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My ballot. Ranked here, but I went with the clemenza option for points distribution. Shocked that "Over Fire Island" DNP. "AGW" is great 'n' all, but come on.

Barry Gray - UFO (Opening Titles) (1:10)
Young Marble Giants - Final Day (1:44)
OMD - This is Helena (1:58)
The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer (1:54)
The Beach Boys - Our Prayer (1:10)
The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer (1:43)

Brian Eno - Over Fire Island (1:51)
Paddy Kingsland - The Changes (Opening Titles) (0:36)
Aavikko - Rosinante (1:47)
The Residents - The Act of Being Polite (1:00)
The Beat - Click Click (1:27)
The Fall - Prole Art Threat (1:57)
Delia Derbyshire - Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO (1:44)
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1:57)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - No Action (1:58)
The Clash - White Riot (1:56)

Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1:52)
Pixies - Isla de Encanta (1:41)
Kevin Blechdom - kLardiscopic Remedy #1 (1:40)
Chantal Goya - Tu M'as Trop Menti (1:45)
Was (Not Was) - Dad I'm in Jail (1:26)
Crass - Do They Owe Us A Living? (1:24)
Vernon Elliott - ‘Ivor the Engine’ theme (1:31)
Ken Nordine - Yellow (1:35)
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - CartooomTV (0:56)
Barry Gray - UFO (End Titles) (1:09)
Prefab Sprout - Mercy (1:22)
White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl (1:49)
Alan Hawkshaw - Girl in a Sportscar (1:40)
Big Black - L. Dopa (1:41)
Even As We Speak - Getting Faster (1:32)
David Bowie - Breaking Glass (1:52)
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back (1:53)
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (1:57)
De La Soul - Transmitting Live from Mars (1:12)
Napalm Death - You Suffer (0:02)

Swell Maps - Read About Seymour (1:29)
Buzzcocks - Love You More (1:55)
France Gall - N'écoute pas les idoles (1:44)
The La's - Feelin' (1:44)
Neil Young - Love in Mind (1:56)
Prince - I Wonder U (1:40)

François de Roubaix - Survol (1:36)
Del Close and John Brent - Basic Hip (from 'How to Speak Hip') (1:13)
John Baker - Factors (0:38)
Elastica - Annie (1:15)
Lizzy Mercier Descloux/Rosa Yemen - Rosa Vertov (1:48)
Primal Scream - Velocity Girl (1:22)

The Red Krayola with Art & Language - Kangaroo? (1:35)
Elvis Presley - That's All Right (1:55)

Bonus content. I keep thinking of things I should have nominated, so here's 5 more great short tracks for the main poll and one very short one for the sub 0:30 poll:

Raymond Scott - Bendix: “The Tomorrow People” (1:06)
The Tornados - Dragonfly (1:46)
Kevin Blechdom - Talkin’ Tech (0:47)
The Soup Dragons - Whole Wide World (1:44)
Big Black - Things To Do Today (1:47)

Sandra Kerr & John Faulkner - We Will Fix It (from ‘The Music From Bagpuss’) (0:17)

Jeff W, Saturday, 13 April 2019 11:31 (five years ago) link

Laurel Halo - Holoday (1:51)
Brian Eno - Another Green World (1:42)
David Bowie - Breaking Glass (1:52)
Delfonics - Ready or Not Here I Come (1:59)
Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the Moon (1:29)
Neon Indian - Bozo (1:23)
J Dilla - Stop (1:39)
Portishead - Deep Water (1:33)
Erykah Badu - Agitation (1:33)
Boards of Canada - Olson (1:32)
Broadcast - You And Me In Time (1:24)
Delia Derbyshire - Doctor Who Opening Theme (39 second version) (0:39)
V/A - Knight Rider Theme (1:17)
Basement Jaxx - Cosmolude (0:54)
Madvillain - Accordian (1:59)
The Alan Parsons Project - Sirius (1:48)
Kraftwerk - Uranium (1:27)
Prince - I Wonder U (1:40)
Aaliyah - Came to Give Love - Outro (1:41)
The Avalanches - Diner's Only (1:44)
J Dilla - Lightworks (1:18)
De La Soul - Transmitting Live from Mars (1:12)
Public Enemy - Incident at 66.6FM (1:37)
Roxy Music - Tara (1:47)
OMD - Time Zones (1:50)
Drexciya - Running Out of Space (1:55)
Casino vs Japan - Moonlupe (1:26)
Burial - UK (1:44)
Bjork - Frosti (1:41)
Annie - Intro (0:55)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Rain (I Want a Divorce) (1:49)
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - 11 (1:50)
Sampa the Great - F E M A L E (1:52)
John Williams - 20th Century Fox Fanfare (0:21)
The Knife - The Cop (0:44)
Actress - Holy Water (1:40)
Van Halen - Cathedral (1:23)
Ken Nordine - Yellow (1:35)
The Durutti Column - Beginning (1:41)
Moondog - Lament 1 (1:45)
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (1:57)
The Focus Group - Petroleum Paisley (0:46)
Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Day (1:47)
X - I'm Coming Over (1:14)
Jacques Lasry - Toccata (1:47)
Ennio Morricone - Death Rattle (1:45)
Le mystère des Voix Bulgares - Svatba (the Wedding) (1:31)
OutKast - ? (1:28)
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1:57)
Yello - Coast to Polka (1:54)

