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  • RESULTS: Top Shoegazing Songs

    Back in January 2005 I started the thread titled Top shoegazing songs, and asked:

    What songs would you play for someone if you wanted to introduce him/her to shoegaze?

    The thread has been more or less alive since 2005, and one day i got the idea - why not use that thread to make a list of The Best or most Popular shoegazing songs? So I sat down for a few hours and listed every single song mentioned in the thread, and also how many times they were mentioned.

    So... Here are the most popular/best Shoegazing tracks based upon your favorite songs! (I didn't include songs with less than 2 votes)

    ######################## Oct 09 ########################

    1) My Bloody Valentine - Soon (with 29 mentions)
    2) My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow (26)
    3) Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station (19)
    #) My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes (19)
    4) Ride - Vapour Trail (18)
    #) Slowdive - Alison (18)
    5) Slowdive - When The Sun Hits (15)
    6) Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic (12)
    #) Slowdive - Machine Gun (12)
    #) Slowdive - Catch The Breeze (12)
    7) Chapterhouse - Pearl (11)
    #) My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep (11)
    8) Ride - Dreams Burnt Down (10)
    9) Ride - Leave Them All Behind (9)
    10) Lush - Sweetness & Light (8)
    ##) My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When (8)
    ##) Jesus & the Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (8)
    ##) Ride - Seagull (8)
    11) Lush - De-Luxe (7)
    ##) My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise (7)
    12) Asobi Seksu - Thursday (6)
    ##) Slowdive - Morning Rise (6)
    13) M83 - Don't Save Us From The Flames (5)
    ##) Slowdive - Dagger (5)
    ##) The Telescopes - Flying (5)
    ##) Adorable - Sunshine Smile (5)
    ##) Ride - Chelsea Girl (5)
    ##) Ride - Sennen (5)
    14) Chapterhouse - Breather (4)
    ##) Chapterhouse - Falling Down (4)
    ##) Lush - Nothing Natural (4)
    ##) Boo Radleys - Lazarus (4)
    ##) Swervedriver - Duel (4)
    ##) The Swirlies - Pancake (4)
    ##) Ride - Like a Daydream (4)
    ##) Ride - Unfamiliar (4)
    ##) Pale Saints - The Sight of You (4)
    ##) Slowdive - 40 Days (4)
    ##) Slowdive - Primal (4)
    15) Curve - Horror Head (3)
    ##) Cocteau Twins - Cherry Coloured Funk (3)
    ##) Catherine Wheel - Crank (3)
    ##) Drop Nineteens - Kick the Tragedy (3)
    ##) Flying Saucer Attack - My Dreaming Hill (3)
    ##) Jesus & the Mary Chain - Never Understand (3)
    ##) Moose - Suzanne (3)
    ##) My Bloody Valentine - Come In Alone (3)
    ##) My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said (3)
    ##) My Bloody Valentine - Blown a Wish (3)
    ##) My Bloody Valentine - Cigarette in Your Bed (3)
    ##) My Bloody Valentine - Loomer (3)
    ##) Pale Saints - Throwing Back the Apple (3)
    ##) Ride - Today (3)
    ##) Ride - Nowhere (3)
    ##) Ride - Drive Blind (3)
    ##) Slowdive - Golden Hair (3)
    ##) Slowdive - Spanish Air (3)
    ##) The Verve - Gravity Grave (3)
    16) Adorable - Homeboy (2)
    ##) Adorable - Crash Sight (2)
    ##) Blonde Redhead - 23 (2)
    ##) Catherine Wheel - Salt (2)
    ##) Catherine Wheel - Pain (2)
    ##) Catherine Wheel - Chrome (2)
    ##) Cocteau Twins - Pandora (2)
    ##) Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup (2)
    ##) Cocteau Twins - Lorelei (2)
    ##) Chapterhouse - Mesmerise (2)
    ##) Chapterhouse - April (2)
    ##) Chapterhouse - Precious One (2)
    ##) Curve - Coast is Clear (2)
    ##) Curve - I Speak Your Every Word (2)
    ##) Cranes - Shining Road (2)
    ##) Jesus & the Mary Chain - April Skies (2)
    ##) Jesus & the Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up (2)
    ##) Jesus & the Mary Chain - Reverence (2)
    ##) Kitchens of Distinction - Gone World Gone (2)
    ##) Kitchens of Distinction - Drive That Fast (2)
    ##) Lush - Never-Never (2)
    ##) Lush - Starlust (2)
    ##) M83 - Kim & Jessie (2)
    ##) M83 - You Appearing (2)
    ##) M83 - Teen Angst (2)
    ##) M83 - Run Into Flowers (2)
    ##) Medicine - Aruca (2)
    ##) My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power (2)
    ##) Pale Saints - Hunted (2)
    ##) Revolver - Heaven Sent An Angel (2)
    ##) Ride - Chromeways (2)
    ##) Ride - in a Different Place (2)
    ##) Ride - Polar Bear (2)
    ##) Ride - Kaleidoscope (2)
    ##) Ride - OX4 (2)
    ##) Seefeel - More Like Space (2)
    ##) Slowdive - She Calls (2)
    ##) Slowdive - Slowdive (2)
    ##) Slowdive - Some Velvet Morning (2)
    ##) Slowdive - Here She Comes (2)
    ##) Slowdive - Shine (2)
    ##) Spacemen 3 - Come Down Easy (2)
    ##) Swervedriver - Wrong Treats (2)
    ##) Swervedriver - Sunset (2)
    ##) The Telescopes - Perfect Needle (2)
    ##) The Verve - Slide Away (2)
    ##) The Verve - Already There (2)

