Somebody claim first, somebody else claim next, etc. Put your quarters on the pool table.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I claim 3rd, beach boys
― iatee, Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
78th Wang Chung
― cloaca flocka flame (NickB), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
546th Boo Radleys
So, the winner of the what artist, if any, is worth doing an ILM tracks poll? poll go first?
― Mark G, Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
which one is going on right now? Manic Street Preachers?
― best way to stop identity theft is bad credit (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Manics is going on right now. As noted, though, the big(?) 50s tracks poll which I opened for nominations a few weeks ago will head into the voting phase at the end of the month and probably roll out in mid-July. Probably wouldn't be a big deal if it goes head-to-head with a single artist poll, but definitely not more than one.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think the 50s poll should be outside the continuity of these artist polls.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
...I'm having too goddamn many opinions lately.
semi-interested in the 50s poll (though not informed enough to vote); not at all interested in Manics poll--sorry folks :(
― best way to stop identity theft is bad credit (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not joking about 3rd I don't really want to do it right this instant.
also we need a fixed time per poll. week? less?
― iatee, Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
is this thread only for artists, cause I was going to do a sort of esoteric year-one which I thought would fit kind of well into this, I know someone else wanted to do a genre one (though I think larger-scoped ones don't really belong here)
― best way to stop identity theft is bad credit (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp I suppose this thread is as good as any for working out a schedule
we could just create a new board for these and ppl could take them off their SNA page if they wanted to
― bite this display name (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
can we call it I Love Metal?
― anarcho-misogynist puppies (DJP), Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
somebody just claim 1st already
― iatee, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
be brave
I don't believe in being brave, ba ba ba ba
― Mark G, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ok, I'll do Pet Shop Boys
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
YES!!
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
g1
1. pet shop boys - billy dods2. (???? mystery)3. beach boys - iatee4.
― iatee, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd say one a week is a good timespan? Gives enough time for votes to come in and for the countdown. Any more than that and you're running a low turnout risk I think.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Estimating my work schedule, I'm claiming #7: Led Zeppelin
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can I suggest that the polls are mixed up so that the subsequent act is in a totally different style/genre to the one before it.
e.g. Manics - PSB - (Zepellin?) - Beach Boys - Electronic act - Twee indie nonsense - token hip hop act
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think we need to create an Excel spreadsheet matrix
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I agree with mixing them up.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought first was going to sd's poll winner?
― best way to stop identity theft is bad credit (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
that requires waiting
― iatee, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK, I'll do the Beatles one.
Either at 2 or 4, depends what (??? mystery) means...
― Mark G, Friday, 17 June 2011 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
means it hadn't been claimed yet, so it's yours @ #2
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Friday, 17 June 2011 14:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Rocking
― Mark G, Friday, 17 June 2011 14:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
XTC can wait then, I'm busy atm anyway so
― We are Real solid sex doll AKA RSSD (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 June 2011 20:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
actually, having read the poll-troll thread ilx clearly hates fun so fuck it
― We are Real solid sex doll AKA RSSD (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 June 2011 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's the spirit! :)
― some dude, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Beatles and XTC one after another wd def mix things up a bit
― aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Beatles would be nice just to have an artist actually worth doing a poll for
― some dude, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Beatles...zzz. I mean, it would actually be fun because there are so many good songs, but it seems so played.
In their stead, I claim Madonna. Not sure where I am on the list—don't want #4—but I'll go later.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Actually, strike that. I don't want to handle a Madonna poll.
(My first choice of words was "I don't want to do Madonna", but there's really no good way to address that.)
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Worst Beatles song ever
― lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods2. Beatles - Mark G3. beach boys - iatee4. __________5. __________6. __________7. Led Zeppelin - WmC
I can move Zep up to 5 or 6 if it fits the schedule better.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Saturday, 18 June 2011 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
all of those should be great. anyone up to doing some producers or labels?
are we waiting for the Manics poll to finish before the PSB can begin?
― gospodin simmel, Saturday, 18 June 2011 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Zep will be fun
― some dude, Saturday, 18 June 2011 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was going to wait until the polling closed in the Manic's thread, 22nd iirc and then start the PSB poll. The Manics reveal can go on while the PSB votes come in.
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Saturday, 18 June 2011 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I Love Organised Music Polls
― We are Real solid sex doll AKA RSSD (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
you are all so crazy
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg the Beach Boys one is gonna be impossible. looking forward to that one
― why i am an anarcho-sandwich artist (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
hyped for the PSBs poll. expecting high placing for My Funny Uncle
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Prince would be my no.1 choice for a future poll though i think, just because i like the discovery of rarities aspect, and with led zep and steely dan everyone who's a big fan sort of knows every track
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
true-ish, although Steely Dan has some great unreleased songs most people don't know that i'd be youtubing all over the place trying to drum up support for
― some dude, Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
what happens if someone starts a rogue ballot poll
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
eh like 5 xp
― iatee, Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
for the most part the dan aren't one of those 'treasure trove of unreleased stuff' bands. they have those early demos which aren't super interesting and then the gaucho stuff which is great but that's about it.
― iatee, Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
to me the interesting part of these threads isn't so much the 'which rarity might sneak in' as much as the enthusiastic discussion and dissection of 'why' these tracks are the best.
― why i am an anarcho-sandwich artist (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol jordan
― some dude, Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
― iatee, Saturday, June 18, 2011 4:51 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
and "This All Too Mobile Home" and "Westside Story"!!! but yeah i see your point.
― some dude, Saturday, 18 June 2011 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
― J0rdan S., Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:49 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
autobanned.
banished to the cape.
forced to post on wdyll in underwear.
― i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Saturday, 18 June 2011 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is this the status as of now still?
Because I bailed on the Madonna idea, but Guided By Voices keeps nagging at me and I'm finally giving in. So put me down for Guided By Voices at #6.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods2. Beatles - Mark G3. beach boys - iatee4. __________5. __________6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Led Zeppelin - WmC
― iatee, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
the winner of some dude's poll can be zero I guess idk
I'm not in charge, somebody be in charge
Cool -- without objection, I'm going to bump LZ to 5.
1. pet shop boys - billy dods 2. Beatles - Mark G 3. beach boys - iatee 4. __________ 5. Led Zeppelin - WmC 6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever 7. __________
Something dancey/electronic, or a label poll at 4? Madonna would be great if anybody wants to take up the challenge.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
When I started thinking about remixes, etc. the nightmare became vivid.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
guh...I didn't think of that. votesplitters...
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Votes are for the song, write-in/on for remixes...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 06:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
So when is it kicking off for the PSB's?
Are we waiting on the end of the Manics one first? Fair enough.
Suggsting: some sort of generic poll-thread title, e.g.
ILX Tracks Poll No 1 : Pet Shop Boys
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like the uniformity in titling idea. Easier to search for in the future.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Any chance we could move either the Beatles or the Beach Boys back a bit? It's getting so canonical white dudes that there'll be minimal interest in doing anything else after we've trawled through everyone in Q magazine.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, everyone else has backed off, timewise.
There's the Manics one up at the mo, the Pavement one just finished, the MC Tunes is taking it's time, just like his second album, so the pace is fairly leisurely.
I hesitate to suggest, but the Beach Boys' "Smile" is coming out fairly soon (the single is out already), so...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
(hopefully) BIG 50s decade trax poll coming sometime in July as well. Would hate for it to face one of these head to head, so I'll figure out what week that will roll out and let whomever is coordinating these know so a gap in the flow can be predetermined.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean, yeah I'd love someone to do a James Brown one, but do we collectively have the required knowledge to vote? I mean, I have the "Star Time" box which is pretty nice and all encompassing as these things go, but is that enough?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 09:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
There are shitloads of James Brown fans on ILM, surely?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 09:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
If we want to make it a little less white then a labels poll such as Motown, Stax or Trojan or a genre poll such as disco (1975-80) or Northern Soul would fit in. I think a Wu-Tang and its members poll would be good too.
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 10:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Any chance we could move either the Beatles or the Beach Boys back a bit? It's getting so canonical white dudes that there'll be minimal interest in doing anything else after we've trawled through everyone in Q magazine. --Matt DC
yeah you can move me to 9 or something
― iatee, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 11:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
A Motown poll would be neato keen-o.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 14:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
You can put me in to run Prince if you like - having fun doing the Manics one.
I guess Neil Young and Dylan are other ones that would be good due to the huge discogs, but i do agree on the less rock white dudes quota. Think a Jacksons one would be good - so Michael, Janet, Jackson 5, any family member.
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 20:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd love to see a Stax or Motown poll. The problem with genre polls like "disco" is that they descend into a flamewar about what does or does not belong to the genre.
― i wanna be yr rhizome (seandalai), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmmm should I do a P-Funk poll
― winoa ryder sexes creatures of the night (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
I dunno if I have the spreadsheetery skills/will to do this tbh
I was toying with doing a Disco one. Keep those wide open is the best way I say, and let the voters decide whether they're happy with a track as disco. It worked fine on the showcasing poll, except that The Cure sneaked into the top 5.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh man, my job is Excel-based so now I imagining formatting possibilities and vlookup potential.. but I'm only good for Belle & Sebastian, Pulp or Modest Mouse, I'm not nearly enough of a completist for most other bands now that Blur's been done.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 01:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Alright, I made an excel file that should be useful, hopefully. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQBPGXI6
Basically it's got a sheet where you dump in the songs and their ranks, and a formula that compares rank to point value which is listed on a separate sheet. Then there are suggestions and examples for making a pivot table to corral the data, or a suggestion for doing it manually.
I hope it's useful! /nerd
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^if I didn't make it clear.. I'm really hoping someone will find it useful. This is why I chose computers over English ;)
I'll do Pulp at #4 if no one else objects? Understand if too close to Pulp/Manics/Boos. Mostly I just want to play with my Excel file now.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:11 AM (6 minutes ago)
I'll say! I was dreading doing all that ciphering manually. Thank you!
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
No problem. I've got this thread bookmarked so if there are any glitches, let me know!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Neeto!
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love a good excel file. Been so jealous of jaymc.xls for so long!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
:-)
Ok, I thought about this long and hard, and I really want to host a Kate Bush songs poll. Put me down. I'm down.
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods2. Beatles - Mark G3. ________________4. Pulp - Finefinemusic5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. _________________9. beach boys - iatee
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
a Pet Shop Boys Poll! My brain is already hurting.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
excited about the zep/GBV/KB succession. i think i could really get behind all three of those.
― charlie h, Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh shit wait. What is the timing of this? Because I'm getting married aug 20 and I feel like poll #4 will be mid august; I gotta swap out for a later spot, don't need added activities!!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
You must delay the marriage!
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
congratulations, finefinemusic!
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
These shouldn't take more than a week per, imo. Depends on whether you think late July will be stressful enough already.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
It might be; month end at work and tying up loose ends (I'm not getting a lot of help planning this stuff, haha) but I can happily do a poll after September 20 (late honeymoon).
Thanks for the good vibes!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
HEY! HEY!!! Put me down for Prince ;-)
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 07:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pet Shop Boys are go!
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 23 June 2011 08:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK, after reading the Madonna: Classic or Dud thread, I totally want to do Madonna.
(OK, I've totally wanted to do Madonna for a while, but what I mean is, I want to run the Madonna poll. So long as I don't get SB'd off the board first.)
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 23 June 2011 09:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
someone do Aphex pls - I don't think I have time, much as I'd like to.
― the Sandalled Vandal (dog latin), Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't do both Madonna *and* Aphex, much as I would love to.
Don't make me choose. I still never voted in that taking sides poll.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK, I'll do Aphex, if someone else takes Madonna.
Because although I'm probably more *familiar* with (most of) Aphex's (released) (acknowledged) work, I'm actually more *curious* about the hidden bits of Madonna's work that I don't know.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
.. which would make you a better Madonna host.
Judjing by the "Alphabet Faves" thread, there's a lot of Aphex fans. Unless it's just because no-one could think of another A Artist.
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, but I think the Aphex poll would be easier to run. Lots of list-making nerds who will probably number and bulletpoint things so easily I don't have to do any work. While on the other hand, trying to squeeze a spreadsheet out of, fr'instance, the Lex is gonna be like pulling hen's teeth.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods2. Beatles - Mark G3. Prince - Jamie_ATP4. ______________5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. _________________9. beach boys - iatee10. Pulp - Finefinemusic
Jamie, are you OK with Prince after the Beatles?
KDT, do you want spot #4 or #8 for whichever choice you make?
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 23 June 2011 12:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanks for adding me WmC!
Any approx idea when I the KB poll will commence? September?
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pls slot Madonna in for No. 4
Please can Aphex Twin go in at No. 8 because after his last interview, we know he's just dying to be underneath Kate Bush. FnarGiggleSnort.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha! Can we read that somewhere?
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods2. Beatles - Mark G3. Prince - Jamie_ATP4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin9. beach boys - iatee10. Pulp - Finefinemusic
Dunno really, we'll have a better idea after the first couple have come and gone. My guess would be the 2nd half of August, but that's a very rough guess.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Shit, I revived a thread for ya, LBI but turns out it's on ILE:
I dreamed of kate bush
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
yay, thanks WmC! That seems much less stressful for me. :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
ty Kate :-)
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
yep up for that
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods (Now in progress, voting closes July 2nd)2. Beatles - Mark G3. Prince - Jamie_ATP4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin9. beach boys - iatee10. Pulp - Finefinemusic
My own inclination for Zep was to allow 3 days for voting and 2 days for the reveal. Billy's 10-day vote window for PSB seems too long, but is my time frame too short?
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
You suggested 3 days right? I think that's too short. Needs to be a week, I think.
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was originally going to go for a week, but that would mean finishing on a Thursday/Friday and I didn't want to roll out the results over the weekend, hence my extending it a few days. I agree with LBI I think 3 days is too short.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I'm coming around on that, 3 days is too short. Agreed on the weekday reveal as well. Obv everybody will wing it as needed for each ballot.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe it should be up to the person in charge of the poll...people have different schedules...but 1 week max?
― iatee, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm happy w/ how organized this ended up
― iatee, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
imo long voting period (although more than a week isn't necessary) and brief reveal period is the way to go
― some dude, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ Ignore this dude and his quest to rid the world of the unnecessary
― Food Processors Are Grebt (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
eh if we're gonna do these i do think there are better and worse ways to execute them
― some dude, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
id like to see a sonic youth poll like this
― gman59, Friday, 24 June 2011 06:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sign up for #11!
― frogbs went a-courtin' (WmC), Friday, 24 June 2011 12:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay someone put me down for a "Producers" poll. I might need some help with this lol
― winoa ryder sexes creatures of the night (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah can we make sure the non-artist polls stick to this too?
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods (Now in progress, voting closes July 2nd)2. Beatles - Mark G3. Prince - Jamie_ATP4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin9. beach boys - iatee10. Pulp - Finefinemusic11. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier
left it in quotes 'cause it'll mean different things to different voters obv
at this pace, it'll be a late summer thing
― the presidential candidate inside me (WmC), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
iatee, you mean like label polls/ballots?
yeah
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
My work schedule peaked last night for a few weeks; if anybody in #2-4 wants more time, I can trade with them, but no problem staying at #5 either.
― the presidential candidate inside me (WmC), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can I just say somethin... Beatles poll really needs some other kind of element to it in order for it to not be hugely boring. Why not include all solo & collaborative material? like if you wanted to you could vote for "Handle With Care." that kind of thing.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Or like "Badge."
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes, I'm Your Angel?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd be interested in a solo Beatles poll more than a Beatles poll, which feels like it's been done to death.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
solo would be pretty interesting...
― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
totally
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd prefer Beatles and solo-Beatles be separate, but whatever's cool.
― the presidential candidate inside me (WmC), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Has this order been changed, and if so could a mod please let me know? If not could a mod please take a look at the rogue Madonna poll?
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Monday, 4 July 2011 14:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm on an iPhone so I can't make a thread but could a mod please delete or lock this thread as it's out of order and is likely to spoil the real Madonna poll when we do it?
Madonna Tracks Poll
Thanks.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Monday, 4 July 2011 14:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
If no one's going to enforce this, why bother doing it?
Forget it, I wash my hands of this.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Monday, 4 July 2011 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
KDT, would you PLEASE let people assess the situation before you go off!?
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
don't let the bastards grind you down Karen! mods need to step up tho. i've done what I can (sb)
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I very nearly sb'ed, which I have never done.
― Mark G, Monday, 4 July 2011 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah you changed your name but you are still so very Masonic Boom. FITE!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
NO FITE
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not fighting, I'm just amused by the 'will you give us three minutes to react' post upthread.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
o so apparently this is the thread where a handful of aspie rubes unilaterally decided what polls are (beatles - exciting!) and aren't (madonna - a girl!) allowed on ilx and ASSUMED that the rest of ilx (the ones w/ jobs, lives, etc) would know/care/heed what the handful decided. what a fucking wasteland. bye ilx!
― balls, Monday, 4 July 2011 15:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
bye
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Who's going to do the Madonna poll now?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 4 July 2011 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
30 minutes is not 3 minutes, BTW and it would be really great if you could for once just keep the "OMG Masonic Boom!" jeering out of yet another thread.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Monday, 4 July 2011 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Madonna poll is after the Prince one.
The idea of scheduling was so we're not all doing polls at the same time.
Also, that the person having put their name against an artist is sort of comitting themselves to the work involved.
I know you know this, so hey.
― Mark G, Monday, 4 July 2011 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i for one will miss having balls
― cloaca flocka flame (NickB), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods (results coming later today)2. Beatles - Mark G (voting in progress)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin9. beach boys - iatee10. Pulp - Finefinemusic11. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol balls, valiant effort
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Why did balls turn into a dick all of a sudden?
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha all of a sudden
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
just kidding james, i love you
Do I do it often? I only just realized with the stolen artwork stuff that you're her! You were so low key for a while I thought Kate had flounced off permanently. :D
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mind you, I don't know who balls is either. Heh.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
james balls?
― cloaca flocka flame (NickB), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
was he some sort of porn spy?
Can we please stick to coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls in this thread.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
ILM balls polls?okay fine ;)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
for this derail we're all out of order and are likely to spoil the REAL purpose of this thread when we do it
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Monday, 4 July 2011 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't wait for the prince one!
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Monday, 4 July 2011 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
what's an aspie rube?
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 4 July 2011 19:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
The exact opposite of someone wanting to throw a spontaneous Madonna poll...
― Last Friday Night (G.T.F.O.) (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 4 July 2011 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
i thought it was some sort of asperger's related slur :(
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 4 July 2011 23:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, it is.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Monday, 4 July 2011 23:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
:)
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
AspieAn aspie is one who has Asperger's Syndrome, which is believed to be part of the autism spectrum. Aspies, while being quite gifted verbally, have social, emotional, and sensory integration difficulties, among others. Aspie is an affectionate term, and is not meant as a put down.My son is an aspie, so he's not so great at making idle chit chat at parties, or even at being in crowds, but he can get us home from anywhere. He says he just consults the map in his brain.
That's the best balls has got? Practically a compliment!
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
So what's the 'rube' bit about then?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods (results coming later today)2. Beatles - Mark G (voting in progress)
Voting in progress on your Beatles poll? i didn't see that! better go find it...
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 00:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Official ILX Artist Tracks Poll : The Beatles (Next up: Prince)
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanks
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 00:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I feel bad for balls. Seemed legitimately unaware of this thread as well as whether it was an actual authority over people being allowed to start a ballot poll. He didn't take Karen seriously off the bat and his thread gets locked pretty quick. Sucks if he truly was innocently trying to start the ballot for fun. Just giving the guy(?) a little sympathy is all. :)
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 06:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, righto.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 06:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
He didn't seem legitimately unaware. Since the opening posts of the locked madonna poll thread it seemed pretty clear he didn't give a fuck and that he was only doing it to mock this sort of polls (?) Also he reposted the thread twice or thrice after it got locked but they got deleted by an admin.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 07:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wtf would anyone do that for? That's a bit sad.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 07:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
With Moka on that this was totally a trolling operation.
― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 07:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
He didn't seem legitimately unaware. Since the opening posts of the locked madonna poll thread it seemed pretty clear he didn't give a fuck and that he was only doing it to mock this sort of polls (?)
what? this did not "seem pretty clear" to me at all. balls started an 80s ballot poll years ago (tho infamously never posted the results), he's not mocking them.
― ȣ_ȣ Ȣ_Ȣ ȣ_ȣ Ȣ_Ȣ ȣ_ȣ (absolutely clean glasses), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 08:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
like, Evan 100% otm and you are 100% offtm
― ȣ_ȣ Ȣ_Ȣ ȣ_ȣ Ȣ_Ȣ ȣ_ȣ (absolutely clean glasses), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 08:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
he might not have known that this thread existed but FFS the whole 'i have a real life and am spontaneous and you are sexist aspie rubes' bullshit is old and tired and unpleasant - good intentions ab initio don't excuse being a dick.
― do the hypnic jerk (c sharp major), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 08:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
wasn't Karen down for doing this after the prince poll or has the schedule changed?― prolego, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 14:59 it's happening now― balls, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 15:02
― prolego, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 14:59
it's happening now
― balls, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 15:02
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 09:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
ya rlly, this guy can go suck himself
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 10:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ah, I've just twigged who balls is.
