I'd join in a d&b poll for sure.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 7 February 2020 10:54 (four years ago) link
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.
― nashwan, Friday, 7 February 2020 11:54 (four years ago) link
Prefab Sprout poll, thanks.
― triggercut, Friday, 7 February 2020 12:22 (four years ago) link
^ YES. Do it! If only so I can be annoyingly "Swoon is *so* underrated, geez" and stuff.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 7 February 2020 12:57 (four years ago) link
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
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
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.
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
― triggercut, Friday, February 7, 2020 7:22 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
yes please
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
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
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 7 February 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
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.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 February 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
we haven't done Hendrix yet...?
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 7 February 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
We didn't, but your mom did!
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 February 2020 21:06 (four years ago) link
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.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 7 February 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
Also, post-rock can/should be its own poll distinct from dream pop/shoegaze.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 7 February 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link
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.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Friday, 7 February 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
would love a prefab sprout poll
― ufo, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
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!
― Bee OK, Friday, 7 February 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
BTW, this one is still open: 2019 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: VOTING & CAMPAIGNING thread (open until the 21st of February)
― Bee OK, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
Most excited about "New Wave (just can’t get enough) Albums and Singles" and SFA will be such a fun poll.
― the future is now, Saturday, 8 February 2020 02:59 (four years ago) link
Is anyone in a position to start something soon? Cat Power was almost 6 months ago now.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 8 February 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
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
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 8 February 2020 09:21 (four years ago) link
Now that sounds promising.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 8 February 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
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"?
― frogbs, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
i'm thinking about running either the Shoegaze poll or the New Wave poll this summer, which should i do?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 15 February 2020 00:54 (four years ago) link
Shoegaze! Shoegaze!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 15 February 2020 01:24 (four years ago) link
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.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 15 February 2020 03:39 (four years ago) link
I'd definitely be interested in a Prefab Sprout poll.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 15 February 2020 04:01 (four years ago) link
:)
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.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
^ March 9th, obviously. No prizes for guessing what date I changed that from.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:30 (four years ago) link
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.
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:33 (four years ago) link
well, when i say next week i do mean in a weeks time it starts!
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
Word. I'll revisit when metal voting period closes.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 17 February 2020 00:59 (four years ago) link
i'm thinking about running either the Shoegaze poll or the New Wave poll this summer, which should i do?Shoegaze! Shoegaze!
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
shoegaze
― kraudive, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 27 February 2020 02:11 (four years ago) link
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?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 27 February 2020 02:12 (four years ago) link
I've been ready for some weeks with Prefab Sprout. Can start literally immediately if there are (still) no naysayers.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:01 (four years ago) link
^ 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.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:09 (four years ago) link
go for it!
― ufo, Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
Okay, I'll post a thread...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 27 February 2020 05:29 (four years ago) link
Up at the plate. I don't know them but will follow along.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 27 February 2020 05:40 (four years ago) link
The King of Rock 'n' POLL, completely - PREFAB SPROUT - Artist Poll #100 - VOTING THREAD
― Bee OK, Thursday, 27 February 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
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
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 27 February 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
There was Cat Power and then the noughties decade poll. I think the latter is the only one not mentioned there.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 27 February 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
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.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 28 February 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
Yes, you can see on the above list that it will be for Albums/EPs this summer hopefully. i will do some sort of side poll with the tracks results that we got from Moka's part.
― Bee OK, Friday, 28 February 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
So, is anyone close to ready for the next one? I'll hopefully have rolled out the Prefab poll by the end of next week.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 00:05 (four years ago) link
I could push Underworld out if nobody on the queue wants to leap into action.
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 00:55 (four years ago) link
Do it!
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 09:58 (four years ago) link
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
― ufo, Friday, 8 September 2023 00:39 (seven months ago) link
i'm happy to help with a kylie poll though
― ufo, Friday, 8 September 2023 00:43 (seven months ago) link
i would help but my schedule just wouldn't really allow for it. :/
― omar little, Friday, 8 September 2023 18:45 (seven months ago) link
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 merrittnine inch nailsr.e.m.erykah baduyellow magic orchestrasuper furry animalskylie minoguethe 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 sylviankraftwerkparliament/funkadelicdestroyereverything but the girlfiona apple
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 13:58 (seven months ago) link
I'm still happy to run the Erykah Badu one whenever it happens
― 50 Best Fellas (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:01 (seven months ago) link
P-Funk was Poll #65: You and Your POLL, Me and My POLL: The P-Funk Results Poll
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:03 (seven months ago) link
oh lol i vaguely remembered it had been done before but couldn't find it at all, that explains it
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:04 (seven months ago) link
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
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:05 (seven months ago) link
I am out for the next couple weeks, but could definitely begin one in October
― 50 Best Fellas (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:07 (seven months ago) link
rem has also been done
\///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:07 (seven months ago) link
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?
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:10 (seven months ago) link
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.
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:35 (seven months ago) link
I've also long said Prince is due for a redux
― 50 Best Fellas (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:44 (seven months ago) link
would be happy to help with a prince redo as well
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:44 (seven months ago) link
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!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 22:59 (seven months ago) link
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
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 23:24 (seven months ago) link
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.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 14 September 2023 01:09 (seven months ago) link
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.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 20 September 2023 02:26 (seven months ago) link
We have an ILX EOY nominations thread: ILM's 2023 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Monday, 11 December 2023 18:23 (four months ago) link
It would be strange if "Canadian songs" were the end of the line for the genre/artist polls.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 11 December 2023 19:10 (four months ago) link
It's EOY voting time: ILM's 2023 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Tuesday, 2 January 2024 19:36 (three months ago) link
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.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 15:57 (three months ago) link
I would come out of poll retirement to do a Frank Zappa poll if there was enough interest.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:09 (two months ago) link
Anyone interested in participating in a Taylor Swift draft (xp) in the second half of this year?
― Indexed, Monday, 11 March 2024 15:23 (one month ago) link
Head Like A POLL: ILM Artist Poll #119 - Nine Inch Nails
― ufo, Friday, 29 March 2024 03:20 (three weeks ago) link