https://i.imgur.com/dGcBjXf.jpg
33. The World BackwardsFrom The Book Lovers EP, 1996. Compiled on Work And Non Work, 1997.Fan-made video by mrdonaldbecker on YouTube223 Points, 10 Votes
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
This was #6 on my ballot, love the way the harmonies, the waltz rhythm and the turntable stuff fit together so perfectly. don't know what the extended sample is, but the way her voice lifts out of it is just a perfect moment.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
Since they don’t credit it (see voting thread), big shout to Luboš Fišer for the Valerie melody. I have bought a copy of the soundtrack hoping that Finders Keepers are the kind of record company who make sure royalties are correctly directed.
― woof, Thursday, 2 June 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
And yes minim got my vote really for what happens when it pulls into the second half - exhilirating (but it shouldn’t start in the second half - the wait makes it!)
― woof, Thursday, 2 June 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
Yes, exactly!
(actually, make that a reply to both woof re 'Minim' *and* CaAL re "TWB' lol)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 2 June 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BlAS8xQ.jpg
32. Subject to the LadderFrom Tender Buttons, 2005Fan-made video by Bueno Film on YouTube224 Points, 15 Votes
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
I must retire. Again, if Spotify folk feel like updating that playlist, use the collaborator link from maybe 18 hours upthread!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 2 June 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
here's something I feel should be more appreciated (not even a fan video!)
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4rVCT2z.jpg
31. You Can FallFrom The Noise Made By People, 2000Audio on YouTube226 Points, 12 Votes
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 17:25 (one year ago) link
Enjoying sporadically checking in on the rollout; agreed with those above who mentioned how well miscellaneous mostly instrumental tracks work in this arc. This seems odd for me to say, given that I called Future Crayon a slog, but I probably have more investment in the sequence since I partook in the poll (and voted for a few of these lower-placing tracks — including Microtronics 04, which is very Raymond Scott).
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 2 June 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
think there are only one or two instrumentals to come now. not that You Can Fall is an obvious hit, I would say its opening is probably the weakest moment on TNMBP, but that descending noise after "you can fall" is so gently sinister, such a memorable moment, it elevates the whole thing.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
30. Living RoomFrom Living Room single, 1996. Compiled on Work And Non Work, 1997.Fan-made video by Donbecker5 on YouTube235 Points, 11 Votes
something like 'Living Room' which sounds more like Sean Lennon singing (may not have been Keenan but hard to tell!) it seems that there was more 'effort' in the singing but acceptance seems to have set in that there's a restricted range to her voice and the new songs have been written with that more in mind (considering the vastness of their forthcoming American tour perhaps this was a good idea). but i don't really know enough about singing to judge her like that. i'll keep listening and loving it anyway. stevem (blueski) Aug 14, 2003
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
Hm
https://i.imgur.com/zCNdXJ2.jpg
There we go.
Minim is a favorite, a true electronic poem, reminds me distantly of Desired Constellation, until those characteristic drums just wash it away with a fun random appearance of German. I voted for both The World Backwards and Subject to the Ladder but I think they bettered those songs and the consensus poll will show that. Also gave a couple of points for You Can Fall, one of those haunting melodies they seem to use and re-use until complete hypnosis and playful confusion of the listener is achieved. Maybe what is not immediately apparent in a poll is the dialogue between all those songs.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
I regret not voting for According to No Plan, and I felt I had been generous with Work Non Work
― Nabozo, Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
catching up. "the world backwards" was my #8! that transition that happens around halfway through is thrilling every time.
also voted for "subject" and i didn't vote for "living room," but i'm pretty sure that one showed up in lodge 49?
