Above all else however - thank you thank you thank you for giving me the chance to hear John Coltrane 'My Favorite Things'. Incredible!
― Hey Christian, Poulsen Sugar On Me (pandemic), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Other than Wire, Eno and possibly Autobahn I don't know where this coldness and distance is being manifested. Kate Bush and Queen/Bowie for example are supremely emotionally engaged records.
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
GIL SCOTT-HERON "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
surprised how w/e this was, it's a totally rote litany of 60s/70s black militarism shtick of its time
wouldn't give it props for ~influence~ alone
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
14. Just like the girl in Cyprus Avenue
123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" 117. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Born to Run" 99. (TIE) THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 98. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND "Heroin" 96. BOB DYLAN "Tangled Up in Blue" 94. (TIE) NIRVANA "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 93. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL "Fortunate Son" 92. THE VINCE GUARALDI TRIO "Linus and Lucy" 91. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS "Pressure Drop" 88. WIRE "Outdoor Miner" 81. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Soon"79. (TIE) LED ZEPPELIN "When the Levee Breaks"52. CHEAP TRICK "Surrender" 51. DOLLY PARTON "Jolene"
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm wondering what the poll would look like if we cut out all multiple-entry bands except their top result, and then shifted up the next lot of results into the top 125.
nakhchivan, what about the FLUTE?
― emil.y, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Joy Division and New Order are pretty cold, Bowie can be, and Kraftwerk doesn't have a warm cell in their collective bodies. xps
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
hey kind poll-runners could you send me an ilx mail with my ballot when you get time? I didn't save it first.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Autobahn yes, but Computer Love is heartbreakingly warm, agree Bowie/NO/JD can be but not on the entries here.
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
xp to sleeve: sent
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Why do all you Europeans hate warmth? Is it because you're jealous of America's freedom?
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
― emil.y, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:15 (2 minutes ago)
rite, i listened to a different version
still, not all that but i can see why ppl voted for it
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey, I'm European! And I Love frredom!
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
freedom
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
aren't u a socialist?
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Johnny, you're not complaining about coldness here are you?
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
imo "Folsom Prison Blues" is probz the greatest track to ever come out of the heyday of Sun Studios. A line like "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" would get bleeped on radio/Mtv these days.― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever)
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever)
That's a different type of coldness, there's plenty of emotion in Johnny Cash.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
hey everyone
we don't need a running tally of what you voted for -- make a separate thread for ballot posting or something
― jagger reupholstered my pussy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
that's ~cold~
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm looking forward to a warm top ten filled with Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Magazine and the greatest song of the last century, Blue Monday
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait. So Joy Division/New Order don't do emotion??
― Hey Christian, Poulsen Sugar On Me (pandemic), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Threads for ballot posting are to see the full spectrum of your votes and what you wish had made it. Posting a running count is part of the discussion of the actual poll - what you're repping for the hardest. Otherwise it'd just be full of bitching and nothing else.
xposts to J0rdan
― emil.y, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Things what I voted for which have made it:
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]103. THE KINKS "You Really Got Me" (1964) [1,220 points, 12 votes]102. TALKING HEADS "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (1983) [1,221 points, 10 votes]94. (TIE) CAMEO "Word Up" (1986) [1,275 points, 12 votes]92. THE VINCE GUARALDI TRIO "Linus and Lucy" (1964) [1,280 points, 13 votes]84. CLAUDE DEBUSSY "Clair de Lune" (1905) [1,301 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]63. M|A|R|R|S "Pump Up the Volume" (1987) [1,402 points, 15 votes]57. (TIE) NINA SIMONE "Sinnerman" (1965) [1,447 points, 14 votes]55. QUEEN ft. DAVID BOWIE "Under Pressure" (1981) [1,475 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]54. PET SHOP BOYS "West End Girls" (1985) [1,491 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]51. DOLLY PARTON "Jolene" (1973) [1,493 points, 17 votes]
Hmm, 13. Coincidentally, I didn't vote for Big Star's "Thirteen" like I thought I had. Oops.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
'I will drug you and read you my vote list/on the permafrost'
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll post this list after we're done...though it won't change the overall flavour of the results, I think it gives a nicer list. I'm going to stick my head out here and say pretty much every second (and third) track by a single band on the list is redundant in a sense. As an absolute rule, this is of course nonsense*, but if you've heard one Wire/Prince/Kraftwerk/late-period-Beach-Boys song you have a pretty good idea of where they fit in 20th-century music and why they're awesome.
