I think I may have first noticed that Althea and Donna song on an Elvis Costello list of greatest songs. I'm hoping that will shame any Elvis Costello haters who voted for it, although I personally don't mind Elvis Costello; I find it easy enough to ignore his more annoying moments. Actually, I wish I had kept a copy of that Elvis Costello list. It's probably online somewhere though. I think it was in Vanity Fair or something weird like that.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 4 December 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't see why Elvis Costello loving it would shame his haters. For all I know everybody loves this song.
― Moka, Saturday, 4 December 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
moka otm. awesome list btw
― The Dumbest Jews on the Planet (and Maureen Dowd) (symsymsym), Saturday, 4 December 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Way behind on all this, but here's my ballot. Top 20 ranked, but mostly just to give a little bump to somethings I thought could use it:
Miles Davis — He Loved Him MadlyMiles Davis — Shhh/PeacefulStevie Wonder — AsWu Tang Clan — Protect Ya NeckThe Underdogs — Love's Gone BadThe Rolling Stones — SwayNeu! — HallogalloNeil Young and Crazy Horse — Cortez the KillerGeorge Gershwin and DuBose Hayward — SummertimeBob Dylan — Girl From the North Country10cc — I'm Not in LoveBlind Willie Johnson — John the RevelatorBlue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the ReaperSteely Dan — PegBlack Sabbath — SupernautCan — Mother SkyDavid Bowie — Station to StationFunkadelic — Maggot BrainN.W.A — Straight Outta ComptonThe Stooges — TV Eye
Al Green — Love and HappinessArt Blakey and The Jazz Messengers — Moanin'Arthur Russell — A Little LostBauhaus — Bela Lugosi's DeadBig Star — ThirteenBlind Faith — Can't Find My Way HomeBrian Eno — Everything Merges With the NightBruce Springsteen — I'm on FireCharles Mingus — Goodbye Pork Pie HatDaft Punk — Da FunkDaryl Hall and John Oates — I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)Depeche Mode — Enjoy the SilenceDolly Parton — JoleneEtta James — At LastFleetwood Mac — SaraFrank Sinatra — I've Got You Under My SkinGil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedGiorgio Moroder — Chase (Midnight Express)Gordon Lightfoot — The Wreck of the Edmund FitzgeraldGrateful Dead — Box of RainJames Brown — The PaybackJohnny Cash — Folsom Prison BluesKate Bush — CloudbustingKing Crimson — 21st Century Schizoid ManKraftwerk — AutobahnLeonard Cohen — Famous Blue RaincoatLouis Armstrong — What a Wonderful WorldMagma — De FuturaMarvin Gaye — What's Goin' OnMichael Jackson — Billie JeanMinutemen — Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?Mission of Burma — Academy Fight SongMy Bloody Valentine — SoonNancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood — Some Velvet MorningNas — N.Y. State of MindNew Order — CeremonyNina Simone — SinnermanPatsy Cline — CrazyPavement — Summer BabePet Shop Boys — Always on My MindPink Floyd — EchoesPixies — DebaserPrince and The Revolution — Purple RainPublic Enemy — Fight the PowerR.E.M. — So. Central RainRadiohead — Let DownRainbow — StargazerRamones — Judy Is a PunkRush — SubdivisionsSam Cooke — (What a) Wonderful WorldSanto and Johnny — Sleep WalkScott Walker — Farmer in the CitySlayer — Raining BloodSlint — Good Morning, CaptainSly and The Family Stone — Everyday PeopleSonic Youth — Teen Age RiotSuicide — Ghost RiderSwans — New MindTalk Talk — I Believe in YouTalking Heads — Thank You for Sending Me an AngelTelevision — Marquee MoonThe Alan Parsons Project — Eye in the SkyThe Beach Boys — Heroes and VillainsThe Cure — A ForestThe Faces — Ooh La LaThe Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for YouThe Jackson 5 — I Want You BackThe Notorious B.I.G. — JuicyThe Pogues and Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale of New YorkThe Replacements — I Will DareThe Ronettes — Be My BabyThe Supremes — Where Did Our Love Go?The Velvet Underground — HeroinThe Zombies — Care of Cell 44Thin Lizzy — The Boys Are Back in TownTodd Rundgren — I Saw the LightVan Morrison — St. Dominic's PreviewVince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and LucyWire — MannequinYes — Close to the Edge
― sofatruck, Saturday, 4 December 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Dumbest Jews on the Planet (and Maureen Dowd) (symsymsym)
Thanks I also like yours. Completely forgot to vote for 'la bamba' it was one of my favorite childhood songs.
― Moka, Saturday, 4 December 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Moka, I don't think Bill Withers was nominated. If it was, I would've put it in my top 10 or 20.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 December 2010 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes you're right what a grave mistake we've all made.
I already published the text version of my ballot and I think it's the same one I send out. Mmm so there's two erros on the playlist, I didn't vote for Bill Withers nor Dolly Parton. Ended up switching for 'summertime' and 'pink moon'... In the end I didn't vote for the Shaggs, that I sorely regret.
― Moka, Saturday, 4 December 2010 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Also regret not voting 'johnny b. goode' thought it has a big chance of making it high on the list without my help.
― Moka, Saturday, 4 December 2010 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually just noticed there's two more reggae tracks on my ballot:
Dawn Penn - No no noThe Slickers - Johnny too bad
― Moka, Saturday, 4 December 2010 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I had Dawn Penn's "No No No" and Desmond Dekker's "Israelites" on my shortlist, but had to cut them to to get to 100 songs. I'm not well versed in reggae, I hadn't heard the Althea & Donna song before it showed up in the ILM 70s poll a few years ago, but I immediately realized how brilliant it is (though in my opinion their "No More Fighting" is even better). Sadly, besides Althea & Donna, none of my favourite reggae tunes ("The Harder They Come" by Jimmy Cliff, "Chase the Devil" by Max Romeo, "In These Times" by Errol Alkan) were nominated at all.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 5 December 2010 12:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry, that's "In These Times" by Errol Walker, Errol Alkan is some other guy.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 5 December 2010 12:56 (thirteen years ago) link
If you haven't heard that one, you should check it out, it's an utterly brilliant version of "Summertime":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOwMIdQ-3A
― Tuomas, Sunday, 5 December 2010 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link
This is more or less what I went for as I chopped and changed stuff at the bottom of the ballot, ordered/unordered mix.
