this seems to be the big trend now on ILM, we've had polls for the best songs by R.E.M., Blur, Pavement, the Manic Street Preachers -- frankly I think these things are pretty unnecessary, and if they are done, they should be for an artist with a really huge catalog with more than just a few obvious peaks (and if not, a top 60-something songs is total overkill), and preferably something besides '80s and '90s alt/indie touchstones for a change. i threw together a list of ideas that mostly fit the former criteria, if not necessarily the latter, along w/ some other bands that have come up or invariably will. I'd like to encourage people to vote for "nothing" though.
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
nothing, big organized polls shouldn't be for just one artist | 19 |
David Bowie | 9 |
other | 8 |
Radiohead | 6 |
The Fall | 6 |
The Velvet Underground | 5 |
Prince | 5 |
Neil Young | 4 |
Guided By Voices | 4 |
Steely Dan | 4 |
The Cure | 4 |
The Boo Radleys | 4 |
Sonic Youth | 3 |
Stevie Wonder | 3 |
The Beatles | 3 |
Bruce Springsteen | 3 |
Miles Davis | 2 |
Led Zeppelin | 2 |
Timbaland | 2 |
The Boredoms | 2 |
Lil Wayne | 1 |
The Talking Heads | 1 |
The Pixies | 1 |
Wu Tang Clan | 1 |
Bob Dylan | 1 |
Johnny Cash | 1 |
Elvis Costello | 1 |
Dr. Dre | 0 |
The Rolling Stones | 0 |
The Ramones | 0 |
Jay-Z | 0 |
John Coltrane | 0 |
Outkast | 0 |
The Neptunes | 0 |
Nas | 0 |
― Mr. John Scatman (some dude), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link