POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices

i listened to the Human Amusements comp this week trying to see if i liked enough songs to throw together a ballot, just couldn't do it. like "I Am A Tree" more than any Pollard song, somebody vote for that for me.

Dodging Invisible Rays might well be the best Tobin, I still can't get behind it. I'm sure it's just his pissy weak voice, even the instrumentation seems to be dialled back so as not to overwhelm it. Would like to hear it with some beefier guitars and Pollard singing. Or Teenage Fanclub.

Shit! I missed Gleemer(Fertile Jim)! Was that A Sprout?

just sent my list. any love for don't stop now? love that song.

Don't Stop Now is a great song, definitely will be loved I think.

33 ballots now! (though I still haven't added in the latest five, so no stat clues at the moment)

Johnny, I will be submitting one! Just trying to listen to as much as possible to see if I have been sleeping on anything. I am afraid my ballot is shaping up to be what it would have been without all the homework, but still fun to trawl through the excess. Really looking forward to the results.

I think "Cryptic Shapes" is an excellent Tobin track. The whole song chugs along like gentle driving music. The chorus tugs at the heartstrings by hitting that magic chord right around the top peak of the range of natural notes that I embody

man, i didn't even realize that such a thing as a "Tobin hater" existed. what a world.

1712 - 14 cover versions - according to this - http://www.gbvdb.com/tracks.asp Damn this is hard - it doesn't help that I've listened to bee thousand, like 6 times this week.

Just sent my ballot in. For the record, it has 5 songs from outside the '92-'96 period

Submitted. I'm 100% correct.

I'm assuming the due date means end of the weekend, Sunday midnight. I'm making a last push to get through as much as I can...

Crap, I won't have time enough to go through all the suggestions :-/

Yeah, when Sunday turns to Monday. xp

Mr. Fever, what's your revised guesstimate of how many ballots you think you're going to get now that you've flown past 30?

Just pick twenty ffs.They have about 14,500 to chose from. Takes 20 mins. Deliberate after. Like I did

I'm up to 15 picks. Deep cuts seem to be few and far between, this is one of those polls I'll probably be most in line with the consensus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxCXXAIfT-8

Unless you've got the answers
Don't patronize the mountain men

Mr. Fever, what's your revised guesstimate of how many ballots you think you're going to get now that you've flown past 30?

Dunno really. The facebook post didn't really seem to make a big difference, though a few may have snuck in. Strongo still hasn't voted, and a couple other regs in this thread haven't either. I don't mind last-minute ballots. I'm only doing worsts and albums on Monday, so I can add in actual tracks votes over the day on Monday at a leisurely pace.

I couldn't do worst. I mean there are probably 150 sings that qualify, but I can't be bothered to seek them out.

Wait, Hold on Hope. That's a horrible song.

Most people haven't submitted worsts. It will probably be a very small list.

What's wrong with Hold on Hope? If it was a one off then yes, maybe awful. But it was Pollard. shit Johnny just realised i need to rank them. Doing it now.Right now. apologies. I can't even do simple instructions

So it's okay with you then if I don't use your re-ranked list? Because your first ballot was already tallied into the spreadsheet.

38 ballots now, y'all. About 19 hours left to vote.

Johnny. As I said it's fine. Thank you

For me "most hated" does not equal "worst" at all -- just that I am either tired of or generally not fond of those songs. Not the same! I would never have voted for "worst".

Johnny. Just had another look. Hand on heart, my original was pretty damn close. Just had a re - listen or with a couple of cold ones, to one or two of the strategic tracks

my external hd with all my music just died so i will now construct a last-minute ballot from memory without listening to the songs

I'm poorly but want to try and construct a last-minute ballot as well

sent mine now

just sent my ballot too, there's no point in sitting over it for too long. it's heavily AL-loaded and (I guess) challop-free

sent to your gmail

wowee! 45 ballots now (and counting?)

loving 'redmen and their wives' so much today. what a song!

This song will never ever chart, but I still think it's pretty far out and a decent 5 minute jam for a bunch of 1987 nobodies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7qkymXU30g

oh, I placed just the next track ("Dog's Out" is next, right?) on my pre-elimination ballot, tho it got pushed out of the top 20

"3 year old man" (which is kind of forgettable) is next, then "dog's out"

Just sent my ballot. Was really busy this week so I didn't get to delve in as much as I'd hoped to, but my favorites remain pretty consistent with these guys. Can't wait to see results!

we have come to drag days
we escape them sometimes
and the feeling is different, more intensified

totally voted for "drag days" <3 "fidgety hearts"

we will turn aroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuund

Hope my ballot made it. Can't be online much to see. Really looking forward to the results!

Neil Bacharackers

Carlos Santana Moss

lol, sorry, wrong thread

haha

okay everybody...voting closes in about 3.5 hours. Currently we have 49 ballots (which far exceeds my original expectations, so thank you!)

just voted

here's two honorable mentions that didn't make it

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

^^^^ best Pollard side project track, imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIC2mqWerR0

^^^^ b-side on the I Am a Scientist 7"

100 minutes left to vote.

sent