Agreed. Think it might be my least favourite on the LP.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 14 December 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
Never liked this one tbh
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 00:35 (five years ago) link
SS otoh was in my top 5, gorgeous song, incredible outro as mentioned
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 14 December 2018 00:37 (five years ago) link
music-wise it's one of the rare later B&S tracks that feels like it could come from one of the early albums. and I love how it skips over the real life Mike Piazza into a private reverie
― Dan S, Friday, 14 December 2018 00:37 (five years ago) link
this is fun: https://www.fangraphs.com/not/did-belle-and-sebastian-see-mike-piazza-in-san-francisco/
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 December 2018 00:39 (five years ago) link
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39. We Rule the School From Tigermilk (1996) Mark Radcliffe session 1996Points: 276Votes: 21#1 Votes: 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 00:57 (five years ago) link
Twee image, perhaps. Doing something pretty while I/she can. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 14 December 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
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