Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

r. kelly poll would be great

Would be a travesty if "I Believe I Could Fly" didn't take the top spot, though. ilxor continuity demands it.

the space jam ost won the 90s poll purely on the strength of the monstars' anthem though

could i vote 'video where he pees in an underage girls mouth' for worst track? also where do you stand trapped in a closet, vote as 1 or 12 individual tracks? aw hell its cool we have a while to think about these things

That video was credited to someone else aiui.

Annnnnnd we have a winner for Stevie!

> could i vote 'video where he pees in an underage girls mouth' for worst track?

geez like this would be normal and fine if the girl was older?

are you questioning whether it would be normal or whether i'd be cool with it if she was?

Oh what the hell, sign me up for R Kelly. Somebody follow up with Destiny's Child + solo tracks and we can have an R&B frenzy that month.

Jay-Z wasn't mentioned in this thread? He might be the only rap act (along with Wu) to fit all the criteria

classic status, large catalog, a lot of "unknown" gems (deep cuts?), unpredictable results, a strong following on ilm

I believe this was discussed during a Timbaland tracks poll

Somebody follow up with Destiny's Child + solo tracks and we can have an R&B frenzy that month.

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 6:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i'm glad you phrased it this way, instead of the Beyonce/DC poll idea that'd been thrown around previously -- definitely need to have Kelly Rowland solo in the mix as well

i'd been on the fence about volunteering to do a Jay-Z poll (or doing a different hip hop poll first) but hey, it'd be fun to do it back to back with Kells, best of both worlds-style. sign me up!

isn't that supposed to be Jay-Z?

I might have misread, but it's hard to tell. I thought he was signing on to run with Ismael's idea.

I say he does both, back-to-back, just to be on the safe side

VOTE IN THE PRODUCERS POLL AND QUIT SAYING 'OH GEE I NEVER SAW THIS, I SURE WOULD HAVE VOTED'

YOU FLAKES!!!!!!!!

I refuse

I cast one single vote for Stephen Street.

ILM likes it's classic rock and Amerinindie .

Blur 26
Manic Street Preachers 18
MC Tunes 78 (yeah, right)
Pavement 57
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Pet Shop Boys 32
Beatles 58
Prince 40
U2 ?
Beach Boys 36
Led Zeppelin 65
Timbaland 36
Guided By Voices 52
Stevie Wonder - 'Just under 30'

U2 45

jazz poll got 39

well at least we beat the Manic Street Preachers

That reminds me, who produced the Manics' earliest stuff?

some nobber

Steve Brown / The motherfriggin BOMB SQUAD (kind of)

i was volunteering to do a Jay-Z poll, not a DC one, to clarify.

big, pimpin'

Oh, I didn't realise The Beatles had the most ballots so far.

Zep yo

o yeh

Here we go, friends: Death Goes to the DiscPOLL: Pulp Songs Voting/Discussion Thread! (Deadline: October 21st at midnight)

ATTENTION

Voting extended to October 28th for Pulp
Voting extended to October 28th for Pulp
Voting extended to October 28th for Pulp
Voting extended to October 28th for Pulp
Voting extended to October 28th for Pulp

ATTENTION

Thank you!

Hey thanks! Always had a soft spot for Pulp but only know two albums, so am looking forward to diving into this.

It'll be pretty awesome! I hope.

Have we done a Clash poll? If someone wants to e-mail the particulars of how to run a poll, I'd like to do that at some point. I'm pretty unemployed for the forseeable future.

I think we're still under 15 votes, so put on your Pulp records and get listing! I am going to accept ballots until Monday morning!

I‘m wondering if it would be worth pushing the Kate Bush poll a couple of spots down the list. When the order was done, no-one expected her to have a new album released in November and it would be a shame to miss including it for the sake of a few weeks.

Same thought occurred to me, but I didn't say because I really, really want to vote in a Kate Bush poll.

Hmm.. if more people feel that way, I have no problem with that Billy. It does feel a bit of a shame to finish the poll and a week after she releases a new album. It's not like she releases one every year.

So I can get behind that idea. If others feel the same way do weigh in here please.

I would hold off for six months. (Disclaimer: I don't know enough Kate Bush to vote in this one.) Enough time for initial impressions and enthusiasms to settle down and really judge the new albums against the larger body of work.

should be album, singular, obv

It's not like she releases one every year

More like two a year, eh?

I knew that was coming :)

I don't count Director's Cut as a new album. Or, not an album with new music.

Well, in a recent interview, Kate counted both: "It's not often I release two albums in the same year"

(last time was the Kick Inside and Lionheart, both 1978)

With most longstanding artists I'd've said a new album isn't really going to affect how a poll will play out, but I've finally 'got' Aerial today and it absolutely kills me. I'll have at least three from it on my ballot, and at least three others it'll be very hard to leave off. Noöne told me it was this good. It sounds amazing too - I was right to have her high on my 'producers' list.

If Kate Bush gets delayed, would a strongo be ready to take us to the bridge?

14 ballots for Pulp - 93 songs represented. Bump up those numbers! Where my Britpoppers at?

I'm hoping to get my ballot in later today.

Yay!