Wow, it looks like I'm the only #1 vote for Langley Park. Steve McQueen is more consistent but it took a while to grow on me, whereas Langley Park bowled me over immediately and never stopped hitting.
― J. Sam, Monday, 16 March 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
It's funny the connections albums make. SM/TWG for me evokes summer of '88, dragging a ping pong table from basement to lawn on sunny Ballard days, playing beer pong with SM/TWG and Temple of Low Men cranked. Makes a quality album that much better.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 16 March 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
I was surprised by the rollout - Steve McQueen and Jordan vying for the top two spots is totally expected, but I would have picked Megahertz to come third on ILX.
It has some really good songs, but From Langley Park To Memphis doesn't work as an album for me. I read an interview with McAloon where he spoke to Paul McCartney and McCartney referred to 'The King of Rock and Roll' as McAloon's 'My Ding-a-ling'.
It took me a long time to enjoy Swoon - it's just about the densest pop album I've ever heard.
― aphoristical, Monday, 16 March 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
I still don't really 'get' Swoon. Probably a factor in its durability for me.
Nice to see some positivity regarding AH here, after I went to bed.
Poor Crimson/Red though. No one wants to say anything about it at all? :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 21:45 (four years ago) link
It starts off well and ends well, I can't remember much about the songs in between. This poll has reminded me how little attention I've paid to the albums since Jordan. I need to rectify that.
― kitchen person, Monday, 16 March 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
C/R certainly sounds great, probably due to the engineer, who I think also produced The Blue Nile's best albums. I rated "The Best Jewel Thief In The World" and "Billy" amongst my top tracks. Can't easily recall any of the others on that album, though.
― henry s, Monday, 16 March 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
"adolescence" is brilliant and i forgot to vote for it :(
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
crimson/red and let's change the world with music both quite underrated here!
― ufo, Monday, 16 March 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
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I'll drop a few these now, I think. Maybe the whole lot?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:07 (four years ago) link
There are a lot of ties and the distribution is pretty flat, as expected. I'll just regurgitate what was submitted and leave you to find whatever patterns might be lurking. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
#32 (TIE)Score: 1Votes: 1 (0)
…I am the next poet laureateAnd she is the cherry Madonna And all of the summer is hers.- I Trawl the Megahertz
- I Trawl the Megahertz
In the morning I go walking, It helps the hurting soften I've seen a lot of places, 'cos I miss her very often- Technique
- Technique
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
Didn't vote in this, but I would've quoted those exact lines from Technique.
― righteousmaelstrom, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:14 (four years ago) link
#28 (TIE)Score: 2Votes: 1 (0)
All my silence and my strained respectMissed chances and the same regrets- Bonny
- Bonny
The sunset makes a fence out of the forest- Faron Young
- Faron Young
Michael, help me write a letter to you-know-whoI will sign it ‘Lucifer Regrets’- Michael
- Michael
Now everybody wears the look Of the child that wished to marry you Who knocking proudly on your door Was greeted by your pretty wife- The World Awake
- The World Awake
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
every lyric on bonny is fantastic, so, logically, i didn't vote for any of 'em
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 March 2020 22:31 (four years ago) link
#18 (TIE)Score: 3Votes: 1 (0)
If you take, then put back good If you steal, be Robin Hood If your eyes are wanting all you see Then I think I'll name you after me- Appetite
- Appetite
No one planned it Took it for granted - Bonny
I could love you till the stars don’t shine But I’m not yours and you’re not mine- The End of the Affair
- The End of the Affair
We’re talking fireWe’re talking flameWe’re talking ice into ashesBut death is a small price for heaven- The Ice Maiden
- The Ice Maiden
Don’t goodbyes deserve some Bach, not Barbershop- Jesse James Bolero
- Jesse James Bolero
All my lazy teenage boastsAre now high precision ghostsAnd they're coming round the trackTo haunt me- The King of Rock 'n' Roll
- The King of Rock 'n' Roll
We chopped a billion treesTo print up eulogies- Moondog
- Moondog
My love and I, we are boxing clever She'll never crowd me out Fall be free as old confetti And paint the town, paint the town- When Love Breaks Down
- When Love Breaks Down
There was a boy I used to beI guess that he was coldIf she came to buy him nowHow cheaply he'd be sold- We Let The Stars Go
- We Let The Stars Go
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
Whoops, meant to post this non-tie first. Sorry.
#27Score: 2Votes: 2 (0)
You and I won't be the fools that other lovers are thinking every silver bottle top potentially a star - All the World Loves Lovers
- All the World Loves Lovers
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
#14 (TIE)Score: 4Votes: 1 (0)
A century has shut its eyes and who are we to wake it?- Carnival 2000
- Carnival 2000
Little boy got a hot rodThinks it makes him some kind of new god But this is one race he won't win- Cars & Girls
- Cars & Girls
Desire as a sylph figured creature who changes her mind- Desire As
- Desire As
We're only men and women doing what we can Sometimes I think that God is working to a plan Then other times I swear that he is improvisingDiscordant and remote- The Sound of Crying
- The Sound of Crying
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
shout out to all my votes at #18 lol
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 March 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
Unranked ballot presumably? That must be how it was interpreted, at least!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
One voter quoted the second line here. I grouped it with a vote for broader verse.
