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I think so - does Z S stand for Za_____ Sc___?

Yep, thanks!

Sent in my ballot! I'm surprised that there were so few votes for the Accelerate poll that none of the songs even made the noms. Supernatural Superserious is pretty great! I don't think it would have made my ballot but...

Accelerate = meh.

I enjoyed Accelerate but I'm not sure any of it deserves a place in this poll, especially given that neither It's The End Of The World As We Know It or Man On The Moon made the nominations cut here (although I think the former could conceivably win as a wildcard entry, Goran Ivanisevic style).

I couldn't believe Life and How To Live It didn't make the poll. That could be another wild card dark horse.

If allowed, almost my whole ballot would be "wildcards."

Yeah, in hindsight I should have allowed two or three wildcards. There is already one wildcard pick in the top thirty though and another not far behind, so don't give up on 'em!

I would have thrown a few points to Supernatural Superserious though - really solid track IMO, although the bridge feels tacked-on.

brontosaur, I don't have a ballot under your username FYI...

not that this means anything but looking over the old polls i would have voted for a lot of the 4-vote tracks

Same here, plus some really low-scoring things like "Belong." So it goes I guess. Maybe in ten years or so, after R.E.M.'s unexpected, late-period string of mind-blowing comeback albums, we can do this over again...

It didn't get bounced back so I figured it must have went through. Thanks for the heads up, I'll resend it now. Let me know if it doesn't get through.

The noms actually covered what most of my picks would be. I could have used a couple more wildcards, but being a big fan of the WB years lots of that stuff made it. Even "Beat a Drum" which I didn't think was that popular. What is crazy to me about the lack of Accelerate stuff is that only 6 people bothered to vote in the poll, versus 18 people in the Around the Sun poll. I'd take all sorts of songs off Accelerate over "Leaving New York". Such as, "Supernatural Superserious", "Mr. Richards", "Horse to Water", or "I'm Gonna DJ". Even "Red Head Walking", a bonus track off the deluxe edition, which reminds me of the playful R.E.M. that we haven't heard since Monster.

I'm excited to see the results!

No way dude, "Leaving New York" is #1, just you wait and see. You don't need me to tell you now that nothing can compare.

*GROAN*

I'll say this: The poll's "wildcard" option made me reevaluate R.E.M.'s early, unreleased material (stuff even before Chronic Town). What a fantastic, innovative band, way back when.

Mercurial future, forget the past.

B-52's s/t is '79, I'm sorry to say.

wrong thread ;-)

wrong thread, sorry. brontosaur, I got your ballot.
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Forty minutes left to get your votes in! I have possibly hopeless notions of kicking off the countdown tomorrow; if not then, the next day for sure...

You got mine, right? It was a while ago...

Keeping my fingers crossed for my wildcard "Worst Joke Ever" to make the list!!!

Euler, no worries, I've got it.

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