POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!

hooray, same #1 as the poll I did 4 years ago. And Game of Pricks was my #1. All is right in the world.

and thats good

My #1 won at least

always thought of it as a chain of tractor's raping the earth or something? i dunno about the rest of it

Yeah Pollard refers to something along those lines in an interview in the 33 1/3 book.

WOW! It won by almost 300 points.

same results in the Alien Lanes poll, too.

i wanna ask you a question: what is the best song in GBV's Alien Lanes?

"Game Of Pricks" was my #1 of course, as it was the first GBV song I fell in love with! you could never be stroooooong, you can only be freeeeee....

Am disappointed there weren't more bob solo tracks. Definitely deserve to be in the top 60.

Yeah 'Game of Pricks' was #1 for me too. Cool!

Am disappointed there weren't more bob solo Tobin tracks.

Atom Eyes?
Awful Bliss?
To Remake the Young Flyer???

"Pricks", in terms of sheer songwriting, is probably the best thing he ever wrote.

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This guy knew what he was talking about, whatever happened to him?

Yeah that's domination. But it deserves it!

Actually these were my #1 and #4

Johnny #1 for even bothering with this at all, but also for ensuring proper results.
The time came, and he added up the numbers. A man of energy.

Satisfying result, I'm pleased. Live versions of Game of Pricks are good enough to make my head pop clean off.

So who else voted for "Official Ironmen" as their #1? So curious.

Am disappointed there weren't more bob solo tracks. Definitely deserve to be in the top 60.

I had a load of Bob solo tracks then ditched them to make it less complicated

thanks for organizing Johnny!

I won't divulge people's ballots, but anyone who wants to share theirs is welcome to.

Game of Pricks
Subspace Biographies
The Enemy
SHOCKER IN GLOOMTOWN
The Official Ironman Rally Song
Echos Myron
Submarine Teams
Weedking
Big School
Motor Away
Watch Me Jumpstart
Closer You Are
I Am A Scientist
Cut-Out Witch
Twilight Campfighter
Tight Globes
Get Under It
A Salty Salute
Things I Will Keep
The Best of Jill Hives

boom

Thanks so much Johnny Fever. There will always be a place for this poll in the Superior Sector Janitor X of my heart.

thank yo Johnny for this poll! it's been such fun to participate. well, the only thing that disappointed me was the placing of "Awful Bliss". I thought it's a kind of a consensus that it's a top Tobin?

Yes Johnny, thanks a lot!

Hey, I had a great time doing this. While the Pavement poll was a fun and uniting exercise, they've always been a band I just kind of like. GBV is a band I spent many years loving whole-heartedly. Now that the poll's done, I feel like I've sent a firstborn off to college or something.

the one bob solo song that immediately comes to mind for me as being up there with the best of the best is "get under it"

Are people really that unfamiliar with Uncle Dave or was it just not in the top20 running for you guys?

now it's time for a Summer Babe vs. Game Of Pricks poll

My ballot:

1. "The Official Ironmen Rally Song"
2. "The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory"
3. "Teenage FBI"
4. "My Valuable Hunting Knife"
5. "The Best of Jill Hives"
6. "Tractor Rape Chain"
7. "Don't Stop Now"
8. "Glad Girls"
9. "Bulldog Skin"
10. "Game of Pricks"
11. "Dayton, Ohio-19 Something and 5" - GbV & Airport 5
12. "Chasing Heather Crazy"
13. "Exit Flagger"
14. "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows"
15. "Jane of the Waking Universe"
16. "Girls of Wild Strawberries"
17. "Motor Away"
18. "Do the Earth"
19. "Everywhere with Helicopter"
20. "Cut-Out Witch"

Oh right! You all probably want to see the full list of results: http://home.earthlink.net/~pauletc/gbv.htm

Here's my ballot. Tracks in bold didn't place.

1 - Blimps Go 90
2 - Game of Pricks
3 - The Key Losers
4 - The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
5 - Indian Fables
6 - The Official Ironmen Rally Song
7 - Motor Away
8 - To Remake the Young Flyer
9 - Short on Posters
10 - Awful Bliss
11 - Always Crush Me
12 - Hardcore UFO's
13 - I Am a Scientist
14 - My Impression Now
15 - Teenage FBI
16 - Underwater Explosions
17 - Blatant Doom Trip
18 - Everywhere With Helicopter
19 - Dusted
20 - Atom Eyes

I've never heard Uncle Dave. And it was never played live.

1.weedking
2. a good flying bird
3. tractor rape chain
4. my son cool
5. game of pricks
6. gold star for robot boy
7. unleashed! The large hearted boy
8. I'll replace you with machine
9. glad girls
10. my kind of soldier
11. smothered in hugs
12. quality of armor
13. man called aerodynamics
14. a salty salute
15. motor away
16. chicken blows
17. watch my jumpstart
18. bulldog skin
19. over the neptune/mash gear fox
20. hardcore ufo's

"Twilight Campfighter" was in my Top 20 (several xposts)

My favourite Bob solo track is "Psychic Pilot Clocks Out". Then "Girl Named Captain". Then "Subspace Biographies".

"Uncle Dave" has never been recompiled anywhere beyond a fan comp, so I think its understandable that most people haven't heard it.

