ILM : The Top 100 Metal/Heavy Rock Tracks Of All Time - Presented By Our Host, Henry, ILM's Favourite Heavy Metal Dog! THE END IS NIGH! (FIN)

Two Minutes to Midnight was really really fuckin' robbed. : ) But thanks HGNN.

literally don't know where to start

― let it sb (acoleuthic), Friday, August 6, 2010 12:07 AM (1 minute ago)

if you are open for suggestions might i suggest starting with "sending in a ballot".

but this list is rather reactionary, no offence *shit-eating grin*

still, some of it slays I guess

JJ, I was going to but didn't get reminded, w/e

also not accepting an albums ballot coz 'it's already been tabulated' when all yr doing is posting youtubez = ffs

you read new answers, you knew it was ongoing, you even nominated. You have no excuse

tbh for the 5 days leading up to closed nominations I was posting almost exclusively to the food polls - I got tunnel vision, what can I say

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hey lj glenn has a job, you should be thankful he helped as much as he did.

anyway im gonna start the album countdown. You will enjoy it i'm sure.

right now?

well, I'll just mentally add loads of points to stuff I like - it'll at least be interesting to see how other people voted in this one

Aneurysm is the best Nirvana song isn't it? I mean, I thought I was the only one, but it really is!

~~~ F&*^ THE MOJO/ROLLING STONE CANON, HERE IS THE ILM ALLTIME HEAVYROCK/METAL ALBUMS POLL RESULTS! - WITH SPECIAL GUEST : HENRY, ILM'S FAVOURITE HEAVY METAL DOG ~~~

Oh jeez, now I'm glad I wasn't around for the reveal.

You guys worked hard to put this together, all three of you (+ one doggie), but these results make me inexplicably angry and mad and vengeful. I guess that's pretty metal, huh?

You don't like Stargazer?

anguish and rage are two very metal emotions.

Sure, whatever. I have no strong feelings on it one way or the other. Wouldn't even be in my top 200 or 300, though.

it was 5 ilxors #1

I had no idea about Stargazer, didn't even know it existed. Very very impressive song.

The first two Rainbow albums are quite good and filled with a bunch of classic tracks (search: The Man on the Silver Mountain). I think the first is better but not by a huge margin.

can I just say that the ppl whining about this list are the worst ppl on earth

Really? Worse than child molesters or serial killers?

STICK THAT BOOT IN A BIT FURTHER DAN I'M NOT QUITE DEAD

p.s. it's not a bad or unexpected list and I'm cool w/it as long as the albumz poll delivers

I think basically what this tracks poll establishes is: a) a bunch of people discovered "Stargazer" in the Dio-RIP thread, b) Supernaut and Ace of Spaces are rock-solid heavy metal exemplars, c) Metallica used to be good.

That's all. After that it's more or less a 100-way tie for 5th, and it trails off from there. There were two tracks in the top 20 that only beat the Osmonds by 4 votes, so complaining about placings is pointless. Too few voters, too little consensus.

Statistically speaking, the album side is quite a bit more coherent: maybe a top 50 or so with actual collective weight.

As entertainment, anything with Henry is fine with me.

Nicely put Glenn.

Great job guys, Herm, JJ, Henry everyone else who helped and voted.

Top four songs fucking rock, and its poetic justice that an RJD song wins!

Last and least: fuck the haters. Mark iv, that's some bullshit to run this thing down. I bitched a lot during it, but it was fun, so fuck you.

I was out drinking and am too lazy to scroll up; what song were you guessing for #1, Bill?

Supernaut. You'll see midway through I wavered on it, based on the way things were going, but I cant complain about #1.

All in all, this was a lot of fun, and checking in on it all the time cost me some serious productivity at work-but its worth it.

It sure was. Good fun all around.
Thought there might still be more chat on what just missed out etc.
We still have emil.y's not quite live blogging to finish off too!

Check what just missed out! esp johnny & ez

Funny that I'm such a listoholic when it comes to albums, but when I contemplate ranking songs, my brain seizes up. I didn't get a song ballot in, but knew it was in capable hands. A fun, diverse list, thanx!

Only one other person voted for "Rock You Like a Hurricane". ;_;
Only one other person voted for "Nobody's Fool". ;_; ;_; ;_;

Oh wait, I essentially voted twice for those, because they were on EZ's ballot. Never has the message been clearer to me that I am an island.

I think basically what this tracks poll establishes is: a) a bunch of people discovered "Stargazer" in the Dio-RIP thread, b) Supernaut and Ace of Spaces are rock-solid heavy metal exemplars, c) Metallica used to be good.
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Nicely put Glenn.

Yes. That was the Stargazer of post-poll wrapups.

132,The Osmonds - Crazy Horses,241,8,30.125,0

This was my #1 so...um...er...

wait if you are serious i need to check if something went wrong here

would your ballot be under the name kevin john bozelka or kjb or what?

also did you get a confirmation email?

email me if you dont want your ballot name out in public or whatever obv

It was under Kevin John Bozelka as far as I recall. pfunkboy even castigated me for including Kid Rock, etc.

wait and this was a tracks list?

i show an album list from you, but no track list at all.

let me check further and get back to you

Yup. Track list sent on 7/21/10 at 6:12pm CST.

a bunch of people discovered "Stargazer" in the Dio-RIP thread,

That may be the case, then they discovered a real treat. My memories of it go back to Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show all time tracks pollin the early 80s where it would always finish in the top 3 with 'Smoke on the Water' and 'Stairway to Heaven'.

Thanks to all for organising, looking forward to the Spotify playlist and of course the albums poll!

but this list is rather reactionary, no offence *shit-eating grin*

What does this even mean? Reactionary because there's very little god-awful prog rock, a genre that is arguably horribly reactionary itself? In other words, unless you have something positive to contribute, maybe try something new and keep it shut.

^

'twas a lot of fun, thanks v much guys

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This list is fucking bonkers but if it was like a Spotify playlist round someone's house w/ a bunch of beers I'd be completely fine about listening to it

I didn't vote but I almost never vote in ilx polls

word. shocked (and delighted) by the winner, fwiw.

kjb , will need to get glenn to check the results, but we definitely got your ballot, i dunno what happened. fuck

Definitely no KJB tracks ballot in the spreadsheet, and thus none in Needle. Obviously no technical problem with adding it now, but no doubt riots would ensue if it changed the winners. So maybe declare martial law briefly before updating?