Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

yeah potential for shitfits is amazing

It's possible I'm just imagining Morbs' "I'm not voting in this bullshit" response.

he's a fan of certain musicals iirc

Would this be limited to concerts and musicals, or would music-based documentaries also be eligible?

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man if you poll concert films and rock docs w/ actual musicals i will totally loudly be in the morbs camp. the thought of spinal tap winning that thing is reason enough to scuttle the idea imo.

Spinal Tap is a bad example. That movie is as consciously crafted as Singin in the Rain.

I say, throw 'em all together, but maybe with the one restriction that the film should have had a theatrical run (e.g., no home-video-only concerts/docs).

yeah i'd buy it as 'a musical' more than rattle and hum (or even purple rain) but still gimme a break. setting a rule of 'narrative based' and 'music composed specifically for this narrative whether originating on stage or screen' would eliminate some dude managing to get that cameron crowe pearl jam doc in the top ten but would also eliminate singin in the rain and all that jazz among many others.

How about 'dramatic narrative with music' as a definition. I for one would definitely want to be voting for Spinal Tap and Ladies & Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains as well as more traditional musicals. It wouldn't be as much fun without a certain amount of mixture, but I'm not down with documentaries being in there too.

Wicker Man #1

Good call. I always forget about that in terms of musical films, but it definitely counts.

Also, I realise now that my definition is pretty much any film with a soundtrack. Does it work if we make it 'dramatic narrative with diegetic songs that are central to the film's narrative'? Way to sap out all the fun of everything, emil.y.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0udu4KYv1zI

i like the 'theatrical run' idea although i guess that shuts out some (many?) live movies and docs; Blur's No Distance.. had like a one night stand in UK cinemas,
REM's TourFilm was VHS only over here etc. unless we count 'theatrical run' as 'it was on once.. somewhere or other'. was LCD's Shut Up And Play The Hits released in theatres in the States?

yeah Wicker Man was in the MOJO Top 100 journos-voted list; along with Pretty In Pink, Two Lane Black-Top, Blow-Up and others that you wouldn't call 'musical' as such.

The LCD movie was a "One Night Only" thing in theatres

hey guys you can move the discussion over here:
A ballot submission movie poll poll: where do we go from here? I predict ilxor clusterfuck.

so that the ilm'ers don't run you off with torches :)

NBS, didn't mean to put pressure on you, especially if you're sick! I was just getting antsy and wanted to get your pulse, as it were. Anyway, as I'm not exactly a veteran of these ballot polls, I didn't realize that they didn't roll out concurrently, so no worries if I don't get my POLLy RIGHT THIS GODDAMNED SECOND.

So I picked up Dance Hall At Louse Point (the main hole in my Peej collection) for cheap this weekend, and I just got done revisiting Dry for the first time in years. BRING ON THE POLL!

hey everyone, i am still going to do do the motown. ive been couch hopping and stuff for a couple months but now im settled and moved and have internet again as of yesterday.

Hurrah!

Also missing:

The Byrds

POLLy Jean Harvey (The PJ Harvey ballot poll voting thread)

33 is rolling out the results..

Sorry, I didn't notice the results thread in SNA!

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)
31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)
32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)
33. The Fall - Mark G (results rolling out now)
34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (results rolling out now)
35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre
36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier
37. New Order - Bee OK
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. Steely Dan - Bee OK
50. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra
51. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain
52. Outkast - The Reverend
53. Autechre - Leee
54. Brian Eno - WmC
55. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge
56. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom
57. Radiohead - nate woolls
58. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza
59. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier
60. Iggy Pop, incl. Stooges - flopson
61. Boo Radleys - Bee OK
62. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier
63. Italo - daavid
64. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy
65. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
66. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee
67. The Doors - Ismael Klata
68. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
69. Extreme Metal - Viceroy
70. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
71. Pixies - Johnny Fever
72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains
73. Spoon - Bee OK
74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds
75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
76. Queen - charlie h
77. Dinosaur Jr. - Z S
78. Tom Petty - rogermexico
79. Elton John - Johnny Fever

Le Bateau Ivre, you're up next -- ready to roll out the Cocteau Twins poll nextweekish?

Hey, can I lobby/volunteer for a Ramones poll at #80? Judy vs. Suzy vs. Sheena!

Sure, I'll put that one in on the next full list with you as the runner (tentative) -- in case anyone wants to volunteer to take it.

I don't envy you the job you're going to have with Dylan.

Dylan will be fun. Already trying to figure how many side polls I can cram into that one.

best hat

Paging Le Bateau Ivre

Hey all... Saw a bat signal in a footy thread... I am not ready to host a poll right now (didn't even remember this was up). I'm very sorry, but am not in a position to do it right now. I'm sorry.

that was uncool

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Border_Incident.JPG

I know it's "uncool", D. Forgotten about it entirely, been off ILX for a year or so due to extreme shittiness. No need to rub it in.

Again, apologies.

not you. those men......who came looking for you. they must die for ilf to live free

No worries and no apologies necessary, LBI! Hope things are better/get better. Let me know if you want to bump the Cocteaus down the list or drop it altogether.

That brings us to ArchCarrier and Sonic Youth, what what?

Bring on some Yoofs!

Of course, I'm realizing I'll just be disappointed because everyone else seems to like SY I don't care much for and vice versa.

oh shit, New Order is on deck

fwiw i'd be happy to help in any way possible with 46, 48 and particularly 58

(i'd be happy to help with the others too, but those are the artists i know most completely)

I remember welcoming your help on Yo La Tengo somewhere upthread, mookieproof. Summer of '14, I'm guessing.

really am hoping that someone will take Le Bateau Ivre spot and do the Cocteau Twins.

anyone?

woo go buds xp

mookie are u as excited as I am for PINK FLOYD

no

a poll can only claim that some things rule less than others

I ILXmailed ArchCarrier -- hope it's a working address.

Oh, that's unexpected - and a little inconvenient. Let me try to get everything in order, unless someone volunteers to do Cocteau Twins in the next couple of hours.