I can't even find evidence that that song exists.
― Horsebortion Horror (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 30 May 2011 12:23 (thirteen years ago) link
so far, I'm finding that my taste in blur tracks differs wildly from these results.
i didn't vote. meant to. did not. sry.
So far, Inertia is a pleasant surprise. And Colin Zeal is awesome. Maybe Country House on occasion.
― bloomps! (there it is) (Pillbox), Monday, 30 May 2011 12:25 (thirteen years ago) link
AA: Young & Lovely was a b-side, from an early-middle career single (can't recall off the top of my head).
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 30 May 2011 12:36 (thirteen years ago) link
B-side to Chemical World and the bonus track on the Japanese version of the album.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 30 May 2011 12:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Thank you!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 30 May 2011 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't even find evidence that that song exists
http://blursongs.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/young-lovely/
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gbdx_2ft4ww/TaRhfSSjU6I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/SEANL5619lo/s1600/believe.jpg
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Arse. I've done it again. Young & Lovely is joint 31st, not 32nd. So many ties...
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
=31. Sweet Song(6 votes, 134 points)
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
This has been a great run, love Sweet Song so much.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 30 May 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Food processors are great!
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Sunday, May 29, 2011 6:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― bloomps! (there it is) (Pillbox), Monday, 30 May 2011 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Blue Jeans hasn't appeared yet because it is being saved for the top 10, right?
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Monday, 30 May 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought I was pretty well versed in the Blur catalogue but I barely recognize or remember most of the songs in this last run.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Monday, 30 May 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk/images/battle02.jpg
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
30. Battle(7 votes, 144 points)
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
The next one's a bit of a surprise (well, to me anyway)...
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
These poll results are awakening me to the fact I was never really serious about liking Blur.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 May 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
29. Theme From An Imaginary Film(6 votes, 1 first place, 148 points)
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
xp - well, we're still only at the 6 or 7 voters per song stage (so only about a quarter of the voters) - there's far more of a consensus as we get towards the top
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
nah i have a totally limited liking for Blur and obv a different perspective to all you b-side loving nerdlingers
― now at least you know what old-school doctor who fans are like (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I only knew about three of the b-sides before this poll and I've never been a fan of Leisure so I don't really know most of the songs on that.
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Inertia is the best one that I'd never heard before.
― non voglio parlarne (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/05/article-1248873-0061191700000258-297_468x329.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
no way
― now at least you know what old-school doctor who fans are like (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
=28. Resigned(8 votes, 149 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
lol okay thought it were gonna be Dr Mango's Quango Bingo for a minute
― now at least you know what old-school doctor who fans are like (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
That's not what I thought you thought - I thought you thought it was Don't Bomb When You're The Bomb, that's what I was thinking you'd though
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
thought that'd been up already for some reason
― now at least you know what old-school doctor who fans are like (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 May 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Battle is sick.
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 May 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Theme From An Imaginary Film.. yay!!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 30 May 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Resigned is unusual in that the emotion is all in the music - the vocals are quite flat.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/astrobob/images/thumbnail/DIFFRACTONOIL.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Erm....so, er, that =28 up there should obviously be an =27...
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 30 May 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
=27. Oily Water(7 votes, 149 points)
Cheers for the Young & Lovely tips, everyone. Looking forward to hearing it (and yes, simultaneously in despair that there's so much Blur I've never heard). Stoked that so many of these results are from the MLIR era.
Imaginary Film was my top pick, although I'm still not quite sure why. It thoroughly deserves its placement, though.
― Horsebortion Horror (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 30 May 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Oily Water is a jam.
― bloomps! (there it is) (Pillbox), Monday, 30 May 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
its pretty much consensus among blur fans about young and lovely being best bside, I'd probably put all your life above it, but yeah, its a good'un.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBOZTz51V8
was reading this article which gives a blurb on every single blur song up until the last parklife single and it struck me how many of these are non-album tracks, like 50% almost. http://www.vblurpage.com/articles/print/stories/select_95.htm
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Monday, 30 May 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
shocking fact = I am now listening to this song for the first time ever. it is very nice!
― bloomps! (there it is) (Pillbox), Monday, 30 May 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
(xp) That article is the basis of the Select article from 95 that Dog Latin was talking about (maybe on the voting thread instead of the results thread), which in itself is massively expanded in this book from 1999.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 07:44 (thirteen years ago) link
A Mr J4gger, once of these parts, has drawn my attention another small error: earlier I said that 'Me, White Noise' was the first track in the top 60 to have been given a number one vote. It was actually 'Essex Dogs' (no prizes for guessing whose number one vote that was). The only first-placed vote outside of the top 60 was for 'Dizzy'.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 08:07 (thirteen years ago) link
He lives!
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 08:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.howtomobile.com/images/razr2-battery-life.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 09:15 (thirteen years ago) link
HA
― Horsebortion Horror (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 09:16 (thirteen years ago) link
hmm, leg involved?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 09:16 (thirteen years ago) link
26. Battery In Your Leg(7 votes, 152 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno, I still wonder what song they were working on before Graham quit and they (presumably) changed the lyrics to suit the occasion.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 09:19 (thirteen years ago) link
http://static.zoovy.com/img/kraftyatkrafts/-/I/ink_97233_dancing_skeletons.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link
25. Death of a Party(8 votes, 168 points)
Definitely not filler, imo. One of the better tracks on the album and I love the eerie organ.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 09:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah (oops missed it off my vote)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 10:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I realized only now that "Death of a Party" was named as one of the unfinished songs at the end of the "Compleat Blur" article in Select. None of the other eight unfinished songs appeared on "The Great Escape" either.
Every song from MLIR is going to make this list besides "Villa Rosie", "Commercial Break", and "Turn It Up"?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 10:06 (thirteen years ago) link