Stuart Murdoch had better appear at some point. xpost
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
“Me and the Major” was my #1! I just love that darn harmonica so much.
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, December 16, 2018 12:10 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh yeah one of the best uses of the harmonica in the history of recorded sound
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Sunday, 16 December 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
http://i63.tinypic.com/2n1axd3.jpg
11. Judy and the Dream of Horses From If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)Live at BarrowlandsPoints: 564 Votes: 26 #1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
Too low, best track on Sinister.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
Oh this top 10 is going to be so good.
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
thanks everyone for voting "desperation made a fool of me" into the top ten j/k
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
yung alex kapranos there, right?
― J. Sam, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
Re: Desperation, I'm looking forward to seeing the full list past 60 as much as I'm looking forward to the top 10.
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
I'll post #10 pre-dawn, Glasgow time (maybe 9 hours from now) and gradually increase the pace as the bulk of ILM settles into Monday.
Summary of stuff since the last summary:
Rank Title Pts Votes #1s20 This Is Just a Modern Rock Song 400 23 119 She's Losing It 412 25 018 Dog on Wheels 413 20 017 If She Wants Me 442 21 015= Slow Graffiti 486 23 215= Dirty Dream Number Two 486 26 214 Stay Loose 489 26 412= The Fox in the Snow 509 26 112= Me and the Major 509 24 211 Judy and the Dream of Horses 564 26 1
20 This Is Just a Modern Rock Song 400 23 119 She's Losing It 412 25 018 Dog on Wheels 413 20 017 If She Wants Me 442 21 015= Slow Graffiti 486 23 215= Dirty Dream Number Two 486 26 214 Stay Loose 489 26 412= The Fox in the Snow 509 26 112= Me and the Major 509 24 211 Judy and the Dream of Horses 564 26 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
A few facts here I didn't know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fso8D9lgJVY
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
Judy my #1. Too, obviously, fucking low. This is the song that sums up the whole Belle and Sebastian project for me. And the only one that gets to joy and that shows you what it might look like not to be trapped in the state that you are in. There's a star up on your shoulder.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
Really the only thing that in the entire catalog that compares with the incredible buildup of "Judy" is "Lazy Line Painter Jane" which better be really high now or I'll sulk
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
Wow, seems that is Kapranos. Did the crossing guard lass go on to fame and fortune too?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
Yeah lazy line is coming.
Judy was my #4 for all the reasons eephus said.
Dream of horses—Ba da dum ba
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
I started assembling my ballot by putting Judy at #1 and it didn't end up much further. Agree with Guayaquil. No ten better B&S songs than it (but well, I did find 30 better songs than Lazy Line Painter Jane so...).
― Nabozo, Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
8 obvious picks-I'm A Cuckoo-If You're Feeling Sinister-Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying-Seeing Other People-The State That I Am In-The Boy With The Arab Strap-Lazy Line Painter Jane-Like Dylan in the Movies
Remaining-Stars of Track and Field-Sleep The Clock Around-We Are The Sleepyheads-Dear Catastrophe Waitress-(I wish) Big John haft
― ヽ(_ _ヽ)彡 ᴵ'ᵐ ᵒᵏᵃʸ_(・_.)/ (FlopsyDuck), Sunday, 16 December 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
nix the last three and there's yr list
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
Me and the Major was my #1. It's perfect. Everything one could want in a Belle and Sebastian song.
Want to feel old? In 3 years Sinister turns 25. Same amount of time the Major went back, remembering Roxy Music.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
definitely agree on the first 8
― Dan S, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:49 (five years ago) link
I think Stars of Track and Field will also show up
― Dan S, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
I didn’t vote but if I had my #1 would have been Sleep Around the Clock. I saw them do it once mayve 15 years ago and it was magical. They didn’t play it the other times I’ve seen them.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
Argh the clock around obvs
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
it makes sense that those would be the 10, as Simon H said
― Dan S, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
I would be very surprised if it was not the exact first ten Flopsy mentioned, but haven't a clue about the order
― Vinnie, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
Though I do hope you're all wrong about Big John Shaft
― enochroot, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:10 (five years ago) link
i'm gonna be wild and say that maybe I'm A Cuckoo is out, and Dear Catastrophe Waitress makes it in. i'm not a cuckoo fan :-/
― Karl Malone, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
I personally wish the 10th spot would go to Belle and Sebastian (the song)
― Dan S, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
that song is all-time great
― Dan S, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
actually, ok i like cuckoo. and i can see how it would make the top 10, it's really catchy and sort of sounds like a mix of Jessica by the Allman Brothers and Big Star
― Karl Malone, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link
Judy is only #11?!! Judy where did you go wrong?!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 17 December 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
Cuckoo is catchy, sure, but one of these (remaining) things is not like the others....
