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

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#56

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - "Cherub Rock" (340 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote)

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"I think I might have a totally different concept of 90s AOR than is being used here. Smashing Pumpkins would be the kings of the genre as I see it, with "Cherub Rock" probably being their best single."
--sundar subramanian

"Makes me wanna fuck shit up. It brings up the violent side of me, that needs to be released once in a while, in order to be tamed. I am sometimes a difficult person to deal with, but, alas, it is just the demons trying to get out."
--JP Almeida

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Ah, this one I voted for - but at 28, so this placement kind of makes sense to me.

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:34 (nineteen years ago) link

#55

UNDERWORLD - "Cowgirl" (342 points, 19 votes)

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"Isn't the way Underworld use vocals totally unique, I can't think of any band or any dance act who use vocals as a rhythmic part of the song, in something like Rez/Cowgirl the "everything everything everything everything" seems to make the track so absolutely mindblowingly essential and intense and yet later in the track the vocals become like an extra drum or beat or something (an eraser of love)"
--Ronan

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't decide if my choices were all complete losers or if they'll rank way up. (someone else had to put "Lovefool" #1 surely?)

milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link

I had it at 17...

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:43 (nineteen years ago) link

#54

THE KLF - "Last Train To Trancentral" (343 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes)

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"I think I was awestruck, or something close to it, when I first heard the KLF's "Last Train To Trancentral" on the radio - the idea at a young age that anyone in pop was this intelligent, and this gifted, and had this many ideas."
-- Robin Carmody

"'Last Train to Trancentral' is, to me, the epitome of this method: it's just hook after hook after hook, with a bonkers half-time breakdown and, at the end when it appears no more can possibly happen, a cameo dalek voice chanting 'Mu Mu'. Pop genius."
-- Ben Butler

"Oh, and "Last Train To Trancentral" being kept off Number 1 by Cher's "Shoop Shoop Song". Didn't piss me off so much back then, oddly; 10 years have clearly made me slowly more bitter."
-- Robin Carmody

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm beginning to suspect my choices were complete losers (esp. since I apparently voted for the wrong songs by the right artists.)

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link

I wonder if the songs added later to the list will do worse than those from the start? And even if they did would it mean anything - added later because they didn't occur to people immediately because they're not as good songs?

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:49 (nineteen years ago) link

#53

PORTISHEAD - "Sour Times" (344 points, 25 votes)

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"Being a stubborn male I refused to ask for help at the music stores. It took me monthes to find this sucker in the dance section months after I first heard it on the radio while I was eating my wheaties."
--zacko

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:52 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG There goes my No. 1 :(

daavid (daavid), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:55 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't believe this!

daavid (daavid), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Wow, the twelve songs from #64-#53 are separated by just 22 points!

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:59 (nineteen years ago) link

#52

MADONNA - "Vogue" (346 points, 22 votes)

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"'Vogue' - narcissism as spirituality, hollywoodism as religion, star-worship as self-love, and a groove so deep that brown or yellow people didn't even mind being left out of that "doesn't matter if you're black or white" line."
-- Vic

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Vogue = my number 3.

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 8 November 2004 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Jesus a lot of my favorites have finished already.

djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 8 November 2004 05:02 (nineteen years ago) link

one more to finish off the first fifty...

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 8 November 2004 05:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Hey, who had "three Madonna songs in the top 100" in the betting pool?

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 8 November 2004 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link

#51

MOBB DEEP - "Shook Ones Pt. II" (347 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)

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"Shook Ones Pt II is just absolutely immortal - a very strong argument for you to procure the Infamous all on its own. "I'm only 19 but my mind is older" has always struck me as one of the coldest lines in any hip-hop song, but that whole track is just perfection."
-- M Carty

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 8 November 2004 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Interesting results - I can go to bed now, it's 5:15 here (a nice Who time). I realise it's kind of sad that I stayed up for these results but I'm genuinely excited to see what happens. Thanks Gear.

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 8 November 2004 05:12 (nineteen years ago) link

this is getting really good--maybe 10 of my choices have shown up.


although my comment about the pulp song is really dumb and meaningless.

amateur!!st, Monday, 8 November 2004 05:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Mama Said Knock You Out was my #5. I am upset that it placed where it did.

My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 8 November 2004 05:24 (nineteen years ago) link

also it's funny that people comment on madonna lyrics because i forget that they even have lyrics sometimes. "vogue" just sounds really really cool.

amateur!!st, Monday, 8 November 2004 05:27 (nineteen years ago) link

The list so far:


