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

you will all weep when Def Leppard & Maiden sweep this poll fyi

i have absolutely no idea what to expect from this poll. except for Daydream Nation winning. and SST for the rest of the top 5.

But I have no idea what's going to be #22, and that's what keeps me hanging on...

daydream nation winning = the tin-eared indie terrorists have already won

not heard from seandalai so all your votes will count. Thanks for voting!

I can't wait to see the results! No idea who even won!

Hey, I'm on a superslow Internet connection here and can't get to Google Docs. Can I send the results on Saturday?

Pillbox - I'll sort you out

so do we have a rough idea of total numbers of ballots? Sounds like it was a roaring success!

you will all weep when Def Leppard & Maiden sweep this poll fyi

I was thinking afterwards that while I voted for several Maiden tracks, I didn't rank them highly enough. And somehow Number of the Beast slipped off my albums list when I made the final cut, which is criminal.

The real crime, though, is that I didn't listen to You're Living All Over Me before voting.

daydream nation winning = the tin-eared indie terrorists have already won

It's actually kind of funny for me to think of DN as an "indie" album, considering what the term usually refers to these days. I know it's about as indie canon as it gets.

it was too indie for me. i bought it the day it came out and took it back to get a refund the next day thinking "why did they have to go so indie?"

DN was the only SY album I voted for, being the limp-wristed indie fop that I am.

seandalai sure that's fine. Thanks!

seandalai do you want me to save the google docs stuff to an .xls and send you that?

sent it anyway and a .csv version too just incase you can work with it

King Diamond's "Abigail" album is pretty amazing. I'm sorry it dropped off my ballot.

^trying to shed his indie fop image

"trying" being the operative word! Maybe I should post about my great love for Napalm Death more.

we see through you!

The best part of polls is always albums that I have never heard (of) getting in the list.

What obscure albums do you think/hope will make it?
Provide a Spotify link so we can all listen to it!

http://open.spotify.com/album/0n6dZEvzLUq0qUm5e8zFn5

oh you!

daydream nation winning = the tin-eared indie terrorists have already won

^^^

will petition Homeland Security to melt the masters.

every couple of years I revisit daydream nation to see if I'm missing anything, guess it's that time again

10th time's the charm

It's a terrific album but just not the best Sonic Youth album imo

Do any current pitchforkian/nme bands come from the Sonic Youth lineage these days? Used to be every Glasgow band did.

my favourite SY album is Dirty, which tells you that I am indeed a disgusting indie savage.

Dirty rules. It's certainly their 'heaviest' and contains my fave song 'Chapel Hill'. Might be my 4th or 5th fave SY album.

my ballots are both marvels of populism

favorite Sonic Youth song = "Diamond Sea"

and boganism
xp

mine's probably Sugar Kane.

xpost there was hardly any AC/DC to vote for so YOU'RE WRONG

can't stand daydream nation or goo, feel like those albums are actively trying to irritate me. went through a period where I listened to goo frequently, trying to figure out if they were on some whole other level that I wasn't grasping, but no I just hate that record. think dirty is pretty OK actually.

Do any current pitchforkian/nme bands come from the Sonic Youth lineage these days?

This is what I was getting at upthread. I wonder how much under-25 Pitchfork readers even still recognize Sonic Youth as a great band.

Maybe like Oneida fans?

Even they're 15 years old.

People who read pitchfork like Oneida?

All the Oneida fans I know are old fans - stoner rockers.

There's certainly no pitchforkian bands with the lineage of Big Black.

this being ilx, i suspect its highly possible (if not likely) that Sister will place over DDN.

I dunno DDN usually tops these things even SY albums polls.

Maybe SST will dominate then if it does

Actually ILM *IS* SST Central, isn't it?

Daydream Nation kinda bores me! I get why people like it but it's def not my favorite SY.

Actually ILM *IS* SST Central, isn't it?

? I never got this impression.

There is definitely a big SST contingent. Admittedly not as large as Sonic Youth or New Order ones but it's there.

yeah I'm assuming daydream nation, double nickels, and damaged will be top 10

Maybe all the Sonic Youth tracks and albums will take all the top positions, lol.

That thought scared everybody away