I mentioned Songs for Children!
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 11:52 (five years ago) link
Yes, I see you did! I guess I meant that no-one highlighted it as the main attraction or indicated that they were voting principally for SFC. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 11:59 (five years ago) link
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54. I Know Where the Summer Goes From This is Just a Modern Rock Song (1998)Live at Bowlie Weekender, 1999Points: 179 Votes: 13#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:02 (five years ago) link
I'd have voted for PTBBOTS anyway but the SFC coda pushed it way up my ballot.
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:03 (five years ago) link
one of many very lovely songs that didn't quite make my ballot. the This Is Just A Modern Rock Song EP is definitely my favourite EP - it's so delightful the whole way through while even Lazy Line Painter Jane has an oddity like A Century of Elvis on it
― ufo, Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:14 (five years ago) link
good morning!
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:16 (five years ago) link
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53. Beautiful From 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light (1997)Youtube audio trackPoints: 181 Votes: 10#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:25 (five years ago) link
Arguably a bit much seventies knitwear in this section. Definitely a lot of too-low-ness as well.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:28 (five years ago) link
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52. Ease Your Feet in the Sea From The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)Youtube audio trackPoints: 187 Votes: 11#1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:42 (five years ago) link
a longtime ex had an interpolation of this as her email so I couldn't in good conscience give it any points
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:48 (five years ago) link
Image not necessarily related to this particular song, but they seemingly spent more than a little time in Hyndland Parish Church in '97/'98.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
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51. Is It Wicked Not to Care? From The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)Original promo videoPoints: 206 Votes: 12#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
good song for singing at home because you can just adlib freely, ie "is it wicked not to care about the vacuum in the air \\ and how the shampoo in the bathroom's beyond compare?"
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:02 (five years ago) link
Must try this.
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
Quoting the name of this track got me blocked from Lena Dunham's Twitter.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
what?!
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
She posted a pic of her book Is It Evil Not to be Sure? and I replied "Is It Wicked Not To Care?" and was immediately blocked.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
That promo video of Isobel singing the song to a stuffed lion might be the most B&S thing I've ever seen.
― enochroot, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
What does Isobel mean by "counting acts"? She uses the phrase in both IIWNTC and The Gate.
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
XP: Innit. I fiddled around trying to capture suitable frames for ages this week. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
I've just remembered when Isobel turned up to a cafe I was in with that cuddly lion.
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
50. Dress Up in You From The Life Pursuit (2006)Unidentified TV footagePoints: 209 Votes: 10#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
OH NO! Wait...
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― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
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49. I Didn't See It Coming From Belle & Sebastian Write About Love (2010)Promo video for the Richard X remixPoints: 216 Votes: 13, including one vote specifically for the Richard X remix.#1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
I'm concerned that's going to be Sarah's only entry.
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
wow i thought this one would be much higher, it's right up with their very best. it builds so well the whole way through but when it really gets going in the middle section when the synth line comes in is fantastic
― ufo, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
Huh. A #1 vote even...
― enochroot, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
Dress Up In You would be a lot higher if I'd voted. A LOT higher.
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
“i didn’t see it coming” is way too low
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
dress up in you was my #6. the least life pursuit-y track on life pursuit. the horn solo kills me (a theme on my ballot)
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
both way too low!!
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
Voted for I Didn't See It Coming, easily the best thing on that Write About Love, have not heard that remix before, not bad but not a patch on the original IMO
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
i thought "i didn't see it coming" would show up somewhere in the top 30, that's where that sort of late career highlight often falls, but i guess this band really just has too many good songs
― ufo, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
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48. Jonathan David From Jonathan David (2001)Original promo videoPoints: 221 Votes: 12 #1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
ok I'm gonna have to stop myself from saying "too low!!" every time
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
"beautiful" is prob my biggest "too low," i love everything about that song
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
I have swung a few times between love and hate for this one, the harmonies in last minute or so are perfection, but afraid I find everything about the vocal/lyric sort of embarrassing for some reason.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
glad people voted for "ease your feet into the sea" which fell off the edge of my ballot
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
Obviously know the song and album but I still had to look up "Ease Your Feet," which I did not recognize by title alone.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
looks like a lot of the ones people big-upped on the voting thread are placing around now...
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
I was the #1 vote for "Didn't See it Coming". Easily my most listened song by them over the past...ten years? Perfect vocals!
― john. a resident of evanston. (john. a resident of chicago.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
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47. Photo Jenny From Lazy Line Painter Jane (1997)Live at Bowlie Weekender, 1999Points: 228 Votes: 16 #1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
Just noticed it, but it sounds like Photo Jenny quotes "Wichita Lineman" with that guitar line at about 2:30?
― enochroot, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
Didn't make my 30 but the way he sings "Get some fish and chips / La la la la la / What's on the box? 'Man about the house' with Paula Wilcox" is hard to beat.
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
Now this I expected to be much higher. Think perhaps the twee name / subject matter distracts from quite how good it is.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
I've no idea what comment he's making about gender or sexuality in this song. Or really anything about what he's getting out apart from wanting a photo of Jenny.
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
love this song, also fell off of my ballot
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
I Know Where the Summer Goes is too low! Delicious melancholy.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
the most obvious reading of 'photo jenny' to me is that it's from the perspective of a trans woman but it's not the clearest narrative
― ufo, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link