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
Love that moment when the backing vocals finally come in on this track. This is the only FYHCYWLAP that made my ballot.
― enochroot, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
I've never been one to emphasize the importance of good lyrics, but B&S is a band that really does benefit from having good ones.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
There's Too Much Love is approximately 20 times better than the coasting Women's Realm you lunatics. Glad to see Don't Leave the Light on Baby make it though.
― Alba, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
5th in the row I haven't voted for.
― Nabozo, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
I bloody love Women's Realm. It'd be good to put some kind of concordance together, to track the different themes and locations in their songs. This has the classic dance/sing like you're on your own, and, I've always linked the 'Indian part of the town' to the taxi driver in TBWTAS.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
"There's Too Much Love" is the only Fold Your Hands track I squeezed onto my ballot, and only at the last minute. Which now seems insane. Clearly my biggest mistake was failing to propose a ballot size of 100 slots at the outset.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
B&S coast so beautifully.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
Clearly my biggest mistake was failing to propose a ballot size of 100 slots at the outset.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, December 14, 2018 7:38 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i agree that you were wrong
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link
"women's realm" is just kinda "dirty dream no. 3" so i get thinking it's coasting but also i need thirty more of those songs please
The arrangements on Don't Leave the Light on Baby are pure Moon Safari. In a good way, obviously.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
"Woman's Realm" reminds me more of "The Boy With the Arab Strap" (the song) with the electric piano and handclaps.
― enochroot, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
There also aren't enough songs where Stuart trades verses with Isobel (cf Women's Realm).
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
The clustering by era in this stretch is quite marked...
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28. The Model From Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000)Live at Glastonbury, 2004Points: 322 Votes: 19 #1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
wrapped up in books is way too low
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 December 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
le pastie is the other one i voted for from this stretch
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
oh good this is my actual favorite song from fold your hands
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
yup
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
is this the horniest B&S song
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
I may have slightly overrated The Model, but it's so charming. It must be the last from its album.
― Nabozo, Friday, 14 December 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
nah, on certain days i think it's the ultimate b&s song, though there are many other songs vying for that title
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
this is my favourite from fold your hands and i really should have voted for it. the constantly building and shifting string arrangement is fantastic. also stevie singing one line in every verse
― ufo, Friday, 14 December 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
the harpsichord definitely is twee as fuck.
― enochroot, Friday, 14 December 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
The Model is amazing. That rush of words reminds me of that story about how Dylan thought nuclear war was coming so he just took all the stanzas he'd jotted down intended as starting points for various songs and just threw them all into A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall before it was too late.
― Alba, Friday, 14 December 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
also stevie singing one line in every verse
yeah this is such a cool move
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
to catch up with some stuff i missed:
- i like the life pursuit and i like this rollout a lot but imo "funny little frog" can't hang imo, not this high- didn't vote for "piazza" but i think its charms are extremely obvious so i'm not mad- i love how many people had "the rollercoaster ride" ascending their ballots during the voting period. me too! its effect is so subtle but when it hits you, it's devastating
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
i said that about "funny little frog" but i know when i hear it in the playlist i'm gonna think "ok this song is a jam"
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
"funny little frog" is ok but i'm shocked that it's probably the highest placing song from the life pursuit, unless "mornington crescent" is still to come which seems unlikely?
― ufo, Friday, 14 December 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link