Then again, I wouldn't put it past him.
― Mark G, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
Rather be in Tokyo, listening to Thin Lizzy-o *thin lizzy guitar riff*
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
I always hoped he was referring to the Sunday Gang tv show, as an 80s RC kid i was very familiar with it. It was pretty well known iirc, there's a Lucas and Walliams mid 90s piss take (Pray Away) of it on You Tube.
― piscesx, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
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5. Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying From If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)Live at Lowlands, 2006Points: 762 Votes: 37 #1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
"i'm a cuckoo" was my #1, on its own merits (avalanches remix is perfect too)
the thin lizzy meets highlife thing works so well
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
*whispers* “like dylan in the movies” 4 no. 1
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
This is the song I always forget is on IYFS and it's always an awesome surprise
― Vinnie, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
No #1 votes!
― Alba, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
Classic song, one I’ve probably taken for granted.
I could kill you sure, but I could only make you cry with these words
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
Wow, we're in the top 5.If you're feeling sinister has jumped mightily in my esteem as a top track, when I thought I was mildly annoyed by the silly chorus lyrics. I love that long intro that makes you think it's an instrumental. Mesmerizing track. I wish I had put it even higher.Get me away from here I'm dying I'm not very objective on. My original favorite, it's so unique and deceptively simple I sometimes doubt its perfection. Their best lyrics maybe (at least the lines I know). It is mightier than swoords. I could... only make you cry!... with theeese woords.
― Nabozo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
Before anyone sent any ballots I thought this a likely #1. But only because it won some poll I participated in, in maybe...1998. LOL. (Not sure where though. Did the Sinister list do polls?)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
I get that—I’ve always thought of it as their “signature song,” as much as a band as prolific as this one can have one
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
Yeah, 'signature song' captures the vibe. It might have been clearer when they'd only released 32 songs or whatever.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
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4. Like Dylan in the Movies From If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)'Fans Only' segmentPoints: 812 Votes: 34 #1 Votes: 4
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
this was my highest IYFS track, undeniable vibe
I realized while assembling my ballot that the early albums are associated with a time in life I don't care to think about anymore, which probably contributed to my preference for the more recent stuff (DCW and onwards) and b-sides / stray tracks
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
Heard it on the radio a while ago and yes went back to another time. I know I said I voted Me and the Major my top Sinister track but really this can't be beaten.
― Alba, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
For this poll I had decided (very unoriginally) that this was my favorite B&S song. Can't complain even if it misses the top 3. I'm still happy with my choice, it's the most perfectly balanced in everything: bassline, vocal lines, piano, impressions of "rising" and accelerating, guitars, details, xylophone-triangle whatever it is.You can concentrate on the one you love...I will love you over, I will love youuuuuIf they foooollow youSeriously, it's perfect. We said the songs with 4 #1 votes win right. Right.
― Nabozo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
a great song but still only middle of the pack in IYFS to me
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
Please don't let LLPJ beat The State I Am In.
― Alba, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
I hope it does tbqh
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
Oh yes did anybody compliment you on the blue - red - green - yellow color thing ? I swear I only actually noticed today, great idea.LLPJ doesn't deserve it.
― Nabozo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
imagine thinking that "lazy line painter jane" isn't one of the best b&s songs and would be a totally excellent no. 1
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
wouldn't*
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
Comes back to preference for his personal songs over the character ones, I guess. TSIAI just means everything to me and I've never really got a handle on this Jane person.
― Alba, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
seeing other people as the highest-ranked sinister track?
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
also I feel like it's one of the few early-ish songs that predicts just how big and bold they'd let themselves get from DCW onwards which would make it a nice capper
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
(Jane that is)
this is tearing us apart!(go Jane!)
― maffew12, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
I've never really got a handle on this Jane person
idk i think that first verse is as distinct a character study as they did in their whole career.
You're working the village shopPutting a poster upDreaming of anythingDreaming of the timeWhen you are freeFrom all the trouble you're in
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
"Like Dylan In the Movies" was my #1, one where you can hear the VU influence. I switched it to my #1 at the last second from "Marx & Engles" on which...you cannot hear the VU influence
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
LOL
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
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3. Seeing Other People From If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)Live at Bowlie Weekender, 1999Points: 816 Votes: 39 #1 Votes: 4
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
damn
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
We go 3 2 and start to slow..
― Mark G, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
(Arbitrary image, admittedly. Decided minutes ago that I didn't like the one I'd had all week.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
Pacific Time zone awake let's do this!
― campreverb, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
there's something really incredible about the verse chord progression on this one
the top 2 is pretty perfect no matter the order
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
yeah agreed
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
i also love that it's down to their very first song or their very best single
seeing other people has an amazing piano part, but i left it off my ballot for some reason. maybe cause i had already voted for 7 sinister tracks and i like em all just a little bit more than this one.
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
wow, four points apart !I bet The State I am In has like 900 points.
― Nabozo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
These top 3 are all such perfect songs. And I'm perfectly fine with them at the top, though I had them at 8, 11 and 12 on my own list (with State I Am In highest).
― erasingclouds, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
I only voted for two Sinister tracks and this is one of them. So... well done, people.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
and LLPJ has 1400 (xposts)
― Mark G, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
i voted for both songs in the top two though they were not very high on my ballot bc i rightly assumed they didn't need me
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
Pretty interesting that the (presumably) top Sinister song is only #3, after it demolished the album poll
― Vinnie, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
#1 has a VERY convincing lead. Actually, so does #2 over #3.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
xp idk even without number 1, sinister put in a pretty dominating performance, with 8 of its 10 songs placing and the lowest coming in at #12
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
Yeah, even though the album dominates the top of the ranking there's been a lot of splitting between the songs. 39 votes for Seeing other People and 24 for Me and the Major or 26 for Judy. TSIai was my 9th. Ok I change my prediction to 950 points (is 1000 even possible).
― Nabozo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
He'll post Big John Shaft anyway
― Nabozo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link