Happy New Year, list-makers.
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude 47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom50. Steely Dan - Bee OK51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain53. Outkast - The Reverend54. Autechre - Leee55. Brian Eno - WmC56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom58. Radiohead - nate woolls59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza60. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson62. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK63. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier64. Italo - daavid65. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy66. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt67. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee68. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life69. Extreme Metal - Viceroy70. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe71. Pixies - Johnny Fever72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains73. Spoon - Bee OK74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods76. Queen - charlie h77. Dinosaur Jr. - Z S78. Tom Petty - rogermexico79. Ramones - tipsy mothra 80. Jimi Hendrix - WmC81. Sightings - Raymond Cummings82. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat83. Stereolab - Moka84. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK85. Genesis + solo - NickB86. The Smiths - nate woolls87. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl88. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC89. Dead C - Raymond Cummings90. Royal Trux + side projects - Drugs A. Money91. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?92. Rush - Matt #293. Oasis - darraghmac94. George Michael - Ismael Klata95. Talking Heads - Bee OK96. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan97. Van Halen - Johnny Fever98. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino99. Low - aldo100. Nine Inch Nails - chap101. REM - rogermexico.102. Bjork - Eric H.103. Wu-Tang Clan - ― Spottie104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs)105. Covers - kornrulez6969106. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
― oldbowie (WilliamC), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
classic rock nomination/discussion thread coming very soon
― ol' Wrink P's thinkpiece (some dude), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
x-post
Dag.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
I don't take part in many of these, but will consider the classic rock thing, it sounds like a laugh. Someone give me a nudge when these are up, too:
64. Italo - daavid74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds83. Stereolab - Moka99. Low - aldo104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs)105. Covers - kornrulez6969
― emil.y, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
btw, we did 20 polls on the list in the course of 2013. so if that pace continues, we should get up to around the Emo/Scream poll by the end of 2014. not as many polls i'm as interested in participating in this year as there were last year, but excited for Steely Dan and Outkast.
― ol' Wrink P's thinkpiece (some dude), Thursday, 2 January 2014 12:34 (ten years ago) link
which means we'd also get to the New Pornographers poll around late 2016 or early 2017 hehe
― ol' Wrink P's thinkpiece (some dude), Thursday, 2 January 2014 12:36 (ten years ago) link
Anyone know when the Roxy poll starts?
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 2 January 2014 13:27 (ten years ago) link
presumably once voting for the "2013 albums and tracks poll" ends. but i'll wait for the official prod.
― charlie h, Thursday, 2 January 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
or after classic rock, i dunno.
― charlie h, Thursday, 2 January 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
Oh dang, I traded the official prod for some blue meth over the holidays.
― oldbowie (WilliamC), Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
I think we should include ETAs of everything in the queue, just to twist the knife a little more.
― Matt Groening is MY Cousin (Leee), Thursday, 2 January 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
If anyone dies under suspicious circumstances, and the person whose poll it is is implicated in said suspicious circumstances, I'm assuming they don't get to jump ahead in the line.
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 January 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
I think if Bjork killed Stephin Merritt, starting her poll immediately would be the least we could do.
― oldbowie (WilliamC), Thursday, 2 January 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
Agreed.
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 January 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
But it's not up to you.
What if Extreme Metal killed Hair Metal?
― Matt Groening is MY Cousin (Leee), Thursday, 2 January 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
fight to the death against the winner of 'Producers'
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 2 January 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
For reference: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
There is also this: ILM Ballot Polls: where to find the results threads
Again Thanks WilliamC for taking back over this thread, as I said before I was just keeping the seat warm until your return.
― Bee OK, Friday, 3 January 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
watching thomas crown affair and wondering.. has there been a movie score poll?
― Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ (brimstead), Friday, 3 January 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
is this where I plead for you maniacs to separate the Eno and Roxy/Ferry polls?
Eno >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Roxy, give Ferry and Jobson and whoever their second rate solo material if you must but I will vote all Eno in protest if that's how it's gonna be.
― sleeve, Friday, 3 January 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
eno poll should be a poll of inanimate objects
― Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ (brimstead), Friday, 3 January 2014 03:42 (ten years ago) link
feelin u sleeve. i dunno that eno >>>>>>> roxy but def a different thing. just adds noise to both "roxy" and "eno" polls and makes results less satisfying.
cf gabriel/(and a little collins) >>>>>> genesis
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 3 January 2014 06:46 (ten years ago) link
The Eno / Ferry thing was settled a long time ago, was it not? Separate polls.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 3 January 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
Put me down for They Might Be Giants. (would enough people care about a TMBG poll?)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
In at 107
― channel 9's meaty urologist (WilliamC), Thursday, 16 January 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
Where is the Classic Rock Canon poll? Having missed out on a lot of the history of this, I understand why we want to coordinate the timing so's not to have 6 million ballot polls flooding the board at once, but don't it seem like we could have one start at least every week?
― Ynysddu is the best policy (but tread Caerphilly) (staggerlee), Thursday, 16 January 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link
There's a hiatus while the big EOY poll is happening...normal service will return at the start February I guess.
― Two days left to vote in the ILM EOY Poll! (seandalai), Thursday, 16 January 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
There's a break from these while the end-of-year polls run their course. The list should pick back up in February.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 January 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
There's a pause during the big end-of-year polls, regular polls will begin again by February.
― Euler, Thursday, 16 January 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
what they said, something something February
― channel 9's meaty urologist (WilliamC), Thursday, 16 January 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
Any reason we can't do one a week starting February?
― Ynysddu is the best policy (but tread Caerphilly) (staggerlee), Thursday, 16 January 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
Most poll-runners have been leaving the voting open for 10-14 days to flog as many ballots as possible out of ILM. Some overlap is cool -- one poll open for voting while another one is rolling out its results -- but any efforts to put these polls on a timetable have been met with an unspoken "yes that's fine for everyone else but I'm going to run my poll this way." I'm not going to play the heavy -- that's the quickest way for these to grind to a screeching stop, imo.
― channel 9's meaty urologist (WilliamC), Thursday, 16 January 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
Bah.
― Ynysddu is the best policy (but tread Caerphilly) (staggerlee), Thursday, 16 January 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link
plus personally if there's too many polls just wham wham wham one after another I kinda get exhausted by the whole thing, even if it's bands I like
gotta let them breeeeeeeeeeeathe maaaaaan
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 January 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
Veg, are you volunteering for George Michael/WHAM! poll?
― Neil Nosepicker (Leee), Thursday, 16 January 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
nope
i'm terrified enough that I volunteered for Pearl Jam in like, 2015...ain't no way I'm volunteering for anything else EVER until that's over & it hasn't killed me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 January 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
It's really not too hard if you just throw all the ballots in your recycle bin and make up the results you want to see.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 January 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
(Just kidding about that, btw. All my polls is legit.)
― ol' Wrink P's thinkpiece (some dude), Wednesday, January 1, 2014 9:45 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
still! it's gonna be a slow burner because it seems like the big genre-spanning polls seem to take longer for people to put together ballots for (as opposed to just looking at one band's discography and quickly being able to ID favorites). so i would say, don't mind my slow progress and just proceed with any single artist polls in the queue, and we can worry about whether results rollouts overlap or anything later if it looks likely.
― Algerian Horsebeater (some dude), Thursday, 16 January 2014 21:08 (ten years ago) link
as far as I'm concerned, you could start the discussion thread at any time & it'll be it's own board
i.e. I listened to the .38 Special greatest hits album today
― Euler, Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
lol I did the same a couple weeks ago.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:05 (ten years ago) link
we are twentieth century foxes
― Euler, Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
i don't wanna start the thread until i've finished the 'starting list' of a few hundred songs that we can then add to (or subtract from if there's any debatable inclusions).
― Algerian Horsebeater (some dude), Thursday, 16 January 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
I'm v excited for it
oooh that reminds me I need to wash the Trans Am....
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 January 2014 01:29 (ten years ago) link
lol you didn't win that from Diamond Joe Biden in a high-stakes poker game, did you?
― Neil Nosepicker (Leee), Friday, 17 January 2014 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Ismael Klata traded out his front-man/front-women idea and change it to this: 94. George Michael - Ismael Klata
― Bee OK, Friday, 17 January 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I thought it was the new WHAM! Lineup
― Mark G, Friday, 17 January 2014 08:00 (ten years ago) link
Make it so
― Pre-Madonna (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 17 January 2014 08:12 (ten years ago) link
It's the role I feel I can do
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 17 January 2014 08:18 (ten years ago) link
i would be up for doing a No Wave poll, or is that too esoteric?
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Monday, 20 January 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
i feel like that would be fun, because it's an area i've always been curious about, and theoretically it's a narrow enough categorization that i could probably listen to all the nominated records as a crash course in no wave and be able to vote.
― Algerian Horsebeater (some dude), Monday, 20 January 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
can we skip all the polls between the next poll and my poll?
― flopson, Monday, 20 January 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link
super down for no wave
too esoteric? i mean we're doing a Sightings poll...
― flopson, Monday, 20 January 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
it's pretty cool that we should be hitting the Outkast poll right around the time they'll be touring. it's fun when the timing of the polls feels accidentally fortuitous, like when the Neptunes poll went down circa the Pharrell comeback last summer.
― Algerian Horsebeater (some dude), Monday, 20 January 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
i am not sure that raymond understood what this thread was about btw cos shorly after he said he wanted to do a sightings poll he went ahead and did this:
Who needs a clever title for vicious industrial noise rock par excellence? The SIGHTINGS studio album poll
xp
― tench and pike, scaup and snipe (NickB), Monday, 20 January 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
oh wait, see the last post in that thread
― tench and pike, scaup and snipe (NickB), Monday, 20 January 2014 23:28 (ten years ago) link
I'd vote in No Wave. As with all genre polls someone is going to have to do border policing.
― the right stfu (seandalai), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:36 (ten years ago) link
I still think a Sightings poll is too niche for this kind of thing. I mean, only 15 people voted in a simple one-thread albums poll.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:39 (ten years ago) link
xp - I'd probably go with what is covered in the Marc Masters book and limit it to a certain time period + reissues, but no Daydream Nation or Golden Palominos from the late 80s, for example
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
I'd vote in No Wave. JF otm re Sightings.
Just bumping for no good reason except to say CLASSIC ROCK FUCKYEAHHHHHHHH *barfs on shoes*
― 330,003 Luftballons (WilliamC), Thursday, 30 January 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
"CLASSIC ROCK FUCKYEAHHHHHHHH" from me too
― g simmel, Saturday, 1 February 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
i just found myself waiting for the laundry to finish and listening to 'Eye in the Sky' and realizing how creepy that song sounds when you actually sing it. In other words, bring on the classic rock!
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Saturday, 1 February 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
In the meantime, I think the Roxy/Ferry poll should go forward along with the classic rock poll, since some dude is going to have a period of determining the pool of songs. Charlie H, ready to roll with that?
― 330,003 Luftballons (WilliamC), Saturday, 1 February 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
In the meantime, I think the Roxy/Ferry poll should go forward along with the classic rock poll, since some dude is going to have a period of determining the pool of songs. Charlie H, ready to roll with that?― 330,003 Luftballons (WilliamC), Saturday, February 1, 2014 11:33 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 330,003 Luftballons (WilliamC), Saturday, February 1, 2014 11:33 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Re: Roxy getting going now, yes please!
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 1 February 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
someone plz remind me when the steely dan poll starts
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Saturday, 1 February 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
happy to kick off the Roxy poll, yeah. will put it up tomorrow morning, or possibly later this evening if i'm home.
― charlie h, Sunday, 2 February 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
I'd vote in a no wave poll.
Sorry if I've misunderstood how polls work. I'm a little nervous about my second sightings poll, actually - there doesn't seem to be much interest yet. Maybe I care about shit that's just too obscure for ILM?
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 2 February 2014 12:38 (ten years ago) link
"The Most Dangerous Band In America" - The SIGHTINGS tracks poll chatter, cajoling, and bar snacks thread
Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry is in progress, just in case there's anyone who hasn't seen it yet: Weary of the waltz and mashed POLLtato schmaltz: The Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry Ballot Poll Thread
― 330,003 Luftballons (WilliamC), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
responding pretty late, but I am big into a No Wave poll!
― Viceroy, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
Perhaps this has been discussed before, but would be people interested in a DFA poll? If there is interest, I would volunteer for that.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 9 February 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
My familiarity nosedives after a certain point, but it'd be fun to catch up on the more recent stuff.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 9 February 2014 01:39 (ten years ago) link
dfa would be dope. isn't no wave just 4 bands tho? and largely one album? never knew there was more to it
― flopson, Sunday, 9 February 2014 01:45 (ten years ago) link
i mean i guess whoever those other 10 bands were on the bill the night that brian eno went to that show? but did they ever record and didnt half of them drop off the bill? is anything known about them
― flopson, Sunday, 9 February 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
I can't lie, I'm getting antsy for the classic rock poll.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 13 February 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
Anyone know what the parameters of that is going to be? Are 80s power ballads considered classic rock now?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 13 February 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
classic rock poll destined for clusterfuck
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Thursday, 13 February 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
Are 80s power ballads considered classic rock now?
guh, I hope not.
I think some dude is planning to synthesize a master voting/nominations list from a few sources, but he's the official source for all this, so I'm speaking out of turn.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 13 February 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
can someone stick me down at the end of the queue for a 60s rock/weird hard n heavy type poll please.)like the 80s & 70s one)If im still alive when it comes round i'll do it,
― ۩, Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:50 (ten years ago) link
I'd also like to to Mike Patton at some point, but already down for NIN so maybe I'll wait a few years to volunteer for that one.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:54 (ten years ago) link
If someone else wants to do Mike Patton I wouldn't mind in the slightest BTW.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:55 (ten years ago) link
― WilliamC, Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:55 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm not gonna overlap with the "favorite albums of all time" poll that just came out of nowhere, so see ya in a few months.
― kadeem hardsonned (some dude), Friday, 14 February 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
ya honestly fuck that noise
― flopson, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
that poll wont finish til end of april or something fwiw
― ۩, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
so no reason why classic rock poll cant be done and dusted by then?
― ۩, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:06 (ten years ago) link
any reason why the other one didn't politely get in line like dozens of others have?
― kadeem hardsonned (some dude), Friday, 14 February 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
GOOD QUESTION
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:09 (ten years ago) link
yeah that was a little weird now that i think about italso i always vote for my favorites
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Friday, 14 February 2014 00:10 (ten years ago) link
ppl probably don't need to do much listening for a classic rock poll
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
any really!
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Friday, 14 February 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
I would like to know why this all time thing gets precedence.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:28 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's bullshit
― Euler, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:32 (ten years ago) link
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:28 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
because it was started impulsively by someone obsessed with polls
― flopson, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
There is some precedent for bigger genre polls like 50s Tracks and Postwar Jazz Albums doing their thing outside the numbered list without causing too many ripples either way. This all-time thing seems too broad, though, and I'm not getting anywhere near it. What is the value in measuring Tusk against 36 Chambers against Giant Steps? (Underrated Aero is invited to jump in at this point and ask the value of measuring Tusk against Then Play On.)
Ehhh...is there any surprise at all in AG jumping onto the dance floor to show us his moves? Like a "60s rock/weird hard n heavy type poll" -- what does this even mean? 100% guaranteed to have nominations thrown out because they don't fit his definition of...whatever the definition turns out to be. "But enough about me, dahling, let's talk about you. What do you think of me?"
But sure, AG, I'll put you on the list for a "60s rock/weird hard n heavy type poll please," I'm sure it will be FUN.
― WilliamC, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:50 (ten years ago) link
lol
― flopson, Friday, 14 February 2014 00:52 (ten years ago) link
and george when you read this now you know *why?*
― ۩, Friday, 14 February 2014 01:01 (ten years ago) link
Unless you were in a coma for the 80s and 70s heavy/weird polls, how can you not know what it means? I'd say they were pretty damn inclusive because by definition they embraced the quirky, odd tastes of ILM, and the results were pretty amazing. They were the best polls on this board along with the jazz poll. ILM is in general a fun waste of time, and the artist polls are okay, but if it weren't for those big polls, I probably would have weeded this board out of my semi-daily browses a couple years ago.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 14 February 2014 03:38 (ten years ago) link
big polls: 1other: 0
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 February 2014 03:39 (ten years ago) link
Pink Floyd: Rules
― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 February 2014 03:42 (ten years ago) link
I pushrd Herman on the 60s poll in another thread so its p much my fault. Agreed w Fastnbulbous that 80s and 70s rawk poll were huge amounts of fun but I wasnt really thinking how many toes were being kinda stepped on. Sorry about that
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 14 February 2014 04:10 (ten years ago) link
AG's 70s weird melting pot was truly amazing, but yeah, I 'm saddened to see this all time thingy getting ahead. There was a few polls I was looking forward too (classic rock, YLT, Outkast, Eno, Dylan, Sleater-Kinney) and now we will have to wait extra months? Saddened.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 14 February 2014 04:11 (ten years ago) link
now we will have to wait extra months?
Fuck no. This all-time thing is stupid. some dude should go ahead with the classic rock poll because he'd already booked the room.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 February 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
the sooner we do klassik rock the sooner FLOYD RULES the polling
tbh i was afraid I was going to miss the klassik rollout so I'm secretly glad it was delayed a bit but god please don't wait on it til mfing april
all I want to know is do I have time to feather my hair y/n
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 February 2014 06:50 (ten years ago) link
You've had like thirty years
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 14 February 2014 08:41 (ten years ago) link
what you guys dont realise is that I found out yesterday Nick had planned the alltime poll with another (ex?)ilxor months ago(its part of a bigger picture apparently) so I had to drop the idea, but then they decided to let me help out with the ilm thing. It was going to happen anyway and William's projections are hilariously WRONG.
And yet when I join the queue for a poll, as you all were bitching about I receive a personal attack by William (not for the 1st time) who likes to make things about me as he cant hide his personal hatred.
There is no reason why some dude cant run his poll. The alltime poll wont even be voting for a month and another month for actual voting as decided by nick.
― ۩, Friday, 14 February 2014 10:39 (ten years ago) link
Look, we all decided on a community standard a few years back. It works really well. When multiple polls are running, it kinda cluttered up the board and it's difficult for the poll respondents. Not everyone has the time to devote to creating ballots for more than one of these at a time. I mean, a successful poll in everyone's eyes is gonna have more voters, right? We all take a break for the eoy polls and sometimes we shoehorn on special memorial polls when notable musicians die. I put in for the hair metal poll back in 2012 or something? I'm looking forward to running it maybe this fall. Don't really understand why scik mouthy and your poll should be some kinda magnificent exception to this.
― how's life, Friday, 14 February 2014 12:57 (ten years ago) link
I think the point is more that everyone is focusing on Herman at the moment when they should also be spending some time yelling at Nick (who seems to have disappeared?)
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 14 February 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
dont yell at nick. Im a big boy I can handle all the bullshit. The point djp is no one should be yelling at anyone.
― ۩, Friday, 14 February 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
and I thought you would know better
― ۩, Friday, 14 February 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
Guys, this thread and the ordering system was started for artist ballot polls. When I was talking about maybe doing a 'best music videos' poll I was *specifically* told that I shouldn't put that on this list, because it was a separate thing. So no, there is no community consensus, and no, these poll-obsessed weirdos don't need your permission to run something that will probably be terrible.
― emil.y, Friday, 14 February 2014 15:11 (ten years ago) link
which artist is "the 'Classic Rock' canon"?
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
http://www.simplyeighties.com/resources/Sky-Album-Cover.jpg
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
was started for
Reading comprehension, do you have it? People have started fucking around and putting various things in here. But fucking around with what a thing is for is not the same thing as having a community standard in place.
― emil.y, Friday, 14 February 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
re: classic rock, emil.y's point might stand actually - I was the one who threw that one in the lineup here, totally disregarding the 'artist polls' thing. I think it might have just slipped past, or at that time it was so far in the future that nobody would have considered that it might pop up at the same time as a general/decade/genre poll.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 14 February 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
which artist is "Producers"? how about "Motown singles", "Stax" and "Disco"?
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
^ I refer you to the reading comprehension post
― If it was up to the unions we still have stream trains (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
I refer you to the fact that the producers poll was suggested and claimed within two days of the beginning of the original thread.
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
i've got to say, speaking as notorious enemy of pollery and general mean git, that this system that's evolved seems to work really well for the poll fans - i think you probably maximize your contributions by narrowing your focus. and obv i hate "poll poll poll poll poll" all over this place but hey people are still free to express themselves in whatever ways they see fit (however quixotic) and these things live or die by people choosing to play or not
i wd respectfully ask our bird-house dwelling chum not to go nuts with the advertising tho - people who wanna play, will play
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
I mean, the actual argument here is that all of these polls are about individual songs and this one was a album poll and that kind of makes it its own thing, but no one seems to want to make that argument but instead wants to make easily disproved comments about the "intent" of organizing these polls (which IIRC was "stop running all of these damn polls at the same time, let's put them in order so we don't turn ILM into a budget version of rateyourmusic.com")
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
maybe we shd just finally create an "I Love Polls" sub-board
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
Classic rock has been in the queue, and widely anticipated, for ages - if the organisers want the board's kind-of-undivided attention for a couple of weeks, I'm in favour of respecting their wishes.
― pariah newsletter (seandalai), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
I'd be happy if all non-eoy polls went on the conveyor belt, without exception. At the moment though, I don't think that the "rules" are as strict as that.
― pariah newsletter (seandalai), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
lol, "easily disproved". Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
In that thread: some people ask whether or not non-artist polls should be included, some people talk openly about not including them, some people claim a space for their non-artist polls. Not in that thread: an establishment of a community standard.
IF mods want to decide that this thread constitutes a rule that needs to be followed for all polls, THEN they should enforce that. However, until that happens, Nick and AG are not breaking any rules, and they shouldn't be pilloried.
― emil.y, Friday, 14 February 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
If you don't want to contribute to a poll, don't contribute to a poll. It's quite simple. I barely ever contribute to any. I barely ever look at them. Thus I have no idea why people get so pissed off about them.
― the drummer is a monster (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
and.... what was the outcome of that conversation? a producers poll, a disco poll, a Stax poll, etc etc. How is this a problem with my reading comprehension?
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Your comprehension is clearly poor as you still seem to think I'm denying the existence of those things when I'm very obviously noting them, and claiming that they don't make a rule, and that nowhere in these threads is a rule created to deal with them.
― emil.y, Friday, 14 February 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
yep
― pariah newsletter (seandalai), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
rules aren't necessarily formally laid out on a board like this, but the absence of a Rule doesn't mean there isn't a rule; the process you're thrashing thru now is part of establishing that kinda rule? like the difference between laws and social conventions
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 14 February 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
I mean basically the problem is that this thread and its predecessor work on the assumption that too many polls at once is bad for all of them - people can't make ballots, can't find time to participate in the threads, it's a drag. BUT: an unscheduled poll may, based on its topic, be really appealing to lots of people who aren't necessarily following the order-and-timing thread. They are, like the people making ballots in the current Albums poll, stoked to participate. That wouldn't be a problem, except now, the next person to start a poll that is on the 'schedule' is put in a bind: Do I start this long-scheduled poll, at the risk that much of ILM will see it as the late-comer that's adding to a pile-on? "Crap, I would totally have made a classic rock ballot, that sounds awesome, but..." Or do I wait, even though a) I've been waiting my turn, b) we just waited out the EOY polls, and c) waiting is in turn holding up every other poll further down in the queue?
Unless there's a larger ILM consensus to stick with the ordered-and-timed schedule, then that schedule can always get derailed completely by an unscheduled (I'm trying to avoid saying "rogue") operator.
My feeling is that there has been something of an ILM consensus about the validity of the order-and-timing threads in the three years since they've been in use. It's possible of course that I'm overstating that, or reading too much into the success of the polls they've spawned. I do think the results of this system have met with much more public approval than the results of a hypothetical world where all of the last twenty polls had taken place the same month would have! We don't really have a moderation test case though - the rogue Madonna poll was locked, but because it was a swipe at a particular poster, not specifically because the O&T list was "law."
It might be that this current situation is sort of a once-in-a-blue-moon freak storm, just because both Classic Rock Canon and Favorite Albums Ever are kind of broad-base things that you expect lots of ILMers might get on board with - and have to split their time between. Whereas I'm not sure that's true of some artist vs. artist combos - but this is ILM, a place more likely than anywhere on the internet to have people who are fans of both Billy Joel and suicide metal or whatever.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 14 February 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
ha i guess i did end up saying "rogue" but ykwim
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 14 February 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
the process you're thrashing thru now is part of establishing that kinda rule?
Yeah, I agree with this. A "crisis-point" happens and the reactions to it will establish what happens in the future. Which looks like it may well be all non-eoy polls... on the conveyor belt, without exception, and that will be fine. I just feel like there is an unfair reaction going on here, when this is more the establishing case than a rogue rule-breaker.
― emil.y, Friday, 14 February 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah this feels more like a test case than a shocking faux pas
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
firmly in the "starting a huge poll on your own is a dick move" camp, fuck that
― k3vin k., Friday, 14 February 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
It's not really the first time we've been over this, tbh - it's come up in reference to other polls with some of the same characters involved, but it played out on other threads and I wouldn't say that a final consensus was reached.
I won't be voting in the albums poll for all the above reasons, but if I'm honest I don't know if I would have anyway - I don't know as many albums as some folks and my ballot would probably be pretty corny/ignorant/naive.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 14 February 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
obv compromise is slot all-time poll in the queue and nominations can continue until said time it's due to start.
― balls, Friday, 14 February 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
I don't know as many albums as some folks and my ballot would probably be pretty corny/ignorant/naive.
This has never stopped me.
― eeeLectrelane (Leee), Friday, 14 February 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
I'm planning on setting up a dozen socks, then all of us submitting ballots made up solely of Sgt Pepper, Blonde On Blonde, Blue, Nevermind, etc etc
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 14 February 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
in what way would that alter the results?
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
Why take the chance?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 14 February 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
that's the spirit
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
i decided not to nom all the Nolans albums in the end, trying to keep it posi in 2014
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 February 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
i apologize if my 2 testy posts yesterday stirred the pot for this maybe kind of unnecessary clusterfuck. truth be told the classic rock poll will probably be sooner than later, i was just annoyed.
― Jody Beth Frozen (some dude), Friday, 14 February 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
don't drive angry
http://www.43rdstateblues.com/images/dont-drive-angry.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 February 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
please do not add my request to the list thanks.
― ۩, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
and some dude - no worries!
― ۩, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:06 (ten years ago) link
I regret airing out my problems with AG on this thread; AG, I apologize. My feelings don't rise to the level of hatred as you characterized them, but the difference is meaningless when I show my ass in public like that.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
― ۩, Friday, February 14, 2014 7:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i wasn't apologizing to you, dingus
― Jody Beth Frozen (some dude), Saturday, 15 February 2014 01:08 (ten years ago) link
update: the all-time albums poll has been called off.
― charlie h, Saturday, 15 February 2014 08:22 (ten years ago) link
but, you have till Monday to vote in the Roxy Music/BF poll if you haven't yet done so.
― charlie h, Saturday, 15 February 2014 08:23 (ten years ago) link
the official word is that the all-time albums poll has been POSTPONED, not called off altogether as i initially put forward.
― charlie h, Saturday, 15 February 2014 08:26 (ten years ago) link
http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/funny-gifs-want.gif
― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 15 February 2014 08:44 (ten years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 February 2014 08:45 (ten years ago) link
Herman asked to limit conversation to the alltime poll thread but there's a couple issues raised here that I wanted to respond to:
I am not a major proponent of the all-time albums poll, but I feel like there's an underlying assumption in a lot of the attacks against it that 'all polls are created equal' that I think is at the very least wrong if not a little disingenuous. emil.y is completely correct when she says the queue was specifically put in place for artist ballot polls, which are an entirely different beast than wide-spanning genre polls. The artist polls usually take two weeks--one for voting/campaigning, one for rollout--and the ballots are basically pox thread posts. (In fact, artist polls really are just a giddy update on the whole pox thread template.) Anyways, the narrower field of nominations and the brevity of proceedings is what makes the queue feasible, because it means things are always moving forward. I know that there have been a lot of genre polls waiting their turn, but I mean, for one thing, there were other artist polls going on at the same time, moving the queue forward while the big ones were working through the nominations process and the campaigning process and allowing potential voters to explore the depth and breadth of the genre or record labels. Plus, at the risk of being egregiously presumptuous, my impression is that with polls like the disco poll or the Stax poll or the Motown poll, the pollmasters were people who had been toying with the idea for a poll but had been daunted by the task, whether because of time constraints or because of inexperience + the assumption that running a poll was an impossibly huge undertaking. But I hardly feel like if Tuomas or someone else had been gung ho and wanted to run a disco poll within the next couple months that people really would've been giving the poster that much flack. The truth of the matter is that there is room for two or three bigger polls in a year to run along side the artist poll queue. Like, what if some dude or Johnny Fever or whoever decides next year they want to do a 00s albums/tracks poll? Are they gonna have to wait til 2018 to do it then?
I think that Scik and Herman could have done a couple things differently, like acknowlegded this thread existed, brought up the idea with people here, seen if they could squeeze in, or at least maybe had taken stock of some dude's response and pushed it back a couple of months until the Classic Rock Canon (which is def a wider-spanning genre poll) had finished up (esp. since I know some dude was already a little leery of the content overlap from Herman's 70s rawk/weird poll). But this sort of back-of-the-line, sign-up sheet absolutism strikes me as a bit obtuse and threatens to kill some of the spontaneity that can make polls fun...
