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

Nothing about DD#2 surprises me, which is I guess why I don't love it. Stay Loose, on the other hand, well, I guess I just have my prejudices when it comes to which strands of genre pastiche we'll accept and I love it to bits.

The "Boy On The Bike" verse of Fox hits pretty hard because I started racing bikes and then became ill and needed treatment and then once "healthy" tried returning to racing and realized that my treatment sucked much more life out of me than I initially realized. Painted the song in an entirely new light for me.

What a run of songs! The longer this goes on the more it becomes apparent that my ballot was essentially arbitrary.

I remember being surprised by "DD#2" the first time I listened to TWATTYBUS: the sudden quasi-orchestral immensity of the first few bars alone likely induced an audible 'whoa!'

And there's my #2. "Fox in the Snow" affects me more than anything else in their catalog, perfect pairing of music and lyrics

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12-B (Tie)
Me and the Major
From If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
Live in Rio, 2001
Points: 509
Votes: 24
#1 Votes: 2

I'll post #11 in a few hours and then get back to a decent pace to finish things on Monday.

Me and the Major ended up being my top ranked Sinister track, which I wouldn't have guessed prior to relistening. I love the way it ends.

Both #12s too high for me, Clive

Isn't the next one #10 ? Otherwise I ask that you start a new thread with the correct numbers, and we'll pretend to discover the ranking again.
Can't hide my pleasure to see IYFS "haters" complain at IYFS high placement :D (My top-5 was IYFS tracks so I'm a main culprit)
Me and the Major has this intoxicating fast-paced free-rolling piano speed that I love on the album.
There's very few left now. I predict Sleep the Clock Around is next.

Oh wait, actually you went 14, 12, 12.

both perfect songs, the way 'me and the major' spins out in to the 'yeah the snow is falling' refrain is transcendent.

XP: LOL. Yeah, the other ties are similar.

Slow Graffiti is fantastic and I love that the emotion in the lines from “It doesn’t matter...” to “...it’s worse to wake up with her falling round the room” isn’t lessened by having “I stay in to defrost the fridge” in the middle of it.

I still remember the first time I heard The Fox in the Snow, being startled by the third line, "Cause the word out on the street is you are starving"

God I love the stuttery harmonica at the beginning of "Me and the Major."

I always kind of mentally mix it in my mind with the Housemartins' "Me and the Farmer."

That said, it's one of 4 Sinister songs I didn't vote for and so is "Fox." But I think in part I felt embarrassed to vote for all 10 Sinister songs, I can't deny I like this better than some songs I voted for (like "Stay Loose," sorry fans)

I love the lyrics, melody and vocals on Slow Grafitti. I guess in the end it just missed my ballot because I'm not mad about the chugga-chugga rhythm that doesn't go anywhere.

Graffiti! Could have done with checking over a lot of my posts on this thread.

“Me and the Major” was my #1! I just love that darn harmonica so much.

alba, if i ever make you a mix, i'm going to make a special note to NOT include CCR's Keep On Chooglin' :)

"Fox" my #1, and the first B&S song I ever heard

Guess what I'm now listening to, Karl? No, I don't think it's for me.

i regret to tell you that you are contractually obligated to keep on chooglin' for the full 7:40

"i'm a cuckoo" 4 no. 1 btw

Stuart Murdoch had better appear at some point. xpost

“Me and the Major” was my #1! I just love that darn harmonica so much.

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, December 16, 2018 12:10 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh yeah one of the best uses of the harmonica in the history of recorded sound

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11. Judy and the Dream of Horses
From If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
Live at Barrowlands
Points: 564
Votes: 26
#1 Votes: 1

Too low, best track on Sinister.

Oh this top 10 is going to be so good.

thanks everyone for voting "desperation made a fool of me" into the top ten j/k

yung alex kapranos there, right?

Re: Desperation, I'm looking forward to seeing the full list past 60 as much as I'm looking forward to the top 10.

I'll post #10 pre-dawn, Glasgow time (maybe 9 hours from now) and gradually increase the pace as the bulk of ILM settles into Monday.

Summary of stuff since the last summary:

Rank Title                                              Pts    Votes  #1s
20   This Is Just a Modern Rock Song                    400    23     1
19   She's Losing It                                    412    25     0
18   Dog on Wheels                                      413    20     0
17   If She Wants Me                                    442    21     0
15=  Slow Graffiti                                      486    23     2
15=  Dirty Dream Number Two                             486    26     2
14   Stay Loose                                         489    26     4
12=  The Fox in the Snow                                509    26     1
12=  Me and the Major                                   509    24     2
11   Judy and the Dream of Horses                       564    26     1

A few facts here I didn't know:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fso8D9lgJVY

Judy my #1. Too, obviously, fucking low. This is the song that sums up the whole Belle and Sebastian project for me. And the only one that gets to joy and that shows you what it might look like not to be trapped in the state that you are in. There's a star up on your shoulder.

Really the only thing that in the entire catalog that compares with the incredible buildup of "Judy" is "Lazy Line Painter Jane" which better be really high now or I'll sulk

Wow, seems that is Kapranos. Did the crossing guard lass go on to fame and fortune too?

Yeah lazy line is coming.

Judy was my #4 for all the reasons eephus said.

Dream of horses—Ba da dum ba

I started assembling my ballot by putting Judy at #1 and it didn't end up much further. Agree with Guayaquil. No ten better B&S songs than it (but well, I did find 30 better songs than Lazy Line Painter Jane so...).

8 obvious picks
-I'm A Cuckoo
-If You're Feeling Sinister
-Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying
-Seeing Other People
-The State That I Am In
-The Boy With The Arab Strap
-Lazy Line Painter Jane
-Like Dylan in the Movies

Remaining
-Stars of Track and Field
-Sleep The Clock Around
-We Are The Sleepyheads
-Dear Catastrophe Waitress
-(I wish) Big John haft

nix the last three and there's yr list

Me and the Major was my #1. It's perfect. Everything one could want in a Belle and Sebastian song.

Want to feel old? In 3 years Sinister turns 25. Same amount of time the Major went back, remembering Roxy Music.

definitely agree on the first 8

I think Stars of Track and Field will also show up

I didn’t vote but if I had my #1 would have been Sleep Around the Clock. I saw them do it once mayve 15 years ago and it was magical. They didn’t play it the other times I’ve seen them.

Argh the clock around obvs

it makes sense that those would be the 10, as Simon H said

I would be very surprised if it was not the exact first ten Flopsy mentioned, but haven't a clue about the order

Though I do hope you're all wrong about Big John Shaft

i'm gonna be wild and say that maybe I'm A Cuckoo is out, and Dear Catastrophe Waitress makes it in. i'm not a cuckoo fan :-/