Also: seems kinda low.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
after The State I Am In, this is my favorite track on Tigermilk
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 01:03 (five years ago) link
My fave Tigermilk song when I first got the album in ‘99, I found it slipping in my esteem a bit when I listened to everything again. I still like it, though; came in near the bottom of my ballot.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 December 2018 01:09 (five years ago) link
None of my top 10 have appeared yet but several from my 15-30. I had We Rule the School at 13, my highest yet. Such a gorgeous song.
― erasingclouds, Friday, 14 December 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link
In contrast, I can only assume the relatively low placements of “Dress Up In You” and “Another Sunny Day” are reflective of overall feelings about The Life Pursuit here. I had both in my Top 5.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 December 2018 01:11 (five years ago) link
Xp re: Piazza, New York Catcher, I like this quote from Stuart in Rolling Stone from 2016
“I think he’s a cool enough guy that he’d shrug it off, and be happy that there are a few daft hipster kids who know his name,” he says. “It’s funny, I’ve never met him, but my wife follows the Mets as well, and her folks are down in Florida, so one year we drove down to Spring Training in Port St. Lucie. We watched Piazza hit, and she went up with a baseball to get it autographed, and he didn’t even look down and realize she was a woman. He just said ‘Not now kid, I gotta run.'”
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 01:17 (five years ago) link
Piazza was known as a pretty big metal fan so I doubt he's into Belle and Sebastian.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 December 2018 01:44 (five years ago) link
I remember reading part of an article where Stuart’s dad was asked to review TBSTAS and the only track he found exceptuonal was Seymour Stein.. At least that’s how I remember reading it.
I personally think the album is my favorite because the tracks let me zone out and there are lots of great, sunny ones at that. Also none of the songs have the annoying earworm quality that you would get with some of the more upbeat songs in the B&S catalog. Anecdotally, a list of my top 50 favorite songs in the world would probably average out more on the lower end of a tempo spectrum.
― ヽ(_ _ヽ)彡 ᴵ'ᵐ ᵒᵏᵃʸ_(・_ .)/ (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 14 December 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link
37. (TIE)
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String Bean Jean From Dog On Wheels (1997)Youtube audio trackPoints: 283Votes: 17#1 Votes: 0
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The Rollercoaster Ride From The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)Youtube audio trackPoints: 283Votes: 18#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 01:56 (five years ago) link
Speaking of low tempos and TBWTAS...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 01:57 (five years ago) link
Another consideration: while we don’t know where the members of Belle and Sebastian will have been every day of the time periods being considered here, we do know when they would have been playing shows. According to the band’s official site, the group had no live shows scheduled during the relevant timeframe in August of 2002.
What fangraphs doesn't know is that SM married a gal from San Francisco, and spent a lot of time here during the courtship.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 14 December 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
*there ;-)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 14 December 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
I didn't know that!
I think The Rollercoaster Ride should have placed much higher
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
Both of those were ranked very high for me.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 14 December 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
The Rollercoaster Ride was the fourth of my top 10 to appear so far (with Jonathan David, Piazza, New York Catcher, and Seymour Stein). I expect most of the rest will also show up
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
Rollercoaster way too low, an extreme grower for me during the voting process, starting off the ballot and moving into my top ten
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 December 2018 02:14 (five years ago) link
both on my ballot as well. i think rollercoaster was my second highest vote from TBWTAS, which i didn't expect when i started ranking them
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 December 2018 02:23 (five years ago) link
I love the blown-out quality of the recording too
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
Yes, Rollercoaster was prominent on my ballot as well.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 December 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
xp by blown-out I mean that in parts it's so closely microphoned it's blurry. What I think David Keenan would refer to as “dilated sound”
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 02:46 (five years ago) link
*of it is*
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
amazing to think there are 30+ tracks more loved, yet to come
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link
String Bean Jean is so great -- so fun and yet so much sadness
― doctor johnson (askance johnson), Friday, 14 December 2018 03:02 (five years ago) link
“string bean jean” was my first favorite b&s song. just jumped right out at me on barman
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 14 December 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
I remember thinking "The Rollercoaster Ride" was a "Waterloo Sunset" for its day. Haven't revisited either enough to see if it holds up.
― john. a resident of evanston. (john. a resident of chicago.), Friday, 14 December 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
I didn't expect "String Bean Jean" to rank even this high. A pleasant surprise.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
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36. You're Just a Baby From Tigermilk (1996)Youtube audio trackPoints: 285 Votes: 17#1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:18 (five years ago) link
that's my #1, and the rest of you are fucking LIARS
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:21 (five years ago) link
another one of my favorites from Tigermilk
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:21 (five years ago) link
Arguably a bit much seventies knitwear in this section.
No fucking such thing.