― Drugs A. Money, Saturday, 15 February 2014 09:40 (ten years ago) link
Plus, at the risk of being egregiously presumptuous, my impression is that with polls like the disco poll or the Stax poll or the Motown poll, the pollmasters were people who had been toying with the idea for a poll but had been daunted by the task, whether because of time constraints or because of inexperience + the assumption that running a poll was an impossibly huge undertaking
this sentence was supposed to continue on to say:
and that the sign up sheet format helped them to take the plunge by allowing them to just put one's name down to commit to doing it in a year or two's time.
(that is probably kind of presumptuous of me though, apologies)
― Drugs A. Money, Saturday, 15 February 2014 09:44 (ten years ago) link
I'm not that fussed about the albums poll - there's plenty of room for the occasional broad poll to run alongside artist polls imo, and at least the 'of all time' parameter makes sense. I might even vote in it.
But to have it just land, like you're not even aware of what's going on in this thread, seems really weird. In fact, do you even participate in other people's polls, or just your own? In which case, maybe not promote them like they're the only show in town?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 15 February 2014 12:00 (ten years ago) link
I know you were joking about fake ballots n stuff but it wasn't helpful considering previous nastiness we have got in voting forms. It doesn't take much encouragement for some.
― ۩, Saturday, 15 February 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
i think you're being a bit precious there dude. i don't think joking about being a dick has any influence on whether somebody feels like being a dick.
it also occurred to me in a way that the poll format here is a little self-defeating? why not start a thread where people laud 10 or 12 of their personal favourite albums, if this is about introducing others to new stuff? that way you mightn't have the overwhelmingly long listing process wherein nobody's really gonna be able to process all that stuff for months. just thinking out loud.
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 15 February 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
so has the Classic Rock Canon poll started?
― Viceroy, Saturday, 15 February 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
no
― some dude, Saturday, 15 February 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
LET THERE BE ROCK
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 February 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
may launch the noms thread on monday, if life and deadlines don't get in the way.
― some dude, Saturday, 15 February 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link
it also occurred to me in a way that the poll format here is a little self-defeating? why not start a thread where people laud 10 or 12 of their personal favourite albums
People hate list threads way more than polls. At least big polls bring (mostly) all the community together. Just look at the amount of people who nominated/still are. Who have never taken part in any of my polls before and many whom have probably not taken part in this thread either.
And IF all time poll is forced to get in the 3 year queue does that mean the half decade poll has to as well? No one has answered that yet.
― ۩, Sunday, 16 February 2014 12:29 (ten years ago) link
nobody's "forcing" anybody to do anything, man. the community is establishing the etiquette for this stuff and you can follow it or not, as long as you understand that when you don't, people have opinions.
half decade poll would probably just come at the end of the half-decade just like year-end polls get done at the end of the year, usually the 'timely' stuff like that (or RIP polls for artists who just passed away) takes precedent.
― some dude, Sunday, 16 February 2014 12:44 (ten years ago) link
so basically an all-time poll doesn't fit into this thread either then.
― ۩, Sunday, 16 February 2014 12:50 (ten years ago) link
voting opens the day after Judgement Day
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 16 February 2014 12:53 (ten years ago) link
of course we'll already have God's top 100 by then
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 16 February 2014 12:55 (ten years ago) link
― some dude, Sunday, 16 February 2014 13:14 (ten years ago) link
Is he bigger than the Beatles though? His son wasn't apparently.
― ۩, Sunday, 16 February 2014 13:24 (ten years ago) link
*Beatles disqualified for being bigger than my son
― ۩, Sunday, 16 February 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
Icon that doesn't display on my cheap phone, I gotta say, I'd be more sympathetic to your poll position (ha) if it weren't for the tone you've struck on this thread, and moreso in the other thread, which can very easily be read as ''gosh, sorry all you lovely people who want to do this poll, but a bunch of meanies and don't want you to have that fun, so I'll be the bigger person and take my toys and go home so that the death panel can decide all our fates. Happy Nominating!'' It reads as this mutant form of passive aggression where somehow the community at large becomes responsible for your choice to not engage with the queue process.
Bringing in end-of-decade/EOY posts is a red herring - those kinds of things have always had precedence in the queue because they only make sense at certain times. It's not remotely clear why ''an all-time poll doesn't fit into this thread'' unless you believe the end of time (EOT) is nigh and that this is therefore the only appropriate time for this poll.
I put Classic Rock in the queue maybe two years ago, I think, and passed it on to some dude a year and a half ago when I started back to school. You could have put ''all albums'' in back then and we wouldn't be having any discussion at all, but what I get from you is the sense that the queue doesn't apply to you and that the polls it organizes don't interest you. If that's the case, just say that and spare us the disingenuous ''poor little ol' me'' posts.
The funny thing is that the queue system has actually given us more and better polls! As noted upthread, people are inspired to sign up partly by the cushion that it's a ways away - and are motivated to stick with the idea in a way that they might not have been before the system. It unquestionably has downsides, for example I think it puts on pressure to have a pretty fast rollout of results, which I think is tough both on poll-runners and readers. But it's so much better than a free for all. If you don't agree, please stake out an alternative.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 16 February 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
and look at the tone in the reply when I did ask for something to be put in the queue..
― ۩, Sunday, 16 February 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
lists w/ explanations &c. infinitely preferable to polls
― ogmor, Sunday, 16 February 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
obviously there's room for both & its good to hear from ppl who feel happier voting in polls & get a senae of the lay of ilxland, but the all-time poll is so byzantine it feels like an absurdist critique of ilx poll culture
― ogmor, Sunday, 16 February 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
― sleeve, Sunday, 16 February 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
"so byzantine" is a fair criticism. but just from scanning the spreadsheet of nominations, i've already preliminarily explored, and added to my itunes "wish list," half-a-dozen albums. that type of discovery is all i'm hoping for through this exercise.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 16 February 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
LJ's idea of a v restricted ballot appealed to me tho. Wld enjoy seeing ilxors making a case for ten favs or something in any format
― ogmor, Sunday, 16 February 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
A shame he would need to wait 3 years then
― ۩, Sunday, 16 February 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
Anyway Im bored of arguing about this so no more on this from me. Polls already off anyway. Classic rock poll is starting soon so invest your energies in that instead of arguing over rules and other shit.
― ۩, Sunday, 16 February 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
someone w/ coding skills cld create a permanent, fluid ilx top 100/500/1k albums which users cld submit/edit ballots towards to give you an ever-changing manifestation of ilx's collective tastes, tho it wld lack the declarative finality of a roll-out & wld be trickier to feel proprietorial about
― ogmor, Sunday, 16 February 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
this is a good idea ^^^^^^^^^, with something to allow those who've already voted to swap albums in-and-out, but not cast multiple votes.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 16 February 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that actually feels like an interesting idea
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 16 February 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
ILX's very own RYM account.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 16 February 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
there's this magazine called sight & sound, right, and every 10 years they do a list of the best films OF ALL TIME, it's silly and useful and interesting and pointless and whatever, but they manage to do it despite such an exercise being impossibly "byzantine". Although I'm sure every time it almost gets derailed by some critics going "but we're already doing a feature on the top 10 italian horror movies this year wtf".
Anyway I don't see why this couldn't be something like that, it would be crazy and fun and I'd enjoy reading lists of people's favourite records ever and why they love them. I wouldn't be devastated if it didn't happen, but I hope it does and it does seem like a different kind of thing to the narrower-focus polls. That is my important opinion.
― Internet Alas (wins), Sunday, 16 February 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
idgif tbh. if it had kicked off parallel to an artist poll it probably would have been nbd but the "classic rock" poll has been coming for a long time and has a similar gonzo hodgepodge vibe (at least in theory).
anyway I'm looking forward to the opportunity to vote for head east and duke jupiter in something
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 16 February 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
basically Doctor Casino otm on all points. "all albums ever" and "all classic rock hits ever" are too big (and in that sense similar) to run at the same time. a few months between them is reasonable. so, is the classic rock poll happening? (sorry if I missed something)
― g simmel, Monday, 17 February 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
yeah it is
― Waluigi Weingarten (some dude), Monday, 17 February 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
http://m.quickmeme.com/img/57/57edc1349db42b32d2baf3642ea8f050930186de9387b0a118caa92567ac678d.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 February 2014 22:16 (ten years ago) link
lol VG
― lewd, pulsating rhythm 4 lyfe (WilliamC), Monday, 17 February 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
idgi ._.
― eeeLectrelane (Leee), Monday, 17 February 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
bill magill's gonna freak
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 February 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
there was no devo poll?
― ۩, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
I honestly thought viceroy had done one. Mustve been a standard ilx poll
― ۩, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
POLLing and turning, how can I sleep?: The Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry Results Thread
― charlie h, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:59 (ten years ago) link
can i get a spot at the end of the line for a misfits/samhain/danzig poll? or would nobody care about that..?
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link
Grady, can I go out and poll tonight?
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
Gonna post a new full list with 107/They Might Be Giants/Johnny Fever and gr8080's request, but first I want to check -- Sarahell, were you officially putting yourself on the list for No Wave or just gauging interest? And Van Horn Street, ditto for DFA.
― needs more garlic → (WilliamC), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
i will volunteer to run DFA instead of danzig if VHS doesn't want to
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:11 (ten years ago) link
paging sarahell, also paging some dude (or paging Elvis Telecom if you're too busy)
Actually, if Classic Rock is going to have a lengthy nominations period before voting, Floyd could run concurrently.
― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
I will run the DFA poll.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 21 February 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
put me down for misfits/samhain/danzig then!
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 21 February 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
YES
― sleeve, Friday, 21 February 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
and you have to title it
is there any way that Floyd could possibly *not* run concurrently with classic rock?
personal request, idk if anyone else feels the same way but the thought of participating in both at the same time is daunting to say the least
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 February 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
I'm totally cool with there not being a poll in process for a few days until Classic Rock gets off the ground. Go outside. Smell a flower. Kick a ball.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 February 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
a flower? on feb 21? not here.
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Friday, 21 February 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
smell a melting pile of slush in a corner of the parking lot
― how's life, Friday, 21 February 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
smell a freshly roiling floe of dog urine
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Friday, 21 February 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
i'm constantly, like, a day away from being caught up enough w/ my professional writing obligations that i don't feel terribly irresponsible spending some time getting the Classic Rock poll setup, so i mean, it'll happen when it happens. maybe even tomorrow (no, really!). if Elvis Telecom wants to coordinate w/ me so we're not running stuff at the same time, that's fine by me, i can wait or i can get mine done before his.
― MISTERSNRUB (some dude), Friday, 21 February 2014 19:48 (ten years ago) link
i don't really care, i'm just pissy because there are no flowers to smell around here for a good long while and i heard "dust in the wind" on the radio yesterday.
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Friday, 21 February 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
yeah, I will run a No Wave poll
― sarahell, Friday, 21 February 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
OK! That gives us this:
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (COMING SOON)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom50. Steely Dan - Bee OK51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain53. Outkast - The Reverend54. Autechre - Leee55. Brian Eno - WmC56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom58. Radiohead - nate woolls59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza60. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson62. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK63. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier64. Italo - daavid65. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy66. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt67. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee68. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life69. Extreme Metal - Viceroy70. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe71. Pixies - Johnny Fever72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains73. Spoon - Bee OK74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods76. Queen - charlie h77. Dinosaur Jr. - Z S78. Tom Petty - rogermexico79. Ramones - tipsy mothra 80. Jimi Hendrix - WmC81. Sightings - Raymond Cummings82. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat83. Stereolab - Moka84. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK85. Genesis + solo - NickB86. The Smiths - nate woolls87. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl88. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC89. Dead C - Raymond Cummings90. Royal Trux + side projects - Drugs A. Money91. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?92. Rush - Matt #293. Oasis - darraghmac94. George Michael - Ismael Klata95. Talking Heads - Bee OK96. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan97. Van Halen - Johnny Fever98. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino99. Low - aldo100. Nine Inch Nails - chap101. REM - rogermexico.102. Bjork - Eric H.103. Wu-Tang Clan - ― Spottie104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs)105. Covers - kornrulez6969106. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee107. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever108. No Wave - sarahell109. DFA - Van Horn Street110. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Friday, 21 February 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
can I turn my Extreme Metal poll into a Black Metal poll?
― Viceroy, Friday, 21 February 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
no prob
― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
you can, but you must first murder one (1) bandmember and drink their blood
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:55 (ten years ago) link
Would there be interest in a Gainsbourg poll?
― Legendary Zing! Alum (seandalai), Friday, 21 February 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
I'd be interested, but seeing as I pretty much always fail to vote in artist-specific polls maybe that doesn't mean much.
― emil.y, Friday, 21 February 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
l'Histoire de Emil.y Pollshun
A French pop poll would be great! Or a non-English language European one!
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Friday, 21 February 2014 23:52 (ten years ago) link
I don't know what I'm so excited about btw!
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Friday, 21 February 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
A larger French language poll would interest me, but a concentration on Gainsbourg alone would be out of my depth.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 February 2014 23:55 (ten years ago) link
Of course, now that I think about it, my ballot in a broader French language poll would still be fairly small.
French pop/French language/non-Anglophone poll would be right up my alley.
― emil.y, Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
Would be keeen as moutarde on a Gainsbourg or French pop poll!
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link
SD, feel free to go ahead with the Classic Rock poll now. I can wait on the taxiway a little bit longer.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:46 (ten years ago) link
super excited for the Floyd, Dan, Dylan, S-K run.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link
can't believe we haven't done Steely Dan yet.
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 13:48 (ten years ago) link
Or Floyd!
― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, February 21, 2014 9:46 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm only halfway through typing/formatting the (huge) preliminary noms list so i'm not going to advise you to bother waiting for me
― MISTERSNRUB (some dude), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 01:16 (ten years ago) link
is hocus pocus by focus on it
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 01:18 (ten years ago) link
it is now
― MISTERSNRUB (some dude), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 03:03 (ten years ago) link
Will roll out Floyd now then...
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
cool! that'll buy me some time to get my ducks in a row
― MISTERSNRUB (some dude), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 03:17 (ten years ago) link
awesome. Floyd!
― charlie h, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 03:19 (ten years ago) link
RULESRULES RULES
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 04:52 (ten years ago) link
update... starting Floyd tomorrow.
RULES
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 07:24 (ten years ago) link
And we're go!
All in all you're just another vote in the POLL! The Pink Floyd ballot poll thread (ILM Artist Poll Thread #49)
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 27 February 2014 10:12 (ten years ago) link
I can't remember any of the arguments against a poll of Beatles solo careers, so I think I'll put myself on the list to do that one in however many years.
― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Sunday, 2 March 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
Cool. I hope there won't be zero living Beatles by that time.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 2 March 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
Assuming Bee OK is on for Steely Dan, I'm thinking the Dylan poll will kick off mid-to-late Aprilish?
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 2 March 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link
Just trying to plan...
If no single artist poll is going to run concurrently with Classic Rock, I guess that sounds about right.
― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Sunday, 2 March 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
so i have been thinking about timing for Steely Dan. i should be able to go right after Pink Floyd. i need to ask for a couple of days off to run this thing properly. if i do this right this could happen the first week of baseball which would be amazing, i can watch MLB Extra Innings and post the results during the first week of the season. baseball does have 162 games in 180 days so if the timing doesn't work it really is not that big of a deal. but i'm thinking since "Classic Rock" and Steely Dan overlap somewhat then they probably shouldn't run at the same time. so this can be delayed if Some Dude is going to run that poll here in the near future. thoughts?
hi
― Bee OK, Thursday, 6 March 2014 03:53 (ten years ago) link
i'm working like 70 hours this week and i don't know when my life is going to go back to normal so don't make any plans around me, i'll do Classic Rock someday, but do your thing whenever you want to do it and in the unlikely event that i may overlap i'll consult w/ you.
― he always came across as a great guy in Kerrang! in the 90s (some dude), Thursday, 6 March 2014 04:04 (ten years ago) link
70 hour work weeks, don't envy that at all. so now we know why "Classic Rock" has not started yet. and thanks SD.
― Bee OK, Friday, 7 March 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
on deck: Steely Dan
doing some research now.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 13 March 2014 02:30 (ten years ago) link
Big critics band in the '70s, had a few hit singles too. Songs were often allusive, cryptic, and vaguely sinister; others were extremely buoyant, though. Didn't really sound like anybody else.
The poll can start now.
― clemenza, Thursday, 13 March 2014 03:20 (ten years ago) link
Floyd results in progress: Come in Poll #49, your results are up (Pink Floyd ballot poll results)
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 13 March 2014 05:20 (ten years ago) link
BTW, if any poll-runners are set-up with FileMaker I can send you a database I put together that makes poll tabulation super easy and instantaneous.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 13 March 2014 05:22 (ten years ago) link
For Eno, one of the side polls will be Favorite Production/Co-Production Credit. What would be one or two other good side polls?
― Corporal Clegg, you've got a lovely daughter (WilliamC), Thursday, 13 March 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
Favorite Oblique Strategy?
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 13 March 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
otm
― PONOPONOPONO (seandalai), Thursday, 13 March 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 13 March 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
yes please, can you send it to: neworderpoll at gmail.
thanks
― Bee OK, Friday, 14 March 2014 01:29 (ten years ago) link
Reelin' in the Poll: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #50 (voting ends Sunday March 30 at Midnight Pacific)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 04:42 (ten years ago) link
do we need a Pogues/MacGowan poll?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 02:35 (ten years ago) link
I still think there should be a Leonard Cohen poll.
Also maybe a kylie poll?
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 02:37 (ten years ago) link
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, March 25, 2014
RUN IT!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 02:46 (ten years ago) link
Next up: Bob Dylan or Classic Rock?
― Babby's on fiber (WilliamC), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
The choice of Judas.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
It occurred to me a few days ago that these ballot polls are like book clubs, but with an artist discog instead of Infinite Jest or Oprah's book of the month or whatever.
Anyway, some dude and tipsy -- what's the verdict, or do I chase down C.Grisso to do Sleater-Kinney?
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 12:49 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah, that's really good. It's to my regret that I've been too busy lately to get stuck into the most recent voting threads, but the work done there is ilx's best work imo.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
Checking in. I could get the S-K poll started, but I'm almost at the tailend of one of my biggest workloads of the year, so it would have to be sometime next week (say, most likely Tuesday or Wednesday). That would probably work out okay with the end of the Dan poll, and ensures we get it done before Corin drops another solo lp (she's due for one).
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 April 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
This is down the road, but Yo La Tengo, which mookieproof was going to help me with, looks like it will happen sometime between next September and June. I can only do these during the summer, so I'll be asking for a handful of people to jump ahead.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
So do we not have a live poll thread anymore that says when they are up and running?
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
Things are calming down for me work-wise that I can actually imagine kicking off Classic sometime this month, but if Dylan gets started before I do I will give it a lil breathing room. Getting really excited about all the ideas I have planned for CR though.
― CANS.... and D? (some dude), Wednesday, 2 April 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
NTI, that's one of this thread's functions. This one replaced the original "order and timing" thread on 1/1.
As long as somebody gets going early next week when Steely Dan results are winding up, I'll be happy. I should have asked Tipsy about the Dylan poll at the Knoxville FAP on Saturday.
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
Polled At Last: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #50
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 05:14 (ten years ago) link
I can kick off Dylan this weekend, but tbh I'd be happy to wait a few weeks -- so if either the Classick or S-K want to fire up, that's fine by me.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
I could do S-K next week.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
Sorry to be anal about this, but me and Sleater-Kinney are next, yes?
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I think that's the best route. SD and TM both seem to want more time to set up. Steely Dan is finishing today I believe, so you could start today or wait until tomorrow.
― WilliamC, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
OK. I could get it up late Monday or sometime Tuesday.
Question for my voters: I had originally planned to do a main tracks poll focusing on the Sleater-Kinney catalog plus the related works of Brownstein & Tucker (i.e. Excuse 17, Heavens To Betsy, Wild Flag, Corin Tucker Band etc.). However, looking at recent polls like the VU and especially the Ferry near-shutout on the Roxy rollout, would you folks prefer the non-SK stuff as a side poll instead?
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
yeah that might be better. happy for the dylan delay tbh, i can throw an s-k ballot together super quick but dylan one would take awhile.
― balls, Sunday, 6 April 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
god bless you for not continuing this "oh just throw the solo stuff in too" travesty of a mockery of a sham
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
― sleeve, Monday, 7 April 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
would you folks prefer the non-SK stuff as a side poll instead?
It's kind of hard me to imagine that anything outside of the main SK canon will crack the top whatever, though it'd be interesting to see if the Spells or Cadallaca stack up.
― Ned Zeppelin (Leee), Monday, 7 April 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, the Spells record is neat, and I'd sorta dig being able to vote for it in something, but no way is it going to take up slots in my SK ballot.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 April 2014 03:46 (ten years ago) link
One more vote for side poll.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 April 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
Noted! I'm working up some stuff now, should have the poll up later today!
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 April 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
Sleater-Kinney rules! :D
― Ned Zeppelin (Leee), Monday, 7 April 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
This is not specific to Sleater-Kinney, but I always figure a mixed poll is going to take care of itself. If you open up a band's poll to solo/side stuff, and the voters feel there's stuff there that's good enough to place, then they'll vote for it. If they don't, they won't. I plan to open up Yo La Tengo if anyone wants to vote for a Dump song, but I know that probably only one would have even a chance. No big deal.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 April 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
Well, my original reasoning in including the non-SK stuff in the main SK poll was to augment the amount of votable tracks. The band's songbook is about 90 songs, and that number about doubles when you figure in all the earlier, side project, and solo work. The problem, as brought up by Dr. Casino upthread and illustrated in action by the Roxy Music poll, is that when you have a main body of work as a poll focus, that body of work will dominate over whatever else you include with it. Looking at the Roxy poll, and my disappointment at the lack of exposure to (new to me) Ferry solo tracks during the rollout, has led me to rethink how I'll run my poll.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 April 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
Yes, it only works in one direction. (In one direction, not with One Direction.) If you want to poll solo stuff by Velvet Underground or Roxy Music or whoever people--even though I liked the combined Velvets poll--you can't include the band, because the band will dominate. But if you're polling the Velvet Underground or Roxy Music, I think it's fine to open it up to solo stuff. The solo material will probably place a few songs at best, and only if people actually choose to vote for them (they may not as a matter of philosophy). But the main poll won't be compromised--at least I don't think it will.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 April 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
i think w/ velvets it worked solely cuz velvets catalog is so small and solo catalog so large and the gap in popularity and exposure wasn't insanely huge. plus the ballot was 50 tracks so you could easily do a top twenty vu and then have a top ten reed, cale, nico or however you wanted to break it down. even there shakey split the results so who knows what it would've looked like combined.
― balls, Monday, 7 April 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
i thought it was weird that it was all voted for on one ballot and then split into different countdowns. prefer a solo track subpoll as a distinct thing all the way, like w/ Steely Dan.
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
in the past i might've advocated for polling everything include side projects for some bands, but more and more subpolls seem like the way to go. especially since it's hard even for a song or two from after the act's 'classic era' to place in the countdown, what hope do songs from solo albums have.
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
Thanks C G/M for stepping up to do SK. For planning purposes -- and to give everyone ample warning! -- I will plan to start the Dylan nominate/discuss thread immediately after SK wraps. UNLESS Some Dude wants to do the classic rock one then. Or that one could probably run alongside Dylan, since they're different enough, as long as the result rollouts were staggered.
So, whatever people want to do is OK by me. Just saying, start thinking about Dylan. It may be a slow train, but it's coming.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 7 April 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
Can we vote for the Traveling Wilburys? The Masked Marauders? National Lampoon? (Not a serious question.)
― clemenza, Monday, 7 April 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
Paul Simon was also an interesting test for this - huge catalog, arguably equally famous solo and band, one ballot, one rollout. I thought it produced an inarguably excellent top-tier Simon tracklist - maybe not as many funky surprises as you'd get if the ballot was only solo stuff - but a totally reasonable mixtape or 'best of' that I've handed off to people unfamiliar with Simon. And the rollout was super fun, so there's no point wondering if it would have been more 'interesting' if it was only solo. And if we'd had to produce two separate ballots, it's possible I might not have gotten around to voting (though in this case I doubt it).
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 April 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
(not THAT huge of a catalog mind you - he's not Dylan - but distinct from VU or the Police or somebody where winnowing it down to twenty songs on a ballot isn't quite so daunting.)
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 April 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
yeah Paul with and without Art is a rare example where 2 distinct acts/eras are remotely equivalent. Even The Police/Sting, which are pretty well matched commercially, would come out really lopsided in an ilx poll.
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
i thought it was weird that it was all voted for on one ballot and then split into different countdowns.
had to subvert popular will somehow
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 7 April 2014 23:37 (ten years ago) link
Lou woulda been proud, boy
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 23:42 (ten years ago) link
since it's hard even for a song or two from after the act's 'classic era' to place in the countdown, what hope do songs from solo albums have.
No hope if they're not liked enough--I just don't see that as a problem. Unless you feel that once you open up a poll to solo stuff, it follows that solo stuff must therefore place. Don't mean to harp on this. I just see it as a non-problem that resolves itself.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 April 2014 23:43 (ten years ago) link
Have we hit peak sub poll burnout yet? In the Pink Floyd poll, I only received two ballots for the non-Syd solo sub poll.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 7 April 2014 23:44 (ten years ago) link
How big is the non-SK catalog? And are we going to count Lora M's band, or are we keeping it to Corin/Carrie/Janet? I might scrape together 10 songs from:
Heavens to BetsyExcuse 17QuasiCadallacaThe SpellsThe Corin Tucker BandWild Flag
― Ned Zeppelin (Leee), Monday, 7 April 2014 23:49 (ten years ago) link
And hah we might as well count anything from the self-titled debut as non-SK.
― Ned Zeppelin (Leee), Monday, 7 April 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
― clemenza, Monday, April 7, 2014 7:43 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's not a 'problem,' it's just a matter of, like, it was fun to count down the top ten Walter Becker/Donald Fagen solo tracks as an appetizer for the Steely Dan poll, but if it'd all been thrown in the same pot, there would've been at most maybe one Fagen track in the list. so by putting the solo stuff on an equal playing field, you're actually marginalizing it further instead of giving it its own space to evaluate and enjoy it.
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 00:27 (ten years ago) link
xpost to Leee: I'll include Janet and Lora's stuff in the solo/side poll as well (just checked, Lora's band ninetynine has done EIGHT albums).
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
don't think quasi really should be in there
― balls, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
i don't think so there were only a few ballots for the Steely Dan solo stuff but i got enough to make it interesting. plus the albums subpoll got 40 ballots for it, which is a huge number.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
what abt portlandia xpost
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 01:21 (ten years ago) link
like bee ok would admit to any sort of poll burnout
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 01:58 (ten years ago) link
let's do loose fur next
― markers, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 02:02 (ten years ago) link
I usually don't vote in any of the side polls unless I know the discography backwards and frontwards. Lately, the polls have been learning expeditions for me (Roxy, Dan). If there's a Dylan albums side-poll I'll definitely vote in that. I think the only Eno side poll is going to be Fave Production Job unless there's a clamor for Albums.
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link
XPs Well, some Portlandia music featuring Carrie has been issued (digitally only IIRC), so if someone wants to vote for that stuff, they can. And as for Quasi, I debated keeping the solo/side poll to just Tucker & Brownstein, but in the name of completeness (and to make voting even more interesting) I've decided to let them in along with ninteynine.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 02:07 (ten years ago) link
lol at mookieproof, i'm very burned out right now. also, a very big fan of albums side polls.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 02:46 (ten years ago) link
If there's a Dylan albums side-poll I'll definitely vote in that
I don't even think of album polls as side polls, really. For artists with large enough catalogs, the albums are their own category. But there will be a Dylan albums poll for sure, along with a few other side polls.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 03:06 (ten years ago) link
"Are you hungry? Did you eat before the POLL?"_ILM Artist Poll #51_SLEATER-KINNEY
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 03:56 (ten years ago) link
yeahhhh!
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link
oooo getting closer to Autechre. very much excited about that one.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
my cipater is getting eidetic just thinking about it
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
I don't know if The Reverend checks this thread -- I just sent him an ILXmail to give us a yea/nay on Outkast. Leee's pretty active on this thread so I assume if there was a problem with Autechre he'd have let us know about it. That'll get us through the next couple of months at least.
― Oren Zombarchi (WilliamC), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
Do we really need another Autechre poll?
― Ned Zeppelin (Leee), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
wait, waht?
― Oren Zombarchi (WilliamC), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
There were a bunch of automated Autechre poll threads at one point iirc. But obviously if that precluded doing a ballot poll, most of them would not exist.
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, there were a bunch. Whoever started all of them should be nutpunched.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
― sleeve, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
hey William, can you update my two mistakes when you update this the next time. somehow i dropped the names when i moved things around, so all you need to do is add these names.
45B. Velvet Underground + solo careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 April 2014 01:44 (ten years ago) link
is there really no Sabbath on that list? geez louise
― charlie h, Thursday, 10 April 2014 02:03 (ten years ago) link
xp - will do
I saw some "gauging interest" ideas thrown out there since the last full list, but I think the only one that needs to be added is my poll of Beatles solo careers.
I do hope somebody will sign on for a Devo poll.
― Oren Zombarchi (WilliamC), Thursday, 10 April 2014 03:29 (ten years ago) link
also is there an update here?
