Senses Working Poll-vertime: The XTC Poll Nominations and Discussions thread

*Kristin

Bmaj13(#11)

yeah that's an ugly chord

xxp

I'm sure synesthetic Andy would appreciate the visceral reaction that certain sounds can elicit, the chords in the verse That Wave sound nausea-inducing to me

It's great! I love that song because of the harmony, and would go as far as to say Partridge's sense of harmony is what distinguishes him among, say, the McCartneys and B.Wilsons of the world. He's pretty unique in that regard -- and you could also argue that his weird way with notes is a big part of what keeps his music from being super popular. If he'd made that chord just Bmaj7, it'd be about 75% less weird sounding, even though it keeps the basic idea of the chord itself intact.

^this

if I do a ballot, That Wave will be quite high on it

you may dissuade me at yr leisure

Quick! Call the Guinness Book of Records!

:(

couldn't resist

gonna register 19 socks and get a wasp star deep cut into the top 5

*has permanent morgasm*

btw I don't usually go with consensus but Senses Working Overtime is every single bit as astonishing a song as ppl say it is

& & &

I REALLY like Partridge's 'ugly' songs - That Wave is in a continuum that contains Leisure, Life Is Good In The Greenhouse and notable other perversions of melody (including my undisputed number 1)

A lot of his songs from the first couple are pretty ugly, Red is a total racket for instance, be very surprised if that appears on anybody's ballot.

Can I vote for Ballet For A Rainy Day and 1000 Umbrellas as the same song?

coz, like, they are

no they are not, they are different songs

just because they are cross-faded together doesn't make them the same track

:( fine

but they're stronger togetherrrr

haha on a thematically cohesive album they're second to summer's cauldron/grass in the interwoven stakes

Can I vote for the ecstatic high note that connects summers cauldron to grass?

Can I vote for the snare sound on "Earn Enough For Us"?

fwiw it doesn't matter what you vote for, all votes are being counted towards the Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

aaaaaany kind of vote is aaaaalriiiiiight

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHERE YOU PUT YOUR VOTE
COS SOMEONE ELSE (OUTIS) WILL COME ALONG AND MOVE IT

xp that is a hella awesome snare sound

fwiw if no one wants to help me with graphics prepare for results plus youtubez

when the poll is over, that is. not right now

just find an appropriate GIS result

unless 'my love explodes' makes it

Conversely, I think Frank Zappa will go down more as a composer, though he certainly liked playing solos.

He referred to his soloing as "instant composition," so I think you're on the same page he was on there.

don't sully my XTC poll with Crappa

beggin yr pardon

have compiled a top 40, ordered. only issue remaining is which song takes the suddenly-disputable #1 spot. there are two candidates, and they practically couldn't be more different in outlook, disposition & style :D (although they BOTH begin with the same quiet-to-loud thing. now you know what they are, lol)

biscuit shaped.

Can I vote for the ecstatic high note that connects summers cauldron to grass?

i have very few complaints about iPods but not being able to easily play this bit over and over is one of them

first 100-entry ballot received. step up your game folks

13 ballots so far

votar

Tomorrow, I'm going to knock together an XTC care package (via WeTransfer) with the aforementioned Underwater Film soundtrack and some other rare goodies that I've dug out, anybody who would like the link, mail me on themanwhosailedaroundhisoul at gmail (note the missing 's')

Messaged u

the man who sailed around his owl

The snail who manned his roundy oil

100-song ballot is actually making me REDUCE my ballot only to songs I rly rly rly rly adore, otherwise I'm handing out 60something points to something I threw on just because

let this be a lesson

I guess most ballots are now grossly inflated though, so it doesn't matter

never gonna get my head around this

gonna submit now I think

sent; 35 tracks

been gazing admiringly at my top 10. god it's magnificent

from 7 different albums too

fuck, I've decided to change something & am resending

nah doesn't matter