ILM 20th century tracks poll: your ballot

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Stuff I voted for and which made the top 125:

Althea and Donna — Uptown Top Ranking
Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit
David Bowie — Heroes
Deee-lite — Groove Is in the Heart
Elis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de Marco
Gil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman
Kraftwerk — Autobahn
Neil Young and Crazy Horse — Cortez the Killer
New Order — Ceremony (NOMINATED)
Prince and The Revolution - When Doves Cry
Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire — Theme from "Dr. Who"
Roxy Music — Virginia Plain (NOMINATED)
Sonic Youth — Teen Age Riot
The Specials — Ghost Town
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From Ipanema
Stereolab — Jenny Ondioline
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Television — Marquee Moon (NOMINATED)
The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
The Smiths — There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths — This Charming Man

Stuff from the 125 that I would have found room for if I hadn't inexplicably overlooked them in nominations list:

Laurie Anderson - O Superman
M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the Volume
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You

Artists for whom I backed the 'wrong' song:

Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Pulp - Common People

Some stuff that placed outside the top 125:

Afrika Bambaataa — Planet Rock
Art Ensemble of Chicago — Theme de yoyo
Audio Two — Top Billin' (NOMINATED)
Bela Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: III. Adagio (NOMINATED)
Charles Trenet - La Mer
Dionne Warwick — Walk on By
Edgard Varèse — Poème électronique
Ennio Morricone — L'Estasi dell'Oro (The Ecstacy of Gold)
Ennio Morricone — The Man With the Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Eric B and Rakim — Paid in Full
France Gall — Laisse tomber les filles
Francis Lai — Un homme et une femme (Theme)
György Ligeti — Atmosphéres
Iannis Xenakis — La Legende d'Eer
Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring: pt. I (NOMINATED)
Jacques Brel — Ces Gens-Là
John Barry — Theme from "Midnight Cowboy"
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Junglinge (NOMINATED)
Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (NOMINATED)
Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps (NOMINATED)
Orange Juice - Blue Boy
Pierre Schaeffer - Etude aux chemins de fer (NOMINATED)
The Associates - Party Fears Two (NOMINATED)
The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (NOMINATED)
The Pop Group — She Is Beyond Good and Evil
The Saints — Know Your Product (NOMINATED)
The Shaggs — My Pal Foot Foot
The Slits — So Tough
The Sugarcubes — Birthday (NOMINATED)
The Walker Brothers — The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
The Yardbirds — Happening Ten Years Time Ago
Vera Lynn — We'll Meet Again (NOMINATED)
Wu Tang Clan — Protect Ya Neck
X-Ray Spex — Oh Bondage Up Yours!
Yoko Ono — Why

Some stuff I was utterly alone in voting for:

Anton Webern - Six Pieces for Large Orchestra, Op.6: III. Massig
Gal Costa - Baby (NOMINATED)
Incredible String Band - First Girl I Loved (NOMINATED)

― Nag! Nag! Nag!

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Moka, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 04:41 (ten years ago) link

Actually just checked itt and my ballot is very different but I still love this one.

Moka, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 04:46 (ten years ago) link

This was a fun poll.

Moka, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 04:46 (ten years ago) link


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