Both #12s too high for me, Clive
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Sunday, 16 December 2018 13:40 (five years ago) link
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.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 16 December 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
Oh wait, actually you went 14, 12, 12.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 16 December 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
both perfect songs, the way 'me and the major' spins out in to the 'yeah the snow is falling' refrain is transcendent.
― devvvine, Sunday, 16 December 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
XP: LOL. Yeah, the other ties are similar.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
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.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 16 December 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
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"
― Dan S, Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
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)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
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.
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
Graffiti! Could have done with checking over a lot of my posts on this thread.
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
“Me and the Major” was my #1! I just love that darn harmonica so much.
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 16 December 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
alba, if i ever make you a mix, i'm going to make a special note to NOT include CCR's Keep On Chooglin' :)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 December 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
"Fox" my #1, and the first B&S song I ever heard
― bunny slopes, Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
Guess what I'm now listening to, Karl? No, I don't think it's for me.
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
i regret to tell you that you are contractually obligated to keep on chooglin' for the full 7:40
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
"i'm a cuckoo" 4 no. 1 btw
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
Stuart Murdoch had better appear at some point. xpost
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
― 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
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Sunday, 16 December 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
http://i63.tinypic.com/2n1axd3.jpg
11. Judy and the Dream of Horses From If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)Live at BarrowlandsPoints: 564 Votes: 26 #1 Votes: 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
Too low, best track on Sinister.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
Oh this top 10 is going to be so good.
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
thanks everyone for voting "desperation made a fool of me" into the top ten j/k
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
yung alex kapranos there, right?
― J. Sam, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
Re: Desperation, I'm looking forward to seeing the full list past 60 as much as I'm looking forward to the top 10.
― Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
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 #1s20 This Is Just a Modern Rock Song 400 23 119 She's Losing It 412 25 018 Dog on Wheels 413 20 017 If She Wants Me 442 21 015= Slow Graffiti 486 23 215= Dirty Dream Number Two 486 26 214 Stay Loose 489 26 412= The Fox in the Snow 509 26 112= Me and the Major 509 24 211 Judy and the Dream of Horses 564 26 1
20 This Is Just a Modern Rock Song 400 23 119 She's Losing It 412 25 018 Dog on Wheels 413 20 017 If She Wants Me 442 21 015= Slow Graffiti 486 23 215= Dirty Dream Number Two 486 26 214 Stay Loose 489 26 412= The Fox in the Snow 509 26 112= Me and the Major 509 24 211 Judy and the Dream of Horses 564 26 1
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
A few facts here I didn't know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fso8D9lgJVY
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
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.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
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
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
Wow, seems that is Kapranos. Did the crossing guard lass go on to fame and fortune too?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
Yeah lazy line is coming.
Judy was my #4 for all the reasons eephus said.
Dream of horses—Ba da dum ba
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
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...).
― Nabozo, Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
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
― ヽ(_ _ヽ)彡 ᴵ'ᵐ ᵒᵏᵃʸ_(・_.)/ (FlopsyDuck), Sunday, 16 December 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
nix the last three and there's yr list
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
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.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
definitely agree on the first 8
― Dan S, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:49 (five years ago) link
I think Stars of Track and Field will also show up
― Dan S, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
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.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
Argh the clock around obvs
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
it makes sense that those would be the 10, as Simon H said
― Dan S, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
I would be very surprised if it was not the exact first ten Flopsy mentioned, but haven't a clue about the order
― Vinnie, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
Though I do hope you're all wrong about Big John Shaft
― enochroot, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:10 (five years ago) link
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 :-/
― Karl Malone, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
I personally wish the 10th spot would go to Belle and Sebastian (the song)
― Dan S, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
that song is all-time great
― Dan S, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
actually, ok i like cuckoo. and i can see how it would make the top 10, it's really catchy and sort of sounds like a mix of Jessica by the Allman Brothers and Big Star
― Karl Malone, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link
Judy is only #11?!! Judy where did you go wrong?!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 17 December 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
Cuckoo is catchy, sure, but one of these (remaining) things is not like the others....
― enochroot, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
I thought maybe I would kick Cuckoo out of the top 10 but then I listened to it again
― Dan S, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:40 (five years ago) link
Perhaps I'm easily amused but the declaration, in a Scottish accent, that B&S "have no time for dumbfucks and fucknuggets" has had me chuckling like an idiot for several hours now.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
Here are some fun facts which may or may not help with predictions:
The forty-nine first-place votes (3 ballots were unranked) were distributed across 27 different tracks in total. "Stay Loose" has received the greatest number (4) of first-place votes so far, but nothing in the top ten exceeds that number. In fact, #1 received fewer such votes and another track received none at all!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 December 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link