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

Nothing?

Maybe people are at lunch.

I didn't vote for Juicy nor is it among my favourite tunes of all time, but it's nice to see some rap after a long string of Old Fogey Rock.

I wonder what other rappers are gonna break it to the top 100? PE and Wu most likely, possibly Nas too. Any others?

I always wonder what was going through my mom's mind when I excitedly played Heroin for her after first listening to VU & Nico freshman year of college.

"The Message" xp

Had never heard Juicy before...don't really see the fuss but I know it's considered canon.

"It Takes Two" xp

Love the Velvets and Biggie to pieces(though I didn't vote for these songs)

"Heroin" is another one I voted for. It's placed too low here. "Juicy" is nice to see, though there are several other tracks I prefer off of Ready to Die (maybe the best album of the 90's).

true that (the Ready To Die bit)

96. BOB DYLAN "Tangled Up in Blue" (1975) [1,268 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM

Blood on the Tracks is probably my favourite Dylan album, so yay. Voted for "If you see her, say hello" rather than this, though.

amazing no doubt. Big fan, but still avoided Dylan on my ballot

I put "If You See Her, Say Hello" on a break-up mix I sent to a girl who dumped me once. SMOOVE.

Maybe people are at lunch.

I like the idea that ILM is something you do during office hours only.

(not quite your point, I know)

Also, woah at the concept of "break-up mix".

I know, right? Fortunately, we're still friends. Not too long ago, she read the tracklist for the cd to me and a) I didn't remember half of the songs and b) cringed at the half I did remember. I wasn't going for quality, just randomly putting anything on there that had a "you squished my heart" sentiment.

94. (TIE) NIRVANA "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) [1,275 points, 12 votes]

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

Terrible, but I guess inevitable.

xpost Yeah I was going to say a break up mix is an interesting idea. Was the compilation meant to win her back or just show how much you were hurting?

I'm not really a Dylan fan at all but Tangled Up In Blue is a really good song.

I'm glad to see "Smells Like Teen Spirit" here (I voted for it), though huge overplay has significantly hurt its impact today. Still a great song though.

Yeah, it was a totally self-indulgent self-pitying mix to show her I was a broken man. Not my finest hour. xp

do you remember the tracklist?

Terrible, but I guess inevitable.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:10 PM (4 minutes ago)

Is this a reaction to Nirvana being in the list or the low position?

image of dave grohl & his kit on that youtube frame is astounding, want to paint it like 8x12

True story: when she was a teen, a friend of mine made a friend of hers a mixtape after she'd broken up with a boyfriend, and on that tape every other track was "Everybody Hurts" by REM. Like, first it had some sad song, then "Everybody Hurts", then some other sad song, then "Everybody Hurts" again, etc.

lol

(at the concept, not at her heartbreak)

"here. if you don't feel bad enough about your breakup, you might try listening to this tape."

do you remember the tracklist?

I've already forgotten it again, but I do remember putting "I Know You Love Me" by Smoking Popes on there. WHAT A PRESUMPTUOUS MOVE.

breakups are a key ingredient for a transcendent listening experience

This next track is SOLID FUCKING GOLD...

breakups are a key ingredient for a transcendent listening experience

sadly true

94. (TIE) CAMEO "Word Up" (1986) [1,275 points, 12 votes]

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

YES!!!

YES!!!

hell yes. first song i voted for to show today (though i voted for others songs by some of those artists)

Didn't actually vote for it, but it's a monster and it' making me feel real good about this list

xpost I remember making a tape for a friend who had their heartbroken when I was younger. I can remember it started with Speedway Morrissey then had Mellow my Mind by Neil Young and somewhere on there it had Holocaust by Big Star. Looking back it seems I just wanted to make her feel worse, I should have gone for the everything's going to be okay angle.

So good to Cameo make it. If anyone hasn't already heard it the whole album is ridiculously good. I actually might like the follow up single Candy more.

Word Up is my fourth choice to appear after The Beach Boys, Prince and Kate Bush.

Yay!! Voted this. Strangely even though I have much love for it I have never felt compelled to search out any other Cameo stuff except 'Single Life'(?)

Oh no I meant Candy is the only other Cameo I've heard.

This is the first one to show up that I feel genuine regret not voting for. Just didn't notice it on the nomination list.

hoping we'll get something, anything, from the first half of the century

Not sure they had music back then.

musical butter churns and shit

the world wasn't even in color back then

93. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL "Fortunate Son" (1969) [1,276 points, 14 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I

I don't think I ever realized how short this song is until I looked at the lengths on the youtube videos. Could anyone get away with a 2:18 single these days?

if it's as good as this, hell yeah

I voted Big Mama Thornton, Duke Ellington and Claude Debussy... not sure if there were any other pre-1950s on my ballot. Starting to lose hope of seeing them around here but anything could happen.

they sure pack a ton of storytelling and emotion into that 2:18 too.