Also, everyone should submit drawings for art that they have to do in less than 2 minutes
a variation on this idea: however long the song is, that's how long you have to draw
― Karl Malone, Friday, 1 March 2019 23:25 (five years ago) link
The accompanying image's filesize has to be equivalent in kilobytes to the track time.
― nashwan, Friday, 1 March 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
Sloan - Someone I Can Be True With (1:31)Solange - I’m a Witness (1:51)
― Chris L, Friday, 1 March 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link
sorry to split the Vernon Elliott vote but
Vernon Elliott - Ivor The Engine theme ('Ivor short theme' on Spotify) (0:28)
and sorry to split the NSRO vote but James Larcombe once of this parish needs recognition
North Sea Radio Orchestra - Organ Miniature (0:52)
― imago, Saturday, 2 March 2019 00:37 (five years ago) link
i'm not pissed off, i'm not mad, i don't think you're doing anything wrong. not doing spotify is my decision. it's not a criticism but an explanation of why i'm _choosing_ not to participate as fully as i would like. that's on me. not you.
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Saturday, 2 March 2019 01:56 (five years ago) link
The Suburbs - Cows (1:38)The Suburbs - Cig Machine (1:25)The Suburbs - Chemistry Set (1:11)
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Saturday, 2 March 2019 01:57 (five years ago) link
it's ok rush, i was being weird last night (like most nights, but still). plus, whisky. i am get way too defensive about things, but i'll save that talk for the depresso thread. anyway, i'm just happy you're joining in, even if it's not as much as you'd like. this poll is going to be epic
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 2 March 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
i am get way too defensive
put this on my gravestone, please
trash can sinatras - houseproud (1:17)tsunami - brick book building (1:01)godstar - ersatz (:52)hollywood squares - hillside strangler (1:54)rocket from the tombs - raw power (1:53)close lobsters - d.d.r.i.n. (1:23)minutemen - bob dylan wrote propaganda songs (1:29)bikini kill - capri pants (1:43)bonzo dog - kama sutra (:41)replacements - god damn job (1:19)la's - feelin' (1:44)p.e.e. - bruce loves big star (1:08)
― mig (guess that dreams always end), Saturday, 2 March 2019 02:41 (five years ago) link
King Creosote - Counseling (1:34)King Creosote - King Bubbles In Sand (1:49)Thingy - Destroy All Music (1:54)Thingy - Semolina/Kessel Run (1:37)Thingy - Nod (1:38)Heavy Vegetable - On Purpose (1:45)Heavy Vegetable - Jackie Chan Is A Punk Rocker (1:39)Family Fodder - Wrong (2:00)Earlimart - Untitled (1:54)
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Saturday, 2 March 2019 02:47 (five years ago) link
So who's going to host a torrent of all the noms? And also order them in a sequence that flows nicely
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Saturday, 2 March 2019 03:02 (five years ago) link
I might be able to help with images depending on timing
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Saturday, 2 March 2019 03:17 (five years ago) link
this poll is going to be epic
THIS IS NOT AN EPICS POLL ahem sorry, old habits.
― Gaseous Clay (Leee), Saturday, 2 March 2019 03:35 (five years ago) link
Feel like Whiney is taking the piss and also I cannot draw anything given 2 days, but I would participate in this if it didn't make KM's life harder trying to herd us all.
― emil.y, Saturday, 2 March 2019 03:40 (five years ago) link
i'll have to think about it. tbh, i also like just making new images, which also takes a ton of time, and despite many kind words i'm sure the result images were not everyone's cup of tea. i made custom ones for each song for the b-52s poll, but that was relatively easy because i used the album covers as the template for each song. i'm not sure what i would do for this one. but i kind of like the challenge of figuring it all out and making a cohesive set of images. on the other hand, i really like the idea of a bunch of people submitting images because participatory projects are just so much fun, and people tend to get more excited about things when they played an active role in some way.
anyway, plenty of time to think about it
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 2 March 2019 03:54 (five years ago) link
that whole paragraph is a fucking mess, sorry.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 2 March 2019 03:55 (five years ago) link
I do think that it would be super fun, but honestly, trying to herd people is the worst. I think it'd actually be easier on you to do it on your own.
Also, please don't worry about trying to please everyone with everything, ilx is full of people who enjoy getting cranky (hi) and it genuinely isn't because you've done anything wrong. <3
― emil.y, Saturday, 2 March 2019 04:01 (five years ago) link
The Loud Family - Sword Swallower (1:45)
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 2 March 2019 04:31 (five years ago) link
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, March 1, 2019 3:13 PM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
would do this for all the songs that place tbh
― budo jeru, Saturday, 2 March 2019 05:08 (five years ago) link
xp thank you emily - it is in my nature to try to please everyone + to feel overly defensive about criticism. it's bad. trying not to do that so much but when i drink i regress.
if we do end up doing the drawing idea i think minutemen songs should get the obvious time limit
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 2 March 2019 05:11 (five years ago) link
i still reserve the right as ultimate pollmaster for this poll to totally change my mind and do it my own way and piss everyone off though, sorry
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 2 March 2019 05:12 (five years ago) link
fair
― alomar lines, Saturday, 2 March 2019 07:44 (five years ago) link
happy to do some two minute drawings but i will need three months to think about each one first
― goats eat grandma (NickB), Saturday, 2 March 2019 09:09 (five years ago) link
Final nominations!
