1980'S ROCK POLL ALBUMS/TRACKS VOTING THREAD. (Voting closes September 20) (all welcome to vote inc Lurkers)

David Grubbs is one of those US indie rock guys who seem to have been in all sorts of good bands.

Oh boy, I Don't Wanna Hear It by Minor Threat is pretty much off the charts in terms of the 'it rocks!' factor. Shame that In My Eyes didn't get nommed but hey, seeing as I didn't participate in that stage I can't really complain.
Going through the lists is turning into a bit of a nostalgia-fest for me as you've probably guessed.

I was totally unaware of all this stuff in the 1980s (born 73) I'm envious of those who had brothers and sisters. Since those who did all seem to have been introduced to music by them.

Well I was born in 85, when I say nostalgia-fest I mean that the punky end of this stuff formed a big part of what I was listening to as a teen in the late 90s/early 2000s.

well,yeah, a lot of it I discovered early/mid 90s so I guess I can get nostalgic for that. However there are lots of old farts on ILM nostalgic for music they remember in the 80s (and 70s maybe 60s?)

I'm an only child born in '70 and this was all I listened to in high school

Just made my albums ballot. It's not possible to submit one ballot at a time, is it?

I'm very proud of this ballot btw. (Also thinking that I might not want to listen to rock music from the 80s for another year or so.)

yeah I think it's ok to submit one then the other. Most find it easier to do both though. Its up to you. Doesn't cause seandalai any more work afaik

Albums ballot submitted.

Thanks. Please keep campaigning for albums though!

Are you all enjoying listening to stuff for the poll and discussing it?

What, no Dead C?

You obviously did not nominate it!

yeah I think it's ok to submit one then the other. Most find it easier to do both though. Its up to you. Doesn't cause seandalai any more work afaik

― VOTE in the 1980's ROCK POLL PLEASE! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, September 16, 2012 3:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

ok this makes it extra hilarious that you still have different deadlines for the albums and tracks polls at the top of the thread

oh n/m i misread your post, sry for being a jerk

Done yours yet?

more or less, but i'm going to see if i have time this week to listen to more stuff and tweak my ballot or just send it in as it is now.

last-minute YouTubes for some misfit noms:

Drunks With Guns - Beautiful Happiness
repping for the Drunks With Guns LP.
http://youtu.be/yRbm9rNTCAo

Prong - Cling to Life
repping for the Primitive Origins LP. also have a vid for "Climate Control" on my channel.
http://youtu.be/BPUdj5N6-fw

Einsturzende Neubauten - Sehnsucht (Zitternd)
repping for the Halber Mensch LP.
http://youtu.be/ZKHwNkakNDE

Pailhead - Don't Stand in Line
repping for this bombastic mess by Ian Mackaye and Al Jourgensen. bathetic shit w/sick drums.
http://youtu.be/O422LYaYF-8

the YouTube companion thread for stragglers running two HAL 9000's:

1980s Rock (With a difference) Tracks/Albums Poll YOUTUBE COMPANION THREAD - unread

xp I had no idea Ian Mackaye and Al Jourgensen had been in a band together. I'll check that out!

yeah, a v. weird collaboration that I appreciate more than Fugazi because it's overblown and hammering instead of tasteful and fussy. do not expect any OTMs for this.

I know what you mean about Fugazi, though I have warmed to them over the years.

Anyone voting for any death metal? Morbid Angel and Obituary both made my albums ballot.

Atheist made my albums ballot.

it's not easy getting that type of metal fan to vote

I completely forgot to vote for Nothing's Shocking! I don't know how this happened.

Not surprised since nobody has been talking about them here

ftr #2 and #3 on my tracks ballot are going to be Sex Bomb and Sex Beat

Not surprised since nobody has been talking about them here

No, even when I downloaded the albums list, I thought "That's one I need to vote for." Somehow when I started deleting albums I didn't know or didn't like, I must have deleted it accidentally.:(

altars of madness def getting a vote from me

Maybe we need more chat on Jane's Addiction anyway

last few days of voting

how are we looking ballots-wise?

I think its 29 track ballots and 54 album ballots

And still no sign of viceroy either so I dunno whats gonna happen to tracks runout

*GALLIFREY EARTH CALLING VICEROY*

Tracks ballot submitted

thanks!

did you vote for "fish in a pool" by the electric deads? no? anybody?

can't really justify my near-mystical love for this song

http://youtu.be/wx7PBS4Abvo

Who all plans to submit a ballot?

not me

can't really justify my near-mystical love for this song

Psychocandy w/more punk + angry teen girl. v. nice.

Tracks ballot submitted.

It was hard/interesting to weigh between things I liked as a kid in the 80s, things I got into later at different stages, and things I was introduced to because of this poll itself. The latter probably got the shortest shrift, even though learning about them has obviously been the most valuable part of the exercise.

A 50-track list felt so short!

I regret not making it 100 but I didn't think enough would do it

I had to shave off a couple of Def Leppard tracks to get it down to 50 but it wasn't as tough as I thought it would be

I started with a 4-page 'long list' of tracks I know and like to varying degrees.

Viceroy are you still doing the tracks rollout on monday? Can you manage it all?

It wasn't exactly tough to make it 50, in either case, though, as much as the final list just seemed short. After I finished ranking things, I just picked the top 50. I did replace "Expressway to Yr Skull" with "For Whom the Bell Tolls" at #50 on the track list because Sonic Youth was already extremely well-represented. Otherwise, I didn't think further.

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