Spider and Julie are both so similar, but somehow it doesn't turn the whole album into slow/wistful/sadville.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
By This River is my #1 and by a mile. It's one of the most beautiful songs I know by anyone.
― Euler, Friday, 11 July 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
#4 - 452 Points - 21 Votes - four 1st-place votesBrian Eno - "Baby's On Fire" - from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973
Album version: http://youtu.be/g5fezBnvkiULive with the Winkies: http://youtu.be/vbSneDSZQTw
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
I was sure that'd be number one! It was mine, in the end. I think I like different songs off HCTWJ best at different points in time, but it kind of felt like the platonic ideal of the 'pop' period when I was compiling my ballot.
― emil.y, Friday, 11 July 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
I know two of the top three but i'm not sure about the third.
― guwop (crüt), Friday, 11 July 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
Before the voting, it would have been my pick to win too.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
#3 - 453 Points - 19 Votes - three 1st-place votesBrian Eno - "The Big Ship" - from Another Green World, 1975
Album version: http://youtu.be/lCCJc_V8_MQDOTS extended edit: http://youtu.be/HOvVaBsl1F4 (I don't know the story behind this extended version, just presenting it w/out
w/out comment
YA DANCER
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 11 July 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
ahhh yeah i forgot about that one!!
― guwop (crüt), Friday, 11 July 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
i was worried it may have been something that was consistently staggering to me but slight to others.
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 11 July 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
"Baby's On Fire"'s four 1st-place votes were the most any track got.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
agree -- i voted it #1 too for basically the same reasonanother super-evocative song too. it really conjures its own special mood that few other songs manage to conjure effectively.
― La Lechera, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
oops that was to emil.y
"Baby's On Fire" one of the few songs on my shortlist of least favorite Eno tracks. If it had one I would have quiet rioted.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
I always had an idea what the top two would be when this poll was announced. Unless I got it very wrong it seems like I guessed right. Not sure which way round it will be but to me it doesn't really matter as their both perfect.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
#2 - 548 Points - 21 Votes - two 1st-place votesBrian Eno - "The True Wheel" - from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974
http://youtu.be/-bPbToMJmCI
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
ding ding!
― La Lechera, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
Row Row Row
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
ok the #1 better be what I think it is. If so it's v v deserving.
― Neil Sekada (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
One of the 10 Moby mixes of Ali Click?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
Fractal Zoom, rather.
#1 - 567 Points - 24 Votes - two 1st-place votesBrian Eno - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - single, 1975
http://youtu.be/d5RYptkzbjY
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
The Windows 95 sound was robbed!!!
― one way street, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
Wait, I think I messed something up.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
#1 - 567 Points - 24 Votes - two 1st-place votesBrian Eno - "St. Elmo's Fire" - from Another Green World, 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6n9s1e8EXs
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
That's a keeper.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
Maybe my favourite Fripp solo! It was my #2.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
Great #1
Otherwise, I am totally baffled by these results.
― Jeff W, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
Rare live version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSsanVx6Tjg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
Yeah it's all about the solo.
It wasn't my number one but it's still a great result.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
lol
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
(xp re Parr)
Now, see, "Baby's On Fire" is all about the solo. "St. Elmo's Fire" is all about everything - lyrics, arrangement, singing ... just gorgeous.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
I wonder how many/if any other people actually bothered to vote for any Scratch Orchestra stuff in the end.
― emil.y, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
great #1 and #2
― guwop (crüt), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
Thank you to everyone who voted! I thought there were 27 ballots, but I guess there were 28. At least there are 28 #1 votes in the spreadsheet.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
Honestly, every time I see one of my kids perform horribly off-key in anything, I think of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJ6anurfuw
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
― one way street, Friday, July 11, 2014 8:16 PM (4 minutes ago)
This either had to be my #1 or my #30, it just seemed odd putting it anywhere else on the ballot. #30 it was.
"Baby's On Fire" is all about the solo.
For me it's all about the super-deep "bommmm" bit juxtaposed with the sneery whine. But then I'm not a big solo fan.