'Svatba' the only thing new to me tho the Morricone, OutKast and Yello were all tracks I'd heard maybe only once or twice years ago before hearing on the playlist.

I really thought 'Deep Water', 'Whitey On The Moon', The Cop' and 'I'm Coming Over' would've placed a lot higher.

nashwan, Saturday, 13 April 2019 11:48 (five years ago) link

My ballot

Ramones - Judy is a Punk (1:32)
The Microphones - I Felt Your Shape (1:55)
Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic (1:58)
Misfits - I Turned Into a Martian (1:42)
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (1:57)
Guided by Voices - Hot Freaks (1:45)
John Lennon - Hold On (1:52)
Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl (1:48)
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1:54)
They Might Be Giants - Kiss Me, Son of God (1:53)
Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week (1:23)
Danny Brown - XXX (1:51)
Meat Puppets – Lake of Fire (1:57)
The Clash – Career Opportunities (1:53)
The Who - Do You Think It's Alright? (0:25)
The Music Machine - Talk Talk (1:58)
Mitski - My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars (1:57)
Wire - Three Girl Rhumba (1:24)
Napalm Death - You Suffer (0:02)
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debbie (New Jazz Conceptions Version) (1:20)
Bad Brains - Pay to Cum (original 7" version) (1:30)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1:27)
Little Richard - Ooh! My Soul (1:52)
The Beatles - Golden Slumbers (1:32)
John Barry Orchestra - James Bond Theme (1:50)
The Magnetic Fields - Absolutely Cuckoo (1:34)
Pavement - Zurich is Stained (1:41)
J Dilla - One For Ghost (1:20)
Sleater-Kinney - Little Mouth (1:45)
Young Marble Giants - Final Day (1:44)
David Bowie - Breaking Glass (1:52)
The Wrens - This Is Not What You Had Planned (1:37)
Michael Giacchino - Main Title - From "Lost" (0:17)
Talking Heads - Who Is It? (1:44)
Ghostface Killah - Beauty Jackson (1:32)
The Chiffons - He's So Fine (1:54)
Los Campesinos! - My Year in Lists (1:49)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Ain't No Telling (1:51)
Ultramagnetic MCs - Traveling at the Speed of Thought (Remix) (1:51)
Neil Young - Cripple Creek Ferry (1:33)
Steely Dan - Through With Buzz (1:34)
Royal Headache - Girls (1:39)
Raekwon - Pyrex Vision (0:55)
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (0:58)
The Mountain Goats - Fall of the Star High School Running Back (1:49)
Mclusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues (1:51)
Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the Moon (1:29)
Sparklehorse - Box of Stars, Part One (0:33)
Isaac Hayes - Bumpy's Lament (1:49)
Digable Planets - Highing Fly (1:23)
Brian Eno - Another Green World (1:42)

to halve and half not (voodoo chili), Saturday, 13 April 2019 13:50 (five years ago) link

Clemenza Option, bold placed
1-10
Bert Jansch & John Renbourne - East Wind (1:25)
Les Négresses Vertes - La valse (1:33)
Martin Kolbe, Ralf Illenberger - Opening (1:24)
Miles Davis - Mystery (Reprise) (1:28)
Pixies - Isla de Encanta (1:41)
Roxy Music - Tara (1:47)
The Byrds - It Won't Be Wrong (1:58)
The High Llamas - Cuckoo Casino (0:56)
The Lemonheads - Bit Part (1:51)
This Mortal Coil - The Lacemaker II (1:25)

