hmm, broken link?
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 02:57 (five years ago) link
oops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaTy3kSxyoo
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 November 2018 03:00 (five years ago) link
oh, cool! i knew that lennon liked the b-52s from the rolling stone interview (Lennon remembered, “I was at a dance club one night in Bermuda” in June 1980. “Upstairs, they were playing disco, and downstairs, I suddenly heard ‘Rock Lobster’ by the B-52’s for the first time. Do you know it? It sounds just like Yoko’s music, so I said to meself, ‘It’s time to get out the old axe and wake the wife up!’ We wrote about twenty-five songs during those three weeks, and we’ve recorded enough for another album.”), but i hadn't heard his comments in the bbc interview.
it's funny, in the midst of that, for lennon to refer to the years when he and ono were separated as "not really separate for any real reason, just on a holiday"
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
Her uncomfortable giggle after that statement
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 November 2018 03:14 (five years ago) link
getting my order together now, this is hard...
― Bee OK, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
hey, i'm adding up the ballots and everything's good, except for one important issue:
on the albums side, there are several votes for Mesopotamia, and several votes for Party Mix/Mesopotamia. There are zero votes for Party Mix as a standalone EP. Should I combine all the votes for Mesopotamia and Party Mix/Mesopotamia, or leave them separate?
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 November 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
I didn't vote for that because I view it as a compilation and not an album, but if I can vote for it please put it at my #2 spot.
― sleeve, Saturday, 10 November 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
(I am really voting for Party Mix, maybe we should just count them both as separate albums?)
that sounds good, leaving them all as separate albums. when i do the rollout i'll include anything that got a vote. (and yep, i'll adjust your albums ballot so that Party Mix is #2)
ROLLOUT ON MONDAY, GET YR VOTE IN by the end of Saturday, whenever that might be for you
this is going to be so much fun. :D
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 November 2018 00:57 (five years ago) link
i'm also going to send a quick email to everyone who voted for either mesopotamia, party mix, or mesopotamia/party mix and let them know that the votes will be split, in case that affects their decision.
this poll is totally valid and will stand up to legal scrutiny
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:05 (five years ago) link
*signs executive order*
― sleeve, Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:06 (five years ago) link
good mourning!
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
where's the remix of Byrne's?
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:42 (five years ago) link
sic, you post in this thread, you have to send a ballot. those are david byrne's rules, i just follow them
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
and alfred, you've got t minus 26 hours to get your ballot in, or you're not a lord any more. or, you're not the president. whichever one of those punishments stings the most
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
just responded via email. I'm voting for the band mix of mesopotamia; the Party Mix/Mesopotamia release.Not the Byrne mix.
― campreverb, Saturday, 10 November 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
I never knew the standalone CD of Mesopotamia was different from the versions on Party Mix! I knew about the longer demo versions of some songs making it onto the vinyl, but this is something else?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 10 November 2018 02:14 (five years ago) link
tbh not being familiar with the differences between the Mesopotamia material is the main reason I feel unqualified to vote! but I'll try and give all those middle records a listen and send a bad ballot
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Saturday, 10 November 2018 03:34 (five years ago) link
hell yeah, thanks! your vote would put us at 25 ballots.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 November 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
I'm 100% voting in this, and will be finalizing my ballot in the next couple hours
― bedraggled vorticist (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 10 November 2018 09:43 (five years ago) link
apologizing to the poll gods for re-ordering my ballot but jfc this has to be top 5:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo7vXBeTlJM
― campreverb, Saturday, 10 November 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
^ Very true.
Imagine being at that gig and hearing "Rock Lobster" for the first time.
― jmm, Saturday, 10 November 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
wow, i just spent waaaaaaay too long illustrating the events of a certain song in a way that's faithful to the album art. no big deal, i'm just unemployed and running out of money!
friendly reminder: last day to vote! i'm expecting a couple more today, and if a couple more surprise ballots come in we can make up to 30. pretty good!
incentive to vote: the top 3 are very, very close, and there's another handful in the top ten that are also very close. so your vote will really make a difference. you can be like that tipping point guy in state where no one lives that decides an election
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 November 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
about to send
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 November 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
Voted!
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 10 November 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
i finally voted too.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 10 November 2018 23:06 (five years ago) link
i'm glad this was able to stay open for another week as this poll has a very nice turnout.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 10 November 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
definitely! we're up to 31 now
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 November 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
and where the hell is BradNelson? a ballot from him should be one of the first but not yet?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 10 November 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
Has he even posted?
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 10 November 2018 23:25 (five years ago) link
He hasn't and I don't like calling people out. It just seems to be in his wheelhouse?
― Bee OK, Sunday, 11 November 2018 01:16 (five years ago) link
...
― Bee OK, Sunday, 11 November 2018 05:00 (five years ago) link
the b-52s are a very horny band
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 November 2018 05:12 (five years ago) link
one final time: there's still time, if get yr vote in sometime tonight! tomorrow morning (t - 8 hours or so) i'm going to do the final tally and count the number of points, votes, #1s, etc. so if you get yr vote in before then, I'll be able to include it.
Rollout starts Monday. I'm thinking Albums + 40-31 on Monday, 30-16 on Tuesday, 15-1 on Wednesday.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 November 2018 05:57 (five years ago) link
don't let the chlorine in your eyesblind you to the awful surprisethat's waitin' for you atthe bottom of the bottomless blue blue blue POLL
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 11 November 2018 06:14 (five years ago) link
Whoops, only just saw yesterday's Mesopotamia email. That seems a wise decision. (I guess I've mostly heard Mesopotamia via that twofer, but all mixes are decent, and I rarely listen to Party Mix.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 11 November 2018 10:30 (five years ago) link
it is happening!
♫ Before I talk, I should read a POLL! ♪ ILM Artist Poll #93 ♪ B-52’s ♫
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link