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

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NME is about half classics and half duds. I don't listen to it all the way through much but it's worth owning for the classics.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link

It's interesting that the number of *votes* isn't increasing as we move through the top 20, rather, the songs higher in the chart are getting there because they placed higher -- on average -- in people's lists. This is stark contrast to the 00's poll, where the top songs got there more through sheer numbers of votes.
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6. NEW ORDER - "Regret" (647 points, 36 votes)
5. GETO BOYS - "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" (710 points, 33 votes)
4. MY BLOODY VALENTINE - "Soon" (735 points, 34 votes)
3. THE BREEDERS - "Cannonball" (780 points, 47 votes)
2. DEEE-LITE - "Groove Is In the Heart" (1056 points, 53 votes)
1. PULP - "Common People" (1387 points, 61 votes)

Of course, the trend I wrote about completely broke down once we hit the top three -- as noted by Gear, the point difference between #1 and #5 > no. of points given to #6. The consensus lauded on the top three (compared to the rest of the poll, and compared with the 00's poll) is remarkable ... about half of the people voted for "Common People" (~ 61/120) compared to about a third who voted for "Hey Ya" last time (~61/170). Even more significant -- there were TWICE as many songs to choose from on this poll (although we also listed twice as many songs on our ballots, do these effects cancel? I'm not sure). It helps explain the similar number of votes for most of the songs in the top 20, as well as the close packed nature of the top 100 as a whole (i.e. several ties, narrow point differentials, one less or one more vote for almost any song could have drastically changed its placing).

Great poll, Gear, thanks for all your hard work!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link

I loved this poll. Possibly because the 90s were my real formative years for music (teenager in the 80s, student/graduate with a disposable income in the 00s. My nominations came in at nos 2 and 39 - Groove is in the Heart and Justified and Ancient) respectively.

Where was Lazarus overall?

I liked how Cannonball came #3 but was no-one's favourite. The kind of song everyone loves, but no-one loves.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 11 November 2004 00:54 (nineteen years ago) link

"Cannonball" is barely the third best song on that album, much less of the decade.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 11 November 2004 00:59 (nineteen years ago) link

student/graduate with a disposable income in the 00s.

make that ~~pissed person in the 00s~~ student/graduate with a disposable income in the 90s

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 11 November 2004 00:59 (nineteen years ago) link

It would have been nice to have seen "Genie In A Bottle," "Around The Way Girl," or "C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)." And I'm happy to see that at least "'93 Til Infinity" made it close to the top 100.

I like this list, and I especially like how I've never heard 15 or 16 of these songs, although I assume the majority of them are techno, so they probably won't all fit on one CD. eh.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 11 November 2004 01:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Someone said upthread they had put them all on soulseek, I think, so if you want to listen to them...

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Common People the best track of the Nineties? What? ILM is indie and rubbish.

― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 11 November 2004 01:50 (nineteen years ago) link

this is news?

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 11 November 2004 01:53 (nineteen years ago) link

I hold out less hope for my will being done in the albums poll, and I only got 15 of my nominations here. It should be interesting.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 01:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Did anyone who wasn't me vote for Orlando?

"Just for a second" was my #1, AFAIK

― fernando, Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Man, FUCK a bunch of Coffee and TV highest ranking Blur song, and fuck a PANTLOAD of Coffee and TV and Song 2 even placing, harumph, harumph, harumph. ILM, stop getting Blur wrong!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:20 (nineteen years ago) link

blur has some nice lightweight songs and a cute asinine, trend-hopping singer/leader who couldn't write a lyric of substance to save his life, right? Did I get it right this time?

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:35 (nineteen years ago) link

I do wish I had the "best of." Nummy little bubblegums on that.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:37 (nineteen years ago) link

blur has some nice lightweight songs and a cute asinine, trend-hopping singer/leader who couldn't write a lyric of substance to save his life, right?

This is totally otm, so why screw it up by putting some heavy handed bullshit on there instead of the nice, lightweight ones?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:39 (nineteen years ago) link

but "Song 2" and "Coffee & TV" are the lightweight ones, aren't they? The heavy handed stuff is "Tender" and "The Universal" ain't it?

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Though I think "Girls & Boys" got robbed.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link

(p.s. I apologize for assuming you thought otherwise re: blur and putting the emoticon and basically behaving like a pud)

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Girls and Boys makes me want to stab my ears with a fork.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:45 (nineteen years ago) link

gluing steak to my ears make me wanna do that

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Girls and Boys is fucking great, but miccio i thought you were against criticizing THE LIST.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link

OK Gear, how did "MMMBop" do?

