ILM 20th century tracks poll: your ballot

sorry, #13

Very apt number

1. The Ronettes — Be My Baby
2. Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
3. Ray Charles — What'd I Say
4. The Velvet Underground — Waiting for the Man
5. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Black and Tan Fantasy
6. Marvin Gaye — Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
7. Bing Crosby — Pennies From Heaven
8. Blondie — Heart of Glass
9. The Drifters — There Goes My Baby
10. Ramones — I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
11. The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset
12. Louis Armstrong — Black and Blue
13. The Shangri-Las — Leader of the Pack
14. Billie Holiday — Gloomy Sunday
15. Barrett Strong — Money (That's What I Want)
16. The Five Stairsteps — Ooh Child
17. New Order — Blue Monday
18. The Beach Boys — Don't Worry Baby
19. The Supremes — You Can't Hurry Love
20. Tommy James and The Shondelles — Crimson and Clover
21. Stevie Wonder — I Was Made to Love Her
22. Al Green — Belle
23. Curtis Mayfield — Superfly
24. James Brown — Down and Out in New York City
25. The Everly Brothers — All I Have to Do Is Dream
26. Roxy Music — More Than This
27. Sly and The Family Stone — Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
28. Link Wray and His Ray Men — Rumble
29. The Beatles — She Said She Said
30. Sam Cooke — Cupid
31. Talking Heads — Once in a Lifetime
32. Ray Parker, Jr. — Ghostbusters
33. Merle Haggard — Mama Tried
34. Otis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too Long
35. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — You've Really Got a Hold on Me
36. Miles Davis — So What
37. Prince — Little Red Corvette
38. Ramones — Blitzkrieg Bop
39. Louis Armstrong — Ain't Misbehavin'
40. Sly and The Family Stone — Family Affair
41. The Velvet Underground — Sweet Jane
42. The Beach Boys — God Only Knows
43. Sam Cooke — Bring it on Home to Me
44. Bing Crosby — Here Lies Love
45. Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot — Bonnie and Clyde
46. The Crystals — Da Doo Ron Ron
47. The Kinks — You Really Got Me
48. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Take the A-Train
49. Stevie Wonder — Superstition
50. Ben E. King — Stand By Me
51. The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back
52. James Brown — Sex Machine
53. Mickey and Sylvia — Love Is Strange
54. The Velvet Underground — Sister Ray
55. The Who — The Kids Are Alright
56. The Troggs — Wild Thing
57. Prince and The Revolution — Kiss
58. Louis Armstrong — West End Blues
59. Wilson Pickett — Land of 1,000 Dances
60. The Kingsmen — Louie Louie
61. Ray Charles — I Got a Woman
62. The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie
63. The Trashmen — Surfin' Bird
64. Wreckless Eric — Whole Wide World
65. The Mills Brothers — The Old Man of the Mountain
66. The Rolling Stones — Rocks Off
67. The Impressions — People Get Ready
68. The Beatles — Penny Lane
69. Sam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna Come
70. Tommy James and The Shondelles — I Think We're Alone Now
71. The Tammys — Egyptian Shumba
72. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — East St. Louis Toodle-oo
[b]73. The Zombies — Care of Cell 44
74. The Kinks — Lola
75. The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations
76. The Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' On
77. The Rolling Stones — Paint it Black
78. The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Take Five
79. The Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be There
80. Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
81. Louis Armstrong — Stardust
82. Big Star — Thirteen
83. Bobby Womack — Across 110th Street
84. The Who — Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
85. Billie Holiday — Solitude
86. The Velvet Underground — Rock n' Roll
87. Marvin Gaye — Mercy Mercy Me
88. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)
89. Roy Orbison — Running Scared
90. Miles Davis — Shhh/Peaceful
91. The Easybeats — Friday on My Mind
92. The Temptations — Papa Was a Rolling Stone
93. Del Shannon — Runaway
94. Ike and Tina Turner — River Deep, Mountain High
95. Blondie — Dreaming
96. The Crystals — And Then He Kissed Me
97. The Left Banke — Walk Away Renee
98. Louis Armstrong — I Can't Give You Anything But Love
99. Howlin' Wolf — Smokestack Lightning
100. James Brown — Cold Sweat

Ignore the formatting snafu I couldn't seem to fix with 70-72.

"Superstition" was, like, #12

― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP), Friday, December 3, 2010 2:39 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

gah, i'm breaking down here. i remember reading the talk about it in the thread, like just after it apparently placed, and swear i scrolled and reloaded and everything looking for it. couldn't find it, and decided that it hadn't made it after all. sometimes my brain just goes out the winda.

but GREAT!

this is what it's gonna be like to be senile i bet (assuming an awful lot there)

17. The Beatles — Strawberry Fields Forever
384. Stevie Wonder — Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
250. The Beatles — She Loves You
62. Curtis Mayfield — Move on Up
227. Ennio Morricone — The Man With the Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)
2. The Rolling Stones — Gimme Shelter
494. Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein — You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
308. Wu Tang Clan — Triumph
1330. Frank Loesser — Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat
929. Kate Bush — Hello Earth
107. Bobby Womack — Across 110th Street
528. Prince — Sign O the Times
1374. The Prodigy — Charly
11. Kate Bush — Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
105. The Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' On
124. Fleetwood Mac — Go Your Own Way
915. David Bowie — Young Americans
396. Grace Jones — Pull Up to the Bumper
811. Roxy Music — Love Is the Drug
645. Charles Mingus — Haitian Fight Song
79. Led Zeppelin — When the Levee Breaks
1141. Gilberto Gil and Jorge Ben — Taj Mahal
5. Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit
15. The Specials — Ghost Town
130. The Byrds — Eight Miles High
1. The Beach Boys — God Only Knows
463. Michael Jackson — Beat It
30. The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back
500. Simon and Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled Water
278. Fleetwood Mac — Rhiannon
1042. The Chordettes — Mr. Sandman
182. George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
307. Elvis Presley — Hound Dog
1138. Lord Invader — Rum and Coca-Cola
402. Machine — There But for the Grace of God

131. Afrika Bambaataa — Planet Rock
300. Aretha Franklin — Say a Little Prayer
1838. Armand Van Helden — U Don't Know Me
634. Bee Gees — Stayin' Alive
558. Benny Goodman Orch Carnegie Hall 1938 — Sing, Sing, Sing
322. Blondie — Atomic
709. Bob Marley and The Wailers — Get Up, Stand Up
217. Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy
388. Bruce Springsteen — Atlantic City
1074. Can — Oh Yeah
482. Chris Isaak — Wicked Game
912. Cole Porter — Anything Goes
900. Crowded House — Four Seasons in One Day
417. David Bowie — Station to Station
212. Don Henley — The Boys of Summer
57. Dr. Dre — Nothin' But a G Thang
554. Elton John — Tiny Dancer
213. Fleetwood Mac — The Chain
260. Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Relax
33. Funkadelic — Maggot Brain
366. Funkadelic — One Nation Under a Groove
323. Gene Kelly — Singin' in the Rain
1280. George Formby — Little Stick of Blackpool Rock
444. George Michael — Careless Whisper
239. Guns N' Roses — Sweet Child O' Mine
316. Howlin' Wolf — Smokestack Lightning
73. Iggy and The Stooges — Search and Destroy
495. Jacques Brel — Amsterdam
335. James Brown — It's a Man's Man's Man's World
59. Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
1123. Luniz — I Got Five on It (Bay Ballas Remix)
63. M|A|R|R|S — Pump Up the Volume
472. Madonna — Like a Prayer
1416. Madonna — Vogue
36. Marvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the Grapevine
147. Massive Attack — Unfinished Sympathy
818. Murray Head — One Night in Bangkok
1074. Nas — The World Is Yours
1142. Paul Simon — 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
54. Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls
1142. Philip Bailey and Phil Collins — Easy Lover
22. Prince and The Revolution — When Doves Cry
523. Scott Joplin — The Entertainer
13. Stevie Wonder — Superstition
967. Suede — Killing of a Flash Boy
143. Talking Heads — Psycho Killer
31. The Beatles — A Day in the Life
533. The Beatles — I Am the Walrus
89. The Beatles — Penny Lane
419. The Beatles — You Never Give Me Your Money
1132. The Clash — I Fought the Law
128. The Mamas and The Papas — California Dreamin'
587. The Police — Roxanne
806. The Prodigy — Out of Space
114. The Rolling Stones — Paint it Black
158. The Rolling Stones — Under My Thumb
37. The Smiths — There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
20. The Smiths — This Charming Man
519. The Source with Candi Staton — You Got the Love
859. The Stone Roses — Fool's Gold
1159. The Stranglers — Golden Brown
303. The Velvet Underground — Venus in Furs
425. TLC — Creep
357. Warren G — Regulate
785. Womack and Womack — Teardrops

^ that must've taken some work!

