ILM Ballot Polls for 2014 and beyond -- order, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc

I'm ready to start Outkast if we want to speed things up a bit? Gonna be on vacation starting in 3 weeks so I could wrap the whole thing up before I leave if I start it today/tomorrow?

I think that would be great. I don't think it would cross up tipsy on Dylan results. If anything, the Dylan rollout will draw some attention away from early Outkast campaigning, but people can deal with 2 things at once.

Outkast is go!
COS I'M COOLER THAN A POLLER BEAR'S TOENAILS — Outkast artist poll

ice polled title imo

I mean what's poller than poll?

106. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee

Can we please please add Destroyer and Neko Case to this?

NO

yeah that's silly

okay maybe as side polls?

More like a Co-Poll, considering the amount of material under consideration (which already dwarfs the Newpies catalogue even before considering AC Newman, Zumpano...)

Just as I'd hoped, there was a band named Poll ("Maybe the most famous greek psychedelic folk rock band of the late 60's early 70's era"--skip the maybe, no one's going to argue). Here they are with Ποιος Μπορεί Να Πιστέψει:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLjRw8FzqqQ

Someone should run a poll. I want to see what they name it.

The POLLingest POLL in the POLLStory of POLLS.

Not Aphrodite's Child?

i know i got Queen to do at some stage, but please also put me down for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party etc.

Dylan countdown: POLLING THUNDER REVUE: The Bob Dylan Poll Results Thread (He Acts Like We Never Have Met)

Outkast countdown: OLD SCHOOL PLAYERS TO NEW SCHOOL POLLS — Outkast artist poll RESULTS

What, if anything, will happen after that? Stay tuned!

*rolls dice* c'moooooon classic rock

^^^

yeah Classic Rock, oh wait.

77. Dinosaur Jr. - Z S

once again, i'd like to change my pick. i'd like to change it from Dinosaur Jr. to...

CAN

please. man, this is gonna be so fun in 2018

that's the rabies talking

lollll

oh man please don't drop the Dinosaur poll

yeah man leave that one be

i agree, just add CAN as well.

Yay Autechre's next!

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thing is, when i volunteered to do dino jr. i was starting to get really into them and i just assumed by now i'd be an "expert" on them. but then i kind of fizzled out and i really have no business running the poll. my own ballot would be pretty lame (heavy on the S/T and YLAOM and Bug because those are the only ones i really like). i know a lot more about CAN and care a lot more about them as well, frankly.

105. Covers - kornrulez6969

This is cover versions, not album covers.

I'll try to remember to add that detail in the next full list. An album covers poll would be fun though.

Charlie, Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party is in at 113.

KM, Dino Jr will morph into Can.

thanks!

oh yeah

Hahah Lech.

i see what you did there!

halleluwah

a sincere response as well! don't let me miss that one.

Don't worry, we'll remind you in three years!

^

btw, if you die of rabies I'm changing it back to Dinosaur

deal!

Not that I'm saying the Ae poll is going to happen -- partly because of busyness, but mostly because I'm out of title puns -- but I was thinking of throwing just about everything into one single poll: Ae along with Gescom and Ae remixes, and maybe even Ae remixed by others.

Notes on Eno: Eligibility for the tracks poll will include solo albums and collaborations (Eno/Cale, Eno/Hyde, Budd/Eno, Eno/Wobble, etc) and also albums by groups that Eno was a member of. So, Passengers is included, Harmonia '76 is included, the first two Roxy albums are included. But the nature of his collaborations churns the question of eligibility a bit.

Should Bowie's Berlin Trilogy be included?
Should More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music and Remain in Light be included?
Should James' Wah Wah be included? Should only the songs Eno mixed be included?

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Meanwhile, can we have Classic Rock?

no to all of those imo

OK maybe the songs of Remain In Light w/co-writing credits

i like the idea of a poll of everything Eno ever touched as a producer or whatever, but it seems like that is not the concept of the poll and it's more about his solo stuff and bands, and it's not like we didn't have a Bowie poll and don't have a Talking Heads poll scheduled down the road.

yeah leave that for side poll, maybe most 'eno' not officially eno tracks so you can add 'unforgettable fire', 'lemon', whatever else to the pile as well. would leave actual eno tracks poll to stuff that has his name on the spine. personally i'd probably have the roxy tracks in that side poll tbh. i can see other arguments though.

Here was my thinking: Passengers and Harmonia '76 tracks should be included in the main poll, imo. I couldn't see any way to include them and exclude the two Roxy albums, even though Roxy has just been polled. But Roxy through an Enocentric lens looks different than Roxy through a Ferrycentric one, so I think that'll be fine. I've been kinda resistant to the idea of lots of side polls, but "best track Eno was involved in that isn't under his name as artist or producer" might be a good one. "Best Eno Production" will be one -- albums, not tracks.

classic rock! classic rock! classic rock!

CLA SSIC ROCK
CLA SSIC ROCK
CLA SSIC ROCK
CLA SSIC ROCK

*lighter*

"Voter 17 gets tickets to Cheap Trick on this Block Party Weekend!"

DON: We watched the rise of Cheap Trick, and were especially pleased after their Budokan album that their songwriting chops were as good as their live chops. To see a good band writing good songs with interesting characters get hits after KISS made it look easy gratified us.

GLENN: How many times were Henley and I in situations where the chick said "I want you to want me"?

DON: Well, yeah.

Can you imagine getting stuck listening to an Eagles "Block Party Weekend Six Pack"? People lived like that for years.