I'm burning up, burning up for your VOTES! — ILM Artist Poll #31 is Madonna

Probably.

Probably.

Probably.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=habWYM364RA

is Bruce getting done this weekend? make sure there's no overlap, let 'em breathe.

Cool. We could call it Manic Monday - just like the Madonna song!

but there are 20 songs I like more than "Borderline".

― ferreira rocher (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 1 March 2013 04:09 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its like i don't even know who you are

I'm giving all I can :-(

#156 "Where Life Begins" (1992) Erotica

list is completelyfullofshit

I can think of twenty Madonna songs better than "Borderline."

Spoiler: I couldn't.

"Where Life Begins" is pretty stupid though

It's by far my least favorite and played Erotica track, and, hey, I like women.

years before hearing the song, i have vivid memories of the lyrics being read on some news report about the controversy over the album and the Sex book (maybe it was MTV News? man i hope there's footage somewhere of Kurt Loder saying "dining in and eating out")

haha i really like it. lot of confessions songs i love at the back end of that list too

"Where Life Begins" was the last song from Erotica I cut to get it down to 5.

The Colonel Sanders line absolutely ruins it for me.

"You like original recipe. I like it extra crispy."

"Mine's been de-beaked."

"kiss the Colonel, and don't be alarmed by how gray his beard is"

"classic pot pie with green peas and carrots covered in a flaky, buttery crust"

"1 teaspoon ground oregano
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon ground sage
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
1 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons paprika
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons Accent (an MSG-based seasoning)"

Colonel Sanders says it best. "Human choices in acting on sexuality are commonly influenced by cultural norms which vary widely. Restrictions are often determined by religious beliefs or social customs. The pioneering researcher Sigmund Freud believed that humans are born polymorphously perverse, which means that any number of objects could be a source of pleasure. According to Freud humans then pass through five stages of psychosexual development and can fixate on any stage because of various traumas during the process. For Alfred Kinsey, another influential sex researcher, people can fall anywhere along a continuous scale of sexual orientation, with only small minorities fully heterosexual or homosexual. Recent studies of neurology and genetics suggest people may be born predisposed to various sexual tendencies."

"Sorry sir breast pieces cost extra."

"Dining in, or to go?"

is there someplace for me to go to figure out exactly how to do this ballot

like is this just best to worst:
1:40, 2:36, 3:33, 4:30, 5:28, 6:26, 7:25, 8:24, 9:23, 10:22, 11:21, 12:20, 13:19, 14:18, 15:17, 16:16, 17:15, 18:14, 19:13, 20:12

or something? rly feeling like an idiot here

Yep, your #1 vote gets 40 points etc.

Number them 1 through 20, and after each song title give the points value so Johnny Fever can tally them up.

You're not an idiot! There's a first time for everything :)

oh wow

ok

thanks!

yes

basically it's [rank]:[number of points], so the top song on your list will get 40 points, #2 will get 36, etc etc etc

JF asked us to include the point totals on ballots because... well I'm not sure why but he says it will make it easier for him

cool whatever JF needs

JF asked us to include the point totals on ballots because... well I'm not sure why but he says it will make it easier for him

After adding in that many ballots in one go, your memory of what placement gets what amount of points combined with adding them to a figure that's already there and so on and so forth creates an opportunity for mistakes. If the points are right there by the song, I at least know exactly how many points I'm giving it without having to count down your ballot trying to figure out.

You could use spreadsheet trickery for this; add forumlae to cells on one sheet to generate the correct point totals and plug the song name in (after normalization for spell checking, I guess), creating sums for those songs on a linked page that you can then sort by total. Then you wouldn't have to hand-add anything.

of course the remix poll would then become a nightmare

Yeah, the generic poll spreadsheet that finefinemusic made up early on has those formulae. Huge timesaver for me on the polls I've run, but I assumed JF had his reasons for doing Madonna by hand (fnarrr).

Oh shit, I didn't include points totals on my ballot. I'm sorry.

xpost tee hee

I'm picturing Johnny Fever surrounded by abacuses (abacii?), wearing one of those green plastic accountant's visors

I assumed JF had his reasons

Those reasons include me being largely Excel illiterate.

I am too, but the instructions on the .xls walked me through the process painlessly.

I'll figure it out before my next poll comes around.

Oh shit, I didn't include points totals on my ballot. I'm sorry.

― how's life, Friday, March 1, 2013 3:51 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

same here... any instructions that weren't in the top post, i totally missed/forgot about. can resend with points if it helps.

Ballot submitted!

Most people did. No need to resubmit a ballot if you didn't. I'll muddle through!

JF, I know you said you were gonna send out confirmation emails once you saw all the ballots, but is there a point after which, if I haven't heard from you, I should be checking in?

Submitted!

I send out a confirmation reply when I add a ballot into the spreadsheet. I'm taking my time with that, but definitely if you haven't heard something back from me by Sunday morning, you should check up.

sorry about no points i didn't realise!

submitted. amazed at some of the tracks i left off.

I'm amazed by the tracks I put in

yes yes alfred you're wonderful we know :P

you're just jealous cuz you can't be me!

on the topic of producers doing their best work with Madonna: the exception is Patrick Leonard, no? Last year he assembled the Leonard Cohen record and did a damn fine job.

that leonard cohen record was great (best since the future imo) but his best work is still w/ madonna

i'm sure i'm forgetting something but fave non-madonna production by a madonna producer i can think of off the top of my head is jellybean doing whitney's 'love will save the day'.