Top Ten Guided By Voices Songs 

Sorry, but...."I Am A Tree"...I still get ridiculed for loving that one. I think it's the best, so joyous, and GBV at their best.

I'm a relative GBV rookie - I'm from Bob's hometown but only started listening about 6 years ago. Anyway, my stab at it (not in order): 1. Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox 2. Weedking 3. Lethargy 4. Best of Jill Hives 5. Tractor 6. Wished I Was a Giant 7. Official Ironmen Rally 8. Watch Me Jumpstart 9. As We Go Up We Go Down 10. Waves

In no particular order: Goldheart Mountain Top If We Wait My Valuable Hunting Knife Queen of Cans and Jars Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox Big Boring Wedding Dodging Invisible Rays Do the Earth Postal Blowfish Class Clown Spots a UFO Yes, I like the classic lineup.

10. Sucker of Pistol City 9. Watch Me Jumpstart 8. Shocker in Gloomtown 7. Learning to Hunt 6. Sad if I Lost It 5. Peephole 4. I Love Kangaroos 3. Males of Wormwood Mars 2. Queen of Cans and Jars 1. Girls of Wild Strawberries This list is arbitrary. I love all these songs.

I am way too afraid of committing to put together a list like this. I doubt I could settle on my top ten songs from Under the Bushes Under the Stars. But thanks for doing this podcast, Jeff.

Jeff, With you with Jill Hives Haunting and Sublime. my top ten 1. Weed King 2. Everywhere Helicopter 3. Best Of Jill Hives. 4. Cut Out Witch.5. Subspace Biographies. 6. Postal Blowfish 7. Blimps Go 90 8. Marchers in Orange 9. Chasing Heather Crazy. 10. Drag Days. Plus 30 more Pollard/ Sprout Songs one could easily interchange with these!!

Only really just got into GBV-so it’s exciting to only even *know* one song on your list! I saw them live having never heard them back in college but didn’t think much of em. Half a decade later and I listen to Alien Lanes all the time.

Brilliant list! Great that the Best of Jill Hives is on there - love that album...

man, i thought I was a big fan until you took everyone to gbv school for real. lol. awesome stuff

We're going to miss you, Jeff. Thanks for everything!

Awesome list and just got your book in the mail so excited to read it. My top 10 below 10. Cheap Buttons 9. King and Caroline 8. Coming Back From Now On 7. Jar of Cardinals 6. Peep-Hole 5. Drag Days 4. Class Clown Spots a UFO (Demo Version Only) 3. Useless Inventions 2. The Brides Have Hit Glass 1. No Sky

He's the Uncle, Your Name is Wild !

10. Once in a While 9. Ex-Supermodel (snoring gets on my nerves tho) 8. Please Freeze Me 7. Red Gas Circle 6. Sentimental Wars 5. Dorothy's a Planet (suitcase demo) 4. You're Not an Airplane 3. Weedking 2. Class Clown Spots a UFO (Suitcase 3 version) Honorable Mentions: Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox, Ester's Day, basically anything off Alien Lanes that isn't Ex-Supermodel or the number 1 spot, To Remake the Young Flyer, Cut Out Witch, basically anything off August By Cake that isn't Sentimental Wars and the winner is 1. Always Crush Me

I like Drag Days - Liars Tale - Echos Myron - Tractor Rape Chain - Motor Away - Key Losers - As We Go Up...

The first time I heard GBV I was working as a file clerk at Bogle & Gates in Seattle in 1994 , listening to KCMU, now KEXP, in the file room. I can't remember if it was "I am a scientist" or "Liar's Tale". I was intrigued. Regardless, someone told me that they're just a bar band, so I didn't investigate further. Not a trusted source. In 1997, I took the plunge and bought "Mag Earwig". I played it constantly and recorded a cover of "Not Behind the Fighter Jet" on 4-track cassette, since lost, thankfully. I think about making a mix tape for my bandmates, as they're still not massive fans, but the task is daunting. 10 double albums with gatefold sleeves would be just a start.

Can't argue with that # 1, way up there for me as well. Fair Touching and If We Wait are top ten are in my top 10. Sorry to hear these videos are ending, they were awesome, great job!

