The Royal Court Of Twee: The Final Vote
The Final Vote!
First Off I'd just like to say I was pretty blown away by the amount of response (both good and bad) that this project has gotten so far. I had tons of nominations to tally, but I eventually got through them all. The next step is, obviously, the FINAL VOTE. Please choose a total of FIVE bands from the ballot below and post them in the comments. After tallying the final votes, the top ten bands will be crowned the Royal Court Of Twee next Monday! Again, thanks for nominating before, and thanks for voting now!
Feel free to discuss, argue, or fight in the comments. Just don't get blood on anything.
ALSO: Never seen this before, but this post on the supposedly defunct blog, Yarn and Glue, describes "twee" perfectly, at least in the way that I percieve it. You may want to check it out if you're feeling a bit confused. Thank you Marta!
Stumble It!
posted by Matt at 7:07 AM
111 Comments:
Aberdeen
Lucksmiths
Field Mice
Tullycraft
Heavenly
rocketship
tiger trap
another sunny day
the pastels
the field mice
the lucksmiths
beat happening
the field mice
heavenly
the pastels
heavenly
another sunny day
tiger trap
the field mice
cub
Tullycraft
The Lucksmiths
Beat Happening
Heavenly
Field Mice
Math and Physics Club
Beat Happening
Tullycraft
Tender Trap
Heavenly
The Lucksmiths
Beat Happening
The Field Mice
Pants Yell!
Math & Physics Club
THE LUCKSMITHS
the pastels
the field mice
tullycraft
the softies
beat happening
heavenly
field mice
lucksmiths
math & physics club
Tullycraft
Cub
Beat Happening
Heavenly
Field Mice
Pastels
Lucksmiths
Field Mice
Blueboy
Talulah Gosh
beat happening
blueboy
honeybunch
rocketship
14 iced bears
field mice
lucksmiths
pastels
softies,
but wait ...where is orange juice???
no one nominated them :(
The Lucksmiths
Math and Physics Club
Field Mice
Tiger Trap
Beat Happening
Tullycraft
The Softies
The Lucksmiths
Rocketship
Tiger Trap
(beat happening sux)
that's harsh, man :'(
Beat Happening
Talulah Gosh
The Pastels
Heavenly
Cub
Beat Happening
Heavenly
Pastels
Field Mice
Lucksmiths
lucksmiths
heavenly
field mice
tullycraft
mapc
Pants Yell!
Math and Physics Club
Aberdeen
Heavenly
The Field Mice
pants yell!
lucksmiths
tullycraft
field mice
math and physics club
1. heavenly
2. the field mice
3. lucksmiths
4. tiger trap
5. tullycraft
ps. i suggest linking this remarkable effort to make a definition of twee: http://yarn-and-glue.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-think-masses-are-suffering-from.html
(just because they know what twee is... for me).
Heavenly
Beat Happening
The Field Mice
The Pastels
RocketShip
Field Mice
Heavenly
Lucksmiths
Rocketship
The Pastels
Field Mice
Tullycraft
The Softies
Tiger Trap
Talulah Gosh
The Softies
The Softies
The Softies
The Softies
The Softies
Beat Happening
Talulah Gosh
Heavenly
Tullycraft
Lucksmiths
heavenly
the lucksmiths
the sea urchins
the pastels
tullycraft
all sandwiched together...
beat happening
tullycraft
lucksmiths
pants Yell!
the softies
Beat Happening
The Field Mice
The Lucksmiths
Talulah Gosh
Beat Happening
The Pastels
heavenly.
the lucksmiths.
tiger trap.
the pastels.
beat happening.
there are so many more nominations than there are final votes...
The Pastels
Talulah Gosh
The Field Mice
The Sea Urchins
14 Iced Bears
Aberdeen
Tullycraft
The Lucksmiths
Math & Physics Club
Heavenly
Heavenly
Tiger Trap
Talulah Gosh
The Softies
The Lucksmiths
Pastels
Talulah Gosh
Field Mice
Another Sunny Day
Sea Urchins
I would gladly jettison any of the last three to elect the Razorcuts however. Fun poll! :-)
yeah im surprised they didnt make it!
this is less than a quarter of how many nominations there were :(
Heavenly
Lucksmiths
Field Mice
Pastels
Tullycraft
Heavenly
Lucksmiths
14 Iced Bears
Rocketship
Field Mice
Tullycraft
Maths & Physics Club
Pants Yell!
Heavenly
Cub
Tiger Trap
Beat Happening
Lucksmiths
Beat Happening
Heavenly
The Field Mice
Tullycraft
Tiger Trap
The Pastels
Cub
14 Iced Bears
The Lucksmiths
Tullycraft
Tullycraft
Math & Physics Club
Tiger Trap
Pants Yell!