100.- PALACE MUSIC - "New Partner",
AIR - "All I Need"
99.- MADONNA - "Deeper and Deeper",
TEENAGE FANCLUB - "The Concept"
97.- WU-TANG CLAN - "Shame On A Nigga"
96.- BEASTIE BOYS - "Intergalactic"
95.- MADONNA - "Ray of Light"
94.- CORNERSHOP - "Brimful of Asha"
92.- BJORK - "Human Behaviour",
ORBITAL - "Belfast"
91.- ISOLEE - "Beau Mot Plage"
90.- ARAB STRAP - "The First Big Weekend"
89.- NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - "Hypnotize"
88.- THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - "The Luckiest Guy On the Lower East Side"
87.- PAVEMENT - "Shady Lane"
86.- SAINT ETIENNE - "Like A Motorway"
85.- SLOWDIVE - "Alison"
83.- LAMB - "Gorecki",
APHEX TWIN - "Girl/Boy Song"
81.- BLUR - "Song 2",
DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - "Humpty Dance"
79.- DE LA SOUL - "A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays",
MASSIVE ATTACK - "Angel"
78.- THE PIXIES - "Alec Eiffel"
77.- EMINEM - "My Name Is"
76.- DESTINY'S CHILD - "Say My Name"
75.- NAUGHTY BY NATURE - "O.P.P."
74.- BASEMENT JAXX - "Rendez-Vu"
73.- OASIS - "Live Forever"
72.- MY BLOODY VALENTINE - "When You Sleep"
71.- THE CURE - "Pictures of You"
70.- NOTORIOUS B.I.G. featuring PUFF DADDY and MASE - "Mo Money, Mo Problems"
69.- SAINT ETIENNE - "Avenue"
68.- SAINT ETIENNE - "You're In A Bad Way"
67.- SAINT ETIENNE - "Nothing Can Stop Us"
66.- JEFF BUCKLEY - "Hallelujah"
65.- PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"
64.- ORBITAL - "Halcyon"
63.- LL COOL J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
62.- MISSY ELLIOTT - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
61.- HAPPY MONDAYS - "Kinky Afro"
60.- WU-TANG CLAN - "C.R.E.A.M."
59.- BJORK - "Joga"
58.- PULP - "This Is Hardcore"
57.- TLC - "Creep"
56.- THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - "Cherub Rock"
55.- UNDERWORLD - "Cowgirl"
54.- THE KLF - "Last Train To Trancentral"
53.- PORTISHEAD - "Sour Times"
52.- MADONNA - "Vogue"
51.- MOBB DEEP - "Shook Ones Pt. II"

daavid (daavid), Monday, 8 November 2004 06:30 (nineteen years ago) link

My choices so far in the poll: Shame On A Nigga, Angel, My Name Is, Say My Name, Rendez-Vu, Creep, Cowgirl, Last Train To Trancentral. That's 8, and the highest in my list was Cowgirl at #8. 11 of my top 12 haven't shown up yet, and I'm optimistic almost all of them will be somewhere in the top 50.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 8 November 2004 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm still trying to figure out how "Cherub Rock" made it so high. What a random choice. Cool that "Shook Ones" and LTtT made it so high, though.

So I guess this means that no rave or jungle made it on the list. That's too bad.

The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 8 November 2004 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link

i knew the 9 million St Etienne nominations would come back to haunt the outcome.

i'm sure SOME rave/jungle will make it, but probably not what i voted for.

Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 8 November 2004 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link

2 of my top 10 have come up so far - 6 overall. I'm not that confident that my votes will show up...

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link

None of my top ten have come up so far, but I'm reasonably confident most of them will make it. Renegade Snares for token d'n'b track in the top 20, anyone?

RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link

haha it was definitely the token d'n'b on my ballot

cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Err, OK - 'This Is Hardcore' at No.58. Some Smashing Pumpkins track two places above it. This list, while not generally bad as such, seems to mean much less to me than the 2000-2004 one. It bears almost no relation to my 1990s, but it was a weird time for me, musically. I hardly listened to any American music, for a start. Or Britpop, at least not by choice. I don't know what I did listen to, except the Beatles, some early 90s dance music, Pulp and Belle & Sebastian. So I'm possibly a bad judge.

But anyway - 'This Is Hardcore' at #58? You fucking idiots.

Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:45 (nineteen years ago) link

i didn't vote for 'renegade snares'

Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Which continuum tracks did you vote for?

RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link

"Makes me wanna fuck shit up. It brings up the violent side of me, that needs to be released once in a while, in order to be tamed. I am sometimes a difficult person to deal with, but, alas, it is just the demons trying to get out."
--JP Almeida

Is this definitely in praise of 'Cherub Rock'.

Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:49 (nineteen years ago) link

Number of singles in bottom 51 that I actually bought as singles in the 1990s: 22. No complaints so far, then.

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link

40>Hardfloor - Acperience
36>De'Lacy – "Hideaway (Deep Dish mix)"
32>Tori Amos – "Professional Widow" (Armand Van Helden remix)
29>Rufige Kru - 'Terminator'
27>Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era – "Far Out"
25>The Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
24>The Prodigy - Everybody IN the Place
23>Beastie Boys – "Intergalactic"
22>Betty Boo – "Where Are You Baby?"
21>Daft Punk – "Da Funk"
20>The Future Sound of London - "Papua New Guinea"
19>The KLF - "Last Train to Trancentral"
18>Underworld - "Born Slippy NUXX"
17>Underworld - "King of Snake"
16>Underworld - Cowgirl
15>KLF and Tammy Wynette - "Justified and Ancient"
14>Altern8 - Activ8
13>Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance
12>Stardust - "Music Sounds Better With You"
11>The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
10>My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"
9>Basement Jaxx - "Rendez-Vu"
8>The Breeders - "Cannonball"
7>A Tribe Called Quest - "Award Tour"
6>Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker"
5>Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"
4>De La Soul – "A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays"
3>LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
2>Portishead - "All Mine"
1>Souls of Mischief - '93 'Til Infinity

i'm not sure why 'Everlong' is so high!

Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 8 November 2004 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Well, we both voted for the Prodigy, anyway.

1 Disco Inferno - "Summer's Last Sound"
2 Disco Inferno - "The Last Dance"
3 Orbital - "Chime"
4 Destiny's Child - "Bills, Bills, Bills"
5 New Order - "Regret"
6 Omni Trio - "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)"
7 Belle & Sebastian - "Stars of Track and Field"
8 My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"
9 The House Crew, "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)"
10 Saint Etienne - "He's on the Phone"
11 Urban Cookie Collective - 'The Key, The Secret'
12 Boo Radleys: Lazarus
13 Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song
14 Magnetic Fields - "100,000 Fireflies"
15 The Future Sound of London - "Papua New Guinea"
16 Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era – “Far Out”
17 Joey Beltram - "Energy Flash"
18 Madonna - "Ray of Light"
19 Pulp - "Babies"
20 The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
21 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre – “California Love”
22 The Prodigy - Everybody IN the Place
23 Massive Attack - "Karmacoma"
24 Missy Elliott - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
25 Orbital - "Belfast"
26 The KLF - "Last Train to Trancentral"
27 Pixies - "Alec Eiffel"
28 White Town – Your Woman
29 Blame - "2 Bad Mice Take You"
30 Avalanches - Electricity

RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't quite believe I didn't vote for Acperience.

RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link

i left out Omni Trio and House Crew because i figured they were shoe-ins already.

Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:12 (nineteen years ago) link

i've re-found my votes, and as i imagined, i'm sure i'd re-order them differently today. i've got a few in that 51-100

Jaunty Alan (Alan), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link

I'll own up now that I put a Sonic Youth track at number one. Do you recken that is out of the top 100? Ah well...

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link

my singles:

1. Freak Nasty – "Da Dip"
2. Bikini Kill - “Rebel Girl”
3. De La Soul – “A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays”
4. Madonna – “Deeper & Deeper”
5. Omni Trio - "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)"
6. Pulp - "Common People"
7. Joey Beltram - "Energy Flash"
8. Geto Boys - "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
9. Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"
10. White Town – “Your Woman”

cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link

I fear my crucial error was voting for "Scenario" near the bottom of my list. I bet it doesn't make it. :(

I suppose New Radicals isn't about to make it either :( :( :(

djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Did no one vote for Pepe Braddock's "Deep Burnt" ?

Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link

i did. 14 points.

:| (....), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Surprisingly low turnout (4?) for my choices so far. Will be interesting to see what happens in the upper 50.

01 The Hit Parade – Autobiography
02 Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
03 Boo Radleys - Lazarus
04 A Tribe Called Quest- Scenario
05 Underworld - Born Slippy NUXX
06 Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
07 The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
08 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
09 My Bloody Valentine - Soon
10 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre – California Love
11 Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy
12 The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
13 Blur – No Distance Left To Run
14 2 Bad Mice - Bombscare
15 Basement Jaxx - Rendez-Vu (74)
16 Daft Punk - Around the World
17 KLF and Tammy Wynette - Justified and Ancient
18 Pulp - Babies
19 Saint Etienne – You’re In A Bad Way (68)
20 Slowdive - Alison
21 De’Lacy – Hideaway (Deep Dish mix)
22 Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
23 Massive Attack – Angel (79)
24 Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) (62)
25 The Cardigans – Lovefool
26 Belle & Sebastian - The Stars of Track and Field
27 Ol' Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money
28 Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark
Garage Mix)
29 Dr. Dre – Keep Their Heads Ringin’
30 Beck - Loser

rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link

also, i still can't believe "Higher Than The Sun" wasn't nominated. major oversight and i feel just sick about it

rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link

I think we shouldn't be posting our respective lists on this thread yet ... if enough people do so then it will start to ruin the surprise ...

Eight of mine have appeared so far, including three of my top ten. I guessed that between 18-21 songs on my list would end up in the final 100 so things are basically on schedule.

More than ever, I'm getting the feeling that Pulp dominated this poll.

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link

About 8 of my choices have placed so far. Bizarre that the 3 Saint Et songs I voted for should place consecutively.

Jeff W (zebedee), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Someone should maybe start a separate thread for people posting their individual lists, like last time.

Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:49 (nineteen years ago) link

i think i deleted my copy of my ballot by accident :(

gear is there any way you can look up my ballot and tell me what i voted for???

artiste (artiste), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link


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