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

xp - I might have voted for Spoiled...no wait, I wouldn't have.

NV id totally vote in that poll

okay, wait, i lied. i cut it "marquee moon" the last minute in favor of "see no evil", then cut that too. thank god, and fuck you all for not voting "youth of america" instead. THAT i would love to have seen finish at #8.

would like to think this poll had another flamingos or althea & donna in it...

and i spent a bunch of points on the boriginal and it probably finished at like 524 or something

AG you'd probably be depressed when ILM makes the cocteau twins sweep that poll's top 10

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there's probably some obscure artsy postpunk band called Lishbone Mash that will sweep it

Which Sabbath song might have garnered the most votes tho? 'Supernaut'? 'Paranoid'? I find it strange they haven't appeared at all in the top 100 so far. Always think of them as one of ILM's token bands.

if 'paranoid' is the sabbath song that pops up now, then i hope sabbath don't appear at all. that's like the sabbath song for non-sabbath fans.

My first time hearing 'Marquee Moon'. It was alright.

and i spent a bunch of points on the boriginal and it probably finished at like 524 or something

― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:16 (30 seconds ago)

it was my number 7, thought it fitting :(

i nommed 'into the void' and by rights, that's the tune that should've garnered the most points. 'supernaut' is more than acceptable though.

07. MICHAEL JACKSON "Billie Jean" (1982) [2,604 points, 24 votes, 1 first place vote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoYL30RvC0A

(I chose this version specifically because I never tire of hearing the audience lose their shit when the moonwalk comes.)

Shame that Fishbone/Clash collaboration never materialised.

"Zero the Hero" is the Sabbath fan pick.

^^^ one of the greatest moments of live American television

Good one but Beat It is better.

i would be very surprised if boriginal didn't rank in the 1000s.

ok michael jackson, you've done your dash. now kindly exit the building.

I remember watching that live and basically feeling like history was unfolding before my eyes

if their s/t song had been nominated I'd have voted for it. I ended up voting for "Paranoid" as a lukewarm substitute but it wasn't high on my list.

All the Off the Wall singles are better but I'd take it over most of what's above it I'm guessing.

Supernaut was 2nd in the metal poll behind Rainbow - Stargazer (which I assume wont place here)
https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=ILM-Alltime-Metal-Poll&query=Track+Winners

Voted for Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, wonder if it cracked the golden top 1500?

btw total number of points I gave VdGG = 1206

:D

GOOD WORK SIR

Love that clip, but still maintain "I Want You Back" is MJ's highpoint.

Metal fans didn't really seem to vote much in this poll, or they didn't vote for metal if they did

I voted for Sabbath Bloody Sabbath too. I think Sabbath got vote split something fierce.

really, the most mind-boggling, impressive thing about "This Is It" is that even with all of the surgery and starving himself and narcotic use, dude still sounded almost exactly like this and could still MOVE, and he was over 50

Michael Jackson was sort of superhuman

Television: bleah.

Good song but it's no The Lady In My Life.

LJ, you'll be pleased to know i voted 'the sleepwalkers' 77th.

Television : YEAH

i'd like to see a list of where each of the sabbath tracks ended up in the voting

You will.

The Sleepwalkers was my second-lowest VdGG vote and it still came 65th :P

If 'The Undercover Man' had been nominated I'd have voted for every single track on an album, which I'm sure isn't right or proper

lol at the indie boys ignoring Michael Jackson

welcome to my life circa 1983, folks

I can't get behind an ILM poll that features the Smiths 3 times but leaves out Billie Holiday, Black Sabbath and Can.

My Sabbath vote fell victim to the split as well, but I echo crüt that if the s/t song was nommed that would have been the one.

Billie Jean will surely be the most recent song in the top ten. I didn't vote for it but you really can't fault that song.

i've heard "billie jean" too many times to really find it that enjoyable anymore, but that Motown performance is just breathtaking.

actually I guess it should be the metal boys, not indie boys

but whatever, Michael Jackson > Black Sabbath, now and forever

agreed tbh

Totally forgot to vote for any Michael Jackson - would've gone with 'I Want You Back' probably.

The Sleepwalkers was my second-lowest VdGG vote and it still came 65th :P

no wait this is wrong

it came 36th, giving it 65x2 points

ha

Michael Jackson > Black Sabbath, now and forever

OTMFM

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I hate everyone that has said "TOO LOW" or "TOO HIGH"
get over yourself people

the whole list is messed up imo
you don't have to point out when it's only slightly messed up for you

how would you all feel if everyone said "too high", "too low" or "shouldn't of placed" after every track?
IT WOULD GET ANNOYING AFTER A WHILE
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you all suck
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lol, CaptainLorax has never read one of these polls before

TOO HIGH/LOW was mostly ironic I think.

I'm in the Beat It > Billie Jean camp. One is about alienation and being exiled by your peers, the other is about bad relationship with a groupie.