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
i am sort of surprised that there was such a split between "mayfly" and "the boy done wrong again" not placing at all, and all the rest placing extremely high. they're the weakest tracks on sinister, sure, but not by that much.
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
XP: Apparently 1000 is possible, yes.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
xp yeah for sure it still crushed
― Vinnie, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
"Mayfly" did okay-ish. "TBDWA" definitely didn't. I was surprised too. I'll show the details shortly.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
you will have a POLL tonight
― rip van wanko, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
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80. Winter Wooskie From Legal Man (2000)Points: 64 Votes: 4 #1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
Too high!
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 17 December 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
The three songs I voted for which didn't make it were I Could be Dreaming, Nobody's Empire, and The Boy Done Wrong Again.
― Nabozo, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
the first two made it in the 20s, iirc
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
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2. Lazy Line Painter Jane From Lazy Line Painter Jane (1997)Original promo videoPoints: 956 Votes: 39 #1 Votes: 4
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1. The State I Am In From Tigermilk (1996)Youtube audio trackPoints: 1041 Votes: 43 #1 Votes: 3
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
well, yeah
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 December 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link