* Sticking with the Beach Boys as an example, "Surf's Up" and "California Girls" would complement each other rather than contribute redundancy.
― seandalai, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
― jagger reupholstered my pussy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:27 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
or maybe wait til the end or near the end? that's what i'm gonna do.
― My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro) (some dude), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I agree with the tally-posting-is-lame sentiment, even though I just did it.
― seandalai, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
It's the third day and I hadn't done it yet, so I was genuinely curious.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
16 of my picks so far, um did anyone else vote for Magma - De Futura?
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, there were other votes for De Futura.
― seandalai, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Wednesday, December 1, 2010 1:12 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark
my point is being misconstrued. i originally mentioned ILX's predilection for elegant, cerebral art pop that indulges in or feigns histrionic emotionalism, even outright sentimentality (or else is robotically cold, a la kraftwerk). i'm not objecting to the dominance of the ILX house style because it is unemotional, but because the dominance is itself tedious.
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
2 wtf moments for me from today's results:
'under pressure' and that horrible, cloying cheap trick song.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:47 (4 minutes ago)
that's hardly a 'dominant' tranche of this list however you cut it
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
ILX's predilection for elegant, cerebral art pop that indulges in or feigns histrionic emotionalism, even outright sentimentality (or else is robotically cold, a la kraftwerk)
I think your point is being misconstrued because why not just say 'elegant, cerebral art pop'? Although I would still take issue about whether all the bands you listed are in fact that, at least it would make sense. Because right now you seem to be saying '...art pop that is either emotional or not'.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry if it annoys you Jordan but I didn't keep a text copy of my ballot and doing my own recap helps me see how many songs on my ballot have appeared so far.
21/100
122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]120. HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER "Moon River" (1961) [1,165 points, 9 votes]113. MILES DAVIS "Shhh/Peaceful" (1969) [1,186 points, 11 votes]110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]104. RON GRAINER & DELIA DERBYSHIRE "Theme From 'Dr. Who'" (1963) [1,219 points, 12 votes]84. CLAUDE DEBUSSY "Clair de Lune" (1905) [1,301 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]83. PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION "Kiss" (1986) [1,308 points, 14 votes]81. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Soon" (1991) [1,313 points, 11 votes]79. (TIE) LED ZEPPELIN "When the Levee Breaks" (1971) [1,313 points, 13 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]69. TOM TOM CLUB "Genius of Love" (1981) [1,373 points, 16 votes]65. BJÖRK "Hyperballad" (1995) [1,397 points, 13 votes]63. M|A|R|R|S "Pump Up the Volume" (1987) [1,402 points, 15 votes]61. GIL SCOTT-HERON "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (1971) [1,412 points, 14 votes]59. KATE BUSH "Cloudbusting" (1985) [1,427 points, 13 votes]57. (TIE) NINA SIMONE "Sinnerman" (1965) [1,447 points, 14 votes]53. NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD "Some Velvet Morning" (1967) [1,492 points, 17 votes]51. DOLLY PARTON "Jolene" (1973) [1,493 points, 17 votes]
― Moka, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
sad to see what's missing from the countdown. more interested now to see what placed 500-125. the rest of the list will not produce many surprises i wager.
