Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

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I like "Shine", but I don't think it was even nominated.

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:00 (nineteen years ago) link

I think it's amusing that American's didn't even deign to nominate our version of rock-revival schlock that dominated our airwaves in the 90s while the Brits still seem totally enamored with their version.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:00 (nineteen years ago) link

OK - my top 20 guesses are:

20. Kelis - "Get Along With You"
19. Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin'"
18 Radiohead - Aibag
17. Geto Boys - "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me"
16. Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
15 Magnetic Fields - "10000 Fireflies"
14 Leftfield - 'Open Up'
13. Belle and Sebastian - "The State I Am In"
12. Warren G. f/ Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
11. Beck - "Loser"
10. Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker"
9. Sinead O'Connor - "Nothining Compares 2U"
8. Breeders - "Cannonball"
7. Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang"
6. My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"
5. Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"
4. Deee-Lite - "Groove is in the Heart"
3. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
1. Pulp - "Common People"

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Montell Jordan will be somewhere in the top 20.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Alex in SF I kiss you

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:02 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't even know what this rock-revival schlock is! I can only think of Oasis and they've hardly figured at all.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't believe Dre and the Geto Boys won't be in the top 10, but a lot of stuff shocks me.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link

already had 100, 000 fireflies and, now, the state I am in.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link

PUT YOUR HANDS UP! PUT YOUR HANDS UP! REEF REEF REEF!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh - I missed 'The State I Am In'. Swap that 'Everlong' thing for it at #13 then.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link

"no diggity" will be top fifteen at least

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh, and '100000 Freflies'. Whoops. I am a useless pundit. Err - stick in... 'Music Sounds Better With You' then.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:06 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm still hoping for Everybody In The Place, but I realise this is probably futile.

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:10 (nineteen years ago) link

woah woah woah I assumed this "shine" that kept being mentioned was some techno track (almost rhymes with "chime"). You guys were talking about COLLECTIVE SOUL?!?!?!?!?!

WTF vote for "Cumbersome" why doncha jesus m crow wtf.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link

(I guess there should have been a rule that only one, maximum two tracks per band/artist to be allowed in but we have gone too far)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link

WHOA HEAVEN LETYOURLITE*SHINE*DOWN

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link

If "Shine" makes the top 20 I'm gonna tie y'all up, cover your mouths and nostrils with Local H and Weezer bumper stickers and throw yer asses in the drink.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:14 (nineteen years ago) link

#1 WILL BE GLYCERINE AND THE COUNTRIES WILL BE UNITED

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:15 (nineteen years ago) link

scratch that. "Comedown."

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Bugger - I forgot 'Chime' too. Revised list:

20. Kelis - "Get Along With You"
19. Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin'"
18 Radiohead - "Airbag"
17. Orbital - "Chime"
16. Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
15. Stardust - "Music Sounds Better With You"
14. Leftfield - 'Open Up'
13. Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang"
12. Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
11. Warren G. f/ Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
10. Beck - "Loser"
9. Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker"
8. Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2U"
7. Breeders - "Cannonball"
6. My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"
5. Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"
4. Deee-Lite - "Groove is in the Heart"
3. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
1. Pulp - "Common People"

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link

NO COLLECTIVE SOUL OR BUSH FANS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS THREAD.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link

YET.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link

BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link

(don't worry, neither were nominated. But we can still choose to hurt their fans if they so happen to show up)

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:20 (nineteen years ago) link

WHY WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE TOADIES

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:20 (nineteen years ago) link

I have to admit the idea of Nirvana making the top 20 makes me giggle. It's like voting for "Hey Jude."

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link

That's nothing, "Paranoid Android" in the top five is like voting for "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link

"Unfinished Sympathy" is like voting for "Hotel California".

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:24 (nineteen years ago) link

'Common People' at #1 is like voting for 'Common People'!

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:25 (nineteen years ago) link

maybe in your country

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link

"Common People" is like voting for "I Just Called To Say I Loved You".

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link

"Common People" is the Hitler-Esque XTC.

did anybody else vote for "Ice Ice Baby"? It didn't make the OMGWTFLOL list and I'd hate to think it doesn't get a nod in either canon.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Did chuck eddy vote?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link

I mean at least "Return Of The Mack" made that one.

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― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link

I had Ice Ice Baby at 10, if that gives you any cheer - most of mine aren't coming up though, so take from that what you will.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link

I kinda wish the top 20 was made entirely of Sebadoh tracks.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Sebadoh: The United States version of Pulp.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link

hardly! The US version of Pulp was Britney Spears (big fuck-crazy showtunes)

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Surely Saint Etienne have twenty more tracks?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link

and people wondering if it was right to treat the singer like a sex symbol (for different reasons, but still)

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― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't really like pulp.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Do you hate common people?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link

I saw Jarvis Cocker in the Missing that used to be on Gt Western Rd in Glasgow. I didn't talk to him though, because I don't especially like Pulp. Fascinating.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link

I stood Jarvis Cocker up once. I can't actually remember why.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Did you not especially like Pulp either?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Let's start a separate thread, "Real-Life Encounters With ILX Poll Finalists"

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Well the guy's idea of a pick-up line is "Do you remember the first time?" and "I want to give you babies." I can see why many would shirk.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link

those lines would work on indie babes and you know it

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Is Chesney Hawks likely to show up? I once stood next to Chesney Hawks at a urinal. I've been kicking myself ever since for not taking a peek.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link

no, I don't like common people.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:45 (nineteen years ago) link

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