wait... hold up.. how is String Bean Jean so low? That song is canon - I'd have expected it to place at least top 10 if not higher.
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 14 December 2018 07:36 (five years ago) link
I mean the lyrics alone. it's the ne plus ultra B&S song
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 14 December 2018 07:39 (five years ago) link
this is one of the nothingy songs on Arab Strap I was talking about
FITE YOU!
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 14 December 2018 08:13 (five years ago) link
“string bean jean” was my first favorite b&s song.
Same here. When I started to get my ballot together I assumed it would be my number one, but listening back I didn't like it quite as much (still right up there though).
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 14 December 2018 08:28 (five years ago) link
and we always have a laugh and then we all get in the bath to save on the 'leccy bill / me and Jo and Phil
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 14 December 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
I gave votes to Piazza, We Rule, You're just a baby, and clearly, the one I regret not seeing higher, Seymour Stein. Big regrets for There's Too Much Love, I missed it.
― Nabozo, Friday, 14 December 2018 09:29 (five years ago) link
I used to be a bit embarrassed by We Rule the School when I felt more defensive about the band. But relistening to Tigermilk it had that feeling of encapsulating everything, and with the benefit of distance it made its way on to my ballot ahead of some other tracks from the album I thought I loved more.
― Alba, Friday, 14 December 2018 10:20 (five years ago) link
'You know the world is made for men, not us''You could either be successful or be us''They called us winsome but we're just hopeless'
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 10:57 (five years ago) link
I might drop a few more of these now, just to spread the timezone love around...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 10:58 (five years ago) link
"Belle & Sebastian, on the radio, playing songs for children. And we're really sorry fur all the trouble we've caused".
― Alba, Friday, 14 December 2018 11:00 (five years ago) link
http://i68.tinypic.com/23r2z9s.jpg34. Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie From 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light (1997)Perky performance at LowlandsPoints: 292Votes: 20 #1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 11:04 (five years ago) link
XP: Ah, yes!
I've always liked Le Pastie but maybe it could have a more blistering production on it. Or maybe I just need to turn up the volume.
― Alba, Friday, 14 December 2018 11:08 (five years ago) link
Good timing! I’ve had this in my head all morning.
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Friday, 14 December 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link
I was the first-place vote here, and the imaginary version that plays inside my head does indeed tend to be more blistering than the familiar recording.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 11:20 (five years ago) link
Love 'Le Pastie' and also kind of wish they'd done more songs like it.
Karl Malone otm re: 'You're Just a Baby' - I had it at #15 on my ballot but it should have been higher.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 14 December 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
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33. A Century of Fakers From 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light (1997)Original promo videoPoints: 293Votes: 15 #1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 11:55 (five years ago) link
The only B&S song I've ever sung on stage.
― Alba, Friday, 14 December 2018 12:01 (five years ago) link
They nearly made it onto Top of the Pops with "Le Pastie", I forget why they got dropped..
― Mark G, Friday, 14 December 2018 12:08 (five years ago) link
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32. Step Into My Office, Baby From Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)Original promo videoPoints: 297 Votes: 16 #1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 12:42 (five years ago) link
banger
― devvvine, Friday, 14 December 2018 12:46 (five years ago) link
My output is in declineI was burned out after ThatcherMy banner I laid down with a sighNow I doubt if I'll ever catch her
― devvvine, Friday, 14 December 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
one of the uncharacteristically extroverted-sounding songs from DCW, really great arrangement
― ufo, Friday, 14 December 2018 12:49 (five years ago) link
It's odd, the band's been doing period-perfect pastiche from the start but to my ears has almost always come across well doing it, even at its most overt. This song, for example, is a real collision of familiar elements, but somehow it all works for me.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 December 2018 12:49 (five years ago) link
Only six songs from my ballot have showed up so far, so now I'm going through the list again trying to figure out which ones didn't place at all.(probably the ones from Storytelling)
Nice to see Funny Little Frog garnered a #1 vote. I didn't rate that song at all really until I heard the God Help The Girl version. After that I came around to the original.
― enochroot, Friday, 14 December 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link
It doesn't feel right getting all shirty on the B&S thread, particularly about whimsy, but I'd happily never hear this again - it puts my teeth on edge.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 14 December 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
your boss is not your girlfriend
― devvvine, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:01 (five years ago) link
Ah, I was the only one who put "A Century of Fakers" at #1. I was thinking that song would be arriving any minute, seeing so many other early EP tracks showing up in the results.
― erasingclouds, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:01 (five years ago) link
I do actually like this song despite/because of its insane levels of goofiness; didn't vote for it, mind
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
we need to talk
― J. Sam, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
Also it's greatly improved if you imagine it really is just about the hazards of wage labor
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
I'm with you, Chinaski -- I know it's supposed to be in character and all, but it's just kinda ham-fisted (and musically, a bit too disjointed for my liking -- like a bunch of set-pieces)
― enochroot, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
I'm not in favour of any goofiness but the I was burned out after Thatcher section is strong.
― Alba, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
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31. Wrapped Up in Books From Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)Original promo videoPoints: 300 Votes: 21 #1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:19 (five years ago) link
all the arrangements on DCW are so good, i love when the jangley motorik groove suddenly transitions into that brief piano & reeds section
― ufo, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
Wonderful album, high on my ballot
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 December 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
Nice work on the image for that one.
― enochroot, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
I'm very much a 'prefer the early stuff' fan but I love this song, great rhythm guitar and some of their best vocal harmonies. Also I noticed from going through some of their videos that both this and the one for Lazy Line Painter Jane feature someone using a book as a pillow, I'm convinced that has some sort of significance.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link
30 down and 30 to go. Three more now, I think. Can figure out how to make things a bit more orderly for the end of the countdown after I've had some sleep...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
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30. Women's Realm From Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000)At KCRW, 2003Points: 305 Votes: 21 #1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
Some things I've learned quite a bit about in recent days because of B&S:- Mike Piazza- Eucalypts in California- Women's Realm magazine
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
Step into my Office Baby: specifically a pastiche of “Good Vibrations”? That’s the way I heard it once I got past the lyrics. One of those rare pop songs where the lyric stood out on first listen.
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Friday, 14 December 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
"pastie" and "century of fakers" are way too low
"women's realm" about right though, i love that song
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
"you're just a baby" should've been top ten imo
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
string arrangement on this one is ridic
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
I hope 'To Be Myself Completely' pops up, although it's unlikely.
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
One thing this exercise has clarified for me is that FYHCYWLAP is...bitchin'
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
http://i64.tinypic.com/ff8nsm.jpg29. Don't Leave the Light on Baby From Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000)Live in Rio, 2001Points: 310 Votes: 17 #1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
hell yeah
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
couldn't find room for it on my ballot but a great song buried in that first side