81. Sightings - Raymond Cummings
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 April 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
or: "The Most Dangerous Band In America" - The SIGHTINGS tracks poll chatter, cajoling, and bar snacks thread
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 April 2014 03:42 (ten years ago) link
I hadn't even noticed Raymond started that poll.
I heard back from the Rev -- he hasn't been following the ballot polls closely and said that if anyone would like to take the reins on Outkast, it'd be cool with him.
― Oren Zombarchi (WilliamC), Friday, 11 April 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
I'll do the Outkast poll.
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 08:02 (ten years ago) link
Cool, thanks!
― Oren Zombarchi (WilliamC), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 11:53 (ten years ago) link
I'd like to run an Erykah Badu poll.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 10:51 (ten years ago) link
You're on the list, Eric.
Raymond, do you want me to drop Sightings? I just don't think the support is there for a ballot poll.
― hey, big dispender (WilliamC), Friday, 18 April 2014 13:22 (ten years ago) link
Wait, did I miss the Bob Dylan poll?
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 18 April 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
No, it or the classic rock poll is coming next. I HOPE.
― hey, big dispender (WilliamC), Friday, 18 April 2014 13:31 (ten years ago) link
Can I get a mod to add "VOTING ENDS Tuesday April 22nd at Midnight CST" to the S-K thread?
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 April 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Ghost Mod has acted.
― hey, big dispender (WilliamC), Saturday, 19 April 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
Thanks!
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 April 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
Dylan next? Any objections to opening voting during the Sleater-Kinney rollout?
― objects in mirror may be closer than (WilliamC), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
who's running that? can we have a super long voting window?
― balls, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
I vote for super long voting window, because then it'll push back the Autechre poll and my preparation ("preparation") for it.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
I vote for a super long voting window for Dylan because of the amount of material to be re-listened (and in some cases, listened) to.
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
I vote for a longish Dylan voting window and Classic Rock to run at the same time. I know that might be an unpopular opinion. Staggered results rollouts, of course.
― objects in mirror may be closer than (WilliamC), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
Since the classic rock poll is formed around a predetermined list, intensive listening will be minimized (unless you've never turned on a radio or gone out in public for the last 30 years).
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
I was thinking of rolling out Dylan nomination/voting thread this weekend, but only if Grisso doesn't mind. And I'm fine with however long a voting period people want -- 3 weeks at least, but really since I'm taking a short vacation over Memorial Day, 4 weeks would work well for me. I won't have time to tabulate and prepare results until the last week of May anyway.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
You've got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend if you won't have time to tabulate and prepare results until the last week of May anyway.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
XP I don't mind. I can probably start revealing my sub polls tomorrow. I don't know yet how long my main rollout will be tho.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
― objects in mirror may be closer than (WilliamC), Tuesday, April 22, 2014
I stand with WilliamC
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:47 (ten years ago) link
now face west
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:51 (ten years ago) link
If Dylan results are more than a month away, something really should run concurrently, and classic rock is the best option, imo.
― objects in mirror may be closer than (WilliamC), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
If people want a quicker turnaround on Dylan, I can do that too. It would mean shutting off the poll around May 15, probably. My out-of-pocket dates are the 23rd-26th, so it'll either have to be all done by then or have the results wait til afterward. A longer one would be easier for me, but I will defer to the masses.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 12:21 (ten years ago) link
(And concurrent with Classic Rock is fine by me, but that depends on some dude.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 12:22 (ten years ago) link
Dylan poll should be between four and six months long IMO, like some major medieval festival coming once every twenty-five years or something.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:06 (ten years ago) link
― Euler, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:10 (ten years ago) link
Sleater-Kinney results: "I'm The Queen of Rock and POLL!!!!!!"_ILM Artist Poll #51_SLEATER-KINNEY_ RESULTS THREAD
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Just to clarify--I'm sure you got it--my Dylan post above was meant as a joke.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
Kinda hoping there's a Worst Songs side poll for Dylan, and then I kinda want to poll Elton's worst against Dylan's.
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Thursday, April 24, 2014 4:11 PM
just throwing this out there
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Friday, 25 April 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link
cuz I love Dylan but man do I hate some of his songs
Oh there will be a worst Dylan songs poll, for sure.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
rereading this for ready reference: What is the worst ever line from a Bob Dylan song?
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:36 (ten years ago) link
OK, going live on a Saturday night for all you shut-ins:
It's a Wonder We Can Even POLL Ourselves: The Bob dang Dylan Thread for Nominating, Balloting, Competing, Beating, Cheating, Mistreating and Talking That the Heat Put Plants in the Beds, But ...
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
Will have a first-take ballot to you within 30 minutes.
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 April 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
is something going to run along with Bod Dylan since the voting is open for such a long time. either "Classic Rock" or Outkast would work i would think. i know it was brought up already so this is more of a bump.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 1 May 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
I could do Outkast probably starting this weekend
― kidd-gilchrist-douglas-roberts- (Spottie), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
Hot Bod Dylan
― how's life, Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
You may call me Bod, you may call me Zimmy
― A frenzied geologist (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
Two artist polls going at once is kinda unusual though, no? Of course, I probably wouldn't be saying this if I didn't want to vote in both and was worried about dividing my attention too much (Dylan's catalogue is daunting enough to re-evaluate without throwing Outkast on top of it).
― Funk autocorrect (cryptosicko), Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
i gotta clarify that i def can't do oasis, sorry- back at college and still settling in to a more hectic work schedule. iirc someone else had volunteered to do it if i pulled out
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
At this pace you can get your doctorate before Oasis comes up.
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 01:59 (ten years ago) link
lol, no kidding.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 02:16 (ten years ago) link
I wish I could vote in a Billy Joel poll TODAY RIGHT NOW
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
Sooner or later, you'll feel that momentum kick in.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
it just may be a billy joel listening thread you're looking for -- and that could happen at any moment if i'm reading the tea leaves correctly.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 15 May 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
I'm already on deck for two more polls lol but...
would there be any interest in a Native Tongues poll?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 16 May 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
yeah
― Spottie, Friday, 16 May 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (COMING SOON)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (TIME RUNNING OUT TO VOTE)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie54. Autechre - Leee55. Brian Eno - WmC56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom58. Radiohead - nate woolls59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza60. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson62. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK63. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier64. Italo - daavid65. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy66. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt67. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee68. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life69. Extreme Metal - Viceroy70. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe71. Pixies - Johnny Fever72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains73. Spoon - Bee OK74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods76. Queen - charlie h77. Dinosaur Jr. - Z S78. Tom Petty - rogermexico79. Ramones - tipsy mothra 80. Jimi Hendrix - WmC81. Sightings - Raymond Cummings82. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat83. Stereolab - Moka84. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK85. Genesis + solo - NickB86. The Smiths - nate woolls87. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl88. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC89. Dead C - Raymond Cummings90. Royal Trux + side projects - Drugs A. Money91. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?92. Rush - Matt #293. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one94. George Michael - Ismael Klata95. Talking Heads - Bee OK96. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan97. Van Halen - Johnny Fever98. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino99. Low - aldo100. Nine Inch Nails - chap101. REM - rogermexico.102. Bjork - Eric H.103. Wu-Tang Clan - ― Spottie104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK105. Covers - kornrulez6969106. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee107. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever108. No Wave - sarahell109. DFA - Van Horn Street110. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080111. Beatles solo careers - WilliamC112. Erykah Badu - Eric H.
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Monday, 26 May 2014 00:50 (ten years ago) link
some dude, is Classic Rock a go during/after Dylan results?
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Monday, 26 May 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
how many get done a year?
― ogmor, Monday, 26 May 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
In the early days, about 20. So far this year, four.
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Monday, 26 May 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Those four ruled tho.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 26 May 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
i'll check back in four years and see how the fahey poll is coming along
― ogmor, Monday, 26 May 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Monday, May 26, 2014 3:24 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i am an unpredictable Neil Young kind of classic rock pollrunner, not a corporate rock clock puncher. the label will hear the album when it's ready.
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Monday, 26 May 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
(that's not a "no," though, I will say the outlook is good, I'm just not going to make any promises that could still be broken)
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Monday, 26 May 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
I'm ready to start Outkast if we want to speed things up a bit? Gonna be on vacation starting in 3 weeks so I could wrap the whole thing up before I leave if I start it today/tomorrow?
― Spottie, Monday, 26 May 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
I think that would be great. I don't think it would cross up tipsy on Dylan results. If anything, the Dylan rollout will draw some attention away from early Outkast campaigning, but people can deal with 2 things at once.
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Monday, 26 May 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
Outkast is go! COS I'M COOLER THAN A POLLER BEAR'S TOENAILS — Outkast artist poll
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
ice polled title imo
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
I mean what's poller than poll?
106. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
Can we please please add Destroyer and Neko Case to this?
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:08 (ten years ago) link
NO
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's silly
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
okay maybe as side polls?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
More like a Co-Poll, considering the amount of material under consideration (which already dwarfs the Newpies catalogue even before considering AC Newman, Zumpano...)
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
Just as I'd hoped, there was a band named Poll ("Maybe the most famous greek psychedelic folk rock band of the late 60's early 70's era"--skip the maybe, no one's going to argue). Here they are with Ποιος Μπορεί Να Πιστέψει:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLjRw8FzqqQ
Someone should run a poll. I want to see what they name it.
― clemenza, Thursday, 29 May 2014 03:16 (ten years ago) link
The POLLingest POLL in the POLLStory of POLLS.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 29 May 2014 03:37 (ten years ago) link
Not Aphrodite's Child?
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 29 May 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
i know i got Queen to do at some stage, but please also put me down for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party etc.
― charlie h, Thursday, 5 June 2014 11:33 (ten years ago) link
Dylan countdown: POLLING THUNDER REVUE: The Bob Dylan Poll Results Thread (He Acts Like We Never Have Met)
Outkast countdown: OLD SCHOOL PLAYERS TO NEW SCHOOL POLLS — Outkast artist poll RESULTS
What, if anything, will happen after that? Stay tuned!
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Monday, 9 June 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
*rolls dice* c'moooooon classic rock
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 9 June 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Monday, 9 June 2014 22:12 (ten years ago) link
yeah Classic Rock, oh wait.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
77. Dinosaur Jr. - Z S
once again, i'd like to change my pick. i'd like to change it from Dinosaur Jr. to...
CAN
please. man, this is gonna be so fun in 2018
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 02:07 (ten years ago) link
that's the rabies talking
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
lollll
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
oh man please don't drop the Dinosaur poll
― some dude, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
yeah man leave that one be
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 02:28 (ten years ago) link
i agree, just add CAN as well.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 02:52 (ten years ago) link
Yay Autechre's next!
― octobeard, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
xpostthing is, when i volunteered to do dino jr. i was starting to get really into them and i just assumed by now i'd be an "expert" on them. but then i kind of fizzled out and i really have no business running the poll. my own ballot would be pretty lame (heavy on the S/T and YLAOM and Bug because those are the only ones i really like). i know a lot more about CAN and care a lot more about them as well, frankly.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link
105. Covers - kornrulez6969
This is cover versions, not album covers.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
I'll try to remember to add that detail in the next full list. An album covers poll would be fun though.
Charlie, Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party is in at 113.
KM, Dino Jr will morph into Can.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
thanks!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:50 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
Hahah Lech.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
i see what you did there!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
halleluwah
― rob, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
a sincere response as well! don't let me miss that one.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
Don't worry, we'll remind you in three years!
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
^
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
btw, if you die of rabies I'm changing it back to Dinosaur
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
deal!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
Not that I'm saying the Ae poll is going to happen -- partly because of busyness, but mostly because I'm out of title puns -- but I was thinking of throwing just about everything into one single poll: Ae along with Gescom and Ae remixes, and maybe even Ae remixed by others.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 12 June 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
Notes on Eno: Eligibility for the tracks poll will include solo albums and collaborations (Eno/Cale, Eno/Hyde, Budd/Eno, Eno/Wobble, etc) and also albums by groups that Eno was a member of. So, Passengers is included, Harmonia '76 is included, the first two Roxy albums are included. But the nature of his collaborations churns the question of eligibility a bit.
Should Bowie's Berlin Trilogy be included? Should More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music and Remain in Light be included?Should James' Wah Wah be included? Should only the songs Eno mixed be included?
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Meanwhile, can we have Classic Rock?
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Sunday, 15 June 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
no to all of those imo
― polyamanita (sleeve), Sunday, 15 June 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link
OK maybe the songs of Remain In Light w/co-writing credits
― polyamanita (sleeve), Sunday, 15 June 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
i like the idea of a poll of everything Eno ever touched as a producer or whatever, but it seems like that is not the concept of the poll and it's more about his solo stuff and bands, and it's not like we didn't have a Bowie poll and don't have a Talking Heads poll scheduled down the road.
― some dude, Sunday, 15 June 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah leave that for side poll, maybe most 'eno' not officially eno tracks so you can add 'unforgettable fire', 'lemon', whatever else to the pile as well. would leave actual eno tracks poll to stuff that has his name on the spine. personally i'd probably have the roxy tracks in that side poll tbh. i can see other arguments though.
― balls, Sunday, 15 June 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
Here was my thinking: Passengers and Harmonia '76 tracks should be included in the main poll, imo. I couldn't see any way to include them and exclude the two Roxy albums, even though Roxy has just been polled. But Roxy through an Enocentric lens looks different than Roxy through a Ferrycentric one, so I think that'll be fine. I've been kinda resistant to the idea of lots of side polls, but "best track Eno was involved in that isn't under his name as artist or producer" might be a good one. "Best Eno Production" will be one -- albums, not tracks.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Sunday, 15 June 2014 23:52 (ten years ago) link
classic rock! classic rock! classic rock!
― g simmel, Sunday, 15 June 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link
CLA SSIC ROCKCLA SSIC ROCKCLA SSIC ROCKCLA SSIC ROCK
*lighter*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
"Voter 17 gets tickets to Cheap Trick on this Block Party Weekend!"
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 June 2014 00:27 (ten years ago) link
DON: We watched the rise of Cheap Trick, and were especially pleased after their Budokan album that their songwriting chops were as good as their live chops. To see a good band writing good songs with interesting characters get hits after KISS made it look easy gratified us.
GLENN: How many times were Henley and I in situations where the chick said "I want you to want me"?
DON: Well, yeah.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 June 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
Can you imagine getting stuck listening to an Eagles "Block Party Weekend Six Pack"? People lived like that for years.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 June 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
sit and watch the clouds roll bythe tall grass sway in the wind
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 June 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
::cracks knuckles::
ok, kiddies, stay tuned to New Answers on Monday
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 01:21 (ten years ago) link
!!!!!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 01:33 (ten years ago) link
yes!
― g simmel, Monday, 16 June 2014 01:40 (ten years ago) link
Classic Rock has been delayed long enough, hell it even got another "best of" poll canceled.
― Bee OK, Monday, 16 June 2014 02:02 (ten years ago) link
looking forward to a Monday for once.
the other poll had to die.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 02:39 (ten years ago) link
it was time
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 02:46 (ten years ago) link
― ol' Wrink P's thinkpiece (some dude), Wednesday, January 1, 2014 2:45 PM (5 months ago)
this is the poll version of Chinese Democracy...
― Frobisher, Monday, 16 June 2014 03:26 (ten years ago) link
FREE TOMMY STINSON
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 03:50 (ten years ago) link
― Frobisher, Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:26 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Boston_-_Third_Stage.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 16 June 2014 05:00 (ten years ago) link
― Frobisher, Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If only we could have a thread-specific autoreplace that changes "Sway" to "Riad n' the Bedouins"...
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 05:04 (ten years ago) link
totally fuckin stoked for classic rock canon obviously, and i say this as a man who completely bogged down in his plans to follow obsessively several of the last couple of results threads - but this, THIS i will set aside days for, i will set alarms for.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 16 June 2014 05:10 (ten years ago) link
i am committed to 100% world cup. and classic rock.
and this lamp.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 05:36 (ten years ago) link
Amazed we've got this far without a Can poll. And Arthur Russell.
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 16 June 2014 12:29 (ten years ago) link
can poll: la lechera sits in a darkened room, computer screen reflected in her fixed eyes as she votes 'mother sky', clears cookies, repeats
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 June 2014 12:45 (ten years ago) link
I'd been waiting for a giant sandbox to be installed in my living room, I wanted to be able to feel sand on my feel while running the poll
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 13:16 (ten years ago) link
what's the matter, sh1pley, got sand in yr feel?
― pplains, Monday, 16 June 2014 13:43 (ten years ago) link
sometimes i cross my eyes but not my t's
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
I'll run an Arthur Russell if there's sufficient interest.
― 1 cor blimey (seandalai), Monday, 16 June 2014 13:58 (ten years ago) link
if you mean its a terrible idea that's not worth pursuing, yes
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
also Duff McKagan angrily walked out very early in the process
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
haha
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL parking lot tailgate pre-party -- nominations, discussions, parameters, etc.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
I want to withdraw from Royal Trux
― the fourth death of ernest borgnine (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 10:01 (ten years ago) link
OK. Should I drop it entirely or does someone else want to take that one on?
Should a single-artist poll run concurrently with Classic Rock? I don't know how long a nomination period some dude has in mind, then add 2 weeks for voting and a week for results...
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 12:56 (ten years ago) link
Voting should start next week, I think. Seems fine to have a single artist poll overlapping imo.
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 12:58 (ten years ago) link
when is Royal Trux supposed to run? I might be able to take that on if it's after July.
― polyamanita (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:38 (ten years ago) link
imo no harm in keeping the single artist polls running concurrently with genre/category polls
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:56 (ten years ago) link
Trux is at #90, so not until late 2015 or early 2016 at our current pace.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:05 (ten years ago) link
I could start Eno today or tomorrow (busy with work now but will be pretty free in a couple of weeks when it's time to count), but Leee is ahead of me with Autechre and I want him to have first shot if he's ready to go.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
I'll take the Royal Trux then xp
― polyamanita (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
Cool ty sleeve
― the fourth death of ernest borgnine (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
Paging Leee
― WilliamC, Thursday, 19 June 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 19 June 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
so this mean Brian Eno or Chic Organization is next, nice.
― Bee OK, Friday, 20 June 2014 01:11 (ten years ago) link
OK, I'm going to try to get Eno going today.
― WilliamC, Friday, 20 June 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link
hell yeah
― polyamanita (sleeve), Friday, 20 June 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link
Somebody point me to a poll that used a 30-track ballot -- I don't want to have to figure out the points from scratch.
― WilliamC, Friday, 20 June 2014 14:27 (ten years ago) link
Check that -- I'm just going to make it the standard 20.
― WilliamC, Friday, 20 June 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
It's just like the 20, but tracks 21-30 just dip into single digit values.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 June 2014 14:35 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah, that's right. (Been a while since I've done one of these!)
― WilliamC, Friday, 20 June 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link
oh please do 30 for Eno!
― polyamanita (sleeve), Friday, 20 June 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
stax was 30 iirc
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 June 2014 23:36 (ten years ago) link
Generative polling -- no two ballots are alike, 77 million combinations, etc etc -- Dead Finks Don't Vote — ILM Artist Poll #55 — BRIAN ENO
― WilliamC, Friday, 20 June 2014 23:54 (ten years ago) link
but mostly because I'm out of title puns
Some ideas:
Theme of Sudden RoundaVOTE - ILM Artist Poll #56 - AutechreVoting Quarter - ILM Random Sounds on Top of Morphing Rhythms Poll #56 - Autechreiv vv iv vv vii vote - ILM Anti Poll #56 - AutechreVotemx56 - ILM Artist Poll #56 - Autechre
― octobeard, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
Could you put me down for Herbie Hancock? I have a hunch people will be really feeling Herbie Hancock in 2019 or whenever it ends up happening.
― guwop (crüt), Monday, 30 June 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
Will do!
― WilliamC, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
I'm feeling Herbie right now. Time to put on some Mwandishi
― octobeard, Monday, 30 June 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
yeahhhh
― polyamanita (sleeve), Monday, 30 June 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
someone needs to do nick cave in the year 2020
― Karl Malone, Friday, 11 July 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
Who's going next? I can't tell from Leee's cryptic posts whether or not he plans to do an Autechre poll at all. Does Donna Rouge post here anymore? Does Elvis T have time to tackle Spacemen 3? Radiohead? YLT et al while Clemenza's on summer break?
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
I'm available to do Radiohead.
― nate woolls, Friday, 11 July 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
lol sorry I didn't realize I was being cryptic, yeah I'm up, presentation is probably going to be buttsy though I warn everyone now.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Friday, 11 July 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Well, whoever wants to go next can probably get rolling -- maybe Monday? Eno is finishing today, and Classic Rock voting ends Tuesday. That would put the next voting period during Classic Rock rollout, finishing afterward.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Fxyke_gJKCo/0.jpg
― pplains, Friday, 11 July 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
Does Elvis T have time to tackle Spacemen 3
Not for several months. October at the earliest.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 11 July 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (IN PROGRESS)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom - on hold until fall 201458. Radiohead - nate woolls59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza60. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson62. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK63. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier64. Italo - daavid65. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy66. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt67. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee68. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life69. Extreme Metal - Viceroy70. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe71. Pixies - Johnny Fever72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains73. Spoon - Bee OK74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods76. Queen - charlie h77. Can - Z S78. Tom Petty - rogermexico79. Ramones - tipsy mothra 80. Jimi Hendrix - WmC81. Sightings - Raymond Cummings - remove this one?82. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat83. Stereolab - Moka84. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK85. Genesis + solo - NickB86. The Smiths - nate woolls87. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl88. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC89. Dead C - Raymond Cummings90. Royal Trux + side projects - pollrunner change: sleeve91. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?92. Rush - Matt #293. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one94. George Michael - Ismael Klata95. Talking Heads - Bee OK96. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan97. Van Halen - Johnny Fever98. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino99. Low - aldo100. Nine Inch Nails - chap101. REM - rogermexico.102. Bjork - Eric H.103. Wu-Tang Clan - ― Spottie104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK105. Covers - kornrulez6969106. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee107. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever108. No Wave - sarahell109. DFA - Van Horn Street110. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080111. Beatles solo careers - WilliamC112. Erykah Badu - Eric H.113. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h114. Herbie Hancock - crüt
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 11 July 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
I'd suggest moving the Ramones up, but I know TM just finished Dylan.
― clemenza, Saturday, 12 July 2014 06:42 (ten years ago) link
I'd second that suggestion if tm is up to the task.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 12 July 2014 07:28 (ten years ago) link
Thirded
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 July 2014 07:51 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, just saw this. We can do Ramones whenever, though the immediacy of Tommy's passing has obviously passed.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 03:28 (ten years ago) link
i get the feeling it would still make a lot of people happy/comforted to do it sooner than later, though
― not pop, shambhala, where to buy weed (some dude), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 10:39 (ten years ago) link
Well, I'm happy to move it up if that's a preference. I have a vacation coming up mid-August, so either we'd have to have about a three-week voting period starting this weekend or else just not start until Aug. 20 or so.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 24 July 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
I don't even know anymore. Somebody who wants to go next just step up and go. If Clemenza's school break means he'd have time now, YLT seems like a good option. The big list seems more optional every day.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Thursday, 24 July 2014 03:58 (ten years ago) link
Maybe there's just a natural lull in enthusiasm for conducting/voting in the big artist polls. Would gladly (still) participate in a Ramones poll, though.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
summer's tough, most people's routines get shaken up
― not pop, shambhala, where to buy weed (some dude), Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:39 (ten years ago) link
I'm going to have to wait until next summer for Yo La Tengo--sorry. I had mentioned somewhere above about moving down the list a bit, so that it roughly times out to next July.
― clemenza, Thursday, 24 July 2014 12:53 (ten years ago) link
Is Chic on deck?
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
Damnit... are we just going to skip Autechre?! I mean if Leee isn't going to do it, hell I'll volunteer
― octobeard, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link
People are slightly burnt out on ballot polls, so let's try to reinvigorate things with...Autechre! Solid idea.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I've been sick... I can still do it though graphics probably will look buttsy for an artist with such a memorable visual aesthetic (at least via TDR). If you're graphic designer or something, you can go for it.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
the coast is clear for that JF 1940s poll
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:23 (ten years ago) link
1940s would be cool, but that would be an even deeper excavation for me (and for a lot of people) than even the 1950s poll was. I just don't have it in me to do something like that right now, even though the 1950s poll was the greatest ballot poll ever in the history of ILM.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:27 (ten years ago) link
Well with Classic Rock done and nothing else bubbling, I'm happy to start the Ramones poll this weekend. It'd be a good end-of-summer poll, I guess. I'll need to leave it open about three weeks to account for a planned vacation.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 3 August 2014 04:14 (ten years ago) link
There's no holding ILMers from polling
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 3 August 2014 04:18 (ten years ago) link
OK, it's a go: HEY! HO! LET'S POLL!
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 3 August 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
1. Can I do an Aphex Twin poll?
2. Would it be crazy to maybe do multiple polls at once if the list is this huge? I mean you get like 3 or 4 weeks to make up ballots and do ppl ever really vote in back to back polls?
― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 17 August 2014 00:53 (ten years ago) link
1. Sure!2. Alfred votes in just about every one of these, near as I can tell, and more power to him. But yeah, I've always thought there should be more overlapping, if not simultaneous polls. All these things need is enthusiasm, which seems to be in short supply all around lately (classic rock aside). I know I don't have any to spare.
Speaking of which, if anybody would like to take over from me on the Hendrix and Solo Beatles polls, I'd be happy to turn those over to you. I'd still like to handle the Bacharach one.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Monday, 18 August 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
i have been sitting on a few but think it is time to add this one.
can you put me down for Blondie please?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 August 2014 01:46 (ten years ago) link
I'm confused - what's next after the Ramons? Autechre? Chic? Radiohead?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 August 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
Great question. I think anyone with an ounce of energy could jump to the head of the line and there would be few complaints.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Friday, 22 August 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
well for my part I would like to do the XTC one. (I know I am on deck for P-Funk first but I feel like switching)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 August 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
I can wait til the Ramones roll out is over if need be
Sounds good. "Life Begins at the Hop" ftw.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Friday, 22 August 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
anyone has objections plz speak up - Lee, Donna, Nate, flopson...?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 August 2014 20:50 (ten years ago) link
I am a terrible person. I was one of the voices calling for a Ramones poll but never found time to send in a ballot.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 22 August 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
cretin
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Friday, 22 August 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
gabba gabba we reject you
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 August 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
No Riff Randall for you!
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 August 2014 21:44 (ten years ago) link
I can start Radiohead right now.
― nate woolls, Saturday, 23 August 2014 09:13 (ten years ago) link
can I put my name down for something? would there be enough people interested to make an electroclash poll worthwhile? (factoring in the possibility of a sweeping electroclash revival by 2019 or whenever the poll would happen)
― soref, Saturday, 23 August 2014 13:01 (ten years ago) link
electroclash poll would be amazing.
― toby, Saturday, 23 August 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
115. Aphex Twin - Stevie D116. Blondie - Bee OK117. Electroclash - soref
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Saturday, 23 August 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
I'd volunteer to host one or substitute if the spreadsheet math didn't frighten me.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 August 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
90% of poll running duties is math tbh
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Saturday, 23 August 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
I was spreadsheet illiterate before Zeppelin but it turned out not to be too hard.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Saturday, 23 August 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
A lot of it is just punching in stuff, and eventually doing some organization.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 August 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
less math more data entry tbh
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 23 August 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
You could outsource, or at least hire an intern.
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Saturday, 23 August 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
Worst part is data entry. 40 different ways to rank and spell the same song.
― pplains, Saturday, 23 August 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Ha, yes. "Battle of Evermore" and "The Battle of Evermore," gotta get them together. And take the numbering off the front end.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Saturday, 23 August 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
every a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single plan for ensuring that received data are consistently formatted
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 23 August 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
a bob marley
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― pplains, Saturday, 23 August 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
Anyway, Nate and Otis, whatever you two wanna work out is cool. Might be time to shift from the fascist tyranny of a numbered list to a system based on pure clean energy levels and auras and chakras and e-meter readings and whatnot.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Saturday, 23 August 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
If there's no objections I'm going to start the Radiohead poll in the next hour.
― nate woolls, Sunday, 24 August 2014 10:26 (ten years ago) link
::stands up, sternly furrows brow:: "well, I for one" ::smiles:: "think that's a lovely idea!"
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Sunday, 24 August 2014 11:18 (ten years ago) link
you do it to yourself
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 24 August 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
There's only the Radiohead poll going on now, and you all usually stagger these things, right? I think if I'm to kick off the AE poll, now is as a good a time as any for me.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Monday, 8 September 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link
That's cool -- Οὖτις was ready to start XTC a couple of weeks ago if nobody else was ready to start one, but you're at the front of the line, so fire away.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Monday, 8 September 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link
Autechre poll -- ILM ballot poll #57
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Monday, 8 September 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
Sign me up for Jimmy Jam and Lewis
― FKATlovestoFU better (Spottie), Monday, 8 September 2014 05:39 (ten years ago) link
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
OK so Radiohead results are happening now, then Autechre... then what? Is ET gonna do Spacemen 3 (will totally vote in that if so)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
Good question -- I think he's still dealing with a bunch of real life concerns? I don't think donna rouge is even posting anymore, so somebody needs to claim Chic Org if it's going to happen soon. Apparently Clemenza has about a 3-week window per year to run a poll and we missed it for this year. Maybe XTC next, since you wanted to switch them and P-Funk.