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
echoing my request for anyone who loves broadcast to watch lodge 49, a brilliant show with a soundtrack that consists of broadcast and bands that aspire to be broadcast
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
We shall try to answer your request
― Nabozo, Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
I was the #1 for "Hawk" - an early version of the cultic ritual vibe that emerges as their whole thing post-Tender Buttons, a sort of mystic stasis over a rattling Wicker Man parade percussion
+ it's a song I felt no one else could have or would have made
"Arc of a Journey" was in my top ten. The moment when she sings "Constellation/of Orion" while the distorted synth slashes in the right channel gives me chills and gets lodged in my head, so sublime
― Freeze Instr., Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
Also love the strange attenuated quality of her vocal performance on "We've Got Time"
― Freeze Instr., Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:31 (one year ago) link
Speaking of soundtracks, You Can Fall also appears on the Morvern Callar OST, never seen it but this is quite the list of songs.1 Can–I Want More2 Aphex Twin–Goon Gumpas3 Boards Of Canada–Everything You Do Is A Balloon4 Can–Spoon5 Stereolab–Blue Milk (Edit)6 The Velvet Underground–I'm Sticking With You7 Broadcast–You Can Fall8 Gamelan Drumming9 Holger Czukay–Cool In The Pool10 Lee 'Scratch' Perry–Hold Of Death11 Lee Hazlewood And Nancy Sinatra–Some Velvet Morning12 Ween–Japanese Cowboy13 Holger Czukay–Fragrance14 Aphex Twin–Nannou
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:38 (one year ago) link
The moment when she sings "Constellation/of Orion" while the distorted synth slashes in the right channel gives me chills and gets lodged in my head, so sublime
― woof, Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
XP that film is great. That’s a real holy shit soundtrack I wish I’d had back in high school.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/q2O3Y8F.jpg
29. Look OutsideFrom The Noise Made By People, 2000Fan-made video by Wonder Muddle on YouTube245 Points, 13 Votes
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
video link seems to be wrong. here's the right one
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
think this is the ultimate example of "theme to a 60s arthouse Bond film"
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KNsAOdz.jpg
28. IlluminationFrom Extended Play Two, 2000. Compiled on The Future Crayon, 2006.Fan-made video by Jon Psimer on YouTube247 Points, 14 Votes
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GuSNH9p.jpg
27. City In ProgressThe Noise Made By People, 2000Fan-made video by Barnaby on YouTube260 Points, 16 Votes
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vq0EKrM.jpg
26. Poem Of Dead SongFrom Extended Play Two, 2000. Compiled on The Future Crayon, 2006.Fan-made video by ilyphelps on YouTube291 Points, 17 Votes
"Poem Of Dead Song" had passed me by for ages, kind of wobbly, um, 'exotica'. Like the Gentle People, almost. Another for the ALL-TIME-BEST list. - Alex in Sheffield (Alex in Doncaster), Aug 3, 2005
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 20:36 (one year ago) link
Just the best EP tracks band ever
― nashwan, Thursday, 2 June 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
Just noticed the last three video links are wrong too, no idea why, sorry all! Something to do with a new Youtube mode. These should be the right ones.
IlluminationCity In ProgressPoem of Dead Song
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
"city in progress" is too low, my #4. sublime, extra-dimensional circus music
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 June 2022 21:08 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8jtYo8h.jpg
25. Goodbye GirlsFrom Tender Buttons, 2005Fan-made video by The Mystery Machine on YouTube297 Points, 12 Votes
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/sPfLtRv.jpg
24. Winter NowFrom Haha Sound, 2003Fan-made video by TrueLyrics on YouTube302 Points, 15 Votes
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link
City In Progress and Goodnight Girls both in my top ten.
― kraudive, Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
*goodbye
― kraudive, Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
This one is lovely
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rTsNlNc.jpg
23. Lunch Hour PopsFrom Haha Sound, 2003Fan-made video by avalancealonso on YouTube317 Points, 14 Votes
"Lunch Hour Pops" is tops tops tops! - Yngwie AlmsteenMay (sgertz), Mar 28, 2005
"goodbye girls" was a top tenner for me too!
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
seeing "Lunch Hour Pops" performed live was a complete marvel.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:31 (one year ago) link
Look Outside 29th?
Fuck is wrong with you people?
― hello duckness my old friend (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:44 (one year ago) link
One more first-place vote and it could have been... 27th.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:47 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/egOhIPb.jpg
22. Lights OutFrom V/A - NME C96, 1996, Compiled on Work And Non Work, 1997.Fan-made video by The Mystery Machine on YouTube322 Points, 15 Votes
One thing I like about this song (though it's possibly most pronounced in the familiar studio version) is how the bass and the buzzy synth line accentuate the end of each bar, almost like they're being switched off altogether. Or like they're employing a tape loop again even though that's presumably not what they're doing this time. At least until later on, lol. Also "I want to watch the carpark empty" is heavy, man. - Nag! Nag! Nag!, May 9, 2022
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:48 (one year ago) link
C96 was a CD you had to send away for, think it was about £5, maybe a little more. I can see the idea, updating C86 for a new generation, but the problem was that the bands clearly didn't sound anything like each-other. Still it's probably better than the c86 tape, Tiger, Comet Gain, Delgados, Spare Snare & Quickspace tracks are all v. good. The compilers somehow managed to get the wrong bit of the Mogwai tape, so instead of the thing that should be on there you have a couple of minutes of rehearsal room noodling, v. embarrassing mistake.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
Rather too low for my liking!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 2 June 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
iirc it was in the top ten for a while
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 23:04 (one year ago) link
Ok, last one for today. Top 20 tomorrow!
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 June 2022 23:10 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/6nsuSPg.jpg
21. AccidentalsFrom Accidentals single, 1996, Compiled on Work And Non Work, 1997.Fan-made video by GrimlyFormingPW on YouTube324 Points, 14 Votes