This Mortal Coil — Song to the SirenBig Star — ThirteenRod Stewart — Maggie MayThe Human League — Love Action (I Believe in Love)Grace Jones — Slave to the RhythmThe Lovin' Spoonful — Do You Believe in MagicR.E.M. — Fall on MeBran Van 3000 — Drinking in L.A.The Band — The Night They Drove Old Dixie DownNick Drake — Northern SkyMarvin Gaye — Sexual HealingJohn Barry — Theme from "Midnight Cowboy"Kraftwerk — Computer LoveHarry Nilsson — Everybody's Talkin'Kate Bush — Why Should I Love YouLoose Ends — Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)Electric Light Orchestra — Sweet Talking WomanRoy Harper — When and Old Cricketer Leaves the CreaseUnderworld — JumboVangelis — Ask the MountainsSaint Etienne — He's on the PhoneTalking Heads — Once in a LifetimeMassive Attack — Unfinished SympathyJake Thackray — Lah-Di-DahNick Lowe — So it GoesQueen and David Bowie — Under PressureR.E.M. — Find the RiverNico — These DaysBob Dylan — Like a Rolling StoneTom Waits — In the NeighborhoodPretenders — Stop Your SobbingJimmy Ruffin — What Becomes of the Broken HeartedFairport Convention — Who Knows Where the Time GoesThe Teardrop Explodes — Treason (It's Just a Story)The Associates — Party Fears TwoAphex Twin — RhubarbFrank Wilson — Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)Lord Rockingham's XI — Hoots MonAl Bowlly — You Couldn't Be Cute--------------------------------Massive Attack — TeardropSteve Reich — Come OutRainbow — StargazerRichard Thompson — 1952 Vincent Black LightningRichard Thompson — I MisunderstoodSister Sledge — Lost in MusicLittle Junior and The Blue Flames — Feelin' GoodKate Bush — Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)Kate Bush — Wuthering HeightsOtis Redding — Sittin' on the Dock of the BayThe Saints — (I'm) StrandedThe Shangri-Las — Past, Present and FutureRoxy Music — More Than ThisSam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna ComePatrick Cowley — MenergyPet Shop Boys — What Have I Done to Deserve This?Public Enemy — Night of the Living BaseheadsGary Numan / Tubeway Army — Are Friends Electric?Aphrodites Child – The Four HorsemenMotörhead — Ace of SpadesArt Ensemble of Chicago – Theme de YoyoCreedence Clearwater Revival — LodiBlur — Yuko and HiroGeorge Formby — Little Stick of Blackpool RockNew Radicals — You Get What You GiveHenryk Górecki — Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabileBrian Eno — An Ending (Ascent)Bruce Springsteen — The RiverCarpenters — Rainy Days and MondaysChic — Good TimesKate Bush — CloudbustingCurtis Mayfield — Move on UpSuicide — Ghost RiderTalking Heads — This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)Teenage Fanclub — Sparky's DreamThe Archies — Sugar, SugarThe Beatles — And Your Bird Can SingThe Tornados — TelstarThe Undertones — Teenage KicksThunderclap Newman — Something in the AirUltramagnetic MCs — Traveling at the Speed of Thought (Hip House Mix)Wreckless Eric — Whole Wide WorldYaz(oo) — Only YouNew Order — Thieves Like UsThe Crystals — Da Doo Ron RonThe Faces — Ooh La LaThe Flaming Lips — Race for the PrizeThe Human League — Don't You Want MeThe Impressions — People Get ReadyThe Kinks — Waterloo SunsetDavid Bowie — HeroesEcho and The Bunnymen — Bring on the Dancing HorsesNirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Sunday, 5 December 2010 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Unordered, I couldn't face trying to rank them. Maybe there were one or two changes to my final entry, can't remember. Sorry for multiple entries by the same artists but hey I had to follow my heart, would have done it a bit differently with hindsight but polling the 20th century is a tall order.
10cc — I'm Mandy Fly Me10cc — I'm Not in LoveABBA — Dancing QueenABBA — The Winner Takes it AllAphrodite's Child — The Four HorsemenArea — Luglio, Agosto, Settembre (Nero)Aretha Franklin — Say a Little PrayerArt Ensemble of Chicago — Theme de yoyoBill Fay — Time of the Last PersecutionBlack Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody SabbathBlack Sabbath — SupernautBlondie — Heart of GlassBlue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the ReaperBoston — More Than a FeelingCan — Mother SkyCan — Yoo Doo RightCarpenters — Rainy Days and MondaysCarpenters — SuperstarChris Bell — I Am the CosmosComus — DianaDaryl Hall and John Oates — Private EyesDavid Sylvian and Ryuchi Sakamoto — Forbidden ColoursDock Boggs — Sugar BabyDonna Summer — I Feel LoveEdgard Varèse — AmériquesGenesis — Supper's ReadyGravediggaz — Diary of a MadmanGyörgy Ligeti — AtmosphéresHarry Partch — U.S. HighballHüsker Dü — Could You Be the One?Iannis Xenakis — La Legende d'EerJapan — GhostsJavanese Court Gamelan — Gending Tejanata / Ladrang Sembawa / Ladrang PlayonJohn Barry — Capsule in Space (You Only Live Twice)John Martyn — Solid AirJoni Mitchell — CoyoteJourney — Don't Stop Believin'Kate Bush — Hello EarthKate Bush — Wuthering HeightsKing Crimson — 21st Century Schizoid ManKraftwerk — AutobahnKraftwerk — Computer LoveKraftwerk — Neon LightsKraftwerk — Trans Europe ExpressLaurie Anderson — O SupermanLeadbelly — Where Did You Sleep Last NightLove — Alone Again OrMagma — De FuturaMoondog — All Is LonelinessMotörhead — Ace of SpadesNancy Sinatra — You Only Live TwiceNeil Young and Crazy Horse — Cowgirl in the SandNick Drake — Pink MoonOrnette Coleman — Lonely WomanPere Ubu — Final SolutionPeter Gabriel — Moribund the BurgermeisterPharoah Sanders — The Creator Has a Master PlanPhillip Glass — Music in Twelve Parts (Part I)Pink Floyd — Astronomy DominePopol Vuh — Agirre IRainbow — StargazerRon Grainer and Delia Derbyshire — Theme from "Dr. Who"Roxy Music — Virginia PlainRush — Hemispheres (full suite)Rush — SubdivisionsRush — Tom SawyerSlayer — Angel of DeathSmokey Robinson and The Miracles — Tears of a ClownSparks — This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of UsSteeleye Span — When I Was on HorsebackSteely Dan — PegSteve Reich — Music For 18 MusiciansSun Ra — Love in Outer SpaceSwans — New MindTangerine Dream — Birth of Liquid PlejadesTelevision — Marquee MoonThe Band — The Night They Drove Old Dixie DownThe Beach Boys — God Only KnowsThe Beach Boys — Good VibrationsThe Beach Boys — Surf's UpThe Beach Boys — Wouldn't it Be NiceThe Byrds — Eight Miles HighThe Byrds — Turn! Turn! Turn!The Chills — Pink FrostThe Chills — RainThe Jackson 5 — I Want You BackThe Kinks — Waterloo SunsetThe Monkees — Porpoise SongThe Ronettes — Be My BabyThe Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' OnThe Zombies — Time of the SeasonThis Heat — 24 Track LoopTodd Rundgren — I Saw the LightTom Waits — Cemetery PolkaTom Waits — In the NeighborhoodToru Takemitsu — Waltz from "Face of Another"Townes Van Zandt — Waiting 'Round to DieVan Der Graaf Generator — ArrowYellow Magic Orchestra — RydeenYes — Close to the Edge
Songs I would've picked if I'd remembered to nominate them :Neil Young - Revolution BluesPere Ubu - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Sunday, 5 December 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Surprised at Aretha's no-show. I thought everything was lining up in her favour - canonical artist impossible to dislike, little vote-splitting, excellent position in the alphabet, etc
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 5 December 2010 13:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for Althea and Donna and The Congos, but only the latter was on the basis of being a standout representative of reggae. Uptown Top Ranking was more along the lines of "this was an excellent pop song".
― seandalai, Sunday, 5 December 2010 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
This lurker's list below, with songs that made the list marked with an asterisk. I too decided it would be too daunting to try and put songs in any order.
