ILM POLLS THE 20TH CENTURY'S BEST TRACKS ››› YOUR RESULTS THREAD ‹‹‹

To recap

125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes]
124. FLEETWOOD MAC "Go Your Own Way" (1977) [1,155 points, 10 votes]
123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes]
122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]
120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 votes]
119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]
118. LINK WRAY & HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958) [1,170 points, 12 votes]
117. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Born to Run" (1975) [1,175 points, 10 votes]
116. PRINCE "Controversy" (1981) [1,176 points, 9 votes]
115. THE BEACH BOYS "Surf's Up" (1971) [1,184 points, 10 votes]
114. THE ROLLING STONES "Paint it Black" (1966) [1,185 points, 12 votes]
113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]
112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes]
111. JOHN COLTRANE "My Favorite Things" (1961) [1,195 points, 12 votes]
110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]
109. KATE BUSH "Wuthering Heights" (1978) [1,197 points, 13 votes]
108. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Cortez the Killer" (1975) [1,198 points, 11 votes]
107. BOBBY WOMACK "Across 110th Street" (1972) [1,203 points, 11 votes]
106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]

Agree CtK isn't racist, more a case of "I don't know anything about the Aztecs but I'll write a song about them anyway".

it's racist in a good way, cause he thinks they were a lot nicer than they actually were

can't remember if I voted for that kraftwerk track but it's a good one. Then again they almost all are.

That was the Kraftwerk one I went for. Good list!

Again, I only used that term about his Jamaican(?) accent in that clip (does he only do that on the Live Rust version? I can't remember) Have no idea how to unpack the itself song. xps

I think the only time I've ever heard Cortez the Killer was Built to Spill's live version. /indie

Marissa Nadler does a nice cover that I actually prefer over the original.

I dunno, even the accent in that video just seems sorta goofy to me; not sure what to make of it

Off my list so far:

122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]
120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 votes]
113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]
110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]
106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]

Mmmm... will we get any classical love further on? Splitting the poll into 1900-1950 / 1951-1999 would've been interesting.

Woah - Just listening to Live Rust properly for the first time, that "Jamaican accent" bit is extra bizarre.

lol, I didn't vote

^ despite my numerous pleas for you to!

My Kraftwerk pick was fairly abitrary as it was very difficult to choose. I figured they'd have at least one entry, and to be honest I'd be surprised if 'Computer Love' was the only one that gets in.

Getz/Gilberto still my only vote so far, but I'm liking the look of the list. Nothing before 1950 yet, though.

Woah - Just listening to Live Rust properly for the first time, that "Jamaican accent" bit is extra bizarre.

Phew, glad it's not just me then. That version was the first one I heard, and here was this white guy singing about the wrongs of Spanish imperialism in Mexico in a comedy West Indian accent and I just had no idea what to make of that AT ALL.

*wishes he'd done this on that other thread now instead of spoiling Johnny's poll*

Naw, it's cool. The more actual discussion there is, the less of a chance the youtube embeds have to cluster up and freeze people's browsers.

What do people think of how canon the poll is so far? It doesn't even seem like an ilx specific part of the canon and yet... it seems very appropriate. Some things are recognised for a reason etc.

none of my songs appeared yet but I generally dig this list. Wish I helped Coltrane, Cash, Paint It Black and even Computer Love.

good to see N.W.A., Bobby Womack and especially Rumble place.

Only song I didn't know is the Stereolab one. Doesn't sound bad at all.

Seems like we can expect some mad Prince/Beach Boys/Neil Young?/Kraftwerk action in the top 100 (this is the end for the Pixies I hope)

Ace of Spades, The Girl From Ipanema and I'm Not in Love make for great variety. But I wouldn't mind if this was the last we saw from those genres.

I bumped the 2 jazz songs into the top 125. Lazy-ass ballot redeemed.

Yeah, that faux-Jamaican bit does sound weird and uncomfortable now, but I'm guessing he was influenced by Uk punk's reggae dalliance and did it innocently at the time. I heart Neil, but the lyrics on CtK are some of his most awkward: "they lifted many stones", lol. Like when you're a kid and you have to write a poem for English class and you force the rhyme!

Also very happy Bobby Womack's in there.