― xavi hoarder type (whatever), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Its like Jordan's plea went completely unviewed. I have to agree that its annoying to see these lists cluttering up an already packed thread.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
well, stick an "often" in there if it pleases you.
if you'll forgive the redundancy and for purposes of clarification: i'm talking about the dominance of a cerebral, literary and often somewhat ironically distanced strain of experimental/art pop that equally often tends to emotionalism, the sentiment and intellectualism coexisting happily when they must. this was typically (though not always) guitar driven rock music prior to the late 70s, but becomes increasingly electronic and dance-oriented thereafter. it frequently displays a fascination with repetition, abstraction and the cultivation of atmosphere as an end in itself, though it remains steadfastly pop. it places a premium on aesthetic sophistication and elegance, though it can be quite fierce and even violent within those constraints.
for example: joy division, new order, bowie, eno, roxy music, pet shop boys, kraftwerk, radiohead, bjork, kate bush, wire, the smiths
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i make the point about emotionalism and coldness because i'm talking not about the entire universe of art pop, which includes a great many other strains, but about a specific thread, and this thread, for whatever reason, gravitates to the poles of wrenching sentiment and icy intellection. the tension between these poles is what makes a song like "computer world" interesting, and this tension seems like a dominant theme in the music i'm discussing.
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
basically you're saying that low-grade aspergers informs our musical tastes
― pluperfect (del), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry I haven't been able to join in, but I wanted to listen to them all in order without spoilers and I can't do it in real time. This is really, really great though, thanks a bunch again for putting it together.
I'd never heard 'Sinnerman' before, but good lord what a song! Miles beyond anything else in the rundown so far imo, and now that I've heard it the only one there that might genuinely be the best track of the century.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow! Can't believe you never heard of Sinnerman before. Heard any other Nina Simone tracks? I honestly thought that one would make it to the top 20.
― Moka, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyway if you like that one I'd recommend: Funkier than a mosquito's tweeter, See-line Woman, Love Me or Leave Me, I ain't got no.
― Moka, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
She's totally passed me by, but not for much longer I see. I thought 'Sinnerman' was familiar when I heard the tinkly intro (gets used in a car ad here if I'm right) but nothing to prepare me for what was about to drop - you don't get a pleasure like that very often.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
fourteen for me
125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes]125. JOHNNY CASH "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) [1,153 points, 13 votes]123. MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" (1980) [1,159 points, 13 votes]122. STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) [1,160 points, 11 votes]112. N.W.A "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) [1,195 points, 11 votes]110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]
94. (TIE) CAMEO "Word Up" (1986) [1,275 points, 12 votes]86. AL GREEN "Let's Stay Together" (1971) [1,299 points, 14 votes]85. MADONNA "Into the Groove" (1985) [1,300 points, 12 votes]81. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Soon" (1991) [1,313 points, 11 votes]77. KRAFTWERK "Autobahn" (1974) [1,331 points, 12 votes]
66. GETO BOYS "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" (1991) [1,395 points, 13 votes]61. GIL SCOTT-HERON "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (1971) [1,412 points, 14 votes]53. NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD "Some Velvet Morning" (1967) [1,492 points, 17 votes]51. DOLLY PARTON "Jolene" (1973) [1,493 points, 17 votes]
― the 'Friends' experiment (Pillbox), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I've had ten place so far. Will protect delicate souls by not listing 'em, but the highest by a distance was my no.4 'Move On Up' - much as I love that, it seems like kiddies' stuff after Nina.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
(7/75)106. KRAFTWERK "Computer Love" (1981) [1,209 points, 10 votes]92. THE VINCE GUARALDI TRIO "Linus and Lucy" (1964) [1,280 points, 13 votes]89. THE BEATLES "Penny Lane" (1967) [1,290 points, 11 votes]75. BRIAN ENO "St. Elmo's Fire" (1975) [1,339 points, 12 votes]72. ELIS REGINA & ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM "Águas de Março" (1974) [1,352 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]67. YES "Close to the Edge" (1972) [1,386 points, 12 votes]59. KATE BUSH "Cloudbusting" (1985) [1,427 points, 13 votes]
the happiest thing to show up which I didn't vote for is Bjork
plus will someone turn off the commentary for kornrulez6969?
― more like "Age of Nadz" (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Loved 'Águas de Março' btw, it was a joy. I knew it from covers but not the original.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
the biggest disappointment so far (besides not having better Nirvana, King Crimson, Fleetwood Mac, and Cheap Trick tracks) is Radiohead - Paranoid Android
That song just reminds of the first thing dicks learn how to play after a year of practicing acoustic guitar
― more like "Age of Nadz" (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link