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 (twelve years ago) link
That's the way I've done it on my polls fwiw
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:19 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
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― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
London loves?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
I should get the Blur best-of, I think
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.baxterboo.com/images/storefront/large/denim-blue-jean-dog-shorts-1.jpg
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
the Midlife one doesn't have "Music Is My Radar" tho
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
And yay for blue jeans and sing breaking into the top 10.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Lt6Yc4rAb6w/SnmCDm7YMNI/AAAAAAAADxI/a_U26byX29M/s400/boys_and_girls.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I know this one.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
8. Chinese Bombs
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
(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 (twelve years ago) link
Wow okay. Okay. This is good. Stoked about Trimm Trabb in particular.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
This song makes me want to stab people but I can understand its appeal.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.stellarcookware.co.uk/images/sites/stellar/ranges/stellar-kitchen/products/egg-timer.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
!!!!!
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
I love Think Tank, but mine is a marginal opinion and has been since 2003.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
Think Tank is a like a B sides collection, except that most of the songs should have been B sides.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
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― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Think Tank's great. Screw the haters.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
6. Badhead(14 votes, 2 first places, 340 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Badhead? Barely remembered it 'til this poll got me listening again. Very sweet & gentle, and nice sequencing after 'Bank Holiday'.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
This was my number one.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
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 > > TTxp
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
xxp yeah, I'm doubting half my votes now. Badhead is incredible.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
OK, so Low, Tomorrow, Century, Beetlebum, Sing?
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, I know four of the top five, so there's one surprise left for me now. Didn't expect Badhead so high.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
Was forgetting about Century.
That top 5 seems about right.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Think Tank is my third favourite Blur album behind Parklife and Modern Life is Rubbish. It could lose We've got a file on you, Brothers & Sisters and Crazy Beat but the rest of it is solid. Along with the songs that have made this list Good Song and Gene by Gene are really great too.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Pouring one out for Music Is My Radar
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link