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

Is that really what the 20th century sounded like?

pretty sure the idea wasn't to find the most representational tracks of the 20th century but the most liked by ILXors.

let's hope the aliens don't use this list as a reference guide when they arrive. whatever will they think of us :(

tbh, I think the results could've done with more variety in both styles and eras, but we get what we get.

i like the feel of the list so far, sure, there's the odd couple of things in there i don't get, but most of this stuff is undeniably great. really sorry 'purple haze' didn't find its way onto the noms list. i think it should be sitting where 'voodoo chile' is.

let's hope the aliens don't use this list ILX as a reference guide when they arrive. whatever will they think of us :(

Tuomas will hate this next one, maybe more than anything else on the poll. Conversely, Geir will do a backflip!

invisible touch

67. YES "Close to the Edge" (1972) [1,386 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6xNhksHyXI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WunYz7Io-68

so close

Here's what we've covered so far today. Back with more later...

76. DAVID BOWIE "Life on Mars?" (1973) [1,336 points, 13 votes]
75. BRIAN ENO "St. Elmo's Fire" (1975) [1,339 points, 12 votes]
74. ROXY MUSIC "Virginia Plain" (1972) [1,346 points, 12 votes]
73. IGGY & THE STOOGES "Search and Destroy" (1973) [1,351 points, 15 votes]
72. ELIS REGINA & ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM "Águas de Março" (1974) [1,352 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
71. THE ZOMBIES "Care of Cell 44" (1968) [1,355 points, 13 votes]
70. BIG STAR "Thirteen" (1972) [1,362 points, 14 votes]
69. TOM TOM CLUB "Genius of Love" (1981) [1,373 points, 16 votes]
68. JOY DIVISION "Transmission" (1979) [1,379 points, 14 votes]
67. YES "Close to the Edge" (1972) [1,386 points, 12 votes]

Finns vs. Norwegians - FITE!

Aguas de Marco is nice too. Anyone want to fill me in?

None of my tracks showed up today (except "Search and Destroy"), though there were lots of good ones. I've had 9 so far:

Henry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Claude Debussy — Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From Ipanema
Madonna — Into the Groove
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Velvet Underground — Heroin
Johnny Cash — Folsom Prison Blues
Iggy and The Stooges — Search and Destroy
Link Wray and His Ray Men — Rumble

According to my half-assed count, I voted for 18 pre-1950 tracks, plus a few more from the 50's. Still hoping to see a couple more of those showing up.

66. Minor Threat "Guilty of Being White" (1981) [1,456 points, 19 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0tzZ__Z5Qw

HEY NO FAKES!

(o i c)

sorry yeah i shdn't've

At least it made for a good observational jokey joke.

just like McKaye intended oh yes sure

i bet the minor threat song i did actually nominate didn't get many votes :(

i mean, even i didn't find space for it

Yep, "Close To The Edge" is absolutely brilliant. :) Although "Supper's Ready" is better. :)

That Minor Threat song I must admit I have never heard of, but it fit perfectly into the discussion right now.:)

Ah, the second track I voted for! Was VERY low on my ballot, though. I still love Yes, but I love them less now I've heard so much better shit done in the name of art-rock

and CTTE ain't their peak

but it's got some cool bits, so I threw it a few points, 2 more than I threw Hungry Like The Wolf

now screw y'all for voting CTTE but not Moon In June which is approx. 9892874982734729384702340237402378424023742 times better

:D When did you get into Soft Machine LJ?

DUDE

we're talking about my NUMBER ONE SONG OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND BY EXTENSION ALL TIME here

link to thread of much LJ spaffing: Soft Machine - "Moon In June": Classic Or Dud?

btw, sage that you are, you ended up being totally OTM about Awaken as Yes' finest hour - gave it way more points than CTTE :)

it's aight. to be honest i've only played "To Be Over" in the last 12 months I think. :D

played it a lot tho. Yacht Yes.

LJ, you can SB everyone on this thread because Moon in June got 1 vote.

and yeah, my dad had Third lying around the house and I listened to it when teenaged and my mind backflipped into infinity. Recently I listened to it again with a lyrics-page open and my mind backflipped once more. Actually, that song never fails to blow me away. Key listen was in the car, at night, aged about 18 fwiw

lol wtf you're all savages - although my proud ILX poll habit of a 1st-placer with no other votes lives on

To Be Over is great! Second-best track on their best album.

Re 'St Elmo's Fire' - I first heard it via a cover by the short-lived Uilab, only discovered last year that it was a cover

I think I heard the Uilab version first, too, which is one of the reasons why it didn't take my Eno slot. (Also, I don't think Uilab were ever intended to be anything other than a short-lived one cover supergroup - not that you're necessarily saying otherwise, just that 'short-lived' suggested a grief that they didn't run for longer.)

I already apologised upthread for forgetting to vote for 'Moon in June'. It was something I meant to include.

we're 1-1 for my Dr Who abstention, as similarly established :P

Yay for Big Star! sounds like that's it besides September Gurls but good to see two tracks at least.

(Also, I don't think Uilab were ever intended to be anything other than a short-lived one cover supergroup - not that you're necessarily saying otherwise, just that 'short-lived' suggested a grief that they didn't run for longer.)

Yep. Ui was with Sasha Frere-Jones, right? I'm sure I've heard some of Ui's other work, but I can't remember whether any of it was good.

Yeah, that's right - Uilab being Ui and Stereolab, for those who can't keep up. Haven't listened to Ui for a long time, but they definitely did some other good stuff, and I remember seeing them play and being impressed.

voted Transmission (third song from my ballot to make it so far) and love Genius of Love, Care of Cell 44 and St. Elmo's Fire.

this part of the list was kind of an white arty orgy. the only "race" record being Brazilian and Yes placing this high is only icing on the cake. stopped expecting cool things from this list frankly.

Not thrilled with this run, though I'm happy to see "Águas de Março."

'Transmission' was also the third from my ballot. Couldn't leave Joy Division off, sorry.

xp Fair point - though 70-79 is by far the whitest batch of 10 in the list.

wtf is a "race" record?

/bottle-opener

not white/European

yes, I'm a reverse racist. I want NIGGERS on this list!!!!

WHOA WTF, SB

ok who's sock?

think you mean "whose was the sock?"

lol

Glad to see yet another epic ILM poll crippled by stupid bullshit. Can't wait for the "fuck you" namecalling when we get to the top ten.

ok, it was a dumbass provocation. apologies. no more distasteful comments