Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

In terms of stuff I listen to and can put together respectable ballots for, the first five out the gate are booming.

And bravo to Bee OK!

Man oh man still searching for some vestige of the top 2000 my local classic rock station did at the end of 1999. Not looking good yet tho

so this is happening after the end of the year polls?

― g simmel, Monday, December 23, 2013 9:51 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah...Classic Rock definitely won't get rolling until after the year-end poll is done in January, unless i decide to run a nominations/discussion thread for a bit before the official voting thread. didn't wanna overlap with that or the disco poll (plus I just ran two polls over the summer, so i'm not in a rush). don't care if the Roxy Music poll cuts in line ahead of me -- I feel like the big genre-spanning polls need longer windows for voting and everything else so it'll be a slow process.

I'll do a Byrds and offshoots poll which includes Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and the rest

Actually, I'd like to do a "Covers" poll. All cover versions of previously recorded songs. That could be fun.

I'm gonna keep my place in line for Stiff Records, but I may change the topic at some point. Not sure it would be much of a draw after Stax only got 20-something ballots.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, December 27, 2013 5:55 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

More like 10 :(

don't care if the Roxy Music poll cuts in line ahead of me

great idea. also i didn't want to mess with the numbers, as we have 'B' whenever necessary. Velvet Underground (plus) was the only thing that got moved under my watch.

and yes ILM Classic Rock Poll is going to be massive.

thanks Doctor Casino!

OK, PF poll on the tarmac and ready to roll...

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Giving up Classic Rock may prove my greatest regret as an ilxor, I have great feelings about that poll. But SD will def do a better job (my track record on these things is pretty iffy). Hopefully I can get it together by the time of the grand Billy Joel Poel.

i will sit at the bar and put bread in yr jar iirc

i heard that damn song at the grocery store today and it made me want to yell at someone. looking forward to classic rock memory lane poll tbrr. can't wait to see how high "burnin for you" places. Time to play ~b-sides~.

Giving up Classic Rock may prove my greatest regret as an ilxor, I have great feelings about that poll. But SD will def do a better job (my track record on these things is pretty iffy). Hopefully I can get it together by the time of the grand Billy Joel Poel.

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, December 28, 2013 12:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha listen man if you wanted to grab the steering wheel or split some duties, i'd have no problem with that, totally your call.

Can I claim 105 for a New Pornographers/AC Newman tracks and albums poll?

re: this thread new New Pornographers

Ha, thanks SD but I don't wanna be captain take-back. Would be decidedly un-rock, anyway!

Piano Man discussion does remind me that 'worst' classic rock would be a great, long ballot in and of itself.

American Pie would win that.

I'm gonna keep my place in line for Stiff Records, but I may change the topic at some point. Not sure it would be much of a draw after Stax only got 20-something ballots.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, December 27, 2013 12:55 AM

In the next master list update, can you change the Stiff poll to a Van Halen poll? Because VAN FUCKING HALEN.

YEEEEEESSSS

I'm going to start a new thread on 1/1 and will make that change, plus the Byrds, covers, New Pornographers additions.

thx boss

Piano Man discussion does remind me that 'worst' classic rock would be a great, long ballot in and of itself.

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, December 28, 2013 4:13 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good point, i should definitely have a top 5 "most bad and hated" subpoll or something.

I'm going to start a new thread on 1/1 and will make that change, plus the Byrds, covers,

Uh, I meant covers instead of Byrds. I can do Byrds sometime down the road, but would rather not do back to back polls.

New thread:
ILM Ballot Polls for 2014 and beyond -- order, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc