All right, my tinnitus-having, Michael-Moorcock-reading friend, you have thrown down the gauntlet. You will see my 50 picks before next Friday.
― Blecch Dreieinigkeitsmoses (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 November 2013 04:05 (ten years ago) link
Is The Soul of Patrick Lee eligible? Also, who is Adam Miller?!
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Friday, 8 November 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
lol @ buzza
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 8 November 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Four ballots received so far...
cuz I am voting for some weirdo versions, just like EIII mentions... I mean, the slow burn Quine tapes version of "Waiting For My Man" is genuinely my favorite!
this is all fine and good, but bear in mind that insisting that your votes for particular takes of songs be counted separately from other versions basically guarantees that they will not make it into the final results, due to the unlikelihood of anybody else specifying that particular take.
Depending on how the votes come in, I may just tally all the votes for a given song together, while noting that a certain portion of those votes were for various versions, but I dunno, depends on people's ballots really.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 7 November 2013 21:07 (Yesterday) Permalink
hi Shakey what I was trying to say there was yes, please count all the different versions together. That way I can vote for my fave weirdo live version of a classic song and it gets counted.
― sleeve, Friday, 8 November 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
does moe have a chance at placing anything in this poll? i've never really heard any of her solo stuff. is there a consensus for her best song?
― reckless woo (Z S), Friday, November 1, 2013 6:12 PM (1 week ago)
love this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9zyWu_POk
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Friday, 8 November 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
Is The Soul of Patrick Lee eligible?
As noted upthread, collabs with non-VU members are acceptable so yes. Don't pass up this rare opportunity to vote for the entirety of Wrong Way Up!
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 8 November 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
I feel like you're kidding but
― you can get fuckstab anywhere in london (wins), Friday, 8 November 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
not entirely kidding - it just happened to be what I'm listening to at the moment. it's not bad but it's not really good either.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 8 November 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
it's not bad but it's not really good either.
bullllshiiiiiittttt
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2013 18:12 (ten years ago) link
Spinning Away is way up there for me
― sleeve, Friday, 8 November 2013 18:28 (ten years ago) link
got a couple more ballots in, keep em coming
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 8 November 2013 18:31 (ten years ago) link
I'm almost done. Road testing my list during my walks to/from work today. SO FAR SO GOOD! Spinning Away totes gonna make my list too. Love that song.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Friday, 8 November 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
Hoping/planning to work on my ballot over the weekend and send it Sunday or Monday.
― He got...JACKED UP!!!!! (WilliamC), Friday, 8 November 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
Working through Angus Maclise today, think I'll vote for Chumlum at the very least.
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Friday, 8 November 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
"Sun Blindness Music" will probably make it; gonna re-listen to the Cale/Sterling duo, too.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 8 November 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
I can't even wrack my brain into thinking of Wrong Way Up options.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 November 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Friday, November 8, 2013 10:57 AM
damn I forgot about Universal Solar Calendar, that is my jam
― sleeve, Friday, 8 November 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
gonna re-listen to the Cale/Sterling duo, too.
"Stainless Steel Gamelan" is on my ballot.
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Friday, 8 November 2013 19:38 (ten years ago) link
It's pretty fascinating how those records point to later Velvets tracks (even stuff Cale's not on, e.g., "Sun Blindness Music" --> "What Goes On").
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 8 November 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
for your ballot consideration, all 40 minutes of Sweet Sister Ray (edit URL):
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFaOyQbDTKs
― sleeve, Saturday, 9 November 2013 02:19 (ten years ago) link
couple more ballots in over the weekend, keep 'em coming...
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 November 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link
I didn't include any wrong way up stuff cause the album feels more eno than cale
― iatee, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
Voted! Decided to leave off "Spinning Away" for the same reason iatee said, but I did include "Cordoba" as it's obviously a Cale track.
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 01:00 (ten years ago) link
c'mon guys we have to at least get the ballots into double digits here
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
You gave us until Friday. There is a lot of material to sift through.
― Pazz & Jop 1280 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
which I'm sure none of you have ever listened to before lol
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
I'm sending you mine asap but that moment hasn't happened yet!
I hope there is a strong showing for Lady Godiva's Operation even if it ends poorly. The first few verses are sublime and then it's kinda funny when Lou pops in to hork his lines SWEETLY.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
He sounds like a zitty teenager next to John Cale.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
i love that part
― Tip from Tae Kwon Do: (crüt), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
the first time i heard it it scared the bejeezus out of me. it still does sometimes.
the whole song is pretty spooky, the thump thump heartbeat/surgery theme and alli love it
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
SENT
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
Can I vote if I my ballot is all VU and "I wanna be black"?
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
of course
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
Thought I was going to get my ballot done early, but I'm going to take until the deadline after all.
― He got...JACKED UP!!!!! (WilliamC), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
I should be able to send mine tonight, I am just fussing with the order.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
(by the way shakey I left off any specific versions of tracks, I will just rep for them in teh results thread)
― sleeve, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
my draft ballot is now at 65 songs and i feel like i'm underrepresenting some great stuff still.
don't even know what i'm going to cut
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
voted
― Bridge of Size (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
top 10 disappointingly predictable so far - where is ye contrarian ILX spirit of olde, I aske
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link
lol wait till you get my ballot
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 00:49 (ten years ago) link
Ballot sent. Such a boring selection, but I did it quick, from memory, so very very VU-heavy. Kind of wish I had time to re-listen to the whole discography (and there are albums I haven't heard yet) (including ALL of Mo Tucker's and John Cale's solo records) but WTF.
― Has talent, needs to figure out how to improve (staggerlee), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:18 (ten years ago) link
this is just a tracks poll, right? no album ballots?
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
my ballot totally betrays my album choices but i'm ok with that
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
Same here. I think I had three songs from my least favourite album among my top eight or nine--just an indicator of how amazing they were.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:05 (ten years ago) link
Not all of the songs on my favorite album made my ballot, but all the songs on my second-favorite did.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
I did my best to spread my votes across albums, though I think I had five from VU+N.
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
Four songs from New Sensations, six from Mistrial.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
lol
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
ultra-boring 25 track ballot submitted ... looking forward to getting educated about the solo Reed and Cale I have not heard
― Brad C., Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link