― brian da facepalma (NickB), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
balls started an 80s ballot poll years ago (tho infamously never posted the results), he's not mocking them.
and this is evidence for the defense?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
the whole 'i have a real life and am spontaneous and you are sexist aspie rubes' bullshit is old and tired and true
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
ugh sorry but one dude who wants to run a ballot poll claiming he is less of an aspie rube than other people who want to run ballot polls (and have successfully socialised with others to work out an order) = haha fuck off
― do the hypnic jerk (c sharp major), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp It's rendered less true by being posted on a message board tbh
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
wasn't Karen down for doing this after the prince poll or has the schedule changed?― prolego, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 14:59
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Tuesday, July 5, 2011 5:20 AM (3 hours ago)
I took this as "schedule? what? anyway..." but I just tend to give the benefit of the doubt to people.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
But I don't know anything about the deleted threads either, so I don't have all the info.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
just a bit of fun, so let's be cool
― DJP, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^
― hoovers like jagger (some dude), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
can i be put down for joni mitchell at the end of the current list?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess that read as upset? It isn't meant to sound comeback-y or anything, just in case anyone thought so.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
also, is there a Guide to Running These Polls somewhere? like the best way to tabulate votes, etc?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Does Joni Mitchell have a big enough songbook to do a successful poll? I'm not arguing, just asking.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yay, Joni! I'd LOVE to see her work polled. And she has quite a few (7-8?) albums, doesn't she? I am sure we could pick 20 songs from that and not end up with the album 'Hits'..
Mordy: this might help!Alright, I made an excel file that should be useful, hopefully. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQBPGXI6
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― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. pet shop boys - billy dods (results coming later today)2. Beatles - Mark G (voting in progress)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin9. beach boys - iatee10. Pulp - Finefinemusic11. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier12. Joni Mitchell - Mordy
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes, absolutely.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
(she has about 20 albums)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mordy - just put the deadline in the title, make the initial post clear and short so people don't have to work hard to find out what to do, and bump it a lot.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, they've all had fairly standard intros, with a bit of advice where things can be regarded as 'different' (e.g. Remixes, different versions, 'productions' with different artist credits but same 'production' ethic, etc..)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. COYOTE2. COYOTE3. COYOTE4. HELP ME5. YOU TURN ME ON (I'M A RADIO)6. COYOTE7. COYOTE8. HELP ME9. THE SONG PINHEAD GUNPOWDER COVERED10. COYOTE
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
KDT has requested that she be taken off the list as the coordinator of the Madonna and Aphex Twin polls. If anyone wants to do either of those in their current spots in the order, please step up.
Note: this thread is for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls. No meta, please.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd love to do the Aphex poll, but like I say, I'd probably get sacked from work if I did.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 16:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
What a baby.
I don't want to do either of those artists, but if noone else does either I could fill in week 4 to keep the schedule on track.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
What artist would you want to run the poll for? I'm happy to move Zep up to the spot after Prince.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll do U2. I've been giving them some play recently, best take advantage before I'm sick of them.
Also, Beatles-Prince-Zep is quite a run of elite-of-the-elite acts, U2 would break that up a bit in a way that Bowie or Fleetwood Mac wouldn't. (slight intended, but it's only a slight slight)
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
As much as I'd like to jump Zeppelin to #4, I kind of agree with you.
1. pet shop boys - billy dods (results rollout in progress)2. Beatles - Mark G (voting in progress)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP4. U2 - Ismael Klata5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. beach boys - iatee9. Pulp - Finefinemusic10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier11. Joni Mitchell - Mordy
any objections?
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, everyone voting every week is too much.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll be glad when Zep and GBV roll around and I can take a break from working out ballots.
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
FFS - that's yeah as in 'we are of one mind', not as in 'I have an objection'. I'll shut up now.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
by the time my turn rolls around I assume I will have completely forgotten about this
― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's definitely be part of the fun
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Shakey Mo in the off chance Pulp ends up coming up pre September 17th, could we switch? That's when I get back from my honeymoon. But I still wanna play!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
can we get balls back to do the madonna poll then?
― prolego, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 19:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
no I think he quit ilx forever cause didn't get to make a poll and also cause the site is filled with socially awkward people who care too much about polls
― iatee, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
cause he
― iatee, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
thread for discussing the clusterfuck that is coordinator the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
coordinating. doh. force of habit, coordinator was a past job title :P
I would be happy to front a Stevie Wonder poll sometime down the line.
― ephendophile (Eric H.), Friday, 8 July 2011 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
2. Beatles - Mark G (voting in progress)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP4. U2 - Ismael Klata5. Led Zeppelin - WmC6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. beach boys - iatee9. Pulp - Finefinemusic10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier11. Joni Mitchell - Mordy12. Stevie Wonder - Eric H.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Friday, 8 July 2011 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jamie, did you want to open up Prince voting while the Beatles results are happening, or are you going to wait until after Mark G's done?
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Looking at the Zep discography...it's pretty small, only 84 songs, not counting various live performances as separate entries. I'll probably count down the top 40 over two days.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
U2's about 200. I'm planning to countdown in one go, and probably a top 30 max.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe just do a top 20 for Zep? otherwise everything will place lol
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
40 may be too many, yeah...maybe top 25 in one day.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Considering opening up the Stevie poll to include stuff he just wrote, as well.
― ephendophile (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Probably won't need 20 votes either - it's not like they don't have a ton of filler.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
was looking forward to the madonna one most after the psbs one ffs.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 23:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Volunteer for it! Lucky 13.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 23:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
ooh i don't know, seems like an awful lot of hard work...
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
nah it's easy step one: volunteer to do madonna pollstep two: get really angry, don't do poll after all, go out in a huff
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
considering that like half of Zep's discography are classic rock radio staples i wouldn't mind the countdown being as long as possible to give different stuff a chance to show up
― drowning cool (some dude), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
agree
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp i was that close to doing it iatee but thanks to your dickery no more. i hope you're pleased with yourself.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
(plus i'd prob rather do carl craig but wd get about 5 ballots)
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
jesus christ, iatee
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanks, iatee, for convincing me that I made the right decision in withdrawing.
Because that kind of sniping and asshattery is ~exactly~ *why* I'm not running any polls.
― Aphex Twin … in my vagina? (Karen D. Tregaskin), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 09:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not exactly unfair though, is it?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 09:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Considering the shit that went down at me *before* I even withdrew, it was pretty obvious that no matter what you clusterfuckers throw at me now, it's still gonna be less than I would have had to deal with, if I had done it.
At least now, because I'm not committed to running a poll and giving the answers, I can tell the asshats to go fuck themselves, and walk away.
Now enough with the fucking meta and ad hominem shit already. It's boring, and it's clear that all you're doing is putting off other people who might have stepped in and taken up the polls instead.
― Aphex Twin … in my vagina? (Karen D. Tregaskin), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 09:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can I just add:
I've been doing the Beatles one, and basically the haters have kept away. (I'll forgive the dude who called me 'barking' or whatever..), even though your original hater from that time said I was something close to an 'aspie' for wanting to do The Beatles.
Having said that, after getting in nearly 60 individual ballots, going "OMG" and compiling the results only to find I'd got it completely wrong and had to start again....
Anyway, to the haters, It Was Fun! Can't handle a bunch of people enjoying it? Don't come.
Right, now to unveil Ticket2Ride...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 09:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah can't say i've seen much AD HOMINEM HATIN in any of them so far?
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
ad feminam otoh
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
PSB poll was pretty much sweetness and light all the way, guess they're just more civilised than other fans.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nobody ever hates in polls! I've done a couple, I get nothing but goodwill from them. Ideally you'll get some arguing and bad blood as the results appear, to give things an edge - but it's all bickering about taste, it'd be pretty bad form to have a go at the ringmaster.
The madonna usurper was the one guy I've seen who went way out of line but he got chased away en masse, it's kind of the opposite of how it's getting represented here.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ i just wanted to do carl craig but it won't work will it?
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
sooooo.... P-Funk? I dunno if I would wanna do it, I guess it's pretty far off in the future (hypothetically). Would include Funkadelic, Parliament, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns, Parlet, Brides of Funkenstein, George Clinton solo, plus other assorted solo recs (Fuzzy, Bernie, Sweat Band, Jerome Brailey, Quasar). I asked this before and no one answered, but there seems to be some interest on the Prince poll...
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
..first zapp album..
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Large, varied discography, lots of fans on ILM -- I think it would be a good one!
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I tried picking a spot in the voting order that concided with my current work lull, but I underestimated how slowly these would go. Looks like Zep may hit me at my next deadline time. Anybody in the 7-8-9 slots want to switch with me? Or, Ismael, I could go next unless you're ready to roll with U2.
― an excellent source of vitamins and minerals (WmC), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah I'll trade my way back up
― iatee, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (results currently rolling out)4. U2 - Ismael Klata5. Beach Boys - iatee6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Led Zeppelin - WmC9. Pulp - Finefinemusic10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier11. Joni Mitchell - Mordy12. Stevie Wonder - Eric H.
― an excellent source of vitamins and minerals (WmC), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Does anyone lower down the order want to swap with me? Looks like I'm due just about the time I'll be moving.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Actually, I do. The six spot should be perfect for me.
― an excellent source of vitamins and minerals (WmC), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am willing to trade #5 for a 1st round draft pick and a 3rd round draft pick
― iatee, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (results currently rolling out)4. U2 - Ismael Klata5. Beach Boys - iatee6. Led Zeppelin - WmC7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever9. Pulp - Finefinemusic10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier11. Joni Mitchell - Mordy12. Stevie Wonder - Eric H.
Does that pop everybody's cork?
xp - what if that makes "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" finish in U2's top 10?
― an excellent source of vitamins and minerals (WmC), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Only one way to find out! “20” – U2 TRACKS POLL (voting closes midday, Thursday 4 August) is now up and running.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol at my typo -- I meant to say "the Beach Boys' top 10"
― an excellent source of vitamins and minerals (WmC), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I want to run a Timbaland poll, so please put me in that running order.
― some dude, Monday, 1 August 2011 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (results currently rolling out)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (NOW VOTING, deadline Thursday)5. Beach Boys - iatee6. Led Zeppelin - WmC7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever9. Pulp - Finefinemusic10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier11. Joni Mitchell - Mordy12. Stevie Wonder - Eric H.13. Timbaland - some dude
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Monday, 1 August 2011 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Stevie Wonder's going to be a big-ass fun-ass argument.
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Monday, 1 August 2011 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
really? i feel like there's not much controversy about his best/not best material compared to a lot of these other artists.
― some dude, Monday, 1 August 2011 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah, maybe not. Most voters are probably not going to favor the work of one era as much as I'll favor the 60s singles.
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Monday, 1 August 2011 23:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
come on, someone do madonna. is guided by voices week a joke?
― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 1 August 2011 23:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
having just heard arthur for the first time, and weeping with joy that i have such things left to discover, i nominate the kinks for a future poll--isn't 99% of their catalogue, at least the first ten years, like all buried treasure?
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 00:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
is guided by voices week a joke?
eff you. I know there are some people around here that are as serious about GBV as I am. I just hope they vote.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kinks would be a great poll and a fun time.
Oh I'll defo vote in the GBV poll, JF, rest assured!
― I for one am (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 00:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm going to doctor the results of the Stevie poll so that "Summer Soft" makes the top 10, so don't worry that there won't be controversy.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
some dude, Eric H - switchsies? These ballots are going along quickly and my poll looks like it'll fall before September 17th, when I won't be available! (Wedding Aug 20 - honeymoon Sept 10-17!) :( I tried to push for as late as possible but it seems we are enthusiastically quick!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 13:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
premature e-tabulation
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 13:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Somebody sign up to do a Madonna poll at #9!
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 13:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can switch, sure.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 13:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thank you Eric! If anyone else wants my slot for Madonna, that's cool too. I just got too much stuff to do in the next 5 weeks!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (results currently rolling out)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (NOW VOTING, deadline Thursday)5. Beach Boys - iatee6. Led Zeppelin - WmC7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H.10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier11. Joni Mitchell - Mordy12. Pulp - Finefinemusic13. Timbaland - some dude
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanks WmC, Eric :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 17:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
and note that 'NOW VOTING', folks
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ismael, are you using the .xls posted up-thread to gather and process votes? I still need to figure out what the best way of doing that is, for my KB poll.
― I for one am (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hm, I dunno - I might just do it by hand, that worked fine on the football poll. I'm setting myself a quick turnaround target too, so learning a new system may not be wise.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I see, thanks. I can see myself doing it by hand too tbh.
― I for one am (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Monday, August 1, 2011 7:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Let me know when this is happening! I've got your back. Dang.
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
I encourage people giving the .xls a try! I tried my best to set it up so you just have to drag & drop a formula in one column :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
If the Zep poll goes smoothly, I'm going to sign on for Bob Dylan.
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Do these have to be artist-centric? I wouldn't mind doing a grand, overall dance music poll somewhere down the line.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
That would probably bring in a lot more ballots than a Stevie Wonder poll, too.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd love for someone to do a "Motown" poll or some other interesting label (Warp? Sub Pop? Stax?).
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
has anyone claimed james brown yet? if not, i would like to throw in for the godfather.
i also talked about doing a jungle/dnb poll on the idm thread and got some positive responses, but that might be enough of a niche thing that we don't need to include it in this running order? if so, though, let me know.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
there was that all-time heavy metal poll, and the rap poll...
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think (but y'all correct me if I'm misreading this) that huge overarching themes/genres like dance music are free to tackle outside this lineup of smaller polls. For example, Armond Ratfucker is currently doing post-WWII jazz albums outside this thread's chronology. "Dance Music" sounds like a huge enough thing that it would need a period of nominations before the voting.
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
There was last year's dance/electronic poll that just died.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
(the list in progress)
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Motown would be a great one.
I think i'll do a Jacksons one after James Brown - Michael, Janet, Jermaine, Jackson 5, Jacksons, any track by any configuration/family member - think it could be fun.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh yeah, that'd be a good one.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Agreed. I'd like to try to set up another dance music poll, but I'll save that for some other time and stick with Stevie now.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd quite like to go in the other direction and try doing a write-in for one album. Imagine the complaints. It'd need to be a hell of an album to pull it off though.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah get that U2 thing over with already, iatee has more important business to attend to!
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh yeah bold now, I like that.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
mulling the jb poll. along with singles, i wonder if it might be interesting to also open it up to a.) albums and b.) tracks featuring jb samples? b.) might be pushing it.
if i do open it to albums, star time is officially excluded.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ismael, not sure what the "one album" post refers to--?
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
why would you want to restrict a James Brown poll to just the singles? that's crazy.
including sample-based songs is def crazy
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha well i meant "tracks," not "singles" per se. and because all the other polls have been limited to tracks!
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
may do a sub-poll of top five jb-sampling tracks.
xps I mean instead of polling a band, polling Exile On Main Street or Tusk or something. Ballots of five. NB I am NOT volunteering for this.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't understand how a poll would include both best album AND best single, like why would you mix those two results together
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
also everyone knows James Brown's best album is "The Payback"
You could specify the ballot to be top 20 (or whatever) tracks and top 5 (or whatever) albums, and the countdown could run down one then the other, sort of 2 polls for the price of one.
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i will give it some thought. if it's too unwieldy i'll just go straight tracks.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
No one's doing Bowie yet?
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
What you see is what we got. You wanna enlist?
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Surprised there's no Cure poll planned.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
At three weeks a poll, I think your list now takes you into next summer. I'd be happy to sign up for either Neil Young or Yo La Tengo then--can't remember if they turned up in the suggestions thread or not. (My preference would be for Neil.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
These aren't taking three weeks per!
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay...time slows down to a crawl when you're off. If your list grows to a point that leads into next summer (20? 25?), please put me down for a big Neil Young poll (like Prince, anything he ever wrote).
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
a week for voting and a week for results works fine i think
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm doing my results in a day hopefully. Maybe have a week off before getting the next one running if this is a concern?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:10 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark
Not really practical at the moment, but if no one's done it in a couple of months when I have the time I'd be glad to.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
We definitely have more than a couple of months' worth lined up, so I went ahead and penciled you in.
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm doing my results in a day hopefully.
^ not my poll, but I think that is way too fast! You need to leave nice big gaps in there for discussion, which imo is a lot more interesting than the results table at the end.
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
he means tabulating?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Voting closes for VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD FOR ILM POST 1945 BEST JAZZ ALBUMS POLL (Voting closes August 27) in just under 4 weeks. Would whoever is doing the following weeks poll mind waiting a week so it doesn't clash? if not then i suppose we will need to work round it somehow. Don't want to step on anyones shoes.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh right, phew! xp
I know it's just polling for the sake of polling, but I was thinking about an SST tracks poll. Think you'd need a billion people to participate to get enough overlap though.
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
ideally seandalai & i would like to roll out the results mon 29th August-thursday 1st sept.
xp
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
macdara & i would vote in an SST poll for sure. Albums and/or tracks.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
the ones we ran a few years back did really well
way too fast!
Maybe ... but we've had excellent discussion on the voting thread already, and voting's only a week so it doesn't need dragging out imo. I'm only planning a top 20 or 30 anyway, if once I've added them up it looks like I should go higher then I'll maybe reconsider.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Would definitely vote in an SST poll.
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I encourage people giving the .xls a try! I tried my best to set it up so you just have to drag & drop a formula in one column :)― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:40 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:40 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
Oh I will! And it's very much appreciated! :-)
Basically, having never done a poll before, I will try the .xls first. If my lack of knowledge of how to work it does me in can always resort to pencil and paper :-)
― I for one am (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm already on the hook for one (GBV), but someone should really put together a Van Halen one. Honestly, I don't know why it took me so long to think of it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I agree that a one-day reveal for U2 is too fast.
― time to put it in hi geir (WmC), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's too short to fully enjoy the 360° roll-out
― willem, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 14:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
gonna jump the gun a little bit w/ the beach boys voting cause I'm not sure when I'll have access to a laptop tomorrow
― iatee, Thursday, 4 August 2011 03:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
/ this weekend
i wanna do a paul simon one of these how many long do i have 2 wate
― C:\ (Lamp), Thursday, 4 August 2011 04:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg yes paul simon poll!!!
― horseshoe, Thursday, 4 August 2011 04:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
i will do nothing for a week in advance but "research" my ballot
11-12 weeks lamp tho you could probably trade up spots if you were crafty
― iatee, Thursday, 4 August 2011 04:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
honestly I think the lineup of polls we have now will take 6 months to go through
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 4 August 2011 14:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
have we had a Stones poll?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes, stones--great idea (also kinks)
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Stones and Kinks would both be good ones! Feel free to claim.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm having a little ballot fatigue, but every time I look at the list I get excited about the Producers poll.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can't begin to get my head around the producers poll. maybe it'll make more sense to me once we do a nominations thread. feels like such an apples and oranges thing to compare how one producer works with these artists to how another works with other artists. maybe i'll throw up my hands and just vote for all my favorite hip hop beatmakers.
― dogps (some dude), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think that one would go okay without a separate nominations thread -- just an extra long voting period and a lot of campaigning -- but that'll be Shakey Mo's call. I dunno, I can see the value in a noms thread as well.
I guess it would include engineers too...who was more important to the Beatles discography, George Martin or Geoff Emerick?
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm totally stoked for the producers poll. Will claim the Stones though someone may have to remind me by the time it comes up!
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:12 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
i think there'll almost HAVE to be a nominations thread just to hash out stuff like producers vs. engineers, artists who only produced themselves, people who are chiefly remixers, producers who've worked extensively as a team or individually, etc.
― dogps (some dude), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Still basically TS: George Martin vs Rick Rubin tho right?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
vs. Phil Spector vs. Tom Dowd vs. Teo Macero -- it's not going to be as clear-cut as Martin/Rubin, I don't think!
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Glen Ballard vs RZA
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 11 August 2011 02:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tom Wilson, George Shadow Morton, David Briggs...That'll be a tough one to rein in to a manageable number.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 August 2011 02:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll do the Kinks!
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 August 2011 02:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 02:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's a lot of old white men in a row, 16-19 -- if somebody signs up for Madonna or P-Funk or somesuch, there might be some schedule juggling for variety's sake, yeah?
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 02:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh yes, Roger and C. Grisso! Thanks for doing those, can't wait
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 11 August 2011 03:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I will do a Depeche Mode poll.
― I thought that I heard you loling, I thought that I heard you steen (crüt), Thursday, 11 August 2011 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ok, so I'm going to be unable to do the Kate Bush poll before September 10. Would someone from places 10/11/12/13 be so very kind to swap with me? Pretty please?
― I for one am (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 15 August 2011 21:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bring 'producers' forward if possible imo, would be a nice break to a run of classic rock.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 15 August 2011 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Excellent plan, if Shakey Mo agrees.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Monday, 15 August 2011 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
i volunteer to do either ABBA or the fall (whichever one people would find more interesting), am fine waiting until whenever
― clams cassingle (donna rouge), Monday, 15 August 2011 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Monday, 15 August 2011 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm 13 so i can step in if nobody in line before me wants too -- Timbaland poll would serve the same function of throwing something different into the mix
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Monday, 15 August 2011 23:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't know how involved you or anyone else is in setting the schedules for the specific things, but should i try to have the Timbaland poll start by/after or end by/after any particular dates? it seems like the voting widow for most of these is around a week but i'd love to open it to more like 2 weeks for people to sort through such a large and diffuse discography.
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Your discretion. A longer polling period might work perfectly since Armond Ratfucker wants a window without one of these artist poll reveals where he can bring out the jazz album results.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah good idea, i'll check w/ him to see what would work best
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would really love to run a Fleetwood Mac poll at some point.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 16 August 2011 01:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, that would be involved.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Indeed, but I love them enough to do it, and I think it would be a hugely participated-in and pretty heated one given the general level of love for them on the board...
