One of the great things about doing #JulydedByVoices earlier this year was linking up on Bluesky with other GBV fans. It was a bit of an honour as far as I was concerned that Rich was one of them, and this is an excellent read about him and the band!
Thanks to #JulydedByVoices this has become one of my favorite albums.
Another regrettable omission from my #JulydedByVoices choices.
#MusicByNumbers 9️⃣6️⃣
5° On the Inside
Guided by Voices
#MusicChallenge
"5° on the inside
Baby that’s cold
*96* years and still crying
Baby that’s old"
This is also a timely #SeptemBob track, a slightly tardy addition to #AugustByCake and a scandalously late entry to #JulydedByVoices.
And this is the second Top Two #JulydedByVoices song, also chosen nine times. I don't need someone to tell me why :-)
Teenage FBI
song.link/y/INN4DF2BgLs
And the Original Version for the Luddites... ;-)
song.link/y/L1uBp70ZnwE
Thanks again to everyone who took part and/or listened!
Finally bringing #JulydedByVoices to an end in mid-August, we have the Top Two, both of which were chosen by participants nine times.
Firstly, we shoot ourselves with rock and roll.
I Am A Scientist
song.link/y/SfuSs0NfDLo
Live From Austin, TX version
song.link/y/bG5G7FCVao0
And the third song selected eight times in #JulydedByVoices is dedicated to Jen from 'The IT Crowd', who shouldn't even know who they are.
Game Of Pricks
Tigerbomb EP version:
song.link/y/snVPHVJH9J0
Alien Lanes version:
song.link/y/MjZ6HL-8WK0
The second song to receive eight votes in #JulydedByVoices crept from a soft dimension where one of my souls was lighter...
Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)
song.link/y/5MTzCxFlT8g
Live from Austin, TX version:
song.link/y/jUjLDvrLDhg
For anyone still with me, we're now up to the #JulydedByVoices Final Five.
Three songs were chosen eight times. The first is one I often use as an exemplar of a power pop classic by a band you wouldn't classify as such.
Chasing Heather Crazy
song.link/y/IKFCOWAGQKY
Live: song.link/y/u-obQMHUiJQ
Too busy to continue #JulydedByVoices today - the Top 5 will have to wait! I'll give you a clue - 'Tainted Angels With Butter Knives' didn't make it...
And this is the fourth song with seven #JulydedByVoices picks. No need for further questioning.
Smothered In Hugs
song.link/y/HuMWH8XQk5E
And the 'Suitcase 3' 4-track version:
song.link/y/C_eGspXh7Rk
Tomorrow - the three eights!
The third seven-pick track in #JulydedByVoices is the highest ranking solo/side-project song. There's only one version to share, with no alternate or live (for understandable reasons) takes, but it really is a stunning piece of work.
Robert Pollard - People Are Leaving
song.link/y/GkqK9FYPxWE
"And then the time will come when you add up the numbers"... And when you do, you'll find that the second song to be chosen seven times in #JulydedByVoices was this.
Motor Away
song.link/y/9J-V6AGuA2k
And the 'Suitcase 4' demo:
song.link/y/iSN_YVpFH5s
Four #JulydedByVoices songs were lucky number seven choices... So these are numbers 8 to 5 in the Top 41.
Firstly, a song to get you high.
Glad Girls
song.link/y/XZsi9uEOJLg
And the live Austin, TX version:
song.link/y/K4jGSXCq6DI
Aaaarrgghhhh, that pesky accidental comma again... #JulydedByVoices
And the fourth #JulydedByVoices sixer is the second highest song not by/credited to Guided By Voices...
Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard - Pop Zeus
song.link/y/sy7JmyAUMAg
But here's GBV doing it anyway :-)
song.link/y/bn16URoclW4
The third #JulydedByVoices sixer - it's the last thing that's holding me.
Hold On Hope
song.link/y/CuPf3OhbcGw
And here's an XFM session acoustic version:
song.link/y/MlGvlF-wlLI
We're in Sixland, but that's not one of them... Numbers 12 to 9 in the #JulydedByVoices Top 41 are the four songs that were chosen six times. Firstly...
Dayton, Ohio - Nineteen Something And 5
Tonics & Twisted Chasers version: song.link/y/NwIS36TvRUE
Live version: song.link/y/rYL51wxLzaE
Huffman Prairie Flying Field
song.link/y/xh_14mF3w9w
Kicker Of Elves
song.link/y/ReZbIsk9hiI
My Valuable Hunting Knife
song.link/y/ZayXKRsrkDg
Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox
song.link/y/JiKwdTdoLww
Storm Vibrations
song.link/y/fZNu_lTQjbk
#JulydedByVoices
The #JulydedByVoices Top 41 continues with numbers 22 to 14, the nine songs chosen five times...
The Best Of Jill Hives
song.link/y/CnP04fmoQ7Y
Everywhere With Helicopter
song.link/y/ksU1w-N3sH0
Girls Of Wild Strawberries
song.link/y/wL4G7psHIaI
Gold Star For Robot Boy
song.link/y/EiRXkYUim_c
A quick #JulydedByVoices stats update:
I'm on holiday, and my JBV spreadsheet is on my laptop, which is at home.
So, I don't have any info with me relating to 1- or 2-pick songs, but I did write down the Top 41 and bring that with me, so I'll continue with the songs chosen five times tomorrow :-)
41 songs were chosen for #JulydedByVoices more than three times. So here starts the Top 41 - The Only Chart That Counts. (Except it's not really a chart, and it only counts GBV universe songs.)
Today, the 19 songs that were picked four times:
As We Go Up, We Go Down
Buzzards And Dreadful Crows
A #JulydedByVoices stats apology: I miscategorised a song when counting up...
Revised figures: 19 (not 18) chosen four times; 4 (not 5) chosen six times.
I throw myself upon the mercy of the Court Of Lions.
#JulydedByVoices
I`m not surprised nobody but me picked Drag Days, I am always the only person to love certain things! LOL
Yes you're once, twice, three times a #JulydedByVoices pick...
These 45 songs were each chosen three times during July. They're listed in alphabetical order, and are GBV unless stated!
Acorns & Orioles
Alex Bell
Awful Bliss
Seconded! I did a thing called #JulydedByVoices last month - you might be interested in having a look :-)
Oops - random accidental comma in the hashtag! #JulydedByVoices
Guided By Statistics... (6th Aug, 2/2)
Of the 492 #JulydedByVoices songs:
294 were chosen once (492 backwards!!).
112 twice.
45 three times.
18 four times.
9 five times.
5 six times.
4 seven times.
3 eight times...
And 2 were chosen 9 times.
I'll tell you the three-timers on Thursday!
I've been doing a bit of retrospective #JulydedByVoices number crunching. Obviously this was never intended as a poll of best/favourites, rather an opportunity to share and discover, but I thought people might still be interested in getting an idea of what people chose!
#LookAndSee (Day 165)
#MusicChallenge
#JulydedByVoices
#GBV
Everywhere With Helicopter
youtu.be/ksU1w-N3sH0?...