Appreciate all you have done for the GBV catalog and all us fans

Noooooooo! DON'T STOP NOW, Jeff!!

so long & thanks for all the podcasts, Jeff! I enjoyed it a lot even when I extremely disagreed with your opinions (mostly regarding Alien Lanes, but yknow, to each their own) my top 10n: 10. Indian Was an Angel 9. Johnny Appleseed 8. Don't Stop Now 7. Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox 6. Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud 5. Space Gun 4. Taco, Buffalo, Birddog and Jesus 3. Cigarette Tricks 2. Pendulum 1. Peephole (which is also just my favorite song by any band of all time forever)

Just revisiting - fantastic work, sir.

Nice list Jeff - one could probably make a new top ten for GbV once a week for a year

Sad to see you go Jeff, you were a life saver during lockdown after discovering the podcast last year. Hopefully you'll still put the odd podcast out. As for my top 10 it changes all the time depending on what era of GBV i'm into at the particular time, For now it's... 1. Sing for Your Meat 2. The Official Iron Man Song 3. Twilight Camp Fighter 4. Red Men and Their Wives 5. Volcano 6. Pretty Bombs 7. My Son, My Secretary and My Country 8. Christian Animation Torch Carriers 9. Window of My World 10. Sad If I Lost Changes all the time though...anything from Exit Flagger to Planets Own Brand. Just depends what i'm into at the time.

1. Valuable Hunting Knife 2. Game of Pricks 3. Tractor Rape Chain 4. As We Go Up 5. Chasing Heather Crazy 6. Space Gun 7. Cut Out Witch 8. Sad If I Lost It 9. Smothered in Hugs 10. Dayton, Ohio

top favorite lists for Guided By Voices are always interesting. Rarely ever the same. And I'll be lucky if I even know half of the songs. lol

This is pretty close off the top of my head 10. man called aerodynamics 9. cigarrette tricks/pimple zoo/big chief chinese restaraunt 8. my son cool 7. closer you are 6. gelatin, ice cream, plum 5. delayed reaction brats 4. hit 3. choking tara/learning to hunt/now to war (especially brilliant songwriting) 2. queen of cans and jars 1. kisses to the crying cooks

aí sim mano. Robert Pollard é a lenda

Nooooooooo! I just got here!!! (Well, I'm buying the book, for sure!... plus podcasts to listen to) FAVORITE GUIDED BY VOICES SONGS (Not ranked by order of preference): Titus and Strident Wet Nurse (Creating Jeffrey) Game Of Pricks (My co-favorite song of GBV) Postal Blowfish My Valuable Hunting Knife Dragons Awake / Surgical Focus (Yes. They go together) Wrecking Now Space Gun The Best Of Jill Hives (My co-favorite song of GBV) Don't Stop Now Enemy Motor Away I Am A Scientist Queen Of Cans and Jars Reprise (Destroying Jeffrey) FAVORITE POLLARD SONGS: Pop Zeus Subspace Biographies US Mustard Company My Daughter Yes She Knows Make Use People Are Leaving Conspiracy of Owls The Right Thing Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft A Boy In Motion I Surround You Naked He Requested Things Their Biggest Win I'm A Strong Lion The Butler Stands For All of Us FAVORITE BOB SIDE PROJECTS Heaven Beats Iowa (Cub Scouts Bowling Pins) Wrong Drama Addiction (Airport 5) Yellow Wife No. 5 (Airport 5) I Can't Freeze Anymore (Airport 5) Total Exposure (Airport 5) Stifled Man Casino (Airport 5) Royal Cyclopean (ESP Ohio) You Satisfy Me (Boston Spaceships) How Wrong You Are (Boston Spaceships) Question Girl Alright (Boston Spaceships) Fly Away (Terry Sez) (Boston Spaceships) Let More Light In The House (Boston Spaceships) Tabby And Lucy (Boston Spaceships) Christmas Girl (Boston Spaceships) John The Dwarf Wants To Become an Angel (Boston Spaceships) The British And The French (Boston Spaceships)

Thank you so much for making this GBV series! I've listened to it multiple times over the past few years. If you ever get the itch to do some more, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Bob's solo records :)

That was a very classy and tasty outro to the whole project.