Yeah, I pretty quickly regretted having started it.

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)

My ballot - most of the weighted section failed to get much love (apart from Sister Ray).

The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
Arthur Russell - In the Light of the Miracle
Albert Ayler - Truth is Marching In
Jorge Ben - Hermes Trismegisto Escreveu
Jacques Brel - La Chanson des Vieux Amants
Planxty - The Blacksmith
Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baïla
Sly and the Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Theme de yoyo
Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun
Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need a Change of Mind
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
The Beach Boys - Don't Talk (Put Your Head on my Shoulder)
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache
Taana Gardner - Heartbeat
Richard Youngs - Soon it will be Fire
Al Green - Belle
Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello
Minnie Riperton - Les Fleur
Sam and Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin'
Isaac Hayes - Walk On By
War - The World Is A Ghetto
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Ricardo Ray - Richie's Jala Jala
Mecano - Ya Viene El Sol
Popol Vuh - Agirre I
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
Amon Düül II - Archangels Thunderbird
Arvo Pärt - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Charles Mingus - Better Git It in Yo Soul
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gilberto Gil - Marginalia II
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Madonna - Into the Groove
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
Parliament - Flashlight
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - TROY
Prince - Sign O the Times
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal
Serge Gainsbourg - Cargo Culte
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
Sun Ra - Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
William Bell - I Forgot to Be Your Lover
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Moonlight in Vermont
David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Faust - J'ai Mal Aux Dents
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Isaac Hayes - Theme from "Shaft"
Jacques Brel - Ces Gens-Là
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Martha and The Vandellas - Dancing in the Street
Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
Neil Young - Ambulance Blues
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long
Pineapples - Come on Closer
Planxty - The Well Below the Valley
Rainbow - Stargazer
Rammellzee and K-Rob - Beat Bop
Sly and The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Talk Talk - I Believe in You
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
The Beatles - Helter Skelter
The Celestial Choir - Stand on the Word
The Mamas and The Papas - California Dreamin'
The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
Toots and The Maytals - Pressure Drop
Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land
Bob Dylan — Ballad of a Thin Man
Curtis Mayfield — Move On Up
Love — You Set the Scene
Marlena Shaw — The Woman of the Ghetto
Os Mutantes — Panis et Circences
Steve Reich — Come Out
The Spinners — I'll Be Around
Elis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de Marco
Blind Willie Johnson — God Moves on the Water
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
The Congos — Congoman
Béla Bartók — Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: III. Adagio
Herbie Hancock — Hornets
Alice Coltrane — Hare Krishna
Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues
Ennio Morricone - The Man With the Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love

29 of my top 100 made the hot 125. On my ballot, the top 40 are ranked.

The Rolling Stones — Street Fighting Man
Bob Dylan — Like a Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stones — Jumpin' Jack Flash
Pavement — Summer Babe
Bruce Springsteen — Born to Run
Son House — Death Letter Blues
The Clash — Complete Control
Otis Redding — Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Funkadelic — Maggot Brain
The Modern Lovers — Roadrunner
Sonic Youth — Teen Age Riot
Bruce Springsteen — The Promised Land
Buddy Holly — Well…All Right
Flamin' Groovies — Shake Some Action
Love — You Set the Scene
The Beatles — A Day in the Life
Neil Young — The Needle and the Damage Done
Prince — Little Red Corvette
Public Enemy — Bring the Noise
Public Image Ltd. — Public Image
Clarence Ashley — The Coo Coo Bird
Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman
Van Morrison — St. Dominic's Preview
Merle Haggard — Mama Tried
Wire — Mannequin
Bob Dylan — Tangled Up in Blue
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
Patti Smith — Gloria
The Velvet Underground — Heroin
The Who — Baba O'Riley
Talking Heads — Once in a Lifetime
Pulp — Common People
Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the U.K.
Bruce Springsteen — Atlantic City
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — You've Really Got a Hold on Me
The Replacements — I Will Dare
The Go-Betweens — Cattle and Cane
Elvis Costello — Watching the Detectives
Toots and The Maytals — Pressure Drop
New Order — Temptation

Big Star — September Gurls
Bob Dylan — Girl From the North Country
Buddy Holly — Rave On
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band — Zig Zag Wanderer
Cheap Trick — Surrender
Chuck Berry — Roll Over Beethoven
Creedence Clearwater Revival — Fortunate Son
Curtis Mayfield — If There's a Hell Below We're All Gonna Go
David Bowie — Station to Station
Desmond Dekker — Israelites
Dolly Parton — Jolene
Don Henley — The Boys of Summer
Donna Summer — I Feel Love
Elmore James — Dust My Blues
Elvis Presley — All Shook Up
Elvis Presley — Suspicious Minds
Frank Sinatra — I've Got You Under My Skin
Gang of Four — Damaged Goods
Gene Clark — Some Misunderstanding
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Gram Parsons — $1000 Wedding
Hank Williams — Lost Highway
James Brown — Super Bad
Jimi Hendrix Experience — Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Johnny Cash — Ring of Fire
Led Zeppelin — When the Levee Breaks
Louis Armstrong — What a Wonderful World
Metallica — One
Mississippi John Hurt — Avalon Blues
Motörhead — Ace of Spades
Mott the Hoople — All the Way From Memphis
My Bloody Valentine — Soon
Neil Young and Crazy Horse — Powderfinger
New York Dolls — Trash
Nirvana — Lounge Act
Pavement — Gold Soundz
Radiohead — Let Down
Ramones — Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Randy Newman — Sail Away
Ray Charles — Georgia on My Mind
Ray Charles — What'd I Say
Richard "Rabbit" Brown — James Alley Blues
Robert Johnson — If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
Rod Stewart — Maggie May
Sam Cooke — Bring it on Home to Me
Simon and Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled Water
Sly and The Family Stone — Family Affair
Steely Dan — Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Stevie Wonder — Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
Television — Marquee Moon
The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations

Looks like you missed the bottom of your ballot there kornrulez :)

Ok, I'll dump this here: which voters are "boring indie canon" and which voters are "fringe loose canon" (sorry). It's ordered by the proportion of votes that made it into the top 125. Again I've checked the output only briefly, but it seems to be right.

The format is: rank, user, #votes cast, #votes in top 125, proportion of votes in top 125, points total for all tracks on ballot, average points per track

