Didn't manage to vote for "Photo Jenny," how could I not have? Expect i'm gonna have this feeling a lot.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 13 December 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
i'm waking up to us this poll
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
so far i voted for...
i don’t love anyonei want the world to stopi fought in a war
I like I Fought in a War a lot but it does have one fatal flaw: the implausible concept of Stuart Murdoch having fought in a war.
so otm. also, let me say without evidence that i fought in a war led directly to the decemberists
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
"Photo Jenny" was my #5. I'm amazed people are confused by the subject matter! But I agree with Chinaski's reading as SM's allegory for defeating ME (going out of the house) as coming out as trans.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
Just catching up. My 3 was I Don't Love Anyone. I thought that would be much, much higher.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
that lip dub made me happy, thanks bendy
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
yes that was nice
― Dan S, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
Jonathan David is too low!!!
the one on this list so far that I most regret not voting for is I Didn't See It Coming
― Dan S, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
My overall thoughts after a deep Belle and Sebastian immersion for this poll: their faster ones are much better than their slow ones.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
funny, I was thinking about that too, but my feeling ultimately leaned to the opposite
― Dan S, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
obv a lot of exceptions on both sides
actually I guess it's more complicated than that for me, maybe it's that I'm attracted to their sadder / more reflective songs, fast or slow
― Dan S, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
One question about the Photo Jenny video from 1999 Bowlie Weekender posted upthread, Isobel is playing bass, what is Stuart David doing?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
Think he was already a part-time member by then, though he didn't officially leave until a year or two later
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
I think he's sitting down playing acoustic guitar. You can see it at about the one minute mark. XP
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Ugh so annoyed w/myself for not getting a ballot in, would have voted for the majority of songs starting with I that have placed so far.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
― kornrulez6969
What do you listen to more often, upbeat or slow songs?
― ヽ(_ _ヽ)彡 ᴵ'ᵐ ᵒᵏᵃʸ_(・_ .)/ (FlopsyDuck), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
or to put it another way, do your most favorite songs tend to be upbeat or slow?
― ヽ(_ _ヽ)彡 ᴵ'ᵐ ᵒᵏᵃʸ_(・_ .)/ (FlopsyDuck), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Fast, but it depends on the band. There are plenty of slow Belle and Sebastian songs that I love but the fast ones are the ones I gravitate to most.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
not a huge fan of post-'dear catastrophe waitress,' but i'm still in grieving for how low some of my (few) more-recent favorites placed! 'dress up in you,' 'i want the world to stop,' and 'didn't see it coming' are all gorgeous!
― KevRus, Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
DCW didn’t rate on my albums ballot, but The Life Pursuit did.
― naus, Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
The Bolan-esque one up there ^^^ reminded me why I find The Life Pursuit such a slog.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
I've voted for Beautiful, Ease your Feet into the Sea, I didn't see it coming, and I want the world to stop, so I feel like a good boy so far. I must say I sadly missed Dress up in you.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
I voted for Photo Jenny and Beautiful (which I somehow put at #5!). Wish I could have found room for Ease your Feet into the Sea and Jonathan David.
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
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46. There's Too Much Love From Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000)Live at BarrowlandsPoints: 238 Votes: 15#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
My no.7!
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Oh looks like we're back on!
― enochroot, Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
I didn't intend to stop when I did, but brain demanded sleep quite suddenly. I'll post a few more...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
been meaning to look up the local time in australia, because i've been unable to wrap my head around when the poll results go quiet or active.
― enochroot, Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
this is their best closer imo. it's too much low
― J. Sam, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
There's Too Much Love is maybe my favourite on that album. I love it when they get a bit Northern Soul
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
XXP: Nor I, really. Been trying to get vaguely close to some of ILM's peak times without being awake at 4am. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
I like it as long as it's as sad as this. Another of my favourite SM deliveries in "With my face head down just staring at the brown form-i-ca"Xpost
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
I want to like "There's Too Much Love" more than I do because of its use in the lovely queer film The Way He Looks, but it just seems kind of ordinary to me.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
^ I noticed such snippets amongst the homemade Youtube vids. Lots of them. Must see this film.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
Dammit I really should've voted for "There's Too Much Love", genuinely baffled looking over my ballot and not finding it. I apologise to everyone for my part in it's TOOLOWness.
― Jonathan Hellion Mumble, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
44. TIE
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It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career From The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)Youtube audio trackPoints: 244 Votes: 15#1 Votes: 0
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I'm Waking Up to Us From I'm Waking Up to Us (2001)Live on 'Later With Jools Holland'Points: 244 Votes: 18#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
xp The only possible explanation I have is that I didn't even glance at FYHCYWLAP, just went by memory "save Woman's Realm and BURN THE REST", but this is really top 10 stuff...
― Jonathan Hellion Mumble, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
For a few seconds I thought that was superman in the wheel chair
― ヽ(_ _ヽ)彡 ᴵ'ᵐ ᵒᵏᵃʸ_(・_ .)/ (FlopsyDuck), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
I always find I'm Waking Up to Us a bit too uncomfortable -- especially in that video. That's some real dirty laundry.
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career is, of course, brilliant, though I don't think I quite found room for it in my ballot.
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
If There's Too Much Love is this low I've got a nasty feeling my favourite Fold Your Hands track of all, Don't Leave the Light on Baby, is nowhere at all.
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
i love i'm waking up to us, great song title, appealingly melodramatic. a clear tribute to forever changes, but it nearly does it justice.
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
xp Alba
i doubt that. i put it way up on my ballot, at least
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
appealingly melodramatic
This is the key, you can pretty much here the swooning
― Jonathan Hellion Mumble, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
*hear
I'm Waking Up to Us is great but I always want to spoil it by singing "You know I love you, here's the ironing".
― Alba, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
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43. Another Sunny Day From The Life Pursuit (2006)Live at Lowlands Festival, 2006Points: 248 Votes: 12#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
'herbaceous border' appears in too few songs.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
I don't love the later stuff but this song is great. Good arrangement and playing, really highlights what a strong band they had become at this point
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 13 December 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link