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 16 August 2011 02:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
the top 50 would really just be 3 albums w/ a few singles thrown in tho
― iatee, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 02:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd be willing to give a thorough listen to the pre-Lindsey/Stevie years, but I still can't guarantee that I wouldn't just send in my Tusk ranking. (j/k mostly) OK, you called it --
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 02:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just a reminder that my sometime-in-2012 was meant to be July or August. I'm guessing you've pushed me back to 2013 by now.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 04:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Here, have a prime number. I'm sure you'll be able to trade into a time slot that works for you.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 05:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
someone do the Cure, please! i would but can't right now.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 05:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
also New Order.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 05:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll do the Cure, whenever there's a slot.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 06:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Would somebody like to do Radiohead or The Chemical Brothers at some point?
― My heart goes out to the people of platitudes (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 07:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Some dude, I kiss you! Thanks for helping out!
― I for one am (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 07:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
OO yes, someone do The Fall! and swap with Kate Bush / move up the queue!!!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 08:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm generally more intrigued by the idea of polling bands with lots of albums. i think the fall would work well in this regard, along with, say, sonic youth and possibly stereolab.
while i'm curious about a poll for the cure, they're one of those bands that at this stage i have really fixed views on, so i'd probably be less likely to be informed or enlightened by contrary viewpoints as to what their best songs might be.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 08:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not objecting, but Led Zep? Do they have enough tracks?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 08:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I believe I counted 84-ish. The small discography will make it interesting, for sure!
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 13:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha, I was wondering for some time if there's a need for a RH poll! doing polls sure looks like fun, I might give it a try.
― V79, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 13:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll have to trade with someone next summer. But it'll have to be with Paul Simon or the Kinks--I've got a prime number, and I do not plan on losing that.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 13:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Considering quitting ILX, so I should bow out of doing this to be safe.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 14:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
;_;
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
eric, no!
i think i will do ABBA, just bcz they have a less, uh, unwieldy discography and the variation in results might be more interesting (assuming people vote for non-single tracks which they SHOULD)
― clams cassingle (donna rouge), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would hereby like to lay claim to a Who songs poll. And I even have a title: "Hope I die before I get POLLED."
So this would be in...about a year?
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
When I get to Neil, I'm taking a solemn oath here and now not to call it "Heart of Polled." (The Who title really works, though.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not quite a year, I'd say. xp
Will somebody step in to do the Stevie Wonder poll at its current position?
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Hope I die before I get POLLED."
*slow clap*
Does that mean mine'll have to be Common PeoPOLL?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Bee OK, Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:36 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark
I would love to see a New Order + Joy Division + side projects all covered in a single poll (i.e. NO + JD + The Other Two + Electronic + Revenge + Monaco + etc). I'm worried that my spreadsheet skills aren't up to snuff or else I'd volunteer to conduct the poll ...
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
was thinking an XTC one would be good, but maybe not enough voters to warrant it?
no one cares about P-Funk, obviously
― that mellow wash of meh (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
― I for one am (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, August 16, 2011 3:54 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark
no prob!
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Anyone else here already mentally dreaming up the cleverest pun on the word "POLL" for each band on the list?
("Hope I Die Before I Get Polled" is awesome BTW !!)
― Lee626, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 04:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gallows PollThis poll WorldPolled Me
― buzza, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 04:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd vote in an XTC poll!
― ColinO, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 06:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Census Polling Over Time!
(I win!)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 08:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
are we not doing a Steely Dan poll then?
everyone knows all the tracks, sure, but it would be interesting to see how they placed
― merked, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 09:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
People are going to volunteer to do polls now based entirely on the quality of the title pun. I suddenly want to start polling Kennedy assassination theories ("Behind the Grassy Poll") and Hemingway novels ("For Whom the Bell Polls"), even though I think I've only read one of them.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 11:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
You could always start a Metallica poll with that last one, though "Master of Polling", "Le Poll Messiah" and "(Anesthesia) Polling Teeth" would also be acceptable.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LStRxwN7hI (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I too would vote in an XTC poll. Might I suggest: "Train Running Low On Soul Poll"?
(multiple xposts)
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I figure the advantages to an XTC poll are that the catalog is REALLY broad and deep plus we could finally settle which is better, early punk XTC or late period pastoral XTC
― that mellow wash of meh (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd be up for doing a Kraftwerk one if there was enough interest, but it'd have to be tacked on to the end of the list far off into next year.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ah, stick me down for Chemical Brothers at some point in the distant future.
― My heart goes out to the people of platitudes (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Do Kraftwerk and Chemical Bros. have large enough discographies?
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
if there are enough tracks for a Led Zeppelin poll, there are enough tracks for a Chemical Brothers poll
― DALEKS OF GOD (DJP), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I haven't totalled them up, but I'd guess Kraftwerk has about an equal number of songs to Led Zep, particularly if you include the three pre-fame albums (which I certainly intend to do). But, yeah, if there isn't enough interest I won't do one. I just thought they were an ILM beloved band that could produce some interesting results.
I initially thought of three bands I'd like to run polls for, but Neil Young and Guided by VOices were already taken. The third was Smashing Pumpkins, but a) I'm not sure that there would be enough voters and b) it would quickly be overrun with shit-talking haters.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would vote in a kraftwerk poll
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would work in a pollkraft
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kanye's verse was edited out of the version played on Boston pop stations, I have no doubt this was true in other markets as well
― DALEKS OF GOD (DJP), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:41 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
this fuckin guy
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
― DALEKS OF GOD (DJP), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:04 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark
haha THIS is the post i meant to c&p, i was going to say something in response to that other post on another thread but i forgot
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
jussst like over the moon @ the idea that uve got this notepad doc open where you keep other ppl's ilx posts yr brewin up a response to
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
whereas classic worthwhile posts like:
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 5:19 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
just fukken pop out unfiltered onto ilx w/ hesitation
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't, it was just the last thing i ctrl+c'd and i must have not hit the right key when i tried to ctrl+c'd the one after that. but keep on finding really inane little things about me hilaaarious in that condescending way you do, it's totally not douchey at all.
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ couldve used some time to percolate on the notepad
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
its not douchey at all
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
(i did not actually think you keep a notepad open of ilx posts btw it was just a 'hilaaarious' vision i had after that post and had no idea you would be so sensitive about it esp considering it was mostly an excuse to self-zing myself? xp)
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
i keep an actual notepad of ilx quotes and when i finally see my chance to strike with the zing i get all steelyeyed and cross out your posts with one strong red line
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have a notepad but its mainly got like to do lists and things in it
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
i keep mine next to the copy of my high school yearbook with the faces of all the popular kids exed out
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hope you brought that yearbook to the reunion
― DALEKS OF GOD (DJP), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Put me down for 27. Saint Etienne and sometime later 4AD.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 18 August 2011 08:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is someone doing MBV?
― Mark G, Thursday, 18 August 2011 09:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Alright, since no one else stepped up, I'll pull back in for Stevie.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 August 2011 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
yay Eric!
jvc, I went ahead and gave you a number; you can trade up or down as needed.
No MBV yet, WYSIWYG.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 18 August 2011 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sometime in the future: King Crimson - WmC
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Friday, 19 August 2011 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
The numbering on that list is bothering me slightly. We had Blur, Pavement and Manic Street Preachers polls before PSBs, MC Tunes is still rolling out, and then REM got some in days of yore. Where's their recognition?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 19 August 2011 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
How about this:
Hall of Fame: Blur, Pavement, Manic Street Preachers, REM, Pet Shop Boys, Prince, U2
What is MC Tunes and what thread is it rolling out in?
Renumbering as we go is a bit of a pain in the ass, but it also give a better idea of when a poll is coming up.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Friday, 19 August 2011 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe leave it as it was, I'm feeling like a dick already.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 19 August 2011 20:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Has there ever been a covers poll?
― john. a resident of chicago., Saturday, 20 August 2011 01:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
like...a poll of album covers? or every cover song ever?
― some dude, Saturday, 20 August 2011 02:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
cover songs!
― john. a resident of chicago., Saturday, 20 August 2011 02:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
like, every cover song ever? that seems maybe TOO broad
― some dude, Saturday, 20 August 2011 02:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
80% of all recorded music...go!
impossibly broad category -- trying to figure out the best cover of 'Take the A Train' alone would break the internet
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Saturday, 20 August 2011 03:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
best version I should say
Hey, someone should do a Duke Ellington tracks poll! (kidding...an albums poll alone would be beyond daunting)
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 20 August 2011 03:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I woke in the night screaming "A Fall Ballot??? That's gonna be IMPOSSIBLE!!!"
― Mark G, Saturday, 20 August 2011 08:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can someone start work on a spotify list for the Timbaland poll please? I'm going to need help for that one.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 20 August 2011 13:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
This may sound stupid...but how do voters know when these polls go up? Is there any way of knowing beyond just keeping an eye out for it appearing?
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 21 August 2011 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, August 20, 2011 9:43 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark
when i start the poll thread i'm gonna strongly encourage people campaigning for more obscure tracks and posting youtubes, i don't know anything about spotify but if people want to do something w/ that that'd be great
― some dude, Sunday, 21 August 2011 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
spotify playlists would be nice! i'd check out a timbaland one
― markers, Sunday, 21 August 2011 01:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, August 20, 2011 8:19 PM (1 hour ago)
That's been about the size of it so far. I don't know about the other pollrunners, but I don't want a really regimented schedule for these things -- nothing would suck the fun out of it quicker imo. I think they've been running about 10 days each? Timbaland is going to take a little longer, the Producers poll is probably going to take a little longer (especially if there's a nominations thread for that one). It's just a matter of keeping an eye on ILM New Answers or Site New Answers.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have a feeling I'm going to have to constantly promote the GBV poll just to get those inclined to vote in it to actually do so.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh I thought the practice was a week each. while there doesn't have to be strict limits, there should be an upper limit so someone doesn't hold up the queue.
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean even w/ a week each anyone signing up now is gonna be doing theirs...nearly half a year from now?
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess we're kind of figuring this all out as we go. I definitely held off starting the LZ voting because I'm up to my gizzard in a work project (chained to my desk today from 9 a.m. this morning until 15 minutes ago) and couldn't start start rolling out results until Tuesday. I assume everybody's going to tweak the schedule to fit Real Life rather than the other way around.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think there's anything wrong with a little traffic jam, i mean at a certain point we ARE going to run out of artists that are really worth doing these kinds of polls for, probably sooner than you think. what's the rush?
― some dude, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
sez the guy doing his now and the guy scheduled next
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think it's true that we'll run out of artists one day but I just know that some people get lazy w/ stuff and it's not unrealistic that someone might end up dragging theirs out 3+ weeks
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
::shrugs:: i'm speaking more from the perspective of someone who hates going "man i would've actually voted in that if the window had been a little bigger" than someone who's really dying to run a poll now now now...i mean there are a couple others i might try to do later and i don't care if i get on a waiting list for a year to do it. (xpost)
― some dude, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
and I'd be annoyed if I were the one waiting half a year and someone was sitting on his hands. (but I'm not, so,)
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
3 weeks of voting would be better than 4 days and then a results thread where something wins with 10 votes and a bunch of people are going "man i wish i'd gotten around to voting" if you ask me
― some dude, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
ime which may not be universal, got a ton of ballots the first few days from hardcore fans -> lazy lag period -> then all the last minute votes.
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
ton of ballots the first few days from hardcore fans -> lazy lag period -> then all the last minute votes
All email polls I've ever conducted on here have followed this path of activity pretty much.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 August 2011 03:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hear that -- but I worry I may miss it anyway just bc of silly life things taking over (and sometimes because we outsmart ourselves with poll titles, myself included). Can we use this thread (or another) to announce that the polls have started? That way we can bookmark something and get a reminder that it's up.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 21 August 2011 04:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think it's true that we'll run out of artists one day
This just will not happen. Jefferson Airplane, America, Cameo, the Cowsills, Nurse with Wound, Glass Tiger, Chad & Jeremy, Morbid Angel--there's just so many bands that should be polled.
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm on the edge of my seat for the Glass Tiger poll!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would do a byrds one but i feel like that would have less interest than the beach boys and tbh i thought the bb one could've used at least 10 more ballots. when you start the countdown off with songs that only got 3-4 votes, i feel that there isn't enough interest to justify in a way.
― buzza, Sunday, 21 August 2011 07:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
The answer to that is to start higher up the countdown, but for understandable reasons this rarely happens - there's always something just outside the top 30/40/50 that you think will set things off or just want to give a bit of attention to. As long as things don't drag as a result it's not a problem - the metal 300s were a bit much in that regard.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 21 August 2011 07:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
ton of ballots the first few days from hardcore fans -> lazy lag period -> then all the last minute votesAll email polls I've ever conducted on here have followed this path of activity pretty much.― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 August 2011 03:22 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 August 2011 03:22 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
The Beatles one was pretty much standard distribution curve..
i.e. a few at first, raising to ten a day, then down again to three on the last day.
― Mark G, Sunday, 21 August 2011 08:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd definitely vote in a Byrds poll, but am not sure what to do with the likes of Joni Mitchell or Stevie Wonder, being familiar with about 100 songs from each but that means I still don't know half their discography, much less obscurities not on the main albums or compilations. I'm not intimately familiar with their music the way I am with the Beatles or Led Zep or the Beach Boys, the first two where I know the entirety of their official output, the latter where know nearly all the significant tracks and many worthy obscurities.
― Lee547 (Lee626), Sunday, 21 August 2011 12:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
― buzza, Sunday, August 21, 2011 2:17 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
part of the reason this happened is that the bb votes were distributed in a manner that's likely to be different from your average poll. the top 9 songs each had at least 50% of people voting for them (#1 had 75% of people) and that trend only got stronger as more ballots came in. at the same time, there were about 170 total songs that received votes - tons of vote splitting at the bottom half.
when I included 3 more ballots in the numbers, not much changed - even with 10 more, I'm pretty sure the countdown would be starting off with things that got 3-4 votes.
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's to say, overall almost half of 'the average ballot' made the top ten - which left relatively few votes/points for the rest of the poll. that didn't happen to the same extent w/ U2 cause there isn't as much agreement about the very best songs. I'm not sure that would happen with the byrds. (would vote btw)
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
last few days for you all to send your ballot in for VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD FOR ILM POST 1945 BEST JAZZ ALBUMS POLL (Voting closes August 27)
small or huge ballots (upto 100) all welcome. Ranked ,unranked or split (ie top 10 or top 20 etc and the rest unranked)
All ballots received will greatly help make a good list.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Sunday, 21 August 2011 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dammit, go on and put me down for Hüsker Dü already.
― Aphex Twin … in my vagina? (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah this was kind of inevitable for a band with TWENTY-THREE studio albums that people were pulling tracks from
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
I reiterate that it would be awesome if people posted here when the ballots are going out -- that way you won't miss a poll bc you were on vacation and didn't read through three days of stuff or whatever...
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
That list should have the winning tracks appended as they finish (so anyone who disagrees can put their name down for a rerun)
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not convinced I want to do the Chemical Brothers after all. It's not a prospect that's exciting me at the moment. But I'm not pulling out just yet, there's still time for me to either find some enthusiasm or ditch it.
― My heart goes out to the people of platitudes (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
When the time comes you can just switch to Manilow instead
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
ps time 4 timba voting
― iatee, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Johnny Fever, if you stick in side projects with GBV poll then you should also stick in John Shough
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
I found that a week to vote, the weekend to compile and then a week reveal worked pretty well for Prince and giving it 2 weeks spreads the separate polls out a bit more
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can someone put me down for Bruce Springsteen at No. 30? That would be grrrrrreat
This is a good idea, I'll try to remember to bump this when things happen.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah he has problems remembering to do his jazz ballot ;)
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
shaddap kid
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
>> i would do a byrds one but i feel like that would have less interest than the beach boys and tbh i thought the bb one could've used at least 10 more ballots. when you start the countdown off with songs that only got 3-4 votes, i feel that there isn't enough interest to justify in a way.― buzza, Sunday, August 21, 2011 2:17 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink> part of the reason this happened is that the bb votes were distributed in a manner that's likely to be different from your average poll. the top 9 songs each had at least 50% of people voting for them (#1 had 75% of people) and that trend only got stronger as more ballots came in. at the same time, there were about 170 total songs that received votes - tons of vote splitting at the bottom half.when I included 3 more ballots in the numbers, not much changed - even with 10 more, I'm pretty sure the countdown would be starting off with things that got 3-4 votes.― iatee, Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:26 AM (3 days ago)
> part of the reason this happened is that the bb votes were distributed in a manner that's likely to be different from your average poll. the top 9 songs each had at least 50% of people voting for them (#1 had 75% of people) and that trend only got stronger as more ballots came in. at the same time, there were about 170 total songs that received votes - tons of vote splitting at the bottom half.
― iatee, Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:26 AM (3 days ago)
― Lee547 (Lee626), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah there's not much mileage in being a Zep obscurist - a ballot filled with the chaff from Presence and Coda is not going to impress anyone or be fun to listen to.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's interesting how the vote breakdown sometimes tells you more about the band than the placing
― iatee, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
would there be enough enthusiasm for a 90's r'n'b singles poll? Stuff like Too Close, Pony and Return Of The Mack need a serious poll
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Would be one of the only ones I'd be interested in (out of whats left on the list anyway) ^
― Straight Outta Bill Compton (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes, make that one happen.
― Gus Van Sant's Gerry Blank (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Definitely. It would need a full nominations process though. We ought to leave gaps in the artist poll rollout for bigger genre-type polls to happen, else it all gets too much.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 25 August 2011 06:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
where's the Timbaland poll?
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe we're pausing while the jazz poll happens? Otherwise, Kerr will whine.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
make a change from you!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyway some dude offered to wait a week so we do the jazz poll, which was very nice of him.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw, I didn't offer myself to run that 90's r'n'b singles poll. just an idea.
― gospodin simmel, Sunday, 28 August 2011 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
What's a good way to start listening to Timbaland? I don't know anything about this guy.
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 29 August 2011 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, August 20, 2011 1:43 PM (1 week ago)
I was hoping someone might come up with the goods here. I'd be very grateful!
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 29 August 2011 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah Timbaland poll will get started this week.
― ✇ ruehl (some dude), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 11:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw i'm totally fine having ballots e-mailed to me and tabulating them by hand, but if anyone has any fancy spreadsheet things or a voting site they want to offer for use for the Timbaland poll that would be cool, too.
― ✇ ruehl (some dude), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 12:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Finefinemusic posted a link upthread to a handy spreadsheet she made for these polls -- Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
I don't know .xls's from elbows and it took me a while to figure out, but it was useful for Zep. Then I transferred all the numbers to a Google Docs spreadsheet so everybody could study them after the poll was done.
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool! thanks finefinemusic and wmc, this might be really useful
― ✇ ruehl (some dude), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Glad to help! Sorry, I'm such an Excel geek it's hard for me to make things easy for beginners - I did my best! I am here if you have questions; the thread is bookmarked so I should see it.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you without a dope poll to vote to:
TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL (voting deadling Saturday, September 10th midnight EST)
― ✇ ruehl (some dude), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
looking forward to the Madonna poll!
.. er i haven't missed this have i??
― piscesx, Thursday, 1 September 2011 02:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
You didn't miss it -- the poster who initially signed up for it withdrew. Feel free to volunteer!
I'm having second thoughts about Crimson.
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Thursday, 1 September 2011 02:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
glad i haven't missed it. i'm still too narked by the outcome of the only ilx poll i ever made (Girls Aloud's best album) to even consider another!
― piscesx, Thursday, 1 September 2011 02:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dropping Crimson, adding Miles
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
hah, good luck with that one
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
you should have done a spiritual hat jazz poll
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm adding years to my life expectancy by ignoring that crap and sticking with the results.
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's not an ilm poll without a clusterfuck on spiritual hats
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
o rly
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
How popular does an artist or band have to be to warrant a ballot poll? I mean, I'd so be up for a Tim Hardin poll, but I don't think there's a large enough fan base to get alot of ballots (which is tragic, incidentally). So I'm thinking who's left that I'd consider:
The Byrds (probably my first choice)Parliament/Funkadelic/George ClintonFrank SinatraThe Velvet UndergroundFairport ConventionThe YardbirdsThe Style Council
Which of those is everyone here most into for a ballot poll?
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd love to see Sinatra, then Funkadelic, because they're two blindfolds that I think'd be worth investigating. But I wouldn't have much to contribute I guess.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 September 2011 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
blindfolds = blindspots, ffs, autocorrect going to town these days
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 September 2011 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Needs a combo of a. big enough discography and b. big enough ILX fan contingent, imo. I think Led Zeppelin (86 songs roughly) was close to the smallest discog that would be workable -- the poll was super successful because there were so many voters.
I think P-Funk would be very successful. VU has the voters but maybe not the discog. Sinatra has the discog but probably not the voters. Byrds would do ok, Fairport and Yardbirds seem iffy, Style Council would work if you expanded it to Jam/SC/Weller.
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Why is P-Funk a blindspot?
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can I request to have my poll moved down a bit on the list? I see that it's coming up and right now I don't feel like I have the time to dedicate the appropriate energy to it.
― Mordy, Friday, 2 September 2011 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
vu would be a good one. i imagine a lot of great discussion in that one
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 2 September 2011 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
obv id do a pfunk one if seandalai does the tallying up
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 2 September 2011 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
How far down you want to drop, Mordy?
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
25?
― Mordy, Friday, 2 September 2011 20:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
clemenza loses his prime number OH NOES
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd love to do Fairport but it could get complicated (and huge if I included side projects and solo albums).
Sinatra probably has lots of fans amongst ILXers but few that have heard anything approaching the entire discography (which is huge - we're talking half the 20th century here). Myself I'm very sketchy on the early Harry James/Tommy Dorsey era or anything after 1973.
I guess I'll leave P-Funk and VU to others since I'm sure there's plenty willing to take those on.
BTW does the Jacksons poll include MJ and others solo or just J5/Jacksons?
