I had a lot of fun bringing a little "Seductive Barry" boosterism to the results!
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
it was in my top 10!
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - My ballot is on my work computer but I'm nearly certain it was in mine too.
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Lex, thanks so much for doing this in such an enthused way. I was smiling all the way to number 1, thanks a lot! :)
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
This may be true of others as well, but I noticed that E's ballot had all top five songs in the top five-she just switched around the order of do you remember the first time and babies IIRC. Nicely done!!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
And you are almost definitely welcome. I had so much fun doing this!
*all most not almost lol
lol
I said I knew my choices were obvious!
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
A little shocked this placed so high tbh!12 - HELP THE AGED - 14 votes, 270 points
It was the first "new" single after they blew up, probably made a big impact on ppl that way
Last Man in Space 0 20The 1st Man In Space 0 21First Man in Space 0 48
by my count this puts 1st Man In Space at #49?
― the men who glare at stoats (sic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
Shit - I went over it several times! My apologies. :(
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
Heh, I can't believe I didn't catch at least one of those - a few other songs, especially F.C.L., had a ton of variations.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
This poll was great fun! I noticed a couple more duplicates-
-We Love Life @ #94-I Love Life @ #76
-The Birds in... @ #81-Birds in... @ 83
― epistantophus, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
it's weird to think of "Pencil Skirt" and "Monday Morning" missing the top 40, those are totally key Different Class songs imo
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
I thought "Weeds" would place higher than #51. But I was pleasantly surprised by how high "This is Hardcore", "Pink Glove", "Underwear", and "Something Changed" placed. The highest ranked song that I don't really like is "Do You Remember the First Time?" at #3. The person who introduced me to Pulp loves that song, but somehow it never quite clicked with me.
― epistantophus, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
the past couple weeks listening to a lot of pulp "first time" kept coming up and sounding really amazing. i put it at #7 but it easily could've been much higher.
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
brilliant poll! kinda surprised at Roadkill being so low; bloody heartbreaking track that.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 08:10 (twelve years ago) link
ehh, fuck me with the duplicates! Very sorry about that guys. All the same, very enjoyable. We should have a thread where people just post clues and we guess the song(s)! Because now I want to play!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
btw Pulp ppl, it seems there is now actually a band called Blouse - they even have a vaguely Pulp-like cover for their album. They don't sound much like Pulp though.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RwFnbvSgL._SS500_.jpg
"So pogo on that, you twat".
― DavidM, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
LOL!
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
hahahaha I have never heard of any of this and the video looks funny! Will have to check it out. That cover IS very Pulp-like.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
The video is from a UK show called Brass Eye which is pretty much all comedy gold. They also did a Pixies parody called "Motherbanger" which is A++.
Are we posting ballots?
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway, here's mine which I literally threw together in about 10 minutes but I don't know that much would have changed had I given it more thought.
1. Common people2. Pink glove3. Babies4. Seconds5. Do you remember the first time?6. Like a friend7. Mis-Shapes8. Mile End9. Sorted For E's & Wizz 10. She’s a Lady11. Lipgloss12. Disco 200013. Acrylic Afternoons14. Something Changed15. Help the Aged16. Party Hard17. Razzmatazz 18. Monday Morning19. Further Complications20. Underwear
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
This Is HardcoreAcrylic AfternoonsStylorocFeeling Called LoveCountdownSheffield: Sex CityShe's A LadyRazzmatazzPink GlovePencil SkirtDeath IIJoyridersWishful ThinkingI SpyDo You Remember The First Time?Seductive BarryLipglossSunriseA Little SoulWickerman
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxNyyZpP3GM
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTZ0hYlto7Q
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
and for extra goodness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sxZ4tsp8gc&feature=related
:D
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
These will serve my lunch break well. Thanks!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
Motherbanger was Morris solo on a Select flexi six or seven years before Brass Eye.
― the men who glare at stoats (sic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
ok, five years
― the men who glare at stoats (sic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
details, details ;p
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/wiki/_media/music:chris_morris_parodies:select.jpg
― the men who glare at stoats (sic), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Wish I still had that flexidisc.