11-25
Boards of Canada - Constants Are Changing (1:42)
Bruce Langhorne - Leaving Del Norte (1:57)
Geisterfahrer - Himmel auf Erden (1:57)
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Hausen (1:47)
KFC - Stumpf ist Trumpf (1:40)
Max Richter - Written on the Sky (1:48)
Moondog - Lament 1 (1:45)
Neil Young - Till the Morning Comes (1:21)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Zopf: From the Colonies (1:38)
Serge Gainsbourg - Ah! Melody (1:47)
Serge Gainsbourg &Michel Colombier - Champêtre et Pop 2 (1:26)
Sonic Youth - Nic Fit (1:00)
The Boo Radleys - Lazy Day (1:34)
The Montgolfier Brothers - Pro-Celebrity Standing Around (1:45)
ZK - In der Ecke Stehen (1:37)

26-49
Bill Fay - Strange Stairway (1:57)
Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Baz - Duck (1:05)
Brian Eno - Sparrowfall (3) (1:24)
Built to Spill - Twin Falls (1:50)
Calexico - Inch by Inch (0:48)
Captain Beefheart - Flavor Bud Living (1:00)
Felt - Ferdinand Magellan (1:59)
Guided by Voices - To Remake the Young Flyer (1:43)
John Cale - Days of Steam (1:58)
Leo Kottke - Stealing (1:42)
Little Richard - Ooh! My Soul (1:52)
Lizzy Mercier Descloux/Rosa Yemen - Rosa Vertov (1:48)
Massive Attack - The Academy (1:45)
Minor Threat - Straight Edge (0:46)
Nick Drake - Harvest Breed (1:35)
Paul McCartney and Wings - Single Pigeon (1:53)
Popol Vuh - Kleiner Krieger (1:05)
R.E.M. - Walter's Theme (1:31)
The Beach Boys - Caroline, No (a cappella, Pet Sounds, Disc 3) (1:54)
The Durutti Column - Beginning (1:41)
The Mountain Goats - Deianara Crush (1:54)
Tindersticks - A Sweet, Sweet Man Pt. 2 (1:06)
Tracy Chapman - Behind the Wall (1:50)
White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl (1:49)

50
The Beatles - From Me to You (1:56)

je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 13 April 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link

Oh Colonel Poo, if only you had voted for another, better, Yummy Fur song maybe one of them would have placed

not sure which song is supposed to be better, but if we all voted the same Yummy Fur song they would have come in at #94

Colonel Poo, Saturday, 13 April 2019 22:38 (five years ago) link

i like that your ballot has so many Minor Threat songs paolo. glad "Straight Edge" placed, wish "Out of Step" had too

Dan S, Saturday, 13 April 2019 23:30 (five years ago) link

not sure which song is supposed to be better

I have many opinions about this! I made a playlist - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1fmqf9vwPImj7O4D7FRmaUz98CsqCTXF - basically the other six songs.

but if we all voted the same Yummy Fur song they would have come in at #94

My ideal was more like all of them placing, but Policeman was the one I didn't vote for.

Anyway, sorry, I'll shut up now.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 April 2019 09:44 (five years ago) link

Oops, posted this on the big thread, my apologies. You guys need to relisten to I'll Cry Instead and Sand In My Joints!

The Beatles - I'll Cry Instead (1:46)
Wire - Sand in my Joints (1:50)
Buddy Holly - Rave On (1:49)
Scott Walker - Cowbells Shakin' (1:06)
Elvis Presley - That's All Right (1:55)
The Glands - Call Me Doctor (1:03)
Pavement - Zurich is Stained (1:41)
Noname - Self (1:35)
Minutemen - West Germany (1:49)
Ramones - Judy is a Punk (1:32)
White Stripes - Now Mary (1:47)
The Kinks - Two Sisters (1:59)
Bruce Springsteen - Johnny Bye-Bye (1:53)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (1:50)
Gene Clark - Jimmy Christ (1:32)
Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl (1:48)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - No Action (1:58)
Bikini Kill - Capri Pants (1:43)
Bob Dylan - Odds and Ends (1:47)
Wire - Outdoor Miner (1:45)
Guided by Voices - Pendulum (1:50)
Bully - I Remember (1:48)
Elastica - Annie (1:15)
James Brown - Think (from 'Live at the Apollo') (1:58)
MIssissippi John Hurt - First Shot Missed Him (1:45)
Sleater-Kinney - Little Mouth (1:45)
Silkworm - Raging Bull (1:41)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1:53)
Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans (1:58)
Madvillain - Curls (1:36)
Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack (1:55)
The Beach Boys - I'd Love Just Once to See You (1:51)
Neutral Milk Hotel - Communist Daughter (1:57)
Parquet Courts - Outside (1:45)
Pixies - Tame (1:56)
PJ Harvey - No Child of Mine (1:13)
Sebadoh - License to Confuse (1:46)
Prince - Sister (1:32)
The Clash - Koka Kola (1:48)
Jay Reatard - Not a Substitute (1:05)
Public Enemy - Show 'Em Whatcha Got (1:56)
The Coasters - Yakety Yak (1:53)
The Magnetic Fields - Love is Like a Bottle of Gin (1:46)
The Mountain Goats - Dance Music (1:58)
Hüsker Dü - Never Talking To You Again (1:41)
Van Halen - Eruption (1:42)
The Box Tops - The Letter (1:53)
The Byrds - It Won't Be Wrong (1:58)
The Doors - Wintertime Love (1:57)
Yo La Tengo - Return to Hot Chicken (1:40)

