best of Pebbles LP (artwork by Rudi Protrudi). The thing got worn out.

[Sneelock]

"pushin' too hard" has more votes than "psychotic reaction"???
I voted for it myself but that is just WHACKED!!!

[Matt Wilson]

"pushin' too hard" has more votes than "psychotic reaction"???
I voted for it myself but that is just WHACKED!!!

You're crazy. "Pushin' Too Hard" could be the ultimate garage rock song!!

And the more I think about it, the Seeds could be the ultimate garage rock band.

[naughty boy]

They did so much better.

As did the Elevators.

[Matt Wilson]

The Elevators, maybe, the Seeds? Probably not.

[naughty boy]

[clive gash]

Mr Farmer for me.

[Matt Wilson]

All good (not to mention better songs than those), but none as good as "Pushin' Too Hard."

Start a poll if you don't believe me.

[naughty boy]

Oh, it'll win a poll for sure.

Like Abbey Road got 'best Beatles album' a while back.

Whatever.

[Matt Wilson]

Of course it would win.

Hell, it's winning your poll right now.