Dominique Leone - Those Productive Millennials (1:25)...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - All White (1:50)
― imago, Saturday, 2 March 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
Oh man, All White! Definitely getting a vote from me. Good late nom
― Hey hey, the tipple’s weak sherry (fionnland), Saturday, 2 March 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
the nomination process is officially over!
and yet, i am abusing my power to add one final nominee (and to close the opposite-of-epic playlist):
The Vaselines - Dum-Dum (1:57)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:03 (five years ago) link
still working on adding in nominations. i promise not to take for fucking 'ever, but it will take a couple days. then i'll open up the voting/campaign thread. early next week, promise!
is this the most ever nominees for a poll? i'm not sure that's an "achievement", exactly, but it would be something
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:06 (five years ago) link
I feel like whoever is brave enough for an end of 10’s decade poll will have to deal with twice the nominations of this poll unless it’s limited to 30 noms per person.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:12 (five years ago) link
if i could turn back time to the beginning of this thread, i definitely would have put a limit of 30 or 40 per person
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:35 (five years ago) link
but first i would probably turn back time to other moments that were more consequential for the rest of humanity and attempt to make some changes
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:36 (five years ago) link
as i continue through the thread, i'll list the songs i have to kick off. for those who missed my mid-thread post, i'm using spotify as the arbitrator of song length, just to have some sort of concrete judge.
X - we're desperate (there are several versions on spotify, all at 2 or above. just missed it by a second or two. sorry)Solomon Burke - Got to Get You Off My Mind (almost all the versions on spotify are 2:36. there's an edit that's 1:57 on one release (soul clan), but it doesn't seem right to include it)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:07 (five years ago) link
it pains me to remove this, but almost every version of it is over 2 minutes, except for some obscure choral renditions
henry mancini - pink panther theme
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:27 (five years ago) link
teenage fanclub - what you do to me 2:01 on spotify
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:33 (five years ago) link
Slide the pitch control to +1 on your turntable, it’ll sound basically the same but will have a run time of 1:59, problem sorted
― kolarov spring (NickB), Sunday, 3 March 2019 10:55 (five years ago) link
It's 1:59 on the 4,766 Seconds compilation. But if consensus is the original is too long that's fine.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 3 March 2019 11:05 (five years ago) link
on a related note, i am angry that somehow the batman theme is longer than 2 minutes
way late here (and past the deadline), but:
Link Wray and His Ray Men - Batman Theme (1:55)The Who - Batman Theme (1:21)The Jam - Batman Theme (1:30)
(and also, The Mekons - 32 Weeks (1:38))
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 4 March 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
Also prob too late, not mad if it doesn't stick, but
Dennis Challen Brown & Chuck Lorre - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme (1:28)
(yes, that chuck lorre!)
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
I can't read, let's try that again
Miles Doppler - Heroes In A Half Shell (1:28)
per the wikipedia -- The soundtrack was composed by Dennis Challen Brown (credited as "D.C. Brown" and later as "Dennis C. Brown") and Chuck Lorre. Lorre recorded the theme song (and performed the spoken parts) and became a successful television producer. The performer of the song was James Mandell (aka Miles Doppler).[21] To date the soundtrack has never been released for retail.
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
mookie i had to remove hot snakes (mystery boy) and elvis costello (no action), at 2:00 and 2:01 on spotify, respectively. rules chaotically settled upon halfway through a process are rules
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:00 (five years ago) link
Morrissey - I Know Very Well How I Got My Name (1:59)*Perfume Genius - Hood (1:58)*
2:02 and 2:00 on spotify, therefore banished. i am sorry.
if it helps, i'm thinking another optional subpoll will be something like "best songs that are actually under 2 minutes but didn't qualify for this poll because of spotify"
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:11 (five years ago) link
Frankie Cosmos - Fool (1:59:99)This is p borderline so i understand if it’s thrown out but I make it just under two minutes removing the silence at the end.
i believe you, but 2:04 on spotify so banned
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:16 (five years ago) link
but a fine contender for the "<2 minutes, arguably" subpoll
Fantastic song that I could nitpick over--how long the actual song is vs. what it's listed as--but I won't bother: the Jamies' "Summertime, Summertime." I know there are a thousand songs just like it that are going to miss by a second because of this gray area.
1:58, in
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:35 (five years ago) link
Pulp - 59 Lyndhurst Grove (1:46) can't find a version of it less than 3 minutes, suggest banned
Marathons - Peanut Butter (1:57)everything on spotify a touch over 2 minutes, sorry
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:47 (five years ago) link
going to bed. ETA for voting thread: friday night/saturday afternoon, usa time
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:49 (five years ago) link
i'm 1450 songs into the nominations, of which 1204 are on the spotify playlist
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:50 (five years ago) link
omg 'duck' by bill wells/maher shalal hash baz has killed me dead, i am dead
― imago, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:24 (five years ago) link
i didn't think a 1-minute instrumental would have me in floods of tears but here we are
― imago, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:29 (five years ago) link
great tune, isn't it? and only 1 minute long.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I'll def vote for 'Duck'.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:38 (five years ago) link