Could we please be objective cause the other POLLS are queuing up behind us - Artist Poll #94 - Belle & Sebastian - RESULTS

I was just thinking that re the next entry. The trumpet solos, for instance, are good in themselves but they've inserted them in a similar fashion across quite a number of songs.

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42. My Wandering Days Are Over
From Tigermilk (1996)
Live at KCRW
Points: 257
Votes: 16
#1 Votes: 0

Fantastic song. 'The referee's giving us fuck all'.

An unlikely complaint from a(n alleged) Rangers fan tbh.

it's not even just the fact that the trumpet features so prominently. it's that they all have the same kind of style. you know what i'm talking about.

Belle & Sebastian trumpet solo time!

Derp, derp, derp-y dah dah!
(da) derp, derp, derpy doodle doop-y dah!
Derp, derp, derp-y dah dah!
(da) derp, derp-ah doop-y do-daaah!

sorry

I really wanted to vote for My Wandering Days Are Over but the "disenchanted pony" part is a bit too twee even for me. The rest of it is amazing though.

'louvre doors' appears in too few songs.

i love My Wandering Days Are Over but it didn't my ballot. possibly due to this trumpet solo. i should really try to explain what i dislike about it, probably

I really wanted to vote for My Wandering Days Are Over but the "disenchanted pony" part is a bit too twee even for me. The rest of it is amazing though.

The trumpet solos are what I'm here for tbh

You are not alone, Karl Malone.

The trumpet (nor tweeness, LOL XP) wasn't enough to stop me from voting for 'Wandering' however.

Oh god, the trumpets invariably make me weak at the knees.

I'm enjoying Karl's trumpet tirade. I can't get on board with it but it's hard to argue against.

the trumpet solos usually just follow the vocal melody, don't they? Idk, it's usually my favorite part of the B&S songs where they show up, including "My Wandering Days Are Over," my #5

Always remember "you said it was a living hell / you said you were in hell" - he sounds so shocked, like it was a throwaway comment but he has taken it really fucking seriously.

Could really find a, er, banging vid for 'Wandering'. I'm trying not to duplicate what's on Spotify where possible, but that vid's a bit tepid tbh.

I'd never thought of it that way. I'll remember that next time I listen. Xpost

Ah shit I meant to come back to ILX for this and now that I've sat down to do it it's already done!

welcome back, Gukbe!

seems like Gukbe should at least get a little fanfare for their return, and actually i do have a pleasant melody that could work...*reaches for trumpet*

lol

Corrected link for There's Too Much Love at the Barrowlands

Belated tooOOOOoo low for this and 'It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career' (my #4 - though I did have suspicions it would not crack top 30)

Whoops, thanks for that.

I have to do some actual boring daytime stuff for a bit but I'll resume countdown within the next couple of hours, probably at a fairly leisurely pace.

this is the first real "too low" for me. I think it's one of their classics, trumpet solo and all. I like how ridiculously over the top the chorus lyrics are. He was very much about establishing their brand in the early days, and this establishes the hell out of it.

Love the trumpet. Imagine if they had gone full-kazoo instead!

this is the first real "too low" for me. I think it's one of their classics, trumpet solo and all. I like how ridiculously over the top the chorus lyrics are. He was very much about establishing their brand in the early days, and this establishes the hell out of it.

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, December 13, 2018 5:53 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. tooooo loooooow

My Wandering Days Are Over... what a song. I'm surprised it's so low. The opening lines pop into my head on an almost weekly basis. 'I'm tired of looking after Michael and the rest of them...'. The verses are especially brilliant although the chorus maybe takes the wind out its sails slightly
I'm kicking myself that I didn't vote

'disenchanted poney' otm. I was going through a few B&S guitar tabs, doing covers for myself in the kitchen, and when it came to this song and that bit I just couldn't carry on through the song.

I'm Waking Up To Us is too low. I LOVE that song. So funny.

Always remember "you said it was a living hell / you said you were in hell" - he sounds so shocked, like it was a throwaway comment but he has taken it really fucking seriously.

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, December 13, 2018 9:38 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh but during this bit I welled up slightly while singing it and couldn't catch my breath for the stupid 'poney' section, which is actually the reason I probably had to stop playing

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41. Seymour Stein
From The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)
Stevie Jackson solo in NY
Points: 258
Votes: 14
Number Ones: 0

this is one of the nothingy songs on Arab Strap I was talking about

i like all of these songs

I don't think of this song as nothingy. besides the greatness of the song itself, the piano, organ, guitar, handclaps, and syncopation in the outro to this - and the sound of the airplane taking off - always get to me

This is the song the record store guy who looks like me in High Fidelity plays, and for that reason I can never play it in front of anyone again

:) I had forgotten about that scene!

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40. Piazza, New York Catcher
From Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
At Lollapalooza Berlin, 2015
Points: 271
Votes: 19
#1 Votes:: 0

Wow, I'm legitimately surprised by this. Figured it was a lock for the top ten.

such a great song

didn't vote for it, tho i do feel bad for mike piazza and his treatment at the hands of the ny sports tabloids

life outside the diamond is a wrench

poor stuart forgetting the words at lolla

you know, this is one of those ones people bang on about that I do not get the appeal of. not a highlight for me on an otherwise excellent album

Agreed. Think it might be my least favourite on the LP.

Never liked this one tbh

SS otoh was in my top 5, gorgeous song, incredible outro as mentioned

music-wise it's one of the rare later B&S tracks that feels like it could come from one of the early albums. and I love how it skips over the real life Mike Piazza into a private reverie

this is fun: https://www.fangraphs.com/not/did-belle-and-sebastian-see-mike-piazza-in-san-francisco/

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39. We Rule the School
From Tigermilk (1996)
Mark Radcliffe session 1996
Points: 276
Votes: 21
#1 Votes: 0

Twee image, perhaps. Doing something pretty while I/she can. :)

Also: seems kinda low.