Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

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.

Sonic Youth should have a sub-poll for best guitars:

http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/eq/gear.html

or best tunings!

can we just do jay-z now

Not before the Motown/Stax/Disco run. I've been waiting for that bunch forever!

i'm looking forward to like all of the next 10, except stax i dont know what that is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stax_Records

Damn k3vin, you must learn.

k3v, dude...you're in for a treat

Annnnnd... here we go:
POLL YR. IDOLS: The official SONIC YOUTH voting thread!

oh cool! another one I will vote in.

just a warning im gonna make my motown one go quite long as im gonna be p busy in a month but still wanna do it

Small discography notwithstanding, I might sign on for Hendrix.

:D :D :D

I plan on annoying everyone in the Motown poll by voting exclusively for Norman Whitfield + 70s tracks

Still struggling to wrap my brain around the Motown poll. Ballots will get 100 slots, right?

It's called Motown singles iirc, and I'm kind of hoping that's what we get. Non-singles/deep cuts would just make them shits IMPOSSIBLE.

There are still approximately 27,000 singles to sort thru iirc.

Can somebody get working on a playlist please? I'll <3 u forever.

For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Motown_singles

I mean, this alone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder_discography#Singles

UK singles (229 tracks): http://open.spotify.com/user/rayray67/playlist/06ATSaL1cet3QYGKRdBrd0

Another playlist, with 932 tracks: http://open.spotify.com/user/maglio/playlist/5Mc4qbY0ExrOwObV2HroTX

Gulp

I don't even think the 932-track playlist goes further than 1971.

Playlist only goes up to the label's move to L.A.?

i would assume so, lumping all post-move stuff in is ridiculous and that's an obv place to draw the line

I disagree with excluding album cuts (we haven't done that for any other of these polls) but it's a hoy hoy's poll.

When is oasis up

...but it's a hoy hoy's poll.

Indeed. I myself would be ok with limiting this to only 1959-71, though.

Currently...never.

xp

oasis is up alright

Obv oasis b-sides would be separate like

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 (finished)
34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)
35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre (sadly fell by the wayside)
36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (voting just closed)
37. New Order - Bee OK (voting opens next week, presumably)
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
80. Ramones - tipsy mothra (tentative)
81. Jimi Hendrix - WmC

oh shit Tuomas's disco poll -- I will be either participating or following closely now that I'm newly obsessed!

I was looking at the list and thinking how important Spotify has been to these polls, which is going to make Floyd a tough one.

pshaw

I hope "Epic" by Faith No More wins the "epics" poll

VG, you're newly obsessed with disco? <3<3<3

yes!!! i bought a basic disco comp yesterday and after googling around and following a few links I have been down a Larry Levan rabbithole for like, 24 hours and counting now

Disco's gonna be my favorite "learning & listening" poll.