kornrulez6969, Sunday, 14 April 2019 14:01 (five years ago) link

i didn't find time to vote, but i did nominate and put a ballot together.

this would have been my (ranked) ballot:

moby grape - naked, if i want to (0:58)
The Beatles - Her Majesty (0:23)
Wire, "Field Day for the Sundays" (0:28)
captain beefheart - flavor bud living (1:00)
de la soul - transmitting live from mars (1:12)
Big Star/ ST 100-6 (1:01)
bob dylan - oxford town (1:50)
Neil Young – Cripple Creek Ferry (1:33)
Shoes – Boys Don’t Lie (1:57)
The Zombies: "The Way I Feel Inside" (1:49)
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off 0:58
tyrannosaurus rex - the seal of seasons (1:49)
Jorge Ben - Balanca Pema (1:29)
david bowie - don't sit down (0:43)
thelonious monk - this is my story, this is my song (1:42)
Bad Brains – Pay to Cum (1:30)
chris kenner - i like it like that, part 1 (1:55)
can - pnoom (0:26)
gong - chainstore chant (0:41)
tim hardin - you upset the grace of living when you lie (1:49)
shuggie otis - happy house (1:16)
tom zé - complex de épico (1:19)
Roger Miller - Dang Me (1:51)
Caetano Veloso - Nostalgia (1:22)
R. Stevie Moore - Theme From A.G. (1:24)
sic alps - bells (with tremolo and distortion) (1:33)
paul mccartney - the lovely linda (0:46)
jacques denjean - tema del voyeur (2a variación) (1:25)
max frost and the troopers - shape of things to come (1:54)
bert jansch - finches (0:51)
the pretty things - loneliest person (1:30)
alexander spence - lawrence of euphoria (1:30)
mirrors - i'm going to wyoming (0:36)
the coneheads - violence (1:04)
the kinks - whip lady (1:22)
max matthews - bicycle built for two (0:40)
neil young - what happened yesterday (0:46)
john lennon - my mummy's dead (0:59)
kevin ayers - two goes into four (1:52)
departmentstore santas - photo album of baby (1:00)
lee dorsey - operation heartache (1:39)

budo jeru, Sunday, 14 April 2019 21:33 (five years ago) link

re: <2:00 beatles songs, i'd pick "misery" > "there's a place" > "it's only love" > "i'll cry instead"

budo jeru, Sunday, 14 April 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link

oh and i suppose "do you want to know a secret" above all those

budo jeru, Sunday, 14 April 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link

Clemenza Option, bold placed
1-10
John Martyn - Singin' in the Rain (1:29)
Pinegrove - Problems (ESF version) (1:20)
Pinegrove - Angelina (ESF version) (1:41)
The Chiffons - He's So Fine (1:54)
Wire - 12XU (1:57)
Noname - Self (1:35)
Jorge Ben - Balanca Pema (1:29)
Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy (Lost Cues, Vol. 2 version) (1:20)
Mclusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues (1:51)
Gloria Edwards - Lonely Girl (Soul Queen of Texas version) (1:57)

11-25
Bully - I Remember (1:48)
The dB's - Big Brown Eyes (1:59)
Honeydrum - Stranger Calls (1:52)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Laughter (Victims) (1:57)
Trust Fund - idk (1:38)
Alex G - Harvey (1:40)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Ingrid Bergman (1:50)
Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl (1:48)
David Lynch & Alan Splet - In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (1:38)
The Magnetic Fields - Love is Like a Bottle of Gin (1:46)
The Mountain Goats - Dance Music (1:58)
Fagatron - Asskickatron (1:48)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The ABC's of Love (1:56)
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debbie (New Jazz Conceptions Version) (1:20)
The Microphones - I Felt Your Shape (1:55)

