# Top 6@6 Week #18 Supplemental Poll: Post Your 6 Favorite Tracks By Belle & Sebastian **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606 "2002-08-12T23:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/1 "2002-08-12T23:02:34Z")
As per **gex gex** ’s request in Week 17’s BÖC poll **and** in an attempt to squeeze as many bands in the shortest amount of time possible, The Monday 6 @ 6 Poll, will {on most weeks} feature a supplemental poll. This supplemental poll, like the regularly scheduled [**Blur** thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130415) will be closed and tallied one week from today, Monday August 19, 2002 at 6PM EDT. Results from both polls will be posted a few minutes later on that same day in _Week 19_’s regularly scheduled _Bon Jovi 6 @ 6 Poll_. This Week’s Supplemental Poll Band: **Belle and Sebastian** If your memory or knowledge of the featured artist isn’t exactly up to speed, here’s a link to our supplemental artist’s discography with 30 second cuts of some of their tracks when you drill down through some of their albums:[Storytelling  Jonathan David  I’m Waking Up To Us  Legal Man  Lazy Line Painter Jane  Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant  Boy With The Arab Strap  Tigermilk  If You’re Feeling Sinister](http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=2067133339/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/discography.html/ArtistID=BELLE+&+SEBASTIAN) For the first time in the poll’s 4 ½ month history, the thread starter (me) will be unable to post his selections. Reason: Total ignorance of this Scottish octet’s works. I will keep a close eye on the results (if there are any) and make my first CD purchase of their music accordingly. OK, any takers? What are your **6** favorite tracks by **Belle & Sebastian**? I’m assuming gex gex will be making the initial vote. If not, you know the rules: post your fave 6 tracks (not more than 6) in any order you wish. {Most voters do however post descending from 6 to 1}. Any liner notes, blurbs or opinions you wish to give about your selections are always more than welcome. Thanking you all in advance! ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/2 "2002-08-12T23:31:45Z")
Electronic Renaissance String Bean Jean Seeing Other People Me and the Major La Pastie de la Bourgeoisie Dirty Dream Number Two If you’re going to buy an album of theirs, I’d start with “If You’re Feeling Sinister.” Or you could dip your toes in with one of the EPs… go for “Dog on Wheels.” -fh ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/3 "2002-08-12T23:51:16Z")
It Could’ve Been a Brillian Career The Rollercoaster Ride The State I am In Like Dylan in the Movies The Stars of Track and Field Lazy Line Painter Jane ---
**Author:** ![longjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/4 "2002-08-13T07:46:36Z")
If you’re feeling sinister Is is wicked not to care? Summer Wasting Get me away from here i’m dying Boy with the Arab Strap Lazy Line Painter Jane ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/5 "2002-08-13T13:15:39Z")
Thanks to **JohnBuckWLD** for the thread! Get into this band - you won’t be disappointed. I would write a blurb for these songs, but with B+S, I feel that a song lyric says more than I could. **It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career** \*He had a stroke at the age of twenty-four It could have been a brilliant career… …selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it’s no wonder that He is dribbling spit tonight\* **Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying** \*With a winning smile, the boy With naivety succeeds At the final moment, I cried I always cry at endings \* **The Wrong Girl** _The wrong hand to be holding The wrong eyes to go searching behind The wrong dream to have on my mind_ **Legal Man** _You’re the Legal Man, you’ve got to prove that you’re no liar I’ll render services that you may reasonably require… …get out of the city and into the sunshine…_ **Seeing Other People** _We lay on the bed there Kissing just for practice Could we please be objective? Cause the other boys are queuing up behind us_ **Fox In The Snow** _Fox in the snow, where do you go To find something you can eat? Cause the word out on the street is you are starving Don’t let yourself grow hungry now Don’t let yourself grow cold Fox in the snow_ I gotta say, this is the most difficulty I’ve had limiting myself to six. And there are whole albums that I haven’t heard! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/6 "2002-08-13T14:17:41Z")
Hmmm…you had to know I’d show up here 😉 1. Family tree -Off of “Fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant.” To me, this is B+S with Isabel singing at their best. Since the band is so big, they get accused of pandering to the different tastes and directions of the members, but every so often, everything gels together, and that’s what happened here. 2. Expectations -It’s just exhilarating. I think my favorite B+S songs, with the exception of my number 1 choice, generally are. Best part: right near the end, where Stuart starts singing, “And you’re cool, and you know…” 3. Simple things -I got caught up in the first couple of songs on “Boy with the Arab Strap,” so I didn’t give this song the listen it deserved for a long time. I wish it was longer. 4. Me and the major -What’s better than listening to Stuart sing “the snow is falling…” and feeling like twirling around and dancing? Nothing (well, except maybe for my #2 and #1 picks.) 5. Woman’s realm -“Deny yourself the benefits of being alive,”–another song that I think demonstrates how well they use their 8 members and their different instruments. 6. Seymour Stein -Perhaps it’s the Smiths connection (“It reminded you of Johnny, before he went Electronic”), but this has always been my favorite song, right down to the guitar at the end. It’s so beautiful and haunting. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/7 "2002-08-14T06:28:15Z")
Hard to keep this one at just six. My #1 is one of my favourite songs ever. 1. Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying 2. If You’re Feeling Sinister 3. Judy and the Dream of Horses 4. This is Just a Modern Rock Song 5. The Boy With the Arab Strap 6. Women’s Realm ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@Bad\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Hat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/8 "2002-08-14T06:31:20Z")
Seymour Stein It Could have Been a Brilliant Career Judy and the Dream of Horses Arab Strap State that i am In She’s Loosing it ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/9 "2002-08-15T22:41:55Z")
6 Me & The Major 5 Lazy Line Painter Jane 4 Legal Man 3 Judy & The Dream Of Horses 2 I’m Waking up To Us 1 Jonathan David ---
**Author:** ![Adam\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Adam\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adam_P)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-18-supplemental-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-belle-sebastian/123606/10 "2002-08-15T22:55:31Z")
6)Lazy line painter Jane 5)My Wandering days are over 4)The State I am in (Tigermilk version) 3)You’re just a baby 2)Fox in the snow 1)Judy and the deam of horses (Why is everybody ignoring “Tigermilk”?)