*ABBA — Dancing Queen*Al Green — Let's Stay Together*Althea and Donna — Uptown Top RankingArthur Russell — A Little LostArthur Russell — In the Light of the MiracleBeastie Boys — Shake Your RumpBob Wills and His Texas Playboys — You're OkayBobby "Boris" Pickett — Monster MashBobby Please and The Pleasers — The Monster*Bobby Womack — Across 110th StreetBrian Eno — By This River*Brian Eno — St. Elmo's FireCan — Future DaysCharlie Parker — Parker's Mood*Chic — Good TimesChic — My Feet Keep DancingCoati Mundi — Que Pasa / Me No Pop IDaryl Hall and John Oates — I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)David Bowie — Ashes to AshesDiana Ross — Upside DownDJ Shadow — Midnight in a Perfect World*Donna Summer — I Feel LoveDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Sentimental Lady*Elis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de MarcoErnest Tubb — Walking the Floor Over YouFats Waller — Ain't Misbehavin'Fleetwood Mac — TuskFrance Gall — Laisse tomber les fillesGenesis — Carpet CrawlersGenesis — Firth of FifthGenesis — Supper's ReadyGwen McCrae — Rockin' ChairHarry Nilsson — MoonbeamIsaac Hayes — Theme from "Shaft"James Brown — The PaybackJean Goldkette and His Orchestra — Clementine (From New Orleans)Jeanette — Corazon de PoetaJelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers — Black Bottom StompJohn Cale — FearJohn Cale — Paris 1919*John Coltrane — My Favorite ThingsJoni Mitchell — Help MeJorge Ben — Amor de CarnavalJorge Ben — Take it Easy My Brother CharlesJulian Cope — SunspotsKatrina and The Waves — Walking on SunshineKraftwerk — The Model*Kraftwerk — Trans Europe ExpressKurt Weill — The Cannon SongLaurie Anderson — Sharkey's DayLes Paul and Mary Ford — How High the Moon*Link Wray and His Ray Men — RumbleLove — You Set the SceneMachine — There But for the Grace of God*Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get EnoughMickey and Sylvia — Love Is StrangeNara Leão — LindoneiaNew Order — True FaithOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — SouvenirOs Mutantes — Panis et CircencesPet Shop Boys — Left to My Own Devices*Pet Shop Boys — West End GirlsPet Shop Boys — What Have I Done to Deserve This?Peter Brotzmann Octet — Machine GunPeter Gabriel — Moribund the BurgermeisterPink Floyd — See Emily Play*Prince and The Revolution — KissR.E.M. — Radio Free EuropeRoxy Music — Street LifeRuby Keeler — 42nd StreetSagittarius — My World Fell DownSaint Etienne — He's on the PhoneScott Walker — Montague Terrace (In Blue)Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin — Je t'aime...moi non plusSparks — When Do I Get to Sing "My Way"?*Stereolab — Jenny OndiolineTalking Heads — The Great CurveThe Associates — Party Fears Two*The Beatles — Penny LaneThe Big Bopper — Chantilly LaceThe Chords — Sh-BoomThe Easybeats — Friday on My MindThe Fall — How I Wrote Elastic ManThe Fall — Lie Dream of a Casino SoulThe Fall — Paintwork*The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for YouThe Flirtations — Nothing But a HeartacheThe Hues Corporation — Rock the BoatThe Mamas and The Papas — California Dreamin'The Rolling Stones — Street Fighting ManThe Spinners — I'll Be Around*The Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' OnThe Tammys — Egyptian ShumbaThe Velvet Underground — All Tomorrow's PartiesThey Might Be Giants — Birdhouse in Your Soul*Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love*Vince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and LucyWilliam DeVaughn — Be Thankful for What You've Got*Wire — Map Ref. 41°N 93°W*Yes — Close to the Edge
I'm from the US and first discovered "Uptown Top Ranking" through one of the Avalanches' mixes, "Brains." Matter of fact, I think "I Can't Go for That," which also made my ballot, didn't really enter my consciousness (though I can't NOT have heard it) until I listened to "Gimix."
I didn't think too much about the representative aspects of my list apart from attempting to get some votes for the earlier half of the century, though I still ended up voting more for my favorites rather than being more strategic. Even then, I still had only two to four songs each from the twenties to the fifties. While on the main thread there was a lot of understandable discussion about the paucity of material from these years, I would guess that (at least prior to the fifties) there were probably comparatively fewer sound recordings being made and distributed... so maybe in that sense the list is less empirically disproportionate than it seems, apart from the low '90s count? (Did anyone talk about "tracks" prior to the development of the LP?)
Anyway, I'd love to do whatever kind of poll Johnny Fever or whoever wants to put up, though I never seem to contribute anything besides a ballot. And thanks for this one, too, Johnny and seandalai!
― Neue Jesse Schule, Sunday, 5 December 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
ordered, ilm poll rank in parentheses.
1.Charles Mingus — Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (223)2.Cheap Trick — Surrender (52)3.Black Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (220)4.Yes — Close to the Edge (67)5.The Rolling Stones — Gimme Shelter (2)6.The Beatles — I Am the Walrus (533)7.The Replacements — I Will Dare (297)8.Wire — Map Ref. 41°N 93°W (64)9.The Stone Roses — I Wanna Be Adored (622)10.Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls (54)11.Guided By Voices — Game of Pricks (337)12.Motörhead — Ace of Spades (123)13.Parliament — Flashlight (449)14.Bob Dylan — Ballad of a Thin Man (248)15.Bill Haley and The Comets — Rock Around the Clock (615)16.Thin Lizzy — The Boys Are Back in Town (442)17.Guns N' Roses — Welcome to the Jungle (222)18.Nick Drake — River Man (715)19.Bruce Springsteen — Born to Run (117)20.Bob Marley and The Wailers — Get Up, Stand Up (709)21.Marvin Gaye — What's Goin' On (161)22.Prince — I Wanna Be Your Lover (555)23.The Band — The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (427)24.Todd Rundgren — I Saw the Light (171)25.Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence (42)26.The Zombies — Time of the Season (276)27.Daryl Hall and John Oates — She's Gone (761)28.Big Country — In a Big Country (647)29.Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman (6)30.My Bloody Valentine — You Made Me Realise (226)31.Japan — Ghosts (210)32.Swervedriver — Duel (1126)33.Dionne Warwick — Walk on By (176)34.Aztec Camera — Oblivious (953)35.Funkadelic — One Nation Under a Groove (366)36.Nick Lowe — So it Goes (501)37.The Beach Boys — Wouldn't it Be Nice (56)38.Frank Sinatra — I've Got You Under My Skin (334)39.R.E.M. — Radio Free Europe (714)40.KISS — Detroit Rock City (1170)41.Mott the Hoople — All the Way From Memphis (1342)42.Rush — Tom Sawyer (574)43.The Delfonics — La-La Means I Love You (1555)44.The Spinners — I'll Be Around (258)45.The Chills — Pink Frost (570)46.Chris Bell — I Am the Cosmos (185)47.Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (21)48.Led Zeppelin — Kashmir (806)49.Ride — Dreams Burn Down (349)50.Blue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the Reaper (23)51.Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You (50)52.Television — See No Evil (324)53.The Byrds — Eight Miles High (130)54.Richard Hell and The Voidoids — Blank Generation (473)55.Mission of Burma — Academy Fight Song (673)56.Madonna — Into the Groove (85)57.Gil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (61)58.Earth, Wind and Fire — September (174)59.The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Take Five (424)60.Sex Pistols — Holidays in the Sun (355)61.Neil Young — The Needle and the Damage Done (371)62.Daryl Hall and John Oates — I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (148)63.Chic — Good Times (45)64.10cc — I'm Not in Love (119)65.Nine Inch Nails — Head Like a Hole (1185)66.Radiohead — Paranoid Android (60)67.The Glenn Miller Orchestra — In the Mood (351)68.Bee Gees — Stayin' Alive (634)69.Fats Domino — Ain't That a Shame (1398)70.Big Star — Thirteen (70)71.Ohio Players — Fire (1054)72.Buddy Holly — Peggy Sue (317)73.David Bowie — Life on Mars? (76)75.The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead (405)76.Duran Duran — Planet Earth (1456)77.Aphex Twin — Windowlicker (206)78.Eddie Kendricks — Girl You Need a Change of Mind (1496)79.Iggy and The Stooges — Search and Destroy (73)80.The Psychedelic Furs — Love My Way (509)81.The Velvet Underground — Rock n' Roll (188)82.XTC — Dear God (689)83.Boards of Canada — Happy Cycling (1498)84.The Church — Under the Milky Way (520)85.Fleetwood Mac — Dreams (194)86.Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers — Why Do Fools Fall in Love (756)87.The The — This Is the Day (507)88.Stevie Wonder — I Was Made to Love Her (640)89.Lou Rawls — You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mind (1893)90.Sparks — This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us (144)91.Shuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23 (346)92.Steely Dan — Peg (203)93.The Who — My Generation (499)94.The Hollies — Bus Stop (1567)95.Blur — For Tomorrow (575)95.U2 — Pride (In the Name of Love) (1182)96.Digital Underground — The Humpty Dance (495)97.Little Richard — Tutti Frutti (363)98.Public Enemy — Bring the Noise (40)99.Lou Reed — Walk on the Wild Side (412)100.Willie Nelson — Always on My Mind (1249)
― rat bat bruce, Sunday, 5 December 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Not ordered--and for a few of these (but not many), I'd pick a different song by that person.
