Come in Poll #49, your results are up (Pink Floyd ballot poll results)

The first time I got really into "Piper", and I was reading along to the lyrics to "Astronomy Domine", it seemed sort of obvious that the internal rhyme scheme has basically been an eternal well they kept going back to, sometimes with embarrassing results ("Wish You Were Here").

fuckin A

(inter)stellar (overdrive) job on the rollout, Mr Telecom

as expected the pink floyd poll indeed RULES

Thanks for voting everyone! This more than makes up for the time I didn't get to do the Pink Floyd hour on my high school's pirate radio station.

Excellent poll, Elvis. Enjoyed it greatly.

Shine on, you crazy diamond.

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Was "420" that popular of a reference in 1987?

i like that nick signed over his face and that it looks like the plane signed it's name as rick

great poll. wish i had voted. thanks for doing it.

Wonderful job with the poll, Elvis!

Oh, I almost forgot - my poor representation of how my work hallway is a lot like Welcome to the Machine:

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Floyd:20, the ruling hour.

i like that nick signed over his face and that it looks like the plane signed it's name as rick

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, March 18, 2014 4:06 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf, the plane did more on the song than Rick did.

Can you do all the polls pl, elvis telecom

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14 of my picks made it but the ones that didn't I'm pretty heartbroken about. Green is the Colour! Julia Dream! so pastoral...

syd maybe a bit overrepresented among the upper echelons, but i guess that's to be expected... top 9 are really good, really top notch picks. "fearless" a bit of dark horse- me i don't think it's really that much better than, say, "a pillow of winds"- but still a great song.

song i'm saddest about not making it on the list: scream thy last scream. yeah, i know it's unreleased, but i kind of figured everyone had heard it by now, and i really do think it's syd's best song.

by the way what was the highest-placing song from the final cut?

syd era - 11

post-syd pre-dsotm - 17

waters era - 23

post-waters - 0

right?

Ha, was just about to point out the absence of anything from The Final Cut.

xp

song i'm saddest about not making it on the list: scream thy last scream. yeah, i know it's unreleased, but i kind of figured everyone had heard it by now, and i really do think it's syd's best song.

I can't remember if I mentioned it in the other thread, but I first heard it a few minutes after I sent in my ballot.

Anyway, great poll, thanks Elvis T! This has been a great Floyducation for me.

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so close, and yet...

Is there a consensus Final Cut pick?

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did my #1 for "Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up" count? only one #1 for Eugene listed, and someone else claimed it

52. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk - 132 points, 7 votes
53. Fat Old Sun - 130 points, 7 votes
54. Two Suns In The Sunset- 123 points, 5 votes, 1 number one
55. Point Me At The Sky - 121 points, 6 votes
56. Childhood's End - 120 points, 6 votes
57. Flaming - 117 points, 6 votes
58. When The Tigers Broke Free - 110 points, 6 votes
59. High Hopes - 109 points, 7 votes

60. Pigs On The Wing - 106 points, 6 votes
61. See-Saw - 101 points, 4 votes
62. The Narrow Way - 99 points, 4 votes, 1 number one
63. Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up - 95 points, 4 votes, 1 number one
64. Let There Be More Light - 91 points, 5 votes
65. The Final Cut - 90 points, 4 votes
66. Green Is The Colour - 89 points, 5 votes
TIE 67. Scream Thy Last Scream - 85 points, 3 votes
TIE 67. Stay - 85 points, 4 votes
TIE 69. Vegetable Man - 80 points, 3 points, 1 vote
TIE 69. Candy And A Currant Bun - 80 points, 5 votes

TIE 71. The Gnome - 79 points, 4 votes
TIE 71. One Of My Turns - 79 points, 5 votes
73. Young Lust - 77 points, 4 votes
74. Chapter 24 - 76 points, 4 votes
75. The Gold It's In The... - 70 points, 3 votes
76. Crumbling Land - 69 points, 3 votes
77. Scarecrow - 67 points, 4 votes
78. Empty Spaces / What Shall We Do Now? - 66 points, 3 votes
79. Julia Dream - 64 points, 4 votes

80. Learning To Fly - 59 points, 3 votes
81. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict - 56 points, 4 votes
82. Not Now John - 54 points, 3 votes
TIE 83. Biding My Time - 52 points, 2 votes
TIE 83. Heart Beat, Pig Meat - 52 points, 2 votes
85. Crying Song - 51 points, 3 votes
86. Ibiza Bar - 49 points, 2 votes
TIE 87. The Trial - 48 points, 2 votes
TIE 87. Rain In The Country - 48 points, 3 votes
TIE 89 The Gunner's Dream - 41 points, 3 votes
TIE 89. One Slip - 41 points, 2 votes

