Surprise! POLL! Yeah, we just thought we'd drop in! - ILM Artist Poll #93 - The B-52’s (vote until November 10, 2018)

i have a real soft spot in my heart for the kind of synth bass on "legal tender", it's like the opposite of kryptonite for me

ok, i put together a quick 15-song ballot. it's always so wonderful to discover vital tracks while putting together these ballots. for me that was the song "Mesopotamia" - i didn't even know the EP existed, the backstory with Byrne, anything. "Mesopotamia" is a sick song, and I liked "Cake", too.

Hello everyone, this is being postponed. As you probably have seen I have not been around lately and the reason why i have been absent from this thread. Hell, I even missed this years World Series, loved the results. Anyways, my family has suffered some health issues including spending more time at the hospital. I just can’t run this poll right now. In fact if anyone wants to take over running this, that might actually be preferred, email the box and I can hand over the keys. Since some have asked for an extension anyways, you got it. Thanks for understanding

Voting is still open!

hey Bee, i'm really sorry to hear that.

i'd be happy to tabulate the results and post the results, along with images. although if you or others would prefer a bigger B-52s fan to do it, i understand. but i'm here to help.

Oh, jeez, Bee, I'm sorry. Sending out good vibes to you and yours.

hope things are ok.

Hope everything is all right, Bee!

Thanks everyone for your concern, everything is okay. it was mainly my dad but my mom has some issues as well...

we will figure this poll out but until then...

VOTING IS STILL OPEN

yay! y'all, this is amazing.

https://youtu.be/05yCpVbpiQc?t=494

so good

wonder what the chance is a deep cut wins this.

That would be nice if that happened. I've certainly done my bit for Topaz.

Bouncing off the Satellites seems to rate pretty highly around here (and "here" is ILM) so I would think it's a distinct possibility.

i have handed this off to Karl Malone (a huge thank you to him for taking this over) and he will be along to tell you when voting will be closed ect. speaking of, we need more ballots! we are on the weak side for this poll. please, if you are thinking about voting please do as we need more ballots.

VOTING IS STILL OPEN!

definitely have mine 95% there

<3 for bee ok xx

how long do i have? will try get something over on friday

Same - please keep it open until Friday

voted!

Hey everyone, voting is extended until to this Saturday!

I’ll calculate the final tally on Sunday, then we’ll do the rollout on Monday and Tuesday. Sound good?

Also, if anyone has ideas for the title of the results thread, now would be a good time to share. :)

"I'll Give You Fish, I'll Give You RANKINGS"

god so many great Fred lines begging for an all-caps POLL!

"Let's meet, and have a BALLOT now!"

Don't be blind to the big surprise!
Swimming round and round like the deadly hand
Of the radium clock
At the bottom
Of the POLL

my poll's burning like a lava from a Mauna Loa

I still haven't voted so now I know I have until Saturday.

Down To A POLL Fraught With Danger, It's A POLL Full Of Strangers

POLL if you want to, POLL around the world

i think that was the cosmic thing radio button poll title?

POLL-POLL-POLL-POLL POLLIN' in Andromeda!

Hey Bee or Karl, can one of you confirm you got my ballot? I screwed up my Blondie one a while back and it was never received.

I don’t think know more than 5 B52’s songs so I wont be voting but excited to follow the results and learn about them..

xpost i'll take a look today, dan, and let you know!

Then I'm going to kiss your PineaPOLL!

I don't think I'll have time to do the catching-up I wanted to. I'll have to do a ballot just off of B-52's, Wild Planet, Party Mix/Mesopotamia, and Cosmic Thing, and use the rollout to get acquainted with other stuff.

Hi, my name is Ricky and I'm a Pisces. I love POLL results and hot tamales!

Hey Bee or Karl, can one of you confirm you got my ballot?

AFFIRMATIVE

looks like we've received 22 ballots so far.

Before I talk, I should read a POLL!

^^^ nice. That song has been on a constant loop in my head for a couple weeks. My kid is learning about Mesopotamia in history class, so I played him the song.

that's my fave so far, too. nice and simple, and also good advice

I like f. hazel's

(also not voting but looking forward to results)

that one's great too! lots of great options already. i'll go with the consensus, if one emerges.

sic you should vote! no big deal if it's only a partial ballot.

https://i.imgur.com/ZI3qSM6.jpg

coming soon!

Worth listening to for their comments from 1:59 for about eight minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaTy3kSxyoo&t=4956s

hmm, broken link?

oops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaTy3kSxyoo

oh, cool! i knew that lennon liked the b-52s from the rolling stone interview (Lennon remembered, “I was at a dance club one night in Bermuda” in June 1980. “Upstairs, they were playing disco, and downstairs, I suddenly heard ‘Rock Lobster’ by the B-52’s for the first time. Do you know it? It sounds just like Yoko’s music, so I said to meself, ‘It’s time to get out the old axe and wake the wife up!’ We wrote about twenty-five songs during those three weeks, and we’ve recorded enough for another album.”), but i hadn't heard his comments in the bbc interview.

it's funny, in the midst of that, for lennon to refer to the years when he and ono were separated as "not really separate for any real reason, just on a holiday"

Her uncomfortable giggle after that statement

getting my order together now, this is hard...

hey, i'm adding up the ballots and everything's good, except for one important issue:

on the albums side, there are several votes for Mesopotamia, and several votes for Party Mix/Mesopotamia. There are zero votes for Party Mix as a standalone EP. Should I combine all the votes for Mesopotamia and Party Mix/Mesopotamia, or leave them separate?