Al Green — Let's Stay TogetherAretha Franklin — Say a Little PrayerArvo Pärt — Spiegel im SpiegelBeck — LoserBig Star — September GurlsBo Diddley — Who Do You LoveBob Dylan — Desolation RowCarpenters — Rainy Days and MondaysCheap Trick — SurrenderChic — Good TimesCompany B — FascinatedCreedence Clearwater Revival — Ramble TambleCrosby, Stills and Nash — Suite: Judy Blue EyesDavid Bowie — Rebel RebelDe La Soul — Eye KnowDionne Warwick — Walk on ByDr. Dre — Nothin' But a G ThangFairport Convention — Who Knows Where the Time GoesFlamin' Groovies — Shake Some ActionGlen Campbell — Wichita LinemanGuided By Voices — Motor AwayHüsker Dü — Eight Miles HighJohn Coltrane — My Favorite ThingsJohnny Cash — I Walk the LineJoy Division — DisorderKate Bush — CloudbustingLauryn Hill — Doo Wop (That Thing)Liz Phair — Fuck and RunMott the Hoople — All the Young DudesNeil Young and Crazy Horse — Cowgirl in the SandNico — These DaysPet Shop Boys — What Have I Done to Deserve This?R.E.M. — Radio Free EuropeRod Stewart — Mandolin WindSly and the Family Stone — Family AffairSonic Youth — Teen Age RiotSteely Dan — Rikki Don't Lose That NumberThe Beatles — Eight Days a WeekThe Byrds — Eight Miles HighThe Clash — Complete ControlThe Creation — Making TimeThe Germs — FormingThe Jesus and Mary Chain — Never UnderstandThe Modern Lovers — RoadrunnerThe Only Ones — Another Girl, Another PlanetThe Replacements — I Will DareThe Rolling Stones — SwayThe Velvet Underground — HeroinThe Zombies — Care of Cell 44Todd Rundgren — I Saw the LightTommy James and the Shondelles — Crimson and CloverVince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and LucyWire — MannequinYo La Tengo — Blue Line Swinger
(I'm one of those annoying schoolmarms who's driven up the wall by all those "The"s at the beginning of band names...)
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 December 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Unranked. Those that made the 125 in bold, bands that got a different track in the 125 in italics.
"?" and The Mysterians — 96 TearsAlvin Lucier — I Am Sitting in a RoomAmon Düül II — Archangels ThunderbirdAphrodite's Child — The Four HorsemenArt Ensemble of Chicago — Theme de yoyoArthur Russell — A Little LostArvo Pärt — Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin BrittenBelle and Sebastian — The State I Am InBessie Smith — Hateful BluesBig Star — HolocaustBillie Holiday — Gloomy SundayBlind Willie Johnson — John the RevelatorBoredoms — (circle)Brian Eno — Baby's on FireBruce Haack — Blow JobCabaret Voltaire — Nag Nag NagCarl Orff — O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)Can — Mother SkyCan — Yoo Doo RightCharles Mingus — Haitian Fight SongClothilde — SaperlipopetteCluster — SowiesosoComus — DianaCornelius Cardew — Paragraph 1 of the Great LearningCromagnon — CaledoniaCurtis Mayfield — If There's a Hell Below We're All Gonna GoDel Shannon — RunawayDesmond Dekker — 007 (Shanty Town)Devo — MongoloidDonna Summer — I Feel LoveDusty Springfield — I Just Don't Know What to Do With MyselfEdgard Varèse — Poème électroniqueElla Fitzgerald — Mack the KnifeEric B and Rakim — Paid in FullFaust — J'ai Mal Aux DentsFlower Travellin' Band — Satori pt. 2France Gall — Poupée de cire, poupée de sonGang of Four — Love Like AnthraxGeorge Gershwin and DuBose Hayward — SummertimeGil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedGiorgio Moroder — Chase (Midnight Express)Glen Campbell — Wichita LinemanGrandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The MessageHarmonia — Deluxe (Immer Wieder)Hawkwind — Silver MachineHildegard Knef — From Here on in it Gets RoughHot Butter — PopcornHuggy Bear — Her JazzJacques Brel — AmsterdamJohn Cale — Paris 1919Joy Division — TransmissionKraftwerk — Trans Europe ExpressLa Dusseldorf — DusseldorfLaurie Anderson — O SupermanLucia Pamela — Walking on the MoonMagma — De FuturaMarlena Shaw — The Woman of the GhettoMeredith Monk — Gotham LullabyNancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood — Some Velvet MorningNegativland — Christianity Is StupidNeu! — HallogalloOs Mutantes — Panis et CircencesPentangle — Train SongPere Ubu — Final SolutionPet Shop Boys — What Have I Done to Deserve This?Prolapse — Tina, This Is Matthew StonePublic Enemy — Bring the NoiseRaymond Scott — PowerhouseRenaldo and The Loaf — Haul on the BowlineRichard Harris — Macarthur ParkRobert Johnson — Kindhearted Woman BluesRon Grainer and Delia Derbyshire — Theme from "Dr. Who"Scott Walker — JackieScott Walker — The Seventh SealSerge Gainsbourg — Cargo CulteSilver Apples — ProgramSlapp Happy — DawnStan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From IpanemaStereolab — French DiskoSugarhill Gang — Rapper's DelightTerry Riley — In CThe Fall — How I Wrote Elastic ManThe Flirtations — Nothing But a HeartacheThe Go-Betweens — Streets of Your TownThe KLF — Justified and AncientThe Modern Lovers — RoadrunnerThe Monks — Shut UpThe Normal — Warm LeatheretteThe Pop Group — She Is Beyond Good and EvilThe Residents — SkratzThe Shaggs — My Pal Foot FootThe Shangri-Las — Leader of the PackThe Specials — Ghost TownThe United States of America — Garden of Earthly DelightsThe Velvet Underground — Sister RayThis Heat — Paper HatsWayne Smith — Under Me Sleng TengWhite Noise — The VisitationsWorld Domination Enterprises — Asbestos Lead AsbestosYellow Magic Orchestra — La Femme Chinoise
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 December 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Just noticed this curious run:
Jacques Brel — AmsterdamJohn Cale — Paris 1919Joy Division — TransmissionKraftwerk — Trans Europe ExpressLa Dusseldorf — Dusseldorf
I must have been feeling very continental while whittling these down.
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 December 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Smart list! Think we were the only 2 people to vote for these:
The United States of America — Garden of Earthly DelightsWorld Domination Enterprises — Asbestos Lead Asbestos
*sad face*
― O Permaban (NickB), Sunday, 5 December 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
You forgot to bold out the Shaggs, emily.
― Moka, Sunday, 5 December 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I love your list, btw. A couple of artists in there that I've never heard before (Hildegard Knef, Huggy Bear, Lucia Pamela, Slapp Happy, Renaldo and The Loaf ) but considering how much I love the rest of the list I'm going to search out these songs immediatly.
― Moka, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm smashing my head for not including: Nothing But a Heartache, Silver Machine, Popcorn and Powerhouse.
Oh and the Shaggs, of course, but that was an honest mistake I was pretty certain I had modified my ballot to include them before submitting.