91. Mudmen - 40 points, 1 vote, 1 number one
TIE 92. Corporal Clegg - 37 points, 2 votes
TIE 92. The Thin Ice - 37 points, 2 votes
94. Love Scene - 36 points, 1 vote
TIE 95. If - 35 points, 2 votes
TIE 95. Is There Anybody Out There? - 35 points, 2 votes
97. Pow R. Toc H. - 33 points, 1 vote
98. San Tropez - 29 points, 2 votes
TIE 99. Baby Lemonade - 24 points, 1 vote
TIE 99. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives - 24 points, 1 vote

TIE 101. Marooned - 21 points, 1 vote
TIE 101. Moonhead - 21 points, 1 vote
TIE 103. Main Theme - 19 points, 1 vote
TIE 103. Up The Khyber - 19 points, 1 vote
TIE 103. Southhampton Dock - 19 points, 1 vote
TIE 103. On The Turning Away - 19 points, 1 vote
TIE 103. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party - 19 points, 1 vote
TIE 108. The Hero's Return - 18 points, 1 vote
TIE 108. Keep Talking - 18 points, 1 vote

TIE 110. Burning Bridges - 16 points, 1 vote
TIE 110. In The Flesh - 16 points, 1 vote
TIE 110. Lucy Leave - 16 points, 1 vote
TIE 110. Stop - 16 points, 1 vote
114. Your Possible Pasts - 14 points, 1 vote
TIE 115. The Hard Way - 12 points, 1 vote
TIE 115. Blue Light - 12 points, 1 vote
TIE 115. Waiting For The Worms - 12 points, 1 vote
TIE 115. Another Brick In The Wall part 1 - 12 points, 1 vote
TIE 115. The Post War Dream - 12 points, 1 vote
TIE 115. Give Birth To A Smile - 12 points, 1 vote
TIE 115. Don't Leave Me Now - 12 points, 1 vote

"if" SO low!

tremendous poll, Elvis!

really, really satisfying top 10, which i wouldn't have been able to predict, and certainly not in that order.

surprised how low Julia Dream and Scarecrow are. i almost voted for both of them.

I had Childhood's End pretty high on my list. That tune is like the dress rehearsal for Dark Side of the Moon with how they do the opening segue on the track.

This has been one of the best polls, very entertaining and solid interesting results.

My ballot (bold didn't place):

TOP 20 PINK FLOYD SONGS (ALL RULE)

1. One of These Days
2. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
3. Echoes
4. Astronomy Domine
5. The Great Gig in the Sky
6. Arnold Layne
7. Sheep
8. Interstellar Overdrive
9. Fearless
10. Careful With That Axe, Eugene
11. Us and Them
12. Free Four
13. Atom Heart Mother
14. The Nile Song
15. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
16. Jugband Blues
17. San Tropez
18. Cymbaline
19. Summer '68
20. Time

TOP 5 BOOTS

1. BBC Archives 1970-1971
2. Animal Instincts (5/9/77, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland)
3. Too Late For Mind Expanding (11/21/70, Casino Montreux, Montreux)
4. Earl's Court (5/18/73, Earl's Court Exhibition Hall, London)
5. Complete Concertgebouw (9/17/69, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)

my ballot (1-20, top to bottom):

1. Interstellar Overdrive
2. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
3. A Saucerful Of Secrets
4. Astronomy Domine
5. On The Run
6. Comfortably Numb
7. See Emily Play
8. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
9. Brain Damage/Eclipse
10. One Of These Days
11. Careful With That Axe, Eugene
12. Fearless
13. In The Flesh?
14. Echoes
15. Nobody Home
16. Wish You Were Here
17. Jugband Blues
18. Your Possible Pasts
19. Run Like Hell
20. The Hard Way

loving the lower echelons! i think this is probably the only poll ever where "the trial" ties with "rain in the country". glad that the top "final cut" pick was also my pick, too! respectable.

sorry to whoever voted for mudmen at #1. we let you down, man.

i guess what i'm wondering now which songs got no votes at all... i'm seeing seamus (rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead must be so sad) and absolutely curtains.

surprised that "stethoscope" was so high! great jam, but the song itself (all one minute of it) is kind of actively terrible. :) i mean, i'd rank "pow r toc h" over it myself...

Did "Chapter 24" place at all?

Oh, yeah, 76.

Somebody voted for "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party"???

Here's mine. Prior to the poll, I'd heard "Paint Box" once or twice and never heard "Fearless" at all, thx ILM for clueing me in. Obviously, I think the earliest eras are the ones that RULE.

1. Paintbox
2. See Emily Play
3. Interstellar Overdrive
4. Bike
5. Fearless
6. A Saucerful of Secrets
7. Arnold Layne
8. Have a Cigar
9. Crying Song
10. Chapter 24
11. Take Up thy stethoscope and walk
12. Time
13. Wish You Were Here
14. Grantchester Meadows
15. Lucifer Sam
16. Echoes
17. Stay
18. The Nile Song
19. Comfortably Numb
20. The Great Gig in the Sky

my cheesy casual fan ballot:

Time
Have A Cigar
Learning To Fly
Us And Them
Wish You Were Here
Brain Damage
Fearless
Breathe (In The Air)
Young Lust
Interstellar Overdrive
The Great Gig In The Sky
Sheep
On The Turning Away
High Hopes
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Mother
One Of These Days
San Tropez
The Gunner’s Dream
Any Colour You Like

"Fearless" was a song i randomly stumbled across in my day of Spotify listening and was taken with, had no idea if it was well regarded or not

Cheers Al! we're the entire "San Tropez" contingent.

