Boards

that weird guitar solo on Fin slays.

Father to a sister of Thought, Space ghost 2, Gangsters & Pranksters, oh whatever all of their first four albums are perfect.

Range Life

Top band, so glad I saw them on the souless money tour a few years ago.

or maybe "The Classical". Oh wait...

Seriously though, it's "Cut your hair".

favourite pavement lyrics? I like the one about being told off in front of the over-friendly concierge. The lyrics never mean anything, but Malkmus makes them sound so good.

it gets said a lot but pavement really did have terrific b-sides; give it a day, easily fooled, harness your hopes for me they count as 3 of their best tracks.

AT&T, Pueblo, Frontwards, Elevate Me Later, Grounded, Stop Breathin, Painted Soldiers, Kentucky Cocktail, And Then (The Hexx)

in Brixton in 1999.

We joked that this would be the criterium for new members joining. Not a very funny joke, I'll grant you.

Yeah, sorry you indier-than-thou fucks. :D

(Or maybe Rattled by the Rush, if you like an amazing guitar solo.)

That said, my favourite album is actually Terror Twilight.

for definite

probably one of my favourite b-sides ever. Other favourites Hands Off The Bayou, Perfume-V, Trigger Cut, Pueblo, Filmore Jive ... too many basically.

They're one of those bands that have such perfect signature sound that it's always just so satisfying to listen to them, no matter what mood I'm in they make it better

Fillmore Jive

Though Gold Soundz and Trigger Cut come a damn close second.

And Fight This Generation a runner up (especially a live version), Amy Blue covered it here:
http://amyblue.bandcamp.com/album/pavement-ist-rad

Perfect song. The rests good too tho. Rang Life & Stop Breathing

is pretty perfect

Just for the lyrics. Some of my favourite ever, including :

'Freeze, don't move
Youve been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation
Of the sequel to your life.'

'Glance, don't stare
Soon you're being told to recognize your heirs'

So much semantic depth.

Grounded and Fin also rank high if we are just talking musically, and I also love In The Mouth A Desert.

also Gold Soundz, Trigger Cut, Shady Lane and Ann Don't Cry.

"Here" is such an incredible song.

and I think it might be my favourite best-of of all time.

so so good. brings back so many memories.

... other than that We Dance, Gold Soundz, Shady Lane, AT&T and Grounded would probably be all lumped together for me. Along with loads of others. Too hard to choose!

So glad I saw them on their last proper show (Manchester, 1999 - I hear the Brixton one was pretty sucky and they never got through the whole set)

the answer surely is Box Elder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfMW7VjqgU4

& Trigger Cut

Opening of a debut album doesn't get much better than that does it?

and Embassy Row

Unusual for a band's best song to be on their worst album, but there you are.

Westie Can Drum

God I love Pavement. Saw them before they split at the Barrowlands and then again when they reunited.

But you're all correct with your other answers too, such is the quality of Pavement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQQp_Fvn0k

or

Winner of The

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq11fsr0lqM

"Praise the Grammar Police, set me up with your neice
Walk to Baltimore and keep the language off the streets
Well I'm of several minds; I am the worst of my kind
I wanna cremate the crutch, I know you're my lady -
But phonecalls could corrupt the morning
Heed the surgeon's warning - Pillars of Eight!"

Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Ah-Ahhhh! Fucking magnificent.

Cat amongst pigeons time....