Voted high for both 'True Wheel' and 'St. Elmo's Fire' so I'm happy anyway.
― emil.y, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201003/19/07/f0210407_20522030.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
I like the lyrics of Baby's on Fire at least as much as the solo. This kind of experience is necessary for her learning.
― La Lechera, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
emil.y, there was one other vote for Paragraph 7.
Here are the full results -- all three parts in one file, note the 3 sheets down at the bottom.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11U7pvEwvNkSzpqwrJlBOpJTSIAJUS7uaG8l3X53pq6Q/edit?usp=sharing
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
'St Elmo's Fire' is all about everything but the entrance of the solo is an all-time moment of anything ever, Fripp just saying "spit ions in the ether? Sure, easy".
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
Catching up...
Forgot "Everything Merges With the Night" – forgot to include this. My second favorite vocal song on AGW after "St. Elmo's Fire." It just embodies that pic on the back sleeve with him sitting in some flat somewhere.
"On Some Faraway Beach" has always been compromised by a piano part that reminds me of Bob Seger's "Still the Same."
"Needles in the Camel's Eye" was my solitary vote from Warm Jets. he never bettered the VU-meets-glam template he set here.
"By This River" – another one that could've been my #1 but just a hair behind "...Julie With" and "Spider & I" which probably says more about my feelings for Side 2 of BaAS than anything. Also, another Roedelius solo song stretched out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9o-aCXqCg&sns=em
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
Big thanks to WilliamC for running this.
Here's my tracks ballot. My #2 and #3 are miniature masterpieces IMHO and deserved better. 01. The Jezebel Spirit (Byrne & Eno) 02. Energy Fools The Magician03. Over Fire Island04. Regiment (Byrne & Eno)05. St Elmo's Fire06. Baby's On Fire07. Qu'ran (Byrne & Eno)08. Moonlight In Glory (Byrne & Eno)09. Backwater10. 1/111. Golden Hours12. What Actually Happened?13. Dead Finks Don't Talk14. Fever (Eno & The Winkies)15. Zawinul/Lava16. Discreet Music17. Broken Head (Eno Moebius Roedelius)18. Kurt's Rejoinder19. R.A.F. (Eno & Snatch)20. Sky Saw21. King's Lead Hat22. Julie With...23. Help Me Somebody (Byrne & Eno)24. Spinning Away (Eno & Cale)25. No One Receiving26. My Squelchy Life27. Mea Culpa (Byrne & Eno)28. The Heavenly Music Corporation (Fripp & Eno)29. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch30. America Is Waiting (Byrne & Eno)
― Jeff W, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
I really enjoyed this poll (although I still need to look more closely at Eno after the 80s). My tracks ballot:
1. the big ship2. here come the warm jets3. st elmo's fire4. dead finks don't talk5. spider and i6. blank frank7. third uncle8. in every dream house a heartache (roxy music)9. by this river10. pyjamarama (roxy music)11. burning airlines give you so much more12. luftschloss (eno moebius roedelius)13. strong flashes of light14. cindy tells me15. everything merges with the night16. needles in the camel's eye17. if there is something (roxy music)18. baby's on fire19. dunwich beach, autumn 196020. the true wheel21. sky saw22. 1/1 23. kurt's rejoinder24. an ending (ascent)25. taking tiger mountain26. re-make/re-model (roxy music)27. for your pleasure (roxy music)28. america is waiting (david byrne and brian eno)29. ladytron (roxy music)30. regiment (david byrne and brian eno)
― one way street, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
yay that's the winner I wanted.
One of my all time 5 fave gtr solos, but the whole package is brilliant.
― Neil Sekada (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
"The True Wheel" inspired at least two band names: 801 and A Certain Ratio. Also, possibly, The Modern Lovers. Has to be some kind of record.
I love this Manzanera solo more than most things – this kept creeping up my ballot until it finally landed at #5.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
had i been in condition to vote I would've given the palm to either St. Elmo's or Mother Whale.
True Wheel is a deserving #2
EightNoughtOne
― Neil Sekada (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 July 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
Thanks for all your hard work WilliamC. This was a great poll.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 11 July 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link