Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

mark e said something on the poll thread actually that he didn't realise the poll wasnt just Heavy Rock but funk, punk,prog,krautrock,arty etc. And when he looked at the nominations he found tons of albums he liked. Bowie,Zep, Miles, Funkadelic and well lots of popular things mixed in with lesser known stuff. And if you dont wanna rank stuff pick an unweighted option. It doesnt have to be all heavy rock votes. Doesnt have to be any.Just pick a min of 20 (max of 100) albums from the nominations you like if you fancy voting. Even if you dont vote i hope you all enjoy the results thread.

These days you don't wait on Romeos you wait on those BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN POLL RESULTS

oh cool

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YAYAY

Tentative: Miles Davis voting starting on the 6th or 7th, closing the 17th, reveal starts on Monday the 18th.

ahh damn. will be too busy to do a ballot or join in posting. sorry.

Wmc you should clarify those dates by giving the year as well :)

Never mind, the start date will be next week sometime.

Don't go for second best, baby. Put your ILM ARTIST POLL #31: MADONNA to the test.

With Madonna's top 20 on Monday (and videos/albums on Tuesday?) I'm thinking I'll overlap a little and start the Miles Davis voting thread on Monday -- that timeline work ok with you, JF?

Can't wait for this; already started my ballot!

Just realized The Fall is après Miles -- super stoked for that one! Lots of listening to do for it, and I've fallen out of touch with PJ Harvey, so there's some homework for that poll as well.

(and videos/albums on Tuesday?)

Gonna trickle these things out during the weekend, actually.

Just made my Fall ballot today

Unless Mark G decides to go higher than 20 (which really isn't enough)

I submit to nearly every one of these, and have been in training for Miles, but I honestly don't know how or if I'm gonna be able to do this one. Too, too much choice.

It'll be 30 instead of 20, if that helps.

yeah i was thinking no way i could have the time to do a proper miles ballot but i can half ass something i'm sure i'll wince at come the rollout no problem

Hate to horn in on the triumphant climax of the Madonna poll, but I'm going to get Miles going here in a few minutes.

It's your show now, sir!

MILES

DAVIS!!!!!

oh man

The Man With The Horn In On The Madonna Poll.

There's the Reggie Lucas connection.

I'm already on the hook for a Pixies poll later or else I'd throw my name in, but someone needs to make an Elton John poll a reality. Daryl Hall & John Oates poll, too!

herbie hancock poll

has there been a Prince poll?

Prince was fairly early on.

ah, I'll have to go have a read.

I'll be in and out of the next few (I have no business voting in the Miles poll, for instance), but I'm sooooo looking forward to this little cluster here:

38. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy
39. Stax - seandalai
40. Disco - Tuomas

I'm down for The Doors but I'm tempted to turn it into a britpop revival poll. No idea when that'd be or whether I'd be able to do it justice though.

My ballot would be 100% Echobelly.

j/k

(100% Menswe@r!)

hm, just noticed there's a union jack under my desk here for some reason

My ballot might be 1% Echobelly.

Quit talking about jacks under your desk, perv.

I'm playing with fire here

Hope you're flexible with ballot length, WC--it's possible to love a few Miles Davis songs without knowing anywhere close to his whole body of work. (Think I could get to 10.)

I know I hate them and all but I'm amazed nobody has volunteered for a Rush or Yes poll.

POLLIN' WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET (ILM artist poll #32 voting thread)

I'd say I'm intimately familiar with only maybe a third of Miles' ouevre (specifically from Kind of Blue > "retirement" and even there there are big gaps) but I'll probably vote.

I hope one day i'll get used to ilxor enough to run a Wu or B&S poll.

Am looking forward to the Sonic Youth poll, but is ArchCarrier still around?

Made some posts in the Madonna thread just today.

I know I'm not much of a poster, but I'm lurking here every day, so don't worry about the SY poll.

1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)
2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)
4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)
5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)
6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)
7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)
8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)
9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)
10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)
12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)
16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)
17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)
18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)
19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)
20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)
20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)
22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)
23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)
24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)
25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)
26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)
27. The Neptunes - V79 (seriously, who the fuck knows)
28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)
29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)
30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished - click for results)
31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished - click for results)
32. Miles Davis - WmC (VOTING IS NOW OPEN FOR THIS ONE
33. The Fall - Mark G
34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short
35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre
36. New Order - Bee OK
37. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier
38. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy
39. Stax - seandalai
40. Disco - Tuomas
41. Jay-Z - some dude
42. The Clash - Gukbe
43. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope
44. Tom Waits - chap
45. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (tentative)
46. Elvis Costello - kornrulez
47. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h
48. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom
49. Ween - WmC
50. Steely Dan - Bee OK
51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra
52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain
53. Outkast - The Reverend
54. Autechre - Leee
55. Brian Eno - WmC
56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge
57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom
58. Radiohead - nate woolls
59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza
60. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier
61. Iggy Pop, incl. Stooges - flopson
62. Boo Radleys - Bee OK
63. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier
64. Italo - daavid
65. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy
66. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
67. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee
68. The Doors - Ismael Klata
69. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy
71. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
72. Pixies - Johnny Fever
73. Metallica - Pleasant Plains
74. Spoon - Bee OK
75. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds
76. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
77. Queen - charlie h
78. Dinosaur Jr. - Z S
79. Tom Petty - rogermexico

I think the Petty poll is the only one definitively committed to since the last full list...

VegGrrrl, here's the Prince results thread --
If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS

65, 69, 70 and 73 seem a bit samey to me (a non-aficionado). Is there a case for chopping up the order a bit?

thanking u WMC <3

ooh Petty poll? I'm IN.

xp: here is a brief genre primer

65:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Qndyc1cNA

69:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7o425R-zjI

70:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3LXOtI-WFk

73:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z-hEyVQDRA