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Friday, 14 December 2018 03:31 (five years ago) link
nag, if it isn't too much trouble, could you post a recap when you reach a good benchmark?
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 December 2018 03:33 (five years ago) link
So kiss me on the cheek before you go to sleep
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:36 (five years ago) link
XP: I shall do so, yes. Actually, I'll post one more track and let things rest for a bit.
Shocking confession: I voted for way more Tigermilk tracks than IYFS tracks but have always found the fourth track on each side of the former ("YJAB" and "IDLA") to be a bit tiresome. They seem more accomplished at things other than repetitive guitar chugga-chugga and the part of my brain that likes "Jonathan David" craves a few more chords, or something. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:41 (five years ago) link
B&S sound cool as shit on You're Just A Baby. the recording and the reverb are absolutely perfect.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:43 (five years ago) link
yes
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:49 (five years ago) link
plus the "and what's the score?" part during the chorus is weirdly perfect, just one of those things you start singing along with without thinking about it. and then the switch-up on the last chorus, when he's like "so what's theeeeeee ...reason for all the looks we gave?" is so good! and those repeated Befores at end, resolving in a very Beatles-esque pleasing way? you all are insane, that is a top 3 song
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
and the organ-led instrumental rave-up in the middle is really good, too, one of my favorites in a catalog stuffed with them. unlike a lot of the others, it feels really fun and a bit intoxicated and sloppy. it's wonderful that they developed into such good musicians and cleaned up their recordings, but something was lost in that same gradual transformation, too.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 December 2018 03:57 (five years ago) link
that's such a great description
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:01 (five years ago) link
I shall have to re-listen!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:04 (five years ago) link
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35. Funny Little Frog From The Life Pursuit (2006)Original promo videoPoints: 287 Votes: 14, including 4 votes for the God Help the Girl rendition. #1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
argh, so you're going on while some of us are going to bed?!
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 December 2018 04:11 (five years ago) link
That's it for now. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
so kiss me before you go to sleep!
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:14 (five years ago) link
on the cheek, lol
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
i will see you liars tomorrow
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
The other thread suggested that this may even be their most hated song. What's all that about then?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
really did not expect that to do as well as it did, it's ok but not really a favourite from life pursuit or anything
rollercoaster ride managed to make my ballot at the last minute, i love how it drifts along - it feels so much like something yo la tengo could have done
string bean jean is also excellent, the synth bit that starts off sounding like a marimba is great and i love that surf guitar line
― ufo, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:35 (five years ago) link
There are at least, like, 8 better songs on TLP tbh. But it's good!
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 04:43 (five years ago) link
Summary (I hope this formatting works)
Rank Title Pts Votes #1s60 I Don't Love Anyone 156 11 059 If You Find Yourself Caught in Love 157 9 058 I Want the World to Stop 158 11 057 The Blues Are Still Blue 168 13 056 I Fought in a War 177 13 055 Put the Book Back on the Shelf/Songs for Children 178 12 154 I Know Where the Summer Goes 179 13 053 Beautiful 181 10 052 Ease Your Feet in the Sea 187 11 151 Is It Wicked Not to Care 206 12 050 Dress Up in You 209 10 049 I Didn't See It Coming 216 13 148 Jonathan David 221 12 047 Photo Jenny 228 16 046 There's Too Much Love 238 15 044= It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career 244 15 044= I'm Waking Up to Us 244 18 043 Another Sunny Day 248 12 042 My Wandering Days Are Over 257 16 041 Seymour Stein 258 14 040 Piazza, New York Catcher 271 18 039 We Rule the School 276 21 037= String Bean Jean 283 17 037= The Rollercoaster Ride 283 18 036 You're Just a Baby 285 17 135 Funny Little Frog 287 14 1
60 I Don't Love Anyone 156 11 059 If You Find Yourself Caught in Love 157 9 058 I Want the World to Stop 158 11 057 The Blues Are Still Blue 168 13 056 I Fought in a War 177 13 055 Put the Book Back on the Shelf/Songs for Children 178 12 154 I Know Where the Summer Goes 179 13 053 Beautiful 181 10 052 Ease Your Feet in the Sea 187 11 151 Is It Wicked Not to Care 206 12 050 Dress Up in You 209 10 049 I Didn't See It Coming 216 13 148 Jonathan David 221 12 047 Photo Jenny 228 16 046 There's Too Much Love 238 15 044= It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career 244 15 044= I'm Waking Up to Us 244 18 043 Another Sunny Day 248 12 042 My Wandering Days Are Over 257 16 041 Seymour Stein 258 14 040 Piazza, New York Catcher 271 18 039 We Rule the School 276 21 037= String Bean Jean 283 17 037= The Rollercoaster Ride 283 18 036 You're Just a Baby 285 17 135 Funny Little Frog 287 14 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 04:50 (five years ago) link
*phew*