Collected Animals • What Is The Most Underrated AnCo Song Ever?

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Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:55 am

Ya Cuckoo was a really big draw for me when i got into them during sj era. feel like Fireworks has almost become underrated since it was live-retired in 09 but i guess its impossible for it to evr actually be underrated..

i second Unsolved Mysteries big time, and also Fickle Cycle. all of ODDSAC maybe? esp What Happened. like Mr. Fingers is def mind-blowing, along with a lot of em, but What Happened is beautiful and i feel like i don't see much hype for it

i like mercury man a lot too and it was prbly my favorite song of early chz tour and then it disappeared live in '12 which was a bummer

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:00 am

I think Mercury Man's great too!
I don't know if I joined too late to check out any discussion, but I only got into Pullhair Rubeye recently and it is all so good. Especially Lay Lay Off, Faselam. Not sure if underrated though

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:39 am

Victor Borge wrote:

no idea if it's underrated but Visiting Friends is one of my fav AC songs

one of my faves too.

flesh canoe has always reminded me of no more sorry by my bloody valentine.

unsolved mysteries is one of the highlights of sj. no more runnin is probably underrated but someone mentioned it already, hard to tell which ones would be underrated, but what about bees? it might be my fave track from feels.

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:39 am

I really like Bleed and never hear anyone mention how great the song is. So maybe Bleed?

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:58 pm

pulleys

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:31 pm

mr. fingers/what happened are most definitely their most underrated... since most "AnCo" fans think chz was the follow-up to mpp LOL or worse Painting With.

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:59 pm

i thought mr fingers was one of the most universally loved?

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:43 pm

Working might be one of the best songs Panda ever wrote..

Also I have to second Cobwebs is AMAZING live...

cobwebs at 1:22:22
(one of my fav live vids)

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:45 pm

roopn wrote:

And SpaceAnimal there is no way unsolved mysteries samples the Beatles, nobody can sample them

http://www.whosampled.com/sample/110583 ... ether-Now/

If you alter a sample so that an average listener cannot hear any substantial similarities between your work and the sample, there's no violation of the law.

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:52 pm

SpaceAnimal wrote:

Working might be one of the best songs Panda ever wrote

Pretty damn sure avey wrote that one

But it's a great song nonetheless

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:58 pm

demonclusters wrote:

SpaceAnimal wrote:
Working might be one of the best songs Panda ever wrote

Pretty damn sure avey wrote that one

But it's a great song nonetheless

Really??? Are you sure? I always thought it was Panda... Maybe the visuals during it psyched me out

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:19 pm

Softest Voice and Cuckoo Cuckoo are beautiful tunes.. is De Soto De Son considered underrated?

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:44 pm

Mouth Wooed Her
I also agree Cuckoo Cuckoo as one of the most underrated

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:43 pm

Whaddit I Done is definitely the most underrated for me. The song makes me tear up every time I hear it, and it's a perfect end to a beautiful album imo. I have no idea why so many fans of ST and AnCo in general despise it. Its not like Whaddit I Done is the first and only song where they used some wacky vocal effect.

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:08 pm

Yeah, I absolutely adore it. I love the last three songs and find it baffling/frustrating when people say the record loses steam after We Tigers. Whaddit I Done is unique. Weird vocal effect which scratches a very particular itch but the delayed 'stabs' are also really weird and cool and addictive. I always want to make those BRRRR BRRRR BRRRR sounds, it's such an unusual collection of textures.

And as Vic said earlier, Visiting Friends is wonderful. Took me ages to get into it, I thought it was aimless but when I finally sat down with it, I realised it's got so many shifting textures and dynamic. Easily one of the most underrated, even if not on here.

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:18 pm

Seeing how much love Cuckoo Cuckoo is getting, doesn't that mean that it's not underrated?

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:54 pm

In the singing box dude

Spoiler: show

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:02 pm

Stanshant wrote:

Yeah, I absolutely adore it. I love the last three songs and find it baffling/frustrating when people say the record loses steam after We Tigers. Whaddit I Done is unique. Weird vocal effect which scratches a very particular itch but the delayed 'stabs' are also really weird and cool and addictive. I always want to make those BRRRR BRRRR BRRRR sounds, it's such an unusual collection of textures.