1 NotEnough 100 37 0.370 110247 1102.470
2 monster_xero 76 27 0.355 76280 1003.684
3 President Keyes 100 35 0.350 101670 1016.700
4 mookieproof 100 34 0.340 94939 949.390
5 Pillbox 100 33 0.330 99198 991.980
6 breaks 100 33 0.330 99228 992.280
7 peanut 100 32 0.320 102537 1025.370
8 kornrulez6969 100 32 0.320 95805 958.050
9 Ari 100 31 0.310 93066 930.660
10 sofatruck 100 30 0.300 91879 918.790
11 MitchellStirling 100 30 0.300 92798 927.980
12 that's not my post 100 30 0.300 95629 956.290
13 symsymsym 100 29 0.290 94340 943.400
14 contenderizer 100 29 0.290 90775 907.750
15 abanana 96 27 0.281 91658 954.771
16 mike t-diva 100 28 0.280 99604 996.040
17 SSS 100 28 0.280 92192 921.920
18 maarten 100 28 0.280 87244 872.440
19 john. a resident of chicago. 100 28 0.280 98114 981.140
20 clemenza 54 15 0.278 47622 881.889
21 Dr. C 69 19 0.275 55137 799.087
22 corey 77 21 0.273 66016 857.351
23 "Nasty, Brutish & Short" 100 27 0.270 98853 988.530
24 justfanoe 99 26 0.263 92200 931.313
25 Ismael Klata 100 26 0.260 90725 907.250
26 Ioannis 100 26 0.260 90357 903.570
27 WmC 43 11 0.256 39267 913.186
28 whatever 100 25 0.250 86226 862.260
29 crüt 100 25 0.250 85954 859.540
30 le hague 48 12 0.250 46958 978.292
31 Turangalila 100 25 0.250 89190 891.900
32 iatee 100 25 0.250 86445 864.450
33 charlie h 100 25 0.250 89899 898.990
34 Lostandfound 100 24 0.240 85360 853.600
35 MumblestheRevelator 100 24 0.240 85009 850.090
36 skip 100 24 0.240 89228 892.280
37 Matt #2 100 24 0.240 79521 795.210
38 Gukbe 100 24 0.240 89757 897.570
39 Nag! Nag! Nag! 100 24 0.240 85822 858.220
40 crumbsinthebutter 39 9 0.231 30861 791.308
41 p-dog 100 23 0.230 90769 907.690
42 Moka 100 23 0.230 72774 727.740
43 sleeve 100 23 0.230 79779 797.790
44 Zachary Taylor 100 23 0.230 81403 814.030
45 staggerlee 100 23 0.230 83523 835.230
46 a hoy hoy 87 20 0.230 70411 809.322
47 nakamura 99 22 0.222 89629 905.343
48 Johnny Fever 100 22 0.220 79649 796.490
49 rat bat bruce 100 22 0.220 82092 820.920
50 Neue Jesse Schule 100 22 0.220 67804 678.040
51 billstevejim 100 22 0.220 80279 802.790
52 Gavin in Leeds 100 22 0.220 72134 721.340
53 dog latin 100 22 0.220 84574 845.740
54 Kent Burt 100 22 0.220 78922 789.220
55 j0rdan s 47 10 0.213 37709 802.319
56 Jeff W 99 21 0.212 78656 794.505
57 askance johnson 100 21 0.210 79804 798.040
58 pandemic 100 21 0.210 85180 851.800
59 NickB 100 21 0.210 80221 802.210
60 seandalai 100 21 0.210 75719 757.190
61 calumerio 88 18 0.205 73654 836.977
62 nicky lo-fi 98 20 0.204 75684 772.286
63 Viceroy 100 20 0.200 74171 741.710
64 peter in montreal 100 20 0.200 76881 768.810
65 ilxor 100 20 0.200 78898 788.980
66 Two Red Ducks 100 20 0.200 74143 741.430
67 rudipherous 100 20 0.200 71374 713.740
68 glynn 71 14 0.197 64800 912.676
69 mizzell 68 13 0.191 48878 718.794
70 Spectrist 100 19 0.190 75534 755.340
71 purrington 100 19 0.190 79331 793.310
72 geirhong 100 19 0.190 73273 732.730
73 gospodin simmel 100 19 0.190 78345 783.450
74 Billy Dods 100 19 0.190 72231 722.310
75 Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs 100 18 0.180 79096 790.960
76 Kitchen Person 100 18 0.180 67010 670.100
77 some dude 100 16 0.160 74881 748.810
78 hinklepicker 100 16 0.160 63959 639.590
79 caloma 100 16 0.160 78802 788.020
80 emil.y 100 15 0.150 66730 667.300
81 pauls00 89 13 0.146 62479 702.011
82 doo dah 100 14 0.140 67781 677.810
83 ogmor 72 10 0.139 49857 692.458
84 Abbbottt 100 13 0.130 67490 674.900
85 daavid 100 13 0.130 76812 768.120
86 Tuomas 100 13 0.130 57128 571.280
87 CaptainLorax 100 11 0.110 59446 594.460
88 acoleuthic 74 5 0.068 32112 433.946

<3 lj

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2010/07/They-see-me-rollin-e1280167073372.jpg

tracks that received one #1 vote and nothing else:

Ernie K. Doe - Mother-in-Law
Les Rallizes Denudes - Night of the Assassins
Soft Machine - Moon in June
Umm Kulthum - Robaeyat El Khayam

I am so shocked by that last one, let me tell you.

listening club + poll, imo

The Police - Roxanne (can't explain this one, won't even try)

That was one I voted for that left me scratching my head.

I'm wondering why I voted for two Kate Bush tracks (off the same album). They're both stunning, but still...

I meant to revisit that Umm Kulthum track before voting. I do enjoy the couple of her discs I have...

84 Abbbottt 100 13 0.130 67490 674.900
85 daavid 100 13 0.130 76812 768.120
86 Tuomas 100 13 0.130 57128 571.280
87 CaptainLorax 100 11 0.110 59446 594.460
88 acoleuthic 74 5 0.068 32112 433.946

Hi five for the different kids! Though I guess we're also too different from each other to findany common ground? From what I've gathered at least Lorax and LJ tend to dig totally different things than I.

Ha, I went in and deliberately tried to avoid any guitar rock, tho I made a few exceptions. I ranked about ten songs, though I forget which ones, here's the 100 songs I chose:

"?" and The Mysterians — 96 Tears
Aaliyah — Are You That Somebody?
Alexander Skip Spence — Grey/Afro
Althea and Donna — Uptown Top Ranking
Andrea True Connection — More, More, More
Betty Davis — He Was a Big Freak
Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman — Lush Life
Bo Diddley — Hey Bo Diddley
Brian Eno — Needle in the Camel's Eye
Cabaret Voltaire — Nag Nag Nag
Cardiacs — R.E.S.
Cat Stevens — Wild World
Charles Mingus — Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Comus — Diana
Daryl Hall and John Oates — I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie — Sound and Vision
Del Shannon — Runaway
The Sequence — And You Know That
Depeche Mode — Blasphemous Rumours
Dexys Midnight Runners — Come on Eileen
Digital Underground — The Humpty Dance
Donna Summer — I Feel Love
Donovan — Hurdy Gurdy Man
Earth, Wind and Fire — September
Eartha Kitt — I Want to Be Evil
Edith Piaf — L'Accordéoniste
Etta James — At Last
Fela Kuti — Dog Eat Dog
Fela Kuti — He Miss Road
The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Relax
George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward — Summertime
Geto Boys — Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Grace Jones — Pull Up to the Bumper
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The Message
Gustav Holst — Jupiter
Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes — If You Don't Know Me By Now
Heart — Magic Man
Henry Thomas — Fishing Blues
Jackie Wilson — Lonely Teardrops
Japan — Ghosts
Joni Mitchell — Help Me
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
K-Ci and Jojo — All My Life
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim — Somewhere (West Side Story)
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim — Tonight (West Side Story)
Lucia Pamela — Walking on the Moon
Madness — Our House
Madonna — Live to Tell
Marvin Gaye — Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs — Stay
McCoy Tyner — Passion Dance
• Minnie Riperton — Les Fleur
• Meredith Monk — Gotham Lullaby
Mister (Fred) Rogers — It's You I Like
• Mos Def — Umi Says
Mr. Fingers — Can You Feel It
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood — Some Velvet Morning
Olivia Newton-John — Xanadu
Ofra Haza — Im Nin'alu
Peggy Lee — Fever
Peter Gabriel — Moribund the Burgermeister
Peter Gabriel — In Your Eyes
Prince — U Got the Look
Public Enemy — Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
Raymond Scott — Powerhouse
Sade — The Sweetest Taboo
Roy Orbison — Crying
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin — Je t'aime...moi non plus
Shuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23
Siouxsie and The Banshees — Happy House
Sly and The Family Stone — Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Sly and The Family Stone — Hot Fun in the Summertime
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — You've Really Got a Hold on Me
Soft Cell — Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Stevie Wonder — As
Laura Branigan — Self Control
T.Rex — Life's a Gas
The Big Bopper — Chantilly Lace
The Celestial Choir — Stand on the Word
Terry Riley — In C
The Doobie Brothers — What a Fool Believes
The Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be There
The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back
The Muppets (Piero Umiliani) — Mah Na Mah Na
The Persuaders — Thin Line Between Love and Hate
The Shaggs — My Pal Foot Foot
The Shangri-Las — Past, Present and Future
The Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' On
The Walker Brothers — The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
This Heat — 24 Track Loop
Throbbing Gristle — Hamburger Lady
Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
War — The World Is a Ghetto
Warren G — Regulate
White Noise — The Visitations
Wire — Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
XTC — Dear God

Those 3 w/bullets were ranked, and then there were a couple others. Celestial Choir was my #1, it only got one other vote.

