ILM Ballot Polls for 2020 and beyond -- the ordering, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc

i think one of the other dark & long "remixes" is actually a remix of one of the other dubnobass tracks even

See also Rowla and Cherry Pie

I'd still like to do a jungle/dnb poll, as listed above. Not sure if there's enough interest in it though.

I'd follow it, definitely, but I probs wouldn't be able to contribute a whole bunch

I'd join in a d&b poll for sure.

I feel like there was one a few years back. Maybe that was 90s Dance in general. Definitely one I'm more likely to participate in or even help run.

Prefab Sprout poll, thanks.

^ YES. Do it! If only so I can be annoyingly "Swoon is *so* underrated, geez" and stuff.

i think one of the other dark & long "remixes" is actually a remix of one of the other dubnobass tracks even

― ufo, Friday, February 7, 2020 9:14 PM (thirty minutes ago)

See also Rowla and Cherry Pie

― nashwan, Friday, February 7, 2020 9:40 PM (four minutes ago)

my lineball instinct was to separate them like Rez and Cowgirl, but they really are exactly the same piece in different arrangements (and also reminiscent of when they'd do a Soft Mix and a Hard Mix on work-for-hire remix gigs around this time). I guess the only conclusion is not to do an Underworld poll

Just checked: counting the album and 7" version, I have 1 hour 55 minutes and 16 seconds of Dark whatevers. Let's just make them the ballot poll.

Prefab Sprout poll, thanks.

― triggercut, Friday, February 7, 2020 7:22 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes please

would also love to see that SFA poll happen at some point now that Guerilla is finally on NA spotify?

put me down as poll runner for super furry animals, i'm not sure what interest there is (probably only around 5 current posters on the main thread), but they can't be pollrunnerless

staggerlee hasn't posted since 2014. If no one objects (or if they just changed usernames), I'd like to step up for the Newpies poll.

Also: I was thinking about doing the Hendrix poll this September, in recognition of the 50th (not 51st) anniversary of his passing.

we haven't done Hendrix yet...?

We didn't, but your mom did!

I'll show myself out...

I was kind of musing about a PSYCHEDELIC ROCK poll but have the feeling that's too hairy a beast to properly corral.

Also, post-rock can/should be its own poll distinct from dream pop/shoegaze.

As far as timing is concerned, keep in mind that the 2019 metal poll is still underway, so maybe wait until it's over? Otherwise these all sound like great ideas.

would love a prefab sprout poll

thanks for taking over SFA for me wtev. i got mad that there weren't on Spotify and was not going to run it until that got corrected. i see now that everything is on there but RATW and PP. those other reissues have all their earlier B-sides on-line so that is a huge plus. can't wait for the Super Furry Animals poll!

BTW, this one is still open: 2019 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: VOTING & CAMPAIGNING thread (open until the 21st of February)

Most excited about "New Wave (just can’t get enough) Albums and Singles" and SFA will be such a fun poll.

Is anyone in a position to start something soon? Cat Power was almost 6 months ago now.

I'm thinking of offering my services to do the graphics for the eventual R.E.M. poll (it's 14th on the upcoming poll list)--that is, if rogermexico doesn't want to do them himself.

But here's the gimmick. I would ask all ILM'ers to send me random pictures in an R.E.M. aesthetic (whatever that is). Inscrutable objects, blurry photos you haven't deleted yet, chalk marks on a truck tire, a link to a drawing of some adzes, an old shopping list with a penguin scrawled on it. Or take a picture to illustrate a specific song--but don't tell me the song. I'll slap these bits together haphazardly, paste a wonky font on top and reap the acclaim.

If I do it, I'll probably have to start working on it now to get it done for the reveal sometime next year.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/History_of_Inventions_USNM_15_Adz.png/640px-History_of_Inventions_USNM_15_Adz.png

Now that sounds promising.

one thing with the underworld poll though would be figuring out where to draw the line with remixes etc., like "dark train" should probably be counted as a separate track to "dark & long" but does that work for all of them, and how do you handle something like "rez/cowgirl"?

hmmm not sure why it just made a new post but here's my thought - all those 'remixes' should be treated as a distinct track, since they're basically distinct tracks with almost nothing to do with the originals. if you combine votes then you wouldn't be able to put, say, "Dark Train" along with "Thing in a Book", nor "Tin There" with "Pearl's Girl", even though these tracks are very different from each other. as for "Rez/Cowgirl", idk how you'd want to handle it but I'd lean towards just not allowing it

i'm thinking about running either the Shoegaze poll or the New Wave poll this summer, which should i do?

Shoegaze! Shoegaze!

Here's a bold, bold suggestion while we're seemingly experiencing a lack of "I'm ready to go" bids...

I'd be happy to run a Prefab Sprout poll ASAP seeing there's some interest! (Assuming triggercut wasn't actually offering to run it, of course. I couldn't tell for sure.) I've favoured a quick turnaround on polls in the past and could again get it all done within a few weeks. I could even start immediately, but am mindful of the EOY metal poll still needing some space.

I'd definitely be interested in a Prefab Sprout poll.

:)

No-one wants to veto the suggestion? triggercut? Okay, how does a rollout around the Monday March 9rd sound? (~3 weeks.) I'm guessing that would be well after the metal poll. I'll create a thread shortly if there's still no objections. (A thread with regular reminders to vote in the metal poll as first priority. LOL, I really want to see a Venn diagram now.)

^ March 9th, obviously. No prizes for guessing what date I changed that from.

Metal poll rollout will be next week unless disaster befalls seandalai so no reason why you guys cant start a poll as soon as its done.

Thanks for considering us btw. Appreciated.

well, when i say next week i do mean in a weeks time it starts!