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I believe Jamie's plan is to include Michael, Janet, J5, everything with the Jackson name on it.
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cool! That means I can vote for LaToya!
Oh, one other I'd consider doing: Van Morrison. Definitely meets the big discography/big ILX fan contingent criteria, as well as overall significance
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
There are some polls coming up that involve discographies smaller than Zep, so I may be proven wrong! I pull all my opinions hot and fresh from dark places best not pondered too deeply.
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Would I vote on the following:
The Byrds (probably my first choice) - probablyParliament/Funkadelic/George Clinton - probablyFrank Sinatra - noThe Velvet Underground - yesFairport Convention - probably not, a Richard Thompson/Fairports poll perhaps.The Yardbirds - noThe Style Council - probably not, but would vote in a Jam/Style Council/Weller poll
What I'd like to see someone do, and if no one else does it I may swap with my Saint Etienne poll, is a poll of favourite vocalists. Primarily because I've no idea how to call it.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
how about a Radiohead poll? I'm sure they have a discography that's large enough (about 100 tracks, not including solo recordings) and they're popular on ILM. but I guess such poll would gather more trolling than others, I don't know?
― V79, Friday, 2 September 2011 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
a paul weller career poll would be interesting
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 2 September 2011 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
A quick search found 93 officially released Jeff Buckley songs (including covers). Bigger official discography than Led Zeppelin! But which track would take the #1 spot?
I considered a Fairport-and-related poll too, but if I include solo Richard Thompson, it would seem right to also include solo Sandy Denny and probably Iain Matthews, alot of stuff that probably few of us have heard all of. Richard Thompson probably warrants his own poll (solo and with Linda that is), or perhaps only including the Fairport tracks that he wrote or sung on.
Yeah a Paul Weller all-inclusive poll would be fun, albeit one that wouldn't draw many US voters.
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
various xps:
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 September 2011 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 September 2011 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
big discographies not necessary I don't think. In fact in some ways a short one might be better. Don't overdo the rundown though!
If we have a producers poll, certainly we can have vocalists! Next up: drummers
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
tempted to sign up to run a Radiohead poll just for a big hyped run-up to another In Rainbows joke thread
― some dude, Friday, 2 September 2011 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Where are all these Jeff Buckley songs released? I've accumulated a ton of his stuff at various times, but I'd assumed it was all bootl3g.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 September 2011 21:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
P-Funk is a big blind spot for me too, but one where I would try to do some listening/self-educating and turn in a ballot.
lol, remember those dumb bracketed deathmatch polls I did?
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
About five live CDs, the extended 20-song Sin-e deluxe edition, Grace of course (including "Forget Her" that was axed at the last minute) and Sketches, a few guest appearances on others' albums i.e. the Jazz Passengers and John Zorn, the Songs to No One collaboration w/Gary Lucas
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
extended 20-song Sin-e deluxe edition
Good lord! Wasn't this originally a four-track EP?!
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 September 2011 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes! And I erred about it being 20 songs - it's actually 37, including three with video clips!
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Sin-é_(Legacy_Edition)
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Let's try that link again:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Sin-%C3%A9_%28Legacy_Edition%29
― Lee547 (Lee626), Friday, 2 September 2011 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haha wow - can't wait to see the 20th anniversary collectors' edition.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 2 September 2011 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sonic Youth is still on the table btw, and I have ZERO idea how that would pan out actually.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 September 2011 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
well the jazz poll is over, thanks for waiting some dude. Hope you have a successful poll!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Friday, 2 September 2011 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll change my one from Chemical Brothers to Radiohead
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 3 September 2011 08:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
no prob, ASR, happy to time so that nobody's toes are stepped on!
i definitely want to run a Sonic Youth poll at some point, i just don't want to be greedy and have 2 on the queue at once and it felt more exciting to get the Timbaland poll going as kind of a change of pace from what's been done so far.
― big spiritual hat club (some dude), Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wu-Tang/affiliated?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Sunday, 4 September 2011 02:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (last few hours to vote, get 'em in)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H.10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier11. Pulp - Finefinemusic12. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre13. James Brown - strongo14. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP15. David Bowie - chap16. Paul Simon - Lamp17. Rolling Stones - rogermexico18. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain19. Depeche Mode - crüt20. ABBA - donna rouge21. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B.22. Neil Young - clemenza23. The Cure - nate woolls24. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat25. Joni Mitchell - Mordy26. Radiohead - Nasty, Brutish & Short27. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods28. Kraftwerk - jon via chi29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP31. Miles Davis - WmC
excited about Radiohead, even months away
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Saturday, 10 September 2011 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
dammit, I thought my mentioning of RH poll would be taken into account wanting to do it myself :x
― V79, Saturday, 10 September 2011 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay I'm up for a second round half a year from now
- velvet underground solo careers
― iatee, Saturday, 10 September 2011 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
V79 - you can take it over if you want
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 10 September 2011 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry! I took both of those posts as interest in a Radiohead poll but not a commitment to conducting it. Maybe NB&S will work something out with you.
xpost
iatee, do you mean VU plus VU solo careers, or just solo stuff by VU members?
dang, another xpost
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Saturday, 10 September 2011 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
just solo stuff
― iatee, Saturday, 10 September 2011 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost: that's splendid, NB&S! thank youuu. so please sign me up for that poll!
― V79, Saturday, 10 September 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
NB&S, do you want to keep spot #26 and go back to Chemical Bros.?
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Saturday, 10 September 2011 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
No, give my spot to V79. I wasn't feeling much enthusiasm for the Chemical Brothers idea.
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 10 September 2011 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
god. is NO ONE going to do this madonna poll then? sign me up for it, it's fucking ages away after all.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Saturday, 10 September 2011 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Commitment! That's all it takes.
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Saturday, 10 September 2011 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
ooh that was quick. if i get 10 messages within the next week approving a carl craig thread then i may change my mind. that's not gonna happen though is it?
― second only to popcorn (or something), Saturday, 10 September 2011 19:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
thread = poll obv. btw. need to free up the week beginning 5/3/12...
― second only to popcorn (or something), Saturday, 10 September 2011 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
What is 'Carl Craig'?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 10 September 2011 19:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
just two random christian names i thought of.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Saturday, 10 September 2011 20:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is there gonna be side projects and solo stuff in the GBV poll?
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 10 September 2011 23:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
johnny fever says it will be coffeeshop friendly
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Saturday, 10 September 2011 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll do a "The Fall" poll/ballot.
That should be interesting..
― Mark G, Saturday, 10 September 2011 23:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
yay!
― http://drdrestartedburningman.tumblr.com/ (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 11 September 2011 06:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
You say yay, I say "What, this will take until 2013 at this rate!"
― Mark G, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
7. Timbaland - some dude (if you were gonna do it, you woulda done it - results start tomorrow)
haha to be clear, i am being lenient on late ballots and am holding out for at least one more, and will more likely start on tuesday
― some dude, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah ok, correction noted -- I'm glad you're getting a good response!
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah total's gonna be around 35 voters -- how does that rank w/ the other artist poll turnouts?
― some dude, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Zep's final count was 66, Pavement was around 58, but I think U2 and Beach Boys were 40ish? My impression is that it takes more dedicated listening to stay current and educated with hip-hop than it does with older canonical artists whose discogs are kinda imprinted in everybody's head to start with (note: I'm probably talking shit here), so 35 seems like a really good turnout to me.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jazz poll got 39, which is at least double what I expected
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh yeah i never even hoped to compete w/ those big rock gods but the Timbaland turnout REALLY exceeded my expectations, especially since that poll of the whole genre of hip hop only got like 30 ballots iirc
― some dude, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
as much as i love pavement,it seems funny calling them rock gods :)
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh i missed them in that post otherwise i would've said 'gods' in scarequotes
― some dude, Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wonder how many different people have voted in all these. I know there's been some overlap...
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Sunday, 11 September 2011 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hi, Beatles count was 58.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 September 2011 00:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
58 Beatles fans can't be wrong.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Monday, 12 September 2011 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
That reminds me, Elvis Presley would be a good 'un to do.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Monday, 12 September 2011 16:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haven't looked over entire thread, but been thinking that the following artists would be apropos:Autechre (lol jk)PJ HarveyCocteau Twins
― Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Monday, 12 September 2011 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ok, stick me down for Pj harvey
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 12 September 2011 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cocteau Twins
The ultimate "I know what song I'm talking about in my head but have no idea what its title is" band.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 September 2011 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think it's probably best keeping to just things released under the GBV moniker (that's already about a million billion songs to pick from). One caveat would be the Suitcase series, where fake band names are used for individual tracks.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 September 2011 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
so long, "Total Exposure" off the Airport 5 album
― V79, Monday, 12 September 2011 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
so long "pop zeus" :(
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 12 September 2011 19:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hey, if people wanna vote for extra-GBV or post-GBV stuff and it means people are happier and more potential voters, I'd be happy to lift the non-GBV ban. I'm all about not caring too hard!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 September 2011 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cocteau Twins has to happen. If Leee isn't volunteering I'll hereby gladly put myself forward.
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 September 2011 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp I actually was kinda joking, as I am even more patchy about the extra-GBV stuff than the GBV itself, but gigantic GBV Universe poll sure looks like a fun idea!
― V79, Monday, 12 September 2011 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
i just want to drown out all of the people who only vote for bee thousand and alien lanes
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 12 September 2011 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
rather, i want to smother them in hugs
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 12 September 2011 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
awww
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 September 2011 20:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
[Sitting here listening to all of the 250 or so GBV albums I never heard before]
― righteousmaelstrom, Monday, 12 September 2011 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
And that's with owning 50 or so of them and seeing them god knows how many times!
What I'm trying to say is the GBV poll will be insane and Johnny should get hazard pay or something.
― righteousmaelstrom, Monday, 12 September 2011 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Do I have to wait until GBV is in countdown before I open up Stevie for balloting?
― Gus Van Sant's Gerry Blank (Eric H.), Monday, 12 September 2011 20:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eric, that's a good question. I think things work best when there's only one set of results rolling out at a time, but I don't see any harm in two sets of balloting going on at once.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Monday, 12 September 2011 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mostly trying to stave off my results rollout falling around Oct. 19-23, when I'll be gone. Of course, I'm guessing I can just make sure that whenever I set up shop, that the deadline falls sometime in there, giving everyone an extra day or two.
― Gus Van Sant's Gerry Blank (Eric H.), Monday, 12 September 2011 20:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
I imagine I'll open GBV voting up whenever the Timbaland poll is nearing a close (so, like, Thursday?) and then let that run to the following weekend and then roll the results out starting Sep 26.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think Steviepoll will be done way before that.
JFever, are you ready for the polls to open on GBV whenever some dude starts his countdown? I don't know squat about them other than "I Am a Scientist," but I might do some listening starting this evening and attempt a ballot (no promises).xpost, that answers that
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cool. First half of October will work fine for me.
― Gus Van Sant's Gerry Blank (Eric H.), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
playing the timbaland poll by ear, might be done thursday, might be done friday fyi
― ibiza bloodfarty rock anthem (some dude), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, I'll just say GBV voting starts Thursday regardless. I don't think one will affect the other, really.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah it's all fine with me, just letting you know in case it matters
― ibiza bloodfarty rock anthem (some dude), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's some really tight schedule then, I better start digging into these Suitcases right now
― V79, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eh, it's not too tight. This Thursday open thru the next next weekend (so 11 days in total).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh, I mistook this for Thursday and the following three days. ok then, that's just fine!
― V79, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
11 days to listen to 2,678 songs
― Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you're already familiar with them (which I assume most people bothering to vote are) then picking a top 20 won't be incredibly hard.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I don't plan on relistening to every album -- just choosing gut favorites, which I already have a mental list of anyway thanks to my years of devoted fanship and strong gut feelings.It's just tracks, right? 20?
― some lady (La Lechera), Monday, 12 September 2011 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll probably do the 5 least favorite/5 albums thing WmC did for the Zep poll. Because it was a good idea!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 September 2011 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
put me down for New Order at 37
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 07:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
All the ballot threads have been very pleasant so far.
I can imagine 11 being a bit of a punch-up for some reason.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 08:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cocteau Twins has to happen. If Leee isn't volunteering I'll hereby gladly put myself forward.― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre)
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre)
S'all you! :D
Also:
― Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gotcha!
WmC, you may put me down for the CT poll.
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll go into the past and do it yesterday.
Done!
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bless you for keeping up with all of this!
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Glad to do it, this is easy C&P stuff compared to actually running one of these things.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
If Shakey Mo sees this, a producers question: will this include engineers? I'm thinking like Geoff Emerick on Beatles stuff.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just for fun, a recap of where the results threads are:
1. Pet Shop Boys: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results2. Beatles: Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results3. Prince: If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS4. U2: "It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS5. Beach Boys: It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results6. Led Zeppelin: ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD7. Timbaland: generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS
I've created a little text file to keep up with these so I don't have to look them up every few weeks, durrrr.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 15 September 2011 01:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
You should add on the original REM poll, plus the Blur and Pavement polls.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 September 2011 02:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh yeah, and the Manics. I found all but REM, but a search isn't bringing that one up -- do you have a link?
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 15 September 2011 02:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
\///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 September 2011 02:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool, thx --
Precursors to the numbered list: Pavement: PAVEMENT • TRAX • POLL rEsULtS!!!Manic Street Preachers: Manic Street Preachers Destructive Alienating Cultural and Despair Filled Tracks POLL RESULTSBlur: Blur tracks poll - the RESULTS threadREM: \///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///
I'll post the updated list like, once a month or so.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 15 September 2011 02:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you could use permalinks so that those links take you straight to the final chart (i.e. all the tunes ranked in one post, rather than a 500-post reveal) that would be even better. (I know that's very cheeky to ask for, btw)
― Neither big nor clever (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
I feel like MC TUNES - THE RESULTS deserves some recognition too
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was there never a Dylan one?
― Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was just thinking yesterday, Dylan is kind of a big omission on the list.
JF, will it step on your toes if Eric starts Stevie Wonder balloting before the 25th?
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can open balloting any time. I will probably put a pretty long lead on it because I want no less than 200 ballots.
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm going to be sort of a literalist about this - if they are listed as "producer" in the credits of released material, then they are admissable. otherwise no. what constitutes "production" varies so widely throughout music history, I can't think of any other way to approach this that will ensure any kind of uniformity.
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
looking forward to all those Andy Warhol votes lol
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
also all those Steve Albini disqualifications
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's Albini's own fault imho
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just throwing this out there...
How do folks feel about ILM polling the greatest guitarists and singers of all time?
Should note: I could never do these myself, but it might mix things up well and good.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 16 September 2011 03:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
[i]JF, will it step on your toes if Eric starts Stevie Wonder balloting before the 25th?<?i>
Nope. I'll be voting in that one, so I welcome it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 September 2011 03:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hopefully, I vote better than I html.
Maybe I missed a link, but I just saw that the Guided By Voices poll is now running. Yay!
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 16 September 2011 07:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
yo WmC, can I swap my Radiohead poll for a Neptunes one? I came to realize this one is going to be a lot more fun and Neptunes are surely lot less covered than RH
if Nasty Brutish & Short wants his place in the queue back, then of course I'm willing to let it go
― V79, Sunday, 18 September 2011 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanks!
― V79, Sunday, 18 September 2011 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
harumph
― Neither big nor clever (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 18 September 2011 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Looking at the schedule for the last three the artists is kinda lol esp. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short.
― Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Sunday, 18 September 2011 19:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've started my Stevie Wonder listening for #9 -- esp interested in pre-Talking Book deep cuts. (Listening to his instrumental debut album now.)
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Monday, 19 September 2011 13:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I thought I'd do that too, since I had turned in my GBV ballot yesterday afternoon. But I started with Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants...
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 10:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tough album to love. Impossible, even. (I'll probably open balloting later this week.)
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 11:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Top 4 songs I probably wouldn't have discovered if it weren't for these artist polls:1. Beach Boys, 'Till I Die'2. Stevie Wonder, 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)'3. Guided By Voices, 'Everywhere with Helicopter'4. Led Zeppelin, 'Carouselambra'
Thank you, ILM. WmC, sign me up for Sonic Youth. I'm ready!
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 08:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
hahaha, well even if you're not ready now, you've got a year to get ready.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 13:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
alright. can't wait for 38
― gman59, Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
kinda worrying about where I'm going to get decent images of various producers for the results...
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Only 30 more to go!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
GIS should make producer pics pretty easy. Is there going to be a nominations/"hey don't forget this one" period for that poll before balloting?
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I dunno, we'll see how much interest there is. I'll start a thread for the poll, lay out the parameters and see what people say
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't want it to be like the jazz albums one, where people are restricted to only voting for stuff that was nominated. pool's too wide for that, I think
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Agree 100% with that. The voting thread is going to be campaign central.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't wait for that producers poll. also, when is Stevie up?
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Agreed, the producers one sounds dope.
― My hetfield very root with me what can I lou? (rustic italian flatbread), Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eric says he's going to start Stevie voting any day now, but I'm already listening and making mental notes.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Stevie will open today, I hope.
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've got a long drive tomorrow, and am burning an mp3 cd from Where I'm Coming From through to Songs In The Key Of Life in anticipation. Time to find out what all the fuss is about.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 22 September 2011 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
can i grap 39 for motown singles. also can someone remember when 39 comes around to remind me i said this.
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 22 September 2011 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Master Blaster (Pollin'): ILM Artist Poll #9 -- Stevie Wonder (Closes: Oct. 10)
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 September 2011 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd extend beyond SITKOL, btw. At least bump Hotter Than July in there too.
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 September 2011 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll get on it, thanks
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 22 September 2011 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
jaysus crust, 2.5 weeks for the Stevie voting?
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry, didn't know what the standard is. I'm fine if a mod wants to cut it down to just 2 weeks.
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Most of the voting periods have been 7-10 days, but I'm loath to set any hard and fast rules on these. I'm just keeping the list.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry, I just wanted to make sure I get at least 50 ballots.
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ok, if there's going to be a Motown poll there has got to be a Stax poll. I'll do it.
― psychedelicatessen (seandalai), Friday, 23 September 2011 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Love the idea of those happening back to back! (two years from now)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 September 2011 04:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes. Can we speed the voting up on these? 10 days sounds about right.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 23 September 2011 13:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
31. Miles Davis - WmC32. Velvet Underground solo careers - iatee33. Madonna - or something34. The Fall - Mark G35. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short36. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre37. New Order - Bee OK38. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy40. Stax Singles - seandalai
actually this is an incredible sequence i am super excited about. maybe not the fall.
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 September 2011 13:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll put in a mod request to shorten the voting period to Oct. 3. But if I end up with 12 ballots, I'm cancelling the results.
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Friday, 23 September 2011 13:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
people are pretty last minute w/ these things, w/ 2.5 weeks you'll just have a week where you get no ballots
― iatee, Friday, 23 September 2011 13:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, that is an amazing list. That Sonic Youth poll is going to end up being harder than Led Zeppelin for me. Really looking forward to the results of those Motown and Stax polls too, imagine that there are some real gems in there that I haven't heard.
― grandavis, Friday, 23 September 2011 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't know if you'll get 50, but you'll get enough to have a fun results rollout and some discussion/debate about consensus picks, and that's what these things are all about imo.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Friday, 23 September 2011 14:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
The dud polls (from my pov) are quite well spaced out to give me one-week-off-in-three type of thing, but I'm going to need extra stamina for this run:
12. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre13. James Brown - strongo14. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP15. David Bowie - chap16. Paul Simon - Lamp17. Rolling Stones - rogermexico
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 September 2011 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, and for me that run also includes producers, Pulp and the Kinks. I will rest during Depeche Mode, ABBA and Fleetwood Mac
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 23 September 2011 15:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
The only one I'm not looking forward to is the Neptunes poll; I couldn't bring myself to listen to a week of R&B for the Timbaland poll, and from what I know of them I expect Neptunes will be more of the same.
I only know the Cure and Sonic Youth discographies forward and back; the other artists more (GBV, Bowie) or less (Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, especially Miles), and I love these polls because of the systematic listening I really don't do often enough. (Hope I'm still as enthusiastic in 2013 as I am now, though...)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 23 September 2011 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love these polls because of the systematic listening I really don't do often enough.
Really, this. I'm giving a slightly better quality of attention to my listening these days, and listening outside my usual comfort-food zone.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Friday, 23 September 2011 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah I like how this sorta became an 'ILM theme week'...also a good way for people to fill in mental gaps / learn more about an artist they're only sorta familiar with. I imagine the guided by voices poll results will be perfect for that.
― iatee, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Plus, it finally gives me the chance to actually use the headphones I got last year!
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
listen to this, you'll immediately get over it
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 September 2011 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
As I said: more of the same :)
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 24 September 2011 08:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
ugh @ you guys rushing the stevie poll
― some dude, Saturday, 24 September 2011 11:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
so I need to wait until the Stevie Wonder results start rolling out before I do the Producers one yes...?
someone should really step up and do XTC imho
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
getting pretty excited to talk about PULP! for two straight weeks!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is there going to be a nominations thread for the producers or is straight into the voting? If the former then start the noms anytime now, otherwise wait until Eric starts rolling the results out.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
a name i dont know enough about and would like to see maybe is tom waits
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is there going to be a nominations thread for the producers or is straight into the voting
straight into voting. of course, there will be a "voting" thread where people can discuss their nominations etc. unlike all the other polls, this will be the only one that is not genre-specific, so I'm hoping to get a fairly broad discussion going but eh who knows
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe that wasn't clear - I am not planning on having everyone nominate a bunch of names and then restricting people's votes to that particular list. there will be a voting thread, where people can lobby for whatever they want and discuss who they will vote for. that thread will close and then there will be a results thread.