Pastels
Brighter
The Field Mice
Rocketship
They Go Boom!
The Wake
Is it just me or do two of these bands stick out like sore thumbs? Didn't Math & Physics Club start like six months ago? Isn't it a little premature to be putting them in the royal court of twee? And how did Pants Yell make it on here? They kind of seem out of their league on this list don't they?
well people nominated them. i cant just ignore votes...
yeah matt!
i thought that we all agreed that pants yell! were not going to be on the ballot!
I sort of agree with Charleston's Math and Physics Club assessment. Don't get me wrong, I love them, but they've only released 1 album and 1 ep right? There's no way they can stand along side these other bands that have been around so much longer and have released so much more music.
My Top 5
1. Secret Shine
2. Another Sunny Day
3. They Go Boom!
4. Brighter
5. The Pastels
well, you guys agreed that. but i said anyone could vote for anyoen they wanted to and i cant just ignore somebody's votes... it wouldnt be very nice. it's very very unlikely that they'll make the final top ten, so you have nothing to worry about ;)
Heavenly
The Lucksmiths
The Softies
The Field Mice
Math & Physics Club
1. The Pastels
2. Tullycraft
3. Beat Happening
4. The Field Mice
5. Heavenly
Talulah Gosh
Secret Shine
Cub
Tiger Trap
St. Christopher
I stated the facts during the nomination process and it seems only appropriate to restate them again here:
1. Beat Happening started putting out music in 1983. They are arguably the most influential and important twee band of all time. They did it before anyone and made it ok to be twee.
2. Sarah Records might be the world's most famous twee label and Heavenly (along with the Field Mice) were their flagship band. They created the sound that most people associate with twee. Mathew Fletcher, the band's drummer and Amelia's brother, committed suicide prior to the band's final record being released. To my knowledge, he may be the only twee casualty.
3. If Tullycraft had only released the two anthems "Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend Is Too Stupid To know About" and "Twee" - they would still deserve to be on this list, but they have put out countless great singles and excellent albums. It seems like they have been around forever and yet they continue to stay fresh and keep twee alive.
4. The legacy The Field Mice managed to leave in their short three year career is nothing short of amazing. Over the years, since the band broke-up they've received significant critical praise and has given twee some much overdue credit.
5. Even though Tiger Trap only released one album and one EP the footprint they left was huge. Tiger Trap exemplified the new generation of twee in the early '90s. Rose Melbelg went on to be a major player in the indie music scene playing such bands as The Softies, Gaze, and Go Sailor.
well stated yet again, jack. thanks for taking the time to explain your choices.
1. 14 Iced Bears
2. The Sea Urchins
3. Beat Happening
4. cub
5. Talulah Gosh
Matt,
I can't tell you how happy I am to see that you voted for Cub! What happened? During the nominations I thought you had some reservations about them. Have you come to love all things Canadian?
1. Cub
2. Beat Happening
3. Tullycraft
4. Talulah Gosh
5. 14 Iced Bears
talulah gosh
secret shine
blueboy
14 iced bears
brighter
My Twee Top 5
1. Tiger Trap
2. The Sea Urchins
3. Beat Happening
4. cub
5. Another Sunny Day
Jack - I think you've got it pretty much right! I'm going to trade out The Field Mice for Talulah Gosh on my list - but that's my problem.
BEAT HAPPENING
HEAVENLY
TULLYCRAFT
TALULAH GOSH
TIGER TRAP
1. Sea Urchins
2. Blueboy
3. 14 Iced Bears
4. The Wake
5. Cub
The Pastels
Tullycraft
14 Iced Bears
cub
Tiger Trap
The Softies
Heavenly
Tiger Trap
Tullycraft
Cub
1. They Go Boom!
2. Secret Shine
3. Brighter
4. 14 Iced Bears
5. The Wake
The Pastels
Beat Happening
Tullycraft
The Sea Urchins
14 Iced Bears
1. Heavenly
2. The Pastels
3. Honeybunch
4. Beat Happening
5. Cub
Pastels
Field Mice
Blueboy
Tullycraft
The Wake
1. The Sea Urchins
2. Beat Happening
3. 14 Iced Bears
4. Talulah Gosh
5. Cub
the pastels
heavenly
rocketship
field mice
lucksmiths
what a crap list! i only choose those bands cos' ttheyre the only ones worthy of consideration...math+p. club? cmon theyve been around for like 5 minutes!
no Razorcuts, felt , B+Sebastian, or Hit Parade?
