ILM POLLS THE 20TH CENTURY'S BEST TRACKS ››› YOUR RESULTS THREAD ‹‹‹

You nominated and then voted, and now we get to count down the top 125 tracks of the last century according to all of US. Many many thank yous to seandalai, without whom 100-vote ballots would never have been possible.

88 ballots: 17 weighted, 37 unweighted, 34 mixed
1901 tracks received points
The most votes for one track is 32
The most first-place votes for one track is 2
Votes for Eddie Murphy - Boogie in your Butt: 0

oh man, are we starting now??

125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayLFNFlc9hU

xp just a few to grease the wheel tonight.

if there are 124 better tracks than that coming up this is going to be fun!

wow! we're starting at 1100 points and 13 votes!? Suddenly my hopes for most of the songs on my ballot getting represented have been severely crushed.

Very excited on seeing results on this tho.

Awesome that this is getting going. Johnny, do you have a EST timetable for the weekday results?

Can't believe the countdown is beginning!

"Folsom Prison Blues" was actually a very last minute addition to my ballot -- glad my impulsive choice got it in the top 125.

Johnny, do you have a EST timetable for the weekday results?

I'm going to try to get it rolling around noon-ish each day if I can.

imo "Folsom Prison Blues" is probz the greatest track to ever come out of the heyday of Sun Studios. A line like "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" would get bleeped on radio/Mtv these days.

124. FLEETWOOD MAC "Go Your Own Way" (1977) [1,155 points, 10 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GN2kpBoFs4

^ this song is unimpeachable, and I'm kind of bothered with myself for not even voting for it.

It was one of the most difficult ones to cut for me.

123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwC2QljLn4

haha nice. didn't vote for it, but it's a great song.

all the oldies ;)

I can't wait until 2030, when "Ace of Spades" will be fifty years old and I'll be listening to it like my mom listens to Dean Martin now.

122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrJ5mcCshw

I don't think I voted for any of these so far but I love them!

I think I voted for Cash, but I'm not sure about the others. I, too, love all of them so far.

This is the last late-night one. More coming later today...

121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDw-hTuwcvA

Yeah, all great songs so far, but how could they not be? Basically, anything that makes this list—considering there were over 2000 noms, some of which weren't even (necessarily) the best representations of each artist—is a complete winner, wherever it places.

probably not necessary yet, but to summarize:

125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes]
124. FLEETWOOD MAC "Go Your Own Way" (1977) [1,155 points, 10 votes]
123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes]
122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]

Ipanema and Debaser were on my ballot but they were also some of what I thought some of the most popular votes in there... not happy to see them placing this early.

"Debaser" is my first vote to make it. My list is total canon.

I love Pixies like nobody's business, but I voted no Pixies.

very deliberately didn't vote any pixies, but i'm not surprised at all to see them place. wouldn't even be surprised if we haven't seen the last of them on this list.

great start! voted for "ace" and "girl", but different FM & pixies tracks. probably unforgivable that i didn't vote for cash, but something had to give.

Voted for MBV and only MBV because I am kelpolaris.

liar. I've seen all the ballots and there no all-MBV ballot. again I say, LIAR.

(I probably wouldn't have voted for it, but I'm sad no one nomm'ed "Liar" by Rollins Band.)

I might've clicked on David Bowie a couple times on accident.

didn't vote any of them but all great tracks obviously

dig the high number of points

we have virtually 5 decades represented already.

by which you mean 34 years?

that's one way of looking at it

voted for folsom prison and debaser, debaser was a last second add-on

I'd love to see people's individual lists for the 20th century. Not ballots, but what ilmers would construct w/o a pesky nomination process. I'd guess a sizable chunk of my own top 100 wasn't even nominated here, or if they were they didn't receive a lot of support. I may start a tumblr for just that purpose next year.

Mine would include a handful of album tracks that I didn't bother to nominate because only I would vote for them, such as "The Landscape Is Changing" and "Told You So" by Depeche Mode.

I didn't manage to squeeze "Girl from Ipanema" to my ballot, but it's a beautiful tune, would've expected it to be in the top 100. I guess it suffers from overexposure, what with being the best known bossa nova song of all time. (Possibly even the best known Brazilian tune of all time, alongside "Aquarela do Brazil"/"Brazil"?) I've always kinda wondered about the legend related to the recording of the Getz/Gilberto version "Ipanema": supposedly João was supposed to sing the whole tune by himself, but his English pronounciation was so bad he asked his wife, who happened to be in the studio, to sing the English part. Sounds kinda too fortuituous to be true, but nevertheless it was the first time Astrud's singing was ever put on record, so that's one hell of a debut.

"Folsom Prison Blues" is fine too. As for other three songs here, well, they're not my thing.

I might have voted for "And Then" (xpost to geir)

Also, the pedant in me would like to remind that the song should be credited to "Stan Getz & João Gilberto" (that's how the record was credited when it came out, as Astrud only did a guest vocal), but of course it's Astrud's part that everyone remembers, and not João's Portuguese verse.

As for other three songs here, well, they're not my thing.

I get that for Motorhead and Pixies, but it puzzles me re: Fleetwood Mac. Even at their most commercial, Lindsey Buckingham is still doing all kinds of unconventional musical things within the song (the same goes for most of what he's ever recorded). I think if you ever really spent time going under the surface of Buckingham-era Mac, you'd arrive at a happy destination.

Also, the pedant in me would like to remind that the song should be credited to "Stan Getz & João Gilberto" (that's how the record was credited when it came out, as Astrud only did a guest vocal)

I actually looked around to verify some things on a few entries, including this one, and (as a single) it was released as Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto. ¯(°_o)/¯

"Also, the pedant in me would like to remind that the song should be credited to "Stan Getz & João Gilberto" (that's how the record was credited when it came out, as Astrud only did a guest vocal), but of course it's Astrud's part that everyone remembers, and not João's Portuguese verse."

i mentioned this somewhere in the noms thread a while back.

Later pressings of it might've been credited to Astrud, but at least according to discogs.com the original 1964 Verve single was credtited to Getz and João.

Yeah, I just saw that. oh well.

think i nominated it (?), and yeah, went with the credit i've most often observed: stan & astrud. hard to argue with those label photos, though. ah, well...

It's okay - since many of the older songs in the poll have a kazillion different recordings, I guess it's fair that we mention the names that people most often associate with the tune. Just because some of the Duke Ellington big band songs were originally released under some alternate pseudonym doesn't mean we can't credit them to "Duke Ellington & His Band" now.

yeah, but i hate getting stuff wrong. according to wikipedia (lol), billboard credited it to stan & astrud in '64. odd.

Although I enjoy 'Debaser' as much as anything else by the Pixies, that one lead guitar line is really weedy and terrible.

Great list so far! It's just what I was hoping it would look like, so long as there's some pre-50s stuff to come. Good mix of genres and eras, plus a cult-y thing even if it's not my thing at all - I'm just never going to get Pixies, I can tell, their stuff always seems so unadventurous and pointless, it's not even a vehicle for the lyrics which are even more inane so far as I can tell. Reasonable tunes to be fair, but they shouldve tried a bit harder imo.

why u braek hart, IK? Just kidding. It's cool if people don't love Pixies. I know other people who don't, and I still talk to them. (but I don't buy them anything on their birthdays)

I don't much care for the Fleetwood Mac even if I can see the appeal, kicking myself for not voting for the Cash. Voted for a different Pixies track that'll never make it, voted for the Brazilians. Overall, happy!

Pity I forgot to nominate Mac's "Silver Springs" and that no one else did either. It's probably the best thing Buckingham/Nicks-era Mac ever recorded, but was forgotten by time until a few years ago because it was originally relegated to being the b-side of "Go Your Own Way" after being cut from the running order of Rumours. (It's since been restored on the remastered album.)

I bought the remaster a few months ago (on your recommendation, I think, Johnny). I still can't get used to 'Silver Springs' being there tbh, it feels like I'm not actually listening to the album any more. Great sound quality on the thing though, you were right about that - things like the end of 'Gold Dust Woman' sound amazing.

When you starting up again Johnny?

I'd gone through a long period of not listening to Rumours before I bought the remaster, and since then I've listened to it about a thousand times. I'm far more comfortable with "Silver Springs" being right in the middle now, so much so that if it doesn't come between "Songbird" and "The Chain," then something seems like it's missing. The official word is that it made the album's running time too long, but it's clear that Lindsey didn't really want it on the record (for, what seem like, obvious reasons).

