I couldn't believe Life and How To Live It didn't make the poll. That could be another wild card dark horse.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 30 October 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
If allowed, almost my whole ballot would be "wildcards."
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 30 October 2009 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
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!
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 31 October 2009 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
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...
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 31 October 2009 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
not that this means anything but looking over the old polls i would have voted for a lot of the 4-vote tracks
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 31 October 2009 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
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...
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 31 October 2009 08:50 (fourteen years ago) link
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!
― brontosaur, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Euler, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
*GROAN*
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Mercurial future, forget the past.
― Euler, Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
B-52's s/t is '79, I'm sorry to say.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 1 November 2009 04:09 (fourteen years ago) link
wrong thread ;-)
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Sunday, 1 November 2009 04:20 (fourteen years ago) link
wrong thread, sorry. brontosaur, I got your ballot.xpost
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 1 November 2009 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
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...
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 1 November 2009 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
You got mine, right? It was a while ago...
― Euler, Sunday, 1 November 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Keeping my fingers crossed for my wildcard "Worst Joke Ever" to make the list!!!
― brontosaur, Sunday, 1 November 2009 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Euler, no worries, I've got it.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 2 November 2009 03:17 (fourteen years ago) link
\///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 2 November 2009 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link