Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

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(I guess there should have been a rule that only one, maximum two tracks per band/artist to be allowed in but we have gone too far)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link

WHOA HEAVEN LETYOURLITE*SHINE*DOWN

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link

If "Shine" makes the top 20 I'm gonna tie y'all up, cover your mouths and nostrils with Local H and Weezer bumper stickers and throw yer asses in the drink.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:14 (nineteen years ago) link

#1 WILL BE GLYCERINE AND THE COUNTRIES WILL BE UNITED

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:15 (nineteen years ago) link

scratch that. "Comedown."

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Bugger - I forgot 'Chime' too. Revised list:

20. Kelis - "Get Along With You"
19. Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin'"
18 Radiohead - "Airbag"
17. Orbital - "Chime"
16. Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
15. Stardust - "Music Sounds Better With You"
14. Leftfield - 'Open Up'
13. Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang"
12. Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
11. Warren G. f/ Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
10. Beck - "Loser"
9. Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker"
8. Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2U"
7. Breeders - "Cannonball"
6. My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"
5. Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"
4. Deee-Lite - "Groove is in the Heart"
3. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
1. Pulp - "Common People"

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link

NO COLLECTIVE SOUL OR BUSH FANS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS THREAD.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link

YET.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link

BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link

(don't worry, neither were nominated. But we can still choose to hurt their fans if they so happen to show up)

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:20 (nineteen years ago) link

WHY WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE TOADIES

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:20 (nineteen years ago) link

I have to admit the idea of Nirvana making the top 20 makes me giggle. It's like voting for "Hey Jude."

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link

That's nothing, "Paranoid Android" in the top five is like voting for "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link

"Unfinished Sympathy" is like voting for "Hotel California".

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:24 (nineteen years ago) link

'Common People' at #1 is like voting for 'Common People'!

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:25 (nineteen years ago) link

maybe in your country

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link

"Common People" is like voting for "I Just Called To Say I Loved You".

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link

"Common People" is the Hitler-Esque XTC.

did anybody else vote for "Ice Ice Baby"? It didn't make the OMGWTFLOL list and I'd hate to think it doesn't get a nod in either canon.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Did chuck eddy vote?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link

I mean at least "Return Of The Mack" made that one.

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― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link

I had Ice Ice Baby at 10, if that gives you any cheer - most of mine aren't coming up though, so take from that what you will.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link

I kinda wish the top 20 was made entirely of Sebadoh tracks.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Sebadoh: The United States version of Pulp.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link

hardly! The US version of Pulp was Britney Spears (big fuck-crazy showtunes)

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Surely Saint Etienne have twenty more tracks?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link

and people wondering if it was right to treat the singer like a sex symbol (for different reasons, but still)

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― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't really like pulp.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Do you hate common people?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link

I saw Jarvis Cocker in the Missing that used to be on Gt Western Rd in Glasgow. I didn't talk to him though, because I don't especially like Pulp. Fascinating.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link

I stood Jarvis Cocker up once. I can't actually remember why.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Did you not especially like Pulp either?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Let's start a separate thread, "Real-Life Encounters With ILX Poll Finalists"

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Well the guy's idea of a pick-up line is "Do you remember the first time?" and "I want to give you babies." I can see why many would shirk.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link

those lines would work on indie babes and you know it

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Is Chesney Hawks likely to show up? I once stood next to Chesney Hawks at a urinal. I've been kicking myself ever since for not taking a peek.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link

no, I don't like common people.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:45 (nineteen years ago) link

those lines would work on indie babes and you know it

sigh. i know.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Maybe "Return of the Mack" will show up in the top twenty! I'm hopeful.

I definitely regret voting for "Common People" (although it was around 25 or so if I remember correctly) but I had no idea this poll would end with a giant sick brit-pop lovefest/orgy.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Also fuck paranoid android, I like OK Computer OK but that is like my least favorite song on it, what a boring prog-dirge. I can't believe how everyone wets their pants over "ooh it has different movements" boring boring all kinds of boring.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Let's start a separate thread, "Real-Life Encounters With ILX Poll Finalists"

B-b-but i didn't encounter Jarvis. I stood him up! (Yes, I do like Pulp, but I had somewhere else to be and he was late. This, I should point out, was for an interview and not for a date).

I hate that people are regretting voting for things just because other people did. Common People is going to win because lots of people liked it. Deal with it.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link

"I definitely regret voting for "Common People" (although it was around 25 or so if I remember correctly) but I had no idea this poll would end with a giant sick brit-pop lovefest/orgy."

Oh come on people were predicting that "Common People" would be #1 from like the get go.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link

This poll is balanced pretty well I think.

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link

had no idea this poll would end with a giant sick brit-pop lovefest/orgy.

What? We've got the top 20 still to go and the only track you could call Britpop is 'Common People'.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Not that we know the top 20 - but what else is likely to be there?

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link

albums poll giveaway:

MENSWEAR - "Nuisance" (2352 points, 76 votes, 15 first place votes)

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Fuck "Shine" it's "Smashing Young Man" love all the way

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:12 (nineteen years ago) link

MENSWEAR - "Nuisance" (2352 points, 76 votes, 15 first place votes)
I think you're bluffing.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:13 (nineteen years ago) link

What is 'Shine', btw?

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Terrible.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:14 (nineteen years ago) link

btw, i think i've got everything listed here so far and would be more than happy to do a CDR700 kinda thing to share on slsk

― rentboy (rentboy), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 00:21 (nineteen years ago) link

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