I'd post an updated list, but so much is up in the air right now.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, sorry--I just couldn't give it proper attention while school's on. I haven't sorted it out with mookieproof, who was going to help, but I'll be ready to go July 1st, or soon after if another poll's already underway.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link
July 1st eh
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
July 1st, sometime between 9:30-10:00 a.m. That's what I meant to say.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link
You're not going to be grilling out or something that day?
― pplains, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 03:01 (ten years ago) link
117. Electroclash - soref
Yay !
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 03:03 (ten years ago) link
Would anybody be interested in a Siouxsie and The Banshees/The Creatures poll ?
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 03:05 (ten years ago) link
YES, big time.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 03:06 (ten years ago) link
I know them well enough to run it if we think enough people would participate.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
I'd certainly vote in that.
On the Classic Rock results thread there was a call for an AM Radio Gold poll. You can put me down for that. Will be the perfect antidote to a bit of G0th.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 10:04 (ten years ago) link
Can I volunteer for a Eurovision poll pls?
― nxd, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 10:30 (ten years ago) link
Is ET gonna do Spacemen 3 (will totally vote in that if so)
Still need to be in a holding pattern with this until October.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
ok no prob
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
so I'll do XTC when Autechre is done then
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (VOTING IN PROGRESS)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge? possibly needs volunteer poll runner57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom - on hold until fall 201458. Radiohead - nate woolls (RESULTS ROLLING OUT NOW)59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza (Wednesday, July 1, 2015 from 9:30-10 a.m. EDT)60. XTC - Οὖτις (up next after Autechre)61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson62. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK63. P-Funk - Οὖτις64. Italo - daavid65. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy66. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt67. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee68. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life69. Extreme Metal - Viceroy70. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe71. Pixies - Johnny Fever72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains73. Spoon - Bee OK74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods76. Queen - charlie h77. Can - Z S78. Tom Petty - rogermexico79. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)80. Jimi Hendrix - needs a volunteer poll runner81. Sightings - Raymond Cummings - remove this one?82. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat83. Stereolab - Moka84. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK85. Genesis + solo - NickB86. The Smiths - nate woolls87. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl88. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC89. Dead C - Raymond Cummings90. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve91. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?92. Rush - Matt #293. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one94. George Michael - Ismael Klata95. Talking Heads - Bee OK96. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan97. Van Halen - Johnny Fever98. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino99. Low - aldo100. Nine Inch Nails - chap101. REM - rogermexico.102. Bjork - Eric H.103. Wu-Tang Clan - ― Spottie104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK105. Covers - kornrulez6969106. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee107. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever108. No Wave - sarahell109. DFA - Van Horn Street110. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080111. Beatles solo careers - WilliamC112. Erykah Badu - Eric H.113. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h114. Herbie Hancock - crüt115. Aphex Twin - Stevie D 116. Blondie - Bee OK 117. Electroclash - soref118. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie119. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo120. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W121. Eurovision - nxd
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
Wondered this morning what the average placement of my #1 votes would be, but the amt of work that would take is nutty.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza (Wednesday, July 1, 2015 from 9:30-10 a.m. EDT)
LOL
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
line 115 is a bit messed up.
i was thinking about switching Spoon with The Boo Radleys because of Spoon's new album. it's the Boo Radleys so no i will keep it the way it is as that is the one i'm most looking forward to.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 11 September 2014 01:55 (ten years ago) link
so Hendrix needs a pollrunner? I'm up for taking that on.
― some dude, Thursday, 11 September 2014 02:28 (ten years ago) link
oh shit pp's doin' 'tallica
― markers, Thursday, 11 September 2014 02:30 (ten years ago) link
is flopson around to do his?
― FKATlovestoFU better (Spottie), Thursday, 11 September 2014 02:58 (ten years ago) link
really really excited for YLT poll, them being my favorite band and whatnot
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 03:00 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, my enthusiasm's low on Hendrix (for running the poll, not for voting). Thanks for taking that one.
Oops at those line breaks. I'll fix it in the next full list.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Thursday, 11 September 2014 03:02 (ten years ago) link
Looks like flopson had himself banned in February. We can put Iggy/Stooges on hold on the assumption he'll be back someday, or someone else can take that one. Or if anyone knows him IRL, tell him all is forgiven please come home.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Thursday, 11 September 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
why would anyone be banned on this lovely message board?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 03:15 (ten years ago) link
ban flopson
hi can i please be banned from ilx? sent a couple discrete e-mails to mods yesterday to no avail. my life is just way too stupid right now to be spending as many hours as i have reading debates on the legitimate order of music polls.
this is not a joke though please ban my ass
thx <3
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Thursday, 11 September 2014 03:20 (ten years ago) link
WC: going to set my alarm just to be sure. Later, I'll grill.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 September 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
Shoot, where's the link to the .xls?
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
idg why someone would ask to be banned, have they no self-control
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
To answer my own question, it's a Google doc now: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Alm9ijj_zohtdDhKV1NraFUtWXptd25nbEZ0cGxYeXc#gid=0
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link
Leee, I can email you the original .xls as a standalone file if you want, but I think you can also Save-As that google doc to your computer.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I was going to do a Save As once I get home.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
god bless the cloud
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
Turns out I don't know how to use shot pivot table, so I wrote up a Perl script to handle these things. I can share it if anyone else is programmatically inclined.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Monday, 22 September 2014 00:21 (ten years ago) link
Οὖτις, ready to roll XTC out?
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
Would there be much interest in a Steve Albini band poll?
― nate woolls, Monday, 29 September 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link
I'm not knowledgable enough for that one. Albini production jobs would be a great side poll though.
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Monday, 29 September 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I was thinking the same. Add me to the list!
― nate woolls, Monday, 29 September 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
Please.
― nate woolls, Monday, 29 September 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
sure
I looked at the autechre thread to see if it was done but it was all gibberish
― Οὖτις, Monday, 29 September 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link
autecheperanto
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Monday, 29 September 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
Nah it's just LJ going on. ;)
― cichleee suite (Leee), Monday, 29 September 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link
Senses Working Poll-vertime: The XTC Poll Nominations and Discussions thread
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
Can I do a Yellow Magic Orchestra one?? Please???
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 2 October 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
YMO plus solo / collaboration tracks would a good one, although maybe a bit overwhelming.
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Thursday, 2 October 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
but YMO alone is only like 7 albums and 70 tracks, plus of the 100+ solo albums there's only like 10 or so that I would imagine more than one or two balloters would know of...I think it's all fair game though
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 2 October 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
I would vote in a YMO poll. Provided I was aware of it in time, I do miss a lot of these.
― emil.y, Thursday, 2 October 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
Do you use Site New Answers or ILM New Answers?
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Thursday, 2 October 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
SNA, sometimes clicking over to a particular board. I'm often not interested/able to participate in the single artist ballot polls (my listening tends to the broad over the deep), so it's more that I glaze over the thread titles, rather than them not actually appearing when I'm online.
― emil.y, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
same tbh
another problem is that a lot of the polls I'd enjoy simply don't have an existing fanbase. I could run the world's greatest Cardiacs & Affiliated poll, but it'd have 6 voters, so there's no point. The Autechre and XTC polls are extreme rarities in that they're ILX-popular AND I am quite a fan of both. /self-indulgent moan
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
just be happy I'm not in your polls shitting them up with my blather ;)
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
Albini and YMO to be added to the next full list.
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Friday, 3 October 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
I'd run an Elvis Presley poll sometime.
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 3 October 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
Cool, you're added.
Who will run Iggy/Stooges? Step right up.
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Friday, 3 October 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
We should really do a Scott Walker / Walker Brothers poll, right? I'm not sure I have the knowledge or wherewithal to do it.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 10:50 (ten years ago) link
Elvis is a great idea
― g simmel, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 11:20 (ten years ago) link
That'd be really interesting: no idea if the winner would be a Sun single, an early RCA single, or a late-'60s comeback single.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
"Elvis Talks To The Audience" ftw
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
What's going to happen after XTC? Chic Org with a volunteer showrunner, Iggy/Stooges with a volunteer showrunner, or Boo OK and the Bee Radleys?
― warning, #4 can't be unseen (WilliamC), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
I think we need another Autechre poll.
― cichleee suite (Leee), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:31 (ten years ago) link
someone really needs to step up and do Stooges/Iggy. i only know the Stooges and none of the solo stuff so i'm out.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link
I'll do a Byrds and offshoots poll which includes CSN, Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, And others I can't recall right now.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 9 October 2014 13:09 (ten years ago) link
I'd like to see an Underworld one too. That would be a fun band to poll.
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link
That poll would be everything, everything.
― Eric H., Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
"Why don't you POLL me I feel like flying into.."
― Mark G, Thursday, 9 October 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
I'd like to see a tropicalia/mpb poll, but I'm unsure if anybody would vote.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 9 October 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
I'd vote!
― sweet lids of the stars (seandalai), Thursday, 9 October 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link
Shakey is burning through these XTC results with great haste. Whose poll is nominating next?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Maybe you can get an answer out of somebody, I've gone all invisible.
― warning, #4 can't be unseen (WilliamC), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
Will someone send me a mail when it's time for me to start the Stereolab poll? Or any estimate dates?
― Moka, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
If no one steps in, I'm gonna slide my Pixies poll up.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
Spacemen? Chic? Spacemen Chic?
― cichleee suite (Leee), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
JF, no objection from me.
Leee, will your epics poll need a definitions/nominations thread? I wonder if that's something that could or should start now-ish or soonish so it's ready to go when the voting opens.
― warning, #4 can't be unseen (WilliamC), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 23:07 (ten years ago) link
WC, yeah, the parameters of the epics poll need to be hashed out and I wouldn't be averse to opening that up for debate. However, I'd like a maybe another few weeks before I go through the process of curating another poll.
― cichleee suite (Leee), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 23:42 (ten years ago) link
i can't do The Boo Radleys right now because of work. so i think that will be coming around February of 2015 after we do all the end of the year stuff.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
Your POLL's got a little machine: ILM Artist Poll #71 • Pixies (Voting Thread)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:12 (ten years ago) link
ty
― Bee OK, Thursday, 16 October 2014 04:33 (ten years ago) link
did you get mine?
― Moka, Thursday, 16 October 2014 07:19 (ten years ago) link
I did.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 October 2014 13:31 (ten years ago) link
Phew, thought I'd missed p-funk
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 October 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
can't really wait to see what to see the best internet music buffs come out with this years list, is gonna be a doozy. go get 'em boys
just my $0.02
― fuhgeddaboudit! (missingNO), Thursday, 16 October 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
fuck it, at some point I'll do a Cardiacs & Affiliated ballot poll and I don't care how many of you vote
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 17 October 2014 01:24 (ten years ago) link
can you move "Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs)" into that vacated # 81 spot? then can you add The Jesus and (fucking) Mary Chain into that 104 slot? thanks.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 19 October 2014 07:22 (ten years ago) link
I was just going to redo the numbering, but you want to jump 23 places in line? I'll open the floor to opinions on it.
Meanwhile, a Chic poll isn't happening without a volunteer. An Iggy/Stooges poll isn't happening without a volunteer.
― warning, #4 can't be unseen (WilliamC), Sunday, 19 October 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
it was not about jumping the queue, it was more about filling in the blank spot. redoing the numbering works too as it looks like those two poll will be dropped?
― Bee OK, Sunday, 19 October 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
― mookieproof, Sunday, 19 October 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
so uh what's going on with the order here? The Pixies jumped 8 spots or something? I am still into doing the P-Funk poll (which will take a good deal longer than the XTC one I just did, I expect).
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
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― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
oh I see. no worries I can do P-Funk next I guess.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Make my funk the right now.
― Eric H., Friday, 24 October 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
I'll post an updated list later today. If nobody volunteers for Chic or Iggy, they're going to the bottom of the list. And won't the Chic and Iggy fans be mad then, at something they could have done something about.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
Well, write me up for a Tropicalia/MPB poll after them. I'll spend the next three years pushing brazilian music to drum up excitement and get people to vote.
― Frederik B, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom - on hold until fall 201457. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)58. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza (Wednesday, July 1, 2015 from 9:30-10 a.m. EDT)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK61. P-Funk - Οὖτις62. Italo - daavid63. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy64. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt65. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee66. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life67. Extreme Metal - Viceroy68. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe69. Pixies - Johnny Fever (IN PROGRESS)70. Metallica - Pleasant Plains71. Spoon - Bee OK72. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds73. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods74. Queen - charlie h75. Can - Z S76. Tom Petty - rogermexico77. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)78. Jimi Hendrix - some dude79. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat80. Stereolab - Moka81. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK82. Genesis + solo - NickB83. The Smiths - nate woolls84. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl85. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC86. Dead C - Raymond Cummings87. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve88. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?89. Rush - Matt #290. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one91. George Michael - Ismael Klata92. Talking Heads - Bee OK93. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan94. Van Halen - Johnny Fever95. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino96. Low - aldo97. Nine Inch Nails - chap98. REM - rogermexico.99. Bjork - Eric H.100. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie101. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK102. Covers - kornrulez6969103. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee104. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever105. No Wave - sarahell106. DFA - Van Horn Street107. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080108. Beatles solo careers - WilliamC109. Erykah Badu - Eric H.110. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h111. Herbie Hancock - crüt112. Aphex Twin - Stevie D113. Blondie - Bee OK114. Electroclash - soref115. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie116. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo117. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W118. Eurovision - nxd119. Steve Albini - nate woolls120. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs121. Elvis Presley - Euler122. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969123. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago124. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B125. Chic Organization - 126. Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
so Boo Radleys are next?
or is P-Funk next?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
FITE
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
P-Funk next.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:17 PM (1 week ago)
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
ah right yeah I thought I saw that somewhere recently
P-Funk poll gonna be epic
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
have begun listening to the entire P-Funk catalog in chronological order to prepare, see you guys in a week or so lol
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
I wish I knew anything about P-Funk beyond "Maggot Brain."
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
don't worry I'm sure that will be either no. 1 or no. 2 depending on who turns out to vote. I assume top 3 will be Flashlight, Maggot Brain, and Atomic Dog in no particular order.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
Oh man, P-Funk, I do need to prep for that. Know about four or five of the Parliament records really well, but Funkadelic I've barely explored.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 24 October 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
this is one where I really think the nominations thread will be helpful, because just compiling a comprehensive discography is a bit of a task, and there's loads of quality material buried in the catalog.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 23:07 (ten years ago) link
Holy shit, that list just scared the fuck out of me.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 October 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
Heh, so we'll be going from Stephen Merritt to Metallica. There's a transition.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 October 2014 01:21 (ten years ago) link
Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom - on hold until fall 2014
isn't it the fall of 2014?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 October 2014 01:36 (ten years ago) link
^^^ northern-hemispherist
― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 October 2014 01:39 (ten years ago) link
lol, you have been on a roll tonight mookie.
Elvis is here with me in Los Angeles.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 October 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
it is always summer here though.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 October 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
Ghost of Polls Past: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VR2ndExR8gM
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 October 2014 02:26 (ten years ago) link
I guess I'll start the Italo one in about a week or so. It is my first ILM Ballot poll so If someone can share some guidance on how to do run things (timelines, vote counting, scoring) I'd appreciate that.(totalpop AT gmail DOT com).
― daavid, Monday, 27 October 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
Genre polls should definitely have an extended voting period. Like, no less than 3 weeks. Ballot size and scoring should be based on how much you're comfortable tabulating. 100 track ballots, unless you want to spend A LOT of time putting together final results, are probably over the top for a first time pollrunner.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 October 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
Agreed. My disco poll had 50 track ballots, and even those were a whole lot of work to tally. Presumably the Italo poll will have less voters, but still...
You might also consider doing a nomination thread first, because even with a relatively narrow genre like Italo, you could end up with a ridiculously large xls list if you let people vote freely without a predefined list. Also, before you start the nomination/voting thread, you need to a good definition of "Italo", so people won't start arguing what track is eligible and what's not. Is "Italo" defined by having been produced in Italy, or by a specific sound? Limiting the voting to tracks released in a specific period of time might be a good idea too, to stop people from nominating questionable entries. (My disco poll was limited to the years 1972 - 1984 so that people wouldn't nom stuff like proto-disco or house music.)
― Tuomas, Monday, 27 October 2014 08:36 (ten years ago) link
Thanks JF and Tuomas. I think I'll follow the nominations suggestion. I've given some thought to it and feel like it's too hard to put time and geographical constraints on Italo though (I want more recent acts like Italove or Sally Shapiro to be eligible), so I'm just gonna go with whatever people think is Italo and let think sort themselves out. Also I think I'll do 40 track ballots.
― daavid, Monday, 27 October 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
*let things
Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a POLL: ILM Artist Poll #69 • Pixies (results!)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 October 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
Recommend not starting too soon lest you step on the P-Funk poll turnout. Starting a new poll while the previous one's results are being rolled out is cool and recommended, but two open voting periods going at the same time seems like it could cut into the turnout for both. Also, if you're going to accept everybody's definitions of Italo, no need for a nominations thread, right? One thread for voting/campaigning/kibitzing, then a thread for results.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
can i cut in line since Johnny Fever got to cut in front of me
― example (crüt), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
like, idgi, you know how to get in touch with me, it seems really shitty for people to jump ahead in the queue when some of us have been waiting for 2 fucking years
― example (crüt), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
that was the whole point of doing things this way
― example (crüt), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
i'll start it tonight since it's a free-for-all
― example (crüt), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
plz to see upthread where the next two polls were abandoned and moved to the end of the line and others were being delayed by their runners, so it seemed like a good time to try and fill a vacuum. Check the thread more often.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 October 2014 15:29 (ten years ago) link
I was waiting for my turn like a respectable human being!
― example (crüt), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
I apologize for not emailing you, crüt. I should have checked with everyone in the 61-68 range before I said go ahead.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
thanks Wm. sorry for throwing a tantrum.
― example (crüt), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
Even though I've taken part in a few of these polls, I don't understand the point of the nominations threads.
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Monday, 27 October 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
xp -- no worries, that's a legit gripe. PS, there are a ton of polls coming up that I don't care about, but I'm stoked for the CCR listening party.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Monday, 27 October 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
me too
― sleeve, Monday, 27 October 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
Nominations threads remind people (especially people with bad memories, like me) of things that are available to vote for. I don't believe in nominations without write-ins. Theoretically lobbying threads could/should perform the function of the nominations threads, but in practice they never do. My theory as to why is that people only concentrate on their own absolute favourites in lobbying threads, and worry that over-lobbying dilutes the effect.
― emil.y, Monday, 27 October 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
And I guess that nominations threads also allow us to hash out ground rules?
― My Life with the Thrillho Kult (Leee), Monday, 27 October 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
for what it's worth, I intend to open the P-Funk poll noms thread tomorrow. I find most nominations threads pointless but with this gargantuan catalog I expect it to be a little more useful than normal. Will probably let it run for a week or two.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 27 October 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
noms thread = voting thread?
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 01:11 (ten years ago) link
Well yeah
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
Yes it's going to be hard work this!
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
I don't know about others, but when I've ran polls, I've used the nomination threads to ease my job a bit. If you let people vote freely, you might end up with a list with thousands of entries, all of which you have to write down, check the correct spelling, check if they're eligible, and mark the points given to them, even though the majority of them will get just 1 or 2 votes. With a nomination process, the list will be much more manageable, and once the voting starts you just have to write down the points.
Obviously this applies to open-ended genre polls only, if the pool of entries is definite to begin with (such as one band's output), nominations aren't needed.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
What list?
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
The list of tracks that received votes.
― Tantivleee Mucker-Maffick (Leee), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
Elvis T, if you look at this thread, what's the status of Spacemen 3?
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 01:40 (ten years ago) link
They split up donkey's years ago
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 07:53 (ten years ago) link
Actually just came into the thread to post that I'm finally ready to roll on SP3.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 08:38 (ten years ago) link
daavid's ready to go with Italo, too -- will you two hash out who's going to go next? thx
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 12:37 (ten years ago) link
I'll go after daavid then.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
Er, Elvis, would you mind going first? I was planning to wait an extra week or two anyway (at least after the P-Funk voting period was over as JF suggested) which was convenient cause It's kind of a busy time for me.
― daavid, Thursday, 30 October 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
> Agreed. My disco poll had 50 track ballots, and even those were a whole lot of work to tally.
54 ballots would have been so much more apt....
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Thursday, 30 October 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
What is going on with the Yo La Tengo poll?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 1 November 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link
next canada day
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 November 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
clemenza claimed them, but only has a tiny window every year to run a poll, and this year's window snuck past everybody -- i.e., me and clemenza.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Saturday, 1 November 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
I can do it in the second of half november, if you guys don't mind.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 1 November 2014 22:37 (ten years ago) link
That'll be clemenza's call.
There's also the EOY voting hiatus -- crap, have we been doing these things long enough to call it the "traditional" hiatus?
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Saturday, 1 November 2014 23:54 (ten years ago) link
stoked for the italo poll.
― example (crüt), Sunday, 2 November 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
I'm looking forward to it for the education -- I have no idea what the hell italo is.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Sunday, 2 November 2014 12:35 (ten years ago) link
VHS: I was kind of looking forward to using a specific idea I had for Yo La Tengo images...mookieproof was going to help. If you really want to do it and there's no one able to do anything else, I guess you could take it over, but check with mookieproof first. I'll send you my image idea--it's something I know you'd get.
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 November 2014 13:13 (ten years ago) link
Got the images, that's a very good idea, you guys should do it!
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 2 November 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
Suggestion: you and mookieproof run the poll whenever you can jump in there. Ballots, tabulation, threads, etc. I can do all the images in the next 2-3 weeks, leaving space for the song titles to be added later. Once you have results, I could fill in the titles in a night.
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 November 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
For what it's worth: getting the images ready is a lot easier than I expected--knocked off four in about 15 minutes. So if you guys are okay with me handling that end of it, quite happy to end the rest over whenever there's an opening.
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 November 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
YLT's catalogue is rather huge, should we get nominations? That's my only question now, I can handle the thread and counting process, clem has the images (can mookie can lend a hand?).
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 2 November 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
Don't see why there should be nominations -- their discography is their discography is their discography. The pollrunner can decide whether to include Dump, Condo Fucks, the album w/Jad Fair, etc... everybody else can get on board or shut up, right?
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Sunday, 2 November 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
Ok that is what I thought, it's just that they have other, what 250 songs? I was afraid some people would ask for nominations because of that. I'm the asking type.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 2 November 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
I wasn't going to bother with nominations, for the same reason WC gives; their discography is pretty straightforward and easily searchable online. I was going to include side projects, but you and mookie decide. I vote for them anyway whenever I want to--I'd have a couple of Dump songs for sure--it doesn't really matter to me whether those votes means anything or not. (In almost all cases, they won't.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 November 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
I means what I say.
Noms threads are generally for genre polls with fuzzy edges -- disco, Classic Rock, etc. Not usually needed for single-artist polls.
VHS, you're new-ish to ILM? Usually these polls take a breather while the poll-friendly among us vote on the year in review in December and those results roll out in January, then the artist polls pick back up in late Jan/early Feb. I'd say we've got time for P-Funk and one more (Spacemen 3 I presume) before the break.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Sunday, 2 November 2014 22:11 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I'm familiar with the process, already signed up for the DFA records poll in a while.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 2 November 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
Im also new-ish, indeed.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 2 November 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
already signed up for the DFA records poll in a while
Oh yeah, that's right, sorry -- I'm deep in the weeds at work today and forgot about that.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Sunday, 2 November 2014 22:59 (ten years ago) link
i can do whatever for ylt, but i've never run a poll before
my instinct would be to exclude dump and double dynamite; condo fucks and jad fair collaborations seem like fair game but tbf i'll sniff at votes for them
sub-poll for favorite covers might be cool, as they've done so many
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 November 2014 23:45 (ten years ago) link
I had an hour free and I was toying with the idea of making something like this for the Stereolab poll. I don't know if it would look to repetitive after seeing it 50 times with different color variations, though. What do you guys think?
http://i.imgur.com/nnH06l0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lQp8IC5.jpg
― Moka, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
Those look amazing, Moka.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
Looks great, but even with a template it's gotta be labor intensive for each one.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
Well, I can make a set of color templates for each album (like shades of orange for Margerine eclipse, shades of green and blue for Dots and Loops as seen above) and it becomes quite easy to modify. Just change text here and there and you're ready to go. I'd waste more time looking for images to accompany each song than with a template to be honest.
― Moka, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
Got it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:55 (ten years ago) link
Those look really really cool.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
Yeah those are great Moka!
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
very nice!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:07 (ten years ago) link
The Miles and Eno rollouts were kinda flat soda because I mess with Photoshop all day in my day job and never feel like putting images together for the polls, but I need to get past that. Y'all have been making the poll results really look good lately with the pictures.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link
those images really remind me of the spines of most of the jg ballard books i have
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:24 (ten years ago) link
Moka, I will be looking forward to the poll just for the images in two years!
― Big Orange Machine (Leee), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
And maybe I will have listened to Cobra by then.
Thanks everybody!
― Big Orange Machine (Leee)
Yeah I have more than enough time to make them better!
― Moka, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 05:44 (ten years ago) link
― john wahey (NickB),
Hahaha I googled out of curiosity and the comparison is otm. I didn't draw direct inspiration from them, though. I was looking at several medical and product packaging from the 60s and that was the overall aesthetic at the time.
http://i.imgur.com/Lhyz58X.jpg
― Moka, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 05:46 (ten years ago) link
Those look lovely. I want to buy them just to have them on my bookshelf.
― Moka, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 05:47 (ten years ago) link
Too low!
oh, hang on..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 14:01 (ten years ago) link
They actually remind me of Centrum packaging!
― Big Orange Machine (Leee), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
i am all in the italo poll, psyched as can be
― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
stoked for the italo poll.― example (crüt), Saturday, November 1, 2014 8:22 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― example (crüt), Saturday, November 1, 2014 8:22 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
me too. i can volunteer to help with poll stuff (tabulating or image graphic selection/photoshop-ing) after the first week of december, (if the poll hasn't been run by then). just an offer.
i don't know if it's been hashed out yet, but to what extent should non-italian artists be exluded. a lot of borderline stuff i'm not too sure about. like, i want to vote for "moskow diskow" maybe even some british stuff like human league or early depeche mode (not to mention blue monday, which is really more of a cold steely proto-NRG jam i guess. and what about timespan limits? these are all questions that would be very fun to discuss, for my obsessive ass anyway. at the very least it'll result in a repost on one of the "look at what that dumb fuck said" noize/afl threads. Kind of leaning towards keeping it purist and italian, i think.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
I expect these polls to go on for awhile, but just a word of warning, I'm less than a month away from leaving the country until 2015. Metallica's not going to sneak up on us, right?
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 03:35 (ten years ago) link
After the Funkadelic poll, there might be time for the Italo poll to run its course before we kick off the end-of-year nominations/voting/rollout.
Right now, I'm thinking Saturday 13 December will be a good day to start the nominating thread. As we've done the last several years, noms will probably go on for three weeks, then voting for two, then one week of tracks rollout and one week of albums rollout.
Rough schedule of the eoy poll process as of right now:
Dec 13 - nominating opensJan 3 - nominating closes, voting opensJan 16 - voting closesJan 19 - tracks rolloutJan 26 - albums rollout
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 03:43 (ten years ago) link
I'll start the nominations/voting thread for the italo poll tomorrow (i.e. later today). I'm leaning towards restricting the number eligible tracks, but not imposing any constraints into what counts as italo. I think the criteria is too subjective and there are definitely tracks that I consider fit in perfectly without being by italian artists. That being said I'll give some general guidelines. And thank you, brimstead, I might take you up on your offer.
― daavid, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 06:14 (ten years ago) link
daavid-- i would love to help with images
― ✓ out this insane nakh yall (gr8080), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
Thanks gr8080! I was too busy yesterday but will definitely start the voting thread today. Following JF's advice, I'll let the voting open until Dec. 17
― daavid, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
Ah thank god I thought this day would never come.
― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Gtfo with human league/depeche mode/blue monday tho.
― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
There's Something Going On Right Now: The ILM ITALO poll (Nominations thread)
― daavid, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
Poll running earlier this year so it finishes before xmasAll welcome to nominate/vote etc~~~ End Of Year ILM Metal - Albums & Tracks Poll- Nominations 2014 (Ends friday11.59pm UK time Dec 5th) ~~~
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 27 November 2014 13:03 (ten years ago) link
L'ho beccata in discoteca con lo sguardo da serpente: The ILM ITALO Poll (Voting Thread)
― daavid, Monday, 15 December 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
I realise that it's years until it would happen anyway, but I want to withdraw myself from the electroclash poll, I don't think I'd be able to deliver the desirable level of finesse and sparkle. If anyone else was interested enough to take over I wouldn't mind adding up ballots if they handle images/MCing threads etc
― soref, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
any interest in a Sly poll? not the biggest discography but...
― Οὖτις, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
Its pretty big now
― Mark G, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
was thinking how i could prob 90% fill a 2010-14 trax ballot only using taylor swift, kanye, lana, future, drake & bey - never felt more #normcore tbh
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:09 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think earliest i could do this would be like, may/june
― flopson, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:16 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:12 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i have none
― flopson, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
Are we at No. 60? Are we still in hiatus?
― pplains, Sunday, 18 January 2015 00:22 (nine years ago) link
I think the Italo poll was/is the hiatus. I believe the results for that are ready to roll, but daavid was going to hold them to keep from stepping on the toes of the 2014 EOY rollout. After the 2014 results finish, daavid can roll out Italo, then it'll be up to somebody to step up -- Elvis T, Bee OK, Mordy, crüt, somebody.
