Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

can the jay-z poll be moved up in its place?

"just don't insult other posters"

What kind of utopian message board world did you reside in before arriving at ILX?

It doesn't mean he has to like it.

lol were you actually harrassed or was it just ilx?

okay i'm good to start the Jacksons poll later this week.

Maybe wait until after the EOY polls?

hmmmmmmmmmmmm yeah good point. let's do that.

I know this is a little presumptuous given that I haven't held a poll myself...

But should we try doing Spotify playlists of the final polls? Or is that already happening?

people were already doing that, but the ILX crash appears to have killed these polls dead

They're not dead, just resting. The James Brown results have gone awol, and voting for the next one is supposed to start once the 2012 poll is done with.

what he/she said ^

Ah, good to know that the artist's polls are coming back - I've been missing them. So the Jacksons are next? Is it only going to be about the Jackson 5 / Jacksons music, or also Michael / Janet / LaToya / etc. solo records?

everything. all of em. 3T if you like.

Looking forward to the resumption of the artist polls. I'm guessing these may fall into a February through November timetable, leaving December and January for EOY voting and results?

probably good to think of it that way, yeah

Jamie, if you wanted to open the polls for the Jacksons, I don't think it would interfere with JFever's 2011 albums rollout.

Will it interfere with the James Brown results though?

Sadly, Ismael, I don't think we're ever going to find out if you helped Living In America on its way to victory.

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Correction, J0rdan S.'s albums rollout. Paging Jamie?

yep will get this open in a bit, just got a heap of work thrown my way

Sadly, Ismael, I don't think we're ever going to find out if you helped Living In America on its way to victory.

:(

okay Jackson tracks is on

has anyone got a link to the 2011 album poll? maybe i'm being dense but i cant see it on SNA.

ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

I would love to do a disco singles poll, add me to the list.

I was going to switch R Kelly for disco, Tuomas, you can have my slot

*SPOILER* I Feel Love wins that poll

I was going to switch R Kelly for disco, Tuomas, you can have my slot

Okay, thanks!

Ha xp, 'disco ex I Feel Love' is maybe the poll to do, it's true

Yeah, I think I might go for that, to keep the poll more exciting.

Thought about this before, it will be lots of fun but how on earth are you going to separate disco from non-disco? Do you mean disco-as-musical-genre or "music played in dance clubs 1973-80"? Does James Brown count? Do Kraftwerk count?

I would vote in a disco poll! I don't do these single-artist polls, really, mainly b/c I'm breadth over depth, partly b/c of poll fatigue, but I like the wider polls.

Actually, I've just noticed VU solo careers on the list, that sounds kind of tempting too.

Thought about this before, it will be lots of fun but how on earth are you going to separate disco from non-disco? Do you mean disco-as-musical-genre or "music played in dance clubs 1973-80"? Does James Brown count? Do Kraftwerk count?

I specifically want it to be about classic disco (as a genre) released on 12" singles, so no proto-disco, or disco-influenced later genres such as hi-NRG, 80s house, filter house, etc. No James Brown (except for the few disco singles he released - check out "Original Disco Man"), no Kraftwerk, no Daft Punk. I'll probably allow early 80s boogie and italo to be included, because they're so close to classic disco, but IMO other disco-related stuff should be excluded.

Good luck :) So we're not including anything released pre-1975 (or pre-1976 if it's restricted to commercially available 12-inches)? And no album tracks?

I'm not trying to be negative btw, I would definitely vote in a disco poll!

Hmm, now that I think of it, I'm not sure if it should be 12 inch singles only... There are some mid-70s tracks (some of which predate 1975) which weren't released as 12"s, but which count as disco. So I guess I should just trust people are able to distinguish between disco and non-disco, even if it can be hard sometimes.

And on that thought, I guess album tracks should be allowed, since the tracks that predate the 12" era often had their definite, long versions on albums.

I'll vote in that, but my ballot will probably have a lot of boogie.

Not that it's a big deal at this point but the Stax poll won't just be singles, basically anything ever released on Stax (or affiliated labels) will be eligible.

ok, I'll change that next time I post the list

I'll pick up that R Kelly one, it still needs to happen.

chap, got a timeline for Bowie voting? I'm excited about that one.

bump for chap

The rockist in me is so psyched for Bowie/Stones/Kinks!

Hey Chap!

Sorry guys, I won't be available to do it till late April, get stuck into to another one. Have messaged you, WmC.

I propose
a) switching the Chap/Bowie spot with Crüt, who has been giving off vibes of Total Enthusiasm to do the Depeche Mode poll soon, or
b) bumping Bowie down below Depeche Mode and bumping everyone else up one, putting Lamp/Paul Simon next, or
c) I'd be willing to run Bowie right now if Chap wants to unload for any reason

(my vote would be a or b)

I've got some free time on my hands if anyone wants help. I'd suggest bumping my motown singles poll but we've just had the Jacksons and now have a similar sound in the James Brown one, so that'd be overkill.

I think the fairest way to go is just to reorder #14-18 someway that bumps Lamp a couple of months and brings up whoever has the most time and interest among Crüt, Lamp, rogermexico and C. Grisso.

I'm unemployed at the moment so I can do the Clash one whenever. I know it's last but if there aren't any others available.