Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)

2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)

3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)

4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)

5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)

6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)

7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)

8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)

9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)

10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)

11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)

12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier
 (finished)
13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP
 (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp
 (finished)
16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)

17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)

18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)
19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (RESULTS START TODAY)
20. ABBA - donna rouge
21. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B.
22. Neil Young - clemenza
23. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
24. The Cure - nate woolls

25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat

26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy

27. The Neptunes - V79
28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods

29. Kraftwerk - jon via chi

30. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains

31. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP

32. Miles Davis - WmC

33. Velvet Underground solo careers - iatee

34. Madonna - or something

35. The Fall - Mark G

36. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short

37. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre

38. New Order - Bee OK

39. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier

40. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy

41. Stax - seandalai

42. Disco - Tuomas

43. Jay-Z - some dude

44. The Clash - Gukbe
45. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope
46. Tom Waits - chap
47. The "Classic Rock" Canon - Doctor Casino
48. Elvis Costello - kornrulez
49. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h
50. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom
51. Ween - WmC
52. Steely Dan - Bee OK
53. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra
54. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain
55. Replacements/Westerberg/et al - Johnny Fever
56. Outkast - The Reverend
57. US Indie Singles of the 1980s - NickB
58. Autechre - Leee

I'm thinking about taking over the music video poll idea from gr80 - would you guys mind this being a stand-alone set of polls, or would you prefer if they were queued with the artist polls? I don't really take part in single artist ones so I don't suffer from music poll fatigue, but I don't want anyone else to feel too burdened by pollage...

(Also, if anyone wants to offer to help me out, as I've never run a poll before...)

I think that one would be fine, preferable even, outside the list of artist polls and could be started anytime. It's a bigger, broader category, like postwar jazz albums or the entire decade of the 1950s. Just my 2 cents.

No one's proposed a Black Sabbath poll? It'll be interesting to see their playlist at their Birmingham show on May 19th. Anyone going? Does someone have to die in order for the Sabbath poll to be slotted after Beastie Boys? Hopefully Iommi will pull through, though Bill Ward's health is often touch and go. For the record I would like for none of them to die.

― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:33 (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I am currently reading aero's book (bought because i'm a mountain goats stan) and have been listening to Sabbath for the first time. Really enjoying them and would like to be a n00b lurker for such a poll.

really curious to see if pre-buckingham/nicks lineups get any love on the fleetwood mac poll

I seem to recall Peter Green getting some love on at least one of the FM threads.

Beasties/Abba/Mac is such a fascinating run because I genuinely don't have a clue what the winners will be.

Time to start thinking ABBA thoughts -- Donna Rouge, is this still a go?

bump for D.R.

lol this is the first time I've ever opened this thread and GD that's a long list. So I was going to offer to do one for Erasure but I don't know if there'd be enough interest or if it would wind up just me and Abbott voting tbh. Hmmmmm.

Not too interested in an Erasure poll but would be in a Vince Clarke poll.

Yeah, I'd thought of that as an option too.

sorry i haven't been paying this much attention but i can still do ABBA once i figure out how to actually start and run one of these polls

it's been the same template for each one more or less, right?

More or less, because it works well, but it's your call really.

I liked that once the voting opened, I had a few days to sit and ponder Finefinemusic's spreadsheet template and figure out how to shot data. I used it for the tracks voting but did albums and Most Hated by pencil/paper.

i can start the voting thread today wmc?

OK by me! I think Johnny Fever is going to get all the way to #1 on Beastie Boys tracks today, and I think he's doing a countdown of BB videos tomorrow, but no reason not to start ABBA today. I try not to be Lord High Boss of all this stuff other than just maintaining the list, so however you want to do it is the right way to do it.

ok, i might not start it til later today or tomorrow possibly

ABBA voting is open!

Don't go wasting all your ballots/Lay all your votes on me -- ILM Artist Poll #20 -- ABBA (voting thread)

It occurred to me a little while ago that Devo might be a fun poll.

Naive Teen Idol has requested that we do a memorial Bee Gees poll and I volunteered to do it (altho I am skeptical of high voter turnout) what say ye

Bee Gees + Gibb brothers as producers/songwriters, I'd suggest. Would vote.

yeah would definitely include non-Bee Gees material, I would think there is some consensus that their chief strength is as songwriters

Coming in at No. 1, ISLANDS IN THE STREAM

that song is great

We could call it "POLLman Milk Your POLL"!

Imagine Al Green's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" would do well.

I would love a Bee Gees poll

do I need to wait for the okay from WmC...?

Whatever y'all wanna do.

okay I'll do it

I just need to make sure I can finish Neil Young by late August--so should be fine. But no more major pop stars are allowed to die between now and then.

uh where is that voting tabulation spreadsheet template...

You hear that, docherty?

Awesome!

Shakey, you rock, btw.

Anybody mind if I just call this one #20B (B for Bee Gees, fnarr) rather than redo the numbering again?

you disgusting savage

*removes bookmark*

AND CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION

Haha.

Man, listening to Gibb songs and ABBA songs back and forth over the next couple weeks is gonna do me in with AWESOMENESS. (And then Fleetwood Mac after these.)

otm

a disco poll would honour both Summer and Gibb

oh too late, never mind

concluding today with videos iirc

naw, I still haven't tabulated those. Dead cat, weekend work, sleepiness, y'know.

Man, listening to Gibb songs and ABBA songs back and forth over the next couple weeks is gonna do me in with AWESOMENESS. (And then Fleetwood Mac after these.)

Anybody mind if I just call this one #20B (B for Bee Gees, fnarr) rather than redo the numbering again?

Abba and Bee Gees are definitely #1A when it comes to fashion sense.

I'm going to run a Brian Eno poll at #59. Excluding his work as a producer for hire, but including collabs with Cale, Fripp, Cluster, etc

I'd like to do a Wire poll, I suppose at #60.

Eno poll w/ productions would be so much more fun!

1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)

2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)

3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)

4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)

5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)

6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)

7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)

8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)

9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)

10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)

11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)

12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier
 (finished)
13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP
 (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp
 (finished)
16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)

17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)

18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)
19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished mostly except for videos)
20. ABBA - donna rouge (VOTING NOW OPEN)
20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (VOTING ALSO NOW OPEN)
21. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B.
22. Neil Young - clemenza
23. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
24. The Cure - nate woolls

25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat

26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy

27. The Neptunes - V79
28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods

29. Kraftwerk - jon via chi

30. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains

31. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP

32. Miles Davis - WmC

33. Velvet Underground solo careers - iatee

34. Madonna - or something

35. The Fall - Mark G

36. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short

37. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre

38. New Order - Bee OK

39. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier

40. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy

41. Stax - seandalai

42. Disco - Tuomas

43. Jay-Z - some dude

44. The Clash - Gukbe
45. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope
46. Tom Waits - chap
47. The "Classic Rock" Canon - Doctor Casino
48. Elvis Costello - kornrulez
49. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h
50. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom
51. Ween - WmC
52. Steely Dan - Bee OK
53. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra
54. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain
55. Replacements/Westerberg/et al - Johnny Fever
56. Outkast - The Reverend
57. US Indie Singles of the 1980s - NickB
58. Autechre - Leee
59. Brian Eno - WmC
60. Wire - Z S