When you starting up again Johnny?

Soon, I guess. I've had the worst insomnia lately, and could never really get to sleep over the night, so fuck it...I'll just keep posting until I pass out.

What time is it where you are? Try and sleep my good man, the insatiable needs of ilm isn't that important.

120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCIQWV5B7Cs

Joy of joys!

Great tune, but not my favourite version.

Do you prefer Andy Williams' version, or is there a better lesser-known version you favor? I actually like the original Mancini instrumental the best.

I can't believe you started this at 5am!

The only track I don't like so far is the Fleetwood Mac. The only one I voted for so far is Getz/Gilberto. I'm definitely a bit worried about my votes now I've seen how many it takes to get top 125.

I'm definitely a bit worried about my votes now I've seen how many it takes to get top 125.

Ditto. Even with 200 points from me, "Supper's Ready" will struggle here. :)

Something tells me that my love of obscure rap singles wasn't a great act of tactical voting but I'd love for you guys to prove me wrong

Well, I just threw out the first five starting at midnight my time, expecting to go to sleep and then continue on later in the day. But I'll be damned if I never really went to sleep for more than a couple hours. So here I am, up, still posting. I'm going to take some kind of sleep aid tonight and right this ship before it sails off the edge of the sea. xps

119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BavhwpIJg

Okay, I don't like this one either.

I'd definitely heard "I'm Not in Love" before this year, but I never spent any time with it until I heard the entire Gayngs album was based on this song as a blueprint (not to mention the cover of Godley & Creme's "Cry" being included). I still can't say I'm a huge fan of this, and would rather have seen the original "Cry" in its place.

118. LINK WRAY & HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958) [1,170 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5kAXNm0od4

I'd like to think some of my campaigning got this in! (If not, don't tell me...I want to live in denial.)

didn't expect any 10cc to make the list to be honest, but they sure were healthily represented in the noms list and if one of the songs had to feature, then i'm happy for it to be this one.

Don't get the 10cc. It's just shitty soft rock? Rumble is the nuts, even with the Tarentino taint (of which there is surely more to come).

yeah 'rumble' is pretty timeless.

in any case, none of my votes have been represented yet.

Don't get the 10cc. It's just shitty soft rock?

Yep. Shitty shitty shitty soft rock.

'Rumble' seems pretty good; think it might be the first time I'd heard that one.

i didn't know what 'rumble' was by the title, but the second i pressed play on the youtube thing i recognised it.

Do you prefer Andy Williams' version, or is there a better lesser-known version you favor? I actually like the original Mancini instrumental the best.

The Williams version is good, but my favourites are probably Sarah Vaughan's and Sinatra's.

yeah, listening to 'i'm not in love' again for the first time in while, i can't help but be struck by the fairly awful meandering mess of a midsection.

I'd never heard "Rumble" before this either. I don't really get it... Maybe it was groundbreaking back in its day, but now it just sounds like a really basic instrumental rock tune with not much of a groove or melody.

117. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Born to Run" (1975) [1,175 points, 10 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA

Y'all 10cc haters can FO, that song is magical.

"Born to Run": okay, but the Frankie Goes to Hollywood version is better.

As much as I love FGtH, no.

Sorry kids, the top 116 are all shitty shitty soft rock.

springzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. the musical equiv of seinfeld.

have you people never seen pulp fiction? like even if you hadn't heard it elsewhere - which in itself seems crazy - pulp fiction isn't exactly obscure.

You can hate "I'm Not in Love", but you have to admit 10CC helped millions of people all around the world to get laid.

I've seen Pulp Fiction, but I didn't remember that song was in it. The faster instrumental rock tune that played during the credits was much more memorable.

i was really repping for 'atlantic city' (even though i didn't vote for it in the end).

You're thinking of "Misirlou" by Dick Dale. It's good too, but "Rumble" is just absolutely menacing. xp

Only Springsteen tunes I like are "Streets of Philadelphia" and the Arthur Baker remix of "Dancing in the Dark". He's just not a particularly good singer. And the FGtH version of "Born to Run" also works better because the lyrics sound more believable as an Englishman's fantasy of America.

haha, Tarantino taint.

Don't get the 10cc. It's just shitty soft rock?

No, it's shitty soft rock with really awesome production. Didn't vote for it but I do appreciate the sound of the thing. It's like music for astronauts to chill to in their living quarters. Play a bit of chess, crack open a powdered dinner, brush your teeth, poop in a polybag, play a bit of 10cc. Nice.

Rumble is pretty righteous. never heard that 10cc track before but it's not very good...

I bet atlantic city will place

might be the only other springsteen tho

have you people never seen pulp fiction? like even if you hadn't heard it elsewhere - which in itself seems crazy - pulp fiction isn't exactly obscure.

I don't remember 'Rumble' from Pulp Fiction either. And I've definitely heard Link Wray before, I just don't recall this one.

Feeling the Springzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz stance.

I guess it is a Englishers : Billy Bragg :: Amerikkkans : Brucey thing?

116. PRINCE "Controversy" (1981) [1,176 points, 9 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKVWjpKc8so

Prince music on youtube gets pulled faster than the American version of Coupling, so this link might be dead pretty soon. While you can, enjoy the guy with the fat forearms model his special promo 12" for you.

This is the bit of Pulp Fiction with 'Rumble' in it

I never understand why people reference "Rumble" as being the first song to use a power chord when he is clearly playing full (though possibly open) chords

I thought that the urban legend was that he was the first person to use distortion when he purposely beat the shit out of his amp to give it a dirtier sound.

He gets credited for both things, but I don't think "Rumble" is the origin of the power chord. Plenty of his other stuff uses them, though.

115. THE BEACH BOYS "Surf's Up" (1971) [1,184 points, 10 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYIlH4nOEo

First track I utterly utterly love (didn't vote for it though).

I guess I should get around to hearing the Surf's Up album, huh? (I'd never even listened to Pet Sounds until about 10 years ago.)

I actually did NOT vote for this but for about a year it was my favorite track. I won't listen to any Smile mix that doesn't end with Surf's Up. Check out the version on Unsurpassed Masters 16 for an extra minute or so.

Yay, "Controversy"! That's probably my favourite Prince tune of them all, at least among his dancefloor oriented material. It was in my top 20; too bad it didn't make the actual top 100, but I guess it was inevitable the better known hits (I assume both "Kiss" and "Doves" are still to come) would place higher.

Prince! Didn't vote for it but Prince! :)

Wonder how the 'only vote once for each artist' will effect prince because i didn't vote for controversy or the two tuo listed. (/replace prince's name for other canon artist you may care more about)

The Surf's Up album definitely worth hearing as a demonstration of the good, bad and ugly of post-Brian Wilson Beach Boys. It has some of the highest highs and lowest lows of the BBs catalog. 'Til I Die is pretty unimpeachable along with Surf's Up if the lyrics don't bother you, and Feel Flows was on the Almost Famous soundtrack IIRC. On the other hand there are Disney Girls, which I used to love Disney Girls which I can barely get through now, the proto-Love You track Take a Load Off Your Feet, and Student Demonstration Time is legendarily horrible.

*which I used to love but can barely get through now

I voted for a coupla Beach Boys tracks but I kind of dislike "Surf's Up."

Prince was the only artist that had 3 songs in my top 100 - I tried to cut them down to 2, but I just didn't have the heart to do it.

Surf's Up... seems like it has the traits of the Beach Boys I like the least on first listen. Where are the hooks and craziness?

oh there's definitely craziness as far as i can tell.

yeah, about to say, that track is brimming with craziness.

114. THE ROLLING STONES "Paint it Black" (1966) [1,185 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv65gOE8QNY

What a shame to press that "Controversy" 12" at 33 1/3. It would have been phatter at 45.

"Rumble" is totally awesome. My first exposure would have been the Adam & the Ants rip-off/homage "Killer In The Home."

I'm surprised at the 10cc hate. It was in my long shortlist like several others here.

xp - The Smile-related material is a bit like the Beach Boys' "There's a Riot Going On" for me - epic but dissolute, barely even pretending to be a proper group anymore, with all bravado replaced by vulnerability.

paint it black is dope as fuck.

I don't really get the Rolling Stones at all, but Paint it Black is ok.

Didn't vote for any Stones, but I've got a lot of time for 'Paint it Black'.

voted for two stones, neither of which were 'paint it black'. only one of them has a chance of popping up later.

I love "Paint it Black" too, but I would assume it's been discussed to death at one point or another by everyone here, so...

113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lAYwYtvoX8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOy-pJ1xQe0

awesome! i nommed that miles, but incredibly didn't end up voting for it. great to see it place.

I didn't know what Miles to vote for and so I didn't but In A Silent Way is the fucking nuts and everyone should own a copy.

Beautiful. If we ever do an artist of the century poll, I think maybe Miles would get my vote.

I'm much more familiar with bebop Miles and not very familiar at all with more freeform/experimental/fusion Miles. I guess In a Silent Way is as good as any place to dig in.

I have 3 songs I've voted for make the list so far, and generally enjoy the other songs that have made the list to this point, except the boring Springsteen cut.

If we ever do an artist of the century poll

Don't be giving me ideas!

I assumed albums were next...

No interest here, but if someone else does that I'll vote.

Shhh/Peaceful is my first vote to appear so far - though I would have voted for something off Bitches Brew instead if any had been nominated. What's the opposite of vote-splitting? Vote-fusion?

would vote dj premier in such a poll.

112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MrQtOoQRpc

Fuck yes! This track still hits like a sledgehammer 22 years after the fact.

i honestly don't think i've played that record in almost 10 years, but yeah killer track.

"Born to Run": okay, but the Frankie Goes to Hollywood version is better.

― Tuomas, Monday, November 29, 2010 1:16 PM (1 hour ago)

I love the Frankie version it manages to sound even more exciting than the original.

Great to see Surf's Up and Controversy, they are my favourite songs by each artist and my first votes to appear.

I was surprised that I only ended up voting for one Prince song but a lot of my favourite songs of his weren't nominated, If I Was Your Girlfriend, She's Always In My Hair, The Cross, I Would Die 4 U and When You Were Mine would have made my list.

What's the opposite of vote-splitting? Vote-fusion?

looooooool excellent work

okay, nommed on the last day(and subsequently voted for) 'Straight Outta Compton' so glad that it got some love here.

Paint It Black one of the two Stones tracks I voted for but that's the only 2 of mine to appear thus far.

111. JOHN COLTRANE "My Favorite Things" (1961) [1,195 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQsvMf8X0FY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt9iLDmaQwk

Spotify playlist, for the Europeans: http://bit.ly/fdTfYf

just realised that maybe 2 of mine total will make it

So glad to see the Miles... its was either my #1 or 2, can't remember. Straight Out of Compton was also high on my ballot.

Compton isn't that good. *ducks and covers*. In fact that whole album is kinda lame, NY was so ahead in '88 that it sounds really dated. *prepares for sb fever*

My Favourite Things! One of the two Coltrane's I voted for! That guy can fucking PLAY.

Awww, if I'd have ordered my ballot, 'My Favorite Things' would've got like another 100 points out of me. Love the rumbling of the thunderstorms brewing in the rhythm section. Beautiful playing by McCoy as well. Could have gone for a wilder Trane tune, but that song already has a lot of the ingredients in it that I love him for. Worth hunting down some of the footage of the band playing this on YouTube though.

Awww, if I'd have ordered my ballot, 'My Favorite Things' would've got like another 100 points out of me.

That would've put it in the 80s, fwiw.

110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qEq4mAnV64

(I'd never actually seen the video before just now.)

10cc are of course not "shitty soft rock". Not that there's anything wrong with soft rock in the first place, but 10cc were a lot more detailed and basically more "prog" than, say, Boston or Chicago or Journey have ever been.
That said, they made better, more complex and proggier songs than "I'm Not In Love" although I'm afraid none of them are in the top 125 (except for maybe "I'm Mandy Fly Me", which I know has some ILM'ers loving it)

I thought Stereolab was supposed to be some kind of an experimental instrumental rock band, but I guess I'm mixing the up with something else? Anyway, very boring tune, I can't see how this is supposed to be the 110th best song of the century. It doesn't sound at all different from thousands of other indie songs like it.

Stereolab got a lot more bleepy-bloopy with the Dots and Loops album a few years after this. They started out very straightforward.

Johnny, I am loving this list so far! Well done stretching it to 125. 'My Favorite Things' sounds like the best music ever. I can totally see why people give their lives to jazz right now.

Thanks, but I'm as responsible for the results as everyone else is. I just have the privilege of revealing them.

JF your post on "Rumble" made me vote for it. I had heard the song before but didn't know the title or performer.

109. KATE BUSH "Wuthering Heights" (1978) [1,197 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdmvs7r1u9c

I am way down with Kate Bush from, like, 1982 onwards. The really early stuff grates on me like a belt sander, though. More power to those of you who love it.

thx abanana!

Jenny Ondioline has pretty much everything that people who like Stereolab like about Stereolab while also appealing to indie rock people. Not all that surprising that it made the list IMO.

hah! There is no bigger Stereolab fan on this forum than me and it's almost the last track of theirs I'd vote for. Hopefully French Disko will be higher.

hurrah for "Wuthering Heights" though - the first thing on my ballot to make the countdown

Glad Stereolab made it, although I voted for 'French Disko' instead.

"I can totally see why people give their lives to jazz right now."

Totally. I wish I could get into it more.

Jenny Ondioline has pretty much everything that people who like Stereolab like about Stereolab while also appealing to indie rock people. Not all that surprising that it made the list IMO.

But is sounds so boring! There's no catchy melody, nor a groovy rhythm section, nor any sonic innovation. What's the point of listening to music like this?

I, too, would've voted French Disko if I'd voted for Stereolab. (Actually, I would've voted for Crest, but it wasn't nominated.)

There's no catchy melody

Yes there is.

nor a groovy rhythm section

Yes there is.

nor any sonic innovation.

Yes there is. (Although a lot less than later Stereolab, I will grant.)

The entire track is a groovy rhythm section. It's not like French Disko is Brill Building catchy either.

I thought Stereolab was supposed to be some kind of an experimental instrumental rock band, but I guess I'm mixing the up with something else? Anyway, very boring tune, I can't see how this is supposed to be the 110th best song of the century. It doesn't sound at all different from thousands of other indie songs like it.

― Tuomas, Monday, November 29, 2010 3:06 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

xpost as far as "the point of listening to" it: the sharp contrast between the minimal verses and that "ooooooh-oooooooh" harmonized vocal part that comes in as a sort of refrain is the big musical payoff for me, and in general I find the sounds pleasant+dynamic

I can't seem to find the thread where I detailed turning my occasional affair with jazz into a loving marriage but guys ilm is a terrific place to learn and be helped into the many depths of the genre.

It was a real torment deciding how many and which Kate tracks to vote for. I didn't go for 'Wuthering Heights' in the end, even though sometimes the 'let me have it' is my favourite thing in all music.

"Born To Run" was the first song I thought "oh damn, I forgot that one" about after I submitted my ballot, so I'm glad to see it got in without my help. I didn't vote for "Straight Outta Compton" but it gives me a little hope that the 16 rap songs on my ballot weren't wasted effort.

The entire track is a groovy rhythm section. It's not like French Disko is Brill Building catchy either.

Really? Because to my ears the drums and bass are mixed pretty low compared to the rather monotone guitar and vocals, and they play the same tired rock rhythm all the way through with little variation or syncopation (except for some double time drumming when the chorus starts). That isn't my idea of "groovy".

I can't seem to find the thread where I detailed turning my occasional affair with jazz into a loving marriage but guys ilm is a terrific place to learn and be helped into the many depths of the genre.

― wheezy f baby (a hoy hoy), Monday, November 29, 2010 3:25 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
cosign — ILM has turned me onto more amazing jazz albums than I could ever hope to recall

108. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Cortez the Killer" (1975) [1,198 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GDIkb5CDUY

another of my votes. at this rate levi 167 WILL make it as I am officially becoming an ilm tastemaker ;)

awesome song — one of my favorite extended neil jams — great lyric, skeletal but compelling — dunno what else to say

stereolab are one of my favourite bands, but i didn't vote for either of those songs. i do love 'jenny ondioline' though. would have voted for 'metronomic underground' in a heartbeat had it been nominated. and incidentally, they are a repetitive, rather monotone band by nature. very unique and distinctive, however, as far as contemporary "indie" groups go if you ask me.

i must have been extremely close to including 'wuthering heights' on my ballot. i had to double check whether i'd put it in there or not.

that still makes zero tracks so far that i voted for (including cortez)

I didn't vote for Stereolab because neither "Harmonium" nor "Super-Electric" were nominated. I do like "Jenny Ondioline" and I'm not sure what the point is exactly, but I likes me some drone and digs me some repetition, repetition, repetition. I'm not sure you can judge the mix based on a YouTube clip's sound. The LP version was 18 minutes long and included several different parts.

