a poll for the lovely mess that is COME ON FEEL THE LEMONHEADS

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"so i'm not gonna not knock things down"

swarming with song length half-ideas, clumsy lyrics, and pretty hooks, 'come on feel...' is a fragile and often unfocused affair that somehow holds its own as an interesting and compelling record. frequently relying on a tested songwriting formula characterised by predictable chord changes and dreamy vocals, the album as a whole is nevertheless wildly erratic and inconsistent. and perhaps, i would argue, all the better for it.

so what are we going to put forward as the best track?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
into your arms	6
it's about time	3
great big no	2
i'll do it anyway	2
dawn can't decide	2
big gay heart	2
style	1
down about it	1
rest assured	0
paid to smile	0
being around	0
favorite t	0
you can take it with you	0

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:50 (seventeen years ago)

sorry, i left out 'rick james style' and 'the jello fund'. i must have culled them from my itunes at some point or not imported them in the first place.

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:53 (seventeen years ago)

.. and "Miss Otis Regrets" if you have the LP version.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago)

hmm, haven't heard that. should track it down

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:01 (seventeen years ago)

it's about time. that "...sunshiiiine" is
one of the all time great backing vocal moments in history.

― pisces, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:09 (seventeen years ago)

i prefer Lovey

― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago)

"Down About It" for the coveted third place.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:19 (seventeen years ago)

"Dawn can't decide"

"...Feels good to be Jesse on the inside today. ...G minor morning was a D minor dawning."

― Arghn, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:47 (seventeen years ago)

i'll be obvious and polite and point out that "into your arms" is one of the greatest songs ever, so there.

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago)

i had utterly forgotten this record until some dude playedinto your arms in a bar recently...really should dig it out...i used to get a few lines from "dawn cannt decide" suddenly and reasonlessly stuck in my head all the time...have a hilarious memory of being in the car with my mother when "big gay heart" came on wrpi...it made her uncomfortable...

― bb, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago)

Well, it is.

This album seems like two mini albums:

The first being the "wheee, our last album was a hit, here's some top tunes that we made totally inspired like!" (Into yr arms, Great bg no, Down about it, Dawn...)

The second being the "oh draaaag, it's all horrible, soul is lost, can I get some sleeeep?" (Paid to smile, Style (both), "Being Around (remake)", etc)

then they mixed them all up.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

'Mrs. Robinson"

― milo z, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:10 (seventeen years ago)

"Dawn Can't Decide" was an awesome b-side for "It's a shame about Ray", but the lyrics were inaudible. And as my g/f was called Dawn, I wanted to know what she could not decide.

This album's lyric sheet clarified everything, but hey: Dawn decided. (12 yrs married now)

― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:11 (seventeen years ago)

"i'll do it anyway," and not just (but partly) for belinda carlisle. "i'm still a girl/ and it's just a horse/ and i got the reins".

― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago)

i totally still get a rush approx 2:17 minutes into 'great big no'

also 'you can take it with you' is an unexpected alt rock gem, arriving as it does right at the end of the record

― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 13 December 2007 02:25 (seventeen years ago)

Any one the first 7, love 'em all, just can't choose between 'em.

― Stewart Osborne, Thursday, 13 December 2007 14:09 (seventeen years ago)

'Mrs. Robinson"

-- milo z, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 13 December 2007 14:11 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Mrs. Robinson was a 'Shame About Ray' add-on.

I remember getting high in college and thinking 'Favorite T' was the best song ever. (This was one time)

― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:05 (seventeen years ago)

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