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

02. THE ROLLING STONES "Gimme Shelter" (1969) [3,100 points, 26 votes]

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

01. THE BEACH BOYS "God Only Knows" (1966) [3,286 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMyS78o5YI

banking on Junior Murvin and Charles Ives

Unless 1 and 2 are The Cure and Arvo Paert I am going to be sorely disappointed in this gathering of supposed music lovers.

I voted

oh boring

#2 The Cure - A Forest
#1 The Shagss - My Pal Foot Foot

oops lemme take that back

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (gimme shelter)

woot to the Stones, eh to the Beach Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpP60z1mqDU

TOO LOW

ah no can't believe to very popular songs won

ehhh

woot to the Beach Boys, eh to the Stones

also two very popular songs won

cant argue with those 2 songs

01. THE SHAGGS "My Pal Foot Foot" (1969) [3,301 points, 30 votes][2 first place votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN9UT2zF8c8

"God Only Knows" is a nice song but I like so many other Beach Boys songs more. Tender ballads aren't my thing!

"Gimme Shelter" is god-like.

Okay, I didn't honestly expect Sabbath and James Brown to be 1 and 2, but to not have James Fucking Brown ANYWHERE in the Top 125 songs of the last century is so crazy to me. Incomprehensible.

what a moment

no chuck berry is ridic

Boring results.

01. THE SHAGGS "My Pal Foot Foot" (1969) [3,301 points, 30 votes][2 first place votes]

YES!

croot is too young to appreciate tender ballads

congrats ILM for proving Geir's thesis on enduring music

lalo schifrin wuz robbed

if i was crying
in the van, with my friend
it was for freedom '90

can't argue with that really. i mean, 'gimme shelter' isn't 'dead flowers', but it's one of the next best things.

P.S. Thanks for doing this guys. Also thanks for making it end on a Friday afternoon where the diversion is really appreciated.

otm

where did 'you set the scene' place?

Yes. Thx Johnny Fever and seandalai

at least donna got the most votes by quite a considerable margin - 6 more than #1 or #2.

I *do* love Gimme Shelter, listening to it. Actually the first time I heard it I had no idea what it was and had to ask. The only time the Stones have ever come remotely close to making me do that.

Well done ILX for making the second-best song called God Only Knows its number 1

Yeah, good work Johnny & seandali.

Thanks organizers

no black sabbath & no james brown & no parliament = staggering.

good poll tho johnny & seandalai, only a couple of songs I don't like.
thanks!

agreed with the thanks!

Also yeah, cheers folks! :) Don't mind me and my occasional contrariness!

seandalai I mean.

yeah seriously this the wettest, twee-est Beach Boys song ever

it makes "I Get Around" seem like death metal

(congrats on running this poll guys, good job)

can we vote on moka being right about #1 instead?

Yeah, thanks for doing this!

Quite surprised no Cure placed tbh.

"I Get Around" is my favorite beach boys song!

THANK YOU JOHNNY FEVER!

and all y'all, even if you don't like the boredoms near enough

I am way more into this song if we're talking about the Beach Boys in sensitive crooning mode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usuu-xu75dI

Don't get Gimme Shelter at all but obviously a lot of ILMers do. "God Only Knows" is great but I prefer both the other Beach Boys tracks that have appeared (also prefer a bunch of other Beach Boys tracks).

yes! massive thanks to the poll runners, Johnny and Seandalai! This was loads of fun!

yeah seriously this the wettest, twee-est Beach Boys song ever

you need to hear 'beach boys love you' (or I guess, don't need to)

Should I post the full list on another thread?

thanks for giving me the extension and special thanks for all the work seandali did!