Got to agree with Tuomas here - they just seem to do so little with any of the elements compared to others. I mean, if drone is the thing, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' didn't even get nominated.

Did 'Cortez' get mentioned in that racist-songs-that-got-under-the-radar thread? I love the song to bits but I was just thinking about that terrible "he came dancin' across de water man" part.

Stereolab really is a tale of two sounds, though. There's a pre-Emperor Tomato Ketchup sound and a post-ETK sound (with ETK existing as the bridge between the two). Later 'Lab really is a lot more funky (I use the term loosely) whereas earlier 'Lab is monotone and driven.

I'm not a huge Stereolab fan or anything but f anyone bitching about a great song like "Jenny Ondioline"

The whole lyric in Cortez puzzles me now - 'war was never known' about the Aztecs?

Oh I love the smell of rockism in the morning...

Glad Stereolab made it, although I voted for 'French Disko' instead.

― emil.y, Monday, November 29, 2010 3:19 PM (28 minutes ago)

Me too, I put it really high on my list. Not sure if I can see them having two songs on the list though.

that 3 minute short version of Jenny Ondioline does sound kind of unimpressive when compared to the much longer LP version

I am agreeing with Tuomas about 90% here (except I don't understand how Fleetwood Mac gets lumped in with Motorhead and the Pixies).

I've always been annoyed by the lyrics to Cortez. Much prefer the live version posted above than the Zuma version, can kind of see why people voted for it.

feel like tuomas has already claimed his place as thread clusterfucker, excited for what's to come

107. BOBBY WOMACK "Across 110th Street" (1972) [1,203 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js6r-1BcrrA

I can think of about 10 other Bobby Womack songs I'd have voted for ahead of this one, yet I still like this one just fine. Bobby Womack is vastly underappreciated.

dude i'm just warming up xp

ooh! an OLD SONG! haha

I mean, yeah the lyrics to "Cortez" are kinda objectionable — dunno if 'racist' is exactly the term for it but w/e — as I said upthread tho, what I like about them is their sparseness, which works well with the song — it achieves an overall mood that, to me, is something totally sui generis and wonderful

I took Across 110th Street off my list right at the end, glad to see it make an appearance. This was the song that got me really into Bobby Womack. Woman's Gotta Have It is probably the only song of his I like more.

actually, shit man i could have very easily voted for 'french disko' on another day. listening to it now and it's incredible.

Bernard, my is-this-not-somewhat-racist? query was solely about Neil's v. embarrassing accent in the segment that starts at around 6:22 in the clip above and goes through to the end of the song.

I'm gonna take a short break now and come back with more later...after this...

106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWTUt2RZh0

tarentino taint pt. 2

fuckin' jam

To recap

125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes]
124. FLEETWOOD MAC "Go Your Own Way" (1977) [1,155 points, 10 votes]
123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes]
122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]
120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 votes]
119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]
118. LINK WRAY & HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958) [1,170 points, 12 votes]
117. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Born to Run" (1975) [1,175 points, 10 votes]
116. PRINCE "Controversy" (1981) [1,176 points, 9 votes]
115. THE BEACH BOYS "Surf's Up" (1971) [1,184 points, 10 votes]
114. THE ROLLING STONES "Paint it Black" (1966) [1,185 points, 12 votes]
113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]
112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes]
111. JOHN COLTRANE "My Favorite Things" (1961) [1,195 points, 12 votes]
110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]
109. KATE BUSH "Wuthering Heights" (1978) [1,197 points, 13 votes]
108. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Cortez the Killer" (1975) [1,198 points, 11 votes]
107. BOBBY WOMACK "Across 110th Street" (1972) [1,203 points, 11 votes]
106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]

Agree CtK isn't racist, more a case of "I don't know anything about the Aztecs but I'll write a song about them anyway".

it's racist in a good way, cause he thinks they were a lot nicer than they actually were

can't remember if I voted for that kraftwerk track but it's a good one. Then again they almost all are.

That was the Kraftwerk one I went for. Good list!

Again, I only used that term about his Jamaican(?) accent in that clip (does he only do that on the Live Rust version? I can't remember) Have no idea how to unpack the itself song. xps

I think the only time I've ever heard Cortez the Killer was Built to Spill's live version. /indie

Marissa Nadler does a nice cover that I actually prefer over the original.

I dunno, even the accent in that video just seems sorta goofy to me; not sure what to make of it

Off my list so far:

122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]
120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 votes]
113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]
110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]
106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]

Mmmm... will we get any classical love further on? Splitting the poll into 1900-1950 / 1951-1999 would've been interesting.

Woah - Just listening to Live Rust properly for the first time, that "Jamaican accent" bit is extra bizarre.

lol, I didn't vote

^ despite my numerous pleas for you to!

My Kraftwerk pick was fairly abitrary as it was very difficult to choose. I figured they'd have at least one entry, and to be honest I'd be surprised if 'Computer Love' was the only one that gets in.

Getz/Gilberto still my only vote so far, but I'm liking the look of the list. Nothing before 1950 yet, though.

Woah - Just listening to Live Rust properly for the first time, that "Jamaican accent" bit is extra bizarre.

Phew, glad it's not just me then. That version was the first one I heard, and here was this white guy singing about the wrongs of Spanish imperialism in Mexico in a comedy West Indian accent and I just had no idea what to make of that AT ALL.

*wishes he'd done this on that other thread now instead of spoiling Johnny's poll*

Naw, it's cool. The more actual discussion there is, the less of a chance the youtube embeds have to cluster up and freeze people's browsers.

What do people think of how canon the poll is so far? It doesn't even seem like an ilx specific part of the canon and yet... it seems very appropriate. Some things are recognised for a reason etc.

none of my songs appeared yet but I generally dig this list. Wish I helped Coltrane, Cash, Paint It Black and even Computer Love.

good to see N.W.A., Bobby Womack and especially Rumble place.

Only song I didn't know is the Stereolab one. Doesn't sound bad at all.

Seems like we can expect some mad Prince/Beach Boys/Neil Young?/Kraftwerk action in the top 100 (this is the end for the Pixies I hope)

Ace of Spades, The Girl From Ipanema and I'm Not in Love make for great variety. But I wouldn't mind if this was the last we saw from those genres.

I bumped the 2 jazz songs into the top 125. Lazy-ass ballot redeemed.

Yeah, that faux-Jamaican bit does sound weird and uncomfortable now, but I'm guessing he was influenced by Uk punk's reggae dalliance and did it innocently at the time. I heart Neil, but the lyrics on CtK are some of his most awkward: "they lifted many stones", lol. Like when you're a kid and you have to write a poem for English class and you force the rhyme!

Also very happy Bobby Womack's in there.

Ha, I think I read that Neil actually did write 'Cortez' as a poem for his class at school! The lyric would only really make sense to me if Cortez himself were the narrator for the whole thing - despite the splendour of the 'I know she's living there' verse, I don't think he is. I know Cortez grieved as he destroyed Tenochtitlán, but I wouldn't be confident that Neil did.

Enjoy your parkour, Johnny. btw what is the indie-ish song that lifts the melody from 'Computer Love'?

coldplay "talk"

Ha, that's interesting, IK. Yeah I get very confused by the narrative in many of Neil's songs. "Powderfinger" is another one. Having said that, I've always found "he came dancing across the water" (when not sung in a fake Caribbean accent!) extremely chilling.

3 of mine so far... Prince, Miles, and of course Stereolab's best song Jenny Ondioline. Fuck off Tuomas, you clothed-ear Geir imitator. That song is better than any single thing on your ballot as far as I'm concerned.

I get the feeling based on what I've heard that I'd get quite a lot out of Stereolab...

@acoleuthic: My two favourite Stereolab tracks by far are Animal or Vegetable and Metronomic Underground. (Spotify links because the first one is too long for YouTube, and I assume you have Spotify). I'd have voted for either if they'd been nominated.

I listened to Metronomic Underground earlier!! Found it to be a giant trippy massing pulsing thing with a cool hip-hop break. Will give some other stuff a listen. Like how there's usually at least one epic amidst each of their albums.

seandalai otm re: the two best things stereolab ever did. a shame neither of those tracks was nominated.

Hmmm... I am afraid, to a lot of us, with all those Youtube vids, this thread may be dangerously heavily packed for a lot of us Vista users........