― Moka, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
xp(...and I was the other Knef voter, emil.y)
My list is on another PC, but looking at the tracks with 101 points, I think I must've been the sole voter for these:
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie JoeDan Hartman - Vertigo / Relight My FireDisco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin'Jean Jacques Perrey - E.V.A.Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)Luciano Berio - Sinfonia: III - In ruhig fliessender BewegungPierre Boulez - ReponsPierre Henry - Psyche RockSubway Sect - AmbitionTantra - The Hills of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Megamix)Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go GoWizzard - See My Baby Jive
― Jeff W, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not too surprised about the ones we were the only two voters for, to be honest, Nick. There are definitely some tracks with only one vote that I thought many more people would vote for - not my solo votes, so much, but things like 'Ode to Billie Joe', 'E.V.A.', 'Rockit' and Gal Costa's 'Baby' - the latter not because it's famous, but it is very well regarded by everyone I know who knows it.
The Hildegard Knef track is actually misnamed on the poll, it should be 'From Here On It Got Rough'. That was tough for me as I'd already gone for the Shaggs and Lucia Pamela, so wasn't sure whether to also include Hildegard - she won out for being a bit different and genuinely groovy.
Also, I can't believe Abbott didn't vote for Slapp Happy. So disappointed.
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
The United States of America — Garden of Earthly Delights
I would have voted for "The American Way of Love".
― seandalai, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I might have voted for "Coming Down."
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
emil.y – I don't think I saw SH were nominated or I know I would have noted for them. Shitty excuse, but true!
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
"Coming Down" is my favorite US of A song.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Doomed to split votes whatever they do.
― seandalai, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, totally forgot about 'Rockit'.
― O Permaban (NickB), Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
'Coming Down' is my favourite, too, but was more than happy to vote for 'Garden of Earthly Delights' as the only nom.
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
These are the songs only I voted for, excluding 'secos & molhados' they were all my nominees. All of them are personal favorites but I'm honestly surprised noone else voted for 'hello dolly' and 'blues run the game':
Billie Holiday and Lester Young - When You're SmilingTricky - PoemsT.Rex - Raw RampSalcos - DemolicionLouis Armstrong - Hello Dolly!Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the GameDusty Springfield - SpookyDavid Bowie - Letter to HermioneSecos e Molhados - Sangue Latino
― Moka, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the tracks that I alone or just me and one other voted for make up most of my favourites of my ballot. A few notable exceptions, mind you.
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's my fully weighted ballot:
Bing Crosby — White ChristmasBob Dylan — Like a Rolling StoneThe Beach Boys — God Only KnowsMichael Jackson — Billie JeanBig Mama Thornton — Hound DogFred Astaire — Cheek to CheekHenry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)Fleetwood Mac — RhiannonClaude Debussy — Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)Peggy Lee — FeverThe Beatles — She Loves YouGuns N' Roses — Welcome to the JungleDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Take the A-TrainThe Glenn Miller Orchestra — In the MoodScreamin’ Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on YouThe Who — Won’t Get Fooled Again“?” and The Mysterians — 96 TearsPrince and The Revolution — Purple RainBill Monroe — Blue Moon of KentuckyDepeche Mode — Enjoy the SilenceJackie Brenston and His Delta Cats — Rocket 88Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From IpanemaGeorge Jones — He Stopped Loving Her TodayFats Waller — Ain’t Misbehavin’The Rolling Stones — Under My ThumbWillie Nelson — Blue Eyes Crying in the RainMadonna — Into the GrooveCab Calloway — Minnie the MoocherChuck Berry — Roll Over BeethovenNirvana — Smells Like Teen SpiritMiles Davis — So WhatRobert Johnson — Love in VainBob Dylan — Desolation RowThe Velvet Underground — HeroinThe Kinks — Waterloo SunsetJohnny Cash — Folsom Prison BluesChic — Good TimesMaurice Ravel — BoléroThe Rolling Stones — Gimme ShelterThe Platters — Smoke Gets in Your EyesJefferson Airplane — White RabbitThe Tornados — TelstarGrandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The MessageAlvin Lucier — I Am Sitting in a RoomPatsy Cline — I Fall to PiecesNancy Sinatra — These Boots Are Made for Walkin'Dick Dale and The Deltones — MisirlouOrbital — Halcyon + On + OnThe Dave Brubeck Quartet — Take FiveGeorge McCrae — Rock Your BabyCarl Perkins — Blue Suede ShoesDr. Dre — Nothin' But a G ThangBritney Spears — …Baby One More TimeIggy and The Stooges — Search and DestroyTalking Heads — Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the U.K.The Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be ThereLeonard Cohen — HallelujahJames Brown — Cold SweatABBA — The Winner Takes it AllCarl Orff — O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)Julie Andrews — The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music)The Jesus and Mary Chain — Just Like HoneySam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna ComeElvis Presley — Can't Help Falling in LoveThe Beach Boys — Good VibrationsJudy Garland — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (original depression version sez Abbott)Raymond Scott — PowerhouseBenny Goodman Orch Carnegie Hall 1938 — Sing, Sing, SingDolly Parton — JoleneEtta James — At LastJohnny Nash — I Can See Clearly NowX-Ray Spex — Oh Bondage Up Yours!Bo Diddley — Hey Bo DiddleyMarvin Gaye — What's Goin' OnThe Magnetic Fields — The Book of LoveLink Wray and His Ray Men — RumbleTom Waits — Anywhere I Lay My HeadFrank Sinatra — Night and DayBrian Eno — Baby's on FireBing Crosby — Brother Can You Spare a Dime?Tommy James and The Shondelles — Crimson and CloverThe Kingsmen — Louie LouieBillie Holiday — Strange FruitBackstreet Boys — I Want it That WaySmokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My TearsTammy Wynette — Stand By Your ManShuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23Martina McBride — Independence DayGlen Campbell — Wichita LinemanPet Shop Boys — Being BoringThey Might Be Giants — Anna NgEarth, Wind and Fire — SeptemberBlack Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody SabbathBlondie — AtomicMy Bloody Valentine — Only ShallowTom Petty and The Heartbreakers — American GirlCheap Trick — SurrenderDead Kennedys — Holiday in Cambodia
I hated to submit such a consensus ballot at the top, but it was honest. I thought the rap/R&B nominations were particularly poor.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 6 December 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
this doesn't really belong here, but nor does it belong anywhere else, so...