    Listen to the almost complete Spotify-playlist assembled by komigenviktor

    #######################################################

    "MIXTAPE"
    max-1-song-per-band-list:

    1) My Bloody Valentine - Soon (29)
    2) Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station / Alison (19/18)
    3) Ride - Vapour Trail (18)
    4) Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic (12)
    5) Chapterhouse - Pearl (11)
    6) Lush - Sweetness & Light (8)
    7) Jesus & the Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (8)
    8) Asobi Seksu - Thursday (6)
    9) M83 - Don't Save Us From The Flames (5)
    10) The Telescopes - Flying (5)
    11) Adorable - Sunshine Smile (5)
    12) Boo Radleys - Lazarus (4)
    13) Pale Saints - Sight of You (4)
    14) Swervedriver - Duel (4)
    15) The Swirlies - Pancake (4)
    16) Curve - Horror Head (3)
    17) Cocteau Twins - Cherry Coloured Funk (3)
    18) Drop Nineteens - Kick the Tragedy (3)
    19) Flying Saucer Attack - My Dreaming Hill (3)
    20) Moose - Suzanne (3)
    21) The Verve - Gravity Grave (3)
    22) Blonde Redhead - 23 (2)
    23) Cranes - Shining Road (2)
    24) Kitchens of Distinction - Gone World Gone / Drive That Fast (2/2)
    25) Medicine - Aruca (2)
    26) Revolver - Heaven Sent An Angel (2)
    27) Seefeel - More Like Space (2)
    28) Spacemen 3 - Come Down Easy (2)

    #######################################################

    Mentions/band (Just for the record ;)

    1) My Bloody Valentine (128 mentions)
    2) Slowdive (114)
    3) Ride (89)
    4) Lush (36)
    5) Pale Saints (33)
    5) Catherine Wheel (32)
    #) Chapterhouse (32)
    6) Cocteau Twins (25)
    #) Jesus & the Mary Chain (25)
    7) M83 (20)
    8) Swervedriver (15)
    9) Curve (14)
    10) Adorable (11)
    ##) Spacemen 3 (11)
    11) Asobi Seksu (10)
    ##) The Boo Radleys (10)
    12) The Verve (9)
    ##) The Telescopes (9)
    13) Kitchens of Distinction (8)
    14) Flying Saucer Attack (6)
    ##) Medicine (6)
    15) Deerhunter (5)
    ##) The Swirlies (5)
    ##) Drop Nineteens (5)
    16) Cranes (4)
    17) The Brian Jonestown Massacre (3)
    ##) Spiritualized (3)
    ##) A Place to Bury Strangers (3)
    ##) Atlas Sound (3)
    18) Airiel (2)
    ##) The Autumns (2)
    ##) Bethany Curve (2)
    ##) Blonde Redhead (2)
    ##) Bowery Electric (2)
    ##) Moose (2)
    ##) Lilys (2)
    ##) Field Mice (2)
    ##) Galaxie 500 (2)
    ##) Hammock (2)
    ##) Revolver (2)
    ##) Seefeel (2)