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Just for a second" was my #1, AFAIK

Fernando, did I speak with you on soulseek a few months ago? Dubstar?

And yes, Girls and Boys is better than either of those Blur songs that made it in. I would've voted for Country House too. Maybe. Like, if I had had an open spot. I didn't.

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:08 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm against being a whiny bitch about it and accusing everyone of some horrific "ism," djdee. I just pointed out a song that I think deserved some love when the artist came up.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:08 (nineteen years ago) link

my use of the phrase "wuz robbed" was pretty ironic. I find no serious injustice there.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Miccio, I don't like any of those songs except maybe the Universal. I like them best when they manage to maintain some kind of dignity. Girls and Boys is pretty great, but "For Tomorrow" pretty much sums everything I ever liked about Blur. It's classy.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:12 (nineteen years ago) link

universal's a great karaoke song (duh). country house is surprisingly hard to sing, they really cram the words in, plus it's a naff tune.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:14 (nineteen years ago) link

What "isms" did I accuse anyone of? I just said that "Pony" was robbed.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:18 (nineteen years ago) link

freaknasty was robbed, that's what was robbed

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:20 (nineteen years ago) link

robble robble

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh yeah, and how about "Djed"?
(Didn't Gear suggest that he'd post all the results?)

― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:27 (nineteen years ago) link

I have not heard (of) 30% of the top ten, including #1.
Suppose I ought to go a huntin'.
I too am astonished by Pony not placing.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:28 (nineteen years ago) link

It's the repetitive dirge of Girls and Boys that drives me nuts.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:28 (nineteen years ago) link

"dirge"?! Its the least dirge-like of any of their music!

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, but the bit of music under say, "who do girls", those three 'sound' just repeat through the chorus - it's horrible.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link

one last comment about the whole anglo vs. rap or whatever djdee was whining about (also alex in sf). the problem with your arguments is that you would of had absolutely no problem if five geto boys tracks made the list, or 5 tracks from your favorite southern rap (or any rap for the matter) artist. i have no problem with the list, no matter what happened.

i just think you kids are being a little hypocritical. i dont even like saint etienne and i dont give a fuck that 5 of their tracks showed up. its a poll that measures the likes and dislikes of ilm.

sure, its flawed. any poll is. get over yourselves.

― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:02 (nineteen years ago) link

haha - todd if you haven't changed your 'argument' four or five times now you might have a point (might)

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:03 (nineteen years ago) link

i think djdee changed his mind a few times as well, but whatever. no use bitching about a poll. i like the way it turned out. some people are sour about it.

― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link

well since the poll does reflect the board i think a few people (more than a few maybe even)(though nowhere near the majority) might be sour that a significant chunk of the board has a 'whites only' policy when it comes to music yes.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link

and that is why this and every poll is flawed in some way or another.

― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:09 (nineteen years ago) link

The results certainly aren't 'whites only', blount, it's kind of unfair to suggest that people are operating a sonic apartheid, don't you think?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't imagine in what universe 5 geto boys tracks would have made a list like this. So perhaps part of watching your favorite genre consistently marginalized is a part of it.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:11 (nineteen years ago) link

well not everyone voted for the 'homophobe' option last tuesday either kg but they won anyway, here you don't even need a majority of the vote to get it twisted, just four or five st. etienne singles.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link

i understand that you can be upset that your favorite genre is marginalized, but you cant expect that result from a board in which the majority hasnt even heard 5 songs by the geto boys

― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:21 (nineteen years ago) link

the majority hasn't heard five songs by pulp either!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:22 (nineteen years ago) link

My #1 was Tom Waits "Who Are You", which got no love, apparently.

― Hi, I am a genius. a big one. (AaronHz), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes, but there were a lot of black artists on the list - not enough, maybe, but people did vote for them.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh come off it Geto Boys only have 3 good songs!

(kidding)

― Hi, I am a genius. a big one. (AaronHz), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:27 (nineteen years ago) link

some people. some people voted for five or six pulp, five or six st. etienne and whatever the correct blur one is (not apparently 'song 2' or 'coffee and tv' or 'boys and girls'). really, taking race out the equation (which is doing these people a favor they maybe don't deserve), this is just rampant fanboyism, the sort of daftness that's not even bright enough to qualify as corny indie fuxxthought. ie. has anyone on the 'there was other even better music during the nineties besides british rock revivalism' "side" suggested four or five geto boys should've been there instead of four or five pulp?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 04:30 (nineteen years ago) link

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