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

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.

sit and watch the clouds roll by
the tall grass sway in the wind

::cracks knuckles::

ok, kiddies, stay tuned to New Answers on Monday

!!!!!!

yes!

Classic Rock has been delayed long enough, hell it even got another "best of" poll canceled.

looking forward to a Monday for once.

the other poll had to die.

it was time

classic rock nomination/discussion thread coming very soon

― ol' Wrink P's thinkpiece (some dude), Wednesday, January 1, 2014 2:45 PM (5 months ago)

this is the poll version of Chinese Democracy...

FREE TOMMY STINSON

this is the poll version of Chinese Democracy...

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classic rock nomination/discussion thread coming very soon

― ol' Wrink P's thinkpiece (some dude), Wednesday, January 1, 2014 2:45 PM (5 months ago)

this is the poll version of Chinese Democracy...

― Frobisher, Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If only we could have a thread-specific autoreplace that changes "Sway" to "Riad n' the Bedouins"...

totally fuckin stoked for classic rock canon obviously, and i say this as a man who completely bogged down in his plans to follow obsessively several of the last couple of results threads - but this, THIS i will set aside days for, i will set alarms for.

otm

i am committed to 100% world cup. and classic rock.

and this lamp.

Amazed we've got this far without a Can poll. And Arthur Russell.

can poll: la lechera sits in a darkened room, computer screen reflected in her fixed eyes as she votes 'mother sky', clears cookies, repeats

I'd been waiting for a giant sandbox to be installed in my living room, I wanted to be able to feel sand on my feel while running the poll

what's the matter, sh1pley, got sand in yr feel?

sometimes i cross my eyes but not my t's

I'll run an Arthur Russell if there's sufficient interest.

this is the poll version of Chinese Democracy...

if you mean its a terrible idea that's not worth pursuing, yes

also Duff McKagan angrily walked out very early in the process

haha

CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL parking lot tailgate pre-party -- nominations, discussions, parameters, etc.

I want to withdraw from Royal Trux

OK. Should I drop it entirely or does someone else want to take that one on?

Should a single-artist poll run concurrently with Classic Rock? I don't know how long a nomination period some dude has in mind, then add 2 weeks for voting and a week for results...

Voting should start next week, I think. Seems fine to have a single artist poll overlapping imo.

when is Royal Trux supposed to run? I might be able to take that on if it's after July.

imo no harm in keeping the single artist polls running concurrently with genre/category polls

Trux is at #90, so not until late 2015 or early 2016 at our current pace.

I could start Eno today or tomorrow (busy with work now but will be pretty free in a couple of weeks when it's time to count), but Leee is ahead of me with Autechre and I want him to have first shot if he's ready to go.

I'll take the Royal Trux then xp

Cool ty sleeve