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

I think none of the songs I mentioned downthread will make it and I fear I'll have to keep my promise thus vetoing myself out of ILM for a while

well, i voted 'peaches en regalia' at #37, so that for starters. @ mookieproof

Didn't seandalai say 15 out of the top 25 are by artists that only appear once? Is anyone counting cards in this round?

also no Scott Walker so far... another gross injustice.

I Feel Love
Billie Jean
Be My Baby
God Only Knows
Satisfaction
another Beatles one
Anarchy In The UK

which zappa song is among the best of the 20th century?

'Watermelon in Easter Hay' got points from me. Keeping my fingers crossed!

But yes I'll be sorely dissapointed if Gang of Four, Human League, The Normal or Can don't show up. Chances are very slim now but you never know.

Thought all these would be certs for the 100:

Alone Again Or
Lost in Music
(I'm) Stranded
In the Midnight Hour
Tutti Frutti
Sex Machine

Telstar too.

also no Scott Walker so far... another gross injustice.

Cowbells Shakin' is a lock, bro.

omg i'm puking my guts out if Anarchy in the UK is #1

I don't think the Beach Boys will show up twice.... 'god only knows' is a given not sure if any other one of them will make it.

Didn't seandalai say 15 out of the top 25 are by artists that only appear once?

Did I say this? It might be true but I'd have to check.

No fucking way is "Anarchy in the UK" placing

xxpost: JF said that.

omg i'm puking my guts out if Anarchy in the UK is #1

massive cosign

No fucking way is "Anarchy in the UK" placing

― absinthe of malithe (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 December 2010 19:56 (21 seconds ago)

i'm on board for gut-puking

It's maybe the 6th or 7th best Pistols single maybe.

Marquee Moon could be a dark horse, people.

'the long and winding road' is obviously #1

it better place. hoping alone again or will too

xpost I would love to see Warm Leatherette in the top ten, it certainly is an important song and it wouldn't suffer from split voting. I voted Being Boiled quite high too.

Did "Who Killed Bambi?" get released as a single? It's not as good as that for example.

lol'ing at complaints there needs to be more arty white acts here

'the long and winding road' is obviously #1

-- Dadrock Magazine

the thing about The Sex Pistols is that they were a massively important, seminal band that were actually kind of terrible and unlistenable

basically hurray for all of the great acts they influenced/trailblazed for, but they themselves get the eternal gasface from me

09. THE BEACH BOYS "Good Vibrations" (1966) [2,510 points, 25 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyf0HApyfVo

^^^ awesome song

nah Pistols did a lot of great pop stuff but "Anarchy" is the boringest and least of it

Yeah, my favorite BB song hands down.

Worthy placement for the Boys.

wd've voted "God Only Knows" over "Good Vibes"

I have not heard a single Pistols song that I haven't wanted to shut off 15 seconds into it

Alone Again Or and You Set The Scene probably split the Love vote enough so neither will place

xxxxxp

Its just a shame it didn't cause a "theremin craze" where kids were rushing out to buy them.

like I said, I get why they're important and even necessary to the creation of a bunch of music I actually DO like, but I have zero time for them

have you tried "Who Killed Bambi?" Dan? Could be your breakthru moment.

Were any of the top ten recorded near a coal mine? If not, it's fucking bullshit man!!!!!!

You kids don't like the Sex Pistols? What's the matter with you punks?

The Langley Schools version of Good Vibrations is even better.

was never (and still am not) a big beach boys fan, but that release of them just fucking around in the studio with good vibrations is totally riveting

being a punk stopped being punk in 1978 you fule

i really wanted to see 'you set the scene', 'venus in furs' and 'unsatisfied' place.

what about 'respect'? has that got a chance?

Probably earlier. Once it had a name, it was dead. xp

Q: You kids don't like the Sex Pistols? What's the matter with you punks?

A: the thing about The Sex Pistols is that they were a massively important, seminal band that were actually kind of terrible and unlistenable

have you tried "Who Killed Bambi?" Dan? Could be your breakthru moment.

I am listening to it now

okay I made it 51 seconds

I have the knack that the #1 will be something completely irrelevant but innofensive enough that it might have slipped through many ballots unintentionally.

You poseurs probably voted for the commercial, boring mainstream Good Vibrations. Everybody knows that the best version is the Smiley Smile outtake.

xpost haha like More than a Feeling or something? Private Eyes?

20/20 or bust