26-49
Even as we Speak - Getting Faster (1:32)
Pavement - Zurich is Stained (1:41)
White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl (1:49)
Cat Stevens - The Wind (1:42)
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1:54)
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up (1:57)
Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week (1:23)
Parquet Courts - Caster of Worthless Spells (1:18)
Elvis Presley - (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (1:53)
Nels Cline, Julian Lage - Abstract (1:48)
Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks (1:33)
Little Richard - Ooh! My Soul (1:52)
Neutral Milk Hotel - A Baby for Pree (1:21)
Teenage Fanclub - Slow Fade (1:54)
PJ Harvey - The Sky Lit Up (1:53)
PJ Harvey - Broken Harp (1:59)
Talulah Gosh - Steaming Train (1:44)
Of Montreal - Sink the Seine (1:04)
Dustin O'Halloran - Opus 36 (1:45)
Mississippi John Hurt - First Shot Missed Him (1:45)
Neil Young - Cripple Creek Ferry (1:33)
Frankie Cosmos - Embody (1:49)
The Weakerthans - (Manifest) (1:45)
The Replacements - Don't Ask Why (1:57)

50
The Muppets - Muppet Show Theme Song (1:12)

Sky rockets in flight, afternoon D-White (fionnland), Sunday, 14 April 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link

Ultramagnetic MCs - Traveling At The Speed Of Thought (Remix) (1:51)
Todd Rundgren - I Don't Want To Tie You Down (1.56) — 2
Neil Young - Love in Mind (1:56)
Jeff Rosenstock - Planet Luxury (0.30) ++++
Project Pat - North Memphis (1.39) ++++
Turnstile - Real Thing (1.56) ++++
Mclusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues (1:51)
Gravediggaz - 2 Cups of Blood (1.27) — 4
Phillip Glass - Helen's Theme (Candyman OST) (1.57) — 2
System of a Down - Shimmy (1:51) — 3
Bankroll Fresh - Live Yo Life (1.56) ++++
Chuck Berry - Let It Rock (1:47) ++++
Comptons Most Wanted - Hit the Floor (1.49) — 2
Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Baz - Duck (1:05)
Delfonics - Ready or Not Here I Come (1:59)

Motorhead - Bite the Bullet (1.38) ++++
MF Doom - LIghtworks (1.53) — 3
Tree - 50s (1.13) — 2
Fugazi - Great Cop (1:53) — 5
Danny Brown - XXX (1:51) — 4
Killer Mike - Go! (1:54) — 5
Burna Boy - More Life (1.32) ++++
OutKast - Wailin' (1.59) — 3
Lee Dorsey - Operation Heartache (1:39) ++++
Tracy Chapman - Behind the Wall (1.50) — 3
Jorge Ben - Balanca Pema (1:29)
Ice Cube - What They Hittin Foe? (1.23) — 3
Joyce Manor - Catalina Fight Song (1:05) — 2
Mos Def - Priority (1.35) ++++
Roc Marciano - 20 Guns (1.54) ++++
Madvillain - Accordian (1:59)
Swearin' - Kill em With Kindness (1.31) ++++
The La's - Feelin' (1:44) — 4
Kelela - Bluff (1:12) ++++
Max B - Reign (1.45) — 2
J Dilla - Time: The Donut of the Heart (1:39) — 2
Jawbreaker - Boxcar (1:54) — 3
Danger Doom - Vats of Urine (1.48) ++++
Bad Religion - Modern Man (1.58) ++++
Solange - Rise (1:42)
Beastie Boys - Flute Loop (1:55)
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1:54)
Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl (1:48)
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (1:57)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Black and White World (1:56) — 3
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Neighborhood Slang (1.32) ++++
Scott Walker - On Your Own Again (1:48)
DJ Quik - Rhythm-Al-Ism (intro) (1.41) ++++
Thelonious Monk - Abide With Me (0:55) ++++
Ghostface Killah - Stroke of Death (1.56) — 3

++++ Sole Voter. Other numbers are number of voters per song

but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link

Ah, I should probably post my ballot here at some point. Even though it did end up being a bit rushed, and there were things I completely forgot to vote for, and some positioning that would be completely different if I were to do it again now...

emil.y, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link


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