Here's mine...

1. One Of These Days
2. Us And Them
3. Echoes
4. Comfortably Numb
5. Time
6. Sheep
7 . Shine On You Crazy Diamond
8. Obscured By Clouds
9. Arnold Layne
10. Astronomy Domine
11. Remember A Day
12. Lucifer Sam
13. Main Theme
14. The Nile Song
15. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
16. Rain In The Country
17. See Emily Play
18. Welcome To The Machine
19. Cirrus Minor
20. Bike

1. See Emily Play
2. The Nile Song
3. Sheep
4. Paintbox
5. Fearless
6. Cymbaline
7. Arnold Layne
8. Lucifer Sam
9. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
10. Interstellar Overdrive
11. Ibiza Bar
12. Jugband Blues
13. On The Run
14. Candy and A Currant Bun
15. Astronomy Domine
16. Dogs
17. Remember A Day
18. Flaming
19. Brain Damage/Eclipse
20. Run Like Hell

This poll ruled.

63. Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up - 95 points, 4 votes, 1 number one

So this didn't get combined with "Careful With That Axe Eugene" like "The Violent Sequence" did with "Us and Them"? Bummer.

1. shine on you crazy diamond
2. comfortably numb
3. wish you were here
4. brain damage/eclipse
5. welcome to the machine
6. echoes
7. the great gig in the sky
8. obscured by clouds
9. mother
10. when the tigers broke free
11. one of these days
12. fat old sun
13. atom heart mother suite
14. nobody home
15. time
16. another brick in the wall pt 2
17. pigs on the wing (damn straight the snowy white one)
18. run like hell
19. fearless
20. waiting for the worms

this ballot is heavy on space rock, guitar solos, and poignant introspective little numbers about being roger waters. it RULES.

Thanks Elvis for the splendid poll and wonderful pictures! I'm pretty happy with the results, but Dogs will always be my #1

1. Dogs
2. Have a Cigar
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Sheep
5. Comfortably Numb
6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
7. Time
8. Breathe
9. Pigs (3 Different Ones)
10. Welcome to the Machine
11. Pigs on the Wing (both parts)
12. Bike
13. See Emily Play
14. Lucifer Sam
15. Matilda Mother
16. Brain Damage
17. Another Brick in the Wall (pt 2)
18. Arnold Layne
19. Not Now John
20. Eclipse

good poll!

my ballot -

1 echoes
lucifer sam
pow r. toc h.
interstellar overdrive
the narrow way
one of these days
astronomy domine
shine on you crazy diamond
fearless
set the controls for the heart of the sun
see emily play
have a cigar
goodbye blue sky
careful with that axe eugene
sheep
a pillow of winds
welcome to the machine
let there be more light
mother
20 high hopes

Great poll! The image selections RULED.

1. fearless
2. interstellar overdrive
3. see emily play
4. bike
5. lucifer sam
6. wish you were here
7. brain damage/eclipse
8. the final cut
9. arnold layne
10. astronomy domine
11. one of these days
12. scarecrow
13. jugband blues
14. the great gig in the sky
15. mother
16. apples and oranges
17. pigs (three different ones)
18. free four
19. two suns in the sunset
20. shine on you crazy diamond

syd barrett solo:
1. terrapin
2. dark globe
3. octopus
4. she took a long cold look
5. wolfpack
6. wined and dined
7. rats
8. baby lemonade
9. dominoes
10. golden hair

yeah image selections were fantastic, that 'high hopes' one esp

Great poll, great images, 'Echoes' a decent #1. Had lots of fun with this and only one of my picks didn't place!

1. Paintbox
2. Us and Them
3. Lucifer Sam
4. Breathe
5. Fearless
6. Summer '68
7. Any Colour You Like
8. Cymbaline
9. Echoes
10. Goodbye Blue Sky
11. See Emily Play
12. A Pillow of Winds
13. Grantchester Meadows
14. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
15. The Great Gig in the Sky
16. Flaming
17. Wot's ...Uh the Deal
18. Dogs
19. Remember a Day
20. Cirrus Minor

decent deserving (!)

I didn't do any advance research for the poll, rather just went off the cuff using pleasant memories as my guide. As such I ended up with the lone vote for "Give Birth To A Smile", the most cheerful track in the Floyd canon (even if it's not officially under their name).

1. Echoes
Fearless
Breathe
Astronomy Domine
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Us and Them
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Goodbye Blue Sky
Time
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Saucerful of Secrets
Have a Cigar
Welcome to the Machine
One of these Days
Lucifer Sam
Brain Damage/ Eclipse
Young Lust
When the Tigers Broke Free
Pillow of Winds
20. High Hopes