Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

oh i missed them in that post otherwise i would've said 'gods' in scarequotes

I wonder how many different people have voted in all these. I know there's been some overlap...

Hi, Beatles count was 58.

58 Beatles fans can't be wrong.

That reminds me, Elvis Presley would be a good 'un to do.

Haven't looked over entire thread, but been thinking that the following artists would be apropos:
Autechre (lol jk)
PJ Harvey
Cocteau Twins

Ok, stick me down for Pj harvey

Cocteau Twins

The ultimate "I know what song I'm talking about in my head but have no idea what its title is" band.

Is there gonna be side projects and solo stuff in the GBV poll?

I think it's probably best keeping to just things released under the GBV moniker (that's already about a million billion songs to pick from). One caveat would be the Suitcase series, where fake band names are used for individual tracks.

so long, "Total Exposure" off the Airport 5 album

so long "pop zeus" :(

Hey, if people wanna vote for extra-GBV or post-GBV stuff and it means people are happier and more potential voters, I'd be happy to lift the non-GBV ban. I'm all about not caring too hard!

Cocteau Twins has to happen. If Leee isn't volunteering I'll hereby gladly put myself forward.

xp I actually was kinda joking, as I am even more patchy about the extra-GBV stuff than the GBV itself, but gigantic GBV Universe poll sure looks like a fun idea!

i just want to drown out all of the people who only vote for bee thousand and alien lanes

rather, i want to smother them in hugs

awww

[Sitting here listening to all of the 250 or so GBV albums I never heard before]

And that's with owning 50 or so of them and seeing them god knows how many times!

What I'm trying to say is the GBV poll will be insane and Johnny should get hazard pay or something.

Do I have to wait until GBV is in countdown before I open up Stevie for balloting?

Eric, that's a good question. I think things work best when there's only one set of results rolling out at a time, but I don't see any harm in two sets of balloting going on at once.

Mostly trying to stave off my results rollout falling around Oct. 19-23, when I'll be gone. Of course, I'm guessing I can just make sure that whenever I set up shop, that the deadline falls sometime in there, giving everyone an extra day or two.

I imagine I'll open GBV voting up whenever the Timbaland poll is nearing a close (so, like, Thursday?) and then let that run to the following weekend and then roll the results out starting Sep 26.

I think Steviepoll will be done way before that.

JFever, are you ready for the polls to open on GBV whenever some dude starts his countdown? I don't know squat about them other than "I Am a Scientist," but I might do some listening starting this evening and attempt a ballot (no promises).
xpost, that answers that

Cool. First half of October will work fine for me.

playing the timbaland poll by ear, might be done thursday, might be done friday fyi

Well, I'll just say GBV voting starts Thursday regardless. I don't think one will affect the other, really.

yeah it's all fine with me, just letting you know in case it matters

that's some really tight schedule then, I better start digging into these Suitcases right now

Eh, it's not too tight. This Thursday open thru the next next weekend (so 11 days in total).

oh, I mistook this for Thursday and the following three days. ok then, that's just fine!

11 days to listen to 2,678 songs

If you're already familiar with them (which I assume most people bothering to vote are) then picking a top 20 won't be incredibly hard.

Yeah, I don't plan on relistening to every album -- just choosing gut favorites, which I already have a mental list of anyway thanks to my years of devoted fanship and strong gut feelings.
It's just tracks, right? 20?

I'll probably do the 5 least favorite/5 albums thing WmC did for the Zep poll. Because it was a good idea!

put me down for New Order at 37

All the ballot threads have been very pleasant so far.

I can imagine 11 being a bit of a punch-up for some reason.

Cocteau Twins has to happen. If Leee isn't volunteering I'll hereby gladly put myself forward.

― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre)

S'all you! :D

Also:

• Orbital
• Underworld
• Stereolab
• Spiritualized

Gotcha!

WmC, you may put me down for the CT poll.

I'll go into the past and do it yesterday.

Done!

:-)

Bless you for keeping up with all of this!

Glad to do it, this is easy C&P stuff compared to actually running one of these things.

(the list in progress)

If Shakey Mo sees this, a producers question: will this include engineers? I'm thinking like Geoff Emerick on Beatles stuff.

Just for fun, a recap of where the results threads are:

1. Pet Shop Boys: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results
2. Beatles: Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results
3. Prince: If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS
4. U2: "It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS
5. Beach Boys: It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results
6. Led Zeppelin: ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD
7. Timbaland: generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS

I've created a little text file to keep up with these so I don't have to look them up every few weeks, durrrr.

You should add on the original REM poll, plus the Blur and Pavement polls.

oh yeah, and the Manics. I found all but REM, but a search isn't bringing that one up -- do you have a link?

\///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///

cool, thx --

Precursors to the numbered list:
Pavement: PAVEMENT • TRAX • POLL rEsULtS!!!
Manic Street Preachers: Manic Street Preachers Destructive Alienating Cultural and Despair Filled Tracks POLL RESULTS
Blur: Blur tracks poll - the RESULTS thread
REM: \///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///

1. Pet Shop Boys: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results
2. Beatles: Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results
3. Prince: If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS
4. U2: "It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS
5. Beach Boys: It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results
6. Led Zeppelin: ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD
7. Timbaland: generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS

I'll post the updated list like, once a month or so.

If you could use permalinks so that those links take you straight to the final chart (i.e. all the tunes ranked in one post, rather than a 500-post reveal) that would be even better. (I know that's very cheeky to ask for, btw)

I feel like MC TUNES - THE RESULTS deserves some recognition too