And as Vic said earlier, Visiting Friends is wonderful. Took me ages to get into it, I thought it was aimless but when I finally sat down with it, I realised it's got so many shifting textures and dynamic. Easily one of the most underrated, even if not on here.

Agree with all of this. Visiting Friends is one of my absolute favorite AC songs, and their crowning achievement of that era of their career imo

Also, to me, the real meat of Sung Tongs happens after Visiting Friends. We Tigers to the end is so wonderfully woozy. I didn't think for once that it lost steam, nor did I realize people thought that until I started posting here haha

Post **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:28 pm

Texas Trill wrote:

Seeing how much love Cuckoo Cuckoo is getting, doesn't that mean that it's not underrated?

Only after its been pointed out

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 12:25 am

Very hard to tell if an AC song is under-rated in this place, because it's full of fans and if someone drops a title saying is under then there will be people showing love to that song. If I remember well, we did a poll 1 or 2 years ago to rate AC's discography track by track, that might show what's the status in CA's Under-Rated and Over-Rated Universe.

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 12:41 am

more of an Avey solo track, but Judy Biworker is stunning. I feel like that song should be talked about more.

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:41 am

Unsolved Mysteries

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:52 am

today's supernatural?

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:55 am

Hellomark wrote:

more of an Avey solo track, but Judy Biworker is stunning. I feel like that song should be talked about more.

oh shit that reminds me of I'm Your Eagle Kisser, which I would say is prob underrated solely bc it's one of Avey's best vocal performances and there are probably many AC fans who haven't heard it

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 3:00 am

happy singing band

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 3:15 am

Gool Aid wrote:

the people EP!

I was going to single out Tikwid (those drums! those guitars!), but your post made me realize the whole EP gets slept on.

dud · Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:06 am

Hellomark wrote:

more of an Avey solo track, but Judy Biworker is stunning. I feel like that song should be talked about more.

absolutely

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:24 am

Spirit: Penny Dreadfuls?
Danse: Meet the light child?
Hollinn: There's an Arrow
CS: Two Corvettes?
HCTI: Panic
Sung Tongs: The Softest Woice, Mouth Wooed Her, Whaddit I Done
Feels: Turn into Something
SJ: Unsolved mysteries, Winter Wonderland
MPP: ?
CHz: Pulleys, Rosie Oh
PW: Spilling Guts

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:41 am

I'd agree with most of that. Def think la rapet is the most underrated song on spirit though. honestly, everyone on here probably loves it as much as i do, i just don't see it talked about very often. also, i'd argue jimmy raven / living toys is more underrated than meet the light child

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 9:23 am

Yeah you're probably right, I wasn't sure with those albums hence the questionmarks

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:03 am

My Girls

yes I know what I'm saying. it's THAT good

jk

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:28 pm

Hellvetica wrote:

i thought mr fingers was one of the most universally loved?

many "AnCo" fans have never watched oddsac lol. crazy ac fans (like us

) have distorted views of wats popular and unpopular because we r all so into this beautiful band!!!

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:41 pm

tikwid (people ep), turn into something, la rapet, mercury man are all great calls.. not mentioned much for how ridiculously amazing those songs are.

And yes roopn.. SPILLING GUTS!?!? thats definitely my fav song from PW but I believe it was the first song to lose in the numbers game

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:29 pm

I think Good Lovin' Outside is a great song off of Sung Tongs, but this live version is absolutely incredible and pretty underrated:

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:35 pm

i also love "visiting friends," but i didn't mention it because i've seen a ton of love for that song (at least on CA). comparatively, "the softest voice" seems to get the short shrift

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:56 pm

the dublab version of Always You is probably underrated, that song is nuts. complete opposite of the acoustic version in the best way possible. Couldn't find it on youtube just now, sum1 should upload it

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 6:27 pm

Can't agree with you guys more. My official list would be

1. Fickle Cycle
2. Cuckoo Cuckoo
3. The Softest Voice
4. No More Runnin
5. Street Flash (if thats underrated) or Unsolved Mysteries/Winter Wonderland

yeah thats a stretch at the end but i bet if i took more time thinking the list would be too long

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 6:47 pm

The pumpkin trilogy dur !!

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:07 pm

BansheeBeat wrote:

5. Street Flash (if thats underrated)

it is not. hahaha

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:15 pm

daffy duck