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

I coulda sworn we did Spector already...?

Sign me up to do a "songs under 2 minutes" poll.

Last weekend to vote in the 70s soul tracks poll!

From the 70's straight into the 80's:

Wanna Be POLLIN' Somethin' ~~~ It's the ILM 80's R&B TRACKS POLL! ~~~

There should be one of these for live albums.

can someone please go, this can't end with Talking Heads. even if that is a great band to end with. i would do another one but it does take a lot out of me and need a bit more time before my next one.

Moka in the mood to do a poll?

I've got time and I like running polls so in the absence of anything else I'll run the Blondie if there's no objections. I can't do graphics though so if anyone would like to run that side of things that would be good.

Blondie would be great! i signed up for that poll but replaced it with Jesus and Mary Chain, which i might run for my next one.

ONE POLL OR ANOTHER - ILM Artist Poll #83 - BLONDIE

any interest in a nu metal trax poll?

OH, YOUR POLL IS BEAUTIFUL - ILM Artist Poll #83 - BLONDIE - RESULTS THREAD

I've been waiting for about 4 years to run my next poll. I'd like to organize a Van Morrison one...he's a major figure with a huge catalog and deserves an ILM poll. What do you good people think?

seems reasonable imo

i say open it up now, this will be perfect for poll number 84

Yes!

so, replacing the Covers poll? seems fine to me, and you're near enough to the top that you'd be in the next roll call anyway. I say go for it.

over in the billy joel thread website decided to do a listening thread for now but return to the poll idea if it still seems like a good idea after that's wrapped (which would be a few months at least). i've been in line for just shy of four years, so can I hold on to that claim ticket or is that weird?

And we are up and running.
Backstreet JellyPOLL: ILM Van Morrison Poll Discussion Thread

I have no idea what's going on with things being out of order, or if there is still an order, but I'm planning on doing the No Wave poll either in December/early January to coincide with the 40th anniversary of No New York blah blah blah

you'll be fine sarahell, the order is messed up anyways. just make sure no other poll is running, maybe bump this thread saying you are going to open it and off you go.

tbf up until recently it was still very clearly a line, and plenty of people are in it waiting their turn, just there's been some amount of ppl not being ready when their turn comes around and so we've done a bit of jumping down to ppl slightly lower in the list to respect that? i think?

good point and i agree. we should keep the order as best that we can. there are gaps that i wish did not happen...

If I was down to run any of these I would have volunteered for a music video poll series.

#84: Linden Arden POLL the Highlights--ILM Van Morrison Poll Results

I had so much fun in that poll that I'm regretting my ballot-poll-hating past

They can be great, especially with acts that have huge discographies that you're not 100% familiar with. For me, the Kinks and Parliament-Funkadelic polls were momentous.

who wants to run a poll? we are in need for a new poll.

i was thinking about bumping Smashing Pumpkins for my next poll but because i ran Talking Heads this year i will wait and open that Mega one around Feb of 2018. i will probably run "Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs)" since we got a fantastic new Slowdive album this year and it's my next poll on this list.

would be cool with a Glen Campbell poll

anyone in the mood to run a poll?

i will do Shoegaze albums this year, maybe Oct or Nov.

I might be ready for the wu poll...

I could run Elvis before 1 September

The rare poll where I would, at the very least, make an attempt to relisten to the two Worldwide Hits box sets I got through once and shelved years ago. I would, before I die, like to be able to say I'm a bigger fan of Elvis's music than I am of Elvis, the Guy Who Changed the World. Who I'm a very big fan of. They're not quite inseparable.

I would love an Elvis poll

I would love an Elvis poll

Seconded

thirded

I might be ready for the wu poll...

― Spottie, Tuesday, August 15, 2017 8:27 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

alright got some interest in the wu thread so im starting noms tomorrow.

niiiice

i've been mostly away for a long time but hope i can at least vote in that one

Got sick and busy so i will start as soon as i can, planning on this week.

feel like its about time we added ZZ Top and QOTSA/Desert Sessions to the list

Wu is under way
WU-TANG CLAN — Artist Poll — Nominations, Discussions, Parameters (noms close Sept 17)

Any interest in a Drexciya + Side Projects poll?

Asked this in the band thread but...

Have we not done a T Rex poll?!?

we have not, do you want me to put you on with the next update? i do own around five albums, so i'm in.

Drexciya has side projects? I've got to catch up.

I would do the poll mostly to learn - so if nobody else participates it's not a good idea - but yeah, seemingly Drexciya had a ton of side projects, and I would include them all. A lot of them relate to the Drexciya mythos in some ways. Dopplereffekt, Arpanet, The Other People Place, Transllusion, Shifted Phases, Abstract Thoughts, Lab Rat XL. And more.

Kidding--I've never heard of Drexciya. (But then I'd never heard of Manuel Göttsching, either, until three or four years ago.)

Lol, ok :) But I seriously don't know enough about Drexciya to tell what is jokes and what is not. I would run the poll purely out of interest. And if nobody else seems to really have delved into the whole catalogue, then it's probably limited how useful a poll would be. Don't put me on yet, Bee OK :)

Curious what the turn out would be a for a Bardo Pond poll?

So Wu rollout should be soon (right Spottie?), unless anyone has any objections I'm thinking of getting the Beatles Solo poll going shortly afterwards

yeah was going to start yesterday but got sent to Houston on a last minute biz trip.will be back over the weekend and will start monday. feel free to fire up another one though.