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not necessarily -- I'd say fire up the balloting thread as soon as JF finishes the GBV results if you'd like to, especially since Producers is probably going to generate a good bit of chat and campaigning before the first ballots come in, and may need some extra time specifically for that campaigning. I think it would be cool to have two sets of polls open at any given time, as long as there aren't two sets of results rolling out at the same time.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is kind of a separate-but-related question - how does one format embedded pics so they're all of a uniform size? cuz I will be needing to do a lot of GISing for the results, presumably.
(so pissed I can't find a copy of that photo of Phil Spector with a wad of bills in his mouth)
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
ahem
― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 22:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
YESSSSS
GIS "Phil Spector eats money" returns some... unpleasant results
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
How about restricting your GIS to 'exactly' a specific size?
― Mark G, Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Set up a new photobucket account/album, save all your pictures to there and then edit them? At least you know they're all going to show up properly then.
― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, Can? This is ILM isn't it?
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean, what's gone wrong here?
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Everyone would send in the exact same ballot.
― Mark G, Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really doubt that very much
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Steely Dan?
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 29 September 2011 09:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
― dogps (some dude), Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:30 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
shakey i'd like to reiterate that you are in for so many headaches if you don't clarify this stuff really carefully and maybe let people debate certain inclusions or exclusions a little bit before voting even starts.
― wes2gully (some dude), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Right, because I'm still not sure if we're voting for producers, or songs produced by certain producers, or all songs ever produced in the history of recorded music...
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
We're voting for the producers themselves -- like, my shortlist of noms would include Teo Macero, Lee Perry, Jim Dickinson -- off the top of my head...
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
We're voting for the producers themselves
^^^this. the "team" thing is tricky but I don't really know why anyone would want to vote specifically for Hank Shocklee instead of the Bomb Squad, for example. or Jimmy Jam instead of Terry Lewis. I can't think of any well-regarded production teams that didn't stick together for the most part.
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
eno/lanois/lillywhite maybe, but yeah, teams aren't that big a concern, compared to engineers and remixers and self-producing artists (who aren't always billed as producers but obviously are)
― wes2gully (some dude), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
engineers and remixers and self-producing artists (who aren't always billed as producers but obviously are)
these will all count (excluding Albini, for example - which is mentioned upthread somewhere - seems sort of silly the more I thought about it)
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
so wait any engineer only ever billed as an engineer can be voted for EXCEPT Albini? that seems kind of spiteful.
― wes2gully (some dude), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
(excluding Albini ... seems sort of silly the more I thought about it)
― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
No. Excluding Albini on a technicality is what seemed silly.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh ok the way that sentence was phrased confused me
― wes2gully (some dude), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
apart from Albini - who has been characteristically dickish about his working "title" - I can't really think of any well-known engineers who have not, at one time or another, been credited as producers. I mean who do you have in mind here? Geoff Emerick? one of Eno's studio techs?
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Glad you had a change of heart on that one. Rudy Van Gelder 4 lyfe!
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
should we really count self producing-artists?
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah see Van Gelder should totally qualify - that he's credited as a "recording engineer" rather than a "producer" is a bit of a distinction without a difference.
re: self-producing artists - why not?
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe I should just start this fucking thread already
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Clinton counts right?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
No way, he's DQ'd for claiming he didn't inhale.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
been on a Kate Bush bender lately, lookin forward to that one
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 3 October 2011 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just sent in my Stevie Wonder ballot and I'm skipping the producers poll. I have the complete Pulp discography lined up in Foobar, so bring on the discussion thread!
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hah! Pulp discussion thread to come soon! But not today.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Should the "All Seeing I" album be included in the Pulp ballot?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hmmm. I suppose I shall open it up to side/solo projects, if only to get that magnificent 'Ciao!' to place.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's good, there's 3 or 4 songs on Jarvis's debut solo album which will definitely make my list.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
triffic.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 06:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good to hear! I know Angela will definitely make mine.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 12:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
would there be enough ILM love for The Misfits to rally around a ballot poll?
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bump for people who keep an eye out for this thread for updates -- the Producers poll is ongoing -- I Wanna Be a POLLducer: The Voting thread for Producers, Recording Engineers, and Studio Wizards -- so go vote!
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Saturday, 8 October 2011 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was toying with R Kelly today. I know little about him, but my impression is he could be fun. Seems silly to commit a year in advance though.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 8 October 2011 22:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Better than committing 18-24 months in advance if a bunch of other people jump in.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Saturday, 8 October 2011 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
r. kelly poll would be great
― shiroimarkershoes (some dude), Saturday, 8 October 2011 22:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Would be a travesty if "I Believe I Could Fly" didn't take the top spot, though. ilxor continuity demands it.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 October 2011 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
the space jam ost won the 90s poll purely on the strength of the monstars' anthem though
― shiroimarkershoes (some dude), Saturday, 8 October 2011 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
could i vote 'video where he pees in an underage girls mouth' for worst track? also where do you stand trapped in a closet, vote as 1 or 12 individual tracks? aw hell its cool we have a while to think about these things
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 9 October 2011 06:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
That video was credited to someone else aiui.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 9 October 2011 06:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Annnnnnd we have a winner for Stevie!
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
> could i vote 'video where he pees in an underage girls mouth' for worst track?
geez like this would be normal and fine if the girl was older?
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
are you questioning whether it would be normal or whether i'd be cool with it if she was?
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh what the hell, sign me up for R Kelly. Somebody follow up with Destiny's Child + solo tracks and we can have an R&B frenzy that month.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jay-Z wasn't mentioned in this thread? He might be the only rap act (along with Wu) to fit all the criteria
classic status, large catalog, a lot of "unknown" gems (deep cuts?), unpredictable results, a strong following on ilm
I believe this was discussed during a Timbaland tracks poll
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Somebody follow up with Destiny's Child + solo tracks and we can have an R&B frenzy that month.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 6:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
i'm glad you phrased it this way, instead of the Beyonce/DC poll idea that'd been thrown around previously -- definitely need to have Kelly Rowland solo in the mix as well
i'd been on the fence about volunteering to do a Jay-Z poll (or doing a different hip hop poll first) but hey, it'd be fun to do it back to back with Kells, best of both worlds-style. sign me up!
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 00:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
isn't that supposed to be Jay-Z?
― the tax avocado (DJP), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 14:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I might have misread, but it's hard to tell. I thought he was signing on to run with Ismael's idea.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 14:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I say he does both, back-to-back, just to be on the safe side
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
VOTE IN THE PRODUCERS POLL AND QUIT SAYING 'OH GEE I NEVER SAW THIS, I SURE WOULD HAVE VOTED'
YOU FLAKES!!!!!!!!
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
I refuse
― wrestlingisreal420 (crüt), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I cast one single vote for Stephen Street.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
ILM likes it's classic rock and Amerinindie .
Blur 26Manic Street Preachers 18MC Tunes 78 (yeah, right)Pavement 57-----------------Pet Shop Boys 32Beatles 58Prince 40U2 ?Beach Boys 36Led Zeppelin 65Timbaland 36Guided By Voices 52Stevie Wonder - 'Just under 30'
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
U2 45
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
jazz poll got 39
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
well at least we beat the Manic Street Preachers
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
That reminds me, who produced the Manics' earliest stuff?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
some nobber
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Steve Brown / The motherfriggin BOMB SQUAD (kind of)
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was volunteering to do a Jay-Z poll, not a DC one, to clarify.
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
big, pimpin'
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 23:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, I didn't realise The Beatles had the most ballots so far.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Zep yo
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
o yeh
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 October 2011 08:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Here we go, friends: Death Goes to the DiscPOLL: Pulp Songs Voting/Discussion Thread! (Deadline: October 21st at midnight)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 13 October 2011 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
ATTENTION
Voting extended to October 28th for PulpVoting extended to October 28th for PulpVoting extended to October 28th for PulpVoting extended to October 28th for PulpVoting extended to October 28th for Pulp
― Martyr McFly (WmC), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thank you!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hey thanks! Always had a soft spot for Pulp but only know two albums, so am looking forward to diving into this.
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
It'll be pretty awesome! I hope.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Have we done a Clash poll? If someone wants to e-mail the particulars of how to run a poll, I'd like to do that at some point. I'm pretty unemployed for the forseeable future.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think we're still under 15 votes, so put on your Pulp records and get listing! I am going to accept ballots until Monday morning!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 27 October 2011 12:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I‘m wondering if it would be worth pushing the Kate Bush poll a couple of spots down the list. When the order was done, no-one expected her to have a new album released in November and it would be a shame to miss including it for the sake of a few weeks.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 27 October 2011 12:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Same thought occurred to me, but I didn't say because I really, really want to vote in a Kate Bush poll.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 27 October 2011 13:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hmm.. if more people feel that way, I have no problem with that Billy. It does feel a bit of a shame to finish the poll and a week after she releases a new album. It's not like she releases one every year.
So I can get behind that idea. If others feel the same way do weigh in here please.
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 October 2011 14:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would hold off for six months. (Disclaimer: I don't know enough Kate Bush to vote in this one.) Enough time for initial impressions and enthusiasms to settle down and really judge the new albums against the larger body of work.
― Martyr McFly (WmC), Thursday, 27 October 2011 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
should be album, singular, obv
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Thursday, 27 October 2011 14:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's not like she releases one every year
More like two a year, eh?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 27 October 2011 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I knew that was coming :)
I don't count Director's Cut as a new album. Or, not an album with new music.
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 October 2011 15:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, in a recent interview, Kate counted both: "It's not often I release two albums in the same year"
― Mark G, Thursday, 27 October 2011 15:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
(last time was the Kick Inside and Lionheart, both 1978)
― Mark G, Thursday, 27 October 2011 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
With most longstanding artists I'd've said a new album isn't really going to affect how a poll will play out, but I've finally 'got' Aerial today and it absolutely kills me. I'll have at least three from it on my ballot, and at least three others it'll be very hard to leave off. Noöne told me it was this good. It sounds amazing too - I was right to have her high on my 'producers' list.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 27 October 2011 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
If Kate Bush gets delayed, would a strongo be ready to take us to the bridge?
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Thursday, 27 October 2011 15:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
14 ballots for Pulp - 93 songs represented. Bump up those numbers! Where my Britpoppers at?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 27 October 2011 15:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm hoping to get my ballot in later today.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 27 October 2011 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yay!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 27 October 2011 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
the James Brown poll needs 120 ballots at least. everyone must vote!
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 27 October 2011 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
> 14 ballots for Pulp - 93 songs represented. Bump up those numbers! Where my Britpoppers at?
my ballot submission alone will bump that figure into the three digits....
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Thursday, 27 October 2011 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
lookin forward to the James Brown one, that should be interesting
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 27 October 2011 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp I look forward to it, Lee!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 27 October 2011 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol jb poll will drive me crazy trying to listen to everything
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 27 October 2011 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
paging strongo
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Thursday, 27 October 2011 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
As much as I looked forward to launching the Kate Bush poll next week (goes without saying), I can get behind the idea of postponing it for a period of time, somewhere between 3 and 6 months (6 seems awfully long to me, but that will be because of my brimming enthusiasm for this poll), to make it possible for all Kate Bush fans and aficionados to take the new album into account. So if others agree too, that is the way to go.
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 October 2011 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
ayo when should i start the noms thread for jb poll in that case? i'm on it, if things get bumped up.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Friday, 28 October 2011 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pulp voting is in its last 2-3 days, so if LBI pushes Kate Bush back, I'd say go right ahead -- a little overlap is no prob.
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Friday, 28 October 2011 00:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Le Bateau Ivre, looks like JB is a go -- let me know where you want KB put back in the lineup.
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Friday, 28 October 2011 01:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha whoops! misread you there. well, if lbi wants to go head with k.b. we can nuke my jb noms thread. i have the opening post saved in a word file so it's no big deal.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Friday, 28 October 2011 01:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, it makes sense to hold off on KB, and there wasn't really any pushback against the idea in this thread.
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Friday, 28 October 2011 01:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is such a weird game tonight
― Bee OK, Friday, 28 October 2011 01:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
WmC, I'd be happy to push it back 4 months? Making it March? Can you approximate what new number in line it will be?
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 28 October 2011 07:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha, my last post in this thread was suppose to go in the World Series (about Game 6) thread.
― Bee OK, Friday, 28 October 2011 07:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think about 10 spots...? That's a rough guess. How about the new 22 between Neil Young and the Cure?
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Friday, 28 October 2011 13:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have to run out and do a bunch of errands, so I'll update the numbering this afternoon.
VOTING EXTENDED 'TIL MONDAY MORNING FOR PULP POLL.
Why live in the world, when you can vote in a poll?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 28 October 2011 13:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
WmC, I'm good with that.
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 28 October 2011 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kindly direct your eyes toward:Do You Remember The First Poll? - ILM Artist Poll #11 - PULP - Results Thread!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 31 October 2011 15:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Top 10 reveals this afternoon (or the next hour.. the few dedicated people playing along at home are GOOD!)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good work with the links and the pre-numbering polls!
― Mister Potato shares Manchester United’s commitment to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 3 November 2011 17:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Got a little TextEdit file with those handy so I don't have to keep looking them up over and over now.
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Thursday, 3 November 2011 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha I actually wondered how you did that and figured you would need a text editor to post the same thing after the James Brown poll is done [/too much time on ilx]
Good job!
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 3 November 2011 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jamie_ATP, with the bit of balloting overlap that seems to be working out well, do you want to start the Jacksons poll this week?
― D. Boon Pickens (WmC), Monday, 7 November 2011 18:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Having entered my 50s recently, I think there's a decent chance I'll be dead sometime before Sonic Youth and Motown come up (as long as I last until Madonna and the Velvets, I'll be happy).
― clemenza, Monday, 7 November 2011 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just concentrate on getting to the Neil Young poll, buddy
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 7 November 2011 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
rip clemenza
― GOIT BUZZ TOYS (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmm i seem to suddenly have 200000 pieces of work descending upon me at once. does anyone else fancy going next to take the pressure off a bit? chap do you fancy doing bowie next?
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 02:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
paging chap!
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I ILXmailed him a couple of hours ago, and he's posted this morning on another thread. Maybe it's time for Lamp with the Paul Simon poll.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 16:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nah, let the James Brown one play out first I think - my listening has felt a lot like homework over the past month or so and it'd be nice to have a break.
(trying hard to resist the urge to volunteer for a minor artist quickfire poll)
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Autechre!
― daschund derrida (Leee), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 04:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Great to have that list, but should the "Fifties" music ballot be rendered also?
Mainly because the result (and the Spotify Playlist) are damn fine!
Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s—THE TOP 101 RESULTS THREAD
― Mark G, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good call -- added that one and also the postwar jazz albums poll.
Precursors to the numbered list: 1950s Tracks: Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s—THE TOP 101 RESULTS THREADPostwar Jazz Albums: JAZZ IS LIKE HEROIN TO ME ! ! ! ~~~~ ILM POST-1945 JAZZ ALBUMS POLL - THE RESULTS COUNTDOWN (now counting top 25!)Pavement: PAVEMENT • TRAX • POLL rEsULtS!!!Manic Street Preachers: Manic Street Preachers Destructive Alienating Cultural and Despair Filled Tracks POLL RESULTSBlur: Blur tracks poll - the RESULTS threadREM: \///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///
1. Pet Shop Boys: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results2. Beatles: Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results3. Prince: If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS4. U2: "It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS5. Beach Boys: It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results6. Led Zeppelin: ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD7. Timbaland: generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS8. Guided by Voices: POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!9. Stevie Wonder: POLLTIME PARADISE: ILM Artist Poll #9 Results -- Stevie Wonder10. Producers: Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTS11. Pulp: Do You Remember The First Poll? - ILM Artist Poll #11 - PULP - Results Thread!
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hopefully someone else can take over the Kraftwerk poll for me when it comes up. Was looking forward to it, but not enough to put up with the bullshit harrassment I've been getting on this board.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 23:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
harassment about the Kraftwerk poll?
I'm not an expert on them (Only really know Autobahn and after), but I'd take over for you if you don't want to do it when the time comes. Again, this and the Clash poll is sort of dependent on somebody sending me an e-mail about the particulars of how it's all done closer to the date.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 23:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
harrassment? wth?
― GOIT BUZZ TOYS (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 23:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, it'll be ages yet (until the Kraftwerk one)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 23:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eh, see the 2011 year end list making thread if you are that curious. Tbh, Im just generally put off by the current tone of ilx. That other thread is making it pretty clear that the unspoken rule is "don't be offended by insults", when imho, it should be "just don't insult other posters".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
can the jay-z poll be moved up in its place?
― MODS DID 10/11 (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
"just don't insult other posters"
What kind of utopian message board world did you reside in before arriving at ILX?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
It doesn't mean he has to like it.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol were you actually harrassed or was it just ilx?
― GOIT BUZZ TOYS (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay i'm good to start the Jacksons poll later this week.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe wait until after the EOY polls?
― hickory always flavours the wieners (NickB), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmmmmmmmmmmmm yeah good point. let's do that.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I know this is a little presumptuous given that I haven't held a poll myself...
But should we try doing Spotify playlists of the final polls? Or is that already happening?
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
people were already doing that, but the ILX crash appears to have killed these polls dead
― “How you like that, Mr. Hitler!” (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
They're not dead, just resting. The James Brown results have gone awol, and voting for the next one is supposed to start once the 2012 poll is done with.
― Cuthbert, Dibble & Grubb (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
what he/she said ^
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ah, good to know that the artist's polls are coming back - I've been missing them. So the Jacksons are next? Is it only going to be about the Jackson 5 / Jacksons music, or also Michael / Janet / LaToya / etc. solo records?
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
everything. all of em. 3T if you like.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Looking forward to the resumption of the artist polls. I'm guessing these may fall into a February through November timetable, leaving December and January for EOY voting and results?
― Rotary Boy of the Month (WmC), Sunday, 29 January 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
probably good to think of it that way, yeah
― markarles (some dude), Sunday, 29 January 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jamie, if you wanted to open the polls for the Jacksons, I don't think it would interfere with JFever's 2011 albums rollout.
― Rotary Boy of the Month (WmC), Sunday, 29 January 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Will it interfere with the James Brown results though?
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 29 January 2012 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sadly, Ismael, I don't think we're ever going to find out if you helped Living In America on its way to victory.
― 5th loneliest poster of 2011 (as proven by science) (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 29 January 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
NEVER FORGET
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 29 January 2012 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Correction, J0rdan S.'s albums rollout. Paging Jamie?
― Rotary Boy of the Month (WmC), Monday, 30 January 2012 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
yep will get this open in a bit, just got a heap of work thrown my way
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
:(
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay Jackson tracks is on
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
has anyone got a link to the 2011 album poll? maybe i'm being dense but i cant see it on SNA.
― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 23:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011
― two lights crew (seandalai), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 00:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would love to do a disco singles poll, add me to the list.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 08:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was going to switch R Kelly for disco, Tuomas, you can have my slot
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
*SPOILER* I Feel Love wins that poll
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay, thanks!
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha xp, 'disco ex I Feel Love' is maybe the poll to do, it's true
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I think I might go for that, to keep the poll more exciting.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thought about this before, it will be lots of fun but how on earth are you going to separate disco from non-disco? Do you mean disco-as-musical-genre or "music played in dance clubs 1973-80"? Does James Brown count? Do Kraftwerk count?
― two lights crew (seandalai), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 10:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would vote in a disco poll! I don't do these single-artist polls, really, mainly b/c I'm breadth over depth, partly b/c of poll fatigue, but I like the wider polls.
Actually, I've just noticed VU solo careers on the list, that sounds kind of tempting too.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I specifically want it to be about classic disco (as a genre) released on 12" singles, so no proto-disco, or disco-influenced later genres such as hi-NRG, 80s house, filter house, etc. No James Brown (except for the few disco singles he released - check out "Original Disco Man"), no Kraftwerk, no Daft Punk. I'll probably allow early 80s boogie and italo to be included, because they're so close to classic disco, but IMO other disco-related stuff should be excluded.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good luck :) So we're not including anything released pre-1975 (or pre-1976 if it's restricted to commercially available 12-inches)? And no album tracks?
― two lights crew (seandalai), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not trying to be negative btw, I would definitely vote in a disco poll!
― two lights crew (seandalai), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hmm, now that I think of it, I'm not sure if it should be 12 inch singles only... There are some mid-70s tracks (some of which predate 1975) which weren't released as 12"s, but which count as disco. So I guess I should just trust people are able to distinguish between disco and non-disco, even if it can be hard sometimes.
And on that thought, I guess album tracks should be allowed, since the tracks that predate the 12" era often had their definite, long versions on albums.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll vote in that, but my ballot will probably have a lot of boogie.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not that it's a big deal at this point but the Stax poll won't just be singles, basically anything ever released on Stax (or affiliated labels) will be eligible.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok, I'll change that next time I post the list
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll pick up that R Kelly one, it still needs to happen.
― Poon Aggroved (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 15:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
chap, got a timeline for Bowie voting? I'm excited about that one.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
bump for chap
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 24 February 2012 01:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
The rockist in me is so psyched for Bowie/Stones/Kinks!
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 24 February 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hey Chap!
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry guys, I won't be available to do it till late April, get stuck into to another one. Have messaged you, WmC.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Saturday, 25 February 2012 20:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I propose a) switching the Chap/Bowie spot with Crüt, who has been giving off vibes of Total Enthusiasm to do the Depeche Mode poll soon, or b) bumping Bowie down below Depeche Mode and bumping everyone else up one, putting Lamp/Paul Simon next, orc) I'd be willing to run Bowie right now if Chap wants to unload for any reason
(my vote would be a or b)
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've got some free time on my hands if anyone wants help. I'd suggest bumping my motown singles poll but we've just had the Jacksons and now have a similar sound in the James Brown one, so that'd be overkill.
