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

I'd completely forgotten about that video!

feels like radiohead's stock has really fallen over the past few years but maybe that's just ilx contrarianism and/or critics fatigue

if creep places further down i will murder you all

Well, they used to be the Biggest Band in the World of All Time, or something like that. OK Computer is actually my least favourite album of theirs after the first one.

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but give you a sensual back massage beforehand

Was Creep nominated?

What I really really want is for Marlena Shaw and Peggy Lee to show up eventually. It will break my heart if they dont.

I guess this is the highest ranked Radiohead song in the poll?

I guess that's the only Curtis Mayfield song that we'll get as well. I forgot to vote any Curtis but my symbolic vote goes to this one:

http://i.imgur.com/odlZu.jpg

Paranoid Android is still an affecting track for me. 14 year old nostalgia helps too.

When I go back to '90s Radiohead now, it's almost always The Bends album. "Let Down" is about the only track on OK Computer I still care for.

it really is one of the most cinematic songs in existence. you can't listen to it without giving it your full attention and imagination. that said, i find it boring after 4 listenings.

59. KATE BUSH "Cloudbusting" (1985) [1,427 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRHA9W-zExQ

Yesterday I was going to predict 'hyperballad' and 'cloudbusting' appearing today but my internet went down. Will Kate Bush outnumber kraftwerk and perhaps even the beatles in this poll?

I kind of overdid it with OK Computer back when it was released and so participated in the backlash afterwards, but after going a good 6 or 7 years without listening to it, I've begun to appreciate it again lately. Paranoid Android is an awesome song really and by far the best on that album. I don't think I voted for it though.

this'd be my favorite song on the list thus far

kate probably has, and will probably have, the best music videos on the list as well imo

Kate Bush is like the UK Springsteen.

wtf

Voted for 4 Kate tracks, 2 more than anyone else. One I expect to see poll, the other probably not.

I thought it was Billy Bragg. xps

Wouldn't be in my top 5 Kate Bush songs, but still happy to see it here.

Would be in my top 5 songs from Hounds Of Love

57. (TIE) DR. DRE ft. SNOOP DOGG "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" (1992) [1,447 points, 14 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qkP8SvHvaU

Ok here's another easy prediction: The Beach Boys will outnumber and outrank the Beatles songs in this poll.

This is the last tie, btw. It's clear sailing all the way from 56 down to 1.

Love the opening 30 secs of this, and the rest really. 1,2,3 and to the 4

These guys show up in some poll like every single day!

Look how YOUNG Snoop is, damn. He's just a baby!

Excellent song all around, and appears almost exactly where I voted for it (#53).

really the last iconic rap tune. ok maybe that one by 50c is a contender.

no iconic rap tunes between 1992 and 2003??

"California Love" sure was.

I would argue "The Real Slim Shady" was also iconic.

Sugarhill Gang, people.

Between 1992 and 2003?!

"Regulate" too

"Gangsta's Paradise" too, for better or worse.

"get low"

"stay fly"

hypnotize?

Usher/Lil Jon's "Yeah!" was in the top 10 for like 100 weeks or something.

those are all great but name one you can play to an 8 year old and find that they recognize that song immediately

"get low"?

I'd have to think that "California Love" and "Regulate" are as recognizable as "Nothin But a G Thang" but I guess I could be wrong.

Perhaps I am out of touch with 8 year olds but I seriously doubt most 2nd graders have heard "Nuthin but a G Thang".

but my opinion doesn't actually bear research, it's more of a definition "imo" statement from general observance in my lyfe

Depends on the 8 year-old.

57. (TIE) NINA SIMONE "Sinnerman" (1965) [1,447 points, 14 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn5tiuZU4JI

"a milli"?

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Gotta say, my 7 year old son loves music but would never recognize any of those. Maybe next year?

And to think I imagined he'd be just like that little kid in the video...