Tracy Jacks?
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
11. Tracy Jacks(11 votes, 264 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Never got the popularity of this one. I mean, it's nice enough, but people utterly adored it bitd.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Debating whether to save the top ten for tomorrow or to the rest of the chart later this evening...
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
^or to *do* the rest....
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
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?
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
the pure essence of an album
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Save it for tomorrow imo - I'm planning an early night tonight, would be nice to actually succeed for once.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Actually, I'm pretty busy tomorrow, so maybe I'll just go for it...
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
10. The Universal(10 votes, 1 first place, 264 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's the way I've done it on my polls fwiw
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
top tune
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
London loves?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Air-cushioned soles, I got them on the Portobello Road on a Saturday...
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
I should get the Blur best-of, I think
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
9. Blue Jeans(10 votes, 2 first places, 274 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
considering that this poll has made me realize I only know like 5 of their songs
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
The newish Midlife one is very good - nice mix of hits and beloved album tracks. The late 90s single-disc one not so much.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
the Midlife one doesn't have "Music Is My Radar" tho
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Midlife is the better compilation. Also the Observer Ep has pretty much all the highlights from their different eras.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.vblurpage.com/gigography/1996/1205_matrix.htmStumbled across this website this afternoon, just watched this performance of Country Sad Ballad Man
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
And yay for blue jeans and sing breaking into the top 10.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I know this one.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
8. Chinese Bombs
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
(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.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow okay. Okay. This is good. Stoked about Trimm Trabb in particular.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I can't really listen to Girls & Boys now due to massive overexposure, but at the time it really was a BIG THING.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yep, unique really. And nothing else on Parklife sounds like it either.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
This song makes me want to stab people but I can understand its appeal.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
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)/
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
!!!!!
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Triumph imo (unlike the rest of that fetid album)
7. Out Of Time(12 votes, 1 first place, 303 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Harsh. I think 'Caravan' is up there with anything else. 'On The Way To The Club' is pretty good. 'Jets' and 'Sweet Song' too.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha, I was just about to post "Looks as if my top five might be the top five" but not quite.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love Think Tank, but mine is a marginal opinion and has been since 2003.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:14 (1 year ago) Permalink