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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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...

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”

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 :( :( :(

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

i did. 14 points.

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

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

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.

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

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

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???

Someone should maybe start a separate thread for people posting their individual lists, like last time.
That would be good, then the people who don't want to partially spoil the surprise can avoid that thread until Friday.

Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
Mariah Carey - "Vision Of Love"
Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day"
New Radicals - "You Get What You Give"
Mary J. Blige - "Real Love"
Nirvana - Drain You
The Breeders - "Cannonball"
destiny's child - say my name
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Got Your Money"
White Town – “Your Woman”
Wu-Tang Clan - “C.R.E.A.M.”

I'm embarrassed by my list now, particularly because I forgot to include "Ride the train"

1. Omni Trio - "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)"
2. Geto Boys - "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
3. Marvelous Cain – “The Hitman”
4. Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Pt II
5. Remarc - “RIP”
6. Dead Dred – “Dread Bass”
7. Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
8. Foul Play – “Open Your Mind”
9. Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah & Nas - 'Verbal Intercourse'
10. Joey Beltram - "Energy Flash"

Only one of my top ten so far, but I figure Aaliyah, Beltram and Omni Trio are shoe ins.

i kinda wish people would post their personal lists on another thread. this ones gonna be a glut as is.

And the Geto Boys, of course.

xpost - I've just started another thread for people to put their lists on. I have saved the day.

I posted all the lists on this thread onto the other thread ...

teamwork! graci.

'this is hardcore' is not the best pulp single.

there's still half a list to go, dude! i have a feeling more will come

NO MORE LISTS PLEASE!

It is the best Pulp single, though.

post your lists here

ilm 90s singles poll - what did you vote for?
ilm 90s singles poll - what did you vote for?

I remember it as being a pretty disappointing single from a late follow up to their breakthrough album.

Yes, well.

ok, then.

not knowing how much time I'll have during the day, I'll drop in the 50-46 now and the next five later...

i love these lists though they really make me wonder why i love ILM so much. My taste excludes very little but does pretty much exclude poppy dance and dancey pop as well as "clever" pop.

#50

PULP - "Do You Remember the First Time?" (350 points, 22 votes)

http://www.mackers.com/pulpworld/pulp_rememberfirsttime.jpg

comments on this 'un?

If 'This Is Hardcore' is the eye of the storm, then 'Do You Remember The First Time?' is perhaps Pulp's eye of the duck.

"Oh Jesus it must be great, to be straight"

(I think I prefer 'Lipgloss', but still)

I actually think this is one of their weaker singles, but I must trumpet the BRILLIANCE of these lines, some of the very best Jarvis has ever written:
You say you've never been sure,
though it makes good sense for you to be together.
Still you bought a toy that can reach the places he never goes.

Actually, the bitterness implicit in the casually tossed off "It makes good sense for you to live together" line is great, yeah. I think it's the chorus that lets it down, maybe. It never meant that much to me.

(So far the best part of this thread is the bit upthread where half the readers were saying, "We shouldn't post lists to this thread" and the other half were all "HERE'S MY TOP TEN RANKED BY ABILITY TO MELT STILTON")

I really can't believe "C.R.E.A.M." was this low. It was my #2.

CREAM was in my top five, I think. "TROY" was my number two. Blah.

be grateful they're there at all, not sure mine will be

ditto (my top 5 at least, a good number of my picks have shown up)

"Do You Remember the First Time?" is a great single but it might not even be one of their ten best of the decade.

I guess we still have "Babies," "Disco 2000" and "Common People" at least to go before the list's end. We might only have "He's on the Phone" left from St. Etienne, at least.

Hey Jelousy Top 50! Could we be so lucky!

No, we really couldn't. I was hoping for 80s, 70s abs. tops.

Yeah, it's not happening.