NOBODY LIKES ME (the abandoned):
.38 Special - Caught Up in You14 Iced Bears - Take ItA Tribe Called Quest - Sucka NiggaAbner Jay - DepressionAimee Mann - Save MeAlbert Mangelsdorff - The Wide PointAlexander Skip Spence - DianaAltered Images - Don't Talk to Me About LoveAmerican Music Club - Big NightAmy Grant - Baby, BabyAndonis Dalgas - Sousta PolitikiAndrew Lloyd Weber - Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes) (Jesus Christ Superstar)Another Sunny Day - Anorak CityAnton Karas - The Third Man (aka The Harry Lime Theme)B.B. King - The Thrill Is GoneBarry Manilow - MandyBeat Happening - BewitchedBelle and Sebastian - Seymour SteinBig Star - Thank You FriendsBill Dixon - ShrikeBill Dixon Orchestra - Metamorphosis 1962-1966Bill Haley and The Comets - Shake, Rattle and RollBillie Holiday - I'm Painting the Town RedBilly Ocean - Carribean QueenBilly Strayhorn - Lush LifeBing Crosby - Little Drummer BoyBing Crosby - ParadiseBing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me InBix Beiderbecke - In a Mist (Bixology)Bix Beiderbecke - Rhythm KingBix Beiderbecke - Riverboat ShuffleBjörk - Big Time SensualityBjörk - Come to MeBlind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept CleanBlue Öyster Cult - Last Days of MayBoards of Canada - Everything You Do Is a BalloonBob Dorough - Four-Legged Zoo (Schoolhouse Rock)Bob Dylan - Most of the TimeBohannon - Summertime GrooveBooker T and The MGs - Born Under a Bad SignBoswell Sisters - Heebie JeebiesBrenda Lee - I Want to Be WantedBuffalo Springfield - I Am a ChildBurning Spear - Hey DreadyBusta Rhymes - Gimme Some MoreButthole Surfers - Freak in the CellarCab Calloway - Reefer ManCarmen Miranda - Rebola a BolaCarmen Miranda - Tico TicoCharlie Rich - Don't Put No Headstone on My GraveChuck Berry - You Never Can TellClydie King - One of Those for Crying Over You DaysCommon Sense - ResurrectionConnie - Rock MeCrude - This TownD'Angelo - Cruisin'Daniel Johnston - Speeding MotorcycleDe la Soul - Stakes Is HighDeep Purple - Highway StarDick Powell / Vitaphone Orchestra - I Only Have Eyes for YouDick Power and Ruby Keeler - You Gotta Know How to DanceDillinja - The Angels FellDo or Die - Po PimpDock Boggs - Old Rub AlcoholDrive-By Truckers - Zip CityDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Saddest TaleEast River Pipe - Make a Deal With the CityEddie Murphy - Boogie in Your ButtEmitt Rhodes - Somebody Made for MeErasure - Oh L'AmourEtta Moten and Joan Blondell - Remember My Forgotten ManEvelyn Champagne King - Love Come DownFats Waller - Blue Because of YouFela Kuti - ShakaraFelt - Evergreen DazedFlipper - LifeFrank Hutchison - StackaleeFrank Sinatra - BrazilFrank Sinatra - I'm a Fool to Want YouFrank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So YoungFrank Zappa - Bobby Brown Goes DownFreddy Fender - Before the Next Teardrop FallsFugazi - Shut the DoorFunkadelic - Cosmic SlopGang Starr - Code of the StreetsGary Burton - Hullo BolinasGene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-LulaGenesis - Follow You Follow MeGenius/GZA - GoldGeorge McCrae - You Can Have it AllGeorge Michael - Hard DayGorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio SongGracie Fields - Now Is the HourGustav Mahler - Der Abschied from Das Lied Von Der ErdeHaircut One Hundred - Love Plus OneHarry Nilsson - I Said Goodbye to MeHazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard - West Virginia, My Home"Henry Mancini - Theme from ""The Pink Panther"""Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for CherishingHildegard Knef - Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnenHoagy Carmichael - StardustHorace Silver - Song for My FatherHoward Keel and Company - Sobbin' Women"Huey ""Piano"" Smith and His Clowns - Free, Single & Disengaged"Hunters and Collectors - Talking to a StrangerInstant Funk - I Got My Mind Made UpIrma Thomas - BreakawayIrving Berlin - Alexander's Ragtime BandIsaac Hayes - The Look of LoveJacob Miller - Girl Named PatJanet Jackson - IfJanis Joplin - Half MoonJapan - SwingJay-Z - Dead Presidents IIJean Michel Jarre - ZoolookJerry Reed - Eastbound and DownJessie Matthews - By the FiresideJoan Baez - Prison TrilogyJohn Cale and Terry Riley - Church of AnthraxJohn Coltrane - AlabamaJohn Fahey - AmericaJohn Tavener - The Protecting VeilJohnny Hates Jazz - Shattered DreamsJoni Mitchell - AmeliaJoni Mitchell - Chinese CaféJorge Ben - Taj Mahal / Fio Maravilha / Pais TropicalJudee Sill - The Lamb Ran Away With the CrownJudee Sill - The PearlJune Brides - In the RainKing Crimson - SleeplessKing Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth BluesKool and The Gang - Give it UpKraftwerk - NumbersLady Ann - InformerLaura Nyro - I Am the BluesLaVern Baker - Soul on FireLe Mystere de Voix Bulgare - Mir Stanke LeLeadbelly - How LongLeadbelly - Take a Whiff on MeLed Zeppelin - In the EveningLed Zeppelin - Thank YouLee Wiley - Oh! Look at Me NowLeo Kottke - Vaseline Machine GunLester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain BreakdownLewis Taylor - SatisfiedLifter Puller - To Live and Die in LBILightning Seeds - PureLinda Scott - I've Told Every Little StarLionel Hampton - Central Ave. BreakdownLloyd Price - Lawdy Miss ClawdyLoretta Lynn - Blue Kentucky GirlLos Lobos - One Time, One NightLouis Armstrong - Cake Walking Babies from HomeLouis Armstrong - Heebie JeebiesLouis Prima and Keely Smith - That Ol' Black MagicLove - Seven & Seven IsLow - The PlanLucinda Williams - PineolaMarion Brown - Sweet Earth FlyingMarta Eggerth - Ein Lied, ein Kuß, ein MädelMarvin Gaye - YesterdayMaurice Jarre - Lara's Theme (Dr. Zhivago)Maze and Frankie Beverly - Before I Let GoMC5 - Ramblin' RoseMeredith Wilson - Till There Was You (The Music Man)Merle Haggard - Big CityMF Doom - Dead BentMinistry - ThievesMinutemen - Little Man With a Gun in His HandMission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain FateMose Allison - Everybody's Crying MercyMrs. Miller - A Lover's ConcertoMy Bloody Valentine - Drive All Over MeNaftule Brandwein - Heyser BulgarNapalm Death - You SufferNeil Young - Harvest MoonNina Simone - Little Girl BlueNusret Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt MusttOasis - SupersonicOlatunji - AkiwowoOnyx - SlamOrbital - The Girl With the Sun in Her HeadOriginal Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger RagOrnette Coleman - Humpty DumptyOtis Clay - Trying to Live My Life Without YouPat Metheny Group - Phase DancePeter Gabriel - San JacintoPeter Gabriel - Shock the MonkeyPhil Ochs - Outside of a Small Circle of FriendsPhillip Glass - KoyaanisquatsiPola Negri - ParadisePrince - Pussy ControlPrince and The New Power Generation - Sexy M.F.Professor Longhair - Baby, Let Me Hold Your HandR.E.M. - Pretty PersuasionRam Jam - Black BettyRay Barretto - AbidjanRay Price - Night LifeRed House Painters - Grace Cathedral ParkRichard O'Brien - Bitchin' in the KitchenRichard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein - You've Got to Be Carefully TaughtRobbie Basho - Orphan's LamentRoy Rogers and Dale Evans - Happy TrailsRudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare a Dime?Samsimar - Indang PariamanSandy Denny - By the Time it Gets DarkSeefeel - SpangleSidney Bechet - BlackstickSilver Apples - LovefingersSimon Dupree and The Big Sound - KitesSinéad O'Connor - MandinkaSlade - Mama Weer All Crazee NowSmokey Robinson and The Miracles - I Don't Blame You at AllSol Hoopii - Fascinating RhythmSonic Youth - Tom ViolenceSonic Youth - Tuff GnarlSonny Rollins - St. ThomasSons of the Pioneers - Way Out ThereSoul Coughing - Is Chicago, Is Not ChicagoSpacemen 3 - Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere BoogieStevie Wonder - If it's MagicSugar - The Act We ActSylvia - Pillow TalkTalk Talk - Life's What You Make ItTeddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra - King Porter StompTeddy Pendergrass - Love TKOTen City - That's the Way Love IsThe Afghan Whigs - Uptown AgainThe Beatles - Within You Without YouThe Blue Nile - Let's Go Out TonightThe Byrds - 100 Years From Now (Gram Parsons vocal)The Coasters - Riot in Cell Block Number NineThe Delmore Brothers - Brown's Ferry BluesThe Fall - Bingo Masters BreakoutThe Fall - Gut of the QuantifierThe Fall - New Face in HellThe Four Kings - Non Stop DancingThe Impressions - It's All RightThe Impressions - You Must Believe MeThe Index - Israeli BlueThe Isley Brothers - Between the SheetsThe Louvin Brothers - Knoxville GirlThe Marx Brothers - Lydia the Tattooed LadyThe Melodians - You Have Caught MeThe Monkees - Pleasant Valley SundayThe Oblivians - Bad ManThe O'Jays - I Love MusicThe Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film StarThe Primitives - Really StupidThe Raincoats - No Side to Fall InThe Replacements - Within Your ReachThe Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From HomeThe Soul Stirrers - Nearer to Thee"The Sound Stage Orchestra - Theme from ""Grandstand"""The Spinanes - Lines and LinesThe Staple Singers - Uncloudy DayThe Steve Miller Band - AbracadabraThe Surfaris - Wipe OutThe Techniques - Love Is Not a GambleThe Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to BegThe Vengaboys - We Like to Party (The Vengabus)The Who - You Better You BetThe Wipers - Can This BeThem - My Lonely Sad EyesTim Buckley - Sweet SurrenderTodd Rundgren - It Wouldn't Have Made Any DifferenceTodd Rundgren - The Last RideTom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Jammin' MeTom Waits - Take it With MeTone Lo-c - Funky Cold MedinaTony Bennett and k.d. lang - MoonglowTony Renis - Quando, Quando, QuandoToru Takemitsu - A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal GardenTouch and Go - Would You…?Urge Overkill - Sister HavanaVera Hall - Wild Ox MoanWhodini - Magic's WandWilbert Harrison - Kansas CityWillie Hutch - I Choose YouWorld Party - Ship of FoolsWorld's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJXavier Cugat and His Orchestra - FrenesiYellow Magic Orchestra - Absolute Ego DanceYes - Your MoveYma Sumac - Taki RariYo La Tengo - Ballad of Red BucketsYo La Tengo - Big Day ComingYo La Tengo - Center of Gravity
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Monday, 6 December 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
^ 289 songs that were nominated but that no one voted for. some real surprises in that list, the louvin brothers "knoxville girl" not the least of them. includes my leadbelly nom, "take a whiff on me", abandoned cuz i had to vote for "goodnight irene".