Listening to "Metronomic Underground", and it's much better than the Stereolab song upthread. It's still not my favourite thing in the world (never understood bands who want to use "real" instruments to do what sounds essentially like imitation of electronic music), but at least this tune has a nice groove.

Geir, maybe use bookmarks and just go to where you left off reading the last time?

If you turn off pics in ILX's "preferences", Youtube embeds turn to links -> problem solved.

i actually *didn't* vote for 'cortez' specifically because of that accent on the live version. it's the little things when you're trying to cut down to 100 songs.

looking forward to 105 more opportunities for tuomas to outgeir geir

Wow, I like everything in the list so far, good work everyone. Five from my ballot in already:

119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]
116. PRINCE "Controversy" (1981) [1,176 points, 9 votes]
115. THE BEACH BOYS "Surf's Up" (1971) [1,184 points, 10 votes]
111. JOHN COLTRANE "My Favorite Things" (1961) [1,195 points, 12 votes]
106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]

Saddened by the anti-'I'm Not In Love' sentiments upthread, one of the greatest songs ever in terms of bringing studio experimentalism into pop. As dreamy as any shoegaze/drone song too.

105. THE SUPREMES "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966) [1,216 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw

This was one of my very last cuts, so I'm very glad to see that it made the list anyways.

Geir, maybe use bookmarks and just go to where you left off reading the last time?

Yeah, finally using bookmarks completely revolutionized my ILX experience!

If you turn off pics in ILX's "preferences", Youtube embeds turn to links -> problem solved.

― Tuomas, Monday, November 29, 2010 3:17 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they link you to awkward YT pages with the video taking up the whole browser window instead of the usual YouTube pages for videos, though, which kinda blows imo

Yes, the third of mine to show - wonderful tune, even if I prefer the Vanilla Fudge version

(I don't really)

love the supremes song and bobby womack, didn't vote for them but happy they made it

Yeah. I didn't vote for the Supremes but happy to have them here.

Shit!!!

I should have voted for this. It would've probably push it in the top 100

"In 1966 I was appalled when a writer claimed "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was a better record than "Like A Rolling Stone," but it might be true."

Greil Marcus 100% otm

the shitty covers do ruin the song's reputation though.

104. RON GRAINER & DELIA DERBYSHIRE "Theme From 'Dr. Who'" (1963) [1,219 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvr5VboD66c

TOO LOW

I mean seriously TOO GODDAMN LOW.

First time I ever heard it was two minutes ago, tbh.

haha wait, awesome

lol britishes

That is some pretty forward thinking shit for 1963, I admit. I can dig it.

My love for that track has nothing to do with the programme, by the way. It's an awesome piece of music, and deserves to be in the top 100 of all time, never mind the 20th century. Can't believe it didn't even break the hundred.

First serious "failed to vote for" regret on Dr Who theme.

I voted for it and I have never seen the tv show either.

103. THE KINKS "You Really Got Me" (1964) [1,220 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GmzyeeXnQ

TOO LOW

YAWN

love the minimum point difference

both "too low" and "yawn" are right!

Okay, y'all.. there is no #101 or #100 because #99 is a three-way tie. Shall I post them down through #99 now or call it a day after #102 goes up?

Yes, the third of mine to show - wonderful tune, even if I prefer the Vanilla Fudge version

Dude, that is so wrong...

Kim Wilde version is where's it at imo.

oh wow, the last ten seconds of that Supremes track are amazing.

xp

you are both joking of course

"You Really Got Me" is one of the canon classic rock hits that has never really appealed to me. A type of song that's been done much better many other times.

JF, do it now!

102. TALKING HEADS "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (1983) [1,221 points, 10 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2s7UHUrBw

???

Yeah, post all the way to 99!

People love Talking Heads around here, but seldom actually discuss Talking Heads around here. So, here's the first of three tracks that tied for #99...

99. (TIE) THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (1968) [1,223 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxzpKf7f990

I am officially the opposite of ILM tastemaker. shame
1 pick so far.

I haven't had any! Voodoo Child is the closest I came to voting for anything thus far

we are doomed to wyatting aboot life

haha spoiler: I gave 200 points to a Wyatt song (but I already said I would)

Sea Song will make it, though

LJ, shame on you for not voting for the Who theme. Shame shame shame.

I've only had two so far, but there's been a whole bunch of stuff that I like.

list is gonna be mostly really rockist or really popist, and progressive/avant-garde be heavily damned

PROVE ME WRONG EVERYONE haha

emil.y, I did not have it impressed upon me enough, either as a kid or in the run-up to voting :(

Plenty of good stuff so far, mind. Rumble probably deserves to be higher, Stereolab always welcome etc

Good call on Voodoo Child, ILM. I almost went with this, but opted for Watchtower instead.

oh and one day Davis/Coltrane/other oldskool jazzers will click and I will turn into a raving fan, this is inevitable

someone said they voted for basically every genre but purposely avoided prog-rock in the nomination thread
:?

I voted for at least one prog track, not sure about avant, I've forgotten exactly what made my final 100...

I hate to say it but I think I forgot to vote for the Soft Machine track you repped for, LJ. Really meant to do so.

Also didn't vote for much jazz, as I couldn't really think of any individual song to vote for.

99. (TIE) KING CRIMSON "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969) [1,223 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Yo3FJDrbc

lolsy

W00t! Pretty sure I ended up not voting for this (I like it a lot but I'm not sure it's the best thing ever), but again, happy to see it.

Ha, yep, that's the one.

Robert Wyatt: "Oh no. I don't really like disconcerting people. Although often when I try to be normal I disconcert anyway." 21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN DUNNNN NUNNNN NUNNN NUNN NUH NUHHHHH

99. (TIE) MOTT THE HOOPLE "All the Young Dudes" (1972) [1,223 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HFGY2qCKaM

And that's it for today!

125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes]
124. FLEETWOOD MAC "Go Your Own Way" (1977) [1,155 points, 10 votes]
123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes]
122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]
120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 votes]
119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]
118. LINK WRAY & HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958) [1,170 points, 12 votes]
117. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Born to Run" (1975) [1,175 points, 10 votes]
116. PRINCE "Controversy" (1981) [1,176 points, 9 votes]
115. THE BEACH BOYS "Surf's Up" (1971) [1,184 points, 10 votes]
114. THE ROLLING STONES "Paint it Black" (1966) [1,185 points, 12 votes]
113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]
112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes]
111. JOHN COLTRANE "My Favorite Things" (1961) [1,195 points, 12 votes]
110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]
109. KATE BUSH "Wuthering Heights" (1978) [1,197 points, 13 votes]
108. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Cortez the Killer" (1975) [1,198 points, 11 votes]
107. BOBBY WOMACK "Across 110th Street" (1972) [1,203 points, 11 votes]
106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]
105. THE SUPREMES "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966) [1,216 points, 13 votes]
104. RON GRAINER & DELIA DERBYSHIRE "Theme From 'Dr. Who'" (1963) [1,219 points, 12 votes]
103. THE KINKS "You Really Got Me" (1964) [1,220 points, 12 votes]
102. TALKING HEADS "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (1983) [1,221 points, 10 votes]
99. (TIE) THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (1968) [1,223 points, 12 votes]
99. (TIE) KING CRIMSON "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969) [1,223 points, 12 votes]
99. (TIE) MOTT THE HOOPLE "All the Young Dudes" (1972) [1,223 points, 12 votes]

xp - Mott the Hoople??? This better be surprisingly good...

ok lol I complain and my #5 shows up

n.b. my #5 was not mott the fucking hoople

It is a jam.

xp: It's actually a David Bowie song. Bowie liked Mott the Hoople so much he wrote this song for them under the condition they will continue recording together. They recorded the song, it became a hit but they still disbanded shortly after.

90s aren't getting much love, eh?

damn, three classic rock songs tied for 99. Does that mean this list is ready to go pop (or even better, r'n'b) in a major way?

All the Young Dudes is the most beautiful genre/scene-defining song in the pop cannon. Best thing Bowie (or Hunter) ever did. Way to go ilm! First song from my ballot to make it.

Hendrix is a force of nature of course, and I guess we needed a prog song in the top 100 (we did?), might as well be the Fripp masturbation.

Fripp masturbation your ass.

no thanks

I'd be happy just listening to the backing track over and over again. the contrast between the organ, the low guitar and the high guitar is incredibly done.

Does that mean this list is ready to go pop (or even better, r'n'b) in a major way?

