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

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

I haven't got the time to read this entire thread, so I just wanted to say thanks to whoever's doing the playlist. Awesome work, making my work day considerably more bearable.

Jesus Christ Johnny, cue up some Mantovani already so we can all just chill.

that Minor Threat track was not a good one to dump on us and then leave for two hours.

A lot of my votes showing up here: Virginia Plain (which is a glam stomper, but such an unutterably weird one), Search & Destroy (the song that launched a thousand mixtapes; at least, I began a passel of mixtapes with this song in the early 90s when I was literally driven somewhat nuts by it), Cell 44, which is perfect in every way, and Life on Mars which again is nearly perfect to my ears (though the line [and the delivery of] "Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow" clangs a clunky tone for me which lands the song just a yard short of heaven).

First real disappointments in this last run, too: "Genius of Love" derailed my favourite concert movie of all time and will never be forgiven for it (also, it's a shitty song IMO) and while I appreciate the impact that Minor Threat had on millions of puritan virgins, I burden them in my mind (in my eyes?) with the sins of a thousand humourless assholes.

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Was thinking this morning about the various ways one could vote a list like this and considered that my personal 100 of the 20th century - that is, the 100 songs that have had the most impact on me and which I hold most dear in my secret heart - would look almost nothing like the 100-song mixtape that I would make to represent the century. And neither would look much like the ballot I sent in.

"Genius of Love" derailed my favourite concert movie of all time and will never be forgiven for it (also, it's a shitty song IMO)

What do you consider fun?

The Minor Threat track was a joke by Noodle Vague btw - the only MT track in the poll came 1202nd.

oh good.

xpost Fool me once, shame on... shame on ...

xxpost Fun isn't in my vocabulary. I only like songs that are deadly serious.

Voted for "Águas de Março" on the back of the Campaigning thread, really happy to see it here.

― seandalai, Wednesday, December 1, 2010 5:01 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

:) :) :) :)

^^^now that screen name takes the cake. and eats it too.

:) :) :) :)

First real disappointments in this last run, too: "Genius of Love" derailed my favourite concert movie of all time and will never be forgiven for it (also, it's a shitty song IMO)

plus, if you wanna be a pedant about it, "Genius of Love" had to be on there so Byrne could change into the big suit. total 'motivation of the device' (but it's a moot point because it's actually a completely awesome song and u should be grateful for every chance in your life you get to hear it)

Yes because disliking "Genius of Love" is infinitely more ban-worthy than dropping the N-word.

also, those early Rub Radio hip-hop playlists taught me that lots of dudes were into rapping over that record when it came out, with generally awesome results (cf. Carey & Jones 1995)

xpost uh dude it was a good-natured joke, I didn't sban anyone (not even sure how to??)

you click suggest bans, you nobber

yeah but why would I even—

to sb white people who drop the n bomb

and lj

Okay, I'm back sooner than planned on because...whoa I can't leave you people unsupervised!