#13Score: 4Votes: 2 (0)
The dream helps you forget you ain't never danced a step You were never fleet of foot, hippy All the pathos you can keep for the children in the streetFor the vision I have had is sweeping- King of Rock’n’Roll
- King of Rock’n’Roll
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, March 16, 2020 6:10 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yes it was! but i thought maybe at least one other voter would vote for just one of my choices.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 March 2020 23:22 (four years ago) link
lol all of my lyrics placed
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
A bunch of first-place votes...
#8 (TIE)Score: 5Votes: 1 (0)
Her eyes china blue saucers, she's born that wayShe tastes of apple strudel, you can tell she does- Diana
If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight they never sang doo-wop in Harlem- Doo Wop in Harlem
Oh Anne Garland, You can't call this heartbeat a man - Ghost Town Blues
Never let your conscience grow harmful to your healthLet no neurotic impulse turn inward on itself- Life of Surprises
Daddies shook their fists at hidden communists- Moondog
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:30 (four years ago) link
oh wait i forgot life of surprises!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
The 'Diana' excerpt was mine, I believe. Must be -- not many seem to rate that slightly ludicrous song!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
#6 (TIE)Score: 5Votes: 2 (0)
And there’s nothing pathetic Listing clothes she’d wear If it proves that I had you If it proves I was there - I Remember That
Life's not complete till your heart's missed a beatAnd you'll never make it up, or turn back the clock- Goodbye Lucille #1
- Goodbye Lucille #1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
NO YOU WON'T
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 March 2020 23:46 (four years ago) link
xpost to some previous comments: For as much as some might say 'KIng of Rock and Roll' is Prefab Sprout's 'My Ding a Ling,' the lyrics are ace!
― righteousmaelstrom, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:46 (four years ago) link
^ They are rather!
Given that I already said they were first-place votes up there, this is clearly how this bit should have read:
#8 (TIE)Score: 5Votes: 1 (1)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link
#5Score: 5Votes: 3 (0)
You surely are a truly gifted kid But you're only good as the last great thing you did- Moving The River
- Moving The River
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:56 (four years ago) link
#4Score: 6Votes: 2 (0)
Paris, any music worth its salt is good for dancingParis, but I tried to be the Fred Astaire of words - Paris Smith
- Paris Smith
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 00:13 (four years ago) link
Both of those are great lyrics and both feature in songs that have some serious clunkers in them too
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
#3Score: 10Votes: 2 (2)
Here she is with two small problemsAnd the best part of the blameWishing she could call him ‘Heartache’ But that’s not a boy’s name - Appetite
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 00:28 (four years ago) link
The top 2 form another tie, perhaps unsurprisingly. I'll not attempt to build suspense...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 00:39 (four years ago) link
#1 (TIE)Score: 10Votes: 3 (0)
I’ve got six things on my mind You’re no longer one of them - Desire As
"We were songbirds We were Greek gods We were singled out by fate We were quoted out of context It was great - Electric Guitars
- Electric Guitars
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 00:41 (four years ago) link
oh lol i voted for that "electric guitars" lyric too
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link
I didn't vote, but this line from Moving the River was robbed!
But I'm turkey hungry, I'm chicken freeAnd I can't breakdance on your knee.
― aphoristical, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 01:21 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 01:46 (four years ago) link
I've just been fiddling with the final tracks results. I think a top 60 is feasible, but I'll spread it out at fairly long intervals between now and Friday. Interested parties can tune in and out without much risk of missing massive chunks of concentrated posting. Besides, I can't do as many late nights for disparate timezones this time!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 02:06 (four years ago) link
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― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 02:28 (four years ago) link
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#60TIFFANYSfrom Protest Songs (1989)Points: 59Votes: 3 (0)Youtube audio
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
The Spotify playlist is also being updated now. (Massive spoiler, for maybe three people: the dummy track that was in it originally is not going to place!)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 02:40 (four years ago) link
Feels like I shouldn't use up my, too low straight away but I really love this one and I would have liked to see it higher. It's my favourite song on Protest Songs.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 03:11 (four years ago) link
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#59COULDN'T BEAR TO BE SPECIALfrom Swoon (1984) Points: 61Votes: 6 (0)Youtube audio
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 04:26 (four years ago) link
Imagine making an album as great as Jordan: The Comeback and it legit definitely not being your best album.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 07:26 (four years ago) link
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#57 (TIE)MACHINE GUN IBIZAfrom Jordan: The Comeback {1990)Points: 62Votes: 4 (0)Youtube audio
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 07:59 (four years ago) link
Hi, this is God here...
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#57 (TIE)ONE OF THE BROKENfrom Jordan: The Comeback {1990)Points: 62Votes: 4 (0)Youtube audio
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:00 (four years ago) link
Wow i thought Tiffany's might be a Top 10 contender.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:46 (four years ago) link
One of the broken is way too low, it’s a beautiful lyric and it arrives at the point of the album where you might actually believe paddy is singing with the divine provenance
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link
it's also one of paddy's own favorites, and who am i to argue with the man himself
Here's Paddy talking about 'Jordan: The Comeback' (available as a double LP for the first time) and how the tracks at the end helped define the final sound of the album. What's your favourite track from the album? Pre-order your copies here: https://t.co/uKNWtH6Kkq pic.twitter.com/jL47lTKGG7— Prefab Sprout (@Prefabsprout) September 5, 2019
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:15 (four years ago) link