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think the fairest way to go is just to reorder #14-18 someway that bumps Lamp a couple of months and brings up whoever has the most time and interest among Crüt, Lamp, rogermexico and C. Grisso.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm unemployed at the moment so I can do the Clash one whenever. I know it's last but if there aren't any others available.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
grr. (No offence chap - I'm mostly a lurker here. Until something important comes up.)
Bowie. Bowie. Bowie.
― kraudive, Saturday, 25 February 2012 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not that I've got the time or ability to do it myself. So I'll just shut up.
― kraudive, Saturday, 25 February 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was looking forward to the Bowie poll.
― kraudive, Saturday, 25 February 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I was looking forward to Bowie too, and I have time to run it right now, but I'm not going to grab it out of his hands.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Use the extra time to familiarise yourself with Baal's Hymn, guys.
(I was watching the film with the missus last night, not entirely to her pleasure if I'm honest)
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 25 February 2012 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you want to run it, WmC, be my guest. But if you can't be bothered I'm happy to do it later (if you grab it off me, can you maybe put me down for Tom Waits at some point?)
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Saturday, 25 February 2012 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I definitely don't mind doing it! I had fun with Led Zeppelin. I just don't want to feel like I'm barging in and taking over something that you were going to have fun with when you had time for it later.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can run the paul simon poll (poll simon?) whenever if the bowie one isnt happening
― 99x (Lamp), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Actually I am kinda stoked to jump in with Bowie now.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Honestly go for it. I don't really have the time to run it, but I definitely do to vote and enjoy.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 26 February 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK! I'll start it in the next hour or two.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 26 February 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cool, looking forward. Don't forget to sign me up for Waits.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 26 February 2012 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
done and done!
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 26 February 2012 22:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Could you link to the polls/nom threads when they open? I'm not seeing the Bowie one on sna.
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 26 February 2012 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
I meant to do that and forgot. Here's the new poll -- NEUPÖLLN - ILM Artist Poll #14 - David Bowie
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 26 February 2012 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha I don't actually mind waiting to do the Depeche Mode poll. I just don't understand why folks are making the results rollouts so painstakingly long.
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Monday, 27 February 2012 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, you gotta make room for the dance numbers.
― pplains, Monday, 27 February 2012 01:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
if somebody nice shows me how to correlate them, I'd be happy to be in charge of a Cover Versions poll.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 27 February 2012 01:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Stoked for Paul Simon coming up!
Does anybody think it'd be interesting to do a "classic rock singles" poll? Obviously there's a huge can of worms in terms of what would qualify, I guess I am thinking of like your meat-and-potatoes "Classic Rock" radio format such as I grew up with in the 90s, so kind of late 60s through to mayyyybe early 80s. Probably would have to do a whole preliminary thread just hashing out the definition. But would there be interest? Would the results be surprising enough to justify it?
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 27 February 2012 03:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
shit, I think everyone would vote for something different there.
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Monday, 27 February 2012 12:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would secretly hope Dire Straits "Walk of Life" makes it to #1.
the best way I could think of to go about that was if someone who had access to Mediabase radio spin data (I know a guy who hooked me up a couple years ago, I could check w/ him again), they could pull a list of like the 500 most played songs on all US classic rock stations, and we could just use that as the nominations list and vote for a top 50 or top 100 out of that.
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 14:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
that sounds fair.
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Monday, 27 February 2012 14:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Only if "Marquee Moon" is on the list.
― Mark G, Monday, 27 February 2012 14:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
huh?
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 14:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Uh, if there's a "favorite citrus" ballot poll, I don't want Gravenstein Apple in the nominations list. "Marquee Moon" is a great song, but it doesn't fall in the Classic Rock canon. I kinda like the Classic Rock idea and cutting through a lot of the preliminaries with straight radio science.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Normally I'd say let the community decide via its votes, but the community being ILM that'd likely produce some classic rock consensus in favour of The Fall.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 February 2012 14:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
pretty much, yeah
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 14:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, pfff, let's see the 500 list.
If there's 50 worth nom, then yes.
― Mark G, Monday, 27 February 2012 14:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I mean, I love Marquee Moon, but we had the 70s Trax poll already...this would really be, yknow, BTO and Heart and Bad Company and so on. Probably some overlap with other polls (esp Stones and Zep).
Seems like the right historical moment too, since a lot of CR stations have been changing formats - the one here calls itself ''the next generation of classic rock'' and basically shifts the timeline up until Use Your Illusion. It'd be fun to survey the CLASSIC classic rock canon.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 27 February 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
As long as "American Pie" doesn't place, I'm down.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 February 2012 15:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have little classic rock radio songs bouncing around in my bloodstream. Would vote, would vote for "Sultans of Swing" as my #1 song, though so consider yourselves warned.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 27 February 2012 15:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nowt wrong with Sultans Of Swing, though Fleetwood Mac have this poll all sewn up.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 February 2012 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
poll hasn't even been organized yet and the results are already in dire straits
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 15:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would throw a couple points to "Walk of Life" maybe, although perhaps that's a bit late in the game.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 27 February 2012 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
seems like a big enough poll concept to fall outside the artist polls, like Postwar Jazz Albums or Alltime Rap Tracks
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
PS. Steve Miller Band and/or "Rock & Roll Hootchie-Koo" for the win.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 27 February 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok, i got the top 500 spins for classic rock in 2011/2012 -- casino did you want to run the poll? i can send you the data i just got but i'd be happy to sign up to run the poll myself.
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Do it! Start the thread.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 February 2012 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
it was DC's idea, i'm not gonna yank it from him w/o permission, also shouldn't it go in the queue with all the other ballot polls?
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, February 27, 2012 10:02 AM (1 hour ago)
But I'm just one opinion in a Costco-sized variety pack of opinions, so --
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
well the idea of the queue is to kind of streamline ballot polls so there's not a bunch going on at once, right? i don't see why single-artist polls would be excepted from that.
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I agree, it should go in the queue - there are so many more of these things now compared to a year or two ago, it seems like.
I'm into doing it, if nobody minds the fact that my REM poll took like a year to get all the results out...
Would definitely want to preface it with a rules/debate thread to work out the best mechanism for noms. I'd definitely be interested to see the 2011 list - but I feel like the 2011 idea of a classic rock playlist is different than what I have in my head. Who knows? Would be an interesting poll regardless, I do like the "objectivity" of a given list to work from. Hmmm.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 27 February 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
i agree w/ that -- looking at the 500, i'd be tempted to throw out anything post-1990, if not earlier, for poll options. i could try and get some data from earlier years but i kinda feel like there wouldn't be a huge difference other than some of the newer stuff creeping in.
if you think you'd take a long time compiling results, people tend to get impatient about that sort of thing, if you want help or would rather hand it off, but it's totally your call.
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd love to compare today's Classic Rock 500 and the same list from 2000. xposts
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw DC if you let me know where to e-mail it i'll send you those spreadsheets
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
soooo long until the jay-z poll
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, can't wait for that one
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 27 February 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
can we restrict these to one week-long nomination periods or something? seems like they're taking 4ever
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 February 2012 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
at the very least we should get back in the groove of 1 voting + 1 revealing
― iatee, Monday, 27 February 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
we literally JUST got back on track with the first couple after the sandbox/year-end-lists hiatus so "seems" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in k3v's post
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
tbf i am v strong
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 February 2012 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
can one of y'all make sure to email me personally when the neptunes are up thx
― J0rdan S., Monday, 27 February 2012 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
we'll all be banned by then anyway
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 February 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
miss that meme
flagellated
― iatee, Monday, 27 February 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is there special correlating software, or is it just a spreadsheet? If it's relatively simple, I'd run a Cover Version poll
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 27 February 2012 19:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I used notepad & pencil, I don't think there's a set format.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 February 2012 19:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
someone has an xls upthread, if you have basic knowledge of excel it shouldn't be too hard
― iatee, Monday, 27 February 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, here's finefinemusic's xls template from upthread -- Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
last year someone asked about doing a cover songs poll and i really have no idea how it would work: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Put me down for Elvis Costello
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
sweet, that'll be a fun one
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
looking forward to this classic rock poll! in the UK we never had rock radio like you guys get so there's no radio overkill on a lot of these songs
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
bummed that we gotta wait so long for sonic youth :/
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw finefinemusics template was on megaupload....
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
damnit! where can I upload a file without creating an account? I think I still have it kicking about..
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.sendspace.com
― Tuomas, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Right.. I forgot about that one. Tried mediafire, gave up. However it turns out I do not have a copy on my computer here anymore! Anyone else still got theirs?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 27 February 2012 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I have one. Uploading...
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4qloj6
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanks guy!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 27 February 2012 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
yay, i'm stoked to do the classic rock canon! I think I can probably stick to a more reasonable timeline now that I really know what I'm in for...I also moved from the US to India and back during the course of the REM poll, so there was a lot going on.
somedude, would definitely love to see the 500 spreadsheet - donutdisturbed AT hotmail DOT etc. Thanks!!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
and updated quick links to results:Precursors to the numbered list: 1950s Tracks: Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s—THE TOP 101 RESULTS THREADPostwar Jazz Albums: JAZZ IS LIKE HEROIN TO ME ! ! ! ~~~~ ILM POST-1945 JAZZ ALBUMS POLL - THE RESULTS COUNTDOWN (now counting top 25!)Pavement: PAVEMENT • TRAX • POLL rEsULtS!!!Manic Street Preachers: Manic Street Preachers Destructive Alienating Cultural and Despair Filled Tracks POLL RESULTSBlur: Blur tracks poll - the RESULTS threadREM: \///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///
1. Pet Shop Boys: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results2. Beatles: Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results3. Prince: If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS4. U2: "It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS5. Beach Boys: It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results6. Led Zeppelin: ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD7. Timbaland: generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS8. Guided by Voices: POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!9. Stevie Wonder: POLLTIME PARADISE: ILM Artist Poll #9 Results -- Stevie Wonder10. Producers: Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTS11. Pulp: Do You Remember The First Poll? - ILM Artist Poll #11 - PULP - Results Thread!12. James Brown: THE POLLBACK: James Brown Tracks Poll Results Thread13: The Jacksons: The Jacksons Tracks - Smooth CrimiPOLL results1!!1!!!!
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice work william
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Johnny Fever - I really like the jpegs you used on your Pavement poll and want to do something similar for my Cure poll. I don't want to screw up any sizings on my very first post though - what were the dimensions/dpi for your jpegs?
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Johnny Fever's Pavement poll graphics are one of the great contributions to ILM--so fantastic
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm pretty sure they were all 72dpi, but I don't remember the dimensions. I basically created a template in photoshop, altering the text for each entry and dropping a different image so they were all uniform (same for the 2011 eoy tracks poll).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 02:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
somebody should put every single ilx poll result in some xls one day
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 02:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
not it
Lamp -- a heads-up for timing your Paul Simon poll -- I plan to bring out Bowie results all in two days and be done Wednesday afternoon/evening.
For anyone who uses this thread to keep up with these things and hasn't seen the Bowie voting thread -- there's still just over two days to get your ballot in if you're interested. NEUPÖLLN - ILM Artist Poll #14 - David Bowie (voting deadline MONDAY MARCH 5TH)
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 4 March 2012 01:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
seems we're crying out for some roxy music/ bryan ferry.
― charlie h, Monday, 5 March 2012 01:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg paul simes poll got to get ready
― horseshoe, Monday, 5 March 2012 01:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whoever picks up the Roxy one should run a mini 'sleeve art' poll alongside.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 5 March 2012 07:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ exactly
― charlie h, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 08:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think it's a good idea to start the voting thread for the next poll while the results for the other are rolling... It's not hard to follow both threads, and some of them probaby don't even that much voter overlap. This way it doesn't take two years to finish all these polls.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 8 March 2012 08:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I do try to vote in most of them and I don't like the overlap so much - I end up researching Paul Simon instead of spending time with everyone else, digging Bowie.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 March 2012 09:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
think there will be some great disco made in the next two years fwiw
― You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God (crüt), Saturday, 10 March 2012 08:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's weird to me that people care so much whether we rush through all these polls in the next six months or if it takes TWO WHOLE YEARS GOSH
― Pato The Cape GOAT (some dude), Saturday, 10 March 2012 11:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
like, you'll just fucking die if you don't know ILM's favorite Tom Waits songs by November, oh no
― Pato The Cape GOAT (some dude), Saturday, 10 March 2012 11:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
world ends in 9 months bro
― been to lots of college and twitter (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 March 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
We should be so lucky. (/morbs)
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Saturday, 10 March 2012 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is anyone gonna do a Roxy poll, then?
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 10 March 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
a lot of people's ilx contracts run out this year and will not be spending time posting thereafter
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Saturday, 10 March 2012 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
charlie h, were you volunteering to do Roxy Music?
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Saturday, 10 March 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is a strange question, but I was wondering if I could try a poll for a band outside of the list, just to practice.
I've got a band in mind that no one in their right mind would ever want to volunteer for. More for fun than for realz.
― pplains, Saturday, 10 March 2012 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just don't want to hit the Hüsker Dü poll as my first one and fuck everything up.
I guess? My only worry would be poll fatigue if a lot of people were working on Paul Simon (or the Stones) and comedy films and your poll all at the same time. But I'm just the list updater, not the permission giver.
If you want, I could send you the Zeppelin ballots so you could get comfortable with the data entry process.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Saturday, 10 March 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's easy enough to do with just pen & paper if you don't want to complicate things
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 10 March 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't have to do it right this second.
I appreciate the offer of the Zep ballots, but knowing all the outcomes could take away the "joy of learning" for me.
― pplains, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would volunteer to do Roxy, but i'm not great with the formatting of these things. that said, i should probably learn. put me down. :)
― charlie h, Sunday, 11 March 2012 07:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
rogermexico, ready for Rolling Stones balloting next week?
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm happy to take over the Stones poll if rogermexico doesn't show up.
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 18 March 2012 14:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cool! I don't want to count him out, though -- he has posted some over the last week. I'll email him.
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Sunday, 18 March 2012 14:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
paul simon rundown starts today: PAUL SIMON POLL RESULTS THREAD AND DISCUSSION
― Lamp, Monday, 19 March 2012 06:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ooh, a stones poll! That'll be good.
― Mark G, Monday, 19 March 2012 14:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I got email back from rogermexico this morning, and he will be running the Stones poll. I recommended a Wednesday start but it's up to him. That's going to be a tough ballot to cut down to 20.
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Monday, 19 March 2012 14:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Naah, I'm pondering if there's any tracks going to be on mine that aren't on Decca.
(ans: A couple, a couple. Four, maybe)
― Mark G, Monday, 19 March 2012 14:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
guess i'm gonna smile and ignore this thread until #21. have fun guys and gals.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 19 March 2012 14:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
hey y'all -- I have indeed not been around so much lately. sorry I missed the thread bump. work travel may force a slight delay but if not by Wednesday night things will be kicked off by Thursday noon, PST.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 19 March 2012 23:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
― buzza, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry for the redundancy--one of my favourite scenes ever.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
should offer separate voting for best use of a stones track in a wes anderson flick
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 04:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING POLLED – ILM Artist Poll #16 – The Rolling Stones
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 06:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
latest updates
1. Pet Shop Boys: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results2. Beatles: Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results3. Prince: If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS4. U2: "It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS5. Beach Boys: It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results6. Led Zeppelin: ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD7. Timbaland: generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS8. Guided by Voices: POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!9. Stevie Wonder: POLLTIME PARADISE: ILM Artist Poll #9 Results -- Stevie Wonder10. Producers: Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTS11. Pulp: Do You Remember The First Poll? - ILM Artist Poll #11 - PULP - Results Thread!12. James Brown: THE POLLBACK: James Brown Tracks Poll Results Thread13: The Jacksons: The Jacksons Tracks - Smooth CrimiPOLL results1!!1!!!!14. David Bowie: The Man Who Polled the World, aka DAVID BOWIE POLL RESULTS15. Paul Simon: PAUL SIMON POLL RESULTS THREAD AND DISCUSSION
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Saturday, 24 March 2012 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thinking about taking Ween at #49. Not a huge discography but oh the fun to be had.
In the meantime, Stones results are go!MAD POLL, LOST YER WAY – ILM Artist Poll #16 – The Rolling Stones RESULTS THREAD
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
so far i've voted for all but 2 of the polls on the numbered list (exceptions were Boys both of the Beach and Pet Shop variety). has anyone voted in all of them?
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
no wait 3, didn't vote in GBV either
I've skipped 4 -- PSB, Timbaland, GBV, Pulp
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
i only voted in the beatles thread. i regret not voting stones or paul simon (the latter of which i could've done a deeper cut ballot). i should do these more.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I still can't believe or understand that I missed the Beatles poll. Like...WTF. I barely vote in any of these because I never feel I know the discography well enough to be informed, but I live and breathe Beatles music, that would have bee so satisfying. Oh well.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thinking about taking Ween at #49. Not a huge discography but oh the fun to be had.It's actually pretty huge... They have just as many non-album tracks, if not more... I would be psyched as hell for this.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 02:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
If this happens, "Where'd the Cheese Go?" will be my #1.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 04:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ween top 3
Captain FantasyPollo AsadoFreedom of 76
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 05:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
When does Kinks voting open?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've never seen Je Suis Un Rock Star before. Fascinatingly bad and then this: "They'll think I'm your Dad...and you're my daughter"
― Let's Talk About Socks (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Doh. Wrong thread.
I'm not sure how closely C. Grisso follows this thread or ILM New Answers, so I'll email him.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm fllwing this thread, been laid up in bed the past few days. When would be a good time to start?
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha whoops, just emailed you before I refreshed this thread. I'd say anytime you're ready -- today, tomorrow, over the weekend, you name it.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
No worries. I'll see about tomorrow. Was wondering if Good Friday would be problem if people have the day off.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd imagine it would be constantly bumped by people who want to talk about The Kinks, so start date matters very little.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeh, start date is less crucial than closing date/amt of time polls are open.
A lot of early stuff not available on US Spotify apparently...? Off to the Youtubemobile, then.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I claimed the Pink Floyd poll over here and I'm ready to go with it - someone add me to the queue?
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 6 April 2012 00:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
psyched for the Madonna poll.
― piscesx, Friday, 6 April 2012 05:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
PINK FLOYD RULES
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 05:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
who is going to step up for Bob Dylan at 51? this is getting ridiculous.
― charlie h, Friday, 6 April 2012 08:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Met a girl called POLL-A and I took her back to my place"--ILM Artist Poll #17--The Kinks
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think i can take stones followed immediately by kinksoverwhelming!
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
put me down for Steely Dan at number 51, please.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 April 2012 02:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dylan should be 61 ,imo.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 April 2012 02:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bob Dylan's 115th Poll
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 7 April 2012 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
haaa
xp - haaaa
I'm so tempted to change Miles to Dylan at #31.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 7 April 2012 02:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
do it do it do it
but you tell Miles
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 April 2012 02:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
If for real no one else is on for Dylan, it would be my pleasure.
If someone earlier subs out for him, I would take Sleater-Kinney.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 9 April 2012 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
those should be:
16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished) 17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (POLLS NOW OPEN)
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 00:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd be willing to do a Sleater-Kinney & offshoots poll.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 01:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
yesssssssssssssss
or maybe riot grrl in general?
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 06:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Put me down for The Replacements/Westerberg/et al sometime in 2014.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 April 2012 05:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
yesssssssssssssssor maybe riot grrl in general?
I dunno. I <heart> S-K more than any other grrl group, but mainly because I haven't really researched further into the genre. I was figuring on doing S-K (about 90 songs) and offshoots/prehistory/posthistory involving Tucker or Brownstein (Excuse 17, Heavens To Betsy, Cadallaca etc.).
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 April 2012 06:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Paging Crüt -- ready to start Depeche Mode at the end of this week?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 16 April 2012 14:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh i'd be super down w/ a s-k one. xpost
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Monday, 16 April 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes yes I am ready.
― Hoo Nu Cookies (crüt), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Weren't we having an Aphex Twin and a Smashing Pumpkins poll? I'll do any of them if you're interested.
― Moka, Thursday, 19 April 2012 05:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pumpkins poll would be awesome, I have this fear it would basically be like me, Ned and Euler though....
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Someone should do an Australian tracks (or albums? or bands??) poll, cos there could be a good amount a variety without there being a completely insane amount of choice (at least not for a non-specialist like me). Think the results could be quite unpredictable (?)
― Friends of Mr Caeiro (NickB), Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also a reggae tracks poll could be amazing.
― Friends of Mr Caeiro (NickB), Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Think Nick Cave would sweep just because of familiarity. Actually a Nick Cave poll would be interesting (I'm not volunteering for this one).
A Flying Nun poll would be pretty goddamn great though.
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Combination Aus/NZ poll would be great! Tall Dwarfs, Saints, Scientists, Birthday Party, Clean, Dead C, Flying Nun in general, AC/DC, INXS, Enz/Finn/etc., Radio Birdman, Rose Tattoo...
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
understand that y'all might not want to be lumped togedder like that
"antipodean"
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
They celebrate ANZAC Day, may as well.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
australian poll would be a ton of fun and not at all predictable imo
― lathe darkman (some dude), Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
feels like a very timely suggesting this week, too, what with Gotye hitting #1 in the states and a guy from Men At Work passing away
― lathe darkman (some dude), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
and some talk of a John Farnham poll on the Stones thread too
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's also the Avalanches, Kylie Minogue, Bee Gees, the Church, Radio Birdman, the Triffids, the Go-Betweens, Dead Can Dance, the Necks...