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Monday, 6 December 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
songs that got no votes that i'd have been perfectly happy to vote for. but didn't:
Anton Karas - The Third Man (aka The Harry Lime Theme)Bill Haley and The Comets - Shake, Rattle and RollChuck Berry - You Never Can TellDaniel Johnston - Speeding MotorcycleEast River Pipe - Make a Deal With the City (didn't notice this in the list the 1st time around! so good.)Fela Kuti - ShakaraFunkadelic - Cosmic SlopJerry Reed - Eastbound and DownLeadbelly - Take a Whiff on MeLester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (what the fuck is wrong with me that i didn't vote for this?)Love - Seven & Seven Is (!!!)MC5 - Ramblin' RoseMinutemen - Little Man With a Gun in His HandMission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate (both of these two cut at the last minute from my ballott)Phil Ochs - Outside of a Small Circle of FriendsPhillip Glass - KoyaanisquatsiRam Jam - Black Betty (goddam, another i missed that i would have voted for in a heartbeat)Rudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (dunno whether or not this is the essential version, but a hell of a song no matter what)The Beatles - Within You Without YouThe Fall - Bingo Masters BreakoutThe Louvin Brothers - Knoxville GirlThe Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From HomeThe Surfaris - Wipe Out (!!!)The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to BegThe Who - You Better You BetTone Lo-c - Funky Cold MedinaUrge Overkill - Sister Havana (a guilty pleasure, really struggled to cut this one)Wilbert Harrison - Kansas CityYma Sumac - Taki Rari
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Monday, 6 December 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for the Bing Crosby version of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime", kinda ridiculous that it had 2 versions nominated. Sad to see "Alexander's Ragtime Band" get shut out, but I already had 2 Irving Berlin songs in my top 10 and didn't really feel like voting for another.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 6 December 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
There are quite a few on the no-voters list that I came very close to voting for, but cut at the last minute (for instance, having Hildegard Knef, Lucia Pamela, the Shaggs AND Mrs Miller was just far too much). Particularly sad about Daniel Johnston and the Raincoats, as those weren't even the victim of vote-splitting. 'Magic's Wand' by Whodini was on my ballot for ages until I realised I was being a bit silly.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 December 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, I don't think I actually noticed Love on the list, even though they had more than one song nominated - don't remember them even being on my first shortlist of around 300 songs, and they definitely would have been had I seen them.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 December 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I nominated "Sweet Surrender" and it was the last song I cut. Wish I hadn't.
― sofatruck, Monday, 6 December 2010 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for CherishingWould've totally voted for this if I'd noticed it on the ballot. And Slade. And The Primitives.
(I wasn't keen on the clustering of all the artists starting with 'The' on the ballot btw, my eyes just glazed over after a while)
― Jeff W, Monday, 6 December 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't keep a copy of my ballot but i know that i ranked at least all of the elvis tracks at the top. i don't think there were any others in the ranked section. 'Baby let's play house' was definitely no.1, can't remember the order of the other 3.
Elvis Presley — Baby Let's Play HouseElvis Presley — All Shook UpElvis Presley — Can't Help Falling in LoveElvis Presley — Hound Dog
10cc — I'm Mandy Fly MeABBA — S.O.S.Al Green — Here I AmArab Strap — The Girls of SummerAretha Franklin — Say a Little PrayerBee Gees — Stayin' AliveBen E. King — Stand By MeBig Star — September GurlsBo Diddley — Who Do You LoveBob Dylan — Visions of JohannaBritney Spears — …Baby One More TimeBuddy Holly — Well…All RightCarpenters — Goodbye to LoveChic — Good TimesChris Bell — I Am the CosmosChuck Berry — Johnny B. GoodeCreedence Clearwater Revival — LodiDavid Bowie — Life on Mars?Desmond Dekker — IsraelitesDevo — Uncontrollable UrgeDolly Parton — JoleneDonna Summer — I Feel LoveDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Jack the BearEddie Cochran — Summertime BluesElvis Costello and The Attractions — Pump it UpFleetwood Mac — Go Your Own WayFrankie Lymon and The Teenagers — Why Do Fools Fall in LoveFred Astaire — Cheek to CheekGlen Campbell — Wichita LinemanGram Parsons and Emmylou Harris — Love HurtsHank Mizzell — Jungle RockJerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis — Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' OnJohnny Cash — I Walk the LineJohnny Nash — I Can See Clearly NowJoni Mitchell — A Case of YouJoy Division — AtmosphereKate Bush — Wuthering HeightsLaurie Anderson — O SupermanLes Paul and Mary Ford — How High the MoonLittle Richard — LucilleLouis Armstrong — What a Wonderful WorldLove — You Set the SceneMarvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the GrapevineMaurice Williams and The Zodiacs — StayMisty in Roots — Intro/Mankind (Live at the Counter Eurovision)New Order — TemptationNick Drake — Northern SkyNick Drake — Which WillNirvana — Lounge ActOlivia Newton-John — XanaduOtis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too LongPatsy Cline — I Fall to PiecesPavement — Stop Breathin'Prince and The Revolution — When Doves CryPublic Enemy — Welcome to the TerrordomePulp — Common PeopleQueen — Bohemian RhapsodyR.E.M. — Find the RiverRobert Johnson — Terraplane BluesRoy Orbison — CryingSister Sledge — Lost in MusicSlint — Good Morning, CaptainSmokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My TearsSonic Youth — Expressway to Yr SkullSteely Dan — Babylon SistersStevie Wonder — SuperstitionSuper Furry Animals — Ice Hockey HairTalk Talk — I Believe in YouTammy Wynette — Stand By Your ManThe Beach Boys — Surf's UpThe Beatles — Strawberry Fields ForeverThe Byrds — I'll Feel a Whole Lot BetterThe Carter Family — Wildwood FlowerThe Crystals — Da Doo Ron RonThe Everly Brothers — All I Have to Do Is DreamThe Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for YouThe Glenn Miller Orchestra — Moonlight SerenadeThe Penguins — Earth AngelThe Platters — Smoke Gets in Your EyesThe Rolling Stones — Gimme ShelterThe Ronettes — Be My BabyThe Smiths — This Charming ManThe Specials — Ghost TownThe Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand NewThe Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' OnThe Undertones — Teenage KicksThe Upsetters — Black PantaThe Wedding Present — KennedyToots and The Maytals — Pressure DropTricky — AftermathVan Morrison — Astral WeeksVan Morrison — Into the MysticWarren Zevon — Accidentally Like a MartyrWilson Pickett — In the Midnight HourWreckless Eric — Whole Wide World
thanks johnny fever and seandalai, it was a blast.