The rest of the list is a 98-way tie between Madonna and James Brown songs.

thank God

might as well be the Fripp masturbation.

― gospodin simmel, Monday, 29 November 2010 22:36 (8 minutes ago)

srsly go 2 hell :P

21CSM is the ungodly pinnacle of 1960s art music and it kicks your ass and mine to svalbard and back

idk there is something kind of sweet using the name "frippertronics" for rubbing one out.

hahahahahaha ok you can have that one

21CSM is totes all abt the bass rather than the guitar tbf

so what I have learned from this thread is that LJ is really fucking mad for Mott the Hoople

I only skimmed it, tho

art music? hate that shit

but 21CSM could indeed be badass in the right set of mind. just hit me like a guitar overload next to Hendrix and Mott. No hard feelings.

Did I tell you guys that I coined the rhyming slang 'Tarkus' a while ago?

Tarkus = armadillo tank = well, what rhymes with tank, right?

(Sorry, just off to have a Tarkus.)

Looks like the yawnsome "classic rock" section has begun, but I'm still glad Kraftwerk and the Dr. Who team made it. I kinda worry about the fate of 80s/90s electronic dance music though... I'm not sure if a single tune from that scene will make it to the top 100, if even "Computer Love" didn't manage that feat. A lot of seminal house/techno classics (like "Strings of Life", "No UFOs", "Good Life", "Love Can't Turn Around", "Acid Tracks", "Energy Flash", or "Promised Land") weren't even nominated.

I didn't vote for 21CSM but my #3 was King Crimson - Exiles
I've never thought of any of any prog-rock on my list as art music

"Computer Love" was the only 'techno' on my list. But I don't think you should worry - 80s/techno has it's ILX following

songs i voted for that have made it:

123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes]
122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes]
104. RON GRAINER & DELIA DERBYSHIRE "Theme From 'Dr. Who'" (1963) [1,219 points, 12 votes]
99. (TIE) KING CRIMSON "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969) [1,223 points, 12 votes]

songs i should have voted for (WTF me?):

125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes]
118. LINK WRAY & HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958) [1,170 points, 12 votes]
116. PRINCE "Controversy" (1981) [1,176 points, 9 votes]
114. THE ROLLING STONES "Paint it Black" (1966) [1,185 points, 12 votes]
105. THE SUPREMES "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966) [1,216 points, 13 votes]

^ as i recall, at least. didn't save my ballot.

I agree about all of your "WTF me?" songs.

number of songs that i voted for that have made an appearance: 0

what's going on here?

though 10 bands that i voted for have appeared with different songs. hmmm

Saw already on the nomination list that it was the wrong track from "In The Court Of The Crimson King". I might have voted for the awesome title track, and also love "Epitaph" and "Moonchild". All three wonderful examples of early symphonic rock at its very best. Never understood the deal about "21th Centry Schizoid Man" though.

Four to show so far from my hundred:

11: Across 110th Street
14: You Keep Me Hangin' On
16: Go Your Own Way
unranked: Paint It Black

I know I voted for "I'm Not In Love" and also believe I voted for "Surf's Up". Nothing else from my 100 though.

Oh, and "Wuthering Height" may have been in my ballot, although I believe it was cut when only the 100 were left.

this is the 90's version of "I'm Not In Love" that I like
(also I agree with geir about not understanding the deal with 21SCM - why did you not mention "I talk to the Wind"?)

I voted for all these songs:

122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
118. LINK WRAY & HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958) [1,170 points, 12 votes]
112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes]
109. KATE BUSH "Wuthering Heights" (1978) [1,197 points, 13 votes]
108. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Cortez the Killer" (1975) [1,198 points, 11 votes]
104. RON GRAINER & DELIA DERBYSHIRE "Theme From 'Dr. Who'" (1963) [1,219 points, 12 votes]
99. (TIE) KING CRIMSON "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969) [1,223 points, 12 votes]
99. (TIE) MOTT THE HOOPLE "All the Young Dudes" (1972) [1,223 points, 12 votes]

The fact that these all placed so low worries me that the higher up the ballot goes the less my own tastes will be represented...

Also, fuck y'all Cortez the Killer haterz. That song is epic and great, who cares if the lyrics are a little historically inaccurate - its true for the most part that the indigenous population were not accustomed to the kind of total war Cortez waged on them and yes, part of the song is obviously being sung by Cortez. If you're going to accuse Neil Young of crypto-racism I'm gonna have to resort to SBs...

actually CTK is a rly good song by any standards I gotta say

Can't wait to bookmark this when it's finished

I refuse to bookmark it until it is finished

I've only had three votes appear so far but I can get into almost everything that's placed, apart from Springsteen and Mott the Hoople (there are 50 Beatles songs that are better than "All the Young Dudes").

i too can get into everything that's placed except for mott the hoople and bobby womack, who i honestly don't know much about. also, i'm predisposed to find the anthemic side of bruce springsteen a bit irksome, though i love a lot of his stuff.

didn't realise ppl were so anti 10CC : (

I didn't know enough people were into them to vote for them besides Geir! Maybe the same people voted "Year of the Cat" into the top 100s.

oh man Year of the Cat is a great song!

there are 50 Beatles songs that are better than "All the Young Dudes"

It's this kind of nonsense that makes me wish I'd created a weighted ballot with Mott the Hoople at the top of the list.

However Bowie meant the song, the Mott version is a call to arms for freaks and weirdos. I find it completely inspiring.

yeah, "year of the cat" came way closer to making my cut than "i'm not in love"

Great list so far imo. I don't dislike any of these trax & outright love about 75%. I honestly have no idea what chance most of the other songs I voted for have of placing.

I voted for:
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125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes] - My ballot: unranked
123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes] - My ballot: unranked
112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes] - My ballot: #22
110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes] - My ballot: #32
99. (TIE) THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (1968) [1,223 points, 12 votes] - My ballot: #17

Ten other tracks were by artists I voted for elsewhere.

I was not familiar w but really dig:
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122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]
113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]
107. BOBBY WOMACK "Across 110th Street" (1972) [1,203 points, 11 votes]

oh man Year of the Cat is a great song!

Time Passages 4EVA!!!!!!

I voted fer:

120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 votes]
118. LINK WRAY & HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958) [1,170 points, 12 votes]
117. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Born to Run" (1975) [1,175 points, 10 votes]
102. TALKING HEADS "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (1983) [1,221 points, 10 votes]

I can hardly believe I neglected to throw some points at "Folsom Prison Blues". I did vote for a few of the artists that have made it so far, but not these songs in particular.

that 3 minute short version of Jenny Ondioline does sound kind of unimpressive when compared to the much longer LP version

― peter in montreal, Monday, November 29, 2010 10:52 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

this is otm. I've always considered the full-length version to be a worthy sequel to "Hallogallo" by Neu!, but to get the full hypnotic effect, you've got to commit to the 18 minutes. The extended length of the droney parts really increases the payback of the melodic sections.

3 of mine have made it so far:

Born To Run
Ace Of Spades
Voodoo Child

knowing something about the production of "I'm Not in Love" and how much it's more or less without precedent helps one appreciate it imo

payback - er.. payoff

xxp

Saw already on the nomination list that it was the wrong track from "In The Court Of The Crimson King". I might have voted for the awesome title track, and also love "Epitaph" and "Moonchild". All three wonderful examples of early symphonic rock at its very best. Never understood the deal about "21th Centry Schizoid Man" though.

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro),

We rarely agree Geir but I'm with you on this one. I didn't vote for any KC in the end, tho, so it's not ok for me to complain.

genuine apols for not adding to the Doctor Who tally.

Totally expected This Must Be the Place to be higher tbh.

Yeah, I regret the Delia Derbyshire and the Johnny Cash omissions, as well as the Supremes, who must have stayed in contention for my final 100 'til the last few seconds.

I was not familiar w but really dig:
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122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
...
107. BOBBY WOMACK "Across 110th Street" (1972) [1,203 points, 11 votes]

Really? You hadn't heard these before?!

Hi guys, just had a quick skim of your thread, looks fun, won't staying as I don't want to have to SB a couple of dozen people in one go. Enjoy yourselves!

Ha ha, glad you're not staying then!

(I mean, genuinely confused, why would you want to ban people for talking about their favourite music, however awkward they/we might express it?)

wouldn't claim to speak for mr vague but i would think that it's more the people bitching about other peoples' favourite music that is the problem

all the young dudes makes me smiley but i didn't even consider voting for it (or any bowie).

just realised that i did in fact vote for 'my favorite things'. that makes one so far in that case.

