Always disappointed with Great Escape but forgot that it's not a middling album but rather half genius and half nonsense.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, it's absolutely that - massive highs, huge lows.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
TGE was really the first album to make any kind of impression in Aus. Obv the self-titled album (specifically Song 2) was the breakthrough, but Parklife did so poorly here that I found it in a cut-out bin for $10 right as it was smashing up the British music press.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/images/www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/large/th41275401873Adidas%20Trimm%20Trabb%20-%20Navy.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
16. Trimm Trabb(13 votes, 220 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
Love a bit of Trimm Trabb. It was going to be a single, but I doubt it would have worked. Couldn't have been made in any other era than post-Blur LP.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
When listening to '13' I tend to skip from the end of 'Battle' thru to 'Trimm Trabb'. Love that one.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
That's the bit I skip TO!
# "Battle" – 7:43# "Mellow Song" – 3:56# "Trailerpark" – 4:26# "Caramel" – 7:38# "Trimm Trabb" – 5:37
Trailerpark aside, this is the best run on the album.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
Trimm Trabb always reminded me of the Shake-n-Vac advert.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
Highlight of 13 imo - well, after Coffee & TV but that always seems like an outlier on the album whereas Trimm Trabb nails what they were trying to do sonically.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
I think this poll highlights that the best songs on The Great Escape really were the ballads. Hoping that the very best one will make the top ten.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
Oh hell Mark G never going to be able to hear it without that in my head now!
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
i don't hear it.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Writing a Gil Scott-Heron obit recently, I said that GSH was one of the few songwriters who could do satire and empathy equally well. Damon was far better at the latter and that pretty much explains the quality chasm down the middle of The Great Escape. The satire was too flip and flimsy and directed at mediocre targets.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/events_images/366/-/bd1livegoeschoralwiththelondoncommunitygospelchoir.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
15. Tender(10 votes, 231 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
WAAAAAAY too high.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
Cornelius remix is pretty spectacular though
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
That's what I voted for. One of my favourite remixes ever - gets all the beauty out of the song and leaves the lumpenness behind.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
I like that it's long.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
I'm still hoping for http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/images/2/h/Swallows_c__Gloucestershire_CCtn.jpg in the http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/002/876/0000287642_50.jpg but hey.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
awww <3 love that song. I voted for it! But didn't rate it super high because.. so much goodness.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
I remember trimm trabb being a highlight when I saw them at the astoria in 2003. Simon Tong was there instead of Graham, but that song was really good.
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, the Think Tank tour really sold me on Trimm Trabb. It had a filth and ferocity that the Think Tank material, much though I like it, lacked.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
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― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
14. To The End(11 votes, 1 first place, 238 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
The French version is so good.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
Plus I think this was the one that kind of pushed me over the brink of tears when I saw their reunion tour.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
Someone said here or on the other thread that Damon can't do sincerity & this one proves it for me. 'End of a Century' has a layer of irony and is lovely and quite affecting cos, I don't know, the real feeling of ennui is something shared with the characters in it. This one's striving for real feeling unfiltered and I just don't buy it, it seems like an exercise.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno, it's been claimed to be about him and Justine, and I don't think he's sharing it with the characters in the song as much as he *is* one of them...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
Ah forget about the sentiment and listen to the lovely arrangements, particularly in the final verse/chorus and coda.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p401288-Varanasi-A_sadhuh_or_Hindu_holy_man_standing_in_the_Ganges.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
13. On Your Own(11 votes, 251 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
the sound of magic music in his earsparticularly love the first 35 secs of this
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Like this one a lot. I'm rarely taken with Coxon tbh but there's some great guitar here. It wasn't as I remembered it either - a lot more chanty.
I was also always fond of the video, some very nice half-assed b-boy action there as I recall.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
So only 12 to go. Stuff that I voted for that won't appear now i shouldn't think - mr briggs, luminous, i know, tame, uncle love, and no monster in me.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/1171230996_4b283de1b4.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
12. Coffee & TV(10 votes, 1 first place, 255 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
Great, great, great song. I very nearly made it my number one.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'll call it now:
1. This is a low2. Beetlebum3. For Tomorrow
I'm kind of getting nervous about Blue Jeans not making it at all. It's my number one pick but I don't know how much love it actually gets over here.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure Blue Jeans will place. I'm surprised that Out of Time is either (a) Top 10 or (b) not in it at all.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, I love it, but I wasn't sure how many other people did.
I didn't vote because I'm not *that* into Blur, but if I had, I'd have put "Out of Time" top 5.
― Euler, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
Low, For Tomorrow, G&B imo - no idea what #4 might be
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
I only voted for one of them but I'm pretty sure both Blue Jeans and Out of Time will be in the top ten. Also Sing - that hasn't shown up yet right?
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i assume 'sing' will make it also
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
If I had voted "Don't Bomb..." and "Money Makes Me Crazy" would have been near the top of my list. Would love to see 'em here but I'd be surprised to say the least.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
If I had voted, "Music Is My Radar" would have been near the top of my list
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
I gave it some but not enough I fear
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
"Music Is My Radar" is tops too. I shoulda got off my ass to vote in this.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link