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

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.

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.

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.

I could push Underworld out if nobody on the queue wants to leap into action.

Do it!

Yeah, do it! (I'm not really qualified to vote, but I'd like to see the results!)

I probably should have added that this one is over and no longer any sort of impediment:

I POLLED the Megahertz - ILM Artist Poll #100 - Prefab Sprout - RESULTS

I'm a massive Underworld fan and still extremely daunted at having to try and whittle down some favourites from their extensive library xp

Let's nudge the thread for a couple of days in case anyone who's been on deck for a while gets prompted: I'm ready to roll on Underworld, but have the 2019 film poll going on ILE right now, so want to stagger them a bit anyway. (Being locked inside for months is probably the best time for folks to try and figure out which of five nine-minute versions of different songs are their favourites, to be sure.)

NickB? sleeve? aldo? LJ?

Heh I think the shoegaze poll was one of my first polls so there’s no images, some of the winners don’t really qualify as shoegaze (not my fault! That’s on voters) and I broke the usual tie system into a weird one, I’m sure there’s plenty of mistakes too.

I mean it wasn’t strictly a shoegaze poll...

Grisso / McCain? sarahell? Eric H.? crutis?

i'm so busy at work right now that i can't do anything. work in prescription drug industry. my next poll will be shoegaze albums...

I won't run Cardiacs and such until LSD is a vain hope tbh

I guess I could push up the Hendrix poll, and have it up tomorrow or Friday.

I GUESS YOU COULD

I mean, that would be rad.

Well, I had wanted to run it in September (see upthread) but I've got fuck all going on rn, and I have lately been digging into my Hendrix stuff (currently spinning Electric Ladyland).

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