I don't remember if I nommed White Noise or not, but I was so happy to vote for it.

mixed ballot:

Elis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de Marco
Gladys Knight and The Pips — Midnight Train to Georgia
Pete Rock and CL Smooth — TROY
Marvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the Grapevine
The Specials — Ghost Town
Desmond Dekker — Israelites
Pulp — Common People
The Breeders — Cannonball
Dr. Dre — Nothin' But a G Thang
Aaliyah — Are You That Somebody?
Otis Redding — Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Wu Tang Clan — Protect Ya Neck
Prince — Little Red Corvette
Television — Marquee Moon
Randy Newman — Sail Away
Leadbelly — Goodnight Irene
Leonard Cohen — Tower of Song
The Supremes — Where Did Our Love Go?
Young Marble Giants — Final Day
Sinéad O'Connor — Nothing Compares 2 U
Richard Thompson — 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Nas — N.Y. State of Mind
Henry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Van Morrison — Slim Slow Slider
Missy Elliott — The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

"?" and The Mysterians — 96 Tears
Althea and Donna — Uptown Top Ranking
Belle and Sebastian — The State I Am In
Big Star — September Gurls
Bob Dylan — Positively 4th Street
Creedence Clearwater Revival — Fortunate Son
Curtis Mayfield — If There's a Hell Below We're All Gonna Go
Deee-lite — Groove Is in the Heart
DJ Shadow — Midnight in a Perfect World
Doug E. Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew — The Show
Elvis Presley — Suspicious Minds
Eric B and Rakim — I Know Who Got Your Soul
George Jones — He Stopped Loving Her Today
Geto Boys — Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Guns N' Roses — Sweet Child O' Mine
Iggy Pop — The Passenger
Ike and Tina Turner — River Deep, Mountain High
Isaac Hayes — Walk on By
Jay-Z — Big Pimpin'
Jay-Z — Brooklyn's Finest (ft. The Notorious B.I.G.)
Jimi Hendrix — Castles Made of Sand
John Lennon — Jealous Guy
Johnny Cash — Folsom Prison Blues
Joy Division — Love Will Tear Us Apart
Kate Bush — Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
LL Cool J — Mama Said Knock You Out
Michael Jackson — Billie Jean
Mary J. Blige — Real Love
Mobb Deep — Shook Ones pt. II
Montell Jordan — This Is How We Do It
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds — From Her to Eternity
Nick Drake — Pink Moon
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
Norman Greenbaum — Spirit in the Sky
Pavement — Summer Babe
Peggy Lee — Is That All There Is?
Pet Shop Boys — Being Boring
Pixies — Wave of Mutilation
Plastic Bertrand — Ça plane pour moi
Prince and The Revolution — When Doves Cry
Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody
Ramones — Blitzkrieg Bop
Ritchie Valens — La Bamba
Sam Cooke — Bring it on Home to Me
Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin — Je t'aime...moi non plus
Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the U.K.
Sonic Youth — Expressway to Yr Skull
Stevie Wonder — I Was Made to Love Her
Stevie Wonder — Living for the City
The Animals — The House of the Rising Sun
The Beatles — Because
The Beatles — I Saw Her Standing There
The Clash — (White Man in) Hammersmith Palais
The Go-Betweens — Cattle and Cane
The Kingsmen — Louie Louie
The Magnetic Fields — Strange Powers
The Modern Lovers — Roadrunner
The Mountain Goats — Going to Georgia
The Notorious B.I.G. — Gimme the Loot
The Notorious B.I.G. — Juicy
The Replacements — I Will Dare
The Only Ones — Another Girl Another Planet
The Ronettes — Be My Baby
The Roots — You Got Me (ft. Erykah Badu)
The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead
The Velvet Underground — All Tomorrow's Parties
This Mortal Coil — Song to the Siren
Toots and The Maytals — Pressure Drop
Warren G — Regulate
William DeVaughn — Be Thankful for What You've Got
Yo La Tengo — Sugarcube
Pixies — Debaser
Gang of Four — To Hell With Poverty
Bobbie Gentry — Ode to Billie Joe

I was the only person to vote for Mary J Blige

ok this is too much -- y'all should post like yr top five that *didn't* make it

Celestial Choir was my #1, it only got one other vote.

Hi!

Gladys Knight and The Pips — Midnight Train to Georgia
Pete Rock and CL Smooth — TROY
The Breeders — Cannonball
Aaliyah — Are You That Somebody?
Wu Tang Clan — Protect Ya Neck

I didn't save a text file with my ballot but I did make an itunes playlist. If you're curious about one that you don't recognize feel free to ask. Here are mine:

http://i.imgur.com/KdwfW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JxjOs.jpg

Note: There's one error I ended up switching Dolly Parton's Jolene for either The Shaggs or Gershwin's summertime. Not really sure which one was it in the end, maybe jf or seandalai could clear that up for me.

"Summertime"

okay, so the one and only song that really took me by surprise in the top 125 was of Althea and Donna's "Uptown Top Ranking". like i said in the results thread, i don't think i'd ever knowingly heard the song or so much as heard of the duo prior to its placing. i don't claim to keep up on everything, but come on: according to ILM, it's the 25th best song of the 20th century! feel i should have been aware.

so i don't mean to bust on anyone's choices, but was curious as to how many of the exposed ballots contained it. turns out that 5 of 20 do. interesting thing is that it's the only reggae song on most of those ballots, not counting UK ska. Which again isn't to fault anyone (i had the fucking police on my list ... GLASS HOUSES), just to point out that it does seems to be the 20th century's single standout reggae classic in a lot of people's minds. which weirds me out, cuz it was so utterly off my radar.

seems to be a UK vs. US thing, right? the song went to #1 in the UK in '78, but never made a dent in the US charts, that i know of. and it's not one of those secret classics that turns up on coffee shop speakers and in movies & TV shows all the time, regardless of whether or not it made the hit parade - not over here, anyway. none of which really matters. it's wonderful, and i'm glad to have finally heard it, if 33 years late. woke up with it running through my head this morning. ...along with "wichita lineman".

i'm impressed how lj got the most contrary (in sd terms) list despite not making a list that was all that alt

every time someone posts "i can't believe (your hobbyhorse song of choice) is/isn't on this list" on any of these 20th C poll threads, God bloodily rips the wings off an angel and puts its eyes out with a cigarette

didn't submit ballot cuz i've had lol shit do u but mainly some difficulty w/ how to integrate classical works.....however that is easily solved by considering single-movement pieces only.....so it'd probably be something like

debussy - jeux
scriabin - poem of ecstasy
varèse - arcana
ligeti - lontano
xenakis - tetora
john cage - in a landscape
scelsi - de natura renovatur
les rallizes denudes - night of the assassins
pink floyd - see emily play
the stooges - death trip
neu! - hallogallo
public image ltd - poptones
schooly d - psk
aphex twin - tha
jane's addiction - three days
acen - trip 2 the moon
sonic youth - the diamond sea
autechre - drane2

contenderizer: Don't know if you counted it but 'Uptown Top Ranking' was also on my list. Here's a transcript:

Althea and Donna — Uptown Top Ranking
Alvin Lucier — I Am Sitting in a Room
Aphex Twin — Windowlicker
Aphrodite's Child — The Four Horsemen
Art Ensemble of Chicago — Theme de yoyo
Arthur Russell — A Little Lost
Arvo Pärt — Te Deum
Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
Billie Holiday — Gloomy Sunday
Billie Holiday and Lester Young — When You're Smiling
Björk — Hyperballad
Black Sabbath — Supernaut
Bo Diddley — Hey Bo Diddley
Brian Eno — Needle in the Camel's Eye
Buddy Rich — The Beat Goes On
Cabaret Voltaire — Nag Nag Nag
Can — Future Days
Can — Yoo Doo Right
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes
Claude Debussy — Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)
David Bowie — Letter to Hermione
Dawn Penn — No No No
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)
Dusty Springfield — Spooky
Elis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de Marco
ESG — UFO
Fred Neil — Faretheewell (Fred's Tune)
Gang of Four — Damaged Goods
George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward — Summertime
Gil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Grateful Dead — Friend of the Devil
Iggy and The Stooges — Search and Destroy
Iggy Pop — Lust for Life
Jackson C. Frank — Blues Run the Game
Jimi Hendrix — Castles Made of Sand
Jimi Hendrix Experience — All Along the Watchtower
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman — Lush Life
Jorge Ben — Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)
Jorge Ben — Take it Easy My Brother Charles
Kate Bush — Hounds of Love
Kraftwerk — Computer Love
Led Zeppelin — When the Levee Breaks
Liquid Liquid — Optimo
Little Anthony and The Imperials — Goin' Out of My Head
Louis Armstrong — Hello Dolly!
M|A|R|R|S — Pump Up the Volume
Marlena Shaw — The Woman of the Ghetto
Massive Attack — Unfinished Sympathy
Mazzy Star — Fade Into You
Miles Davis — Shhh/Peaceful
My Bloody Valentine — Soon
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood — Some Velvet Morning
Neu! — Hallogallo
New Order — Age of Consent
Nick Drake — Pink Moon
Nina Simone — My Baby Just Cares for Me
Nina Simone — Sinnerman
Norman Greenbaum — Spirit in the Sky
Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps: V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus
Peggy Lee — Is That All There Is?
Peter Brotzmann Octet — Machine Gun
Pink Floyd — See Emily Play
Pixies — Debaser
Prince and The Revolution — Kiss
Radiohead — Fake Plastic Trees
Rammellzee and K-Rob — Beat Bop
Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire — Theme from "Dr. Who"
Saint Etienne — Avenue
Salcos — Demolición
Secos e Molhados — Sangue Latino
Sonic Youth — The Diamond Sea
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From Ipanema
Stereolab — Jenny Ondioline
Sugarhill Gang — Rapper's Delight
T.Rex — Raw Ramp
Tenor Saw — Ring the Alarm
The Clash — Lost in the Supermarket
The Cure — A Forest
The Faces — Ooh La La
The Fall — Totally Wired
The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
The Human League — Being Boiled
The Ink Spots — I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
The Jesus and Mary Chain — Never Understand
The Modern Lovers — Roadrunner
The Normal — Warm Leatherette
The Slickers — Johnny Too Bad
The Specials — Ghost Town
The Standells — Dirty Water
The Stone Roses — I Wanna Be Adored
The Stooges — No Fun
The Sugarcubes — Birthday
The Tammys — Egyptian Shumba
The Undertones — Teenage Kicks
The Zombies — Time of the Season
Timmy Thomas — Why Can't We Live Together
Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
Tricky — Poems
XTC — Making Plans for Nigel
Young Marble Giants — Final Day

