Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

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Precursors to the numbered list:
1950s Tracks: Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s—THE TOP 101 RESULTS THREAD
Postwar Jazz Albums: JAZZ IS LIKE HEROIN TO ME ! ! ! ~~~~ ILM POST-1945 JAZZ ALBUMS POLL - THE RESULTS COUNTDOWN (now counting top 25!)
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
8. Guided by Voices: POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!
9. Stevie Wonder: POLLTIME PARADISE: ILM Artist Poll #9 Results -- Stevie Wonder
10. Producers: Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTS
11. Pulp: Do You Remember The First Poll? - ILM Artist Poll #11 - PULP - Results Thread!
12. James Brown: THE POLLBACK: James Brown Tracks Poll Results Thread
13: The Jacksons: The Jacksons Tracks - Smooth CrimiPOLL results1!!1!!!!
14. David Bowie: The Man Who Polled the World, aka DAVID BOWIE POLL RESULTS
15. Paul Simon: PAUL SIMON POLL RESULTS THREAD AND DISCUSSION

Thinking about taking Ween at #49. Not a huge discography but oh the fun to be had.

In the meantime, Stones results are go!
MAD POLL, LOST YER WAY – ILM Artist Poll #16 – The Rolling Stones RESULTS THREAD

so far i've voted for all but 2 of the polls on the numbered list (exceptions were Boys both of the Beach and Pet Shop variety). has anyone voted in all of them?

no wait 3, didn't vote in GBV either

I've skipped 4 -- PSB, Timbaland, GBV, Pulp

i only voted in the beatles thread. i regret not voting stones or paul simon (the latter of which i could've done a deeper cut ballot). i should do these more.

I still can't believe or understand that I missed the Beatles poll. Like...WTF. I barely vote in any of these because I never feel I know the discography well enough to be informed, but I live and breathe Beatles music, that would have bee so satisfying. Oh well.

Thinking about taking Ween at #49. Not a huge discography but oh the fun to be had.
It's actually pretty huge... They have just as many non-album tracks, if not more... I would be psyched as hell for this.

If this happens, "Where'd the Cheese Go?" will be my #1.

Ween top 3

Captain Fantasy
Pollo Asado
Freedom of 76

When does Kinks voting open?

I've never seen Je Suis Un Rock Star before. Fascinatingly bad and then this: "They'll think I'm your Dad...and you're my daughter"

Doh. Wrong thread.

I'm not sure how closely C. Grisso follows this thread or ILM New Answers, so I'll email him.

I'm fllwing this thread, been laid up in bed the past few days. When would be a good time to start?

ha whoops, just emailed you before I refreshed this thread. I'd say anytime you're ready -- today, tomorrow, over the weekend, you name it.

No worries. I'll see about tomorrow. Was wondering if Good Friday would be problem if people have the day off.

I'd imagine it would be constantly bumped by people who want to talk about The Kinks, so start date matters very little.

Yeh, start date is less crucial than closing date/amt of time polls are open.

A lot of early stuff not available on US Spotify apparently...? Off to the Youtubemobile, then.

I claimed the Pink Floyd poll over here and I'm ready to go with it - someone add me to the queue?

psyched for the Madonna poll.

PINK FLOYD RULES

who is going to step up for Bob Dylan at 51? this is getting ridiculous.

"Met a girl called POLL-A and I took her back to my place"--ILM Artist Poll #17--The Kinks

i don't think i can take stones followed immediately by kinks
overwhelming!

put me down for Steely Dan at number 51, please.

who is going to step up for Bob Dylan at 51? this is getting ridiculous.

Dylan should be 61 ,imo.

Bob Dylan's 115th Poll

haaa

xp - haaaa

I'm so tempted to change Miles to Dylan at #31.

do it do it do it

but you tell Miles

If for real no one else is on for Dylan, it would be my pleasure.

If someone earlier subs out for him, I would take Sleater-Kinney.

those should be:

16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)

17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (POLLS NOW OPEN)

I'd be willing to do a Sleater-Kinney & offshoots poll.

yesssssssssssssss

or maybe riot grrl in general?

Put me down for The Replacements/Westerberg/et al sometime in 2014.

yesssssssssssssss

or maybe riot grrl in general?

I dunno. I <heart> S-K more than any other grrl group, but mainly because I haven't really researched further into the genre. I was figuring on doing S-K (about 90 songs) and offshoots/prehistory/posthistory involving Tucker or Brownstein (Excuse 17, Heavens To Betsy, Cadallaca etc.).

Paging Crüt -- ready to start Depeche Mode at the end of this week?

oh i'd be super down w/ a s-k one. xpost

yes yes I am ready.

Weren't we having an Aphex Twin and a Smashing Pumpkins poll? I'll do any of them if you're interested.

Pumpkins poll would be awesome, I have this fear it would basically be like me, Ned and Euler though....

Someone should do an Australian tracks (or albums? or bands??) poll, cos there could be a good amount a variety without there being a completely insane amount of choice (at least not for a non-specialist like me). Think the results could be quite unpredictable (?)

Also a reggae tracks poll could be amazing.

Someone should do an Australian tracks (or albums? or bands??) poll, cos there could be a good amount a variety without there being a completely insane amount of choice (at least not for a non-specialist like me). Think the results could be quite unpredictable (?)

Think Nick Cave would sweep just because of familiarity. Actually a Nick Cave poll would be interesting (I'm not volunteering for this one).

A Flying Nun poll would be pretty goddamn great though.

Combination Aus/NZ poll would be great! Tall Dwarfs, Saints, Scientists, Birthday Party, Clean, Dead C, Flying Nun in general, AC/DC, INXS, Enz/Finn/etc., Radio Birdman, Rose Tattoo...

understand that y'all might not want to be lumped togedder like that

"antipodean"

They celebrate ANZAC Day, may as well.

australian poll would be a ton of fun and not at all predictable imo

feels like a very timely suggesting this week, too, what with Gotye hitting #1 in the states and a guy from Men At Work passing away