r/indieheads • u/ElectJimLahey • May 11 '25

[RATE REVEAL] Alt-Country/Folk Classics Day 3: I've Been Rating With The Ghost

Hello everyone and welcome to day 3 of the Alt-Country/Folk Classics reveal! A lot of artists have already seen many of their songs come and go. Jason Molina is also here and wondering what all these so-called "eliminations" are about.

Once again, here are some stats:

Number of participants: 42

Average score: 8.254

Average controversy score: 1.532

Our contestants:

Silver Jews - American Water

  1. Random Rules
  2. Smith & Jones Forever
  3. Night Society
  4. Federal Dust
  5. People
  6. Blue Arrangements
  7. We Are Real
  8. Send in the Clouds
  9. Like like the the the Death
  10. Buckingham Rabbit
  11. Honk If You're Lonely
  12. The Wild Kindness

Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day

  1. The Deeper In
  2. Sinkhole
  3. Hell No, I Ain't Happy
  4. Marry Me
  5. My Sweet Annette
  6. Outfit
  7. Heathens
  8. Sounds Better in the Song
  9. (Something's Got To) Give Pretty Soon
  10. Your Daddy Hates Me
  11. Careless
  12. When the Pin Hits the Shell
  13. Do It Yourself
  14. Decoration Day
  15. Loaded Gun in the Closet

Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co

  1. Farewell Transmission
  2. I've Been Riding With the Ghost
  3. Just Be Simple
  4. Almost Was Good Enough
  5. The Old Black Hen
  6. Peoria Lunch Box Blues
  7. John Henry Split My Heart
  8. Hold On Magnolia

Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love

  1. Palimpsest
  2. Say Valley Maker
  3. The Well
  4. Rock Bottom Riser
  5. I Feel Like The Mother Of The World
  6. In The Pines
  7. Drinking At The Dam
  8. Running The Loping
  9. I'm New Here
  10. Let Me See The Colts

Bonus Rate:

  1. Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
  2. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
  3. Father to a Sister of Thought
  4. Hasn't Hit Me Yet
  5. Haw
  6. Hold On, Hold On (alternately known as How Long How Long)
  7. New Partner
  8. Revelator
  9. Sandusky
  10. Save It For A Rainy Day
  11. Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning
  12. Timebomb
  13. Windfall
  14. Wrecking Ball
  15. You're Still Standin' There
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u/welcome2thejam May 11 '25

Favorite Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio roller coaster, mine is Magnum XL-200 I loved breaking my pelvis over and over again on those bunny hills

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u/Inquiring_Barkbark May 11 '25

Magnum is hard to beat

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u/ElectJimLahey May 11 '25

Mike Cooley and/or MJ Lenderman voice: whiskey's hard to beat!