POLL Neon Like -- ILM artist poll #88 -- BJÖRK (voting open until April 27, 2018)

Madonna poll, which I still consider the gold standard, had 57 ballots.

lol i think that was the last one i did

Madonna poll was immense – much the best yet.

Totally; I can't really think of many other artists who have such an immense career catalogue.

OK, so I still need to verify everyone's ballot as being accurate in my spreadsheet. I expect results can start next week.

if "Karvel" and "Domestica" doesn't place I'm deleting ILX.

Domestica is in my top 10 so hopefully there’s more of us.

Forgot about Karvel goddamit. That one is amazing.

What’s the thread title going to be? Venus as a Poll / My love is a Poll / Poll is full of love / something else?

'Ilxor Behaviour' would be a refreshing 'poll'-less title.

I definitely think the opening post could quote liberally from “Human Behaviour”: you better be ready to get confused / there’s definitely definitely definitely no logic / but oh to get involved in the exchange...

'Hyperballot' was an another excellent early suggestion.

^^^^^ yes

It should be Hyperballot, yes.

"there’s definitely definitely definitely no logic" is what I hum when I read every single ILM poll results thread tbh

I'm fond of "Hyperballot." Tho I like saying "poll is full of love" out loud.

Hyper-ballad will be number 1 too so

It it really such a consensus choice? It was my #21.

i cried watching the “hyperballad” video last week lol

Were you thinking about Karl's cat?

lmao

It’s the winner in past bjork singles polls so maybe?

BJORK SINGLES POLL (debut-vespertine)

Bjork singles

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Weird how Bachelorette is a favorite over Joga, I don’t think it’s even in my top 5 for Homogenic.

If there was ever a consensus pick to make me happy it’s easily Hyper-Ballad.

unravel is my fave bjork song ever fuiud

"our love in a ball of yarn"

this ballot roll out makes me nervous i've neglected a genius bjork track just cuz there's so many

Weird how Bachelorette is a favorite over Joga, I don’t think it’s even in my top 5 for Homogenic.

I love Bachelorette but also agree with this.

this ballot roll out makes me nervous i've neglected a genius bjork track just cuz there's so many

― done and dusted (Ross), Thursday, May 3, 2018 2:12 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I started my ballot with the notion that she has about 60 songs that deserved a mention.

this ballot roll out makes me nervous i've neglected a genius bjork track just cuz there's so many

― done and dusted (Ross), Thursday, May 3, 2018 1:12 PM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

don't worry, you have.`

lol

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/may/03/big-time-sensuality-bjork-ballet-rave-puts-san-francisco-under-its-spell-unbound-festival

I'm sure I could find 30 Björk songs to put in front of Hyperballad. Post is also one of my least favorite albums in her career (and yet it's still rather good).
Anyway I missed this poll so I won't have to lose mental energy over ranking her songs.
Some that would feature in my ballot would definitely include: Human Behaviour, Venus as a Boy, The Anchor Song, Army of Me, Isobel, Joga, Unravel, All Neon Like, Immature, All is Full of Love (single), Hidden Place, Cocoon, It's not Up to You, Undo, Pagan Poetry, Sun in my mouth, Heirloom, Unison, Vokuro, Who is it, Desired Constellation, Ancestors, Mouth's Cradle, Triumph of the Heart, Earth Intruders, I see who you are, Vertebrae by Vertebrae, Not Get, Atom Dance, Utopia.
+ Play Dead, A Generous Palmstroke (live with the harpist), Charlene. And to nominate one remix: Crystalline by Current value.
Well, I think it's already over 30. I think at the moment my official favoritest Björk song is still Hidden Place.

and if the poll organizer wants to include my late unranked ballot (I know ilm is nice like that sometimes), I substract The Anchor Song, Army of Me and Unison back to make it 30 exactly (not counting the current value remix either).

and since I'm at it: 1) Homogenic 2) Vespertine 3) Medulla 4) Debut 5) Volta (6) Vulnicura 7) Post 8) Utopia 9) Biophilia)

and to make it 4, I've gone through the thread and haven't seen the remix I mentioned, and maybe it's not too known, crank it up because it slays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruIj7glvxwA
(to pair with that beat-drop facebook video... what was that btw)

Nabozo, if you can put that in the form of an email, I'll let your ballot slip in. I'm not revealing until next week.

Alternatively, if you just want me to count all 30 of those as "unranked," I can do that too.

Nevermind, I saw you indicated "unranked." Will add you to the mix.

Thank you ! Robot french kisses to you.

By the way, my most recent listen to Volta was not unpleasant.

I was reading a similar poll on another site from a few years back and they were very keen on Volta overall. I had never heard it before last month, was very keen at first but went off it a bit, only one track was in my final ballot

We got a word for Eric. Mensch

for some reason i was just listening to hyperballad while i was looking at the song title Bela Lugosi's Dead and... am I crazy that i am kinda hearing one in the other? I mean JUST the intro tho

Waiting for the poll results and listening to a tracks that never really stuck with me. And coming across "Foot Soldier," I'm thinking that's one of the first examples of a Bjork track that vocally is entirely made up of the the "auto-Bjork-isms" phenomenon that mars a lot of her later work. No meter, no rhyme, mostly stock melodic phrasings (swooping from a low to higher note repeatedly), etc. It's weird, because the b-sides of that era are otherwise some of her more melodically compelling work (i.e. "Generous Palmstroke," "Domestica," etc.)?

For comparison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fztSz0Y1I9U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjyaEABkt0

Fuck I’m watching the Greatest Hits DVD for the first time and I’ve seen like less than half of these before, I wish I did this a week ago

i watched that dvd so many times in high school

Reveal starts today with the sidebar polls.

violently happy!

HYPERBALLOT: ILM Artist Poll #88 -- Björk Resultsness