― enochroot, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
I thought maybe I would kick Cuckoo out of the top 10 but then I listened to it again
― Dan S, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:40 (five years ago) link
Perhaps I'm easily amused but the declaration, in a Scottish accent, that B&S "have no time for dumbfucks and fucknuggets" has had me chuckling like an idiot for several hours now.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
Here are some fun facts which may or may not help with predictions:
The forty-nine first-place votes (3 ballots were unranked) were distributed across 27 different tracks in total. "Stay Loose" has received the greatest number (4) of first-place votes so far, but nothing in the top ten exceeds that number. In fact, #1 received fewer such votes and another track received none at all!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
so "stay loose" is the true winner, makes sense
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
LOL. Wouldn't rule out a tie, but yeah, basically.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
Sounds like we can just end the poll now. Great job everyone
― Vinnie, Monday, 17 December 2018 03:34 (five years ago) link
Judy at #11 is a dick slap
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 17 December 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
Monday has arrived almost everywhere so best get this done. I'll return in an hour or two and see if anyone's about...
http://i67.tinypic.com/2111ati.jpg10. Sleep the Clock Around From The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)Live at Lowlands, 2006Points: 583 Votes: 33 #1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 06:35 (five years ago) link
I'm here! And that was my #1. So glad I pushed it into the top 10. I remember when I first heard it in radio session form it didn't do much for me but it opened up so much in the album version. "And the memory will shine"
― Alba, Monday, 17 December 2018 06:48 (five years ago) link
YES
I love the motorik (sorry) pulse of this one. My #3 and a song that's grown a lot in my estimation over the years
Would love to stay up for the entire top 10, but it's 1:30a here in the midwest states and I'm to bed soon
― bunny slopes, Monday, 17 December 2018 07:22 (five years ago) link
I'm going to start fairly slooowly, with the US in mind. Might still be at #7 or something by dawn. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 07:29 (five years ago) link
this is pretty close to the most dead time of day for ilm with it being middle of the night in the us
'sleep the clock around' is lovely but i wasn't quite expecting it to make top 10. between it and the title track i always think of boy with the arab strap as their electric piano album, although it's not really as prominent on the rest of the album
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 07:44 (five years ago) link
Love it when the bagpipes kick in, need more bagpipes in pop.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 17 December 2018 07:51 (five years ago) link
Never read this before, Stuart Murdochon Sleep the Clock Around:"That song was about walking over the brow of a hill, away from the two people I loved most, when I had betrayed them somewhat: after they cast me out of their confidence and out of the cafe. So it’s a song that cries out for recovery."♥️
― Alba, Monday, 17 December 2018 07:53 (five years ago) link
Aww, that's lovely. StCA is a song that's become part of me, molecular.
I don't think I've ever heard the background sound effects on this used anywhere else - the little burbles and whirrs. They sound like the dreams of mouldering instruments.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 17 December 2018 08:29 (five years ago) link
That's brilliant, yes.
― Alba, Monday, 17 December 2018 08:34 (five years ago) link
Assume they're Chris Geddes's work. He hasn't been mentioned enough on this thread.
― Alba, Monday, 17 December 2018 08:35 (five years ago) link
His work is so understated yet utterly crucial to their sound.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 17 December 2018 08:37 (five years ago) link
http://i64.tinypic.com/2efswat.jpg
9. The Boy With the Arab Strap From The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)Groovy, meandering rendition at Glastonbury, 2015Points: 623 Votes: 32 #1 Votes: 3
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 09:39 (five years ago) link