I'll have to have a think about this, but Don't Stop Now and Tractor Rape Chain would certainly be in mine too. Great to see props for the criminally underrated Forever Since Breakfast. Likewise Earthquake Glue.

Glad to see Class Clown on there. Great top ten. Mine's a little more obvoius I feel but so many good songs. 10. Planet Score 9. Echoes Myron 8. He's The Uncle 7. Class Clown Spots a UFO 6. Motoraway 5. The Official Ironman Rally Song 4. Huffman Prairie Flying Field 3. Gold Star For Robot boy 2. Over The Neptune/Medh Gear Folks 1. Game of Pricks

A game that could be played endlessly! Right now maybe... 1. Big School 2. Dayton, Ohio - 19 Something And 5 (Tonics version) 3. Sing It Out 4. Game of Pricks 5. Shocker In Gloomtown 6. I Am A Scientist 7. Jar Of Cardinals 8. Keep It In Motion 9. Huffman Prairie Flying Field 10. A Salty Salute

My list: Little Whirl The Corners are Glowing To Remake the Young Flyer Class Clown Spots a UFO Wondering Boy Poet Girls of Wild Strawberries Blue Babbleships Bay Starfire You Can Fly Anything Right Jellypop Smiles ...Honorable mention: Dropping The Bomb.

Love this! I agree with so much of it. 👍

1run wild 2unleashed! The large Hearted boy 3gold star for robot boy 4a salty salute 5watch me jumpstart 6quality of armor 7hot freaks 8exit flagger 9my son cool 10the goldhart mountain top queen directory ✌️

(Im a new fan) 10. Blimps Go 90 9. If We Wait 8. As We Go Up, We Go Down 7. Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory 6. Echos Myron 5. Watch Me Jumpstart 4. Mincer Ray 3. Tractor Rape Chain 2. Peep Hole (Honourable mentions: My Valuable Hunting Knife(Tigerbomb EP), Motor Away, Teenage FBI, I Am A Tree, She Wants To Know, Hey Aardvark, Demons are Real) 1. Smothered In Hugs

1. He's The Uncle 2. Echos Myron 3. Blimps Go 90 4. Buzzards & Dreadful Crows 5. Indian Fables 6. Navigating Flood Regions 7. Jar Of Cardinals 8. 14 Cheerleader Coldfront 9. Color Of My Blade 10. My Impression Now

Missing the podcast! Lots of great albums to cover since the most recent episode came out 😢….

Thanks for all the great content, Jeff. A true gent. 💪🤟

man hate to see it go yet at the same time i respect the resolve. thanks for such an engaging and researched show! i still have some episodes to get to thankfully.

Now that Crystal Nuns Cathedral is out, I realized how much I miss having your podcast to accompany new releases. Hope you are well, good sir.

this is truly the ultimate task.. i'm willing to give it a try but i can't be so sure about the outcome: may be not so definitive cause i have a very volatile mind. and also cause of new songs every few months. -10. Dusted -9. Heavy Metal Country -8. He's the uncle -7. Waking up the stars -6. Blimps go 90 -5. Secret star -4. Sing for your meat -3. The fnest joke is upon us - 2. At the farms -1. Man Called Aerodynamics

Actually so hard to pick. At this exact moment this would be A list… 1. Weedking 2. Short on Posters 3. We Liken the Sun 4. How to Murder a Man (In 3 Acts) 5. Hang Mr. Kite 6. Slopes of Big Ugly 7. That’s Good 8. If We Wait 9. Sleep Over Jack 10. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows

Jeff, I just finished reading your book a few weeks ago and I was blown away. It's sooo good! The amount of detail in each analysis is staggering, and as a consequence I've been going back and listening to some of the records I neglected upon initial release, particularly the ones made after the 2012 reunion. I'm not sure if I could make a definitive top 10 given how many amazing tracks I'd have to leave off, but "Tractor Rape Chain" would have to be on it. Keep it up, good sir. You're doing the Lord's (of overstock?) work.

It’s rock and roll time

Thanks for a great podcast! I’ve also enjoyed “Our Noise” and “Geniuses of Crack”.