There were two reggae songs on my list (ring the alarm, uptown top ranking)... three if you count 'ghost town'. I'm not from the UK and the song might not have any social criticism in its lyrics but I have no problem with it being the most representative reggae song of all time. Granted I'm not a reggae connoisseur but for me it resumes everything I like about the genre, listening to this song immediatly gives me the sensation of being young, of feeling free, of wanting to frolic in the summer. I can't think of many others #1 hits as authentically fun as this one.

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.

I don't see why Elvis Costello loving it would shame his haters. For all I know everybody loves this song.

moka otm. awesome list btw

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 Madly
Miles Davis — Shhh/Peaceful
Stevie Wonder — As
Wu Tang Clan — Protect Ya Neck
The Underdogs — Love's Gone Bad
The Rolling Stones — Sway
Neu! — Hallogallo
Neil Young and Crazy Horse — Cortez the Killer
George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward — Summertime
Bob Dylan — Girl From the North Country
10cc — I'm Not in Love
Blind Willie Johnson — John the Revelator
Blue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the Reaper
Steely Dan — Peg
Black Sabbath — Supernaut
Can — Mother Sky
David Bowie — Station to Station
Funkadelic — Maggot Brain
N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton
The Stooges — TV Eye

Al Green — Love and Happiness
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers — Moanin'
Arthur Russell — A Little Lost
Bauhaus — Bela Lugosi's Dead
Big Star — Thirteen
Blind Faith — Can't Find My Way Home
Brian Eno — Everything Merges With the Night
Bruce Springsteen — I'm on Fire
Charles Mingus — Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Daft Punk — Da Funk
Daryl Hall and John Oates — I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence
Dolly Parton — Jolene
Etta James — At Last
Fleetwood Mac — Sara
Frank Sinatra — I've Got You Under My Skin
Gil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Giorgio Moroder — Chase (Midnight Express)
Gordon Lightfoot — The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Grateful Dead — Box of Rain
James Brown — The Payback
Johnny Cash — Folsom Prison Blues
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
King Crimson — 21st Century Schizoid Man
Kraftwerk — Autobahn
Leonard Cohen — Famous Blue Raincoat
Louis Armstrong — What a Wonderful World
Magma — De Futura
Marvin Gaye — What's Goin' On
Michael Jackson — Billie Jean
Minutemen — Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?
Mission of Burma — Academy Fight Song
My Bloody Valentine — Soon
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood — Some Velvet Morning
Nas — N.Y. State of Mind
New Order — Ceremony
Nina Simone — Sinnerman
Patsy Cline — Crazy
Pavement — Summer Babe
Pet Shop Boys — Always on My Mind
Pink Floyd — Echoes
Pixies — Debaser
Prince and The Revolution — Purple Rain
Public Enemy — Fight the Power
R.E.M. — So. Central Rain
Radiohead — Let Down
Rainbow — Stargazer
Ramones — Judy Is a Punk
Rush — Subdivisions
Sam Cooke — (What a) Wonderful World
Santo and Johnny — Sleep Walk
Scott Walker — Farmer in the City
Slayer — Raining Blood
Slint — Good Morning, Captain
Sly and The Family Stone — Everyday People
Sonic Youth — Teen Age Riot
Suicide — Ghost Rider
Swans — New Mind
Talk Talk — I Believe in You
Talking Heads — Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
Television — Marquee Moon
The Alan Parsons Project — Eye in the Sky
The Beach Boys — Heroes and Villains
The Cure — A Forest
The Faces — Ooh La La
The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back
The Notorious B.I.G. — Juicy
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale of New York
The Replacements — I Will Dare
The Ronettes — Be My Baby
The Supremes — Where Did Our Love Go?
The Velvet Underground — Heroin
The Zombies — Care of Cell 44
Thin Lizzy — The Boys Are Back in Town
Todd Rundgren — I Saw the Light
Van Morrison — St. Dominic's Preview
Vince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and Lucy
Wire — Mannequin
Yes — Close to the Edge

moka otm. awesome list btw

― 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, I don't think Bill Withers was nominated. If it was, I would've put it in my top 10 or 20.

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.

Also regret not voting 'johnny b. goode' thought it has a big chance of making it high on the list without my help.

Actually just noticed there's two more reggae tracks on my ballot:

Dawn Penn - No no no
The Slickers - Johnny too bad

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.

Sorry, that's "In These Times" by Errol Walker, Errol Alkan is some other guy.

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

'Coming Down' is my favourite, too, but was more than happy to vote for 'Garden of Earthly Delights' as the only nom.

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 Smiling
Tricky - Poems
T.Rex - Raw Ramp
Salcos - Demolicion
Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly!
Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the Game
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
David Bowie - Letter to Hermione
Secos e Molhados - Sangue Latino

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.

Here's my fully weighted ballot:

Bing Crosby — White Christmas
Bob Dylan — Like a Rolling Stone
The Beach Boys — God Only Knows
Michael Jackson — Billie Jean
Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
Fred Astaire — Cheek to Cheek
Henry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Fleetwood Mac — Rhiannon
Claude Debussy — Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)
Peggy Lee — Fever
The Beatles — She Loves You
Guns N' Roses — Welcome to the Jungle
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Take the A-Train
The Glenn Miller Orchestra — In the Mood
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You
The Who — Won’t Get Fooled Again
“?” and The Mysterians — 96 Tears
Prince and The Revolution — Purple Rain
Bill Monroe — Blue Moon of Kentucky
Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats — Rocket 88
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From Ipanema
George Jones — He Stopped Loving Her Today
Fats Waller — Ain’t Misbehavin’
The Rolling Stones — Under My Thumb
Willie Nelson — Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Madonna — Into the Groove
Cab Calloway — Minnie the Moocher
Chuck Berry — Roll Over Beethoven
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
Miles Davis — So What
Robert Johnson — Love in Vain
Bob Dylan — Desolation Row
The Velvet Underground — Heroin
The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset
Johnny Cash — Folsom Prison Blues
Chic — Good Times
Maurice Ravel — Boléro
The Rolling Stones — Gimme Shelter
The Platters — Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Jefferson Airplane — White Rabbit
The Tornados — Telstar
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The Message
Alvin Lucier — I Am Sitting in a Room
Patsy Cline — I Fall to Pieces
Nancy Sinatra — These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Dick Dale and The Deltones — Misirlou
Orbital — Halcyon + On + On
The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Take Five
George McCrae — Rock Your Baby
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes
Dr. Dre — Nothin' But a G Thang
Britney Spears — …Baby One More Time
Iggy and The Stooges — Search and Destroy
Talking Heads — Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the U.K.
The Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be There
Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah
James Brown — Cold Sweat
ABBA — The Winner Takes it All
Carl Orff — O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
Julie Andrews — The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music)
The Jesus and Mary Chain — Just Like Honey
Sam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna Come
Elvis Presley — Can't Help Falling in Love
The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations
Judy Garland — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (original depression version sez Abbott)
Raymond Scott — Powerhouse
Benny Goodman Orch Carnegie Hall 1938 — Sing, Sing, Sing
Dolly Parton — Jolene
Etta James — At Last
Johnny Nash — I Can See Clearly Now
X-Ray Spex — Oh Bondage Up Yours!
Bo Diddley — Hey Bo Diddley
Marvin Gaye — What's Goin' On
The Magnetic Fields — The Book of Love
Link Wray and His Ray Men — Rumble
Tom Waits — Anywhere I Lay My Head
Frank Sinatra — Night and Day
Brian Eno — Baby's on Fire
Bing Crosby — Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Tommy James and The Shondelles — Crimson and Clover
The Kingsmen — Louie Louie
Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit
Backstreet Boys — I Want it That Way
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My Tears
Tammy Wynette — Stand By Your Man
Shuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23
Martina McBride — Independence Day
Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman
Pet Shop Boys — Being Boring
They Might Be Giants — Anna Ng
Earth, Wind and Fire — September
Black Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Blondie — Atomic
My Bloody Valentine — Only Shallow
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers — American Girl
Cheap Trick — Surrender
Dead 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.

this doesn't really belong here, but nor does it belong anywhere else, so...

