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

A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished)
B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)
C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)
2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)
4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)
5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)
6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)
7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)
8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)
9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)
10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)
12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)
16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)
17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)
18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)
19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)
20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)
20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)
22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)
23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)
24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)
25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)
26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)
27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)
28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)
29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)
30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)
31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)
32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)
33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)
34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)
35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)
36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)
37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)
37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)
38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)
39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)
40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)
41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)
42. Stax - seandalai (finished)
43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)
44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)
45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)
45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers (finished)
46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (IN PROGRESS)
47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)
48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)
49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)
50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)
51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)
52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)
53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)
54. Autechre - Leee
55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)
56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge
57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom - on hold until fall 2014
58. Radiohead - nate woolls
59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza
60. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier
61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson
62. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK
63. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier
64. Italo - daavid
65. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy
66. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
67. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee
68. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
69. Extreme Metal - Viceroy
70. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
71. Pixies - Johnny Fever
72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains
73. Spoon - Bee OK
74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds
75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
76. Queen - charlie h
77. Can - Z S
78. Tom Petty - rogermexico
79. Ramones - tipsy mothra
80. Jimi Hendrix - WmC
81. Sightings - Raymond Cummings - remove this one?
82. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat
83. Stereolab - Moka
84. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK
85. Genesis + solo - NickB
86. The Smiths - nate woolls
87. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl
88. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC
89. Dead C - Raymond Cummings
90. Royal Trux + side projects - pollrunner change: sleeve
91. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
92. Rush - Matt #2
93. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one
94. George Michael - Ismael Klata
95. Talking Heads - Bee OK
96. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
97. Van Halen - Johnny Fever
98. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
99. Low - aldo
100. Nine Inch Nails - chap
101. REM - rogermexico.
102. Bjork - Eric H.
103. Wu-Tang Clan - ― Spottie
104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
105. Covers - kornrulez6969
106. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
107. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever
108. No Wave - sarahell
109. DFA - Van Horn Street
110. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
111. Beatles solo careers - WilliamC
112. Erykah Badu - Eric H.
113. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h
114. Herbie Hancock - crüt

I'd suggest moving the Ramones up, but I know TM just finished Dylan.

I'd second that suggestion if tm is up to the task.

Thirded

Sorry, just saw this. We can do Ramones whenever, though the immediacy of Tommy's passing has obviously passed.

i get the feeling it would still make a lot of people happy/comforted to do it sooner than later, though

Well, I'm happy to move it up if that's a preference. I have a vacation coming up mid-August, so either we'd have to have about a three-week voting period starting this weekend or else just not start until Aug. 20 or so.

I don't even know anymore. Somebody who wants to go next just step up and go. If Clemenza's school break means he'd have time now, YLT seems like a good option. The big list seems more optional every day.

Maybe there's just a natural lull in enthusiasm for conducting/voting in the big artist polls. Would gladly (still) participate in a Ramones poll, though.

summer's tough, most people's routines get shaken up

I'm going to have to wait until next summer for Yo La Tengo--sorry. I had mentioned somewhere above about moving down the list a bit, so that it roughly times out to next July.

Is Chic on deck?

Damnit... are we just going to skip Autechre?! I mean if Leee isn't going to do it, hell I'll volunteer

People are slightly burnt out on ballot polls, so let's try to reinvigorate things with...Autechre! Solid idea.

Oh, I've been sick... I can still do it though graphics probably will look buttsy for an artist with such a memorable visual aesthetic (at least via TDR). If you're graphic designer or something, you can go for it.

the coast is clear for that JF 1940s poll

1940s would be cool, but that would be an even deeper excavation for me (and for a lot of people) than even the 1950s poll was. I just don't have it in me to do something like that right now, even though the 1950s poll was the greatest ballot poll ever in the history of ILM.

Well with Classic Rock done and nothing else bubbling, I'm happy to start the Ramones poll this weekend. It'd be a good end-of-summer poll, I guess. I'll need to leave it open about three weeks to account for a planned vacation.

There's no holding ILMers from polling

OK, it's a go: HEY! HO! LET'S POLL!

1. Can I do an Aphex Twin poll?

2. Would it be crazy to maybe do multiple polls at once if the list is this huge? I mean you get like 3 or 4 weeks to make up ballots and do ppl ever really vote in back to back polls?

1. Sure!
2. Alfred votes in just about every one of these, near as I can tell, and more power to him. But yeah, I've always thought there should be more overlapping, if not simultaneous polls. All these things need is enthusiasm, which seems to be in short supply all around lately (classic rock aside). I know I don't have any to spare.

Speaking of which, if anybody would like to take over from me on the Hendrix and Solo Beatles polls, I'd be happy to turn those over to you. I'd still like to handle the Bacharach one.

i have been sitting on a few but think it is time to add this one.

can you put me down for Blondie please?

I'm confused - what's next after the Ramons? Autechre? Chic? Radiohead?

Great question. I think anyone with an ounce of energy could jump to the head of the line and there would be few complaints.

well for my part I would like to do the XTC one. (I know I am on deck for P-Funk first but I feel like switching)

I can wait til the Ramones roll out is over if need be

Sounds good. "Life Begins at the Hop" ftw.

anyone has objections plz speak up - Lee, Donna, Nate, flopson...?

I am a terrible person. I was one of the voices calling for a Ramones poll but never found time to send in a ballot.

cretin

gabba gabba we reject you

No Riff Randall for you!

I can start Radiohead right now.

can I put my name down for something? would there be enough people interested to make an electroclash poll worthwhile? (factoring in the possibility of a sweeping electroclash revival by 2019 or whenever the poll would happen)

electroclash poll would be amazing.

115. Aphex Twin - Stevie D
116. Blondie - Bee OK
117. Electroclash - soref

I'd volunteer to host one or substitute if the spreadsheet math didn't frighten me.

90% of poll running duties is math tbh

I was spreadsheet illiterate before Zeppelin but it turned out not to be too hard.

A lot of it is just punching in stuff, and eventually doing some organization.

less math more data entry tbh

You could outsource, or at least hire an intern.

Worst part is data entry. 40 different ways to rank and spell the same song.

Ha, yes. "Battle of Evermore" and "The Battle of Evermore," gotta get them together. And take the numbering off the front end.

every a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single plan for ensuring that received data are consistently formatted

a bob marley

every a journey of 1000 miles begins with a single plan for ensuring that received data are consistently formatted
every a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single plan for ensuring that received data are consistently formatted
every a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single plan for ensuring that received data are consistently formatted
every a journey of one thousand miles begins with a single plan for ensuring that received data are consistently formatted
every a journey of one-thousand miles begins with a single plan for ensuring that received data are consistently formatted

Anyway, Nate and Otis, whatever you two wanna work out is cool. Might be time to shift from the fascist tyranny of a numbered list to a system based on pure clean energy levels and auras and chakras and e-meter readings and whatnot.

If there's no objections I'm going to start the Radiohead poll in the next hour.