― Friends of Mr Caeiro (NickB), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Australia could easily have its own poll, but I'm not sure NZ could...it would be more fruitful to poll them together.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
also it would hilariously make some people really mad to do that
― lathe darkman (some dude), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ this :D
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ cosigning.
Personal preference would be a separate Church poll but I'm that crazy of a fan. Too bad I'd be the only one voting in a Saints/Ed Kuepper poll.
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://991.com/newGallery/Men-At-Work-Its-A-Mistake-51124.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 20 April 2012 03:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
ugh, shd have img tagged that whatever
anyway i would vote an all Men At Work/Whitlams ballot but it could be a fun poll!
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 20 April 2012 03:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
so should I wait for the Kinks results to finish rolling out before I start the Depeche Mode poll?
― Hoo Nu Cookies (crüt), Saturday, 21 April 2012 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not necessarily -- there's usually been a day or two of overlap. I hope you get a good turnout! I don't know diddly about DM myself.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 21 April 2012 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can I claim an Outkast poll?
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Saturday, 21 April 2012 23:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sure, you're in at 55. I'll add you next time I post the whole list. I don't want to post the whole thing too often -- makes scrolling through it all obnoxious.
I might go under the hood one of these days and edit out the long list in posts more than a month old.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 21 April 2012 23:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I Said I'd Write A Ballot, But I Never Got The Time -- ILM Artist Poll #18 -- DEPECHE MODE (voting thread)
― Hoo Nu Cookies (crüt), Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
rev that would be p fun
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 22 April 2012 06:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm Australian and would be totally cool with Aus and NZ being lumped together for a poll. in fact, i think it would work out well.
― charlie h, Sunday, 22 April 2012 07:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
And after that, we can do poll of all music by Canadians
― Lee626, Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bee Gees?
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would totally vote in a Bee Gees poll. Good to read Robin Gibb's health improving.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
NTI, are you volunteering for Bee Gees or hoping someone else steps forward?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just did a bunch of edits and post deletions to make this thread a lot easier to scroll through in case anyone cares about rereading it. Where it was just the master list, I've deleted the post, and where there was other chat, I've edited the list out. I didn't start messing with it until posts from August, when the list started getting long and unwieldy.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
i wouldn't have time to coordinate a bee gees poll, but somebody needs to do it.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
also for dylan we should probably list the top 100, not top 50.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 02:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ditto disco.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:28 PM
I agree with this, and ditto Miles. I'll probably expand ballots to 30 tracks for him and results to 75-80.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think that for the bee gees it'd be fun to allow gibb bros songs recorded by folks other than the BGs. for dylan that would become a mess really quickly, though.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
and also Andy imo
― Lee626, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 06:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
can someone re-upload the spreadsheet template FFM made? the megaupload + sendspace links are both down.
― pizza pizza and cult jam (crüt), Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sure...I just emailed a copy to the DM ballot address in the meantime.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
https://rapidshare.com/files/1571250807/track_poll.xls
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't want to post the whole thing too often -- makes scrolling through it all obnoxious.I might go under the hood one of these days and edit out the long list in posts more than a month old.― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 21 April 2012 23:53 (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 21 April 2012 23:53 (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Would it be OK to put the 'up-to-date list' on the first message? I know it's a bit 'naughty' but when the list goes into the 'Skipping' void, we end up either having to ask for the list to be reposted, or load 1000+ messages and scrolling through.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 April 2012 09:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's a thought...I'd rather not do it that way, but it's a thought. It's a bit more of a pain to edit posts than to submit them. I'll try to remember to keep an updated revised list on the outside of The Void, but if I forget and the list keeps dropping in, your suggestion is a good one.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 30 April 2012 12:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Had a brief thought that a ballot poll of live albums might be interesting, but the results might be a little predictable. Whadda y'all think?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think it'd be that predictable, actually, so long as the voting base is large enough that there's a diversity of opinion.
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Five of the next six of these will be of extreme interest to me. Looking forward to a hot summer.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whoa, Neil Young is going to be a tough row to hoe.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
thankfully Bruce, Stax and Pink Floyd polls are spaced far enough apart so as not to kill me dead. But omg
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Music lists, movie lists, it's all good--the DNA of life.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
manna
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
mannum
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Enter this thread in a spirit of good will or not at all, Morbs. Or, you know, whatever.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
or be tased
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
goodwill hunting?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
A bad pun is close enough. What musical ballot poll would tempt you to vote, Herr Doktor?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Arcade Fire
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am inexpert on most bands' oeuvres, even the ones I like. Also, I don't care to spend the time. I might vote on HuDu if I, you know, stop reviewing films.
Still have never heard the Grammy-winning AF album.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd claim expertise on only one musical artist, and ain't no way in hell I'd start a ballot poll for him.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
clue!
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
last name rhymes with FANILOW
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
first name rhymes with wank more like
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hank Canilow?
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
:-(
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
hank slapper iirc
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hearts can never be POLLed -- ILM Artist Poll # 18 -- Depeche Mode RESULTS THREAD
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Donna Rouge, ABBA voting on Monday? Crüt said he's wrapping Depeche Mode results tomorrow.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
My ballot is ready to roll. Their catalogue is quite like Led Zep's, oddly, at least in length and self-containedness. Same string sound on the late stuff too.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 4 May 2012 14:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
ABBA is an interesting one. i think the only songs i've ever heard by them (which are pretty much all fantastic) are on the Gold compilation. and i think that has roughly 20 songs?
― charlie h, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
can you change 51 (Steely Dan) to Bee [space] OK (like 37 New Order).
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kinda want to run a Beastie Boys poll and maybe cut in line (after ABBA) if no one objects?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
pleasepleaseplease
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Do it.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Co-sign. The field is yours.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's a nice idea. Maybe even before Abba?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool idea.
― charlie h, Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes yes y'all
― booblights and the eternal frustration (how's life), Saturday, 5 May 2012 10:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was going to ask for someone to jump ahead--I can't start until school lets out at the end of June--so that would work out well for me.
― clemenza, Saturday, 5 May 2012 12:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
paging donna rouge
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 13:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol just came to say a beastie poll is needed
but also it means i need to re-listen to those last two records so :/
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 5 May 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
i give my blessing to doing a beasties poll first
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cool, thanks! I'll start a thread when crut is done with the DM countdown.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
donna rouge, you still up for the ABBA poll after BB?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanks donna rouge and everybody else. I'll start a Beasties poll thread later this afternoon. :D
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 May 2012 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
(THIS) POLL REVERE(S) — ILM Artist Poll #19 — Beastie Boys VOTING THREAD
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 May 2012 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
New Order at 37 seemed to be the perfect number, now it all feels discombobulated to me...
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 May 2012 05:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay, so I would like to be the fool who runs a US Indie Singles of the 1980s poll
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sign me up for Autechre.
― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have a request: a (wmc?)-curated thread that contains nothing but the results to each poll and perhaps a link. cause they can be hard to find in a 5k-post results thread.
― mookieproof, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mookie, thanks for the reminder -- I do keep the list up, but forget to post it very often. Would it be worth a separate thread?
1. Pet Shop Boys: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results2. Beatles: Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results3. Prince: If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS4. U2: "It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS5. Beach Boys: It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results6. Led Zeppelin: ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD7. Timbaland: generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS8. Guided by Voices: POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!9. Stevie Wonder: POLLTIME PARADISE: ILM Artist Poll #9 Results -- Stevie Wonder10. Producers: Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTS11. Pulp: Do You Remember The First Poll? - ILM Artist Poll #11 - PULP - Results Thread!12. James Brown: THE POLLBACK: James Brown Tracks Poll Results Thread13: The Jacksons: The Jacksons Tracks - Smooth CrimiPOLL results1!!1!!!!14. David Bowie: The Man Who Polled the World, aka DAVID BOWIE POLL RESULTS15. Paul Simon: PAUL SIMON POLL RESULTS THREAD AND DISCUSSION16. Rolling Stones: MAD POLL, LOST YER WAY – ILM Artist Poll #16 – The Rolling Stones RESULTS THREAD17. The Kinks: "I go to BlackPOLL for my holidays,"-- ILM Artist Poll #17 -- The Kinks RESULTS THREAD18. Depeche Mode: Hearts can never be POLLed -- ILM Artist Poll # 18 -- Depeche Mode RESULTS THREAD
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes: a thread with the final results of all the polls only (and no other comments) is a great idea. I look forward to somebody else making it. :-)
― Pacific Trash Vortex (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 7 May 2012 08:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Started it last night.
ILM Ballot Polls: where to find the results threads
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 7 May 2012 12:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
No one's proposed a Black Sabbath poll? It'll be interesting to see their playlist at their Birmingham show on May 19th. Anyone going? Does someone have to die in order for the Sabbath poll to be slotted after Beastie Boys? Hopefully Iommi will pull through, though Bill Ward's health is often touch and go. For the record I would like for none of them to die.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished) 2. Beatles - Mark G (finished) 3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished) 4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished) 5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished) 6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished) 7. Timbaland - some dude (finished) 8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished) 9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished) 10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier (finished) 11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished) 12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished) 17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished) 18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (RESULTS START TODAY)20. ABBA - donna rouge21. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B.22. Neil Young - clemenza23. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre24. The Cure - nate woolls 25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat 26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy 27. The Neptunes - V7928. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods 29. Kraftwerk - jon via chi 30. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains 31. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP 32. Miles Davis - WmC 33. Velvet Underground solo careers - iatee 34. Madonna - or something 35. The Fall - Mark G 36. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short 37. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre 38. New Order - Bee OK 39. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier 40. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy 41. Stax - seandalai 42. Disco - Tuomas 43. Jay-Z - some dude 44. The Clash - Gukbe45. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope46. Tom Waits - chap47. The "Classic Rock" Canon - Doctor Casino48. Elvis Costello - kornrulez49. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h50. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom51. Ween - WmC52. Steely Dan - Bee OK53. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra54. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain55. Replacements/Westerberg/et al - Johnny Fever56. Outkast - The Reverend57. US Indie Singles of the 1980s - NickB58. Autechre - Leee
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm thinking about taking over the music video poll idea from gr80 - would you guys mind this being a stand-alone set of polls, or would you prefer if they were queued with the artist polls? I don't really take part in single artist ones so I don't suffer from music poll fatigue, but I don't want anyone else to feel too burdened by pollage...
(Also, if anyone wants to offer to help me out, as I've never run a poll before...)
― emil.y, Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think that one would be fine, preferable even, outside the list of artist polls and could be started anytime. It's a bigger, broader category, like postwar jazz albums or the entire decade of the 1950s. Just my 2 cents.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:33 (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I am currently reading aero's book (bought because i'm a mountain goats stan) and have been listening to Sabbath for the first time. Really enjoying them and would like to be a n00b lurker for such a poll.
― CHAMP1-6NS (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 13 May 2012 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
really curious to see if pre-buckingham/nicks lineups get any love on the fleetwood mac poll
― buzza, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 06:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
I seem to recall Peter Green getting some love on at least one of the FM threads.
― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 07:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Beasties/Abba/Mac is such a fascinating run because I genuinely don't have a clue what the winners will be.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 07:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Time to start thinking ABBA thoughts -- Donna Rouge, is this still a go?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
bump for D.R.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol this is the first time I've ever opened this thread and GD that's a long list. So I was going to offer to do one for Erasure but I don't know if there'd be enough interest or if it would wind up just me and Abbott voting tbh. Hmmmmm.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not too interested in an Erasure poll but would be in a Vince Clarke poll.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I'd thought of that as an option too.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry i haven't been paying this much attention but i can still do ABBA once i figure out how to actually start and run one of these polls
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's been the same template for each one more or less, right?
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
More or less, because it works well, but it's your call really.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I liked that once the voting opened, I had a few days to sit and ponder Finefinemusic's spreadsheet template and figure out how to shot data. I used it for the tracks voting but did albums and Most Hated by pencil/paper.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can start the voting thread today wmc?
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK by me! I think Johnny Fever is going to get all the way to #1 on Beastie Boys tracks today, and I think he's doing a countdown of BB videos tomorrow, but no reason not to start ABBA today. I try not to be Lord High Boss of all this stuff other than just maintaining the list, so however you want to do it is the right way to do it.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok, i might not start it til later today or tomorrow possibly
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
ABBA voting is open!
Don't go wasting all your ballots/Lay all your votes on me -- ILM Artist Poll #20 -- ABBA (voting thread)
It occurred to me a little while ago that Devo might be a fun poll.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Saturday, 19 May 2012 13:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Naive Teen Idol has requested that we do a memorial Bee Gees poll and I volunteered to do it (altho I am skeptical of high voter turnout) what say ye
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bee Gees + Gibb brothers as producers/songwriters, I'd suggest. Would vote.
― Jeff W, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah would definitely include non-Bee Gees material, I would think there is some consensus that their chief strength is as songwriters
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Coming in at No. 1, ISLANDS IN THE STREAM
― pplains, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
that song is great
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
We could call it "POLLman Milk Your POLL"!
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Imagine Al Green's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" would do well.
― clemenza, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would love a Bee Gees poll
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
do I need to wait for the okay from WmC...?
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whatever y'all wanna do.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay I'll do it
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just need to make sure I can finish Neil Young by late August--so should be fine. But no more major pop stars are allowed to die between now and then.
― clemenza, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
uh where is that voting tabulation spreadsheet template...
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
You hear that, docherty?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Awesome!
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Shakey, you rock, btw.
Anybody mind if I just call this one #20B (B for Bee Gees, fnarr) rather than redo the numbering again?
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
you disgusting savage
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
*removes bookmark*
AND CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haha.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Man, listening to Gibb songs and ABBA songs back and forth over the next couple weeks is gonna do me in with AWESOMENESS. (And then Fleetwood Mac after these.)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
a disco poll would honour both Summer and Gibb
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh too late, never mind
concluding today with videos iirc
naw, I still haven't tabulated those. Dead cat, weekend work, sleepiness, y'know.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Abba and Bee Gees are definitely #1A when it comes to fashion sense.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm going to run a Brian Eno poll at #59. Excluding his work as a producer for hire, but including collabs with Cale, Fripp, Cluster, etc
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd like to do a Wire poll, I suppose at #60.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 25 May 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eno poll w/ productions would be so much more fun!
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished) 2. Beatles - Mark G (finished) 3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished) 4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished) 5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished) 6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished) 7. Timbaland - some dude (finished) 8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished) 9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished) 10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier (finished) 11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished) 12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished) 17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished) 18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished mostly except for videos)20. ABBA - donna rouge (VOTING NOW OPEN)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (VOTING ALSO NOW OPEN)21. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B.22. Neil Young - clemenza23. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre24. The Cure - nate woolls 25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat 26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy 27. The Neptunes - V7928. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods 29. Kraftwerk - jon via chi 30. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains 31. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP 32. Miles Davis - WmC 33. Velvet Underground solo careers - iatee 34. Madonna - or something 35. The Fall - Mark G 36. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short 37. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre 38. New Order - Bee OK 39. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier 40. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy 41. Stax - seandalai 42. Disco - Tuomas 43. Jay-Z - some dude 44. The Clash - Gukbe45. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope46. Tom Waits - chap47. The "Classic Rock" Canon - Doctor Casino48. Elvis Costello - kornrulez49. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h50. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom51. Ween - WmC52. Steely Dan - Bee OK53. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra54. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain55. Replacements/Westerberg/et al - Johnny Fever56. Outkast - The Reverend57. US Indie Singles of the 1980s - NickB58. Autechre - Leee59. Brian Eno - WmC60. Wire - Z S
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Friday, 25 May 2012 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
is finefinemusic's excel spreadsheet available anywhere? the link upthread seems to not be working...
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
expand to view the whole thread, it's been reposted a few times. I grabbed it from one of the recent links last week
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
If this one doesn't work, I can email you a copy. Is your ILX login address a good one to send the file to?
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
rolling out the ABBA results this week!
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Monday, 4 June 2012 16:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
Cool! Here's a link to the results thread -- You can POLL, you can jive, having the time of your life -- ILM Artist Poll #20 -- ABBA (RESULTS THREAD)
I wish there was more Fleetwood Mac on Spotify -- I definitely plan to vote in that one, but there's a big 1969-1975 gap. Hopefully Youtube will provide.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Monday, 4 June 2012 17:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
The 1975 s/t is missing, which is very strange.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 4 June 2012 17:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
q: i know tuomas is doing a disco poll (that i am VERY excited about btw) and that they'll probably get pretty well-represented there but would there be any interest in a chic organization/bernard + nile poll? i would be interested in running it if so
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Monday, 4 June 2012 17:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
That'd definitely work imo. What do you have in mind? Chic, production work, everything?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 4 June 2012 18:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
maybe limited to stuff they both were involved in? not sure yet
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Monday, 4 June 2012 18:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
― Ismael Klata, Monday, June 4, 2012 12:43 PM (2 hours ago)
hahaha, Spotify is such a mess...check out the "additional tracks" on the 1968 s/t -- that's where they have the 1975 album tucked away.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Monday, 4 June 2012 19:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
would love a chic organisation poll
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 4 June 2012 21:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
+1
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 21:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
hah at this rate i'll have two years to figure out how it'll work so i will go ahead and volunteer for it
also ABBA poll est fini, so i guess the fleetwood mac poll can start now?
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Friday, 8 June 2012 02:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
The Fleetwood Mac timing is eerie.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 June 2012 02:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
had the same thought
― balls, Friday, 8 June 2012 02:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah :/
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Friday, 8 June 2012 02:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
everytime i see that poll list i stop at #53 and think i have no idea how i'm gonna manage to put that ballot together
― balls, Friday, 8 June 2012 02:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
The Fleetwood Mac timing is eerie.― clemenza, Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:33 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― clemenza, Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:33 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
For your sake, I hope Neil & The Horse have good doctors on tour.
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 June 2012 02:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
Dylan is one of about three where 20 songs will be no problem for me. Even with the Beatles, down towards the very bottom I moved from unequivocally love to like a whole lot.
ABBA will be the one poll in four where a hearse isn't close by. So yes, hang on, Neil.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 June 2012 02:55 (11 months ago) Permalink
these should all be run simultaneously, starting tomorrow
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Friday, 8 June 2012 03:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
Bee Gees extended deadline is tomorrow, so I guess no need to hold off starting the Mac. I hope Shakey gets enough ballots to generate interesting results...
Donna R, you're in at #61 with the Chic Organization. Thanks for running the ABBA poll!
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Friday, 8 June 2012 03:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
33. Velvet Underground solo careers - iatee
Is this VU and solo careers or just VU solo careers? Cause a Reed/Cale poll sounds like a lot of fun
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 8 June 2012 03:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
it seems a bit weird to consciously skip VU, but limiting it to reed/cale could be more concise.
― charlie h, Friday, 8 June 2012 03:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
should point out that the electronic dance music of the 00s will be happening soon-ish, and for people to vote in it.
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Friday, 8 June 2012 05:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
Paging Clarke B.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
Bump while Clarke is looking at ILX.
― 9 1/2 Gleeks (WmC), Saturday, 9 June 2012 13:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
we're on to you Clarke
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 9 June 2012 13:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
I think I missed him by 2 minutes.
― 9 1/2 Gleeks (WmC), Saturday, 9 June 2012 13:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
with great power comes great responsibility
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 9 June 2012 14:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
reed/cale tho I was reconsidering doing it because I'm not sure it will get more than 10 votes
― iatee, Saturday, 9 June 2012 18:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
*submits ballot with 30 nico songs*
― buzza, Saturday, 9 June 2012 18:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
Can't forget Tea Party Mo
― 9 1/2 Gleeks (WmC), Saturday, 9 June 2012 18:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
American Flyer sweeps teh top ten.
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 June 2012 18:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
ILXmailed Clarke B
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Monday, 11 June 2012 00:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
VU with solo careers is a great idea because the band's catalog is relatively small and the solo offshoots are kind of part of the same canon and it'd be interesting to see where they rank with the VU songs. just a Reed poll would be one thing, Reed/Cale/Nico etc. with no VU is just weird to me.
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Monday, 11 June 2012 01:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm alive! It's been a crazy month so far (I'm moving next week, for the first time in seven years--and definitely having some remorse about the amount of vinyl I've accumulated...), so I haven't been as present on ILM--apologies for the unresponsiveness. I'm pumped to do this poll, though, and I will design the parameters today and get everything set up and ready for launch. I honestly have no clue as to how I'm going to narrow down my own choices, and I have a good feeling this will be a lively, high-participation poll. (Speaking of which, shall I wait for the green light to post the poll itself?)
― Clarke B., Monday, 11 June 2012 14:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
If you're planning on whetting the appetite with one of those best-album-type polls, can I suggest running a 'favourite member' mini-poll?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 15:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm looking forward to it! I don't know if the Bee Gees even has a sustainable amount of ballots yet to make a rollout happen.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 June 2012 15:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
if you've extended the deadline and want people to keep voting you should bump the thread and update the title so that people know, I just assumed I missed the window but may try to put together a ballot this week if there's still time
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Monday, 11 June 2012 15:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
Sorry about the Bee Gees! I could certainly get my girlfriend to submit a ballot there. Ismael, I like that idea... But it's already happened:
Favourite Member Of Fleetwood Mac
― Clarke B., Monday, 11 June 2012 15:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
Shakey Mo's last update said he had but a mere ten ballots.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 June 2012 15:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
Low turnout for Bee Gees is a bummer, but it would be good to get things moving again.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Monday, 11 June 2012 15:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
Shall I wait until there's an official closing date for the Bee Gees, or should I just go ahead and roll out the Fleetwood Mac poll?