Love the current GBV stuff. Especially when Pollard is in full prog mode

my favourites, not in a particular order (at this moment in time): if we wait over the neptune/mesh gear fox tractor rape chain i am a scientist chicken blows quality of armor game of pricks perfect this time messenger tour at the winston churchill memorial

This would take time to narrow down but my fave GBV song is Enemy on Isolation Drills. I am a tree a close second

Great #1 pick!

Bring back the pod.

10. Fair Touching 9. Teenage FBI 8. Everybody Knows I'm a Raincloud 7. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows 6. Space Gun 5. I Am A Scientist 4. Skills Like This 3. Dayton Ohio 19 Something and 5 2. Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox 1. Bulldog Skin

Solid list - although I'm of the mind that a top 10 is futile with this catalog (especially since it's arbitrary to leave out Pollard solos and side projects). If we're talking GBV tracks only, I prefer the lower-fi versions of Teenage FBI and Crocker's Favorite Song (though neither are in my top 10). In no particular order, I'm also a big fan of Toby and need to give a shout for 1. 14 Cheerleader Coldfront. I'm with the commenter above with 2. Everyone Thinks I'm a Raincloud and 3. Peephole, both of which are right up there for me. 4. Avalanche Aminos on Do the Collapse is outstanding, same goes for 5. James Riot off the suitcases (though I might be suffering from recency bias with the Hot Freaks series). 5. Picture Me Big Time. 6. Crutch Came Slinking. 7. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows. 8. Gold Star for Robot Boy. 9. Surgical Focus. 10. Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy (Hon. Mentions - just to raise an objection from earlier Aural podcast reviews, I think Cool Planet & Let's Go Eat the Factory are underappreciated albums in the classic lineup reboot era; not mid-90s great but some great great work, and it gave us the gift of Demos falling down on Letterman). Thanks, Jeff - your series has been great. Well done (and nice backdrop - I hope you get a 10/10 on Room Rater!).

Hope to see more videos in the future! I discovered this channel recently and really enjoy your book! Maybe some of the solo albums or favorite live clips would be cool!

In Stitches has been my favorite since I first heard it.

you come across as a cool fella. good luck with everything.

Okay, thanks to all those who put down their favourite tracks. For those who were able to put them in order, I'm impressed; it was very tough for me so it's far from exact. I was looking at people's favourites so I could burn a best of cd and it was tough to narrow things down to the 29 songs that fit on the cd. Here are my 10 favourites as of right now (probably set to change before midnight tonight). My apologies to Michael Ruby for ripping off his top two, but I think he's correct. 1. He's The Uncle 2. Echoes Myron 3. Teenage FBI 4. Bulldog Skin 5. Hold On Hope 6. Chasing Heather Crazy 7. Dodging Invisible Rays 8. Chasing Heather Crazy 9. Glad Girls 10. The Best Of Jill Hives It's hard to think that Tractor Rape Chain, Exit Flagger, Pretty Bombs, Game of Pricks, Everywhere With Helicopter etc. didn't make it, but, after all, there's only ten songs.

1) tractor rape chain, 2) best of Jill hives, 3) echoes Myron, 4) chicken blows, 5) learning to hunt, 6) surgical focus, 7) exit flagger, 8) paper girl, 9) when she turns 50, 10) to remake the young flyer

10. Screams, farts, and mumbles 9. Hello I left 8. Grumped up tugboat 7. Penny-puss 6. Rugburn mungbean 5. Reggie 4. Nicaraguan Treats 3. Only A Few 2. Burn the Barn 1. Skidmark Holocaust

I love Sad If I Lost It. Pandora.com turned me on to it.

i really like As the girls sing downing, Lonely town, cut out witch, and sad if i lost it

So my favorite GBV song is of course always the one I am currently listening to; as such this list changes based on mood. But, I am a Bee Thousand boy though. The top 4 is pretty set in stone though. Also, Tigerbomb best EP, Tigerbomb versions better, Tobin represent, etc, etc. 10. Smothered in Hugs 9. Game of Pricks 8. My Valuable Hunting Knife 7. I Am a Tree 6. Kicker of Elves 5. Glad Girls 4. If We Wait 3. Echos Myron 2. Peep-Hole 1. Dodging Invisible Rays

What about Titus and Strident Wet Nurse? They were playing it live all the time when I first started seeing them and it was always incredible.

