Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

My Cure spreadsheet turned out pretty good, it cross refs against album lists and generates the text (position, name, points, votes, no. of first place votes) to c&p into the ILM thread. It's available to anyone who wants it, I'll put it in a dropbox folder.

Thinking Moka should do images for ALL the polls.

Seriously!

btw i'd be more than willing to assist clemenza with ylt, assuming i'm alive in 2014

Sure, that'd be great. Same caveat--and if I don't make it, I'll leave a Top 30 as part of my will.

hi can you put me on the list for "iggy pop"

also please don't hesitate to webmail me if i don't respond or remember when my turn is up, my ilxmail goes to my current address & works fine

definitely including stooges

ps thanks a lot

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m54hnftTnu1rqgtoqo1_500.gif

hahaha

put me down for The Boo Radleys please.

that will mean i will do New Order (80's), Steely Dan(70's) and The Boo Radleys (90').

I'll add you next time I post the full list. Shakey, if you want more separation between P-Funk and XTC, I'll put Bee at 67.

Do the Boo Radleys have a big enough discog for a ballot poll?

yeah we have discussed this: Boo Radleys Tracks Poll - Interested or not?

they have 6 albums plus another 3 albums full of b-sides.

and Thanks WmC!

Don't know if it has been done before but can I get in line to do an "Italo" poll?

If anyone wants an in at #55, I think I'm going to back out of doing a Replacements poll.

uh oh, i guess this is my opportunity to make a todd akin joke with this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSxRZSDv2Q

i thought about it while i was washing dishes yesterday and loled

Italo would be awesome btw

Any objections to moving P-Funk to JF's vacated #55 spot, or would y'all rather I just moved everything up one notch?

I have no idea what Italo is but will add it after Boo Radleys.

I'm doing a general disco poll, so the Italo one will probably have some overlap with it, but I've no problem with that.

We Become Panoramic - THE KATE BUSH RESULTS THREAD (ilm artist poll #24)

New results thread means new voting thread! Tarfumes, are you ready for Maximum R&B?

wait I thought it was The Who next?

PLEASE TELL ME THE WHO IS NEXT

lol insert Who's Next joke here

"Maximum R&B" = The Who

aw man I feel so dumb

it's okay, i've been kind of anticipating the Who poll too, it's been a minute since we've polled an artist i've had any particular passion for

Yeah, this is going to be one of the rare polls where 20 might put a cramp in my ballot.

I was getting poll-weary so I've been stockpiling my enthusiasm for The Who

I am cool with the P-Funk poll being moved to wherever, not in a rush

Shall I roll out the voting thread? Or give the Kate Bush results another day or so?

Open polls tomorrow morning maybe? I don't think small amounts of overlap is a problem.

ILM Ballot Poll Synergy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJvXpvH2-Hk

Before I get POLLED: the WHO voting and nominations thread (ilm artist poll #25: deadline Friday, September 7)

Everyone is welcome to vote here!

FORGET THE ROLLING STONE CANON HERE IS ILM'S HARD STICK OF 1980'S ROCK POLL ALBUMS/TRACKS VOTING THREAD. (Voting closes September 20) (all welcome to vote inc Lurkers)

All registered ILXors please vote in the Who poll! With your help it can reach 2482 ballots tonight!

LET'S ROCK THIS SHIT OUT

Anyone ever thought of doing a poll for EP's? Or would the arguments get too heated over what constitutes an EP?

Or would the arguments get too heated over what constitutes an EP?

Pretty easy to tell the difference between singles and eps on vinyl, but with cds and mp3s it's a tougher line of demarcation.

ex: if a record has one song on the a-side and one or more on the b-side, it's a single. if a record has more than one song on both of its sides, it's an ep (until it becomes an lp based on total time).

(also, some prog/classical/etc albums have a single song on a side, but those are pretty easy to distinguish as lps when they come up.)

# of songs + release length, crossing musical genres, doesn't seem like an interesting enough hook for a poll. Lots of apples/oranges wrangling, no useful consensus. Why not poll "best song longer than 5:41 but shorter than 6:03"?

it was just a thought,never mind

Not saying no, just offering my opinion.

Why not poll "best song longer than 5:41 but shorter than 6:03"?

Maybe that's a little to specific, but I could see some fun being had with a "best songs less than 3 mins" poll. I don't want to run it, but I think that's a good idea.

under 2 minutes would be specific enough to be fun imo

i don't feel like it would be that hard to decide what's an EP and what isn't. most of them are clearly marked or marketed as EPs, or follow Johnny's guidelines.

are ppl writing their own voting rules /standards or have we standardized them at all? can someone point me to a good poll to borrow rules/language from?

ex: if a record has one song on the a-side and one or more on the b-side, it's a single. if a record has more than one song on both of its sides, it's an ep (until it becomes an lp based on total time).

if it's too long to fit on a 7" at 45rpm, but will at 33rpm, it's an EP.

For Zep, I borrowed the OP language and the scoring system from one (several) of the previous polls, but pulled the scoring system for albums/least faves out a hat. The 40/36/33/30/etc scoring for a 20-song ballot has been pretty well standardized by this point. Here's Billy Dods' PSB poll: Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results

Also, should I wait for The Who results to finish b4 starting my poll? Will someone give me the go ahead or

Go for it! We've had a bit of overlap the last few polls and it helps keep things moving right along.