recommended deep cuts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1wO8S06bI
― sug ones (omar little), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN7FSCThUN4
― sug ones (omar little), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vWUHqbM9rk
― sug ones (omar little), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
top 3 for me, though not a deep cut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo4lRv51Hf0
― sug ones (omar little), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
im def voting for "are we gonna be alright", can't find a yt of it tho
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
I may vote for this. Would definitely vote for a version with Sarah on vocals!http://youtu.be/CzBdXD-9F-I
― daavid, Thursday, 1 November 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Also contemplating including this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gthGa25Pabo
― daavid, Thursday, 1 November 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
What's with the two Goodnight Jacks?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 November 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
Deep(ish) cuts I may vote for:
4:35 in the Morning (Kid Loco Remix)Mr DonutStormtrooper in DragI Buy American RecordsGirl VIIMy Christmas Prayer
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 2 November 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
Deepish cuts I may vote for:
SpeedwellRailway JamCalicoFormer LoverStormtrooper In DragI Buy American RecordsHate Your DrugMarble LionsWe're In The CitySadie's AnniversarySycamoreB92
― Tim F, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
mr donut is klassic
former lover, marble lions, & maybe b92 are going on my list.
― sug ones (omar little), Friday, 2 November 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Sent! I've no idea what are the deep cuts and what aren't, but I've got three from the last two posts.
FBA 5; ST 1; TB 3; GH 2; C 2; F 2; TfTH 3; W&M 2
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Only five ballots received so far. I'm hoping it's due to people spending some time thinking things over carefully rather than voter apathy. Hoping to get at least 20 ballots.
If you can't think of a full 20 and only want to submit a top 10 then that'd be fine. Also if you want to send an unordered ballot you can do, I'll then give 22 points to each track and 5 points for an album.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 3 November 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
i think im putting more effort/thought into this ballot than anything since i studied for the bar exam
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 3 November 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
I suppose I should actually listen to TFTH and WAM before voting in this.
― Tim F, Saturday, 3 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
O__O
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 3 November 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
Look. I have 8 Saint Etienne albums on my shelf. That's about as many albums as I have from anyone.
― Tim F, Saturday, 3 November 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Def listen to them and marinate over your ballot for a bit. I'm doing some serious listening these days trying to figure out my final 20.
― sug ones (omar little), Saturday, 3 November 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
Ballot sent. I appreciate that asking for more than 20 choices makes the poll harder to run but I wish there were more room for B-sides, remixes, etc.
FBA - 4, ST - 3, TB - 2, GH - 1, SOW - 1, TFTH - 2, SINGLES - 3, B-SIDES - 3, CRACKNELL SOLO - 1
― Deafening silence (DL), Saturday, 3 November 2012 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Election day bump.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
going thru this has hammered home how much i like good humor, i have 4 trax from it (5 i guess really if we're including the bonus fairfax high disc)
now i just have to order my 20, ~i can do this~
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 8 November 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
I've narrowed down my list to 25 tracks, now contemplating their order.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 8 November 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
i like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46FCicXL6eo
― sug ones (omar little), Friday, 9 November 2012 08:13 (eleven years ago) link
Friday night bump, ideal weekend for listening to Saint Etienne and completing a ballot. Everyone welcome, lurkers, hardcore fans, dillettantes
Only 8 points between the top 2 tracks and the top 2 albums are tied.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Friday, 9 November 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
I'm on the case...
― Mountain Excitement (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 9 November 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
done
― Mountain Excitement (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 9 November 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
The speaky bits are finally starting to annoy me, at least on the later albums. "The consignment of white gold has arrived for Mr Anderson" - is this kind of thing meant to be evocative of something?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 10 November 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_CRANDTCAY
― all the people on the right, boogaloo (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 10 November 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
that voice is ricky jay's? mind blown.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 10 November 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
Well that's the thing - that's a great bit of crackly scene-setting. The one I quoted isn't. In fact it sounds like it's been specially recorded, but why bother?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 10 November 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
i saw them live last weekend and they were tremendous. definitely a bit stripped down compared to the TFTH tour but still fantastic. it helped that the venue this time around was ten times better.
― sug ones (omar little), Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
One thing that I'd imagine is unheralded is their use of guitars - there's usually one somewhere back in the mix sounding very nice. I guess that's them carrying the balearic influence right through their career.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 10 November 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
shit i better get on this. have i missed much not hearing all the fan-comps and only the official albums?
― piscesx, Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
um
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
Ballot submitted!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pBLDsv_tc8
They are masters of the incidental.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 10 November 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
Sunday morning bump. After 14 ballots the top two tracks have the same number of points!
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Sunday, 11 November 2012 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
Nobody else vote!
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 November 2012 11:13 (eleven years ago) link
I'm joking, readers.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 November 2012 11:18 (eleven years ago) link
Working on a ballot!
Hope there's some votes for their cover of the Fall's "Choc Stock":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7drvy1U5E
― etc, Sunday, 11 November 2012 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
Voted!
Didn't vote for this (off their We Are Icerink label comp) as AFAIK there's no involvement by SE, but it's v.uncannily Foxbase Alpha-esque:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0-ltQh1RJc
― etc, Sunday, 11 November 2012 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
Always wanted that "Choc-stock" cover, ta.
― Mark G, Sunday, 11 November 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
Only noticed this thread yesterday, so rushed my vote somewhat. A fair few not-very-deep cuts, but more SoW and Finisterre era tracks than I might have guessed beforehand.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 12 November 2012 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
yea i feel like a v atypical voter w only 1 song from foxbase alpha and 1 from tigerbay
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 November 2012 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
I hope it was Marble Lions
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 November 2012 08:48 (eleven years ago) link
Monday morning bump. Polls close midnight tonight, wherever you are. Get them in folks.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 12 November 2012 09:08 (eleven years ago) link
Results should come out Tuesday morning, 10am.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 November 2012 09:15 (eleven years ago) link
...unless you're in FLA, when it'll be four days later.
― Jeff W, Monday, 12 November 2012 11:40 (eleven years ago) link
Had a SE marathon yesterday (I even dug out the St Etienne Daho EP!). Hadn't listened to Good Humour in nearly a decade, and didn't remember half of it, but there are some really solid cuts on there. If I can work out how 30 tracks go into 20 ballot slots, a few of these cuts may well make it.
― Jeff W, Monday, 12 November 2012 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
can't really vote in this (only ever really herd them on the radio and the only album i have is the greatest hits) but looking forward to the roll-out.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 12 November 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
*sp