Probably my least favourite set of their b-sides pre-Very, but still not a dud among them. Voting for the theme to the Clothes Show.
― etc, Friday, 25 May 2012 11:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
it's a sexy beast, ain't it?
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 11:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
The lyric to In the Night is one of my favourite examples of the PSBs taking an abstruse theme and marrying it to a killer tune. Such a clever, nuanced lyric about the relationship between music and politics and whether hedonism can be a form of resistance or a selfish escape from it. Pre-internet it took me years to work out who he was singing about - for Don Juan I practically needed Cliff Notes.
― Get wolves (DL), Friday, 25 May 2012 12:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
plus, it boasts the best "comment allez-vous" in rock history.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 14:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
I love precisely these 5 songs more than anything on Alternative. I would like give my vote to the wonderful WTWIT because I feel it's generally shunned. But I never vote that way in polls, and the obvious highlight is Paninaro.
― daavid, Friday, 25 May 2012 14:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
I meant 6 songs
― daavid, Friday, 25 May 2012 14:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
― phuturephase, Saturday, 26 May 2012 09:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
Fans of Please-era b-sides would probably like their demo, "In The Club Or In The Queue".
― PublicRadio, Sunday, 27 May 2012 04:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 2 June 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
Vote damn you
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 June 2012 05:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
voted Paninaro
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Saturday, 2 June 2012 10:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 3 June 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
daaayum
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
Huh. I mean, I like "Paninaro"'n'all, but I've never quite gotten w/how prominently it figures w/in the PSBs canon (top 10 in the poll IIRC?) compared with other Lowe-monologue tracks like "I Want A Dog" or "One Of The Crowd".
― etc, Sunday, 3 June 2012 16:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
I, too, can't believe two songs that weren't on this poll didn't win it
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Sunday, 3 June 2012 16:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
Sorry, I meant the overarching done-w/-ballots poll Billy Dodds ran. I know "Paninaro" had a video and was revamped/re-released ... did it get a lot of underground dancefloor play that other PSBs tracks didn't?
― etc, Sunday, 3 June 2012 16:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
"Paninaro" has so many awesome things going on at once.
(I didn't vote for it)
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 June 2012 18:00 (11 months ago) Permalink
Actually b-sides coming soon btw
P sure the solitary Jack the Lad vote was me.
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Sunday, 3 June 2012 18:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
we all fall
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Sunday, 3 June 2012 18:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
I really really wanted to vote "Jack the Lad" but the "Paninaro"/"In The Night" 1-2 was too much to resist
It's a great song, though.
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Monday, 4 June 2012 14:16 (11 months ago) Permalink