― the magnetic pope has sparked (WilliamC), Sunday, 18 January 2015 00:52 (nine years ago) link
I need to bow out of maintaining the list again — I think permanently this time. I also would be happy if someone would take over the two polls I was still signed up for, Bacharach and solo Beatles. I think they're both worth doing, esp. Bacharach, but I'm not available to do them.
― the magnetic pope has sparked (WilliamC), Thursday, 22 January 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
I'll take on Bacharach.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 22 January 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
i hope everything is okay with you WilliamC!
― Bee OK, Friday, 23 January 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
Thank you, Bee, and thank you C.Grisso.
― WilliamC, Friday, 23 January 2015 16:04 (nine years ago) link
okay if we're doing solo beatles we really need to bust gabriel and collins out of genesis prison
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 25 January 2015 07:24 (nine years ago) link
I'm gonna have to postpone the Italo poll rollout until the week of Feb 9th. If anyone wants to start a new poll in the meantime, that's cool with me.
― daavid, Sunday, 25 January 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
I think I can handle maintaining the list/poll order if no one else has already assumed the duties...?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
is this accurate/up-to-date?
62. Italo - daavid (RESULTS PENDING)63. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy64. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt65. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee66. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life67. Extreme Metal - Viceroy68. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe69. Pixies - Johnny Fever70. Metallica - Pleasant Plains71. Spoon - Bee OK72. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds73. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods74. Queen - charlie h75. Can - Z S76. Tom Petty - rogermexico77. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)78. Jimi Hendrix - some dude79. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat80. Stereolab - Moka81. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK82. Genesis + solo - NickB83. The Smiths - nate woolls84. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl85. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC86. Dead C - Raymond Cummings87. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve88. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?89. Rush - Matt #290. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one91. George Michael - Ismael Klata92. Talking Heads - Bee OK93. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan94. Van Halen - Johnny Fever95. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino96. Low - aldo97. Nine Inch Nails - chap98. REM - rogermexico.99. Bjork - Eric H.100. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie101. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK102. Covers - kornrulez6969103. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee104. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever105. No Wave - sarahell106. DFA - Van Horn Street107. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080108. Beatles solo careers - WilliamC109. Erykah Badu - Eric H.110. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h111. Herbie Hancock - crüt112. Aphex Twin - Stevie D113. Blondie - Bee OK114. Electroclash - soref115. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie116. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo117. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W118. Eurovision - nxd119. Steve Albini - nate woolls120. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs121. Elvis Presley - Euler122. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969123. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago124. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B125. Chic Organization - 126. Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
Mordy, Crut, Lee which one of you wants to go next...?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
The Pixies poll has already happened, by the way (things got a bit out of synch)
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
yeah I noticed that - thx for the correction
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link
I had to completely flake out for a couple of months but can finally take on the Spacemen 3 poll.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
This time for sure!
Woo!
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
ok moving you to the top of the pile...
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
62. Italo - daavid RESULTS PENDING63. Spacemen 3 and related acts - Elvis Telecom VOTING OPENING64. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy65. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt66. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee67. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life68. Extreme Metal - Viceroy69. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe70. Metallica - Pleasant Plains71. Spoon - Bee OK72. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds73. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods74. Queen - charlie h75. Can - Z S76. Tom Petty - rogermexico77. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)78. Jimi Hendrix - some dude79. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat80. Stereolab - Moka81. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK82. Genesis + solo - NickB83. The Smiths - nate woolls84. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl85. The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain86. Dead C - Raymond Cummings87. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve88. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?89. Rush - Matt #290. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one91. George Michael - Ismael Klata92. Talking Heads - Bee OK93. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan94. Van Halen - Johnny Fever95. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino96. Low - aldo97. Nine Inch Nails - chap98. REM - rogermexico.99. Bjork - Eric H.100. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie101. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK102. Covers - kornrulez6969103. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee104. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever105. No Wave - sarahell106. DFA - Van Horn Street107. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080108. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις109. Erykah Badu - Eric H.110. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h111. Herbie Hancock - crüt112. Aphex Twin - Stevie D113. Blondie - Bee OK114. Electroclash - soref115. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie116. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo117. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W118. Eurovision - nxd119. Steve Albini - nate woolls120. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs121. Elvis Presley - Euler122. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969123. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago124. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B125. Chic Organization - 126. Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
I'm gonna have to back out of the Coltrane poll; I'm not familiar enough with too much of his work (pre-Classic Quartet), and I'm pretty sure turnout will be in the low single digits.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:32 (nine years ago) link
I'll queue up for the next spot I guess, though I kind of wonder if we should have like a month to vote given the nature of the poll.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:54 (nine years ago) link
duly noted
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:55 (nine years ago) link
Looking forward to epics but agree -- also maybe a nomination period??
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
I have no idea what an "epic" even is (just like I had no idea what "classic rock" is) so I'll let you guys figure it out
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
It's it.
(What is it?)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was a song > 10 min long? I'm not sure if 10 was the magic # but length was a defining characteristic.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
it's in your face but you can't grab it
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:07 (nine years ago) link
i don't want to go next or really - like i'm not feeling particularly up to running any polls atm so maybe just indefinitely postpone my slot
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:19 (nine years ago) link
Οὖτις, thanks for taking the lead on managing the queue, it's much appreciated.
Just wanted to mention a couple of things. I'm out on the Bacharach and solo Beatles polls; C. Grisso/McCain volunteered for that one, and the other one is either up for grabs or up for deletion. And crüt got steamed, and rightly so, when another poll jumped ahead of CCR late last year, so maybe check in with him before bumping Epics up ahead of Creedence.
And with that, I officially hand you the batteries to the Pollmaster's Taser.
― it takes 14 to make a baby (WilliamC), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:34 (nine years ago) link
Yes, I'm still debating with myself what that number is though. First instinct is 20, but then that'd leave out my favorite 18-minute songs.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:37 (nine years ago) link
Gonna vote this one up pretty high.
http://i.imgur.com/OY0RFKa.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:37 (nine years ago) link
Οὖτις: You lost Yo La Tengo up near the top of the list. It was pending, but I needed to delay until school lets out; I think we left it where mookieproof and van horn street were going to run the poll, and I was going to do images.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:50 (nine years ago) link
Yo La Tengo/Dump (and other side projects), preferably.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:51 (nine years ago) link
leee will determine it based on his fave bardo pond songs
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:53 (nine years ago) link
Not far from the truth.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:56 (nine years ago) link
yes, thanks Shakey for taking this back over, i really didn't want to do it again. it hard to do without mod access.
that being said and since i have done this before, you missed a few (really think you should keep the number order:
56. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom 58. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 02:52 (nine years ago) link
so Boo Radleys are next?or is P-Funk next?― Οὖτις, Friday, October 24, 2014 1:25 PM (3 months ago)i can't do The Boo Radleys right now because of work. so i think that will be coming around February of 2015 after we do all the end of the year stuff.― Bee OK, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:17 PMbtw, The Boo Radleys poll is still on track for February of 2015, going to be fun. won't be the first one, maybe the second or third one that will happen after the EOY polls wrap up.― Bee OK, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:35 PM (2 weeks ago)
― Οὖτις, Friday, October 24, 2014 1:25 PM (3 months ago)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:17 PM
btw, The Boo Radleys poll is still on track for February of 2015, going to be fun. won't be the first one, maybe the second or third one that will happen after the EOY polls wrap up.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:35 PM (2 weeks ago)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
oh, there is also this: 61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson got bumped to 126 because he was not on ILX for a few months but now:
Looks like flopson had himself banned in February. We can put Iggy/Stooges on hold on the assumption he'll be back someday, or someone else can take that one. Or if anyone knows him IRL, tell him all is forgiven please come home.― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:09 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki think earliest i could do this would be like, may/june― flopson, Saturday, January 17, 2015 2:16 PM
― flopson, Saturday, January 17, 2015 2:16 PM
61. P-Funk - Οὖτις61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 03:44 (nine years ago) link
did the discussion regarding a 2000-2014 tracks/albums poll this summer ever move from the EOY 77 tracks thread to this one?
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 03:54 (nine years ago) link
20 minutes is too long for epics - I propose 8:30 minutes so that I can vote for 'November Rain'.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 12:55 (nine years ago) link
How about 8+?
― how's life, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:00 (nine years ago) link
so we're not going in the order already established?
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:01 (nine years ago) link
I guess this is kind of a hectic time for me, so if leee wants to go before me I'm down.
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:03 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was a song > 10 min long? I'm not sure if 10 was the magic # but length was a defining characteristic
― hardcore dilettante, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
If "epics" poll is really about any 10/20/xx minute track in any genre, I'm stoked for that! It needs a pretty strict nomination process though, I can think of a a couple of hundred ambient tracks alone that would qualify.
I'd say the minimum running time must be at least 10 minutes, though. If you set it at 8 or something, there are way too many "normal", not-particularly-lengthy-for-its-genre tracks valid in genres like metal, techno, jazz, prog rock, etc.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:27 (nine years ago) link
Maybe there rules would make it work?
1) A track must be at least 10 (or 15/20, whatever you decide) minutes long to be valid.
2) A track that's shorter than 10/15/20 minutes can be valid if it's at least twice as long as the second-longest track on the same album.
This way you could include tracks that are not super-long "objectively", but still epic within their own context/genre.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
what if it only was released as a single? (Beat Bop for instance)
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
2) A track that's shorter than 10/15/20 minutes can be valid if it's at least twice as long as the second-longest track average track length on the same album.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:49 (nine years ago) link
Not 'Estranged', though...
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 13:51 (nine years ago) link
"Beat Bop" isn't super-long within the context of old school rap, the full-length "Rapper's Delight" is 15 minutes, and many other old school singles are around 10 minutes too.
I doubt Leee or anyone is gonna start calculating average track lengths within a whole genre, so non-album singles would still be problematic... But I don't see how this poll could be run in a non-problematic way, since the definition of "epic" length varies so much between genres.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 14:32 (nine years ago) link
ok I don't have mod priveleges fyi (don't want them either) but I will try my best to keep up with all the comments on this thread. I've made some executive decisions about the order so tuff titties if you don't like it (keepin Iggy at the bottom since flopson's target date is still months out). To-date here's where we're at:
62. Italo - daavid63. Spacemen 3 and related acts - Elvis Telecom64. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee65. Yo La Tengo/Dump - Clemenza66. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK67. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy68. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt69. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy71. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains73. Spoon - Bee OK74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods76. Queen - charlie h77. Can - Z S78. Tom Petty - rogermexico79. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)80. Jimi Hendrix - some dude81. Stereolab - Moka82. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK83. Genesis + solo - NickB84. The Smiths - nate woolls85. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl86. The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain87. Dead C - Raymond Cummings88. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve89. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?90. Rush - Matt #291. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one92. George Michael - Ismael Klata93. Talking Heads - Bee OK94. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan95. Van Halen - Johnny Fever96. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino97. Low - aldo98. Nine Inch Nails - chap99. REM - rogermexico.100. Bjork - Eric H.101. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie102. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK103. Covers - kornrulez6969104. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee105. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever106. No Wave - sarahell107. DFA - Van Horn Street108. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080109. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις110. Erykah Badu - Eric H.111. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h112. Herbie Hancock - crüt113. Aphex Twin - Stevie D114. Blondie - Bee OK115. Electroclash - soref116. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie117. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo118. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W119. Eurovision - nxd120. Steve Albini - nate woolls121. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs122. Elvis Presley - Euler123. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969124. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago125. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B126. Chic Organization - 127. Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
I was thinking about this yesterday. Would a 2010-14 poll really be all that fun? At this point, I think it'd be more fun to poll the years spanning the life of ilx up to now. 2001-2014, because we could rewrite A LOT of history that way (which might be a bad thing, but it also might not be).― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 23, 2015 1:31 PM (1 week ago)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 23, 2015 1:31 PM (1 week ago)
[...]
plan would be to do it like sometime this summer right?― call all destroyer, Friday, January 23, 2015 1:42 PM (1 week ago)
― call all destroyer, Friday, January 23, 2015 1:42 PM (1 week ago)
When did ILM officially begin? Was it 2000 or 2001? (I didn't get here until 2002, and didn't start participating with any regularity until 2003.)― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 23, 2015 2:28 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink2000.― example (crüt), Friday, January 23, 2015 2:31 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkAhh, so the poll would cover 2000-2014 then.― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 23, 2015 2:31 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 23, 2015 2:28 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
2000.
― example (crüt), Friday, January 23, 2015 2:31 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ahh, so the poll would cover 2000-2014 then.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 23, 2015 2:31 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
^^^so i the poll-crew on board with this?
seems like something that could run concurrently with an artist poll? idk
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
idgi is the idea just a tracks poll for the last 15 years?
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:40 (nine years ago) link
All polls should get in the queue apart from eoy polls otherwise we would get a 2000-2014 metal poll and scik mouthy would be able to restart the all time poll.Its not fair on anyone who signed up. This thread isnt just for artist polls anymore.
― The Ghost of (strychnine), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS
sure, but 2004-2008 hasn't been done amirite
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMSILM Top 100 2000-2004: TRACKS
ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMSILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
the idea would be a retrospective of the first 15 years ILM has existed, see what holds up, what doesn't, whats been forgotten, whats been discovered
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
Back of the line sez i
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
i disagree
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Only if we aren't able to vote for things that placed in the earlier polls.
― how's life, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
also every still living poster whos ever posted needs to be contacted and cast a ballot imo
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:22 (nine years ago) link
Only if they didn't vote previously.
― how's life, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
Unfair on those who signed up. The all time poll was forced to stop and join quite rightly. Get in the queue System ilx agreed on.
― The Ghost of (strychnine), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
might as well do 2000-2020 by then
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
eaxactly
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
but all time poll is a dumbass idea
i'm with gr80, i feel like were kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel with the artist polls atp. we've done 65 in what, 3 years? and there are another 65 to go on the list. so then we'd have to wait 3 years to do a 2000-2014 poll? that's dumb. summer is a pretty slow time on ilx in general so it would mostly be 4 the hardcore nerds, could easily run concurrently with artist polls
― flopson, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
The poll's going to happen in the late summer regardless of what other polls are taking place.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
the 5-year retrospective polls have a precedent that predeceases this thread & queue also
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
o shit JF laying down the law
Bottom of the barrel? I totally disagree
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
so do i fwiw
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
I'm not gonna say artist polls have to stop to accomodate these other bigger more generic polls.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:31 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nice B-)
― flopson, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
Jf wants to do it late summer = fine whatever. If whoever's up for the next artist poll at that point wants to wait that's up to them. Imo.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
At the rate these take place, we'd probably be down the list to the hair metal or CCR poll by August, and an ILM retrospective poll isn't going to take any shine off either of those.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
(also, I plan to vote in both)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
these polls are taking so much longer than they were initially expected to, can't imagine signing up to do something three years hence
― ogmor, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, we used to be able to get through 2 a month, but somewhere along the line people started extending the voting period (for some reason?) and now the whole process is a slog.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:31 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I hope this advance notice gives everyone a chance to get some deep cut joke #1s ready
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link
The results will be more interesting in 2020 than in 2015 IMO. It's a cool idea for a poll, but I agree it shouldn't jump ahead; EOY really should be the only exception to the queue. We hashed this out last February, and I agree with those saying it would end up being unfair to those who'd waited their turn. If ۩ had taken up the proposal, back then, to join the queue, he'd be justifiably pretty annoyed to find out that another 'general' poll had gotten community approval to skip, where his (I think rightly) was not.
I stand by this:
this thread and its predecessor work on the assumption that too many polls at once is bad for all of them - people can't make ballots, can't find time to participate in the threads, it's a drag. BUT: an unscheduled poll may, based on its topic, be really appealing to lots of people who aren't necessarily following the order-and-timing thread. They are, like the people making ballots in the current Albums poll, stoked to participate. That wouldn't be a problem, except now, the next person to start a poll that *is* on the 'schedule' is put in a bind: Do I start this long-scheduled poll, at the risk that much of ILM will see it as the late-comer that's adding to a pile-on? "Crap, I would totally have made a classic rock ballot, that sounds awesome, but..." Or do I wait, even though a) I've been waiting my turn, b) we just waited out the EOY polls, and c) waiting is in turn holding up every other poll further down in the queue?Unless there's a larger ILM consensus to stick with the ordered-and-timed schedule, then that schedule can always get derailed completely by an unscheduled (I'm trying to avoid saying "rogue") operator.My feeling is that there has been something of an ILM consensus about the validity of the order-and-timing threads in the three years since they've been in use. It's possible of course that I'm overstating that, or reading too much into the success of the polls they've spawned. I do think the results of this system have met with much more public approval than the results of a hypothetical world where all of the last twenty polls had taken place the same month would have! We don't really have a moderation test case though - the rogue Madonna poll was locked, but because it was a swipe at a particular poster, not specifically because the O&T list was "law."
I'd add that I think this applies uniquely to music polls, where ILMers really do want to set aside time to do some listening to refresh and narrow down the ballot - - - I would hope, particularly in the case of a 'retrospective' ballot where there's the chance for people to pull out a track they haven't listened to in a decade and go "Wait...I was excited about this?" That just takes time, and means that competition for 'ballot time' is a real thing in a way that I don't think it would be for movie or book polls or whatever...I mean nobody is actually going to watch a hundred films in a month to try and sort their ballot for Action Movies.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, we used to be able to get through 2 a month, but somewhere along the line people started extending the voting period (for some reason?) and now the whole process is a slog.― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 11:39 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 11:39 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agree, time to get back to the core principles of polling
― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:42 (nine years ago) link
The core, the heart poll
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Polls taking longer could be a fair point (though you don't want it to feel like a brutal assembly line)... and maybe should be a separate conversation around 'reforms.' How long is the average voting period these days?
For me the bigger issue with poll timelines is the really really fast rollouts, which make it impossible to take anything in if you, say, go to work one day. I don't see any reason results can't be spread out over a longer period, while the next ballot starts. The issue is with crowding out people's energy and time for crafting ballots, not for reading and discussing rollouts.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Like, voting should begin on a Monday with results beginning the following Monday. Then the NEXT Monday voting starts for the next poll. That ain't a hard schedule to stick to imo.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
good post dr. casino, but i still feel like the 5-year retrospective is an established tradition that pre-dates the queue system (which has only been around since 2011)
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
I'm all for keeping voting/resuls rollout cycles to 2 wks. Sometimes huger discographies may warrant longer times.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
To speed it up even more, voting on the next poll could begin concurrently with the previous poll's rollout.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
i'm all for timely polls but as important and serious business as ILM is, give me a break ppl have lives, sometimes its better to wait for a quality rollout than have a poll-runner flake because life got in the way for a few weeks
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
If ۩ had taken up the proposal, back then, to join the queue, he'd be justifiably pretty annoyed to find out that another 'general' poll had gotten community approval to skip, where his (I think rightly) was not.
I don't care really. I still believe that Artist polls are for this thread only and other polls aren't and should run whenever they like.
Half decade polls are crap but 2000-2014 sounds ok to me. Just do it JF. A lot of last feb's stuff was personal by certain posters.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
cant speak for nick though since the poll was as much , of not more,his
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
All I'm saying is that if the timeline on this became a lot more uniform, a user whose life gets hectic for a minute can slide down a list a little bit but still have a pretty good idea that the poll would take place in 8 weeks instead of 6 months maybe possibly.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
iirc a precedent for an all time poll was set about 12 years ago grady. but really who cares. they arent artist polls.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
and im still not doing the all time poll fwiw
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
as much as i am pro-polls and agree that this conversation is positive and productive, i feel its time to c+p one of my all-time fave J0rdan posts:
we had a thread where people lined up to take turns polling artists careers like soccer moms arranging post-game snacks, so let's chill on what we call "ilx at its worst"― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Sunday, June 26, 2011 10:11 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Sunday, June 26, 2011 10:11 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
ouch
― how's life, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Like, voting should begin on a Monday with results beginning the following Monday. Then the NEXT Monday voting starts for the next poll. That ain't a hard schedule to stick to imo.― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:45 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:45 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
JF, you've run some of my favorite polls here, and obviously contributed to ballot poll culture way more than I have, but speaking as maybe a less heavy-duty ILXor, I'm not sure I'd ever vote in a ballot poll again if the windows were only five or six days! (I'm assuming the poll-runner needs time to tabulate the results, and/or make cool graphics, assemble pull quotes, whatever.) Thank goodness for longer windows on, e.g. your Elton John and Pixies polls (fourteen and ten days inclusive, respectively).
These are supposed to be fun, after all, and part of that fun is having time to set aside a lot of your listening over a period of time to an artist you like and stir up tracks you'd forgotten about, realize "oh shit, THAT solo, gotta bump that song up" or whatever. This also contributes to the joy of the conversation in both the voting and results threads, as people have fresher bits and pieces to share.
I do, wholeheartedly, agree that something like an ideal/standard length should be thought about, for the sake of having a kind of approximate predictability.
good post dr. casino, but i still feel like the 5-year retrospective is an established tradition that pre-dates the queue system (which has only been around since 2011)― gr8080, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:45 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― gr8080, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:45 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This isn't totally unconvincing to me - just would be good to have a clear standard that makes clear why Situation X flies and Situation Y doesn't. Otherwise we end up with statements like "a lot of last feb's stuff was personal by certain posters," which is pretty dismissive of those of us who can't even keep track which weird symbol goes with which thrice-renamed poster, and were trying to evaluate the case on the merits. I think if we go in for the proposed JF poll, we need to say it's basically akin to an EOY poll, and be willing to put the other polls on hold in the same way we've happily done for EOY. If most posters feel like that postponement is unfair to those who had the idea two years ago and have waited their turn, then I'm not so sure.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
I'd vote in a 2010-2014 poll but probably not a 2000-2014 poll, that's just too much to sift through
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
post game snacks post has me craving hi-c
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link
Apparently you people haven't been to many games. What would happen if all the moms brought the same snack? It would be a FUCKING NIGHTMARE. Post-game snacks aren't something you can just do willy nilly.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link
those of us who can't even keep track which weird symbol goes with which thrice-renamed poster,
― gr8080, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link
dr. casino otm tho
Thank goodness for longer windows on, e.g. your Elton John and Pixies polls (fourteen and ten days inclusive, respectively).
I sort of betrayed my own set of rules for those polls just to make people happy. When I vote in these polls, I typically make a quick and dirty ballot based on my instincts. If I don't have enough songs to fill it, I'll go back through the artist's catalogue and refresh my memory on a few songs. It usually happens all in one night, and more often than not in the space of a single hour, so the concept of pouring a whole bunch of time and energy into a ballot seems completely foreign to me...especially for a single artist. (Genres, decades, etc I understand the more thorough process of course.)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
so the concept of pouring a whole bunch of time and energy into a ballot seems completely foreign to me
more like procrastinating. I can't imagine it takes anyone more than an hour or so to do a ballot.
― how's life, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
haha that j0rdan post
― flopson, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
O_o
xpost
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
idk that seems actually really easy to imagine xxp
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link
I mean, I'm not saying I spend those two-week periods just painstakingly working over the ballot with a jeweler's loupe and little implements, but even (or especially!) for artists I like a lot, there is some period of listening to shit on shuffle, realizing a song is better in the speakers than it seemed 'on paper,' etc. etc.
I admit I also just like the excuse of being able to say "these are the weeks of Paul Simon" and getting reacquainted with the catalog, which I'm actually less likely to do with the song-by-song rollout. It's an opportunity for this little, like, personal seminar or book club on these artists. So that's not really conducive to a one-hour "from memory" ballot process. I also feel like really short voting windows just scare off people who aren't die-hard fans or die-hard ballot-makers, and obviously all polls are better with more people participating.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
Well—and I'm really not advocating we go one way or the other, just pointing out facts—we built up this huge list of upcoming polls when things were zipping along at a pretty good rate and then, for one reason or another, they slowed WAY down and now we have a list that we'll likely never get through. If we'd started out with the idea that these polls would be contemplative, immersive events in the context of ILM, then I bet the list wouldn't have gotten so large so quickly. The list we have now is based on fast-moving polls, though.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I wasn't thinking about actually listening to the music. I usually spend a few days with the tunes on ipod and then whip a ballot together rather quickly.
― how's life, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:34 (nine years ago) link
(FWIW, if anything could clog up the queue really it'd be artists who just don't have large enough catalogs or ILM followings for a ballot poll to be particularly revealing. Like, a Chuck Berry poll would be a good excuse to listen to Chuck, but I doubt it'd produce a richer discussion than the Great Twenty-Eight poll thread, since it'd basically be about ranking those songs plus a few more. But who am I to say? My Billy Joel poll is probably folly, and some of the ones that make me scratch my head will probably be bliss for a bunch of people.)
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:34 (nine years ago) link
I'm patiently awaiting that Billy Joel poll tbh.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Huh, I never really thought of the list as particularly zippy - it's kinda always felt like "put your quarter down and then be surprised when that bird finally comes home to roost." Not that that's an argument for it staying that way! Maybe some of our poll-tabulating energies could go into compiling some kind of bar graphs figuring out when the perceived slowdown happened, and whether it was suddenly or gradually. I agree it's not really fun waiting for years for these things and it would be nice to know when your turn will (likely) be. Just wouldn't want it to turn into a world where the voting periods and rollouts are always so short that it destroys on both ends the fun of participating in the polls.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:37 (nine years ago) link
xpost You may be waiting for the... most extreme duration.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:38 (nine years ago) link
I go to extremes.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
for one reason or another, they slowed WAY down
I seem to remember the James Brown poll having something to do with this. Massive discography + low turnout (fewer than 20, iirc) meant the deadline got extended, then I think ILX went down for a week or two.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
does anyone want a max martin poll at some point in the (perhaps distant if the queue is truly as slow as has been suggested) future?
― dyl, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
Just want to ditto what doc casino said-part of what I enjoy in voting is spending some extended time with a catalog, like on the XTC one. The other thing that comes to mind in how long the polls take is that I also did Motown Singles (50) and Classic Rock (100) and 100 is a lot of songs. But if we aren't digging deep, why bother?
― campreverb, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
That Aphex Twin poll just got way more challenging with all the tracks RDJ is dropping the last two weeks
― octobeard, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
I think the queue system for artist polls is fine, if that's what you want, but I don't feel it should cease every other poll on the board. Like, the point of ILM is to have some fun and interesting discussions on music, not to meticulously plan everything for the next 5 years. I think it's okay to announce it in this thread if you're planning a bigger general/non-artist poll, just to we don't get several of those running at the same time, and I think so far it's worked fine. But the idea that voting in each and every poll takes so much time and effort that you can't possibly do anything else while that poll is running sounds absurd to me! Okay, maybe it is like that for some people, but I can't imagine it applies to the majority of people here. So aren't the rest of us allowed to have fun because some people take these things super seriously?
Also, does anyone really vote in all of these polls? I'm looking at the list now, and it seems all the upcoming polls from #65 to #91 are Old Geezer Rock Music, with Burth Bacharach (and maybe Spoon?) being the only exception. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who doesn't much care about sone Old Canonical Rock Bands, so do we have to wait for the next 2 years before there is a fun poll around again?
So yeah, I get the point why people want to organize these polls, and it's a good thing they're discussed here, but having a single queue for everything is taking it too far, IMO.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
Can, Dead C, Royal Trux, Bauhaus, John Fahey, Fairport Convention - what a boring bunch of old canonical rock bands!
― parakeetal pancreasface (sleeve), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
For most of these polls I feel a good schedule is two weeks of listening/voting and one week of rollout. Nobody is forced to spend two weeks doing their homework, but most of my favourite poll experiences have been cases where I only knew a fraction of the discography beforehand and used the poll as an opportunity to dig deep (e.g. Motown, John Cale, Neil Young).
I doubt there's anyone here who votes in every single poll, and running overlapping polls is definitely a good idea, though organising one of these is hard work and every poll runner deserves to have the board's attention when they roll out so there shouldn't be two results threads at any one time imo.
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
I think it's okay to announce it in this thread if you're planning a bigger general/non-artist poll, just to we don't get several of those running at the same time, and I think so far it's worked fine.
I'm tentatively open to this way of thinking - - - so there's a less-formal but still-in-place way of making sure there aren't multiple long-ballot mega-polls competing (or covering the same ground)? That was part of the big issue a year ago (notwithstanding whatever else was in play) - "all time albums" was unveiled without preamble just as the similarly vast (and long-scheduled) Classic Rock was due to unfold. The system has survived other "big" polls gliding by, it's true.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link
fwiw there has been intermittent discussion of a half-decade thread happening in 2015 for a couple of years now
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
2) A track that's shorter than 10/15/20 minutes can be valid if it's at least twice as long as the second-longest track on the same album.I doubt Leee or anyone is gonna start calculating average track lengths within a whole genre, so non-album singles would still be problematic... But I don't see how this poll could be run in a non-problematic way, since the definition of "epic" length varies so much between genres.
I'm disinclined to include songs based on their relative lengths, since a 4-minute punk song could qualify. What's more, I'm using "epic" merely to denote "really long song," not "WHOA THAT WAS EPIC, MAN," so no "November Rain."
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
I think the original 10-minute-rule is a pretty good one. It's not like the whole top 50 is going to be ambient tracks.
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
it would be best to break each epic up into its respective parts, so in the final result we would see, e.g. how the Sweet-like fast part of "Bohemian Rhapsody" fares vs. the repeating instrumental part of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," etc.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
subpoll?