NOBODY LIKES ME (the abandoned):

.38 Special - Caught Up in You
14 Iced Bears - Take It
A Tribe Called Quest - Sucka Nigga
Abner Jay - Depression
Aimee Mann - Save Me
Albert Mangelsdorff - The Wide Point
Alexander Skip Spence - Diana
Altered Images - Don't Talk to Me About Love
American Music Club - Big Night
Amy Grant - Baby, Baby
Andonis Dalgas - Sousta Politiki
Andrew Lloyd Weber - Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes) (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Another Sunny Day - Anorak City
Anton Karas - The Third Man (aka The Harry Lime Theme)
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Barry Manilow - Mandy
Beat Happening - Bewitched
Belle and Sebastian - Seymour Stein
Big Star - Thank You Friends
Bill Dixon - Shrike
Bill Dixon Orchestra - Metamorphosis 1962-1966
Bill Haley and The Comets - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Billie Holiday - I'm Painting the Town Red
Billy Ocean - Carribean Queen
Billy Strayhorn - Lush Life
Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy
Bing Crosby - Paradise
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me In
Bix Beiderbecke - In a Mist (Bixology)
Bix Beiderbecke - Rhythm King
Bix Beiderbecke - Riverboat Shuffle
Björk - Big Time Sensuality
Björk - Come to Me
Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Blue Öyster Cult - Last Days of May
Boards of Canada - Everything You Do Is a Balloon
Bob Dorough - Four-Legged Zoo (Schoolhouse Rock)
Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
Bohannon - Summertime Groove
Booker T and The MGs - Born Under a Bad Sign
Boswell Sisters - Heebie Jeebies
Brenda Lee - I Want to Be Wanted
Buffalo Springfield - I Am a Child
Burning Spear - Hey Dready
Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More
Butthole Surfers - Freak in the Cellar
Cab Calloway - Reefer Man
Carmen Miranda - Rebola a Bola
Carmen Miranda - Tico Tico
Charlie Rich - Don't Put No Headstone on My Grave
Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
Clydie King - One of Those for Crying Over You Days
Common Sense - Resurrection
Connie - Rock Me
Crude - This Town
D'Angelo - Cruisin'
Daniel Johnston - Speeding Motorcycle
De la Soul - Stakes Is High
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Dick Powell / Vitaphone Orchestra - I Only Have Eyes for You
Dick Power and Ruby Keeler - You Gotta Know How to Dance
Dillinja - The Angels Fell
Do or Die - Po Pimp
Dock Boggs - Old Rub Alcohol
Drive-By Truckers - Zip City
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Saddest Tale
East River Pipe - Make a Deal With the City
Eddie Murphy - Boogie in Your Butt
Emitt Rhodes - Somebody Made for Me
Erasure - Oh L'Amour
Etta Moten and Joan Blondell - Remember My Forgotten Man
Evelyn Champagne King - Love Come Down
Fats Waller - Blue Because of You
Fela Kuti - Shakara
Felt - Evergreen Dazed
Flipper - Life
Frank Hutchison - Stackalee
Frank Sinatra - Brazil
Frank Sinatra - I'm a Fool to Want You
Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young
Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown Goes Down
Freddy Fender - Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Fugazi - Shut the Door
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Gang Starr - Code of the Streets
Gary Burton - Hullo Bolinas
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
Genius/GZA - Gold
George McCrae - You Can Have it All
George Michael - Hard Day
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song
Gracie Fields - Now Is the Hour
Gustav Mahler - Der Abschied from Das Lied Von Der Erde
Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One
Harry Nilsson - I Said Goodbye to Me
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard - West Virginia, My Home
"Henry Mancini - Theme from ""The Pink Panther"""
Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
Hildegard Knef - Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen
Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust
Horace Silver - Song for My Father
Howard Keel and Company - Sobbin' Women
"Huey ""Piano"" Smith and His Clowns - Free, Single & Disengaged"
Hunters and Collectors - Talking to a Stranger
Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up
Irma Thomas - Breakaway
Irving Berlin - Alexander's Ragtime Band
Isaac Hayes - The Look of Love
Jacob Miller - Girl Named Pat
Janet Jackson - If
Janis Joplin - Half Moon
Japan - Swing
Jay-Z - Dead Presidents II
Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolook
Jerry Reed - Eastbound and Down
Jessie Matthews - By the Fireside
Joan Baez - Prison Trilogy
John Cale and Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax
John Coltrane - Alabama
John Fahey - America
John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
Joni Mitchell - Amelia
Joni Mitchell - Chinese Café
Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal / Fio Maravilha / Pais Tropical
Judee Sill - The Lamb Ran Away With the Crown
Judee Sill - The Pearl
June Brides - In the Rain
King Crimson - Sleepless
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues
Kool and The Gang - Give it Up
Kraftwerk - Numbers
Lady Ann - Informer
Laura Nyro - I Am the Blues
LaVern Baker - Soul on Fire
Le Mystere de Voix Bulgare - Mir Stanke Le
Leadbelly - How Long
Leadbelly - Take a Whiff on Me
Led Zeppelin - In the Evening
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
Lee Wiley - Oh! Look at Me Now
Leo Kottke - Vaseline Machine Gun
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Lewis Taylor - Satisfied
Lifter Puller - To Live and Die in LBI
Lightning Seeds - Pure
Linda Scott - I've Told Every Little Star
Lionel Hampton - Central Ave. Breakdown
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Loretta Lynn - Blue Kentucky Girl
Los Lobos - One Time, One Night
Louis Armstrong - Cake Walking Babies from Home
Louis Armstrong - Heebie Jeebies
Louis Prima and Keely Smith - That Ol' Black Magic
Love - Seven & Seven Is
Low - The Plan
Lucinda Williams - Pineola
Marion Brown - Sweet Earth Flying
Marta Eggerth - Ein Lied, ein Kuß, ein Mädel
Marvin Gaye - Yesterday
Maurice Jarre - Lara's Theme (Dr. Zhivago)
Maze and Frankie Beverly - Before I Let Go
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose
Meredith Wilson - Till There Was You (The Music Man)
Merle Haggard - Big City
MF Doom - Dead Bent
Ministry - Thieves
Minutemen - Little Man With a Gun in His Hand
Mission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
Mose Allison - Everybody's Crying Mercy
Mrs. Miller - A Lover's Concerto
My Bloody Valentine - Drive All Over Me
Naftule Brandwein - Heyser Bulgar
Napalm Death - You Suffer
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue
Nusret Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt
Oasis - Supersonic
Olatunji - Akiwowo
Onyx - Slam
Orbital - The Girl With the Sun in Her Head
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag
Ornette Coleman - Humpty Dumpty
Otis Clay - Trying to Live My Life Without You
Pat Metheny Group - Phase Dance
Peter Gabriel - San Jacinto
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
Phil Ochs - Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
Phillip Glass - Koyaanisquatsi
Pola Negri - Paradise
Prince - Pussy Control
Prince and The New Power Generation - Sexy M.F.
Professor Longhair - Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Ray Barretto - Abidjan
Ray Price - Night Life
Red House Painters - Grace Cathedral Park
Richard O'Brien - Bitchin' in the Kitchen
Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein - You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
Robbie Basho - Orphan's Lament
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans - Happy Trails
Rudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Samsimar - Indang Pariaman
Sandy Denny - By the Time it Gets Dark
Seefeel - Spangle
Sidney Bechet - Blackstick
Silver Apples - Lovefingers
Simon Dupree and The Big Sound - Kites
Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka
Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - I Don't Blame You at All
Sol Hoopii - Fascinating Rhythm
Sonic Youth - Tom Violence
Sonic Youth - Tuff Gnarl
Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas
Sons of the Pioneers - Way Out There
Soul Coughing - Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago
Spacemen 3 - Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)
Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere Boogie
Stevie Wonder - If it's Magic
Sugar - The Act We Act
Sylvia - Pillow Talk
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra - King Porter Stomp
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
Ten City - That's the Way Love Is
The Afghan Whigs - Uptown Again
The Beatles - Within You Without You
The Blue Nile - Let's Go Out Tonight
The Byrds - 100 Years From Now (Gram Parsons vocal)
The Coasters - Riot in Cell Block Number Nine
The Delmore Brothers - Brown's Ferry Blues
The Fall - Bingo Masters Breakout
The Fall - Gut of the Quantifier
The Fall - New Face in Hell
The Four Kings - Non Stop Dancing
The Impressions - It's All Right
The Impressions - You Must Believe Me
The Index - Israeli Blue
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
The Marx Brothers - Lydia the Tattooed Lady
The Melodians - You Have Caught Me
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
The Oblivians - Bad Man
The O'Jays - I Love Music
The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Primitives - Really Stupid
The Raincoats - No Side to Fall In
The Replacements - Within Your Reach
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home
The Soul Stirrers - Nearer to Thee
"The Sound Stage Orchestra - Theme from ""Grandstand"""
The Spinanes - Lines and Lines
The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
The Surfaris - Wipe Out
The Techniques - Love Is Not a Gamble
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Vengaboys - We Like to Party (The Vengabus)
The Who - You Better You Bet
The Wipers - Can This Be
Them - My Lonely Sad Eyes
Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender
Todd Rundgren - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
Todd Rundgren - The Last Ride
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Jammin' Me
Tom Waits - Take it With Me
Tone Lo-c - Funky Cold Medina
Tony Bennett and k.d. lang - Moonglow
Tony Renis - Quando, Quando, Quando
Toru Takemitsu - A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
Touch and Go - Would You…?
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana
Vera Hall - Wild Ox Moan
Whodini - Magic's Wand
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
Willie Hutch - I Choose You
World Party - Ship of Fools
World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra - Frenesi
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Absolute Ego Dance
Yes - Your Move
Yma Sumac - Taki Rari
Yo La Tengo - Ballad of Red Buckets
Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming
Yo La Tengo - Center of Gravity