Word. I'll revisit when metal voting period closes.

i'm thinking about running either the Shoegaze poll or the New Wave poll this summer, which should i do?

Shoegaze! Shoegaze!

shoegaze

i think shoegaze is a good one to do this year, as it will mark the 10 year anniversary of Moka's tracks poll. i won't redo tracks fully but have an idea for a side poll with those results.

anyways, i think it's time for a new poll as the Metal poll is almost over and we can open a new poll as those results finish.

who is ready?

I've been ready for some weeks with Prefab Sprout. Can start literally immediately if there are (still) no naysayers.

^ Maybe a slightly 'niche' artist but I never can tell with ILM. Anyway, that's why I offered to get it done soon and efficiently, while others decide on follow-up polls.

go for it!

Okay, I'll post a thread...

Up at the plate. I don't know them but will follow along.

The King of Rock 'n' POLL, completely - PREFAB SPROUT - Artist Poll #100 - VOTING THREAD

I have not been keeping up, but if there have been any polls here since Go-Betweens a couple months back, we should update it here:
ILM Ballot Polls: where to find the results threads

There was Cat Power and then the noughties decade poll. I think the latter is the only one not mentioned there.

i think shoegaze is a good one to do this year, as it will mark the 10 year anniversary of Moka's tracks poll. i won't redo tracks fully but have an idea for a side poll with those results.

Ten years. Oh my god. I think I suggested back then that we should do another poll, but for albums/EPs instead of tracks - I can't remember if that's what this poll is supposed to be.

thirded.

I would 100% vote in a Kylie poll

What is the state of the current queue?

Based on our current progress we would probably get to Kylie sometime during the second term of the hunter Biden administration

the state of it is no one's run anything in months and it's been free-for-all with no meaningful queue for years. if anyone wants to run something then they can

i'm happy to help with a kylie poll though

i would help but my schedule just wouldn't really allow for it. :/

polls that are on the list that i'd be quite interested in & happy to do any of tabulate/images/bbcode for if necessary:

magnetic fields/stephin merritt
nine inch nails
r.e.m.
erykah badu
yellow magic orchestra
super furry animals
kylie minogue
the microphones/mount eerie/phil elverum

i think everyone who signed up to do those is at least somewhat active still except gukbe?

i'm not very willing to do much of the rollouts though because trying to post when the board is active destroys my sleep schedule unfortunately

some other artists not already taken that i'd be open to running if someone will help with the rollout:
david sylvian
kraftwerk
parliament/funkadelic
destroyer
everything but the girl
fiona apple

I'm still happy to run the Erykah Badu one whenever it happens

P-Funk was Poll #65: You and Your POLL, Me and My POLL: The P-Funk Results Poll

oh lol i vaguely remembered it had been done before but couldn't find it at all, that explains it

there hasn't been a poll in a while so if you want to run the erykah badu poll eric, you can whenever you want. i'll look forward to it

I am out for the next couple weeks, but could definitely begin one in October

rem has also been done

\///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///

xp sounds good then!

r.e.m. has been listed again forever because the methodology for that one (which kickstarted all these polls iirc) was kinda weird or something?

Yah I ran the R.E.M. poll in a wonky experimental manner, and have long endorsed rogermexico's plan for a do-over. There's probably some discussion on the previous edition of this thread.

I've also long said Prince is due for a redux

would be happy to help with a prince redo as well

I volunteered for Stephin Merritt et al (in gukbe's absence) at a time when I was trying to properly absorb his 21st century output, but I didn't really manage that. I for one certainly wouldn't be dismayed if someone more enthusiastic endeavored to get it done with a bit more haste!

trying to post when the board is active destroys my sleep schedule unfortunately

Feeling this. Handing the rollout component of 'my' last poll to a big fan in a timezone offset some 10 hours from own was pretty much the best thing ever lol

A while ago i was thinking a Morricone poll might be illuminating cause there's a ton of stuff then i thought "any song ever composed for a film" would be better (idk anymore) but with October approaching a horror movie themes poll would be the best kind. i don't have time to even follow it really but I def wanna listen to a bunch of horror soundtracks next month so idk maybe there are threads i could bump.

Morricone would be cool! Or maybe a looooong listening thread or something, given relatively few have heard more than a fraction of his output. Vigorous thumnbs-up to *any* soundtrack content.

We have an ILX EOY nominations thread: ILM's 2023 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD

It would be strange if "Canadian songs" were the end of the line for the genre/artist polls.

It's EOY voting time: ILM's 2023 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD

Would anyone be interested in trying to do a digital "draft"? Have heard a number of these done on podcasts in recent years and thought it could be fun to try here. Here's how I think it could work (and I'm open to suggestions):

- Draft-runner would pick a topic and create a thread -- year(s), genre, artist, scene
- First ~10-12 people to express interest would be included as participants but everyone could post if they want (could go larger but it could take too long to be fun...see below)
- Draft-runner would select ~5 categories -- Best Album, Best Song, Best Artist, Best Music Video, Best Industrial Metal EP (you can get as specific as you want, you get the idea)
- Draft participants would be assigned an order and would be "on the clock" to make a selection from the category of their choice by posting in the thread (suggest that each participant has 24 hours from the last participant's post to make their selection, otherwise this could in theory take months)
- Once all participants have made a selection from every category, the draft is over and we would then run a POLL to let ILM decide who had the best draft

We could also in theory run the actual draft over email, in a google doc, etc. if people think it would be more fun to keep the results a surprise until the poll/anonymize things.

I would come out of poll retirement to do a Frank Zappa poll if there was enough interest.

Anyone interested in participating in a Taylor Swift draft (xp) in the second half of this year?

Head Like A POLL: ILM Artist Poll #119 - Nine Inch Nails