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Two Points
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
^^^ I had assumed this was still/always the case!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
rmde at any epic poll with rules that might exclude "Freebird"
― No Orchids for Ms. Blonde-ish (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
Then strike "epic" and substitute with "15-minute long."
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:12 (nine years ago) link
http://media1.giphy.com/media/STs07TDdxyKru/giphy.gif
― No Orchids for Ms. Blonde-ish (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:15 (nine years ago) link
sore gif of epic ack
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:16 (nine years ago) link
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Wednesday, February 4, 2015 4:03 PM (18 minutes ago)
Kashmir - 8:32
― it takes 14 to make a baby (WilliamC), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:25 (nine years ago) link
favorite bible verse
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
http://download.lardlad.com/framegrabs/9F14/031.jpg
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link
nah it's all about Pathway To Glory 8:37
― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
just as the similarly vast (and long-scheduled) Classic Rock was due to unfold
and when did that classic rock poll take place again? july or something?
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
just run the poll when you like jf
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 23:30 (nine years ago) link
Yeah. Doesn't seem that long ago, but I guess it is. xp
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, February 4, 2015 6:29 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this does not strike me as a fair line of argument. IIRC (and brief control-Fing of this thread seems to back me up), some dude initially put it on pause because of the unheralded album poll. after that kerfluffle got sorted, he then had to postpone due to work etc., but - - - and this strikes me as significant to the points up for discussion - he resolved this by consulting with other people coming up in the queue, dropping himself down in line, and basically working it out with people. then when it came it was the best poll ever and the summer that never ended, and also Sandy.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:11 (nine years ago) link
he didnt put it on pause; he wasnt ready to run it. but who cares really. its just ridiculous that people want jf to join a queue for something that isnt an artist poll.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
classic rock poll was pure glorious ecstasy, best poll ever
― brimstead, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:52 (nine years ago) link
can we not go through, again, this weird ritual of pretending there's some consensus or tradition about "artist" polls but NOT about any other kind of music listening poll? i mean there are plenty of sensible ways to disagree about how to move forward on this but insisting that without the magic word "artist" all other concerns are moot is just...weird. like it might be pertinent in certain concrete ways, sure, let's talk about them, but this "i didn't say simon says" thing is not convincing by itself. i, and i think most others here, are trying to figure out the best way to do this that's funnest for all, which is a tricky thing we probably won't 100% agree on because we get different things out of polls, and recognize different aspects of them as the thorny/tricky areas, etc. that's cool, that's the fun of talking through this like it's a constitutional convention. good discourse. "but it isn't an artist poll!" is...not.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link
Just fwiw, decade/half-decade/eoy/genre/etc polls routinely get north of 75 voters (and often 100) so pretending they're just the same as basic artist ballot polls is bit disingenuous. Whether or not you participate in them, many other people do.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 February 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link
i'm fucking pissed i got bumped, but i will work it out with Leee. i want to do mine before Opening Day. i let this thread know where i was and when i was going to be ready.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 February 2015 02:23 (nine years ago) link
Would never say they're *the same* - just would rather the discussion revolve around the real differences (like your point abt participation) and how those might relate to different ILX customs, than just 'this thread is only for artist polls and this isn't an artist poll, end of story,' which has been made several times (not by you), and debunked (e.g. by DJP pointing out the non-artist polls that have been run through this thread, etc)
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 5 February 2015 02:44 (nine years ago) link
Jordan was otm
― Steph def def (Spottie), Thursday, 5 February 2015 03:15 (nine years ago) link
2 cents: Don't see why ballot polls shouldn't be run Friday-Friday with the weekend for tabulation and a Mon-Thurs rollout (forced leisurely pace would be excellent, as I too find the quick rollouts sorta sadmaking), and run like 1 per week. Seeing as we have a list of what's coming up for the next approx 100 years, it's not like you wouldn't be able to listen to the ones you want to participate in well in advance if you're the kind of person who needs to really dig deep or the artist has a large catalogue, and I imagine even the most active folks participate in maybe 1/2 the artist polls. Bigger polls w/noms threads could maybe run over the course of a month or so (2 weeks noms, 1 week balloting, mon-thurs rollout) & be coordinated w/the artist polls so no 2 polls share the same due date and rollout schedule... I realize that's probably really idealistic and a lot of scheduling work (poll coordinator gonna have to make a gantt chart) but in theory something a lot more accelerated than what we've got now should be doable, no?
― hardcore dilettante, Friday, 6 February 2015 03:00 (nine years ago) link
I barged ahead and finally have this running:
Everybody I know can be POLLED here: The Spacemen 3, Spectrum, Spiritualized, and descendants poll thread (ILM Artist Poll Thread #57)
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 7 February 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
So I'm arbitrarily deciding on the following parameters:
15-minute minimum track length2-week nomination period
Any strenuous objections?
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Saturday, 7 February 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
I feel strongly that I want to vote for live version of Yoo Doo Right and it's 14:sthg
― groundless round (La Lechera), Saturday, 7 February 2015 22:46 (nine years ago) link
ditto "Achilles Last Stand" ditto ditto 10:23
― it takes 14 to make a baby (WilliamC), Saturday, 7 February 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
LL otm.
And since the Who's "A Quick One, While He's Away" was, for all intents and purposes, the first Rock Epic, I'd propose 9:10 as the minimum.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 7 February 2015 23:09 (nine years ago) link
Wouldn't something like "Desolation Row" or "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" predate that?
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 February 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
D'oh, you're right. Both predated the Who song.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 7 February 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
A lot of songs I'd want toinclude are in the 10-15 minute range but I'll work with whatever the rules turn out to be. >15 means I'll mostly vote for jazz I guess.
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Saturday, 7 February 2015 23:18 (nine years ago) link
In terms of an actual rock group, probably the Rolling Stones' "Goin' Home" is the first; Freak Out! came out a few months later, but I'm not sure you'd want to count the long songs from that.
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 February 2015 23:56 (nine years ago) link
Arthur Lee:
"The song 'Revelation' was a long jam we did so the musicians could express themselves. The Rolling Stones saw us play at the Brave New World, and they recorded a long song on their next album. After our album came out, I got the blame for copying them!"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 8 February 2015 00:06 (nine years ago) link
It sounds like everyone would be happier with 10 minutes than 15 -- that's the absolute minimum that I'm willing to go, as I originally wanted to 20.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Sunday, 8 February 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
as somebody who likes a whole lot of really long songs, I'm cool w/that
― sleeve, Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
Many thanks, in addition to voting I'm looking forward to discovering many more super long songs to like.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Sunday, 8 February 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
I suspect half of these will be proper epics and the other half will be endless vamps. I'm totally down with that.
― example (crüt), Sunday, 8 February 2015 22:46 (nine years ago) link
I wasn't gonna participate in the epics poll but just realized it will give me another excuse to advocate for 50 Foot Wave's Power + Light.
― how's life, Monday, 9 February 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
How's it gonna go, noms and votes or just votes?
― Mark G, Monday, 9 February 2015 04:00 (nine years ago) link
Definitely noms. What's a fair number: 20 per poster? (I really want to work 20 into this poll.)
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Monday, 9 February 2015 04:43 (nine years ago) link
La musica si muove appena: The ILM ITALO Poll (Results Thread)
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link
67. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy68. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt69. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy71. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains
What would be the thinking of moving the Metallica poll up a few spots to give some breathing room between it and those generic metal polls?
― pplains, Monday, 9 February 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link
15 minutes seems too long if you're going to have anything besides prog and jazz. Not being able to vote for Marquee Moon is just wrong.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 9 February 2015 15:50 (nine years ago) link
maybe instead of voting for specific tracks we can just spend three weeks nominating and voting for what set of conditions make an "epic"
― gr8080, Monday, 9 February 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
The metal polls gives everyone a chance to have a break.
― The Ghost of (strychnine), Monday, 9 February 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
Good idea. I say 8:00 is long enough to count as an epic. Let's take a month to discuss.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link
If the bottom line is 10 minutes, I guess I'll just have to vote for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" multiple times.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Lots of rock epics are around the 7 min mark though.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 9 February 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
which is what I assume jf was getting at
maggot brain isnt even 10 mins
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 9 February 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
it'd be criminal to exclude all the 23-second epics
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
I've got plenty of backup Phish jams in the 12 min+ range.
― how's life, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
none of these examples are more epic than wreck of the edmund fitzgerald (6:32), but 10:00 seems pretty reasonable
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
crut otm His fave grindcore tracks are over a minute long and in grindcore terms thats an epic
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 9 February 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
Bardo Pond's cover is!
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Monday, 9 February 2015 17:51 (nine years ago) link
Or 21 minutes but who's counting.
wtf u idiots
A1 Maggot BrainWritten-By – E. Hazel*, G. Clinton*10:10
― sleeve, Monday, 9 February 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
personally I wish Leee was sticking with a 15-minute minimum
― sleeve, Monday, 9 February 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
i think leee should decide whatever the fuck he wants to do even if it means only bardo pond and autechre tracks are available to vote for
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 9 February 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
I have to say ... I sorta hate these polls where the majority of the discussion centers around what is actually being polled
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link
OK poll's cancelled.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Monday, 9 February 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link
epic post
― gr8080, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
epic 10-minute long post
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Monday, 9 February 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
please, do whatever you want! i was just offering my solicited 2 cents as a voter and epic enthusiast
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 9 February 2015 18:58 (nine years ago) link
I agree that 10 minutes should be the absolute minimum length for the epic poll, otherwise you could just nominate a whole bunch of normal, not-particularly-epic techno/jazz/prog/etc tunes. Though I'm fine with a 15 minute minimum too.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 11:21 (nine years ago) link
Marquee Moon, 12" version = 9:58
Latest version off CD = 10:47
I'm OK with ten minutes. That's a good place for that dude to wave a winning flag.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 11:34 (nine years ago) link
What is eligible only determines one end of what gets voted for. People also have to decide whether a track counts as "epic".
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 11:57 (nine years ago) link
At this rate the only qualified track will be "And you and I" Yes!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 12:01 (nine years ago) link
Is there a limit to number of Fela songs we can vote for?
― quan voice (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
*the number
I agree that 10 minutes should be the absolute minimum length for the epic poll, otherwise you could just nominate a whole bunch of normal, not-particularly-epic techno/jazz/prog/etc tunes. Though I'm fine with a 15 minute minimum too.― Tuomas,
― Tuomas,
you could always allow epic rock tracks under 10 mins but make techno/jazz etc be over 15 I suppose. Obviously jazz and techno has a huge advantage otherwise.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
more eligible tracks != an advantage
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
20
― saer, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
also we don't really need to have an argument about what constitutes rock/techno/jazz on top of everything else
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
How about making the limit after the best known longest rock track so no rock gets in? Tuomas otm
― The Ghost of (strychnine), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Just make it 60 mins and we can declare Boris - Absolutego and Corrupted - El Mundo Frio the winners now.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link
big ups to my mans Morton Feldman
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
with BT in 3rd place
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
oh wait nm no classical
jfc just let everyone vote for whatever they want and see what happens. that will make for the most interesting set of results anyway.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
does terry riley count as 'classical'?
― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:01 (nine years ago) link
of course
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:03 (nine years ago) link
if its just a poll on unusually long tracks then perhaps it should be 20+ mins
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
Is there a top limit? (asked The Flaming Lips...)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
the minimum & maximum is 4:20
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
Uh, do live versions count?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
the higher the maximum the more chance jam bands will be the dominant rock form! Phish and Grateful Dead are finally taking over ilx!
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
You bastards, I'm just going to poll 4'33" now.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 17:48 (nine years ago) link
first ten to fifteen seconds >>> middle four minutes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> last ten to fifteen seconds
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
you guys aren't still discussing epics poll, are you
― daavid, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
discussion of epics poll must be limited to 15 minutes
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
the length of an epic should be polled first
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
FYI, the Italo poll is officially done.
― daavid, Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
So, this is kinda gay but has ILM ever done a divas poll?
― Eric H., Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
which poster is the biggest diva on ilm poll? Can just imagine the fun on that nomination thread.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
lex
― Eric H., Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
Hey guys I'm sorry but I won't be able to run the Extreme Metal poll, school is just to intense right now. Maybe lex wants to run it? ;)
― Frobisher, Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
Of course, pfunkboy and scik mouthy are free to take my spot and do their all-time poll if they want! If that works with everyone...
― Frobisher, Sunday, 15 February 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link
Who decides what metal is "Extreme"? Does Ozzy count? How about Slayer? We are going to need to discuss this at length.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 15 February 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
we need to poll whether we should discuss that at length
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 15 February 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
Epic Extreme Metal
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 15 February 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
THIS IS NOT AN EPICS POLL: The 10+ minute long nominations thread, ILM Ballot Poll #58
― Godsleee You Black Emperor (Leee), Sunday, 1 March 2015 03:15 (nine years ago) link
Somewhere in our hearts, results won't be the same (Spacemen 3 & etc. ballot results - ILM poll #57)
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 11:30 (nine years ago) link
THIS IS NOT AN EPICS POLL -- classical nomination supplemental thread (ILM Ballot Poll #58)^^ Accepting classical ("classical") nominations now.
― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Thursday, 5 March 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link
so you guys had a whole thread to argue about what was being polled and that turned out so badly you had to make a second one?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 March 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
It was fine mostly, I just want to get rid of one sticking point and don't have mod privileges to change the top most and this was the most visible way to let people know.
― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Thursday, 5 March 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
The no classical rule was there mostly because I didn't want to listen or deal with Xenakis. Sigh.
― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Thursday, 5 March 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
Have we ever had a ballot with more than 20 entries? How are the points distributed for, say, a 50-item ballot?
― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
it's not complicated you just adjust the points scale (no. 1 gets 50 points, no. 50 gets 1 point, etc.)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
this is why you lay out how you're going to assign points at the outset, and how long a ballot you will accept
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
here's a dropbox link to the spreadsheet template I use.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtyvbozifqfrtvn/ballot%20poll.xlsx?dl=0
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
SORRY, DAD.
― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 18:14 (nine years ago) link
To answer your first question - yes we have, though not often. Justified in this case IMO. Epics poll => epic length ballots. I'd also welcome a stupidly epic points assignment, e.g. 999 points for your #1, 500 for #2, 250, 200, 150, 145, 140 etc. (or something)
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
yr welcome. now go to your room
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
I used a floating Pazz & Jop-type point system for Neil Young--how many points you had to work with depended upon how large your ballot was--with ballots of up to 50 songs. It was quite needlessly complicated.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 22:47 (nine years ago) link
It was my Blur poll that resulted in this never-ending list being drawn up a few years ago. That poll had 22 spots on the ballot and some of the subsequent ones did too, but it's been tidied up to 20 in most of them.
― (Meme From) Essex Press (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
More than a month later and the "epics" poll hasn't even started and the s3 results rollout is proceeding at the rate of one a day. Lol @ this being preceded by the discussion about keeping things moving along at the rate of one poll every couple of weeks.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 March 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
Right? The plot is entirely lost.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 March 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
The no classical rule was there mostly because I didn't want to listen or deal with Xenakis. Sigh.― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Thursday, 5 March 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Thursday, 5 March 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The truth comes out ;-)
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
someone could just start the next poll then!
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
bring on CCR
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
the next poll on the list is actually Yo La Tengo/Dump (Clemenza). I would happily tell him to get started if I didn't think people would complain about too many polls going on at once. The "epics" thing has turned into a clusterfuck (just as I predicted) and yet people seem to be enjoying arguing about it and it's not like I can shut it down (much as I would like to), nor can I make Elvis Telecom roll out his results any faster. But at this rate things are gonna be bogged down for awhile.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Oh yes! (xp)
― Walking Close to Melton Mowbray (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
eh I say let's start another. ILM seems very low on chat lately; polls at least present a reason to talk. and I'm not into the current polls for one reason or another
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
also dunno where Leee's getting his poll numbering from - the epics poll is no. 64 (Spacemen 3 is no. 63).
current list:63. Spacemen 3 and related acts - Elvis Telecom (link: Everybody I know can be POLLED here: The Spacemen 3, Spectrum, Spiritualized, and descendants poll thread (ILM Artist Poll Thread #57))64. “Epics” - Leee (link: THIS IS NOT AN EPICS POLL: The 10+ minute long nominations thread, ILM Ballot Poll #58)65. Yo La Tengo/Dump - Clemenza66. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK67. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy68. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt69. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy71. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains73. Spoon - Bee OK74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods76. Queen - charlie h77. Can - Z S78. Tom Petty - rogermexico79. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)80. Jimi Hendrix - some dude81. Stereolab - Moka82. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK83. Genesis + solo - NickB84. The Smiths - nate woolls85. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl86. The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain87. Dead C - Raymond Cummings88. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve89. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?90. Rush - Matt #291. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one92. George Michael - Ismael Klata93. Talking Heads - Bee OK94. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan95. Van Halen - Johnny Fever96. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino97. Low - aldo98. Nine Inch Nails - chap99. REM - rogermexico.100. Bjork - Eric H.101. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie102. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK103. Covers - kornrulez6969104. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee105. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever106. No Wave - sarahell107. DFA - Van Horn Street108. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080109. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις110. Erykah Badu - Eric H.111. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h112. Herbie Hancock - crüt113. Aphex Twin - Stevie D114. Blondie - Bee OK115. Electroclash - soref116. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie117. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo118. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W119. Eurovision - nxd120. Steve Albini - nate woolls121. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs122. Elvis Presley - Euler123. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969124. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago125. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B126. Chic Organization - 127. Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
The "epics" thing has turned into a clusterfuck
Not even close.
I have no problem with the next poll going, as I'm going to give an extended amount of time for people to figure out their ballots.
― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
the audiences for the ones up through CCR are probably tiny enough that they could all run simultaneously without threatening ILM's attention spam imo
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
― soref, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:08 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― I took part in a race last week and Jenny was the name of my horse (soref), Thursday, 12 March 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
Sorry i missed that, i'll remove that one
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 March 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
― I took part in a race last week and Jenny was the name of my horse (soref), Thursday, 12 March 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
altho I don't want to question yr decision I want to state for the record thay I wld love a soref-helmed electroclash poll
― ogmor, Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
i was going to stay out of this but since i use to manage this thread and there seems to be some confusion on the numbering (it actually makes sense). completed and in progress:
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom Somewhere in our hearts, results won't be the same (Spacemen 3 & etc. ballot results - ILM poll #57)58. "Epics" - Leee THIS IS NOT AN EPICS POLL: The 10+ minute long nominations thread, ILM Ballot Poll #5859. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza61. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK62. Italo - daavid (finished)
69. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)
79. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)
― Bee OK, Friday, 13 March 2015 07:07 (nine years ago) link
sorry56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished) also:
61. The Boo Radleys... 61. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished)
― Bee OK, Friday, 13 March 2015 07:46 (nine years ago) link
well if you sequentially number the 7 that were completed out of order (or without a number at all) seems to me that makes more sense. and is how i have it in the list.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 March 2015 16:07 (nine years ago) link
eh I say let's start another. ILM seems very low on chat lately; polls at least present a reason to talk.
Yes, let's get to the next poll!! I can't take anymore Christgau and Kim Gordon bashing, and the epics poll is taking way too long.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 13 March 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
I feel like it should be: 2/3 days for noms, 5 to 7 days for listening, then voting starts.
― Dinsdale, Friday, 13 March 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
91. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one
put this one out of our misery imo
― nashwan, Friday, 13 March 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
I would take an Oasis poll over nothing, "Columbia" is a jam
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 13 March 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
that's basically it but that's an easy poll to run
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 13 March 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link
As I've mentioned a couple of times, I (and mookieproof, and van horn street, I think) can begin Yo La Tengo the day school ends. I was hoping one or two people would go first: Radiohead, maybe someone else, too.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:16 (nine years ago) link
I can start Yo La Tengo in a month if you guys want! Before that it might be difficult.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:18 (nine years ago) link
Actually, since I'm only doing images, a month from now would be fine for me. I could get a bunch of images ready ahead of time and just add text later.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
ok, i will open The Boo Radleys if no one objects.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:13 (nine years ago) link
Fine w me. Will move you up the list
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:20 (nine years ago) link
can you take me off the list? my work commitments are too much now, there's no way i can commit to running a poll sorry :(
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
Veg, that poll is like 2-3 years away.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 March 2015 03:28 (nine years ago) link
so what number should i use next?
60 or 63, 65, 66?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 March 2015 03:42 (nine years ago) link
yeah, might as well leave electroclash in place for the years' wait too, just in case
― oochie wally (clean version) (sic), Saturday, 14 March 2015 03:43 (nine years ago) link
Radiohead, maybe someone else, too.
A POLL IN A CAGE ON ANTIBIOTICS - ILM Artist Poll #56 - RADIOHEAD - RESULTS THREAD
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 March 2015 05:25 (nine years ago) link
Okay, now I remember. If you look on the big list, there's no "finished" beside Radiohead.
So go ahead and do the Boo Radleys, and it sounds like we can do Yo La Tengo late April.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 March 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
The "big list" is old and outdated, dont reference it
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 14 March 2015 13:34 (nine years ago) link
i don't know about that: Somewhere in our hearts, results won't be the same (Spacemen 3 & etc. ballot results - ILM poll #57)
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 March 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
damn, wrong thread: ILM Ballot Polls: where to find the results threads
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 March 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
and yeah clemenza, made a mistake there but corrected it in the next post...
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 March 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
would like to know what number, with this new system, i should use for The Boo Radleys?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 March 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
pi
― WilliamC, Saturday, 14 March 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
I don't really get why putting the poll number in the thread title is important, given how arbitrary they are and how things move around.
anyway, updated list (I bumped YLT to come after the Boo Radleys and Emo/Screamo polls, hopefully those will take about a month):63. Spacemen 3 and related acts - Elvis Telecom (link: Somewhere in our hearts, results won't be the same (Spacemen 3 & etc. ballot results - ILM poll #57))64. “Epics” - Leee (link: STILL NOT AN EPICS POLL - VOTING THREAD, ENDS MARCH 28)65. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK66. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy67. Yo La Tengo/Dump - Clemenza68. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt69. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy71. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe72. Metallica - Pleasant Plains73. Spoon - Bee OK74. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds75. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods76. Queen - charlie h77. Can - Z S78. Tom Petty - rogermexico79. Jimi Hendrix - some dude80. Stereolab - Moka81. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK82. Genesis + solo - NickB83. The Smiths - nate woolls84. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl85. The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain86. Dead C - Raymond Cummings87. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve88. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?89. Rush - Matt #290. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one91. George Michael - Ismael Klata92. Talking Heads - Bee OK93. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan94. Van Halen - Johnny Fever95. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino96. Low - aldo97. Nine Inch Nails - chap98. REM - rogermexico.99. Bjork - Eric H.100. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie101. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK102. Covers - kornrulez6969103. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee104. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever105. No Wave - sarahell106. DFA - Van Horn Street107. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080108. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις109. Erykah Badu - Eric H.110. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h111. Herbie Hancock - crüt112. Aphex Twin - Stevie D113. Blondie - Bee OK114. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie115. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo116. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W117. Eurovision - nxd118. Steve Albini - nate woolls119. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs120. Elvis Presley - Euler121. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969122. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago123. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B124. Chic Organization - 125. Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 March 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
boo radleys poll on it's way! whoop!
― mcayrshire (dog latin), Monday, 16 March 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
its
Wonder how many tracks Aphex will have in the public domain by the time his poll comes around?
― groovypanda, Monday, 16 March 2015 19:55 (nine years ago) link
Because I can't draw out a poll long enough, I'm volunteering to do another one. This time for The Church...
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 16 March 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
so S3 is done, is this Boo Radleys one gonna happen now or what
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
I'm going to have to bow out of the Hair Metal poll (again). I'm cutting down my ilx usage for the near future, mainly by not posting/reading from work, and really won't have the time to run a poll/do the roll-out. Sorry y'all.
― how's life, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
Booo that was one I was actually looking forward to
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
I'll remove it unless someone else is gonna offer to run it
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link
when does it look like it might be up?
― gr8080, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link
making those kinds of predictions is a fool's game
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 22:57 (nine years ago) link
My Fool's guess is...sometime this summer?
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
just in time:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/iconic-decline-of-western-civilization-films-finally-get-official-release-20150324
― gr8080, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
FINALLY
― sleeve, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 00:20 (nine years ago) link
Great news
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 01:38 (nine years ago) link
i'm opening the Boo Radleys poll when the voting for Epics is done, so later on this week. so yes good news Euler, it is coming.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 01:50 (nine years ago) link
ok pencil me in for hair metal
― gr8080, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 13:39 (nine years ago) link
rawk
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link
ok gr8080 I put you down for the hair metal
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link
i'm on holiday till next wednesday - will there be time to vote in the boos poll?
― why dont u say something or like just die (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 16:01 (nine years ago) link
you'll be fine.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 26 March 2015 01:08 (nine years ago) link
so we should probably do the national huh
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:04 (nine years ago) link
Hey I'm King of The World, You Oughta Hear My Song, Come On & Measure Me, THESE ARE AT LEAST 10 MINUTES LONG - RESULTS ILM BALLOT POLL #58
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 04:40 (nine years ago) link
Twenty-five, don't recall a time I felt this alive, so Wake Up Poll, there's so many things for us to do - The Boo Radleys (ILM artist poll #60) --- Voting open until Friday April 17, 2015
― Bee OK, Thursday, 2 April 2015 01:30 (nine years ago) link
sorry if the voting was open for a little while, i had to have it open for an extra week because of work. i also asked for a lot in the Boo Radleys poll with four categories.
Just a simple song but God I love it Embedded in me, so bittersweet I’m addicted, I’m a melancholic Sing it again, I’ll be your Poll forever: THE BOO RADLEYS - ILM artist poll #60 or new numbering #65
― Bee OK, Thursday, 23 April 2015 02:24 (nine years ago) link
So, what's next?
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 27 April 2015 17:52 (nine years ago) link
If mookieproof and van horn street are ready to look after the threads (I'll do the images), I'm okay for Yo La Tengo...although #66(6) is ahead of us.
― clemenza, Monday, 27 April 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
yes 66. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy is next
although idk if Mordy is aware of this
― Οὖτις, Monday, 27 April 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
Hey plz remove me from the queue- I don't have time to run a poll atm and when I do I think I'll run something outernationally not mallcore.
― Mordy, Monday, 27 April 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Mookieproof? VHS?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 01:23 (nine years ago) link
Very excited about the prospect of a Yo La Tengo poll.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
ok - YLT is next then unless someone says otherwise. Removing mordy's screamo/mallcore poll from the list.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
looking foward to ylt. they used to be my fave band.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
so can we get YLT going or what...
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 May 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
I'll e-mail those guys. If they're busy, I'll just open up a voting thread; hopefully they'll be ready to count down in a couple of weeks.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 May 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
cool sounds good
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 May 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
Excited for CCR. . .
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 1 May 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
I can start the YLT poll on monday :)
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 1 May 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
Very cool!
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 1 May 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
Suggested thread title: Tell Yo La Tengo to Fuck Off.
― clemenza, Saturday, 2 May 2015 01:54 (nine years ago) link
sorry, v. busy at work and without internet at home atm but can maybe help?
i will refuse to accept a #1 that isn't i heard you looking or blue line swinger tho
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 May 2015 02:22 (nine years ago) link
i'll ready the thread later tonight
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
Tell Yo La Tengo to Fuck Off - (ILM artist poll #61). Voting open until Monday May 18, 2015
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link
damn, i was really looking forward to emo/screamo/mallcore -- can someone else take it up? brad? dayo?
― all my hatians if u play they make u (gr8080), Monday, 11 May 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
Back when these artist polls were cranking up (4+ years ago, christ), it never occurred to me that voters would want long voting periods to study a discography. My own method is/was to take a day at most to refamiliarize myself with the work and do a quick 'n dirty ballot based on my opinion at the time, not to discover new opinions. I've tried the intensive study method for a few polls, and only enjoyed the experience once (Bowie). In his case, I came away with a much deeper appreciation for the artist and discovered a ton of great music. For Beach Boys, Motown, etc., it was too much like work.
One of the reasons I bailed on keeping up the list (thanks again, Shakey) is because I hate how long these things are taking now. Are we even managing one a month now?
― WilliamC, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
we're in a stretch of pretty niche acts for ILM with appeal to niche groups of posters who are probably not super active on ILM and so things get dragged out.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
Speeding things up wouldn't hurt. But in defense of long time periods, by far the 2 most revelatory polls for me--The Kinks and P-Funk-- benefitted from long voting periods where I was able to fully grasp both acts genius for the first time. I'm not sure that would be the case with a more truncated approach.
We could just make sure to launch a new one every 2 weeks, regardless of voting deadlines. There would be multiple polls going at the same time, but at least it would move faster.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:36 (nine years ago) link
well Creedence is next if Crut wants to get started - they have a relatively small discography and a wide fanbase, no reason that couldn't go quickly.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link
I dunno, how does the chorus of "Fortunate Son" go again?
― pplains, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:40 (nine years ago) link
Once every two week seems fine to me. If one wants to speed things up, I don't mind have another poll starting now, YLT fans will be there for YLT. I don't think CCR or hair metal will take too much away from the poll.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
So who's up? Is it time to bust out Cosmo's Factory yet? Or should we be reacquainting ourselves with the Def Leppard oeuvre for Hair Metal?
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
ask crut
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
I am ready to choogle
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
i know i'm no longer managing this thread, hell i sort have been off ILM for a minute. but can someone open a new poll please? YLT won't even start results until next week. so calling:
Mordy has bowed out of "Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore" so unless someone else picks it up that one is out.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - crütHard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s lifeExtreme Metal - ViceroyStephin Merritt - GukbeMetallica - Pleasant Plains
I'm doing Spoon after Metallica but i just did the Boo Radleys, so i'm far from ready...
