Blur tracks poll - the RESULTS thread

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.

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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)

7. Out Of Time
(12 votes, 1 first place, 303 points)

Triumph imo (unlike the rest of that fetid album)

Harsh. I think 'Caravan' is up there with anything else. 'On The Way To The Club' is pretty good. 'Jets' and 'Sweet Song' too.

Ha, I was just about to post "Looks as if my top five might be the top five" but not quite.

I love Think Tank, but mine is a marginal opinion and has been since 2003.

Think Tank is a like a B sides collection, except that most of the songs should have been B sides.

I'll hear any song off it and think "hey that's not a bad demo", and that's all. It doesn't hold together as an album at all for me.

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Think Tank's great. Screw the haters.

6. Badhead
(14 votes, 2 first places, 340 points)

Badhead? Barely remembered it 'til this poll got me listening again. Very sweet & gentle, and nice sequencing after 'Bank Holiday'.

This was my number one.

For the purposes of this poll I listened to 'Think Tank' for the first time in 4 or 5 years. Still meh for me, doesn't hold my interest at all.
MLIR > Blur > Parklife > Leisure/Escape > 13 > > TT
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xxp yeah, I'm doubting half my votes now. Badhead is incredible.

OK, so Low, Tomorrow, Century, Beetlebum, Sing?

Okay, I know four of the top five, so there's one surprise left for me now. Didn't expect Badhead so high.