Ha, I think I read that Neil actually did write 'Cortez' as a poem for his class at school! The lyric would only really make sense to me if Cortez himself were the narrator for the whole thing - despite the splendour of the 'I know she's living there' verse, I don't think he is. I know Cortez grieved as he destroyed Tenochtitlán, but I wouldn't be confident that Neil did.

Enjoy your parkour, Johnny. btw what is the indie-ish song that lifts the melody from 'Computer Love'?

coldplay "talk"

Ha, that's interesting, IK. Yeah I get very confused by the narrative in many of Neil's songs. "Powderfinger" is another one. Having said that, I've always found "he came dancing across the water" (when not sung in a fake Caribbean accent!) extremely chilling.

3 of mine so far... Prince, Miles, and of course Stereolab's best song Jenny Ondioline. Fuck off Tuomas, you clothed-ear Geir imitator. That song is better than any single thing on your ballot as far as I'm concerned.

I get the feeling based on what I've heard that I'd get quite a lot out of Stereolab...

@acoleuthic: My two favourite Stereolab tracks by far are Animal or Vegetable and Metronomic Underground. (Spotify links because the first one is too long for YouTube, and I assume you have Spotify). I'd have voted for either if they'd been nominated.

I listened to Metronomic Underground earlier!! Found it to be a giant trippy massing pulsing thing with a cool hip-hop break. Will give some other stuff a listen. Like how there's usually at least one epic amidst each of their albums.

seandalai otm re: the two best things stereolab ever did. a shame neither of those tracks was nominated.

Hmmm... I am afraid, to a lot of us, with all those Youtube vids, this thread may be dangerously heavily packed for a lot of us Vista users........

Listening to "Metronomic Underground", and it's much better than the Stereolab song upthread. It's still not my favourite thing in the world (never understood bands who want to use "real" instruments to do what sounds essentially like imitation of electronic music), but at least this tune has a nice groove.

Geir, maybe use bookmarks and just go to where you left off reading the last time?

If you turn off pics in ILX's "preferences", Youtube embeds turn to links -> problem solved.

i actually *didn't* vote for 'cortez' specifically because of that accent on the live version. it's the little things when you're trying to cut down to 100 songs.

looking forward to 105 more opportunities for tuomas to outgeir geir

Wow, I like everything in the list so far, good work everyone. Five from my ballot in already:

119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]
116. PRINCE "Controversy" (1981) [1,176 points, 9 votes]
115. THE BEACH BOYS "Surf's Up" (1971) [1,184 points, 10 votes]
111. JOHN COLTRANE "My Favorite Things" (1961) [1,195 points, 12 votes]
106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]

Saddened by the anti-'I'm Not In Love' sentiments upthread, one of the greatest songs ever in terms of bringing studio experimentalism into pop. As dreamy as any shoegaze/drone song too.

105. THE SUPREMES "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966) [1,216 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw

This was one of my very last cuts, so I'm very glad to see that it made the list anyways.

Geir, maybe use bookmarks and just go to where you left off reading the last time?

Yeah, finally using bookmarks completely revolutionized my ILX experience!

If you turn off pics in ILX's "preferences", Youtube embeds turn to links -> problem solved.

― Tuomas, Monday, November 29, 2010 3:17 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they link you to awkward YT pages with the video taking up the whole browser window instead of the usual YouTube pages for videos, though, which kinda blows imo

Yes, the third of mine to show - wonderful tune, even if I prefer the Vanilla Fudge version

(I don't really)

love the supremes song and bobby womack, didn't vote for them but happy they made it

Yeah. I didn't vote for the Supremes but happy to have them here.

Shit!!!

I should have voted for this. It would've probably push it in the top 100

"In 1966 I was appalled when a writer claimed "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was a better record than "Like A Rolling Stone," but it might be true."

Greil Marcus 100% otm

the shitty covers do ruin the song's reputation though.

104. RON GRAINER & DELIA DERBYSHIRE "Theme From 'Dr. Who'" (1963) [1,219 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvr5VboD66c

TOO LOW

I mean seriously TOO GODDAMN LOW.

First time I ever heard it was two minutes ago, tbh.

haha wait, awesome