― Clarke B., Monday, 11 June 2012 16:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm trying to ascertain if there are other potential Bee Gees voters who just haven't been able to yet, or if I should just call it a day and go forward with the results from the 13 ballots I have so far.
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
ok, gonna keep the Bee Gees poll open until Friday in the hopes that it'll top 20 ballots
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 June 2012 20:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
the ABBA poll had 19 ballots fwiw
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Monday, 11 June 2012 20:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
yes well ABBA sucks
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 June 2012 20:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 June 2012 20:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
I could vote in Bee Gees but I'm on the road for a long time & have no way to do any concentrated listening; do you want a top of the head ballot which will be slanted toward hits? I feel the view that the pollz are for headz & I'm def not one for los BGs but I know enough jams; don't really know the convention around here anymore
― Euler, Monday, 11 June 2012 21:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
you can just c+p my ballot if that makes it any easier
but seriously I'm for any and all votes. Don't care how long, exhaustive, or informed they are.
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 June 2012 21:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
plenty of youtubes in the noms thread if you want a playlist for an hour or so
just vote for some songs, mang
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 June 2012 22:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
not after that ABBA slander i won't
jk i'm not voting because i only really know the 'saturday night fever' stuff
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Monday, 11 June 2012 22:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
That's OK. It's their best stuff anyway.
― ninguna informacion para la DEA (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 02:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
I think last Friday's Bee Gees deadline was the last one, so Clarke, I think you could go ahead and start the Mac while SMC is rolling out results.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Monday, 18 June 2012 15:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
Bump for Clarke - sorry to catch you right when you're moving house, but it sounded like you had the poll pretty much ready to push down the hill.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
bump
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 20:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results2. Beatles: Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results3. Prince: If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS4. U2: "It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS5. Beach Boys: It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results6. Led Zeppelin: ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD7. Timbaland: generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS8. Guided by Voices: POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!9. Stevie Wonder: POLLTIME PARADISE: ILM Artist Poll #9 Results -- Stevie Wonder10. Producers: Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTS11. Pulp: Do You Remember The First Poll? - ILM Artist Poll #11 - PULP - Results Thread!12. James Brown: THE POLLBACK: James Brown Tracks Poll Results Thread13: The Jacksons: The Jacksons Tracks - Smooth CrimiPOLL results1!!1!!!!14. David Bowie: The Man Who Polled the World, aka DAVID BOWIE POLL RESULTS15. Paul Simon: PAUL SIMON POLL RESULTS THREAD AND DISCUSSION16. Rolling Stones: MAD POLL, LOST YER WAY – ILM Artist Poll #16 – The Rolling Stones RESULTS THREAD17. The Kinks: "I go to BlackPOLL for my holidays,"-- ILM Artist Poll #17 -- The Kinks RESULTS THREAD18. Depeche Mode: Hearts can never be POLLed -- ILM Artist Poll # 18 -- Depeche Mode RESULTS THREAD19. Beastie Boys: (THIS) POLL REVERE(S) — ILM Artist Poll #19 — Beastie Boys RESULTS20. ABBA: You can POLL, you can jive, having the time of your life -- ILM Artist Poll #20 -- ABBA (RESULTS THREAD)20B. Bee Gees: How Can You Poll a Broken Heart - the Robin Gibb Memorial BEE GEES TRACKS POLL RESULTS
Yo Clarke!
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 21:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
ILXmailed Clarke again yesterday. I know he mentioned moving house...tempting to bump Neil Young & Clemenza up a spot so we can get moving again. Y/N?
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
Skip straight to disco.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah it's been too long since we had a poll with any disco in it
― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
ding-dong-ding Ah-haa! poll it
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
It's my last week till vacation, so I can start Neil Young whenever. My posting would be mostly at night until June 29, but it would just be the voting thread anyway. Let me know when you want me to go ahead.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 June 2012 19:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
It'd be nice to get something going. OK, executive decision -- switch F. Mac and N. Young. Clarke, carry on with house moving and don't worry about polling on top of other stuff. Clemenza, you may fire when ready.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
*cues up Neil playlist*
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
yippee
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
finally, the push I need to listen to Trans
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
tbh I'm super-psyched for The Who (getting close!)
Pink Floyd feels so far away ;_;
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
Great, I'll get a thread up when I get home. Is it locked in that you use the standard scoring? I'd kind of like to do a Pazz & Jop variation, but I don't know if that starts to feel like work when you compile your ballot. If it does, I'll stick with the usual.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
Dealer's choice. If you have a scoring method you want to use, go for it.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
Can't remember if you've previously ruled on this, but will it include CSNY and Buffalo Springfield?
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:55 (11 months ago) Permalink
it really should.
― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
It'll include everything. Even Nicolette Larson.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 June 2012 22:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
i am super pumped about the neil young poll, clemenza!
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Thursday, 21 June 2012 22:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
teachers gonna flip the fuck out for neil young
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 21 June 2012 22:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
uncle neil gonna get some love itt
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 June 2012 22:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
WmC, that was a great call... Thanks for the mercy bump. I was anticipating being able to start the Fleetwood Mac poll before the move actually happened, but with the timing of the Bee Gees poll it worked out to be really tough. Sorry for not jumping on this, but I will be a much better and more active poll-leader once I'm unpacked and somewhat settled. (And once I've found the Mac among the 28 boxes of LPs I just moved...)
― Clarke B., Friday, 22 June 2012 16:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
No prob, have fun unpacking!
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Friday, 22 June 2012 16:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yah. I would like to run a Spacemen 3/Spiritualized/Spectrum/E.A.R./Darkside/Rugby drone-rock all-stars poll but it probably won't come up in the queue until 2016. On the other hand, the new Spectrum album may come out before then.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 22 June 2012 17:55 (11 months ago) Permalink
Looove the idea of a SP3 and related poll... And I'd like to do an Iron Maiden one at some point down the line.
― Clarke B., Friday, 22 June 2012 20:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
MAIDEN
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 June 2012 20:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
<3
I'd been tempted to throw together a Stone Roses micropoll to celebrate their comeback gigs - but I hadn't realised they were only next weekend. Their discography is tiny though, and clemenza's deadline is quite far ahead, so it might just work.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 22 June 2012 21:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
would vote in S3 poll
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 June 2012 21:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
OK I'm in... Put me down for the Spacemen 3 & descendents poll.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 22 June 2012 21:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
I predict "Bikeage" will win.
― thread is p much urine (how's life), Friday, 22 June 2012 22:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
OK Elvis, #62 and S3 are yours. Will include in the next update.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Friday, 22 June 2012 23:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
Even though I'm quite nervous about my upcoming Cure poll and I've done no prep work for it at all - can I do a Radiohead poll?
― nate woolls, Saturday, 23 June 2012 06:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
Any enthusiasm for a quickfire Stone Roses poll, or is this a silly idea? I'm thinking voting 'til Thursday, then a very short countdown on Friday before the big gig.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 23 June 2012 10:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
can I do a Radiohead poll?
I say 'yes'. I think I was down to do one, then let someone else take it over, and then they switched to another group/artist altogether and I ended up about twenty places further down the list with a PJ Harvey one.
Any enthusiasm for a quickfire Stone Roses poll, or is this a silly idea?
I'll vote if you do it. You might want to restrict people to just voting for their top 10 if you want people to vote without much thinking time.
― Nessun Biscotto (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 23 June 2012 12:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
ballot poll seems a bit much for a band w/ 2 albums, wouldn't an automated poll thread work better?
― some dude, Saturday, 23 June 2012 12:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
I can't help feeling we've had this discussion before
― Nessun Biscotto (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 23 June 2012 12:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
The Best Stone Roses Single
― some dude, Saturday, 23 June 2012 12:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah guys w/ two albums getting a ballot poll is p silly. lets have nominations! oh look we nominated everything! lets have 20 vote ballots! oh you all voted for everything! fun!
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 23 June 2012 13:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm not planning on clogging up people's time with this. It'd be seven-vote ballots, and the rundown would be a top ten only.
I'm curious to see how the ultrashort format plays, and it's just a throwaway for a special occasion anyway. If it doesn't work it doesn't work, no big deal.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 23 June 2012 14:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
are we still doing the overlapping method? this seems to be taking even more forever than i thought it would
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 June 2012 23:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
should be a countdown every week imo.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 23:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, or every other week at least. People complain often about laboring over ballots (I've done it too), but in the end it's pretty easy to sit down and knock one out in less than an hour while listening to the artist's tracks. The thing I liked about these polls in the beginning was how off-the-cuff and fun they were. Now, everyone treats them like homework.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 23:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
I agree with that 100%. I understand that for some voters, these are a springboard to explore someone's entire catalog. Detached from everything else, that's a good thing. But to me, you don't need a poll for that--that can be done any time you want. For these polls, just make a list of whatever your favourites are already. Knock it off quickly. If you want to YouTube a a handful of old favourites you haven't heard in a while, great. If you can only make it to 10 songs, send in a list of 10. If the poll turns up a song you'd never before heard and absolutely would have voted for if you had, that's a good thing. You haven't let anyone down--least of all the Rolling Stones or Abba or James Brown.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 23:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, a lot of heavy discog research/listening makes it awfully close to work. It would be good when the results thread for an artist gets going, for the voting for the next poll to start. TBH, the Bee Gees poll with 2 pushed-back deadlines threw a wrench into everything, no offense intended toward Bee Gees fans. Clarke's house-moving was an unforeseen circumstance...but I think (hope) we can get going faster now.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 23:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
after the pause in artist polls because of the board being down/year-end polls/the James Brown snafu/etc., we've had results for 10 different polls run in the space of a little over 4 months. i think every 2 weeks or so is a pretty good rate but i realize there are people who will just DIE if we don't run an Autechre poll in the next 12 months.
― some dude, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 00:07 (10 months ago) Permalink
Ahem.
― Moves Like Zappa (Leee), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 01:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
for some voters, these are a springboard to explore someone's entire catalog
See, I love this. I'll throw out a ballot in no time if I know the catalogue - I did Zep in twenty minutes while walking round the shops - but for a major artist I don't really know, exploring a catalogue I never otherwise would is totally what I get out of it. It's all about the discussion thread too, outside the top tens I don't much care about results.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 06:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
Saint Et soon come?
Now, I wonder which song I shall place newly at no 1, hmmm...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 06:27 (10 months ago) Permalink
We need a poll for the worst late 80s / early 90s graduation songs.Nominees:
"Right Here, Right Now" Jesus Jones"End of the Road" Boyz II Men"These Are Days" 10,000 Maniacs"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" Boyz II Men
Any others?
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 15:27 (10 months ago) Permalink
"We will always remember, oh god what was it?" The Beach Boys
― Mark G, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 15:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
That was a Four Freshmen cover iirc
― Lee626, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 15:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" Boyz II Men - only one i can stomach/enjoy in 2012
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 16:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I like that song
― can you believe they put a man otm (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 28 June 2012 04:22 (10 months ago) Permalink
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished) 2. Beatles - Mark G (finished) 3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished) 4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished) 5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished) 6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished) 7. Timbaland - some dude (finished) 8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished) 9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished) 10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier (finished) 11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished) 12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished) 17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished) 18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (LAST COUPLE OF DAYS TO VOTE, I CAN FEEL IT GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B.23. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre24. The Cure - nate woolls 25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat 26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy 27. The Neptunes - V7928. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods 29. Kraftwerk - jon via chi 30. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains 31. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP 32. Miles Davis - WmC 33. Velvet Underground solo careers - iatee 34. Madonna - or something 35. The Fall - Mark G 36. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short 37. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre 38. New Order - Bee OK 39. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier 40. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy 41. Stax - seandalai 42. Disco - Tuomas 43. Jay-Z - some dude 44. The Clash - Gukbe45. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope46. Tom Waits - chap47. The "Classic Rock" Canon - Doctor Casino48. Elvis Costello - kornrulez49. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h50. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom51. Ween - WmC52. Steely Dan - Bee OK53. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra54. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain55. Replacements/Westerberg/et al - Johnny Fever56. Outkast - The Reverend57. US Indie Singles of the 1980s - NickB58. Autechre - Leee59. Brian Eno - WmC60. Wire - Z S61. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge62. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom63. Radiohead - nate woolls
― Neil Jung (WmC), Friday, 6 July 2012 16:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
Is a Clarke B. lurking around here anywhere?
― Neil Jung (WmC), Friday, 6 July 2012 16:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'd still like to have a go at testing out a shortform poll btw, in case Clarke doesn't show and there's a gap needs filled. Not The Stone Roses though, their star has shone. I was thinking maybe Sophistipop.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 7 July 2012 12:07 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm alive! The Fleetwood Mac poll will be up by later on today...
― Clarke B., Monday, 9 July 2012 12:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
Hurrah!
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 9 July 2012 12:40 (10 months ago) Permalink
to nate woolls , i hope you go BIG with the Cure poll. meaning i hope we can pick more than 20 songs. they have such a huge catalog that i know i could easily do a Top 50 and still hate that i would have to leave off some of my favorites. plus being ILM, where there are a bunch of Cure heads, this poll is going to be classic, at least i hope...
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 04:06 (10 months ago) Permalink
When is The Cure poll likely to be? I fear I may be on holiday. (not enough to cancel the holiday)
― Özil Gummidge (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 19:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'd guess early August. If Nate Woolls has voting details in mind -- like if he knows it's going to be the standard 20-spot -- no reason he couldn't post that here and you could vote early. (For that matter, I know Ween is going to be a standard 20, so anyone can vote now if they're planning on taking a year off from ILX.)
― Neil Jung (WmC), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 19:56 (10 months ago) Permalink
I think 50 songs may be slightly too many but 20 is definitely too few, so I'm going to make an executive decision and say 40 songs. So go ahead and make your lists, I need to start doing some prep work.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 21:01 (10 months ago) Permalink
Ha! I've been stuck on 21 songs for the last 3 weeks for the Cure poll since I decided to get my shit together early for a change. That'll learn me!
― pandemic, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 10:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
Therefore both 'Accuracy' and 'Shake Dog Shake' survive!
― pandemic, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 10:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
I would seriously be honored and thrilled to run a poll down the road on either Iron Maiden or Judas Priest... I think both of them are great candidates!
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 11 July 2012 16:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
pleeeeease do that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:36 (10 months ago) Permalink
YEAH, 40 Cure songs. thanks nate!
― Bee OK, Thursday, 12 July 2012 02:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
Absentee balloting -- not just for college kids and shut-ins anymore!
― Neil Jung (WmC), Thursday, 12 July 2012 02:33 (10 months ago) Permalink
Exhausting, rewarding. Please add me to the queue for Yo La Tengo/Dump in the summer of...2014?
― clemenza, Thursday, 12 July 2012 14:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
gonna bite the bullet and say put me down to run XTC and P-Funk polls. I don't expect more than a dozen votes for either tbh but we'll see...
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 16 July 2012 15:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
Would there be interest in a Low one if I did it? 9 albums proper, a pile of eps - that's enough of a career I think.
― Desire is withered away from the sons of men! (aldo), Monday, 16 July 2012 15:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
I assume YLT will include Condo Fucks and YLT + Jad Fair, etc.
― Neil Jung (WmC), Monday, 16 July 2012 16:03 (10 months ago) Permalink
Haven't heard that stuff myself--I love a bunch of Dump songs--but yes, I like polls that include anything tangentially related.
― clemenza, Monday, 16 July 2012 16:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
thx WmC - I don't necessarily need to do XTC and P-Funk back-to-back, would be cool with some other polls coming between those two fwiw
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 16 July 2012 16:15 (10 months ago) Permalink
Make P-Funk the first imo.
― the new dire homonomoreboobsativity (Eric H.), Monday, 16 July 2012 16:16 (10 months ago) Permalink
I figured you wouldn't want to do them consecutively, but there's plenty of time to work out the solution. Someone might want or need to trade their spot down to yours, or I can place the next few between XTC and P-Funk. In which case, which do you prefer to be higher?
― Neil Jung (WmC), Monday, 16 July 2012 16:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
P-Funk I guess - thx for dealing!
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 16 July 2012 16:59 (10 months ago) Permalink
mod edit deployed
― Neil Jung (WmC), Monday, 16 July 2012 17:02 (10 months ago) Permalink
Le Bateau Ivre and Kate Bush voters, prepare thyselfs!
― Neil Jung (WmC), Monday, 23 July 2012 23:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
Bump for LBI -- ready to go with KB?
― Neil Jung (WmC), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 19:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
Sent LBI an email.
― Neil Jung (WmC), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 13:38 (10 months ago) Permalink
Email bounced because his inbox was too full.
Nate, if LBI doesn't show up, would you be ready to go with The Cure?
― Neil Jung (WmC), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
Got a college assignment due in on Tuesday but after that I'd be good to go.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 19:51 (10 months ago) Permalink
Pretty much all you'd have to do is start the balloting thread, give a closing date, number of spots on the ballot and an email address and you'd be done for at least a week. Would be good to get the next one moving this week if possible. Sorry to be a nudzh, I just keep seeing a list with 66 names on it.
― Neil Jung (WmC), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:02 (10 months ago) Permalink
That's a good point, yeah I'll start it whenever you want me to.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
Sounds good to me (for purely selfish reasons as I don't want to miss the Cure one by being on holiday)
― Özil Gummidge (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
Thing is, thanks to Mod Powers I can see that Le Bateau Ivre has accessed ILX today. But email bounces and I can't reach through the ether and make him see this thread, and the last time he posted in it was 8 months ago.
― Neil Jung (WmC), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:26 (10 months ago) Permalink
I emailed LBI and he asked me to pass on his apologies but he's not able to run it just now. He did say that I could step into his shoes, which I can do but it'd actually work better for me if Nate went first.
So shall we do it that way? It also gives LBI a couple of weeks in case he changes his mind.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I'm going to go for it now.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
Actually, Fleetwood Mac hasn't finished yet. Should I wait or go now? Is there usually a bit of an overlap?
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:07 (10 months ago) Permalink
FM finishes tomorrow. Go whenever you like, it won't spoil any party.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:08 (10 months ago) Permalink
Hey guys, been away from ilx for a long time, apart from a post or two. In no way did I intend to screw up the poll order here, I had completely forgotten about this. Massive props to Ismael for contacting me about this. Apologies but I can't do the poll, it's up for grabs. Make it a bloody good one!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 23:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
Le Bateau Ivre!
welcome back! stay!
― you're all going to hello (Z S), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 23:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
Oh cool, this all worked out while I was having my post-meal coma. LBI, hope all's well and that the reason you can't do the poll is because you have too much good stuff going on.
Ismael, do you want the Kate Bush poll to go right after the Cure, or do you want to bump down more spots on the list?
― Neil Jung (WmC), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 23:48 (10 months ago) Permalink
Thanks Zach! Trying...
You keep on giffing up the world into a better place!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 23:49 (10 months ago) Permalink
@WmC, yeah, "good stuff" would be nice, thanks man.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 23:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'll go right after The Cure, please
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:08 (10 months ago) Permalink
― Neil Jung (WmC), Thursday, 26 July 2012 12:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
Could I get a check-in from Tarfumes, Mordy, V79 and Billy Dods confirming their polls coming up? V79 hasn't posted in this thread in several months and hasn't posted on ILX in a few weeks. There should be more warning of lineup changes, and I appreciate Nate's willingness to jump in with the Cure on zero notice.
― Neil Jung (WmC), Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:20 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm good to go, expecting to get it started sometime in October depending how quickly the others roll by.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:31 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yup, all set. I'm guessing, what, late August/early Sept?
― Sun? Sun? It's your cousin, Marvin Ra (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
:D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, that sounds right. xp
― Neil Jung (WmC), Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:51 (10 months ago) Permalink
absolutely stoked for The Cure and Kate Bush. i'm going to have a field day with both those.
― charlie h, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:37 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, I can imagine what that field day's going to look like.
― pplains, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:44 (10 months ago) Permalink
haha yeah kinda. except i should be so lucky to have an entourage like that :(
― charlie h, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:49 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm confirming! I'm going to need some hand-holding running the thing (I heard there's a spreadsheet or something to make the tabulation easier? I am terrible at using Excel however), if someone doesn't mind helping me?
― Mordy, Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:56 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm excited that, after The Cure, I get to take a lengthy break from these. Y'all have fun with your polls I care very little about! I'll be back for The Boss.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
(note: I like Kate Bush, Hüsker Dü, Kraftwerk and The Who okay enough, but not enough to participate)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:18 (10 months ago) Permalink
Mordy, I'll email you the Excel file. I don't know anything about spreadsheets either, but Finefinemusic's notes in the file are pretty clear, so I was able to figure it out after a few minutes of staring at it and going 'wha?'
― Neil Jung (WmC), Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:21 (10 months ago) Permalink
hmm... should we poll Peter Gabriel or would that just be me and Alfred, back and forth, forever?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
As much as I love Peter Gabriel, he's not the most prolific dude in the game.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:38 (10 months ago) Permalink
by that, I mean we'd be working with a pretty shallow pool of material.
seven studio albums, four soundtracks, at least two of which have tracks i could see getting votes, and a grab-bag of, like, covers and one-offs ("party man"!), so about as much material as e.g. Pulp, PJ Harvey, Roxy Music, The Clash, New Order, Saint Etienne etc etc
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
Point taken.
Realistically, though, all my votes are likely to come from five of his first six albums (and maybe his cover of "The Book of Love").
Should his years in Genesis be included?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:47 (10 months ago) Permalink
just thinking out loud fwiw. my belly agrees that a PG poll would be sparsely attended.
genesis years would confuse things, I think, and should accrue to some future Genesis poll rather than a PG solo poll. I get why Roxy/Ferry got combined but genesis seems its own thing.
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