Blur tracks poll - the RESULTS thread

Shit - does this mean Peach won't place?

blue jeans is my number 1 too. i'm sure it will make it.

Well if it's your number 1 too then it will definitely place. I knew you guys wouldn't let me down.

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Tracy Jacks?

11. Tracy Jacks
(11 votes, 264 points)

Never got the popularity of this one. I mean, it's nice enough, but people utterly adored it bitd.

Debating whether to save the top ten for tomorrow or to the rest of the chart later this evening...

^or to *do* the rest....

This was never a favourite, but for some reason I really like it now. It's placed very high all the same. Maybe it's the quintessential Parklife track?

Reminds me of that thread (which I can't find now) about isolating the quintessence of an album - not the best song but the most representative. TJ fits the bill on Parklife.

The thread was something about 'pure essence' rather than 'quintessence' - iirc it got stuck after I removed 'Over & Over' from Tusk, which I hugely regret now.

the pure essence of an album

I'm with you on Tracy Jacks.... it encapsulates the sound Parklife and at that a huge chunk of the mid-90s rock scene rather well. Also it's one of the few songs in their catalogue where the peppiness doesn't sound too cynical or self-concious.

Re: my earlier point, it's a song where satire and empathy coexist. He's creating a cartoonish character but he cares about him too. Hard to do.

Save it for tomorrow imo - I'm planning an early night tonight, would be nice to actually succeed for once.

Actually, I'm pretty busy tomorrow, so maybe I'll just go for it...

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10. The Universal
(10 votes, 1 first place, 264 points)

Oh noes! That's another tie. Strict application of the Johnny Fever principle would have Tracy Jacks above The Universal with 11 votes as opposed to 10. But if I invoke the just invented Face Saving principle, The Universal nicks it because it has a first place vote.

That's the way I've done it on my polls fwiw

top tune

http://www.londonmarkets.co.uk/London%20Markets%20Portobello%20Road_files/image003.jpg

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London loves?

Air-cushioned soles, I got them on the Portobello Road on a Saturday...

I should get the Blur best-of, I think

9. Blue Jeans
(10 votes, 2 first places, 274 points)

considering that this poll has made me realize I only know like 5 of their songs

The newish Midlife one is very good - nice mix of hits and beloved album tracks. The late 90s single-disc one not so much.

http://www.baxterboo.com/images/storefront/large/denim-blue-jean-dog-shorts-1.jpg

the Midlife one doesn't have "Music Is My Radar" tho

Midlife is the better compilation. Also the Observer Ep has pretty much all the highlights from their different eras.

http://www.vblurpage.com/gigography/1996/1205_matrix.htm
Stumbled across this website this afternoon, just watched this performance of Country Sad Ballad Man

And yay for blue jeans and sing breaking into the top 10.

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I know this one.

8. Chinese Bombs

(not really)

8. Girls & Boys
(14 votes, 296 points)

Gah, had this for top 3. Brilliant song. The shock at seeing this go top five, I was aware they had a single out and that it was alright, but no idea there was a phenomenon in the offing.

Wow okay. Okay. This is good. Stoked about Trimm Trabb in particular.

Yeah, I can't really listen to Girls & Boys now due to massive overexposure, but at the time it really was a BIG THING.

Also, this was a very unusual track for its place and era. Of 90s UK indie, only Pulp I think ever got onto similar-sounding territory, and they had none of the funk that this does.

Yep, unique really. And nothing else on Parklife sounds like it either.

This song makes me want to stab people but I can understand its appeal.

And nothing else on Parklife sounds like it either.

Nothing on Parklife sounds like anything else on Parklife. That's why I love Parklife \(O_º)/

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!!!!!

Triumph imo (unlike the rest of that fetid album)