Stories really is remarkably spotty for such a lightweight album. one of the songs did snag my no. 3 spot iirc, so it's not y'know, totally irredeemable. i don't mind "We Float" so much, even though the trade off between unsettling verse and calm-after-the-storm chorus is a bit of an obvious trick.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:30 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, it's not a terrible song by any means. pretty great for what it is and probably her best album closer, imo. only complaint i'd make, and it applies to stories as a whole, is that she seems to stumble when trying to write more personal and tender lyrics (assuming that the album is more-or-less autobiographical). she's better when acting out in character, telling stories and/or examining ideas.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:52 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, it's not a terrible song by any means. pretty great for what it is and probably her best album closer, imo.
We Float better than Water, Ecstasy and The Dancer! That's just an amazing opinion. But fair enough.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:56 (thirteen years ago)
Insane
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:03 (thirteen years ago)
okay, i desist. "water" is miles better, hadn't thought it through. i mean, "water" got decent placement on my ballot when "we float" wasn't ever in the running. not a fan of "ecstacy" tbh, grating in a bad way, and would put "we float" and "the dancer" about neck & neck.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:48 (thirteen years ago)
between "we float" and "the dancer", the former suffers for blandess, the latter for overwrought cavism.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:54 (thirteen years ago)
Lol I tried to google definition of "cavism" before the penny dropped.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 17:10 (thirteen years ago)
Right, here we go again...
25. On Battleship Hill (Let England Shake) - 195 points, 9 votes
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:53 (thirteen years ago)
TOO LOW
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:54 (thirteen years ago)
yes seems low. can't help but figure with 24 songs still to go there are going to be a couple of major surprises to me.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:55 (thirteen years ago)
Oh, far too low
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:56 (thirteen years ago)
no song from dance hall at louse point has yet placed and i am starting to fear for "taut", the most likely :(
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:58 (thirteen years ago)
24. The Glorious Land (Let England Shake) - 197 points, 10 votes
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:03 (thirteen years ago)
On Battleship Hill is the most beautiful thing in her œuvre, it deserved better
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:08 (thirteen years ago)
I didn't vote in this (was on holiday and don't really vote in these big polls anyway) but would've slung Civil War Correspondent a vote. xpost to Lex re Dance Hall
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:10 (thirteen years ago)
my obligatory "too low" bawking goes out for the glorious land. how could it NOT be top 10 on every ballot? what has gone wrong with this country?
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:11 (thirteen years ago)
Wow, what happened with "On Battleship Hill"? After sending in my ballot I started regretting not putting it at #1.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:13 (thirteen years ago)
Not guilty, I had it no.6. And Battleship at no.3
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:14 (thirteen years ago)
What would have been your no.1 Mr Poo?
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:14 (thirteen years ago)
(I don't believe you are really a colonel)
Probably something predictable like Man-Size or Sheela tbh
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:16 (thirteen years ago)
a we getting a cluster of LES tracks now?
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:20 (thirteen years ago)
The next one is a big favourite of mine. Before I started on my ballot I thought it had a chance for my no.1 spot, but in the end I put it sixth.
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:22 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.flowerpowerpictures.com/images/portfolio/8.jpg&http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ipm/blue_pete_1975.jpg
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:25 (thirteen years ago)
FLOWER PONY!
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:25 (thirteen years ago)
You got it!
23. Flower Pony (Dance Hall at Louse Point)
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:27 (thirteen years ago)
too high
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:28 (thirteen years ago)
23. Plants and Rags (Dry) - 198 points, 10 votes
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:28 (thirteen years ago)
i try to be 'honest' when i am doing these ballots, whatever that means, but when i saw i had this just missing out that seemed fucked up so i bumped it a couple spots. a long time favourite.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:30 (thirteen years ago)
man, the 20s got all the jams
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:31 (thirteen years ago)
I initially had it quite high, then when I started ranking them it dropped below nearly everything else on my shortlist
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:32 (thirteen years ago)
It's the exception to the 'Dry > Rid of Me for Klata Dinner Party' rule.
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:40 (thirteen years ago)
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrgc9c4VZ01qfy8tro1_500.jpg
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:43 (thirteen years ago)
ooh ENG-GA-LAND
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:44 (thirteen years ago)
22. Dry (Rid of Me) - 204 points, 9 votes
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:46 (thirteen years ago)
good pic
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:46 (thirteen years ago)
ok, i guess dry in this half of the rundown counts as a surprise to me
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:50 (thirteen years ago)
It's funny that for all Rid of Me's uncompromisingity, Dry is where it becomes unbearably raw for me
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:56 (thirteen years ago)
21. Rub Till It Bleeds (Rid of Me) - 208 points, 8 votes
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:28 (thirteen years ago)
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:28 (thirteen years ago)
I guess you couldn't find a suitable picture for "Rub Till It Bleeds" ...
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:31 (thirteen years ago)
You're quite right
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:33 (thirteen years ago)
That song really sounds like a cancer sore getting poked by a stick.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:36 (thirteen years ago)
all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand
http://e08595.medialib.glogster.com/media/83/83b89d711258fdfd58756a47af07820ce70cba19cfeea07dce599863df07aee7/lady-macbeth-blood-jpg.jpg
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:40 (thirteen years ago)
"I'M CALLING YOU WEAK!!!" -- possibly her finest moment
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:41 (thirteen years ago)
"blood and fucking" indeed
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:50 (thirteen years ago)
listening to Dry for the first time in years... man this is great
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:51 (thirteen years ago)
20. A Place Called Home (Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea) - 213 points, 9 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2NyS3IDjE
― The Horse Rustler and the Rustler's Horse (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:51 (thirteen years ago)
"Rub Til It Bleeds" is so great
God's truth, I'm not lying
― Euler, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:53 (thirteen years ago)
even tho i actually like this song i am gonna offer up a "say what now?" at this juncture
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:54 (thirteen years ago)