Was totally racking my brains last night trying to figure out what it was that sampled the opening twenty seconds of 'Across 110th Street'.

* "Across 110th Street"
Ghostface Killah ft Tekitha - "Walking through the Darkness"
Tim Dog - "Bronx Nigga"

Ghostface Killah ft Tekitha - "Walking through the Darkness"

^ that is exactly what I was thinking of. Off the Ghost Dog soundtrack yeah?

It's on Bulletproof Wallets, one of Ghostface's best songs.

Yeah, it's a great track.

Only one track so far that I've never heard - the Miles Davis - and nothing so far that I'd rate lower than 6/10.

This is a fine selection methinks. Could have happily allocated points to virtually all of these in different circumstances. I seem to recall that I actually did vote for Ipanema, Ondioline, Cortez, Dr Who and Naive Melody.

Turns out that "I'm not in love" is a great headphones track - YouTube over laptop speakers doesn't do it justice.

i've always found 'i'm not in love' adds poignancy when it pops up in a movie scene or something, but it seems to come up a bit short when it has to make up all the yards itself. that corny, corny clip doesn't help much.

more hits, johnny

Coming up...

Woop! I was in danger of getting some work done...

98. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND "Heroin" (1967) [1,231 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xcwt9mSbYE

hell of a way to start the day's count

Didn't vote for this, but yeah.

To be perfectly honest, I don't listen to VU a whole lot. But when I put one of the records on (especially & Nico), I'm surprised by how well I remember every moment of them.

97. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "Juicy" (1994) [1,266 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxiKwXhR_0w

Nothing?

Maybe people are at lunch.

I didn't vote for Juicy nor is it among my favourite tunes of all time, but it's nice to see some rap after a long string of Old Fogey Rock.

I wonder what other rappers are gonna break it to the top 100? PE and Wu most likely, possibly Nas too. Any others?

I always wonder what was going through my mom's mind when I excitedly played Heroin for her after first listening to VU & Nico freshman year of college.

"The Message" xp

Had never heard Juicy before...don't really see the fuss but I know it's considered canon.

"It Takes Two" xp

Love the Velvets and Biggie to pieces(though I didn't vote for these songs)

"Heroin" is another one I voted for. It's placed too low here. "Juicy" is nice to see, though there are several other tracks I prefer off of Ready to Die (maybe the best album of the 90's).

true that (the Ready To Die bit)

96. BOB DYLAN "Tangled Up in Blue" (1975) [1,268 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM

Blood on the Tracks is probably my favourite Dylan album, so yay. Voted for "If you see her, say hello" rather than this, though.

amazing no doubt. Big fan, but still avoided Dylan on my ballot

I put "If You See Her, Say Hello" on a break-up mix I sent to a girl who dumped me once. SMOOVE.

Maybe people are at lunch.

I like the idea that ILM is something you do during office hours only.

(not quite your point, I know)

Also, woah at the concept of "break-up mix".

I know, right? Fortunately, we're still friends. Not too long ago, she read the tracklist for the cd to me and a) I didn't remember half of the songs and b) cringed at the half I did remember. I wasn't going for quality, just randomly putting anything on there that had a "you squished my heart" sentiment.

94. (TIE) NIRVANA "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) [1,275 points, 12 votes]

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

Terrible, but I guess inevitable.

xpost Yeah I was going to say a break up mix is an interesting idea. Was the compilation meant to win her back or just show how much you were hurting?

I'm not really a Dylan fan at all but Tangled Up In Blue is a really good song.

I'm glad to see "Smells Like Teen Spirit" here (I voted for it), though huge overplay has significantly hurt its impact today. Still a great song though.

Yeah, it was a totally self-indulgent self-pitying mix to show her I was a broken man. Not my finest hour. xp

do you remember the tracklist?

Terrible, but I guess inevitable.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:10 PM (4 minutes ago)

Is this a reaction to Nirvana being in the list or the low position?

image of dave grohl & his kit on that youtube frame is astounding, want to paint it like 8x12

True story: when she was a teen, a friend of mine made a friend of hers a mixtape after she'd broken up with a boyfriend, and on that tape every other track was "Everybody Hurts" by REM. Like, first it had some sad song, then "Everybody Hurts", then some other sad song, then "Everybody Hurts" again, etc.

lol

(at the concept, not at her heartbreak)

"here. if you don't feel bad enough about your breakup, you might try listening to this tape."

do you remember the tracklist?

I've already forgotten it again, but I do remember putting "I Know You Love Me" by Smoking Popes on there. WHAT A PRESUMPTUOUS MOVE.

breakups are a key ingredient for a transcendent listening experience

This next track is SOLID FUCKING GOLD...

breakups are a key ingredient for a transcendent listening experience

sadly true

94. (TIE) CAMEO "Word Up" (1986) [1,275 points, 12 votes]

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

YES!!!

YES!!!

hell yes. first song i voted for to show today (though i voted for others songs by some of those artists)

Didn't actually vote for it, but it's a monster and it' making me feel real good about this list

xpost I remember making a tape for a friend who had their heartbroken when I was younger. I can remember it started with Speedway Morrissey then had Mellow my Mind by Neil Young and somewhere on there it had Holocaust by Big Star. Looking back it seems I just wanted to make her feel worse, I should have gone for the everything's going to be okay angle.

So good to Cameo make it. If anyone hasn't already heard it the whole album is ridiculously good. I actually might like the follow up single Candy more.

Word Up is my fourth choice to appear after The Beach Boys, Prince and Kate Bush.

Yay!! Voted this. Strangely even though I have much love for it I have never felt compelled to search out any other Cameo stuff except 'Single Life'(?)

Oh no I meant Candy is the only other Cameo I've heard.

This is the first one to show up that I feel genuine regret not voting for. Just didn't notice it on the nomination list.

hoping we'll get something, anything, from the first half of the century

Not sure they had music back then.

musical butter churns and shit

the world wasn't even in color back then

93. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL "Fortunate Son" (1969) [1,276 points, 14 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I

I don't think I ever realized how short this song is until I looked at the lengths on the youtube videos. Could anyone get away with a 2:18 single these days?

if it's as good as this, hell yeah

I voted Big Mama Thornton, Duke Ellington and Claude Debussy... not sure if there were any other pre-1950s on my ballot. Starting to lose hope of seeing them around here but anything could happen.

they sure pack a ton of storytelling and emotion into that 2:18 too.

I actually might like the follow up single Candy more.

"Candy" is a better song IMO, but yeah that entire album! "Back and Forth" is also a monster of a song.

Have never knowingly listened to CCR, mainly because I loathe the name, but that was excellent :)

xxpost: It makes no sense to me why we aren't going back to 2 minute singles. What's the point of having pop songs that run over 3 minutes? All the new generations including mine have the attention span of a housefly and whatever you're going to sing in 4 minutes I'm sure you could reduce it by half and it wouldn't lose any of its catchy banality.

Voted Creedence, but not this one, still happy to see it though.

I didn't vote but I think I love (or at least like a lot) every single song on this list. Good work, consensus.

I voted for several pre-1950 tracks and would be surprised if at least a few of them didn't show up around here somwhere.

Oh no I meant Candy is the only other Cameo I've heard.

― Hey Christian, Poulsen Sugar On Me (pandemic), Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:32 PM (10 minutes ago)

Along with Word Up some of their earlier albums are worth getting, their debut Cardiac Arrest is a classic. They started out quite gritty and funky similar to someone like The Ohio Players but Word Up is really where they peaked.

I think Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday are probably the only artists from the first half of the century who are certain to appear, though I do hope we get to see some Piaf, Debussy, Ella, Satchmo, Ravel, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sinatra, Glenn Miller, and Scott Joplin.

if we are still on the breakup songs subject (i know we are not but stay with me) I feel a need to correct my earlier remark about "All The Young Dudes" being the best thing Ian Hunter did. "I Wish I Was Your Mother" is. devastating song

I think the Ellington and Louis Armstrong votes may have gotten split up among the dozens of songs nominated. I think I gave big points to "John The Revelator" and "Summertime" at least.

I can think of five songs from the first half of the century that got my vote. there might be more

forgot about John The Revelato and Summertime. idiot

I originally thought Kanye West was brilliant for making 'power' a 1:30 single and wished more artists followed on this path before I realized it was just a promo and the original song was actually 4:52 long. It lost most of its appeal to me shortly after that.

