ILM July Madness: Round of 32 - WEST

Ha! Also three Top 10, two Top 20, three Top 40 hits.

right---& T Rex wasn't that huge in the US, looking at the stats; "Bang a Gong" only hit #10.

Most bands would give their left bollock for that little list! (xp)

I guess my point above about CCR vs. the Stones isn't really about authenticity vs. inauthenticity, but really about how each band might be perceived.

I can imagine CCR being heard as simply an American band doing American music and that there maybe isn't a lot of interest in that compared to the Stones who perhaps "interpret" American music and thus turn it into something unusual, familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.

And it's probably true that the Stones are the better band. I voted for them because they just have way more classic songs than CCR and kept getting better and better well after CCR folded.

However, CCR shouldn't be ignored, they are a damn good band and John Fogerty is one of the all-time greates rock vocalists, an amazing song writer, and a great guitarist.

all-time greatest

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

CCR vs. Stones is doing my head in

afaik I've never heard Can, but fuck the Beach Boys

I voted for Can, but fuck anyone who says "fuck the Beach Boys"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2exZurfc

just because u hate panda bear doesn't mean you should blame brian wilson

lex pretend vs. Herman G. Neuname

acoleuthic vs. Tuomas

Geir Hongro vs. Matos W.K.

deej vs. Whiney G. Weingarten

Maximum Hongroe

poll w/ 5 songs challops by one artist contributor to ILM vs. 5 songs challops by the other

Not sure that "I Get Around" is going to convince Beach Boys haters. I mean, I like the Beach Boys for songs like that, but I love them for songs like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDjLyB9NK0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLyXRPl1aE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYIlH4nOEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E9obXA6mDY

just because u hate panda bear doesn't mean you should blame brian wilson

― ILX trolls and "autistic" use of the N-word (crüt), Friday, July 9, 2010 7:36 AM Bookmark

never liked them in the first place dude. their voices drive me up the wall. (altho obv they aren't as bad as panda bear)

those beach boys songs are not as good as I Get Around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Hryc5t2wQ

those beach boys songs are not as good as I Get Around

― ILX trolls and "autistic" use of the N-word (crüt)

OT-friggin-M!

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

DAMMIT ROLLING STONES!

so Can, The Notorious B.I.G., Rolling Stones, Joy Division/New Order are the winners?

That's how I read it.

Here's the vote tally by matchup:

Beach Boys 45
*Can 46

* The Notorious B.I.G. 47
ABBA 44

CCR 30
* Rolling Stones 61

David Bowie 39
* Joy Division/New Order 52

gonna double check the math, but those all add up to 91 so I imagine it's right

beach boys out already = breaks my heart

not too sure abt these seedings

Some heartbreakers already!

didn't expect Can to take out Beach Boys

ABBA was robbed. BIG is the worst! Wack east coast hip hop bias strikes again.

not too sure abt these seedings

― mookieproof, Friday, July 9, 2010 9:28 PM (Yesterday)

It's true, the random seeding has some strange effects. For example, either Radiohead or The Velvet Underground isn't going to make it past round 1.

Joy Div over Bowie = fuck every last motherfucking one of you

Beach Boys 45
*Can 46

A tad close, what happens if there's a draw?

q: and in the case of a tie?
a: uh...I'll count up the number of times the vote was mentioned on the thread - tie goes to the non-lurkers

Beach Boys 45
*Can 46

Oops, I forgot to vote, and I was going Beach Boys. Still, I like Can plenty too, and they'd probably have taken the tie-breaker.

actually I changed the tie-breaker in the course of this thread to a penalty kick poll - 5 songs from one v. 5 songs from another

I'd rather there just weren't any ties dammit, but it's gonna happen

Joy Div over Bowie = fuck every last motherfucking one of you
--ain't too proud to blog (Noodle Vague)

Seriously.

to be fair it was JD/NO vs. Bowie and I rate NO high over both JD and DB.

I used to have a lot of love for NO and I guess some of the big singles still reach a spot but they fill me with inertia nowadays in a way that Bowie never has

Can???

a travesty, esp relative to the east, where decency won out. beach boys beating can was inevitable (if tragic), couldn't care less about abba vs. biggie, slightly cheered by the stones' victory over CCR, but fucking useless fucking JD/NO over bowie just steams my hams. the day i never again walk into every shop in town and hear unknown pleasures every fucking day will be the best day ever. i tell you true.

um Can won

need to get into Bowie more but basically agreed on JD/NO

So who won, can't be arsed counting up the votes, spoonfeed me

Hating JD/NO is like hating pizza

it's more that nothing I've heard of theirs has really moved me at all - maybe I need to hear them a bit more

hating JD/NO is more like hating olives/tacos

but olives are like my favourite OK LOOK I'M GOING FOR A JOG NOW SEEYA

Not giving a fuck about JD/NO is like not giving a fuck about a Margherita

or maybe like hating pesto/pizza

um Can won

oh duh. miscounted. hooray!

btw I didn't see this poll in time but it is pretty astonishing that "Can, The Notorious B.I.G., CCR, David Bowie" only got one vote for that is how I too would have voted

holy shit then it would have had 2 votes!