Could we please be objective cause the other POLLS are queuing up behind us - Artist Poll #94 - Belle & Sebastian - RESULTS

I thought it was well put.

You're a star now / I am fixing people's nails

And you've suddenly made me think of Stuart Murdoch in this era as a Harvey Darger like figure with his Story of the Vivian Girls.

"Dress Up In You" is one of their most convincing character studies.

have had 2 show up, Is it wicked not to care and I know where the summer goes.
somewhat surprised by the former.

Henry Darger, I mean!

Not Harvey Danger?

i've got a boyfriend
i've got the feeling that he's seeing someone else
he always had a thing for you as well

That's what was infecting it in my brain, Vinnie!

"I am sick and I'm not well"

This lip dub brought "The Blues are Still Blue" to my attention and ensured a spot on my ballot. Wonder if the staff or the students chose the song? Laundry as a metaphor for romantic befuddlement works for me on it's own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB-1BFWWkcU

I wonder if the Darger thing does hit home in some ways. As in the music is always about the outside, yet Murdoch was always too self-aware to truly be outside anything.

Didn't manage to vote for "Photo Jenny," how could I not have? Expect i'm gonna have this feeling a lot.

i'm waking up to us this poll

so far i voted for...

i don’t love anyone
i want the world to stop
i fought in a war

I like I Fought in a War a lot but it does have one fatal flaw: the implausible concept of Stuart Murdoch having fought in a war.

so otm. also, let me say without evidence that i fought in a war led directly to the decemberists

"Photo Jenny" was my #5. I'm amazed people are confused by the subject matter! But I agree with Chinaski's reading as SM's allegory for defeating ME (going out of the house) as coming out as trans.

Just catching up. My 3 was I Don't Love Anyone. I thought that would be much, much higher.

that lip dub made me happy, thanks bendy

yes that was nice

Jonathan David is too low!!!

the one on this list so far that I most regret not voting for is I Didn't See It Coming

My overall thoughts after a deep Belle and Sebastian immersion for this poll: their faster ones are much better than their slow ones.

funny, I was thinking about that too, but my feeling ultimately leaned to the opposite

obv a lot of exceptions on both sides

actually I guess it's more complicated than that for me, maybe it's that I'm attracted to their sadder / more reflective songs, fast or slow

One question about the Photo Jenny video from 1999 Bowlie Weekender posted upthread, Isobel is playing bass, what is Stuart David doing?

Think he was already a part-time member by then, though he didn't officially leave until a year or two later

I think he's sitting down playing acoustic guitar. You can see it at about the one minute mark. XP

Ugh so annoyed w/myself for not getting a ballot in, would have voted for the majority of songs starting with I that have placed so far.

My overall thoughts after a deep Belle and Sebastian immersion for this poll: their faster ones are much better than their slow ones.

― kornrulez6969

What do you listen to more often, upbeat or slow songs?

or to put it another way, do your most favorite songs tend to be upbeat or slow?

Fast, but it depends on the band. There are plenty of slow Belle and Sebastian songs that I love but the fast ones are the ones I gravitate to most.

not a huge fan of post-'dear catastrophe waitress,' but i'm still in grieving for how low some of my (few) more-recent favorites placed! 'dress up in you,' 'i want the world to stop,' and 'didn't see it coming' are all gorgeous!

DCW didn’t rate on my albums ballot, but The Life Pursuit did.

The Bolan-esque one up there ^^^ reminded me why I find The Life Pursuit such a slog.

I've voted for Beautiful, Ease your Feet into the Sea, I didn't see it coming, and I want the world to stop, so I feel like a good boy so far. I must say I sadly missed Dress up in you.

I voted for Photo Jenny and Beautiful (which I somehow put at #5!). Wish I could have found room for Ease your Feet into the Sea and Jonathan David.

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46. There's Too Much Love
From Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000)
Live at Barrowlands
Points: 238
Votes: 15
#1 Votes: 0

My no.7!

Oh looks like we're back on!

I didn't intend to stop when I did, but brain demanded sleep quite suddenly. I'll post a few more...

been meaning to look up the local time in australia, because i've been unable to wrap my head around when the poll results go quiet or active.

this is their best closer imo. it's too much low

There's Too Much Love is maybe my favourite on that album. I love it when they get a bit Northern Soul

XXP: Nor I, really. Been trying to get vaguely close to some of ILM's peak times without being awake at 4am. :)

I like it as long as it's as sad as this. Another of my favourite SM deliveries in "With my face head down just staring at the brown form-i-ca"

Xpost

I want to like "There's Too Much Love" more than I do because of its use in the lovely queer film The Way He Looks, but it just seems kind of ordinary to me.

^ I noticed such snippets amongst the homemade Youtube vids. Lots of them. Must see this film.

Dammit I really should've voted for "There's Too Much Love", genuinely baffled looking over my ballot and not finding it. I apologise to everyone for my part in it's TOOLOWness.

44. TIE

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It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career
From The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)
Youtube audio track
Points: 244
Votes: 15
#1 Votes: 0

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I'm Waking Up to Us
From I'm Waking Up to Us (2001)
Live on 'Later With Jools Holland'
Points: 244
Votes: 18
#1 Votes: 0

xp The only possible explanation I have is that I didn't even glance at FYHCYWLAP, just went by memory "save Woman's Realm and BURN THE REST", but this is really top 10 stuff...