I'm happy with this result. don't stop now was my no. 1 (KSATGB version) here's my list.

don't stop now
big boring wedding
over the neptune/mesh gear fox
tractor rape chain
subspace biographies
a big fan of the pigpen
unleashed the large hearted boy
a salty salute
exit flagger
14 cheerleader coldfront
little whirl
hardcore ufos
smothered in hugs
hot freaks
i am a scientist
game of pricks
closer you are
pop zeus
official ironman rally song
pantherz

my heavily AL-slanted, wildly diverging away from consensus ballot looked like that:

Game Of Pricks
Chasing Heather Crazy
I Am A Scientist
Awful Bliss
When She Turns 50
(I Wanna Be A) Dumbcharger
My Feet's Trustworthy Existance
Watch Me Jumpstart
Perch Warble
Motor Away
Pimple Zoo
Little Whirl
The Official Ironmen Rally Song
Drinker's Peace
Cigarette Tricks
A Good Flying Bird
Ex-Supermodel
My Valuable Hunting Knife
Tractor Rape Chain
Blimps Go 90

and, as seems to be the case with all the polls so far, I do not agree with myself today. like, very much.

my ballot
1. If We Wait

2. Dusted [fast japanese spin cycle version]

3. Tractor Rape Chain

4. Peephole

5. Yours To Keep

6. Echoes Myron

7. Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory

8. A Good Flying Bird

9. Motor Away

10. Weed King

11. Cut Out Witch

12. Exit Flagger

13. Drag Days

14. Kisses to the Crying Cooks

15. Do The Earth

16. I Am A Scientist

17. A Salty Salute

18. As We Go Up We Go Down

19. Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox

20. Awful Bliss

well have to do this again after the new GBV record Lets Go Eat The Factory be released in 2012

Listen to Uncle Dave on youtube. It's awesome. It was supposed to be on the 2nd album - the one that got scrapped

My ballot:

1. Learning To Hunt
2. Choking Tara
3. Acorns & Orioles
4. Teenage FBI
5. Your Name Is Wild
6. Ghosts Of A Different Dream
7. Jane of the Waking Universe
8. The Official Ironmen Rally Song
9. Not Behind the Fighter Jet
10. Motor Away
11. I Am A Tree
12. Chasing Heather Crazy
13. Hardcore UFO's
14. 14 Cheerleader Coldfront
15. Sad If I Lost It
16. Now to War
17. Glad Girls
18. Things I Will Keep
19. They're Not Witches
20. Hollow Cheek

THANKS FOR DOING THIS PAUL! Had a great time! <3

I was the only vote for 'Lethargy'? Really? I didn't know that song was not that well-liked. I think they've played it at every show I've seen.

... kinda had a lot of good ones to choose from

Ha! So many songs with just one vote. Glad I'm not the only one.
I guess some of the songs I voted for just so I could register my love for them officially. (Everyday, Earful O'Wax for instance)

If We Wait
Weed King
Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox
Don't Stop Now
Shocker in Gloomtown
Quality of Armor
Dayton, Ohio 19 something and 5
An Earful O' Wax
The Hard Way
We've Got Airplanes
Huffman Prairie Flying Field
Liquid Indian
Gold Star for Robot Boy
Subspace Biographies
Everywhere with Helicopter
Secret Star
Lifetime for the Mavericks
Drag Days
Game of Pricks
Pendulum

Barely made it: Barricade

1-20:

Game Of Pricks
My Son Cool
Short On Posters
The Brides Have Hit Glass
Don't Stop Now
My Valuable Hunting Knife (Tigerbomb version)
Closer You Are
I Am A Scientist
Knock 'Em Flyin'
Motor Away
14 Cheerleader Coldfront
Interest Position
Hey Hey, Spaceman
Gold Star For Robot Boy
Circus World
If We Wait
Look At Them
Dusted (Fast Japanese Spin Cycle version)
Not Behind The Fighter Jet
Strawdogs

Yeah thanks for running this Johnny, it's been great.

At least one other person voted for Learning to Hunt, my number #!

Interest Position

Oooh, that's a good call

1. Watch Me Jumpstart
2. Shocker in Gloomtown
3. Hot Freaks
4. Weed King
5. Tractor Rape Chain
6. My Impression Now
7. Postal Blowfish
8. Exit Flagger
9. I Am a Scientist
10. Motor Away
11. The Closer You Are, The Quicker It Hits You
12. Quality of Armor
13. Smothered in Hugs
14. If We Wait
15. A Salty Salute
16. Indian Was an Angel
17. Glad Girls
18. Game of Pricks
19. Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox
20. Echos Myron

Albums
1. Alien Lanes
2. Bee Thousand
3. Propeller
4. King Shit & the Golden Boys
5. Under the Bushes, Under the Stars

Echoing everyone else's thanks for doing this, Johnny. That was quite an undertaking. Here's my ballot.

1 Exit Flagger
2 Glad Girls
3 Motor Away
4 A Salty Salute
5 The Brides Have Hit Glass
6 My Valuable Hunting Knife
7 Hot Freaks
8 14 Cheerleader Coldfront
9 Game of Pricks
10 Watch Me Jumpstart
11 It's Like Soul, Man
12 Bulldog Skin
13 Tractor Rape Chain
14 Lethargy
15 Wished I Was A Giant
16 Echos Myron
17 The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
18 Little Whirl
19 Your Name is Wild
20 Quality of Armor

Four votes for The Hard Way!

can we do a song titles poll next

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