Hüsker Dü, 1983-1987
89. "Crystal"
88. "Actual Condition"
87. "No Promise Have I Made"
86. "You're a Soldier"
85. "Tell You Tomorrow"
84. "One Step at a Time"
83. "All This I've Done for You"
82. "It's Not Peculiar"
81. "Don't Know Yet"
80. "Bed of Nails"
79. "The Wit and the Wisdom"
78. "Somewhere"
77. "Reoccurring Dreams"
76. "How To Skin a Cat"
75. "Hare Krsna"
74. "Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope"
73. "What's Going On"
72. "If I Told You"
71. "Dreams Reoccurring"
70. "Newest Industry"
69. "Too Far Down"
68. "She Floated Away"
67. "Masochism World"
66. "I Apologize"
65. "Monday Will Never Be the Same"
64. "I Don't Know What You're Talking About"
63. "Private Plane"
62. "Real World"
61. "Whatcha Drinkin'"
60. "Could You Be the One?"
59. "It’s Not Funny Anymore"
58. "Indecision Time"
57. "Too Much Spice"
56. "Lifeline"
55. "I Don't Know for Sure"
54. "She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man)"
53. "No Reservations"
52. "Ice Cold Ice"
51. "Eiffel Tower High"
50. "The Baby Song"
49. "Don't Want to Know if You Are Lonely"
48. "Hate Paper Doll"
47. "Back From Somewhere"
46. "Turn It Around"
45. "Dead Set on Destruction"
44. "Up in the Air"
43. "Out on a Limb"
42. "Standing in the Rain"
41. "Deadly Skies"
40. "Friend, You've Got to Fall"
39. "Every Everything"
38. "You Can Live at Home"
37. "Plans I Make"
36. "Standing by the Sea"
35. "Visionary"
34. "59 Times the Pain"
33. "Perfect Example"
32. "These Important Years"
31. "Broken Home, Broken Heart"
30. "Books About UFOs"
29. "Keep Hanging On"
28. "First of the Last Calls"
27. "Never Talking to You Again"
26. "The Tooth Fairy and the Princess"
25. "Folklore"
24. "Sorry Somehow"
23. "Powerline"
22. "Flip Your Wig"
21. "Whatever"
20. "Turn on the News"
19. "New Day Rising"
18. "Beyond the Threshold"
17. "Terms of Psychic Warfare"
16. "Makes No Sense at All"
15. "Pride"
14. "Divide and Conquer"
13. "I’ll Never Forget You"
12. "Diane"
11. "The Biggest Lie"
10. "Flexible Flyer"
9. "Hardly Getting Over It"
8. "The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill"
7. "Chartered Trips"
6. "Find Me"
5. "Pink Turns to Blue"
4. "Games"
3. "Green Eyes"
2. "Celebrated Summer"
1. "Something I Learned Today"
Matthew Gallaway graduated from Cornell University in 1990 with a B.A. in Hüsker Dü.
I was really ready to be Internet Disgusted by this but I feel like we are working off of faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaairly similar levels of Terms of Psychic Warfare appreciation and that is pretty much what the entire Brotherhood of Man is based upon
Nic has been told not to come here.
@Matt P.S. — Answer is How to Skin a Cat 1-88 and then Pink Turns to Blue 89.
Matt sucks. Matt is dumb.
I'm going to put Husker Du in the same camp as Jimmy Buffet and Phish, i.e. having a fan base whose devotion remains a mystery to me.
The guys in Anthrax are big Hüsker Dü fans in fact they once covered Celebrated Summer and Charlie played in a cover band Dü Hüskers which was also the name of an all-Minneapolis-bands record covering Zen Arcade.
@dado: putting anyone in the same category as Phish is just cruel; well, except Jimmy Buffet.
Can't we all just agree that Sugar was better and just move on?
Grant Hart is better than Bob Mould I will fight you.
@Clarence Rosario in case you haven't seen this yet:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/bob-mould-covers-sugar,53053/
@Matt Finally. Really? Finally. Details, Matt. Matt. Matt.
"MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL" ABOVE "THE BABY SONG" JESUS CHRIST YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME
Gear Daddies
Husker Du
The Jayhawks
Suburbs
Replacements
*Prince
In a particular order.
@hockeymom also Soul Asylum (up to and including Somebody to Shove, but no further), and Golden Smog, though really the rest of the list makes them more-or-less redundant. And the Hold Steady, if we're going to get all 21st century.
@hockeymom GEARDADDIES! "Stupid Boy" charmed me way back when.
@s. i know it makes me super lame, but my own personal list would include semisonic at a pretty high rank. it's probably also a function of my relative youth – feeling strangely fine was released when i was in 8th grade, which was the perfect time/age to appreciate that. and great divide is a nice little collection of pop songs!
@s. Soul Asylum does not make the list for personal reasons.
The Hold Steady is not eligible due to age requirements.
I'm sorry.
@genevieveyorke I guess I'm a bit older, so I had to endure far too many bar DJs who thought it was clever to play “Closing Time” at kicking-out time (and really, that song is never a good idea), but “Singing in My Sleep” is a lost treasure of late-90s mallternative.
@hockeymom We must be of the same era. GEAR DADDIES HOLY CRAP. Also, I stopped speaking to my boyfriend for two days when he forgot to get tickets to The Jayhawks performing the entirety of "Tomorrow the Green Grass" recently. (That they sold out everything made up for the fact that, when they toured for TTGG, their Portland, Maine audience consisted of about four people.)
@hockeymom – you just made me cry a little. So few understand those artists and appreciate them like you and I do.
@hockeymom – Toad the Wet Sprocket? Your verdict?
@sigerson I like them… "Something's Always Wrong" gets me every single time.
A one act play in Husker Du song titles:
Bob: "It's Not Funny Anymore"
Grant: "Sorry Somehow"
Bob: "All This I've Done For You"
Grant: "I Apologize"
Bob: "Hardly Getting Over It"
Grant: "Pride"
Bob: "I'm Never Talking to You Again"
Grant: "Whatever"
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More importantly, hooray for this. I would only lobby for the re-ranking of "Turn On the News" into the top 10 in future editions.
@Dave Bry That's great. But: Same, re: Turn On the News. Except that's a slippery slope. Then it would have to be a Sugar-Husker-Solo LWC, and that would surely get violent, possibly with swords involved.
85. is actually titled "Tell You Why Tomorrow." The Warner years get less than their due sometimes.
You concern yourself with evidence, it's EVIDENT TO ME!!!
I'm too happy to see a Huskers list to quibble with the rankings.
Yes, this.
I'm with brilliantmistake. The awl writes everything I need and want to see; it accords with me.
This list is great, except that every song should be #1
Just: Who is this Matt? And it's on, I know…so: And what about you, Jolie? Awl primary smugcommenters, you're merely Fale shite, right? And I'm here to help.
the silly thing, Gallaway? You rocked this, hard. Well played. "The Biggest Lie" would crack my top ten, but no quibble: you know your Du. Thanks. Anyway: back to the silly thing. I had to use your brilliant post to take down the chief Awldicks (Matt,Jolie,ArtYucko,etc.). I know they're not going anywhere. But neither am I. Annnd: Awl credits.
4, 6, 9 need to be replaced with 20, 22, 30
New Day Rising at no.1 and push everthing down a spot.
Mould doing celebrated summer acoustic can go on its own list.
Oh, soul asylum best live shows ever
I'm in it, right?
My name is, my name is, my name is
Empty.
(Myron Thomas)
Dave Bry. Dave Bry. Dave Bry. Dave Bry. (They were sweating on me, if pleasantly.)
"Eight Miles High"
Best. Cover. Ever.
The Baby Song above I Apologize, What's Going On and Newest Industry? Never Talking to You Again should be top five. Still, awesome to see this list at all!
Surely the moustache deserves a tag?