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

ok that's good but it doesn't need a 1-minute intro, ditch the horns at the start and leave it to the piano imo

'how I would edit ILX's 5th favourite track of the 20th century'

this is not really so funny

for real

Tuomas I think The Meters verzh of "Wichita" will poke your buttons if you haven't heard it.

Oh yeah, that's the other version I've heard. I love The Meters a lot (why didn't I nominate "Hey Pocky A-Way" in this poll?!), but IMO "Wichita Lineman" isn't a song that matches their strengths.

Hang on, is there a different version of "Strange Fruit" where the composition isn't awesome and dramatic and sends tingles down your back that I've missed?

maybe it's worth doing a 1900-1950s poll sometime in the future.

is this the only pre-1950's song in the poll?

Clair de Lune ranked back in the 80s. So that's two. TWO SONGS FROM BEFORE 1950!!

― Señor Mexico (Johnny Fever)

Which begs for a second poll comprised of only pre-50's songs.

xpost: lol

Hang on, is there a different version of "Strange Fruit" where the composition isn't awesome and dramatic and sends tingles down your back that I've missed?

no

I vv much love #4...

04. THE RONETTES "Be My Baby" (1963) [2,721 points, 25 votes, 1 first place vote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ceRov1AUg

I go back to Wichita Lineman every couple years, thinking I'll get it, it'll finally hit me. Guess I'll wait another couple years now.

?!

I thought I had grown out of musical protectionism but watching ppl blithely yammering on about butchering one of the greatest songs ever recorded is making my blood boil

xxxp: hawtt

really tho, forget the lyrical content and the tune still does these deep twisty things that let Holiday dazzle you with her voice. it is an absolute performer's song.

Ha, ok I can get behind this one as well.

"Be My Baby" is fine but I figure it's a vote for the sound not that one track.

yeah, 'be my baby' is pretty blissful.

haha Dan I am saying it is a fantastic song! Just doesn't need the first 30 seconds imo - much more affecting when the piano comes in and spins its web and then Billie tells her tale

Dusty Springfield's best moments >>> Be My Baby obv

Didn't see this coming, but I like it.

Nina SImone version of 'Strange Fruit' is also A++++

Dusty Springfield's best moments >>> Be My Baby obv

urge to kill... rising...

Hang on, is there a different version of "Strange Fruit" where the composition isn't awesome and dramatic and sends tingles down your back that I've missed?

― absinthe of malithe (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:47 (3 minutes ago)

dunno, but i'd guess a few of these gave it a try (ub40?)

urge to kill... rising...

let's talk about eddie money's version

Top 3:

Gimme SHelter
I Feel Love
I Am A Cider Drinker

Just listened to a couple of "Wichita Lineman" covers, there's a pretty good one by Dennis Brown.

DJP & noodle OTM, "strange fruit" isn't just lyrics and performance, it's a gorgeous composition on every level

would like to hear the Cocteaus' version

"Tubular Bells" for #1

This top five list is shaping up nicely! Glad to see the usual rock crit catnip bumped in favor of some actual good tunes.

oh I've heard Dennis Brown's "Wichita Lineman", it's great!

DNW to hear the tori amos version

dark was the night for #2

YAY for Marquee Moon and Good Vibrations

I get why people love Wichita Lineman but it involuntarily makes me WTF whenever it shows up in these kinds of lists.

Be My Baby, perfect
Strange Fruit, perfect

I may have voted for every top 10 track except Wichita.

DEAD. INSIDE.

In The Air Tonight for #1

C'mon baby, daddy needs some Company B up in this joint

really hope "I Feel Love" is in the top 3

haha spectrist OTM

Do not want to hear "Be My Baby" by Jason Donovan.

"Be My Baby" is fine but I figure it's a vote for the sound not that one track.

― absinthe of malithe (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:51 (2 minutes ago)

dunno but it's poignant as hell from apparently trite elements....amazing song

i love "be my baby", but it feels a bit anticlimactic at this point. liking the skew towards pre-70s stuff in the top 10, though.

Let's go Surfin bird

don't get me wrong i love it but wouldn't pick that one track as the stand-out Spector thing

Mourning the Shaggs :(

really hope "I Feel Love" is in the top 3

Don't worry, I Feel Love has won every single ILM poll ever.

if #3 is not "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora or "Let's Go All The Way" by Sly Fox, I am holding you all personally accountable

Be My Baby love is partly about the production, but mostly about Ronnie's voice. ZOMG

really hope "I Feel Love" is in the top 3

No way it would be outside the top 125, so it has to be. I'm just hoping it'll be the actual #1 so that Beatles or Beach Boys won't win this. I don't hate either of those groups, but having them win would be the boringest thing ever.

gimme the other gimme the other