― Bee OK, Thursday, 28 May 2015 02:18 (nine years ago) link
oh damn How's Life is out too so:
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
unless someone takes it over.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 28 May 2015 02:37 (nine years ago) link
I webmailed crut but he didn't answer
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
I just sent him a FB message.
― Carly Furiosa (WilliamC), Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
argh! sorry. I'll get right on it!
― example (crüt), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
There's a place up ahead and I'm pollin' — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (ILM artist poll #62) Voting open until Friday June 12, 2015
― example (crüt), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
btw gr8080 is down for this one per his post upthread
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
I Heard You Polling - The Yo La Tengo Poll Results Thread. (ILM Poll #61)
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 June 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
POLLIN' on the river — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (ILM artist poll #62) RESULTS THREAD
― example (crüt), Sunday, 14 June 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
i've been really hankering after a 2000s Amerindie tracks poll lately. i'd be crap at organising it, but would anyone be interested?
― boat of boats (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 09:31 (nine years ago) link
If that means I get to vote for Bardo Pond, yes!
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
so it looks like gr8080 with "Hard Rock/Hair Metal" is next? unless Johnny Fever is ready to do the half decade thing or 2010-2014?
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 02:17 (nine years ago) link
Metal is next yes
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 02:39 (nine years ago) link
aaaah we are doing a half decade poll?
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 20:14 (nine years ago) link
this list is for artist and genre polls, period polls are separate and no half-decade poll was ever proposed to be part of this list so
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
gettin my fascist poll organizer hat on
oh i know, i was just asking in general
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
15-year retrospective poll will be happening august/september
― gr8080, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
not sure i can do metal poll right now-- anyone wanna jump the line?
the list as it currently stands:
68. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr808069. Extreme Metal - Viceroy70. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe71. Metallica - Pleasant Plains72. Spoon - Bee OK73. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds74. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods75. Queen - charlie h76. Can - Z S77. Tom Petty - rogermexico78. Jimi Hendrix - some dude79. Stereolab - Moka80. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK81. Genesis + solo - NickB82. The Smiths - nate woolls83. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl84. The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain85. Dead C - Raymond Cummings86. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve87. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?88. Rush - Matt #289. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one90. George Michael - Ismael Klata91. Talking Heads - Bee OK92. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan93. Van Halen - Johnny Fever94. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino95. Low - aldo96. Nine Inch Nails - chap97. REM - rogermexico.98. Bjork - Eric H.99. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie100. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK101. Covers - kornrulez6969102. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee103. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever104. No Wave - sarahell105. DFA - Van Horn Street106. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080107. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις108. Erykah Badu - Eric H.109. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h110. Herbie Hancock - crüt111. Aphex Twin - Stevie D112. Blondie - Bee OK113. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie114. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo115. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W116. Eurovision - nxd117. Steve Albini - nate woolls118. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs119. Elvis Presley - Euler120. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969121. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago122. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B123. Chic Organization - 124. Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
I always have a lot of fun revisiting past results so i'll be make a list of them so we can access them without having to go through searches.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
isn't there a thread with links to all the results threads...?
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
yes, I just looked for it but couldn't find it
― sleeve, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
ILM Ballot Polls: where to find the results threads
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 23:07 (nine years ago) link
oh great thanks
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
cool, we are doing the first 15 years of the 2000's, that is a great idea and i missed that discussion. late summer, looking forward to that.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 18 June 2015 02:22 (nine years ago) link
so who's going to go next? I don't know Viceroy is s/he still around...? I haven't seen Gukbe in awhile either. Pplains do you wanna do Metallica?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
― gr8080, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 5:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hate this idea so much. i wanna talk about the last 5 years, i don't wanna weigh it against Kid A or what the fuck ever.
― some dude, Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
I don't find arbitrary eras useful in general, but that's just me
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
yup
― example (crüt), Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
4th-ed
― sleeve, Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
― it's not arugula science (WilliamC), Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
Yeah tbh I'd much rather take part in a 'this decade so far' poll, I really enjoyed the 2005-2009 one and the narrow timeframe is part of what made that so fun.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
I think Can and/or Stereolab should go next!
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Thursday, 18 June 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
I was planning around Metallica's turn coming up in July.
I can kick it off early, but it wouldn't be until next week.
― pplains, Friday, 19 June 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
Eh that works
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 June 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link
OK.
And if gr80, Vice or Gukbe want to step in before then, just let me know here.
― pplains, Friday, 19 June 2015 01:16 (nine years ago) link
The idea for the retrospective poll is about parsing the shifting tastes and impressive longevity of ilm. It's not arbitrary. What could we really learn from a 5 year poll window?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 June 2015 01:55 (nine years ago) link
How many drake fans there are
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 June 2015 02:00 (nine years ago) link
some men just want to watch the world poll
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 June 2015 02:01 (nine years ago) link
i'm just a lot more interested in what people think of the last 5 years of new music than the tiny pointless recent shifts in how people feel about some album from 2002
― some dude, Friday, 19 June 2015 02:26 (nine years ago) link
excited for 'tallica!
― charlie h, Friday, 19 June 2015 06:16 (nine years ago) link
Don't think anyone's said that in 25 years!
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Friday, 19 June 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
agreed with some dude.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 19 June 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
Feel like there's not that much to discover about the past 5 years - the EOY polls are fresh enough in my mind at least. 15 years is kind of a "history of ILX" poll.
― List of people who are ready for woe and how we know this (seandalai), Saturday, 20 June 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
It looks like you, gr8080 and I are the only ones who want to do that kind of poll, so maybe we should just write a book instead.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 20 June 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link
I heart the tenties.
― Mark G, Sunday, 21 June 2015 09:23 (nine years ago) link
For Whom The Bell POLLS - Votes & Nominations Thread for the // METALLICA \ ILM Artist Poll
― pplains, Monday, 22 June 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link
Link got messed up? See if this works: For Whom The Bell POLLS - Votes & Nominations Thread for the // METALLICA \ ILM Artist Poll
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Monday, 22 June 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link
Deez POLLABLE Heroes - THE ILM //METALLICA\ POLL RESULTS
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
ok so Metallica's all done, next up:
Extreme Metal - ViceroyStephin Merritt - GukbeSpoon - Bee OKNirvana - Gavin, LeedsFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsQueen - charlie hCan - Z STom Petty - rogermexicoJimi Hendrix - some dudeStereolab - MokaBauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OKGenesis + solo - NickBThe Smiths - nate woollsPearl Jam - VegemiteGrrlThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Oasis - pollrunner needed for this oneGeorge Michael - Ismael KlataTalking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanVan Halen - Johnny FeverBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DBlondie - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
hmm, i can almost do Spoon, though i just finished the Boo Radleys two polls ago. if one person can go now the timing would be better for me.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 July 2015 01:40 (nine years ago) link
btw, can you put me down for Super Furry Animals Smashing Pumpkins at the bottom of the list Shakey?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 July 2015 01:43 (nine years ago) link
I haven't seen a lot of people in this section of the list in a while. Someone turn on the Batsignal.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 July 2015 01:43 (nine years ago) link
Viceroy hasn't posted in almost a year and a half. Gukbe's posted a handful of times in the last month.
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Thursday, 9 July 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
would love to see/run a non-albums non-singles poll, like just all the shit that gets rejected from the billions of album lists out there. Soundtracks, various artist comps, best ofs, dj mixes, mixtapes, classical pieces, you name it, just no albums or singles. not sure if there would be any interest (or interest in two years when the rest of this list is done) or if perhaps one has been done and my ability to search this site is just shit.
― kruezer2, Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
that's kinda broad, I would recommend doing various subcategories (soundtracks is prob easiest/would get the most traction)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
some sort of 'classic mixes' thread would be good
― ogmor, Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
srsly how have we never done a soundtracks poll
― gr8080, Thursday, 9 July 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
Would songs from the Singles soundtrack be counted?
― pplains, Thursday, 9 July 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
we'd just nominate & vote entire soundtracks, not tracks
― gr8080, Thursday, 9 July 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
gr80 missed it.
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 9 July 2015 23:04 (nine years ago) link
heh.
― gr8080, Thursday, 9 July 2015 23:39 (nine years ago) link
so, Magnetic Fields next?
― charlie h, Friday, 10 July 2015 02:40 (nine years ago) link
Is gukbe around?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 10 July 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
hey guys if we can push the Merritt thing back (if there's any interest) a month or two that'd be great. ~work stuff~
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Saturday, 11 July 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link
I'm a couple years away from my next poll but I will be happy to take one over.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 11 July 2015 02:07 (nine years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/GimmeFictionBonusDisc.jpg
Spoon is coming...
― Bee OK, Sunday, 12 July 2015 07:25 (nine years ago) link
All at the same time? Gross.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 12 July 2015 07:46 (nine years ago) link
http://www.skysaxonseeds.com/images/uploads/seeds-full-spoon-seedy-blues.jpg
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 12 July 2015 08:21 (nine years ago) link
Will we ever get to the Dead C thread before ilm 'dies'?
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 08:22 (nine years ago) link
Can we still adds poll to the (long) list? If yes, I'd like to propose a france/francophone music poll.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 12 July 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
― pplains, Thursday, 9 July 2015 23:01 (4 days ago) Permalink
heh
― kruezer2, Monday, 13 July 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is a great idea as well, a French language poll would be awesome. Also, I would fully support a Dancehall poll. I prefer genre polls to artist polls I guess.
I would definitely commit to doing a soundtracks poll, to be a little more focused is a good idea.
― kruezer2, Monday, 13 July 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
I'll stick francophone on the end of the list, check back in 3 years :)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 13 July 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
So.... Spoon is next?
Viceroy hasn't posted in almost a year and a half.
he is frobisher for the last year and a half
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 13 July 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
getting Spoon together and will put it up tomorrow. a bit lost on the side-polls for this band, any suggestions for side-polls before it put this up?
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 02:32 (nine years ago) link
albums obv
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Album covers, maybe.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, July 13, 2015 3:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
mille mercis!
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
Side poll for Spoon: "Aw, yeah" vs "c'mon" vs "well alright!"
― hardcore dilettante, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
Are there any Spoon side projects other than the Divine Fits?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
i like the idea of a non-a-sides & non-album-tracks canon, although a strict compilation of noms might get tricky as album tracks in one country might not be in another, etc.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
I think i have this history right, looking at this ILM Ballot Polls: where to find the results threads and going over some recent polls.
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished)61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) *was originally 79 but fits here with the other no number polls64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished)66. Metallica - pplains (finished)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 02:48 (nine years ago) link
Ha! I might cast a ballot if this is an actual side poll.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 02:54 (nine years ago) link
Right now I know no other time, Right now I know no other poll - SPOON (ILM artist poll #67) --- Voting open until Friday July 24, 2015
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 04:04 (nine years ago) link
Poll Poll Poll Poll Poll - SPOON (ILM artist poll #67) --- The results thread
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 04:33 (nine years ago) link
Who's up?
― hardcore dilettante, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 02:03 (nine years ago) link
Gukbe w stephen merritt
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 02:10 (nine years ago) link
someone needs to start a new Poll.
looking i see i'm doing Bauhaus/Love and Rockets next before the Big one for me, Talking Heads.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 6 August 2015 01:37 (nine years ago) link
Just curious, is the ILM 2010-2014 Albums thread scheduled to happen this year?
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 8 August 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
I need to talk to seandalai and gr80 and see what we're gonna do. It's supposed to get underway this month.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 August 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
Cool. I'm really looking forward to revisiting a lot of old favorites if this happens.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, 9 August 2015 22:57 (nine years ago) link
remember polls, they were fun.
can someone please step up and open up poll number 68? i would email people but i'm not running this thread any longer. i could open up the Bauhaus/Love and Rockets poll. not really, way too busy at work at the moment.
calling Gavin, Leeds
here are the next seven:
Extreme Metal - ViceroyStephin Merritt - Gukbe - "hey guys if we can push the Merritt thing back (if there's any interest) a month or two that'd be great. ~work stuff~"Nirvana - Gavin, LeedsFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsQueen - charlie hCan - Z STom Petty - rogermexico
― Bee OK, Thursday, 20 August 2015 03:00 (nine years ago) link
Just curious, is the ILM 2010-2014 Albums thread scheduled to happen this year?― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, August 8, 2015 5:15 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI need to talk to seandalai and gr80 and see what we're gonna do. It's supposed to get underway this month.― Johnny Fever, Saturday, August 8, 2015 5:24 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, August 8, 2015 5:15 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, August 8, 2015 5:24 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
After some sorting of schedules and whatnot, it looks like the nominating process for this is going to get underway a week from tomorrow (Friday). Three weeks for that. Two weeks for voting. Then the rollouts will start at the beginning of October. In the meantime, you all can bicker about whether or not it should be a 2000-15 poll to celebrate ILM's 15th anniversary or just a 2010-14 poll which would be less interesting and more redundant. ;)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 August 2015 00:38 (nine years ago) link
2010-2014 imo, I think it'd be MORE interesting. 15 yr span is nicely symbolic and all but obv way tougher to assemble a meaningful ballot and just functionally much more unwieldy in several ways
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 August 2015 13:41 (nine years ago) link
Bump. What's the latest news with dese pollz?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link
everybody that's up next is awol, basically
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
summer's ending, seems like a good time for Fairport?
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
Let's do it. Is that solo careers too?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
if one of you wants to run that one it's fine with me, I'll move it up the list
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
seems so
Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 15:50 (nine years ago) link
yeah I can't run it right now (skool's in)
I'd be all for whoever wants to run one right now, wherever on the list, getting moved up
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
Covers is my next poll, 30+ away. That'll be sometime under President Trump. I'm more than happy to move that up and do it now, or I can take over an abandoned one.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:05 (nine years ago) link
take yr pick, it's a buyers' market
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Covers sounds more fun to me than Fairport.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
agreed on that point
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
covers seems like a complicated nomination process which might not run well alongside the big 2000-2014 poll? but I dunno. obv maximizing fun is the point
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
I'm not into the 2000-2014 poll idea but that's just me
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
I'm into whatever will generate fun and/or interesting discussion & I think a retrospective poll will do that
I mean, we can talk about pitchfork's polls, or our own. the latter seems way more fun to me
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link
I'll wait untill the 15 year poll is done.
Covers will be relatively simple: any version of a song that's been previously released on record. So Elvis Presely singing Lieber and Stoller's Jailhouse Rock doesn't count, but Hound Dog would because that had been previously done by Big Mama Thornton.
I'd probably eliminate jazz and classical because that would get really complex, especially since technically classical recording is a cover.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
also the demo version of Beethoven's 5th is unfuckwithable
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link
obv maximizing fun is the point
That's the main reason I left it to debate as to whether or not we do 2010-14 or 2000-14, because if nobody wants to do a 15 year retrospective then it won't be much fun. We (me, seandalai and gr80) are cool with going either way.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
I'd vote for the 21st century poll instead of the last 5 years, which have kinda sucked for rockists like me
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
15 years makes more sense to me as a sort of 'faves of the century so far' sort of deal. I think it would have more scope and possibly more variety. I reckon putting the focus on too narrow and recent a time span would mean that the poll would be dominated by stuff that people absolutely love right now that they will have forgotten in a year or two. There's always the EOY polls for that kind for thing.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMSILM Top 100 2000-2004: TRACKSILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMSILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS
I figure there's pushback on a retrospective poll since we already have an established practice of doing 5-year polls, and also because people don't want to slog through 15 years of music to put together a ballot. I'm split on it myself, even. But whichever way we end up going, it will probably look different than the results of the EOY polls.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
we need to poll it
my ballot1. 2000-142. 2010-14
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 17:40 (nine years ago) link
You'll probably end up including them anyway. >_>
― :wq (Leee), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
Happy for Fairport Convention to jump ahead - it's probably going to be a month or so before I've got the time free for the Nirvana poll.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
I don't really believe we'll get much out of a last-five-year poll that isn't already in the EOY polls for those years. I'd even prefer a 2000-2009 poll over that.
― List of people who are ready for woe and how we know this (seandalai), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
The "event" cache the EOY polls in the last five years have taken on is, I think, greater and more of a gathering for discussion than they were all through the 00s (that's no shade on how musically ran them, but I think we just like to talk a lot more at length about the results now than in the past). That's the reason I don't think a 2010-14 poll would offer as much as the 2000-04 and 2005-09 polls did, because we've talked the results of the last five years to death.
At the same time, I get how combing through 15 years of music is overwhelming. I have my own mixed feelings about taking that on, partly because it's just a lot of time and effort, but partly because I might realize I don't like something as much as I did eleven years ago and that'll be a disappointment. But whatever. There's probably at least as much that I'd like now that I didn't really get or appreciate at the time it was new.
Even though it would be harder to vote in, I'd still throw my hat in with people who want to do the 2000-14 retrospective poll. If the 2010-14 poll is what more people want to do, I'd get behind that too. I'd rather it be a good experience for everyone who votes than any kind of formal obligation.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link
I'm rooting for C Grisso to jump in and say "hey let's do Bacharach"
― Gett Off, Eileen (WilliamC), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 01:54 (nine years ago) link
I just want something. The polls are always a good time so let's get going.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
I'd happily participate in either a 2000-2014 or 2010-2014 poll, but I'd prefer the latter.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
I can't wait for the Queen poll, so many deep cuts that I want to rep for.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, August 25, 2015
not just you fwiw
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
hey i just figured Petty wouldn't start till like the new year but if we want to get rolling i'm game
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 23:32 (nine years ago) link
pls 10-14
id prob participate in 00-14 but otoh maybe not
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 23:36 (nine years ago) link
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Not yet! Having a rough month at the moment, a byproduct of which is me not getting started on my research (I know stuff, but want to know more...) before getting this one off the blocks. I'm excited to dive in!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 23:42 (nine years ago) link
Fairport Convention next?
i'd be happy to get Queen underway soon, given that the results might actually coincide with me having a stretch of free time.
― charlie h, Monday, 31 August 2015 10:57 (nine years ago) link
do it now!
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 31 August 2015 11:03 (nine years ago) link
poll first, ask for forgiveness later
should i just open up Bauhaus/Love and Rockets already?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 September 2015 01:50 (nine years ago) link
yes
― hardcore dilettante, Saturday, 5 September 2015 03:59 (nine years ago) link
The half-decade/decade=and-a-half poll is on indefinite hiatus because a) there's no agreement on which it should be and b) my life is too weird and unpredictable right now to run a major poll.
That being the case, the path is clear for whoever wants to run whatever.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 September 2015 04:18 (nine years ago) link
Cool. I'll get the Metallica one going this weekend.
― pplains, Saturday, 5 September 2015 04:21 (nine years ago) link
:D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 September 2015 04:50 (nine years ago) link
déjà vu
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 September 2015 05:19 (nine years ago) link
hey guys, i'll start Queen later tonight if that's alright?
― charlie h, Sunday, 6 September 2015 07:34 (nine years ago) link
was really looking forward to Fairport, but don't know if that's happening anytime soon
― charlie h, Sunday, 6 September 2015 07:35 (nine years ago) link
Fairport is next up make it happen
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 September 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
Stone POLLd Crazy: The ILM Queen Poll Voting Thread (#68? in a series)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 02:39 (nine years ago) link
grazie Bee OK! forgot to put out the alert.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 02:42 (nine years ago) link
The Fairy POLLers Master-Stroke: The ILX Queen Poll Results Thread (#68 in a series)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:51 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I am happy for you queen fans and am gonna let you roll out, just want to ask:
Where is the up-to-date list? The list up-top used to be it, but it's way out of.
Just wondering which ones I can look forward to.
― Mark G, Thursday, 24 September 2015 10:47 (nine years ago) link
Yes what is up next?
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 24 September 2015 13:30 (nine years ago) link
Looks like Fairport or Can.
― :wq (Leee), Thursday, 24 September 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
how about Nirvana?
― charlie h, Thursday, 24 September 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
here's the list:
Current active poll:Queen - charlie h (link: The Fairy POLLers Master-Stroke: The ILX Queen Poll Results Thread (#68 in a series))Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Extreme Metal - ViceroyStephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsNirvana - Gavin, LeedsCan - Z STom Petty - rogermexicoJimi Hendrix - some dudeStereolab - MokaBauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OKGenesis + solo - NickBThe Smiths - nate woollsPearl Jam - VegemiteGrrlThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Oasis - pollrunner needed for this oneGeorge Michael - Ismael KlataTalking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanVan Halen - Johnny FeverBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DBlondie - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - Stooges/Iggy Pop - French/Francophone - Van Horn Street
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 24 September 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
Oo, Stereolab coming up? Cool.
Oasis? Blimey, they'll be fighting in the street..
Stooges? Will we live that long?
― Mark G, Thursday, 24 September 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
I have asked to add Smashing Pumpkins to this list.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 24 September 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
okeedoke, just get in line!
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Extreme Metal - ViceroyStephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsNirvana - Gavin, LeedsCan - Z STom Petty - rogermexicoJimi Hendrix - some dudeStereolab - MokaBauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OKGenesis + solo - NickBThe Smiths - nate woollsPearl Jam - VegemiteGrrlThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Oasis - pollrunner needed for this oneGeorge Michael - Ismael KlataTalking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanVan Halen - Johnny FeverBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DBlondie - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - Stooges/Iggy Pop - French/Francophone - Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins - Bee OK
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 24 September 2015 16:01 (nine years ago) link
Alright what is next?
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 26 September 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
viceroy is frobisher now btw
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 26 September 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Hey! I'm ready to go... making my poll thread right now!
― Frobisher, Saturday, 26 September 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
if that's alright, of course.
― Frobisher, Saturday, 26 September 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
Do yr thing
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 26 September 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
its kinda amusing that extreme metal will be going up at the same time as hair metal. Will there be any overlap in voters?
and is it extreme metal songs or albums?
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 26 September 2015 23:56 (nine years ago) link
They arent happening at the same time afaict
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 27 September 2015 00:18 (nine years ago) link
The two polls are gonna fight each other in the mall parking lot.
― Frobisher, Sunday, 27 September 2015 00:40 (nine years ago) link
It will be albums, perhaps you might want to help me come up with a good description of what is extreme and what is not, CS?
― Frobisher, Sunday, 27 September 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
hmmmm im no good at describing things but will try
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 27 September 2015 00:50 (nine years ago) link
that's ok... its up and running here:EXTREME METAL Albums Poll - Nominations Round
I'm doing a nominations round first.
― Frobisher, Sunday, 27 September 2015 01:28 (nine years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Extreme_(_Extreme_album_-_cover_art).jpg
ceci n'est pas extreme
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 September 2015 03:19 (nine years ago) link
that's for the poodle metal poll!
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 27 September 2015 15:05 (nine years ago) link
pity the poor bands that will miss out on being allowed in both polls like priest, maiden..
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 27 September 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
black alnum and beyond metallica will be allowed in a hard rock/hair metal poll right? Will grunge acts be barred?
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 27 September 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
put me down for a grunge poll I guess in 2018
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 27 September 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Im hoping that regulars of the ballot poll thread who partake in most polls will try and take part in frobishers poll.
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 28 September 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
jf you can nominate and vote for your fave thrash
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 28 September 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
Nah, I'll pass.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 September 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link
The metal poll seems to have stalled. Shall we move onto the next one?
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
How many of these a month, two? So anything towards the bottom of the list is two+ years away?
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
They happen so randomly now it's hard to predict, but yeah...AT LEAST two years.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 23:30 (nine years ago) link
you guys are so impatient
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 23:32 (nine years ago) link
rip polls
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
I know, I know, #getalife, but I'm kind of sad an "ILM - 2010-2014 Tracks/Albums" rollout isn't happening this year.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, 18 October 2015 22:15 (nine years ago) link
Gotta see what my new job situation is like (I don't even know yet if I'll have internet access). We may get to that poll after all, though.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 18 October 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
not seen frobisher online much the past few weeks but I think he has problems with how to tabulate etc
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 October 2015 23:36 (nine years ago) link
Theres an excel template for that
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
What's up with the metal poll? Can we go to the next one?
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 19 October 2015 12:59 (nine years ago) link
I feel like the queue was necessary and helpful when the poll craze first started taking off but now that things have mellowed out we could probably do a free-for-all, or pick a month and make that a free-for-all just to see if things get to crowded or if things would work out fine that way.
― some dude, Monday, 19 October 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link
in a free for all would people still have dibs on particular artists/genres? like, if someone was on the queue to do a Level 42 ballot poll but weren't able/inclined to run the poll any time soon would it be cool for someone else to start their own Level 42 ballot poll for example?
― soref, Monday, 19 October 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
if the metal poll(s) is/are failing than Stephen Merritt is next obviously
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link
by 'free-for-all' i meant that that people who called dibs on running a particular poll would still get to do that when they want to (or voluntarily hand it off to someone else)
― some dude, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
like, if that idea would result in a landgrab where people are like "hey this poll you were all prepared to do in 6 months, you should do it NOW NOW NOW or i will do it" then maybe forget i said anything
― some dude, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link
i'm actually kinda open to this new idea though it should be probably be aired for a while in the interest of fairness. setting aside the issue of a long queue - which i think is just kinda, "that's the way it goes" even in the best case of no delays between polls (cause the polls themselves need to be a certain length of time to be fun) - - - the quarter-on-the-table system only works right if everybody really is queued up and ready, and has reasonable certainty of when their time comes up.
it might be that some version of open volunteering might work better, by placing the emphasis on who's ready to do their poll at a given time. like basically i think most of the delays come in just because at that particular moment, the person's busy at work, or moving, or traveling or whatever, so at best they could do the poll, but not well... but at the exact same moment it would have been the perfect time for somebody way down the list. of course, it would suck if it just became a form of queue-jumping for the people nearest the bottom, over people in the middle who feel like they've been following the rules and waiting their turn.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
Is the hair metal poll not due up next? Surely that is something that might inspire frobisher to do the extreme metal poll. Maybe he fears that none of you will vote in it and has cold feet incase it gets noone voting?
Usually people use these polls to learn about artists they arent familiar with so bone up on them and vote. Nobody doing that with extreme metal?
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
it might be that some version of open volunteering might work better, by placing the emphasis on who's ready to do their poll at a given time.
I think this is otm and the way to work it going forward. Now that the doldrums have set in, the key to these things is enough enthusiasm and energy on the part of the pollrunner to goose the voters a bit.
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Monday, 19 October 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
like, my biggest ILX fear is that my poll turn comes up at the wrong time in my life and becomes work rather than fun.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
yeah...i did the classic rock poll at the exact time that i could plunge a bunch of time and effort into it but the entire year before or after that month would've been a total hassle
― some dude, Monday, 19 October 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
when i do the Hendrix poll or any other future polls it'll feel like a breeze compared to what an undertaking the classic rock one was, though
― some dude, Monday, 19 October 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
the classic rock poll was a high point of ILX though, thanks again
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
:)
― some dude, Monday, 19 October 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Can we just start a new poll? The metal one hasn't even started voting, they're still nominating.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Nominations are closed, it's just that Frobisher's gone off to live his life like some sort of fvlse.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
maybe someone can tabulate for him?
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
here's the spreadsheet for tabulating results:https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtyvbozifqfrtvn/ballot%20poll.xlsx?dl=0
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:13 (nine years ago) link
i mean a person's poll is their poll, let frobisher come back whenever and start something else in the meantime.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
seems like it should be one of these:
Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsNirvana - Gavin, LeedsCan - Z STom Petty - rogermexicoJimi Hendrix - some dude
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:07 (nine years ago) link
I vote Can.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
this is clearly all being driven by the level of enthusiasm of the poll runners, so it kinda doesn't matter what anyone "votes" if the poll runner isn't available/doesn't want to do it.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
I want to do it! Thank you so much for posting that spreadsheet. Do you know where I find web form that thing people use for people to mail in their ballot?
― Frobisher, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
it must be in google docs somewhere?
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
not sure what you're talking about
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
No webform to my knowledge, people just email you with whatever they think is the correct format/whatever format.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
yeah honestly most of the work is just getting everyone's ballots into a consistent format, correcting spelling/grammer errors to make everything consistent etc.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
seandalai uses a webform for metal poll and the big poll. Frobisher wants to use that. So hopefully seandalai will see this
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
A webform *would* be an excellent idea, though! xp
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
if done properly people copy and paste nominations directly from the spreadsheet to voting form and that saves the hassle of correcting peoples mistakes.
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:58 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I had that with the epics poll, but I still got ballots where people typed in the entries.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
you always get some dick who doesnt do it and just dumps a list they made for elsewhere, but you just ignore those - fuck them if they dont follow instructions imo.
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
(you can see why i get someone else to help out with the forms side lol )
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 19 October 2015 22:00 (nine years ago) link
That wouldn't have been very epic of me!
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 19 October 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
Oh hey, sorry I'm not on ILX much as I used to be...Anyway, it's really easy to make a Google Form to log the ballots (go to Google Docs and select New->Form iirc), though you do have to create a new one each time.
The code I use for tabulating big polls is not particularly user-friendly (though I should put it up on github or somewhere anyway), I think the Excel spreadsheet is going to be be much easier to use. Happy to answer questions though.
