I wasn’t feeling the first minute or so, but damn it won me over by the end. This goes pretty hard.

I think the context of its production does add to the music. I’ve never been blown away by a full Nilsson record, but the guy had something special. It just was rarely channeled fully.

I’m not as much of an On The Beach stan like some of you, but this is a perfect song.

So glad he went with the uplifting Wurlitzer arrangement instead of his usual acoustic guitar version he had been playing live for a few years

The perfect accompaniment for those lyrics

Which band?

Oh s***, this is a stunner. It honestly sounds like a Beach House song. I didn’t think they had this in them.

in case you didnt realize one of the absolute hardest backing bands on the planet from '65-'75 were short kings

Steve Marriot was the same height but f***ed off to form Humble Pie. Rod and Ron are only like 5'9 but look like giants;

Velvets ofc

That's who I figured you would call the goats but they have 3 songs in the top 50
they aren't showing up for you?

Wym I'm looking at the top 20 each year in OP

oh I thought you were looking at the Spotify playlist linked in op. yeah I love TVU&N but my highlights are bubbling just under the top 20. still pretty good for the year that has by far the most classic/amazing songs (440 compared to the usual 300ish)

the rest of the top of the list;

From what I understand this was recorded in 74 at Mike Nesmith's studio. After she died they didn’t want to throw too many bells and whistles on it, to just let her voice speak for itself. This is one of my favorites from her. Achingly beautiful. What a melody.

those VU bums never pulled off an opus like Open the Door Homer

Oh yeah i don't use spotify. I know I'm no 60s savant but having nothing by VU&Nico in the top 10 still feels insane to me

laboured over that whole top 100 for months to make absolute sure it felt honest to myself

wasn't trying to rank objectively at all cause then they would be very boring

all im tryna say

Priest arrive with a masterpiece straight out the gate

very nice

that intro sounds like she's inside my brain

unhinged vocal performance for sure

"I used to whip him
I used to beat him
Oh, he used to dig it
Yeah, he used to really dig it"

a bass line that could raise the dead

Goats

Enoheads really were eating

@RASIE wants this played at his funeral