Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

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I didn't, but I was in a bloody weird mood when compiling my lists.

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't believe I was the only one who gave a first place vote to "Renegade Snares" though.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link

well i prefer 'Dub War' and 'Far Out' personally - what is it that makes 'Renegade Snares' more popular really (assuming it is)? should i blame Mr Reynolds?

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah, i really expected "Bombscare" to be the one and only "rave" track this high up. but maybe that's the US/UK divide going on too

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Argh sorry guys, I should have voted.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link

and now that I think about it, where's "Sweet Harmony"?

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link

"euphoria (nino's dream)" could still get in, right? maybe? hmm, this is probably just wishful thinking.

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link

No way Acen is making the top 40 (not with Part III anyway.) I figure "Energy Flash" will probably be the only other rave track to make it.
Yeah, I was joking there ... but I think "Energy Flash" does have a shot.
I knew Altern-8 wouldn't be top 40 but I am a bit surprised that they couldn't crack the top 100.

I didn't vote for any rave tracks because, like I mentioned upthread, none of my faves were nominated, there was nothing I felt like throwing votes at*, and I felt there were a load of super-awesome non-rave tracks (I had a shortlist of about 80 songs when I started making my list).

*in comparison, on the albums list I threw loads of votes at techno and house albums (about half of my 30), I felt I could stand behind a lot more techno albums than singles.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:28 (nineteen years ago) link

I think Alex in SF is right, "Energy Flash" will be the only rave track left to come.

(x-post)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link

That's four of my choices in a row! Since they were all in my top 30, this means they are all too low here.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link

very strange given how these genres are supposed to NOT be album-based/stronger on track by track basis

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

i mean they ARE thought by many to be stronger on an individual track/single basis

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link

But the problem is there are like a million great rave tracks and everyone's got a favorite whereas there are barely a dozen rave albums (and maybe half of them are great) and everyone agrees which ones they are.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, that's the main point, the clearer consensus.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Exactly.
We need a separate poll for just early 90's rave! :)

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Only 6 of my 30 have appeared so far and none higher than my #11...

I thought I was more ILM-mainstream than that...

course, I'm still betting that 8 of my top 10 will be top 15... and probably 5 or so others will still chart ...

that'd put me where I thought I was ...

(EMAIL ME DIRECTLY (or start a separate thread) FOR THIS QUESTION)

I'm willing to do the next poll, but I'd rarely jump the smiths, ahem, I mean the 80s for now and go to the 70s... thoughts?

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link

An ILM 80s poll will be really dull, I fear. 70s might be more interesting, yes.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:49 (nineteen years ago) link

80s poll would be no worse than this one

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link

I couldn't vote in either. All I own from the eighties is electro and old school rap, and from the seventies just jazz.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link

you don't have to own it to vote it

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Steve OTM. I fail to comprehend why anyone would think any era's poll would be exciting.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link

At this point, this poll seems significantly less sucky than the 2000-2004 one.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link

as if!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah I'm not so sure about that either. Fuck three St Etienne songs in a row and god knows how many Pulp and Belle & Gofuckyourself songs doesn't speak much for it's quality to me.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link

(i.e. some of the stuff I nominated has actually shown up)

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link

I just think the 70s poll might be more unlike the typical NME/Q ones than an 80s one would be. People still aren't sure what to value from the 70s. They will change their mind about the 80s too, in time, but I don't think we're there yet.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link

You are wrong about Belle & Gofuckyourself, Alex.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link

its

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah the further back we go the more the corny indie fuxx will cling to the canon. k-ugh.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Wrong in the sense that they deserve to be here or wrong in the sense that there seems to be only one song by them?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:01 (nineteen years ago) link

well the 90s poll has an advantage over the 00-04 one in that it's longer established in our minds and time is a big factor - there's also a lot more material to consider (altho with 00s p2pmania maybe that's not really the case)

the 80s poll would hopefully have 'voodoo ray' and 'straight outta compton' in it as well as 'there is a light never goes out' and 'come on eileen'

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:02 (nineteen years ago) link

No, I don't think that's the case with the 70s, blount. Unless disco and stuff is now properly part of the canon. There weren't enough years of indie for it to dominate, and I don't think it would just be full of Neil Young and Nick Drake either.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link

(xpost) Also "I Wanna Be A Cowboy", "Let's Go All The Way" and "Right On Track".

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link

i realise all four of those tracks are 'canon' anyway but surely a 70s poll would be even more canonical

xxpost

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link

And of course "The Final Countdown".

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Am I the first to remark that this thread is titled 'SINGLES POLL' when it's not just singles?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link

well the 90s poll has an advantage over the 00-04 one in that it's longer established in our minds and time is a big factor - this is a huge disadvantage for the 90s poll and will only get worse for earlier decades

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link

I've looking forward to the '50s one, personally. I can vote for lots of Louis Prima.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link

A 50s one would also be great, yes. It's not a linear regression.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Am I the first to remark that this thread is titled 'SINGLES POLL' when it's not just singles?

it's meant to be ILX SING LES POLL RESULTS - Gear was being joyous and slightly French

okay, that's the worst thing i've ever said

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link

Can we have a poll to establish what the worst thing you've ever said is? Or is the canon already too ingrained?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link

We'll have to break it down by decade -- I volunteer to organize the "Dumb Things said by Steve in the 80's" poll.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:24 (nineteen years ago) link

it's something along the lines of asking why my mother doesn't have a penis i think

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link

sorry to spoil the surprise! (no 'that's what she said' comments next please, oh go on then...)

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Stevem's mom + tranny-seeking babes + madcap misunderstandings = SEXY RESULTS

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link

worst poll ever

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link

I wish people would get over the anti-canon madness. Over time things get sifted through. Natural way of culture. Etc. And "more interesting" choices aren't necessarily better.

― RS, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:46 (nineteen years ago) link

is anybody going to make a CD-R of the 100, like Dr. Bill's for the OMGWTF list? I think it'd be a great listen. I think our canon beats most.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link

No, but they are "more interesting".

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link

#35

THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - "Juicy" (401 points, 22 votes)

http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/soulrb/closeup/CU20020917D/juicy.JPG

"I find "Juicy" by the Notorious BIG to be very sad. Talking about his shitty life growing up & how great he has it now, there's still a strong undercurrent of meloncholy to it (probably coming from the instrumental track), that the riches don't compensate for the pain. The fact that he was dead like three years later makes it worse."
--Mark

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link

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