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

JESUS YOU PEOPLE

TOO HIGH

I like that song but think it's overrated in their catalog

like, from that era, give me "Reel Around The Fountain" and/or "What Difference Does It Make?" any day

JESUS YOU PEOPLE

otm

ooh, there's going to be some whining about this one. I voted for both This Charming Man and How Soon Is Now--we did manage to get the 3 most iconic Smiths songs on here at least.

Probably my least favourite of the "big" Smiths songs.

most iconic not necessarily implying the best

Oh yeah, TOO HIGH.

i would have voted for it for sure under normal circumstances, but in the end didn't have the gall to vote a third smiths track.

It is perfect.

way TOO HIGH jeeez. ILX ur embarrassing yourself here.

david cameron's favourite song!

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSWAcVhOmf9pkCP3Sb8ot4VbVDXQLakmlQef_kNL9CqelsPqdFTxQ

I guess I came at The Smiths from a really weird, oblique angle; I get "How Soon Is Now?" as an iconic track but, if asked to choose others, I'd probably pick "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "Panic", "What Difference Does It Make?" and "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" (and, for me personally, "Sweet & Tender Hooligan" and "Shoplifters of the World Unite").

yeah, 'this charming man' comes close to being a perfect song. though, 'william, it was really nothing' succeeds on that front even more so.

"This Charming Man" is great! I didn't vote for it though.

though it is a shame the whole "cardigan only, w/ pearl necklace" look never really caught on...

"William, It Was Really Nothing" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again" are the two Smithsiest Smiths tracks to me.

This Charming Man is a perfect song. Perfect.

MJ was a paedo guyz.

no he wasn't

oh yeah, forgot about "William"

also (don't hurt me) "Meat Is Murder"

boy w/ thorn rubber ring for my part while we are on this

That's the first time I've heard that Althea and Donna track. Great song! Still, I gotta ask, better than I Want You Back?

MIM was a jam

/vegetarian

Wd take selected highlights of Moz's solo career over most of it now tbh

basically I think every Smiths song aside from large chunks of Strangeways is Smithsier than "This Charming Man", which probably says more about how I got into The Smiths than anything else

don't misunderstand me I really like This Charming Man but its just funny to me that the supposedly 20th best song ever made in the 20th century is by The Smiths.

And MJ wasn't a pedo!

Whereas Strangeways and the later singles and bits and bobs are most of all I care to hear now. But not any of them in the top 20 tunes of the century.

19. OTIS REDDING "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (1968) [2,219 points, 21 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzrXc68gNjQ

JUST RIGHT

woah tune for the ages

My Otis vote was "I've Been Loving You Too Long", but hell yeah.

I love this, but it's not half as awesome as Try a Little Tenderness.

my fav Smiths song is "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" and I'd say that it isn't as Smithsy as "This Charming Man" tbh

but after xposts I feel lame talking about the Smiths when OTIS REDDING is being discussed

Classic canon in its proper placing!

I love this, but it's not half as awesome as Try a Little Tenderness.

OTM, especially the live versions.

"Dock of the Bay" is why I don't vote on these things because clearly in good conscience it belongs to be about here on the poll but in the real world there's a ton of Otis songs I'd rather listen to.

love how the bass line ebbs in and out like the water splashing. perfect song.

It's great, but rather shamefully whenever I hear it the image of Reeves & Mortimer pops into my head now.

Another artist that I couldn't really pick a clear favourite song... Can't quibble with this placing though.

OTIS! If the whole top 20 is as perfect as the past two songs then <3 forever. Best whistle in all of recorded music.

Anyone else finding it weird how little #1 votes have shown up?

The next one has a first place vote.

xp i suspect theres a lot of 'strategic voting' going on, consciously or not, where people use their top few votes on their less canonized personal favorites just in case its enough to catapult them into the poll

also unranked ballots dont have #1 votes

Three #1 songs got just one vote.

It seems that appearing on roughly 1/4+ of the ballots is more important than #1 spots.

'This Charming Man' I got sick of for a while but then I started paying proper attention to the guitar line and now I love it again.

18. LAURIE ANDERSON "O Superman" (1981) [2,249 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYu88jIDYs

TOO LOW

TOO AVANT-GARDE

my number one was a personal kind of thing. i'd be very surprised if it wasn't able to pick up a vote elsewhere though.