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

number of songs that i voted for that have made an appearance: 0

what's going on here?

though 10 bands that i voted for have appeared with different songs. hmmm

Saw already on the nomination list that it was the wrong track from "In The Court Of The Crimson King". I might have voted for the awesome title track, and also love "Epitaph" and "Moonchild". All three wonderful examples of early symphonic rock at its very best. Never understood the deal about "21th Centry Schizoid Man" though.

Four to show so far from my hundred:

11: Across 110th Street
14: You Keep Me Hangin' On
16: Go Your Own Way
unranked: Paint It Black

I know I voted for "I'm Not In Love" and also believe I voted for "Surf's Up". Nothing else from my 100 though.

Oh, and "Wuthering Height" may have been in my ballot, although I believe it was cut when only the 100 were left.

this is the 90's version of "I'm Not In Love" that I like
(also I agree with geir about not understanding the deal with 21SCM - why did you not mention "I talk to the Wind"?)

I voted for all these songs:

122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
118. LINK WRAY & HIS RAY MEN "Rumble" (1958) [1,170 points, 12 votes]
112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 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]
104. RON GRAINER & DELIA DERBYSHIRE "Theme From 'Dr. Who'" (1963) [1,219 points, 12 votes]
99. (TIE) KING CRIMSON "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969) [1,223 points, 12 votes]
99. (TIE) MOTT THE HOOPLE "All the Young Dudes" (1972) [1,223 points, 12 votes]

The fact that these all placed so low worries me that the higher up the ballot goes the less my own tastes will be represented...

Also, fuck y'all Cortez the Killer haterz. That song is epic and great, who cares if the lyrics are a little historically inaccurate - its true for the most part that the indigenous population were not accustomed to the kind of total war Cortez waged on them and yes, part of the song is obviously being sung by Cortez. If you're going to accuse Neil Young of crypto-racism I'm gonna have to resort to SBs...

actually CTK is a rly good song by any standards I gotta say

Can't wait to bookmark this when it's finished

I refuse to bookmark it until it is finished

I've only had three votes appear so far but I can get into almost everything that's placed, apart from Springsteen and Mott the Hoople (there are 50 Beatles songs that are better than "All the Young Dudes").

i too can get into everything that's placed except for mott the hoople and bobby womack, who i honestly don't know much about. also, i'm predisposed to find the anthemic side of bruce springsteen a bit irksome, though i love a lot of his stuff.

didn't realise ppl were so anti 10CC : (

I didn't know enough people were into them to vote for them besides Geir! Maybe the same people voted "Year of the Cat" into the top 100s.

oh man Year of the Cat is a great song!

there are 50 Beatles songs that are better than "All the Young Dudes"

It's this kind of nonsense that makes me wish I'd created a weighted ballot with Mott the Hoople at the top of the list.

However Bowie meant the song, the Mott version is a call to arms for freaks and weirdos. I find it completely inspiring.

yeah, "year of the cat" came way closer to making my cut than "i'm not in love"

Great list so far imo. I don't dislike any of these trax & outright love about 75%. I honestly have no idea what chance most of the other songs I voted for have of placing.

I voted for:
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125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes] - My ballot: unranked
123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes] - My ballot: unranked
112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes] - My ballot: #22
110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes] - My ballot: #32
99. (TIE) THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (1968) [1,223 points, 12 votes] - My ballot: #17

Ten other tracks were by artists I voted for elsewhere.

I was not familiar w but really dig:
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122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]
113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]
107. BOBBY WOMACK "Across 110th Street" (1972) [1,203 points, 11 votes]

oh man Year of the Cat is a great song!

Time Passages 4EVA!!!!!!

I voted fer:

120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 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]
102. TALKING HEADS "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (1983) [1,221 points, 10 votes]

I can hardly believe I neglected to throw some points at "Folsom Prison Blues". I did vote for a few of the artists that have made it so far, but not these songs in particular.

that 3 minute short version of Jenny Ondioline does sound kind of unimpressive when compared to the much longer LP version

― peter in montreal, Monday, November 29, 2010 10:52 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

this is otm. I've always considered the full-length version to be a worthy sequel to "Hallogallo" by Neu!, but to get the full hypnotic effect, you've got to commit to the 18 minutes. The extended length of the droney parts really increases the payback of the melodic sections.

3 of mine have made it so far:

Born To Run
Ace Of Spades
Voodoo Child

knowing something about the production of "I'm Not in Love" and how much it's more or less without precedent helps one appreciate it imo

payback - er.. payoff

xxp

Saw already on the nomination list that it was the wrong track from "In The Court Of The Crimson King". I might have voted for the awesome title track, and also love "Epitaph" and "Moonchild". All three wonderful examples of early symphonic rock at its very best. Never understood the deal about "21th Centry Schizoid Man" though.

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro),

We rarely agree Geir but I'm with you on this one. I didn't vote for any KC in the end, tho, so it's not ok for me to complain.

genuine apols for not adding to the Doctor Who tally.

Totally expected This Must Be the Place to be higher tbh.

Yeah, I regret the Delia Derbyshire and the Johnny Cash omissions, as well as the Supremes, who must have stayed in contention for my final 100 'til the last few seconds.

I was not familiar w but really dig:
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122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]
...
107. BOBBY WOMACK "Across 110th Street" (1972) [1,203 points, 11 votes]

Really? You hadn't heard these before?!

Hi guys, just had a quick skim of your thread, looks fun, won't staying as I don't want to have to SB a couple of dozen people in one go. Enjoy yourselves!

Ha ha, glad you're not staying then!

(I mean, genuinely confused, why would you want to ban people for talking about their favourite music, however awkward they/we might express it?)

wouldn't claim to speak for mr vague but i would think that it's more the people bitching about other peoples' favourite music that is the problem

all the young dudes makes me smiley but i didn't even consider voting for it (or any bowie).

just realised that i did in fact vote for 'my favorite things'. that makes one so far in that case.

Was totally racking my brains last night trying to figure out what it was that sampled the opening twenty seconds of 'Across 110th Street'.

* "Across 110th Street"
Ghostface Killah ft Tekitha - "Walking through the Darkness"
Tim Dog - "Bronx Nigga"

Ghostface Killah ft Tekitha - "Walking through the Darkness"

^ that is exactly what I was thinking of. Off the Ghost Dog soundtrack yeah?

It's on Bulletproof Wallets, one of Ghostface's best songs.

Yeah, it's a great track.

Only one track so far that I've never heard - the Miles Davis - and nothing so far that I'd rate lower than 6/10.

This is a fine selection methinks. Could have happily allocated points to virtually all of these in different circumstances. I seem to recall that I actually did vote for Ipanema, Ondioline, Cortez, Dr Who and Naive Melody.

Turns out that "I'm not in love" is a great headphones track - YouTube over laptop speakers doesn't do it justice.

i've always found 'i'm not in love' adds poignancy when it pops up in a movie scene or something, but it seems to come up a bit short when it has to make up all the yards itself. that corny, corny clip doesn't help much.

more hits, johnny

Coming up...

Woop! I was in danger of getting some work done...

98. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND "Heroin" (1967) [1,231 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xcwt9mSbYE

hell of a way to start the day's count

Didn't vote for this, but yeah.

To be perfectly honest, I don't listen to VU a whole lot. But when I put one of the records on (especially & Nico), I'm surprised by how well I remember every moment of them.

97. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "Juicy" (1994) [1,266 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxiKwXhR_0w