^ 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".

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 Roll
Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
Daniel Johnston - Speeding Motorcycle
East River Pipe - Make a Deal With the City (didn't notice this in the list the 1st time around! so good.)
Fela Kuti - Shakara
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Jerry Reed - Eastbound and Down
Leadbelly - Take a Whiff on Me
Lester 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' Rose
Minutemen - Little Man With a Gun in His Hand
Mission 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 Friends
Phillip Glass - Koyaanisquatsi
Ram 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 You
The Fall - Bingo Masters Breakout
The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home
The Surfaris - Wipe Out (!!!)
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Who - You Better You Bet
Tone Lo-c - Funky Cold Medina
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana (a guilty pleasure, really struggled to cut this one)
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
Yma Sumac - Taki Rari

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.

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.

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.

I nominated "Sweet Surrender" and it was the last song I cut. Wish I hadn't.

Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
Would'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)

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 House
Elvis Presley — All Shook Up
Elvis Presley — Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley — Hound Dog

10cc — I'm Mandy Fly Me
ABBA — S.O.S.
Al Green — Here I Am
Arab Strap — The Girls of Summer
Aretha Franklin — Say a Little Prayer
Bee Gees — Stayin' Alive
Ben E. King — Stand By Me
Big Star — September Gurls
Bo Diddley — Who Do You Love
Bob Dylan — Visions of Johanna
Britney Spears — …Baby One More Time
Buddy Holly — Well…All Right
Carpenters — Goodbye to Love
Chic — Good Times
Chris Bell — I Am the Cosmos
Chuck Berry — Johnny B. Goode
Creedence Clearwater Revival — Lodi
David Bowie — Life on Mars?
Desmond Dekker — Israelites
Devo — Uncontrollable Urge
Dolly Parton — Jolene
Donna Summer — I Feel Love
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Jack the Bear
Eddie Cochran — Summertime Blues
Elvis Costello and The Attractions — Pump it Up
Fleetwood Mac — Go Your Own Way
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers — Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Fred Astaire — Cheek to Cheek
Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman
Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris — Love Hurts
Hank Mizzell — Jungle Rock
Jerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis — Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Johnny Cash — I Walk the Line
Johnny Nash — I Can See Clearly Now
Joni Mitchell — A Case of You
Joy Division — Atmosphere
Kate Bush — Wuthering Heights
Laurie Anderson — O Superman
Les Paul and Mary Ford — How High the Moon
Little Richard — Lucille
Louis Armstrong — What a Wonderful World
Love — You Set the Scene
Marvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs — Stay
Misty in Roots — Intro/Mankind (Live at the Counter Eurovision)
New Order — Temptation
Nick Drake — Northern Sky
Nick Drake — Which Will
Nirvana — Lounge Act
Olivia Newton-John — Xanadu
Otis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too Long
Patsy Cline — I Fall to Pieces
Pavement — Stop Breathin'
Prince and The Revolution — When Doves Cry
Public Enemy — Welcome to the Terrordome
Pulp — Common People
Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody
R.E.M. — Find the River
Robert Johnson — Terraplane Blues
Roy Orbison — Crying
Sister Sledge — Lost in Music
Slint — Good Morning, Captain
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My Tears
Sonic Youth — Expressway to Yr Skull
Steely Dan — Babylon Sisters
Stevie Wonder — Superstition
Super Furry Animals — Ice Hockey Hair
Talk Talk — I Believe in You
Tammy Wynette — Stand By Your Man
The Beach Boys — Surf's Up
The Beatles — Strawberry Fields Forever
The Byrds — I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
The Carter Family — Wildwood Flower
The Crystals — Da Doo Ron Ron
The Everly Brothers — All I Have to Do Is Dream
The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
The Glenn Miller Orchestra — Moonlight Serenade
The Penguins — Earth Angel
The Platters — Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The Rolling Stones — Gimme Shelter
The Ronettes — Be My Baby
The Smiths — This Charming Man
The Specials — Ghost Town
The Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand New
The Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' On
The Undertones — Teenage Kicks
The Upsetters — Black Panta
The Wedding Present — Kennedy
Toots and The Maytals — Pressure Drop
Tricky — Aftermath
Van Morrison — Astral Weeks
Van Morrison — Into the Mystic
Warren Zevon — Accidentally Like a Martyr
Wilson Pickett — In the Midnight Hour
Wreckless Eric — Whole Wide World

thanks johnny fever and seandalai, it was a blast.

Ah, found mine at last.

WEIGHTED:
1. The Beach Boys — God Only Knows
2. The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset
3. Yes — Close to the Edge
4. David Bowie — Heroes
5. Carpenters — Goodbye to Love
6. Blondie — Dreaming
7. Chic — Good Times
8. The Clash — Complete Control
9. Flamin' Groovies — Shake Some Action
10. Gary Numan / Tubeway Army — Are Friends Electric?
11. Gram Parsons — $1000 Wedding
12. The Beatles — Penny Lane
13. Stevie Wonder — Living for the City
14. Joni Mitchell — Both Sides Now
15. Aretha Franklin — Say a Little Prayer
16. The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back
17. Kraftwerk — Autobahn
18. Magazine — A Song From Under the Floorboards
19. Sylvester — You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
20. Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah
21. Lionel Richie — All Night Long
22. Pink Floyd — Shine on You Crazy Diamond pt. I
23. Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit
24. Donna Summer — I Feel Love
25. Eric B and Rakim — I Know Who Got Your Soul
26. Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
27. Gladys Knight and The Pips — Midnight Train to Georgia
28. Marvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the Grapevine
29. Roxy Music — Street Life
30. The Only Ones — Another Girl Another Planet
31. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My Tears
32. The Righteous Brothers — You've Lost That Loving Feeling
33. The The — This Is the Day
34. Patti Smith — Gloria
35. Loose Ends — Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)