Rocketship? Wanna talk about crap?! That guy put out ONE ok album back in 1996 and then released a bunch of self-indulgent shit!!! Are you really suggesting that Belle & Sebastian deserve to stand along side bands like: Beat Happening or Talulah Gosh? Dude, read a book!
yeah, plus belle and sebastian despise being called twee. although so do the field mice, but thats a whole other story...
and people nominated the razorcuts and felt, but not enough people apparently...
Tullycraft
Heavenly
Beat Happening
The Lucksmiths
The Pastels
the pastels
heavenly
the field mice
the sea urchins
tiger trap
1. Another Sunny Day
2. Beat Happening
3. The Sea Urchins
4. Blueboy
5. 14 Iced Bears
Talulah Gosh
The Pastels
Secret Shine
Cub
They Go Boom!
The Sea Urchins
Tullycraft
Honeybunch
The Pastels
Beat Happening
The Lucksmiths
Beat Happening
Honey Bunch
Heavenly
The Pastels
1. Secret Shine
2. 14 Iced Bears
3. Another Sunny Day
4. The Sea Urchins
5. The Pastels
How is it that The Orchids didn't make the nomination list?
1. Beat Happening
2. Tullycraft
3. The Pastels
4. Tiger Trap
5. Cub
1. The Field Mice
2. Talulah Gosh
3. Secret Shine
4. Beat Happening
5. Tiger Trap
THEY GO BOOM!
The Field Mice
The Sea Urchins
Blueboy
Talulah Gosh
shawnie, the orchids didnt make the ballot because they only had 4 nominations...
1. Tullycraft
2. The Pastels
3. Cub
4. Honeybunch
5. Another Sunny Day
- Barbara J.
i love rebellious indie pop music and find the idea of royal court of twee chosen over the internet really denigrating and dumb. It is against everything this music ever stood for. Chau.
Jose,
I think you're missing the point. It is SO not against everything this music stands for! When Tullycraft sang "Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid To Know About" it was an inside joke for the indie pop kids. It was something WE knew about that our older sister didn't! She could listen to that same song and not get it at all. It belonged to us! They took the music and gave it back to us! It wasn't this crap you see on MTV's Subterranean. It was ours! This poll is the same thing! Why can't we choose the Royal Court of Twee? This music is important to us and it belongs to us! It's not denigrating. It's liberating!
Talulah Gosh
Secret Shine
The Sea Urchins
The Pastels
14 Iced Bears
Ooooooh Snap!
Heavenly
Blueboy
Another Sunny Day
The Field Mice
Talulah Gosh
1. The Field Mice
2. Beat Happening
3. 14 Iced Bears
4. Another Sunny Day
5. The Pastels
1. Heavenly
2. Talulah Gosh
3. The Field Mice
4. The Sea Urchins
5. Tullycraft
man way to get like a zillion votes, jeeze!
The Field Mice
Tullycraft
Heavenly
Beat Happening
Rocketship
... that my favorite twee bands are
secret shine
14 iced bears
beat happening
st. christopher
the pastels
lindsey, it's good to know that some of you are actually understanding my reasoning behind doing this. it's definitely not "serious" and it's something that, for the people that really love this music, is really personal and fun.
thanks for reading and commenting all the time, by the way :)
1) Heavenly
2) Beat Happening
3) Another Sunny Day
4) 14 Iced Bears
5) The Field Mice
The Softies
Tullycraft
Honeybunch
Blueboy
The Pastels
1. Tiger Trap
2. The Field Mice
3. Heavenly
4. The Sea Urchins
5. The Wake
the undisputed twee top five:
beat happening
cub
tullycraft
the pastels
heavenly
1. Talulah Gosh
2. St. Christopher
3. Tiger Trap
4. The Field Mice
5. They Go Boom
Secret Shine
Tullycraft
Tiger Trap
Brighter
14 Iced Bears
They Go Boom!
The Pastels
Aberdeen
Beat Happening
The Field Mice
Talulah Gosh
Tullycraft
Aberdeen
Math and Physics Club
Beat Happening
honeybunch
the pastels
another sunny day
heavenly
blueboy
The five BEST indiepop / twee bands ever!
HEAVENLY
THE PASTELS
BEAT HAPPENING
TIGER TRAP
TULLYCRAFT
Another Sunny Day
Honeybunch
Beat Happening
Blueboy
The Pastels
1. Tullycraft
2. Tiger Trap
3. They Go Boom
4. The Field Mice
5. The Softies
Softies
Tiger Trap
Lucksmiths
Heavenly
Beat Happening
Heavenly
The Field Mice
Math and Physics Club
Tullycraft
Rocketship
Talulah Gosh
The Sea Urchins
The Pastels
cub
Beat Happening
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