Oh I did vote for 'summertime' and a couple of Billie Holiday songs, forgot they're pre50s.

91. (TIE) TOOTS & THE MAYTALS "Pressure Drop" (1970) [1,282 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rb13ksYO0s

another YES!!!

I really need more Toots in my life.

everybody does

Can you just post a lousy song please Johnny F.? I should be in bed as I've got to get up at 2am for work and the current run of tracks aren't helping to persuade me to call it a night ;)

Love "Pressure Drop", first of my votes to place today.

xp

yeah, this list is on a winning streak

idk 'smells like teen spirit' was pretty lousy.

Good list so far, I'm surprised there is so much consensus based off of such a huge list of choices. I tried voting but only managed to get down to about 300 songs before I had to leave town for Thanksgiving. Not really sad though because a lot of stuff I like is showing up here.

First time hearing Cameo though - good stuff!

First time hearing Cameo though - good stuff!

If that's the only positive to come of this exercise, then I have done my job!

Just to backtrack a lot: I can kind of understand why people were scratching their heads over Jenny Ondiolline if they've only heard that YouTube version. The 18 minute album version is obviously one of Stereolab's magnum opuses.

you had never heard "Word Up"??

91. (TIE) THE VINCE GUARALDI TRIO "Linus and Lucy" (1964) [1,282 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgoPl35n_AY

too low imo

perfect symbiosis of images and music.

have no idea why i didn't vote for "pressure drop", but so great to see it show. go around singing it to myself all the time. tell the truth, i snubbed reggae, dub and ska in my votes. i think desmond dekker's "israelites" is the only song from that continuum i threw any points at. :(

did vote for "linus & lucy" though, so double yay

you had never heard "Word Up"??

― skip, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:04 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Nope, first time. When I clicked the YouTube I was expecting it to be something I recognized, but no dice.

Is the presence of 10cc on this list based on some kind of Ariel Pink-induced nostalgia wave?

it's just based

90. THE CLASH "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" (1978) [1,287 points, 11 votes]

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

Was on my initial list, but eventually got nixed for 'London Calling'

Had the band replaced London with, I dunno, Louisville (Kentucky) would it have garnered the same amount of fame?

As much as I love the Clash, I wouldn't have been butthurt by them not being on this list. I guess "Hammersmith" is as good a choice as any, though.

89. THE BEATLES "Penny Lane" (1967) [1,290 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEyJ2EEvRBU

uh oh

wat??? thought it'd hit the top 25 at the least

that song is massively overrated

good song but this means there will be a lot of beatles songs in the list

Alongside 'Eleanor Rigby' one of the two really really really popular Beatles songs I don't actually care for.

The Beatles' entire 1967 output is the black hole in their catalogue imo

but it's probably one of the catchiest songs of all time christ

Far from my favourite Beatles song tbh.

Agree with above sentiment that this is one of the most overrated Beatles songs.

I guess I shouldn't say "entire" 1967 output, but most of it...blech.

xp @Johnny: I'd rate Walrus/Strawberry Fields/Hello Goodbye as excellent songs from 1967.

"Elanor Rigby" is a fucking monster of a song, possibly the best thing The Beatles ever recorded.

xp (ok, scrap Hello Goodbye)

I think if I was ranking 1967 Beatles songs, 'Penny Lane' would be about a third of the way down from the top. Pretty sure the Beatles track I actually voted for has no chance of making the list but never mind.

88. WIRE "Outdoor Miner" (1978) [1,296 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83fpEaEET7k

not that i voted for it, but elanor rigby is marvelous, just as DJP says. penny lane's great too, but much further down the list of beatles songs i might have voted for, but didn't.

I'd have voted for "Elanor Rigby", "I Am The Walrus", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Within You Without You". Maybe also "I Want To Hold Your Hand".

never heard that Clash track before. The worst part of late Beatles is its preciousness and Penny Lane is one of the biggest offenders. It's the kind of track made for a list like this but I would never listen to it by myself.

1:44!!!

(ok, 1:45)

outdoor miner is a good song.

I love that the "extended" version of Outdoor Miner still isn't even 3 minutes long.

The worst part of late Beatles is its preciousness and Penny Lane is one of the biggest offenders.

See? I think they got UNprecious again in 1968 and onwards to the end. 1967 was entirely too precious, though.

I love that the "extended" version of Outdoor Miner still isn't even 3 minutes long.

Ha! Yeah. Didn't vote for it but nice to see it place.

You're right JF. Hey Bulldog and a ton of the White Album are definitely not precious. I probably should have voted for that or Lady Madonna now that I think about it...

Best thing about Penny Lane is that you can polka to it if you'd like.

If that's the very best thing about it...

87. ABBA "Dancing Queen" (1976) [1,297 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

(I really wish someone would've nom'ed "Knowing Me, Knowing You" so I could've voted for ABBA.)

Waaay to low!!!!

Overexposed but it deserves to be here.

Waaay to low!!!!

John McCain's favorite song is reportedly "Dancing Queen."

Yeah, I love "Dancing Queen" as much as anybody does, especially when I break it down in my head ("I love that part...oh wait, I love THAT part too!"). I guess if you had to sum up ABBA's identity in a single track, "Dancing Queen" is probably that track.

It seems too low, but ABBA may have had a bit of vote splitting. I, for one, voted for a different ABBA track over it, though it was probably mostly due to the overplaying of "Dancing Queen". Glad to see it here.

Much of this list is just the more popular songs of artists I voted for (foggy notion, whatever biggie I voted for etc.)

This list is kinda disappointing IMO. Was hoping it would look less like mojo arranged it, down to the token non classic rock choices.

Dancing Queen is terrific and ABBA break my heart

xp - Kind of agree, kind of don't. Anyway, I blame the voters.

The ways lists like these are great: We find validation in knowing that other people like the things we like.
The ways lists like these aren't great: Things a lot of people like a little aren't as varied as the things people like a whole lot.

Hard to blame the voters, the canon choices are the ones that have to make it in a consensus list like this. Everybody has their own idiosyncratic choices, but what makes them non-canon is that by definition not a lot of people are going to vote for them.

xp - It's just that this always happens because the intersection between everyone's tastes is similar to the "canon". I wish there was less classic rock too, though.

oh c'mon y'all. almost nothing on this list so far isn't awesome; and besides there are 86 songs left to go so hold yr butthurtness for a few minutes ok?

The individual lists are always more interesting to me than the consensus list for projects like this, IMO.

85. (TIE) AL GREEN "Let's Stay Together" (1971) [1,299 points, 14 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVzYxqG9N1c

I need a suit like Mr. Green's!

For a canon/consensus list, I think this one is way above average.

xp- See!

I think I voted "Love and Happiness" instead, but it was a tough choice.

I voted "Belle". This is still great.

what's interesting to me are the ways a more personal ILX canon peeks out from within the larger list of agreed-upon classics. like "word up", "i'm not in love", "linus & lucy", "outdoor miner" acing "penny line", that kind of thing. even when i'm not crazy about the songs in question.

i mean, should i have avoided voting for certain tracks due to my suspicion that they might appeal to the hated mojo readership?

"Penny Lane" was one of the few Beatles songs on my longer shortlist and is one of the few Paul McCartney songs I can stomach. I didn't vote for any Beatles in the end, but "A Day in the Life," "Happiness Is a Warm Gun," "She Said She Said," & "Strawberry Fields Forever" were the others I considered. I probably would have voted for "Nowhere Man" if it had been nominated.

I voted for one Beatles track, hopefully it will make it.

Overdosed on Outdoor Miner a while ago (the extended version btw which I believe was the single). Still a good song

Don't care at all for Abba but dig Dancing Queen

Love The Clash of course, voted Train In Vain.

This is probably the last showing for Reverend Green. Way too low. Voted "Here I Am" so I take some of the blame.

I'm very afraid of the Beatles at this point. We should have made an agreement to all vote only "No Reply"

This list is definitely more idiosyncratic than any music magazine's would be, but at the same time there is also only so much it can diverge from one as well, because taken in aggregate people just tend to appreciate the same shit. Blame society!

'Smells Like Teen Spirit' didn't even crack the all-time metal tracks top hundred poll, so I'm pleased to see us doing right by it here.

85. (TIE) IGGY & THE STOOGES "Search and Destroy" (1973) [1,299 points, 14 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDHdleEX6-s

xpost Maybe because it's not metal?

had to happen i guess, even with the ridiculous number of Stooges songs nominated

No lie. First time I ever heard this song was in a Nike commercial.