156 Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube Da Esquina 121
Hey wow, I wasn't the only one who voted for these! I guess I'm not surprised by their placing (actually, #115 is higher than I expected for Sextant), but I find it weird Fela Kuti didn't even make the top 100.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
Damn fucking str8.
"Space Ritual is better than xxxxxxxxxxxxx."
you fill in the exes, and it'll probably still be right.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link
But, come on, fucking Who's Next! John Entwistle!
xposts Sextant was my #13, Tuomas. I want to thank you for having turned me on to it a year or two ago.
haha the inverse might work for me: "xxxxxxx is better than Metal Box". OK, truthfully, I did buy it, there are a couple really good songs, and a lot of cool ideas. But I still find it hard to relate to how anyone could really love it. (I like the Pistols FWIW.) It might be the sort of thing that has to grow on me, like lots of other records have. I do like the guitar sound. I wonder if it might be a British thing, somehow.
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
And re: "bumper crop" in '79---yep, I'm listening : )
― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
You're welcome, I think this is the first time I've heard someone on ILM say I've influenced their listening tastes. Sextant was my number 1, it is indeed a brilliant record, and cannot be praised enough (Lord knows I've tried, though).
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
much, much, much better.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:32 (nineteen years ago) link
this has got to be the real SHOCKA... how could this have happened??
And I'm glad The Who got clowned haha
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:33 (nineteen years ago) link
much, much, much longer
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Copeland, Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Copeland, Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
If you don't think DSOTM isn't top fucking ONE HUNDRED you're a dickpipe.
― PB, Thursday, 28 April 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
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Classic rock was woefully under-represented and post-punk was over-represented. Can't wait to see the singles poll.
What's next, Hobart? 80s? 90s? 60s? This is the most fun ever.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:06 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Matt Sab, April 28th, 2005.
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I thought we agreed on the 50s. -- Alba, April 28th, 2005.
80's next, definitely. -- Keith C, April 28th, 2005.
Hold your horses, people - we still haven't done the tracks poll. -- o. nate, April 28th, 2005.
I'd like to see the 50s next (and do vaguely remember that that we'd agreed on that, whatever "we" "agreed on" might mean). -- RS, April 28th, 2005.
I guess I missed that debate. 50's-60's would be perfectly fine for songs, but I don't think it's as interesting to do albums for those decades since the LP format wasn't dominant in rock or r&b until the mid 60's. -- Keith C, April 28th, 2005.
What about other genres though? -- RS, April 28th, 2005.
This doesn't have to be limited to rock and R&B. -- RS, April 28th, 2005.
Doing the 50s will level the playing field in a way, since hardly any of us were alive then (even some older posters like me). -- RS, April 28th, 2005.
Keith - JAZZ! -- Alba, April 28th, 2005.
This doesn't have to be limited to rock and R&B. Oh, of course not. In fact, if I voted for 50's albums it'd be mostly jazz and vocal stuff anyway. But rock and r&b would get the shaft, though.
Don't get me wrong, I never met a poll I didn't like.
-- Keith C, April 28th, 2005.
please no 50s or Jazz polls -- The Good Dr. Bill, April 28th, 2005.
― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link
What is the logic for only voting on nominated albums, anyway? Why be so exclusive?
― Keith C (kcraw916), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link
I think the idea is to prevent having lots of albums that only one or two people have voted for, to make insure that the winners have won by some sort of substantial margin.
― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost Especially considering how flexible the nomination process was for this poll.
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link
A joke taken too far?
― Cunga (Cunga), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link
-- RS_LaRue (Al__suca...), April 28th, 2005.
oh, i take back the "I really wish I'd voted", I forgot that the reason I abstain from all these polls is that I think this 'nominations' process is the stupidest bullshit ever.
― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link
xposts Fair enough. I think minimalism and free funk and motherfucking FUSION were robbed worst. Those and fucking Who's Next.
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:49 (nineteen years ago) link
No, that would be:
15 THE MODERN LOVERS - THE MODERN LOVERS
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:49 (nineteen years ago) link
I agree, I'd prefer if there were no nominations and we could vote for whatever we like. In that case, we'd need about 400 more people to vote in order get any sort of consensus so that the list would mean something.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
I think it'd be better to eliminate the one-offs from the tally at the end instead of excluding them outright from the voting. For instance, you just say up front that "albums with only one vote don't get counted." So if you want to take that risk, that's your choice.
xpost
The poll results wouldn't look that different with open nominations. Look at pitchfork's.
― Keith C (kcraw916), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 18:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 April 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Thursday, 28 April 2005 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Exactly -- you can't get much consensus by polling only 20 people, which is why you need to take some of those lists with a grain of salt (they do make up for it somewhat by voting for 100 albums each, rather than the 35 (on average) that we did).
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 28 April 2005 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link
I was thinking of volunteering my servics to do an 80's poll, but I was going to leave it a few weeks. Well, at least until the tracks are out of the way.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 28 April 2005 21:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 28 April 2005 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 28 April 2005 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 28 April 2005 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 28 April 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 28 April 2005 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 28 April 2005 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link