― DavidM, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
pleased to see This Is Hardcore placing so highly as it was the first Pulp song I ever really loved, possibly influenced by the embarrassing fact that I was only convinced to listen to it by a friend telling me that it was produced by RZA! This turned out to be a lie. Maybe.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
Hahaha - I can just about see it!
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
This Is Hardcore is the song that really got me into them, too. I'd heard and liked a few Different Class songs (I was a teenager in Wisconsin, so I didn't have a lot of exposure to Pulp), but then I saw the This Is Hardcore video, by chance (maybe on 120 Minutes, like Gukbe?), and was completely blown away.
― !Alicia!, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
as a proud listener of only "Hits" (and Different Class) I offer a top 5
1. Babies2. Razzmatazz3. Something Changed4. Common People5. Help The Aged
Seconds is a major discovery. thanks!
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
That video *is* incredible, I was pleased to see it in a 'top 20 videos ever' for Time or Rolling Stone or something like that recently. The whole package, though, it jumped out as clearly the best thing they ever did when I went relistening - it takes guts to take an idea so far. I thought it might sneak #1, so I'm slightly disappointed.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
"This Is Hardcore" was also my introduction to Pulp. It is a fucking incredible song.
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
I think I'm the only person who doesn't completely love that song. The video is pretty great though.
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
that piano line is one of the greatest things ever recorded
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
haha add me to the list of (surely all american) people who got into Pulp via the "This Is Hardcore" video. i think 120 Minutes played that, "Like A Friend" and "Help The Aged" in the space of a few weeks and really sold me on the band.
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot:
1. The Trees2. Blue Girls3. This Is Hardcore4. Disco 20005. Common People6. Do You Remember The First Time7. A Little Soul8. Acrylic Afternoons9. Sylvia10. The Night That Minnie Temperley Died11. Love Love12. Inside Susan13. Mis-Shapes14. The Fear15. Love is blind16. She´s A Lady17. Don't you want me anymore18. Help The Aged19. Wishful thinking20. Underwear
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
my shamelessly new school ballot (stuff from both Jarvis solo albums, not a lot from His N Hers and nothing from before it):
1. Like A Friend2. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.3. Big Julie4. Mis-Shapes5. This Is Hardcore6. Disco 20007. Do You Remember The First Time?6. Common People9. The Night That Minnie Temperley Died10. Seductive Barry11. You're In My Eyes (Discosong)12. Monday Morning13. Acryllic Afternoons14. Weeds15. A Little Soul16. Babies17. I Love Life18. Party Hard19. Help The Aged20. Pencil Skirt
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Thursday, 3 November 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
man i forgot how much i like "Sylvia" when i was figuring out which TIH tracks to vote for, wish i'd included it
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Thursday, 3 November 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
mine. an honest representation of what i would choose to listen to these days, before somebody has a go at me for not including any of the hits
1. pink glove2. o.u.3. your sister's clothes4. lipgloss5. seconds6. stacks7. styloroc (nights of suburbia)8. like a friend9. a little soul10. barry adamson / jarvis cocker - set the controls for the heart of the pelvis11. the all seeing i - last man in space12. joyriders13. my legendary girlfriend14. the night that minnie timperley died15. relaxed muscle - billy jack16. sheffield sex city17. this is hardcore18. we can dance again19. she's a lady20. sunrise
― love of gorillagrams (electricsound), Thursday, 3 November 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
The middle part of TIH drags; it keeps me from thinking of it as anything but a misfire.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 November 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
Classic CD-era bloat.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 November 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
ha just noticed my typo for the all seeing i track, i probably contributed to some of the poll confusion xpost
― love of gorillagrams (electricsound), Thursday, 3 November 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
TIH is definitely overlong and inconsistent (although i'd disagree about the middle being the problem -- "A Little Soul" is right in the middle!), but the highs are far too high for me to think of it as a misfire. possibly the only 'dark reflection on fame' album i'll ever love.
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Thursday, 3 November 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link