Oddly, my favorite single Guided By Voices track would be A Man Called Aerodynamics, and wouldn’t you know it, Uncle Bob played all the instruments.

“Official Iron man rally song”! And “Mincer Ray” for Toby

honestly, don't know if i can narrow it down to ten songs.

I realize that NOBODY has the same list of top 10 GBV songs, but c’mon.... Everywhere With Helicopter should be on everyone’s list!

01:32 absolutely, big vote for Rally Boys here

I couldn't pick the top 10, but I could pick the top 100

Yeah!

How about Gleemer for a Tobin Sprout song?

I is from Dayton and knowed the two Pollard boys.

Heavy metal country Learning to hunt

🍺🍺🍺COME TO BRASIL BOB 🍺🍺🍺 Uma lista muito dificil de fazer 😓 1 Man Called Aerodynamics 2 She Wants to Know 3 Cut Out Witch 4 Not Behind the Fighter Jet 5 Tractor Rape Chain 6 Liquid Indian 7 Your Name is Wild 8 Mushroom Art 9 I am a Scientist 10 Portable men´s society

Teenage FBI and Don't Stop Now might be popular but they both easily reach emotional terrain that is so hard for other bands to get to.

Although it is a great selection i do feel it needs at least 1 Tobin Sprout song in the top 10!

10. Demons are Real 9. Some Drilling Implied 8. Wrecking Now 7. Don't Stop Now 6. Girls of Wild Strawberries 5. Weedking 4. Learning to Hunt 3. Tractor Rape Chain 2. Fair Touching 1. Echoes Myron

1 Demons are real 2 man called aerodynamics 3 dusted 4 14 cheerleader coldfront 5 game of pricks 6 the gleemer 7 key losers 8 my valuable hunting knife 9 as we go up we go down 10 your name is wild

For what it's worth, as of today, in no particular order: Drag Days Jar of Cardinals King and Caroline/Motor Away (Jon Stewart Show medley versions) Best of Jill Hives Gold Star for Robot Boy Tractor Rape Chain Jane of the Waking Universe Please Be Honest Volcano Mr. Child Ask me again tomorrow! (though Drag Days will still be #1)

No mention for Dead Liquor Store? Album highlight. Freaking love that album.

What's controversial about Hold on Hope? It's the first GBV song I ever heard (courtesy of Scrubs) and still one of my favourites.

"Surgical Focus," "Do the Earth," "Storm Vibrations."

How can you only pick 10? (I'm sure there are dozens of Honorable Mentions that just missed the cut) 12. Skills Like This 11. Run Wild 10. I'll Replace You With Machines 9. I Am A Tree 8. Hardcore UFO's 7. Now To War 6. Surgical Focus 5. Things I Will Keep 4. Twilight Camp Fighter 3. Game of Pricks 2. Storm Vibrations 1. Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)

I really dig warp and woof

RIP Dude fuck man so cut up about your passing !

Brides Have Hit Glass

My Favorite songs: Game Of Pricks I Am A Scincest Echos Myron Hot Freaks Awful Bliss Also, we’ll miss you Jeff, thanks for everything.

Quit?? You can' just quit on us! We will have a word at the next Heedfest!

Sad if I lost it and Twilight Campfighter

Glad Girls

I ain’t laminating no list. No way!

No Cut Out Witch?

Why is Hold on Hope controversial?

Love Over The Neptune. Not so much Mesh Gear Fox.

Raincloud

Cut out witch Do the earth My kind of soilder Jill hives Echoes myron Glad girls Local mix up / murder charge My valuable hunting knife Gunna never have to die Dusted

I can't do it. Just too many good songs. I could possibly do a top 30.

useless inventions is a dope track

Impossible task, but Navigating Flood Regions, Cut out witch, GoldHrtMt Top, Pop Zeus and 14 cheerleader Coldfront are very tough to leave out. Collaborations are okay by me. Don't get the enthusiasm for The Other Place at all, but clearly a minority opinion.

Liar's tail!