― xavi hoarder type (whatever), Monday, 6 December 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah, found mine at last.
WEIGHTED:1. The Beach Boys — God Only Knows2. The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset3. Yes — Close to the Edge4. David Bowie — Heroes5. Carpenters — Goodbye to Love6. Blondie — Dreaming7. Chic — Good Times8. The Clash — Complete Control9. Flamin' Groovies — Shake Some Action10. Gary Numan / Tubeway Army — Are Friends Electric?11. Gram Parsons — $1000 Wedding12. The Beatles — Penny Lane13. Stevie Wonder — Living for the City14. Joni Mitchell — Both Sides Now15. Aretha Franklin — Say a Little Prayer16. The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back17. Kraftwerk — Autobahn18. Magazine — A Song From Under the Floorboards19. Sylvester — You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)20. Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah21. Lionel Richie — All Night Long22. Pink Floyd — Shine on You Crazy Diamond pt. I23. Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit24. Donna Summer — I Feel Love25. Eric B and Rakim — I Know Who Got Your Soul26. Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough27. Gladys Knight and The Pips — Midnight Train to Georgia28. Marvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the Grapevine29. Roxy Music — Street Life30. The Only Ones — Another Girl Another Planet31. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My Tears32. The Righteous Brothers — You've Lost That Loving Feeling33. The The — This Is the Day34. Patti Smith — Gloria35. Loose Ends — Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)
UNWEIGHTED:ABBA — The Winner Takes it AllAl Green — Let's Stay TogetherAlthea and Donna — Uptown Top RankingBlue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the ReaperBoston — More Than a FeelingBronski Beat — Smalltown BoyBuzzcocks — Ever Fallen in LoveDiana Ross — Upside DownDionne Warwick — Walk on ByEarth, Wind and Fire — SeptemberEtta James — At LastFleetwood Mac — TuskFrankie Valli and The Four Seasons — The NightGo-Go's — Our Lips Are SealedHenry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)Isaac Hayes — Theme from "Shaft"Japan — GhostsJimi Hendrix Experience — Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)Joe Jackson — It's Different for GirlsJohn Martyn — Solid AirKate Bush — CloudbustingLed Zeppelin — Stairway to HeavenLL Cool J — Rock the BellsLuther Vandross — Never Too MuchM — Pop MuzikMadonna — Like a PrayerNeneh Cherry — Buffalo StanceNew Order — Blue MondayNirvana — Smells Like Teen SpiritOrange Juice — Blue BoyOtis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too LongPatrice Rushen — Forget Me NotsPatsy Cline — CrazyPet Shop Boys — Being BoringPrince and The Revolution — KissPublic Enemy — Fight the PowerPublic Image Ltd. — Swan LakeRamones — Blitzkrieg BopRobert Wyatt — ShipbuildingRubén Blades and Willie Colón — Pedro NavajaS.O.S. Band — Just Be Good to MeSex Pistols — Holidays in the SunShuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23Simon and Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled WaterSister Sledge — Lost in MusicSoft Cell — Say Hello, Wave GoodbyeSparks — This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of UsStan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From IpanemaTelevision — Marquee MoonThe Archies — Sugar, SugarThe Breeders — CannonballThe Doobie Brothers — What a Fool BelievesThe Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be ThereThe Monkees — I'm a BelieverThe Pop Group — She Is Beyond Good and EvilThe Rolling Stones — Gimme ShelterThe Ronettes — Be My BabyThe Saints — (I'm) StrandedThe Shangri-Las — Leader of the PackThe Smiths — There Is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Temptations — Papa Was a Rolling StoneTom Tom Club — Genius of LoveWire — Outdoor MinerWomack and Womack — TeardropsYaz(oo) — Only You
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
'Magic's Wand' by Whodini was on my ballot for ages until I realised I was being a bit silly.
If I'd known anyone else anywhere was seriously considering voting for it, I'd have organized an off-board voting block.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
#1) Otis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too Long Can — Future DaysKing Crimson — ExilesLionel Richie — All Night LongMotorpsycho — The Golden Core Motorpsycho — Mad SunNick Drake — Hazey Jane IIEric Serra — The Big Blue OvertureRay Charles — Georgia on My MindJim O'Rourke — Ghost Ship in a StormSmashing Pumpkins — 1979Nirvana — Lounge ActMadness — Our HouseKing Crimson — I Talk to the WindKraftwerk — Computer Love Kate Bush — CloudbustingGenesis — Firth of FifthEmerson, Lake and Palmer — The Endless Enigma 1Daryl Hall and John Oates — Method of Modern LoveBig Country — In a Big CountryMickey and Sylvia — Love Is StrangeNora Bayes and Jack Norworth — Shine On, Harvest MoonSouls of Mischief — 93 'Til InfinityThe Moody Blues — The Actor The Psychedelic Furs — Love My WayQ Lazzarus — Goodbye HorsesSimon and Garfunkel — AmericaRobert Wyatt — Sea SongChristopher Cross — SailingArthur Russell — A Little LostFrankie Valli and The Four Seasons — Can't Take My Eyes Off YouGrateful Dead — Friend of the DevilKansas — Dust in the WindNirvana — AneurysmOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Maid of OrleansSmokey Robinson and The Miracles — Tears of a ClownThe Monkees — Porpoise SongThe Smiths — This Charming ManXTC — Making Plans for NigelThe Beatles — Penny LaneNick Drake — Northern SkyNick Drake — Place to BeNick Drake — River ManOffspring — Self EsteemFleetwood Mac — RhiannonBrian Eno — St. Elmo's FireBelle and Sebastian — Dirty Dream Number TwoArcher Prewitt — Good ManArto Lindsay Trio — ImbueDonovan — Hurdy Gurdy ManElis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de MarcoCyndi Lauper — Time After TimeThe Beach Boys — God Only KnowsThe Stone Roses — I Wanna Be AdoredYes — Close to the EdgeGrandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The MessageEmerson, Lake and Palmer — TrilogyEmerson, Lake and Palmer — JerusalemAztec Camera — Somewhere in My HeartDaryl Hall and John Oates — Private EyesGeorge Michael — Careless WhisperGrateful Dead — Box of RainGuided By Voices — Tractor Rape ChainMarvin Gaye — What's Goin' OnPeter Gabriel — In Your EyesRobert Fripp and Brian Eno — Evening StarRobert Wyatt — The Age of Self Robert Wyatt — ShipbuildingThe Everly Brothers — Cathy's ClownToto — AfricaTommy James and The Shondelles — I Think We're Alone NowVan Der Graaf Generator — A Plague of Lighthouse KeepersVince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and LucyThe Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand NewJohn Lennon — Jealous GuyJoe Jackson — It's Different for GirlsBelle and Sebastian — The State I Am In#78) Michael Jackson — Billie Jean
#79) Beck — LoserBelle and Sebastian — Get Me Away From Here I'm DyingBob Marley and The Wailers — Buffalo SoldierBrian Eno — Third UncleBronski Beat — Smalltown BoyBuzzcocks — Ever Fallen in LoveCat Stevens — Wild WorldDon Henley — The Boys of SummerElvis Presley — Heartbreak HotelFaust — JenniferGenesis — Carpet CrawlersGrateful Dead — Uncle John's BandGuided By Voices — I Am a ScientistHeart — Magic Man Harry Nilsson — Everybody's Talkin'Musical Youth — Pass the DutchieNirvana — Negative CreepOasis — Champagne SupernovaPaul Simon — Me and Julio Down By the SchoolyardPink Floyd — Astronomy DomineAztec Camera — Oblivious#79) King Crimson — Starless
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link