ILM Ballot Polls for 2014 and beyond -- order, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc

looks great.

Definitely Elvis. Most people would benifit from delving into that discography.

Seconded this would be fun

Elvis is long due. Should've been one of the first polls, him and chuck berry are the first musicians I think of when trying to define an 'American' sound.

Chuck Berry also doesn't have a poll in line it seems! How in the hell did we get a Timbaland poll before an Elvis and Chuck Berry poll!?

I don't know if NickB is still wanting to do the "Genesis + solo" poll at some point? I was hoping that "solo" would encompass literally *everything* any of them did, so you could vote for, say, The Knife and Sussudio and Over My Shoulder on the same ballot.

― soref, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 11:42 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

forgot about this and too busy to do it for the next couple of months. if anyone else wants to run with it in the meantime then go for it. but yes, had hoped to include everything from 'watcher of the skies' to 'easy lover' to 'don't give up' etc

my only wish is that if you want to run the poll, you need to call the voting thread 'get 'em in by friday'

How in the hell did we get a Timbaland poll before an Elvis and Chuck Berry poll!?

this is ILX; the legacy of popist iconoclasm persists even through this consolidatory canon-building phase

Also, most of us aren't 60 years old.

Also, ilx has a small but dedicated hiking community.

Somewhere upthread I mused that Chuck, and this might apply to Elvis also, may not really be ideal for the format/board, since their important work is primarily singles-based so you're really just ranking the greatest hits. The "Great Twenty-Eight" radio button thread is pretty good!

But there is something to RANKING the hits rather than just doing an OPO, and maybe some folks would take the opportunity to dig into the albums, or lesser-known singles. Finally, "The Broken Arrow" gets its due! Ahhh, fuck it, put Chuck in the queue - I'd be down to run that poll, Moka, unless you want it.

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Lawdy Miss Clawdy it's time for an Elvis Presley poll.

Also, most of us aren't 60 years old.

Why do you have to be 60 to like rock n roll?

Im sure it helps though

Im sure it helps though

How?
Just interested. I don't see age as a prohibitive factor in appreciating music. I was about 8 when I first heard Elvis and 10 when way down came out and he literally went way on down.

i agree, i was just joking. An Elvis poll would be good so I could learn about all the early elvis on Sun Records. I only really know the big hits

Portishead, Massive Attack

It might make more sense to do a 'Bristol Sound' poll than do these acts separately (especially considering their relatively thin discographies).

that would be fun

I'd be up for running it, probably.

do it!

Who'd be in, who'd be out though? Are we including the Third Eye Foundation/Crescent/Flying Saucer Attack/Amp/Movietone Bristol scene? I think you have to.

Not sure I see those bands necessarily being connected to Massive Attack other than geographically, could make a stronger argument for including Neneh, Smith & Mighty, Fresh Four, Krust, Roni Size, Kosheen etc

Don't get me wrong I love Timbaland but I still feel Elvis is... well, he's Elvis. You don't have to be 60 years old to love the man. Also if the argument for not having an Elvis poll is because it's 'old people' music then I don't know how half of these polls got made. You're old ILMz

Also the 'timbaland' signature sound started in 1996. Assuming you were 20 in 1996 you're 40 now so Timbaland is also old, dad music.

We need a Wire poll. I will be more than happy to run that.

Who'd be in, who'd be out though? Are we including the Third Eye Foundation/Crescent/Flying Saucer Attack/Amp/Movietone Bristol scene? I think you have to.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 9 September 2016 16:02 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not sure I see those bands necessarily being connected to Massive Attack other than geographically, could make a stronger argument for including Neneh, Smith & Mighty, Fresh Four, Krust, Roni Size, Kosheen etc

― Rae Kwoniff (NickB)

I dunno, if I were to do it I might keep it simple and limited to Portishead, Massive Attack and Tricky if that sounds at all justifiable? Maybe Wild Bunch as well?

i agree, i was just joking. An Elvis poll would be good so I could learn about all the early elvis on Sun Records. I only really know the big hits

This is the reason an Elvis poll should be of the whole catalogue not just "the hits". Lots of gems tucked away.

I dunno, if I were to do it I might keep it simple and limited to Portishead, Massive Attack and Tricky if that sounds at all justifiable? Maybe Wild Bunch as well?

3 P albums, 3 MA albums, 2-3 Tricky (counting Nearly God), over which there are about 100 songs? Sounds doable.

There are 5 MA albums!

far more than 2-3 tricky albums, too

Yeah I mean ones that would realistically get a significant number of votes!

I think a few songs off Heligoland could do alright.

Hey, I like the Hope Sandoval song! I was taking a very conservatively estimating the minimum of songs we'd have in the pool.

Which one? I could conceivably vote for both Paradise Circus and The Spoils (even though the latter is only a few weeks old).

Oh is there a new one?? "Paradise Circus" obviously is the one I like.

You're missing out, I think the EP and couple of songs from the upcoming album that they've released so far are my favorite ones since Mezzanine.

I think they're also a proper band again and Daddy G and Mushroom are back, don't quote me on that.

Daddy G has been back since Heligoland hasn't he?

I just looked at credits for this year's releases and it turns out Ritual Spirit is only 3D and The Spoils is only Daddy G, i hadn't realised.

a bit of a tangent though

Yeah just checked that's dissapointing. But well at least Tricky's back as a collaborator in two songs?

Herbie Hancock also credited? Is it a sample?

Anyhoo back to this thread; I agree a Bristol trip hop poll would be great but only including Tricky, Portishead and MA. A full genre poll would take too much time to listen. Tricky's catalogue alone is actually extensive and you have to do digging to find the actual gems, there's many crap, but there's at least an interesting track per album.

I like Nearly God better than Maxinquaye... maybe I overplayed it too much so I prefer the former when I'm in Tricky mood.

Looking at his albums and my my, Tricky has some terrible album covers. I think only MA are interesting media-wise, cool videos, cool artwork. Portishead are also very dull in their imagery but Tricky just has bad taste.

I uh like PMT's artwork.

I'm down for running a NIN poll soon, but at this point I'd be much more excited to run a Bristol trip-hop one as described. Would it be incredibly poor form to switch subjects?

NB: Tomorrow is the deadline for Dedication to Polls and Voters: Notated Music Since 1890 - Voting and Discussion Thread

I'd vastly prefer a trip-hop to a NIN poll. Go for it, chap!

Ditto!

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I'd really, really like to do a jungle/drum 'n bass poll. Any interest in that?

I'd really, really like to do a jungle/drum 'n bass poll. Any interest in that?

― Le Bateau Ivre,

YES. Especially if some hardcore was allowed as well.

I'd totally vote in that! And yeah hardcore/jungle/drum'n'bass (but not later variations like dubstep) would be a proper way to poll it.