The French version is so good.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Plus I think this was the one that kind of pushed me over the brink of tears when I saw their reunion tour.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone said here or on the other thread that Damon can't do sincerity & this one proves it for me. 'End of a Century' has a layer of irony and is lovely and quite affecting cos, I don't know, the real feeling of ennui is something shared with the characters in it. This one's striving for real feeling unfiltered and I just don't buy it, it seems like an exercise.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno, it's been claimed to be about him and Justine, and I don't think he's sharing it with the characters in the song as much as he *is* one of them...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah forget about the sentiment and listen to the lovely arrangements, particularly in the final verse/chorus and coda.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p401288-Varanasi-A_sadhuh_or_Hindu_holy_man_standing_in_the_Ganges.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
13. On Your Own(11 votes, 251 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
the sound of magic music in his earsparticularly love the first 35 secs of this
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Like this one a lot. I'm rarely taken with Coxon tbh but there's some great guitar here. It wasn't as I remembered it either - a lot more chanty.
I was also always fond of the video, some very nice half-assed b-boy action there as I recall.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
So only 12 to go. Stuff that I voted for that won't appear now i shouldn't think - mr briggs, luminous, i know, tame, uncle love, and no monster in me.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/1171230996_4b283de1b4.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
12. Coffee & TV(10 votes, 1 first place, 255 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Great, great, great song. I very nearly made it my number one.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll call it now:
1. This is a low2. Beetlebum3. For Tomorrow
I'm kind of getting nervous about Blue Jeans not making it at all. It's my number one pick but I don't know how much love it actually gets over here.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sure Blue Jeans will place. I'm surprised that Out of Time is either (a) Top 10 or (b) not in it at all.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, I love it, but I wasn't sure how many other people did.
I didn't vote because I'm not *that* into Blur, but if I had, I'd have put "Out of Time" top 5.
― Euler, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Low, For Tomorrow, G&B imo - no idea what #4 might be
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I only voted for one of them but I'm pretty sure both Blue Jeans and Out of Time will be in the top ten. Also Sing - that hasn't shown up yet right?
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i assume 'sing' will make it also
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
If I had voted "Don't Bomb..." and "Money Makes Me Crazy" would have been near the top of my list. Would love to see 'em here but I'd be surprised to say the least.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
If I had voted, "Music Is My Radar" would have been near the top of my list
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I gave it some but not enough I fear
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
"Music Is My Radar" is tops too. I shoulda got off my ass to vote in this.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Yay On Your Own! Yay Coffee & TV!
Pleased people are voting On Your Own - that was, like, the fifth single off the album, no? It's really good - possibly my favourite track on Blur(?)
Coffee & TV - This was my number 1. I have some very particular memories of the summer before I left for university absolutely loving this track and the video too. Loved Graham's too-quietly-mixed vocals (which he also used on The Sky Is Too High). It seemed so strange and fresh at the time, but these days is almost par for the course.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, while Coffee & TV is about alcoholism, it could easily be attributed to comedowns and worked very well in the context of me seeing them at Glasto.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Shit - does this mean Peach won't place?
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
blue jeans is my number 1 too. i'm sure it will make it.
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Well if it's your number 1 too then it will definitely place. I knew you guys wouldn't let me down.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/Reggie_Perrin_1st_series.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Tracy Jacks?
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
^or to *do* the rest....
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
the pure essence of an album
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/12/14/article-1094635-0136C8BC00000578-46_468x232.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
That's the way I've done it on my polls fwiw
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
top tune
http://www.londonmarkets.co.uk/London%20Markets%20Portobello%20Road_files/image003.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link