UNWEIGHTED:
ABBA — The Winner Takes it All
Al Green — Let's Stay Together
Althea and Donna — Uptown Top Ranking
Blue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the Reaper
Boston — More Than a Feeling
Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy
Buzzcocks — Ever Fallen in Love
Diana Ross — Upside Down
Dionne Warwick — Walk on By
Earth, Wind and Fire — September
Etta James — At Last
Fleetwood Mac — Tusk
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons — The Night
Go-Go's — Our Lips Are Sealed
Henry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Isaac Hayes — Theme from "Shaft"
Japan — Ghosts
Jimi Hendrix Experience — Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Joe Jackson — It's Different for Girls
John Martyn — Solid Air
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
Led Zeppelin — Stairway to Heaven
LL Cool J — Rock the Bells
Luther Vandross — Never Too Much
M — Pop Muzik
Madonna — Like a Prayer
Neneh Cherry — Buffalo Stance
New Order — Blue Monday
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
Orange Juice — Blue Boy
Otis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too Long
Patrice Rushen — Forget Me Nots
Patsy Cline — Crazy
Pet Shop Boys — Being Boring
Prince and The Revolution — Kiss
Public Enemy — Fight the Power
Public Image Ltd. — Swan Lake
Ramones — Blitzkrieg Bop
Robert Wyatt — Shipbuilding
Rubén Blades and Willie Colón — Pedro Navaja
S.O.S. Band — Just Be Good to Me
Sex Pistols — Holidays in the Sun
Shuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23
Simon and Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled Water
Sister Sledge — Lost in Music
Soft Cell — Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Sparks — This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From Ipanema
Television — Marquee Moon
The Archies — Sugar, Sugar
The Breeders — Cannonball
The Doobie Brothers — What a Fool Believes
The Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be There
The Monkees — I'm a Believer
The Pop Group — She Is Beyond Good and Evil
The Rolling Stones — Gimme Shelter
The Ronettes — Be My Baby
The Saints — (I'm) Stranded
The Shangri-Las — Leader of the Pack
The Smiths — There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Temptations — Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
Wire — Outdoor Miner
Womack and Womack — Teardrops
Yaz(oo) — Only You

'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.

#1) Otis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too Long
Can — Future Days
King Crimson — Exiles
Lionel Richie — All Night Long
Motorpsycho — The Golden Core
Motorpsycho — Mad Sun
Nick Drake — Hazey Jane II
Eric Serra — The Big Blue Overture
Ray Charles — Georgia on My Mind
Jim O'Rourke — Ghost Ship in a Storm
Smashing Pumpkins — 1979
Nirvana — Lounge Act
Madness — Our House
King Crimson — I Talk to the Wind
Kraftwerk — Computer Love
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
Genesis — Firth of Fifth
Emerson, Lake and Palmer — The Endless Enigma 1
Daryl Hall and John Oates — Method of Modern Love
Big Country — In a Big Country
Mickey and Sylvia — Love Is Strange
Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth — Shine On, Harvest Moon
Souls of Mischief — 93 'Til Infinity
The Moody Blues — The Actor
The Psychedelic Furs — Love My Way
Q Lazzarus — Goodbye Horses
Simon and Garfunkel — America
Robert Wyatt — Sea Song
Christopher Cross — Sailing
Arthur Russell — A Little Lost
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons — Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Grateful Dead — Friend of the Devil
Kansas — Dust in the Wind
Nirvana — Aneurysm
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Maid of Orleans
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — Tears of a Clown
The Monkees — Porpoise Song
The Smiths — This Charming Man
XTC — Making Plans for Nigel
The Beatles — Penny Lane
Nick Drake — Northern Sky
Nick Drake — Place to Be
Nick Drake — River Man
Offspring — Self Esteem
Fleetwood Mac — Rhiannon
Brian Eno — St. Elmo's Fire
Belle and Sebastian — Dirty Dream Number Two
Archer Prewitt — Good Man
Arto Lindsay Trio — Imbue
Donovan — Hurdy Gurdy Man
Elis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de Marco
Cyndi Lauper — Time After Time
The Beach Boys — God Only Knows
The Stone Roses — I Wanna Be Adored
Yes — Close to the Edge
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The Message
Emerson, Lake and Palmer — Trilogy
Emerson, Lake and Palmer — Jerusalem
Aztec Camera — Somewhere in My Heart
Daryl Hall and John Oates — Private Eyes
George Michael — Careless Whisper
Grateful Dead — Box of Rain
Guided By Voices — Tractor Rape Chain
Marvin Gaye — What's Goin' On
Peter Gabriel — In Your Eyes
Robert Fripp and Brian Eno — Evening Star
Robert Wyatt — The Age of Self
Robert Wyatt — Shipbuilding
The Everly Brothers — Cathy's Clown
Toto — Africa
Tommy James and The Shondelles — I Think We're Alone Now
Van Der Graaf Generator — A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Vince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and Lucy
The Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand New
John Lennon — Jealous Guy
Joe Jackson — It's Different for Girls
Belle and Sebastian — The State I Am In
#78) Michael Jackson — Billie Jean

#79) Beck — Loser
Belle and Sebastian — Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying
Bob Marley and The Wailers — Buffalo Soldier
Brian Eno — Third Uncle
Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy
Buzzcocks — Ever Fallen in Love
Cat Stevens — Wild World
Don Henley — The Boys of Summer
Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel
Faust — Jennifer
Genesis — Carpet Crawlers
Grateful Dead — Uncle John's Band
Guided By Voices — I Am a Scientist
Heart — Magic Man
Harry Nilsson — Everybody's Talkin'
Musical Youth — Pass the Dutchie
Nirvana — Negative Creep
Oasis — Champagne Supernova
Paul Simon — Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard
Pink Floyd — Astronomy Domine
Aztec Camera — Oblivious
#79) King Crimson — Starless

Ernie K. Doe — Mother-in-Law
Mickey and Sylvia — Love Is Strange
Del Shannon — Runaway
Andrea True Connection — More, More, More
Ray Parker, Jr. — Ghostbusters
Fela Kuti — Sorrow, Tears and Blood
Public Enemy — Bring the Noise
Randy Newman — Louisiana 1927
The Rolling Stones — Under My Thumb
New York Dolls — Trash
The KLF — Justified and Ancient
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock — It Takes Two
Burning Spear — Marcus Garvey
Stevie Wonder — Superstition
Marvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Elmore James — It Hurts Me Too
Patsy Cline — I Fall to Pieces
Pet Shop Boys — Can You Forgive Her
Prince — Little Red Corvette
Pulp — Common People
Ike and Tina Turner — River Deep, Mountain High
Geto Boys — Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Buzzcocks — What Do I Get
The Spinners — I'll Be Around
Madonna — Into the Groove

Aaron Neville — Hercules
Al Green — Here I Am
Althea and Donna — Uptown Top Ranking
Backstreet Boys — I Want it That Way
Barrett Strong — Money (That's What I Want)
Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit
Blondie — Hanging on the Telephone
Bo Diddley — Who Do You Love
Buddy Holly — Peggy Sue
Chuck Berry — Roll Over Beethoven
De La Soul — Eye Know
Dusty Springfield — I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Elvis Presley — Suspicious Minds
Fleetwood Mac — Dreams
Frank Sinatra — Night and Day
Funkadelic — One Nation Under a Groove
Gary U.S. Bonds — Quarter to Three
George Jones — He Stopped Loving Her Today
George McCrae — Rock Your Baby
Ginuwine — Pony
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The Message
Howlin' Wolf — Smokestack Lightning
Iggy Pop — Lust for Life
James Brown — Papa Don't Take No Mess
Joe Turner — Shake, Rattle and Roll
Joni Mitchell — Help Me
Joy Division — Transmission
Kate Bush — Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
KC and The Sunshine Band — Get Down Tonight
Little Richard — Lucille
Los Del Rio — Macarena
Louis Armstrong — Stardust
Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Mississippi John Hurt — Stack O'Lee
Mott the Hoople — All the Young Dudes
Muddy Waters — Hoochy Coochie Man
New Order — Temptation
New Radicals — You Get What You Give
Next — Too Close
Otis Redding — Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Pere Ubu — Non-Alignment Pact
Phil Phillips — Sea of Love
Professor Longhair — Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Ramones — Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
Ray Charles — What'd I Say
Robert Johnson — Come on in My Kitchen
Rod Stewart — Maggie May
Sam and Dave — Hold on, I'm Comin'
Sam Cooke — Cupid
Sister Sledge — Lost in Music
Sly and The Family Stone — Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Smashing Pumpkins — 1979
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My Tears
Sonic Youth — Teen Age Riot
Sylvester — You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
The (English) Beat — Save it for Later
The 13th Floor Elevators — You're Gonna Miss Me
The Big Bopper — Chantilly Lace
The Byrds — I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
The Cadillacs — Speedo
The Chiffons — One Fine Day
The Chords — Sh-Boom
The Clash — Train in Vain
The Crystals — And Then He Kissed Me
The Drifters — There Goes My Baby
The Easybeats — Friday on My Mind
The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
The Gap Band — Burn Rubber
The Human League — Don't You Want Me
The Modern Lovers — Roadrunner
The Psychedelic Furs — Love My Way
The Velvet Underground — Rock n' Roll
Tommy James and The Shondelles — I Think We're Alone Now
Warren G — Regulate
Willie Nelson — Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

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!

Are you me?

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

This was a fun poll.