Yes, the Andromeda Heights era in general suddenly sounded a lot better to me - I haven't really revisited since feeling deep disappointment at the time.
― woof, Friday, 20 March 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
I didn't vote in the lyrics poll (much too difficult, plus a couple of sentences taken out of context always seem underwhelming) but surprised that there were no votes for any lyrics from The Songs of Danny Galway. Ostensibly about Jimmy Webb, the lyrics of the second and third verses also seem to incorporate Paddy's post Swoon lyrical aspirations and are a good summation of his catalogue.
"In words he paints a vivid sceneOf places you may not have beenYet listen and you're moved to swearI know that house, I've climbed that stairI've shared those overwhelming feelingsI've suffered loss, I've known such joyEmotions we all know are burnished till they glow"
"chord changes like Baptist hymnsThey lift your spirit till its soarsTill you forget that spirit's yoursSound and word in sweet communionEchoes of a better worldWhere chivalry's not dead, we'll look for it instead"
― bressonian, Friday, 20 March 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
On the C/R artist tributes I really love Mysterious too. When he's describing the "quicksilver task", it's like "to catch the world in images" fine, fine, bit flat maybe, but then "to annotate the feast" just a marvel.
― woof, Friday, 20 March 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
great poll
i don't know the names of any of their songs for some reasons, kept having to check which one was which
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Friday, 20 March 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
Thanks for this poll. I didn't vote because I only know about half the catalogue. Time for a catch-up!
― Alain the Botton (jed_), Friday, 20 March 2020 23:09 (four years ago) link
If anyone cares...
1. Swoon2. Steve Mcqueen 3. Langley Park To Memphis4. Jordan The Comeback5. I Trawl The Megahertz
1. Bonny2. Wild Horses3.. When Love Breaks Down4. Cruel5. Appetite 6. We Let The Stars Go7. I Remember That8. Don’t Sing9. Hallelujah 10. Goodbye Lucille11. Technique 12. Cue Fanfare13. Cars And Girls14. The Best Jewel Thief In The World 15. The King Of Rock And Roll16. Elegance17. Radio Love18. I Trawl The Megahertz 19. Lions In My Own Garden20. Life Of Surprises 21. Blue Roses22. Looking For Atlantis23. Faron Young24. Could’ve Bear To Be Special25. Enchanted 26. The Venus Of The Soup Kitchen 27. Green Isaac28. Horsin Around29. The Yearning Loins30. When The Angels
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Saturday, 21 March 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
^ I care. Yours were the only other votes for "The Yearning Loins" and "Radio Love". Which means you roolz!
It just occurred to me that this is the first poll for which I've done the number-crunching where absolutely everyone submitting tracks also submitted an albums ballot. The latter is usually a smaller pool. This is surely a crucial and significant outcome, hinting at some deep truth about the artist but I'm not entirely sure what!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 21 March 2020 04:19 (four years ago) link
My ballot. Albums vote was tactical / applied EOY poll conventions.
LPs01 Swoon02 I Trawl the Megahertz
Songs01 Goodbye Lucille #102 Jordan: The Comeback03 Faron Young04 Nightingales05 Cruel06 When the Angels07 Horsin’ Around08 Moon Dog09 Here On the Eerie10 Cue Fanfare11 Moving the River12 We Let The Stars Go13 I Love Music14 Desire As15 Walk On16 The King of Rock’N’Roll17 One Of The Broken18 Couldn’t Bear To Be Special19 Scarlet Nights20 Mercy21 Appetite22 Diana23 Maching Gun Ibiza24 Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)25 Don’t Sing26 Paris Smith27 The Ice Maiden28 Wicked Things29 Wild Horses30 Looking For Atlantis
― Jeff W, Saturday, 21 March 2020 11:22 (four years ago) link
My main regret is not voting for "Technique".
TRACKS, RANKEDAppetiteGoodbye Lucille #1BonnyDesire AsFaron YoungWhen Love Breaks DownMoving the RiverCue FanfareJesse James SymphonyJesse James BoleroWe Let The Stars GoI Remember ThatNightingalesScarlet NightsLions in My Own GardenEnchantedCarnival 2000The End of the AffairGod Watch Over YouThe Ice MaidenWeightlessAll The World Loves LoversThe Sound of CryingLife Of SurprisesSweet Gospel MusicThe Best Jewel Thief in the WorldIf You Don't Love MeWild HorsesHallelujahWhen the Angels
ALBUMSSteve McQueenJordan: The ComebackFrom Langley Park to MemphisAndromeda HeightsLet's Change The World With Music
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 21 March 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
Has anybody heard the Jimmy Nail version of ‘Blue Roses’...I’ll stick my neck out and say it’s better the Prefab Sprout version...*sees people with pitchforks amassing on doorstep...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Saturday, 21 March 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
The fourth episode of the Netflix series I Am Not Okay With This opens with a teenage boy bouncing around his bedroom singing along with "The King of Rock and Roll." If I wasn't in love with the show before that point, I definitely am now.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Thursday, 2 April 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
i didn't vote in this, sorry, but i appreciated it. 'when love breaks down' might be their best song. might be the best song
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 4 April 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link
I just realized Blueberry Pies only landed at 81 here. Absolutely ridiculous.
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 16 April 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
At least it's one track we know isn't modestly ranked due to being hopelessly under-heard. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 16 April 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
Oh, dope! I didn't vote or follow the rollout, but I'm over the moon about "Appetite" winning.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 April 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
I didn't post a ballot in March, but this will do.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 June 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
The more I think about it, the more futile ranking PS songs is...my top ten is an ephemeral beast that could contain ten different songs from one day to the next.
― yugi ex, Monday, 1 June 2020 09:53 (three years ago) link
...it's telling that a quarter of your top twenty didn't make the top forty in the ILX poll!
― yugi ex, Monday, 1 June 2020 09:59 (three years ago) link
good list, but ya can’t quote ice maiden without including it dammit
― voodoo chili, Monday, 1 June 2020 11:40 (three years ago) link
I went to sleep with Spotify shuffling 2020 releases and woke to this conspicuously not-so-2020 sampled loop. Freaky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgGkr6Qi8ro
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 26 October 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
"life of surprises" is just the greatest goddamn song of all time
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 03:16 (three years ago) link
"We Let The Stars Go" will fight you for that title.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 03:33 (three years ago) link
It's "The Sound of Crying" for me, but we're splitting hairs here
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 03:51 (three years ago) link
1) this goddamn band. 2) I now have an earworm mashup from Life of Surprises to Forever by Charli.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 12:27 (three years ago) link
I went through a period of listening to "Elegance" a lot after this poll. Not sure I'd parsed the lyrics properly beforehand but I was suddenly really digging it as a class warfare anthem. Secretly their best song. Maybe. Sometimes.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link
Nah. Cue Fanfare is the zenith.
― yugi ex, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
When everyone comes in at the start of “Life of Surprises” is the best
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link