    #######################################################
    And that's it! Comments? Ideas

    "In spite of myself I'm a meticulous man"
    Edited by olznillz on 27 Oct 2009, 16:55
  • AHH. Love you for going through all the trouble in making this. It's amazing stuff, sounds great!

    What were you planning on doing with this? Is this just for fun?

    I always thought it'd be cool to have like a chain letter kind of thing...but instead it'd be a mixtape that gets sent around, with new tapes, track list, and music stories being added to the deal and traveling about, person to person.

    Love my superstitious games.
  • I have way to much time to kill right now, and I thought it could be fun, and I think the list turned out really good actually! :)

    Thats a cool idea, you mean sending real physical letters with tapes like in the old days?

    "In spite of myself I'm a meticulous man"
  • thank you) it is really great) nice job)

    • DunHout said...
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    • 25 Oct 2009, 07:56
    good job, nice list.

  • A word to the voters...

    First of all to Olznillz a big thank you!
    And to those who votes ==> please take some time to get to know the song Rollercoaster of Spacmen 3. This song is in my top 10 of all song of all times ... it's fantastic!

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    • leetamm said...
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    • 25 Oct 2009, 13:10
    Great list. I'm so glad to see "Soon" at the top.

    • Kikaruu said...
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    • 25 Oct 2009, 13:52
    Great list, really. I think its cool that you put this together based on community input.

    ~Kikaruu
    I'm fairly innocuous.
  • Thanks. I think whats good about the list is that people had to write down their own favorite tracks, instead of having to choose or eliminate.

    An interesting thing is that some bands that are less frequent on the song-list did really well on the band-list (Pale Saints, Cocteau Twins, Swervedriver etc). It's because so many different songs were mentioned, there were no real stand-outs.

    "In spite of myself I'm a meticulous man"
  • no "this empty flow" at all ?! wtf?

    you talk.
  • Yeah, Olznillz! A tape recorder with tapes get sent around, and if people wish they like, add more to it and send it to the next person. It would work strictly on a trust system (as in plz don't lose/keep tapes & other shit to yourself!) but I think it could work.

    Love my superstitious games.
  • colossal lists going on here... hats off to you for putting it together!

  • nice list, thanks.

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    • zyklonP said...
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    • 26 Oct 2009, 17:51
    olznillz said:
    Thats a cool idea, you mean sending real physical letters with tapes like in the old days?


    That is an awesome idea. I would definitely participate :]

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    • dpdd said...
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    • 26 Oct 2009, 19:20
    very few era-now bands to my surprise. okay list. bit too much mbv who are overrated imo, but still okay.

  • VomitingRoses, zyklonP - Thats an excellent idea, and I think it's been done before here in sweden, we even had a webpage, blandband.nu (blandband means mixtape)

    "In spite of myself I'm a meticulous man"
  • Damn the Swedes taking my ideas! haha no, but seriously...yeah, it's been something I've been wanting to do. I think it'd be cool! Let's get this did!

    Love my superstitious games.
  • i put together a spotify playlist with the results :) obviously there were a few songs/artists missing, but hey its spotify.

    http://open.spotify.com/user/cowboysviktor/playlist/4DtIfosKDfRly7aIPl19B2

  • komigenviktor - Thats great work, thanks! Let's spread it :) I put a link to it under the list

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  • Pretty awesome list, Thx

  • Thx olznillz and komigenviktor! Good work both of ya ^^

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    • avalyn2 said...
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    • 17 Nov 2009, 21:28
    great list, seems to cover all the old classics

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