― pep ponk aliyev (seandalai), Monday, 19 October 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
I am really bad at math and don't know Excel at all but I had no trouble running the Elvis Costello poll using the spreadsheet.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 19 October 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
ok, I finally got the voting thread set up. If anybody wants to come check it out and also vote (pleeeeassse!!) its here:The ILM Extreme Metal Poll Voting, Discussion and Campaigning Thread
― Frobisher, Monday, 19 October 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
Can someone set up a P.O. Box for those of us who wish to vote, but don't have a computer?
― pplains, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link
― Frobisher, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 01:07 (nine years ago) link
Are Gukbe and Billy Dods around at the moment? Would be happy to get the Nirvana poll going but don't want to jump the queue.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
If you wouldn't mind I would jump the queue
― how's life, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 13:30 (nine years ago) link
Nirvana poll pleez! So so stoked for that one
― bunny slopes, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 15:26 (nine years ago) link
obviously everyone is eager for someone to jump the queue
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
Jump the queue! I'm still mired in life muck.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 23 October 2015 13:24 (nine years ago) link
Let's start a new poll. I'm sure the extreme metal one is absolutely dynamite but it is taking a long time and life is short.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 23 October 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link
OK cool, I'll get the Nirvana one going.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 23 October 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
entertain us!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 23 October 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
Hey Shakey can you sign me up for a Soundgarden poll?
― Spottie, Friday, 23 October 2015 23:57 (nine years ago) link
(i love how he's been Οὖτις for like a year and a half and everyone calls him shakey)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 October 2015 00:16 (nine years ago) link
nobody calls him Οὖτις!
― Lee626, Saturday, 24 October 2015 01:19 (nine years ago) link
it involves having to copy and paste for a start!
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 24 October 2015 01:45 (nine years ago) link
ISWYDT... I think.
― pplains, Saturday, 24 October 2015 02:43 (nine years ago) link
Live! Tonight! POLLed Out!!: The ILM Nirvana poll voting thread (Poll #69) - Voting open until Friday 6th November
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 26 October 2015 14:00 (nine years ago) link
Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and POLLed: The ILM Nirvana poll results thread (Poll #69)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 12 November 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
good time to update our history:
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished)61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) *was originally 79 but fits here with the other no number polls64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished) Deez POLLABLE Heroes - THE ILM //METALLICA\ POLL RESULTS67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished) POLL POLL POLL POLL POLL - SPOON (ILM artist poll #67) --- The results thread68. Queen - charlie h (finished) The Fairy POLLers Master-Stroke: The ILX Queen Poll Results Thread (#68 in a series)69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished) Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a POLL: ILM Artist Poll #69 • Pixies (results!)69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (in progress) Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and POLLed: The ILM Nirvana poll results thread (Poll #69)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 12 November 2015 02:52 (nine years ago) link
Has there been a bjork poll?
― nerd shit (Will M.), Saturday, 14 November 2015 09:36 (nine years ago) link
Nvm I just discovered find In page on my android phone. So many good ones coming up! I might submit my first ILX ballot that isn't about video games
― nerd shit (Will M.), Saturday, 14 November 2015 09:42 (nine years ago) link
Still impatiently waiting to run that Bjork poll, yeah.
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Saturday, 14 November 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
Extreme metal is still in progress, right?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 14 November 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
yes it is, i forgot about it since i didn't see it on the first page.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 November 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
Let's get the next one started. Metal is a separate slow track.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 15 November 2015 01:09 (nine years ago) link
seems like it should be one of these:Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsNirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished) and added to queue))Can - Z STom Petty - rogermexicoJimi Hendrix - some dude― Οὖτις, Monday, October 19, 2015 2:07 PM (4 weeks ago)
Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsNirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished) and added to queue))Can - Z STom Petty - rogermexicoJimi Hendrix - some dude
― Οὖτις, Monday, October 19, 2015 2:07 PM (4 weeks ago)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 November 2015 02:45 (nine years ago) link
i would be up for doing the Hendrix poll in Jan or Feb
― some dude, Thursday, 19 November 2015 03:02 (nine years ago) link
hmm... are we feeling petty this holiday season?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 20 November 2015 01:18 (nine years ago) link
not to jump the line. i'd love to spend a couple weeks with any of the acts on that list before we quiet down for christmas.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 20 November 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
It is time for a Duke Ellington poll, somebody!
― xelab, Friday, 20 November 2015 01:40 (nine years ago) link
Petty would be awesome whenever it happens
― some dude, Friday, 20 November 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
Petty would be interesting i might vote in that one
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 November 2015 02:19 (nine years ago) link
Would be totally up for participating in an Ellington poll: would it be a poll of recordings or compositions?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 20 November 2015 02:39 (nine years ago) link
Would consider running a Cage or Stockhausen or Reich poll if people were up for it.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 20 November 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link
Let's do Tom Petty
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 20 November 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
what do you say, tom?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOgyZgdyXiY
― some dude, Friday, 20 November 2015 23:21 (nine years ago) link
saying it now: if American Girl wins that will be lame
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 November 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
all righty! should we open it over the US thanksgiving holiday?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 November 2015 01:56 (nine years ago) link
I'm into the Petty poll! Kick it off asap imo
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 November 2015 02:22 (nine years ago) link
awesome. I'm a little jammed up this weekend but I'll try to get the voting thread opened by Sunday evening
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 November 2015 02:27 (nine years ago) link
shakey this is going to be a very tough ballot to handicap!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 November 2015 02:30 (nine years ago) link
aw man i already used the best possible title: THE RATING IS THE HARDEST PART: Tom Petty HARD PROMISES POLL
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 November 2015 03:04 (nine years ago) link
just get to the point and poll another joint
― The Cuddling Of The American Mind (some dude), Saturday, 21 November 2015 03:23 (nine years ago) link
Runnin' Down A POLL
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 21 November 2015 05:41 (nine years ago) link
Listen To Your Votes
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 21 November 2015 05:53 (nine years ago) link
Now I'm Free / Free POLLin' (Free POLLin', now I'm free POLLin')
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 21 November 2015 05:55 (nine years ago) link
Oh My My, Oh Hell Yes, You Got To POLL On That, ILX
you dohaveto polllike a refugee
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 November 2015 05:59 (nine years ago) link
Yeah she POLLS so right, she is all I need tonight
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 November 2015 06:32 (nine years ago) link
And I'm a bad POLL, cause I don't even miss her
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 November 2015 06:33 (nine years ago) link
STOP DRAGGIN MY POLL AROUND
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 November 2015 06:34 (nine years ago) link
You POLL Me
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 21 November 2015 07:12 (nine years ago) link
Some days are diamonds, some POLLS are rocks
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 November 2015 07:37 (nine years ago) link
looks like we kept voting open for a couple of weeks on Nirvana. same sound about right for Petty?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 22 November 2015 03:33 (nine years ago) link
I guess that works, but I can already basically fill out a full ballot just off the top of my head.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 22 November 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link
i'd be fine with less too, but sunday evenings are good for getting those final ballots in... hmm...
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 22 November 2015 04:14 (nine years ago) link
Remember that there's a huge US travel holiday this week...
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 22 November 2015 06:13 (nine years ago) link
true true. two week window it is.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 22 November 2015 07:14 (nine years ago) link
We haven't sorted out the exact schedule for EOY yet but you have ~3 weeks before noms even open
― pep ponk aliyev (seandalai), Sunday, 22 November 2015 11:03 (nine years ago) link
MMM-HmmmmmmWhooahoooahooooI'm having troubleLetting you Poll
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
I'M PREEE... PRE-POLLIN' - ILM Artist Poll #71 - Tom Petty (discussion/lobbying)
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 22 November 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
I wanna do a The Cars/Ric Ocasek poll. Would folks be interested?
― welltris (crüt), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 14:53 (nine years ago) link
as long as it is deep, yeah
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 November 2015 16:16 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 November 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
would vote early and often
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link
lol mookie
Cars/Ric Ocasek poll sounds fantastic, especially if we can vote for solo tracks by the other Cars as well
― soref, Friday, 27 November 2015 22:25 (nine years ago) link
yeah...maybe side poll of Ocasek productions too
― just knocked me cold and left me on the sidewalk (some dude), Friday, 27 November 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
I've got a NIN one coming up about six months I guess, but I've sort of gone off them a bit since volunteering to do it. Trouble is I'm not sure any of my alternative ideas would get enough support, to whit: Mike Patton, Four Tet, Squarepusher, Roots Manuva.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
i was looking forward to the nin :(
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
Well maybe I'll still do it. I'll have to come up with a better title than "Head like a POLL" though.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
I hate poll puns so yes
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
It's obligatory to include one though as I understand it.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
I want to POLL you like an animal?
― octobeard, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
FWIW I love the poll puns.
― octobeard, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
they're what separate us from the animals
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 7 December 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
I want to separate you like an animal.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 7 December 2015 23:51 (nine years ago) link
You Let Me SePOLLate You
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 01:08 (nine years ago) link
YOU RANK ME BABY, YEAH YOU RATE ME 1-2 - ILM Artist Poll #71 - Tom Petty (results)
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 12 December 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link
Excellent Tom Petty poll title.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
So. . . what's up next?
― Austin, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 04:15 (eight years ago) link
― some dude, Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:02 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
more likely Feb than Jan so i don't care if anyone goes before me
― some dude, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 04:21 (eight years ago) link
i'm a little worried that there won't be enough interest in Bauhaus to even run a poll. so i'm asking with this reminder, this has nothing to do with the replacement band this is all about: Should the Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy artist poll go on as planned?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 January 2016 04:20 (eight years ago) link
next-level
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 January 2016 04:23 (eight years ago) link
So what's the next poll? Let's get this party started!
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 7 February 2016 18:04 (eight years ago) link
here's the current list - not sure if I missed something (the hair metal thing didn't happen, did it?) EOY polls always fuck this stuff up
Hard Rock/Hair Metal gr8080Extreme Metal ViceroyStephin Merritt GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) Billy DodsNirvana Gavin, LeedsCan Z STom Petty rogermexicoJimi Hendrix some dudeStereolab MokaBauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy Bee OKGenesis + solo NickBThe Smiths nate woollsPearl Jam VegemiteGrrlThe Burt Bacharach songbook C. Grisso/McCainDead C Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects sleeveJohn Fahey Naive Teen Idol?Rush Matt #2Oasis pollrunner needed for this oneGeorge Michael Ismael KlataTalking Heads Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records jetfanVan Halen Johnny FeverBilly Joel Doctor CasinoLow aldoNine Inch Nails chapREM rogermexico.Bjork Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) Bee OKCovers kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman staggerleeThey Might Be Giants Johnny FeverNo Wave sarahellDFA Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig gr8080Beatles solo careers ΟὖτιςErykah Badu Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al charlie hHerbie Hancock crütAphex Twin Stevie DBlondie Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold Jeff WEurovision nxdSteve Albini nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra frogbsElvis Presley EulerByrds + offshoots kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated imagoTropicalia/MPB Frederik BChic Organization Stooges/Iggy Pop French/Francophone Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins Bee OK
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
everybody changing usernames all the time doesn't make this easy either
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
Nirvana has already been done... I think R.E.M. has too?
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Monday, 8 February 2016 22:29 (eight years ago) link
rooting for hendrix, stereolab or bacharach
― if thou gaz long into the coombs, the coombs will also gaz into thee (WilliamC), Monday, 8 February 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
links or it didn't happen
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link
crüt's The Cars/Ric Ocasek poll needs to be added to the list (assuming he still wants to do it?)
― soref, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
ah here's Nirvana: Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and POLLed: The ILM Nirvana poll results thread (Poll #69)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
Tom Petty did too, right?
shit I haven't updated this in awhile
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
REM was back in 2009 - \///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\/// - but, i fucked it up, and have always said that they deserved a do-over.
― the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Monday, 8 February 2016 22:35 (eight years ago) link
I have a horrible feeling that ilx is going to cease to exist before we get round to the eurovision poll, that's the one I'm really looking forward to
― soref, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:36 (eight years ago) link
okay yeah I removed Tom Petty and Nirvana from the running. I don't think either of the big metal polls happened?
who's up for a poll
Hard Rock/Hair Metal gr8080Extreme Metal ViceroyStephin Merritt GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) Billy DodsCan Z SJimi Hendrix some dudeStereolab MokaBauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy Bee OKGenesis + solo NickBThe Smiths nate woollsPearl Jam VegemiteGrrlThe Burt Bacharach songbook C. Grisso/McCainDead C Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects sleeveJohn Fahey Naive Teen Idol?Rush Matt #2Oasis pollrunner needed for this oneGeorge Michael Ismael KlataTalking Heads Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records jetfanVan Halen Johnny FeverBilly Joel Doctor CasinoLow aldoNine Inch Nails chapREM rogermexico.Bjork Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) Bee OKCovers kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman staggerleeThey Might Be Giants Johnny FeverNo Wave sarahellDFA Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig gr8080Beatles solo careers ΟὖτιςErykah Badu Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al charlie hHerbie Hancock crütAphex Twin Stevie DBlondie Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold Jeff WEurovision nxdSteve Albini nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra frogbsElvis Presley EulerByrds + offshoots kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated imagoTropicalia/MPB Frederik BChic Organization Stooges/Iggy Pop French/Francophone Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins Bee OK
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link
I'm rooting for Stereolab or Can.
― La Lechazunga (Leee), Monday, 8 February 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
I feel like I sent in a ballot for the extreme metal poll but I don't think results were ever posted?
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 8 February 2016 23:09 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I think extreme metal was taking an extremely long time.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 8 February 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
i'd love to see the George Michael poll happen
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 00:21 (eight years ago) link
Extreme Metal poll happened but the results did not, apparently...? The ILM Extreme Metal Poll Voting, Discussion and Campaigning Thread
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 00:22 (eight years ago) link
2015 POLL RESULTS COUNTDOWN - ILM Metal(ish) Albums of the Year
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 11:22 (eight years ago) link
Oh, wait, is that a different poll?
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 11:23 (eight years ago) link
frobisher couldnt do the tabulating so results havent been run.
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 11:26 (eight years ago) link
is Gukbe, gr8080 or someone else on the top of that list ready to go? i know some dude could do Hendrix in February. if anything i can do Bauhaus at anytime now.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
someone oughta help frobisher out with the Excel spreadsheet so those results can roll out
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
hopefully that is in hand
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
I've got the spreadsheet and a bit of time, I'm happy to do the tabulating and pass the results on.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:05 (eight years ago) link
thinking specifically of Oscar-brand health insurance and its unpleasant NYC subway ads:
http://content.mothernewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Oscar_Pants_Final2-01.png
― the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:12 (eight years ago) link
oops wrong thread
... OR IS IT?
― La Lechazunga (Leee), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
uh, don't want to piss anyone off and I'm sorry about how my poll fell off the face of the earth, but I finally got the results tallied so I'm doing the Extreme Metal albums rollout now...
Finally... The Top 200 Extreme Metal Albums of ALL TIME!
― Frobisher, Monday, 15 February 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
On the classical thread, I suggested doing a ballot poll for 20th century notated music. I'd be up for it if at least a third other person expressed interest. A suggestion was made that that poll could maybe run parallel to this queue since it might not involve as many people. Would this work, whoever is involved in co-ordinating these things?
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 15 February 2016 17:08 (eight years ago) link
they made frobisher wait his turn despite no one here being interested in it so i doubt those also waiting will approve even though they should
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 February 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
imo it would be totally fine to run whenever
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 15 February 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
Yeah do yr thing
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 00:10 (eight years ago) link
man there's some really good shit coming up in the queue here. up-my-alley stuff anyway. kinda stunned that we haven't done the smiths! that'll be cool, small catalog but not too small, ton of desperately beloved songs. not predictable imho. pearl jam will be interesting also for different reasons (bigger catalog but maybe a divide between people who only know their 90s records, like me, and people who stuck with them as fans).
― shandemonium padawan (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
I'm really looking forward to running the Smiths poll.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 10:12 (eight years ago) link
go ahead and run it now, then, nothing else is happening
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 10:43 (eight years ago) link
It could go out tonight...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 14:24 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, let's do The Smiths. I'm on board.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
Done. Get voting!
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 15:30 (eight years ago) link
oh awesome!!
― shandemonium padawan (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
oh boo i'll be out of country for this. wonder if i can slap a ballot together in the next few hours...
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 17:44 (eight years ago) link
SOME POLLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS - ILM Artist Poll #72 - THE SMITHS
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 03:31 (eight years ago) link
really excited for Stereolab
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 05:12 (eight years ago) link
IF IT'S NOT LOVE THEN IT'S THE POLL THAT WILL BRING US TOGETHER - ILM Artist Poll #72 - THE SMITHS - RESULTS THREAD
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 March 2016 02:40 (eight years ago) link
There doesn't seem to be an Underworld one. I'm happy to run that if you want to add it to the queue.
― groovypanda, Monday, 7 March 2016 08:35 (eight years ago) link
The POLL’S Gone Out: Rank your Dark Entries - ILM artist poll #73 - Bauhaus - Love and Rockets...Voting open until Sunday March 20, 2016
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
YEAAAAAAHHHH!
― hardcore dilettante, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 04:39 (eight years ago) link
what happened to the dino jr poll?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
The person who was running it decided to sub it out for someone else.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
who's next - CAN? Stereolab?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
Bauhaus is up
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
will someone call me when it's can o'clock?
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:54 (eight years ago) link
it's always can o'clock somewhere
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
well technically there's several things in the queue ahead of Bauhaus (including CAN) but the people who volunteered to run those polls are AWOL
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
Any reason why whoever was running the polls then ignored this?ILM Ballot Polls for 2014 and beyond -- order, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:58 (eight years ago) link
is Gaukbe, gr8080 or someone else on the top of that list ready to go? i know some dude could do Hendrix in February. if anything i can do Bauhaus at anytime now.― Bee OK, Tuesday, February 9, 201
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 21:44 (eight years ago) link
When can I start the Stereolab poll!?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 07:47 (eight years ago) link
Could someone be kind enough to pm me when I can start the threads?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 07:48 (eight years ago) link
I'll ping you when the Bauhaus poll is done
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link
Excellent. The following is a test for browser/mobile size of the albums images don't mind me.
http://i.imgur.com/9TzYU30.jpg008 Transient Random-Noise Bursts (Mfg. Date: 08/10/1993)152 points | 08 votes | 03 first place votes
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
V excited for Stereolab, even more now after seeing that.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
omg so excited
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
i've been thinking of a stereolab list since this summer. i'm ready.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:40 (eight years ago) link
I wish you'd start it now so there was a poll going on that I'm interested in, but I guess that wouldn't be cool.
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link
ouch, sorry i'm doing Bauhaus.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 March 2016 02:52 (eight years ago) link
Hey, I didn't vote but I really like Bauhaus and I'm following the poll!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 March 2016 05:35 (eight years ago) link
Moka is my ilxor graphics crush. <3
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 10 March 2016 05:42 (eight years ago) link
<3
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 March 2016 06:45 (eight years ago) link
Someone was asking for this in another thread and I could find it. 2012 poll that was partly organized by late great and then completed by me, I'm sure we have an archive somewhere of every link of every collective poll that has been done but I couldn't find it. Posting here for future reference:
RESULTS (of the very nebulously defined) 110 ELECTRONIC DANCE TRACKS of the 00s
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 March 2016 06:58 (eight years ago) link
*couldn't
A lot of the results links on these messages
― Mark G, Thursday, 10 March 2016 10:52 (eight years ago) link
And here's a thread that tries to list all of ILX's ballot poll result threads:
The ILX List of Lists
― Tuomas, Thursday, 10 March 2016 10:55 (eight years ago) link
Yes those are the ones! I couldn't find them.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:38 (eight years ago) link
Guys/gals need your opinion, which one of these do you like better:
http://i.imgur.com/Y5fFqjf.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9pymRKi.jpg
In my opinion: First option without the album cover is cleaner and the only reference to the album covers will be the color palette below the song title which will be based on the album/ep/single's palette. Problem is that a thread with 50+ of these with subtle variations could be boring and I don't have the time to design a radically different banner for each song (would love to). Option 2 adds the cover but I'm not sure if it's too much.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 19 March 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
I like #2
― Yoshimi P-We's Playhouse (WilliamC), Saturday, 19 March 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
those both look pretty stylish! i am not a stereolab diehard, so take this with a grain of salt - i would say it's always neat to have the album cover, though i agree that the one without it is a tauter design. the text on the "points" line in the album-cover version seems pretty small though. maybe only the "credit" line wants to be that small? but i know these things are tricky to work out.
also, something about the font, gray background, and the gradient color sampler makes me think of Centrum brand vitamins but that is almost certainly just me.
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 19 March 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
Yeah the idea was to make these look like vintage pharma products so Centrum is not a bad reference. Also don't mind the font weights on #2 I still haven't adapted them, just looking at proportions.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 19 March 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
I agree that the design without sleeves is neater and nicer, but the second design has greater functionality, so I'd probably opt for that if pushed.
― emil.y, Saturday, 19 March 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link
Both are excellent, though, and either would be awesome to see on a poll.
― emil.y, Saturday, 19 March 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link
I prefer the second option, as well.
― Austin, Saturday, 19 March 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
I prefer the first for its cleanliness, but what do I know ("Like hey, maybe you could do a cool gradient overlay with the album cover!").
― Sorry To Be The Bearer Of Bad Poos (Leee), Sunday, 20 March 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
Could we see a couple more looks? More of a cool palette perhaps? And a pointier typeface?
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 20 March 2016 03:58 (eight years ago) link
Just kidding
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 20 March 2016 04:00 (eight years ago) link
I actually have two very different looks that I'm trying. I was thinking of doing 50 different designs but again not enough time :/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 20 March 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
Well I think both are fantastic and it's got me super excited for Stereoloab.
― Austin, Sunday, 20 March 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
Here's another copied from Julian House (Stereolab's designer):
http://i.imgur.com/xfWu5fA.jpg
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 20 March 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
That was the initial sketch, then I thought maybe it could be cool doing several Julian House inspired/copied designs but again, too much time to do individual designs even if they're copied.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 20 March 2016 23:00 (eight years ago) link
Lol, one reason (of several) I bailed out of doing polls is because everybody has raised the rollout images game so much, and I felt unworthy with my text-only results.
― Yoshimi P-We's Playhouse (WilliamC), Sunday, 20 March 2016 23:13 (eight years ago) link
You could always ask for help! I wss going to help Nate with the Smiths poll but JF helped instead. I'm sure there are a couple of us who would be willing to do some quick designs.
Even better would be to have a template exclusive of ILM artist polls that we could all use and edit easily, something simple that could fit in every poll.
All said and done I don't mind one bit text only results.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 20 March 2016 23:27 (eight years ago) link
I like that last one.
― Mark G, Sunday, 20 March 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
I totally leaned on ledge's images for the Autechre poll! Otherwise I just post some hueg pictures with some Impact font on it.
― Sorry To Be The Bearer Of Bad Poos (Leee), Sunday, 20 March 2016 23:40 (eight years ago) link
I prefer yesterday but they are probably more work.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 21 March 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link
I drifted off of this thread due to lack of time but I am glad to see that Drugs A. Money has apparently taken on the Royal Trux poll, which I am still excited for but would definitely run with like text-only results
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Monday, 21 March 2016 01:17 (eight years ago) link
Ok, now that the Nomination/voting thread for Bauhaus is over can I start the Stereolab voting thread so I can rollout results as soon as the Bauhaus results are over? Or how does it work?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 March 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
Also I see the usual is top 20 songs and top 5 albums. The scoring that mostly every poll has used for songs is as follows:
Scoring [1:40, 2:36, 3:33, 4:30, 5:28, 6:26, 7:25, 8:24, 9:23, 10:22, 11:21, 12:20, 13:19, 14:18, 15:17, 16:16, 17:15, 18:14, 19:13, 20:12 ]
but what about the top 5 albums? is it: 1:40, 2:36, 3:33, 4:30, 5:28?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 March 2016 18:53 (eight years ago) link
You get to choose
― Lionel Richie the Wardrobe (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 21 March 2016 19:37 (eight years ago) link
I've used the same scores for the top 5 albums as the top five songs in the past. There's a link to my Smiths spreadsheet near the end of the Smiths results thread, feel free to use that if you like.
― nate woolls, Monday, 21 March 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
Thanks nate!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 March 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
We POLL Our Audience: You, The Night and The Music - BAUHAUS - Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail, Peter Murphy etcetera - ILM artist poll number 73 - results thread
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:44 (eight years ago) link
Who is up next?
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 2 April 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
Hendrix or Can would be great!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 2 April 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
70s lite rock going from the enemy to ironic "yacht rock" to essential.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:16 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That's a good one.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:17 PM (6 minutes ago)
I'd love to see AM Gold as a companion to some dude's classic rock poll.
― Honor thy pisstake as a hidden intention. (WilliamC), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 19:27 (eight years ago) link
That's gonna be a sweet poll, but isn't it a little ways down in the queue?
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 20:03 (eight years ago) link
Ha, I didn't even realize somebody had already gotten in line for that.
― Honor thy pisstake as a hidden intention. (WilliamC), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
It was floated somewhere in the midst of the some dude classic rock ballot/rollout period. Man, what a summer that was.
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 21:09 (eight years ago) link
So Stereolab poll is almost over, who's next?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:03 (eight years ago) link
The queue is basically just a suggestion at this point. If no one steps up in the next day or two, I might get Van Halen underway.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
Well, it'd still be appropriate to try and bug whoever's actually next - gr8080 for hard rock/hair metal, Gukbe for Stephen Merritt, or Billy Dods for Fairport, unless I missed those. If they're in the weeds or out to sea, it'd be Z S for Can, some dude for Hendrix, NickB for Genesis, or Veg for Pearl Jam.
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:20 (eight years ago) link
Well, like I said, I'm not gonna muscle anyone out of my way, but if no one ahead of me is ready to go, I'm actually in a good spot to run one over the next 2-3 weeks.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:22 (eight years ago) link
people put their names on this list so long ago, it's really hard rounding them up/reminding them tbh
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
can u take me off the list? i don't have much free time these days
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:29 (eight years ago) link
sure no problem, here's how it stands now:
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsCan - Z SJimi Hendrix - some dudeBauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OKGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Oasis - pollrunner needed for this oneGeorge Michael - Ismael KlataTalking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanVan Halen - Johnny FeverBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DBlondie - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - Stooges/Iggy Pop - French/Francophone - Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins - Bee OK
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
I'll be very busy in the next month because it's again national fair month and the bar/club I open in the zone is very time consuming this month, but I'll be open afterwards to run the hendrix or can poll if ZS and somedude don't jump in :)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
The Bauhaus poll is over.
Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one
I don't even like Oasis but I'm kind of eager to see this one happen
― soref, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:41 (eight years ago) link
is the Cars/Ric Ocasek poll still happening?
― soref, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:42 (eight years ago) link
oh right yeah scratch the Bauhaus/L&R/ToT poll thx for the catch
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:48 (eight years ago) link
Polls I'd be up to running mid-May onwards if the original poll runners are away or missing in action:
Can - Jimi Hendrix - Bjork - Erykah Badu - Aphex Twin - Stooges/Iggy Pop -
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link
i'm still on the case for Hendrix, just kinda waiting for my life to calm down before i start the whole process
― "Robots are sexy as shit" - Big Sean (some dude), Thursday, 7 April 2016 23:04 (eight years ago) link
I remember asking ZS/Karl about the Can poll and he didn't seem very enthused about running it, so I'd love to see what you'd fashion out of that, Moka.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 7 April 2016 23:20 (eight years ago) link
I can run a poll if nobody's around, but it has to be for a band I can tolerate.
I can also move the Covers poll up. I volunteered for it back in 2013, and it's looking like it won't happen until 2 or 3 years, which is insane if you think about it.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 7 April 2016 23:24 (eight years ago) link
Excellent I'll wait for Zs to chime in. What about you Eric, want me to help out on the bjork/badu polls?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 00:04 (eight years ago) link
Yeah my stereolab poll was in queue for 2.5 years or so. With the current system it's only 2 polls per month... maybe doing simultaneous voting could help so we run 4 polls per month.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
Eric if you do want to run the bjork poll I've got some ideas for the banner graphics so maybe I can help you out with those and you do the numbers/rollout.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 06:28 (eight years ago) link
Because I like running polls and I'm interested in the results I'll do Oasis and Pearl Jam (if VG doesn't mind) - can't do graphics though.
― nate woolls, Friday, 8 April 2016 06:34 (eight years ago) link
I don't know enough of either bands to provide graphics but I can try.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 08:58 (eight years ago) link
It's hard to know any kind of theme to use with either of those bands, they don't really have a look. I'd be happy with just band photos I think, just something to brighten up the rollout a bit.
― nate woolls, Friday, 8 April 2016 10:39 (eight years ago) link
For PJ I'd suggest using flannel shirt motifs in the graphics ;-)
― willem, Friday, 8 April 2016 11:15 (eight years ago) link
i was going to use the immense archive of ames bros pj tour posters for graphics
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
They do have a look! Google Pearl Jam singles or Oasis singles. Pearl Jam does that grunge aesthetic of saturated blurry images. Oasis does either wide shots or closeups of stuff framing everything. A quick sketch in my mind would be have a frame around the banner. Song title in their logo typography, additional ranking data in some other sans font over that kind of photos.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
That's for oasis. Pearl jam would probably be inspired by grunge aesthetics. David Carson style mixed with those saturated photos.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link
It obviously needs some polishing but it's a quick sketch. Something that fits each artist's album/singles artwork:
http://i.imgur.com/aRqqADw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XqLYGxY.jpg
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
Moka, you do really good work and it's appreciated.
― Austin, Friday, 8 April 2016 18:04 (eight years ago) link
Thank you!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
let's pool money so that moka can work full time on the ILM polls
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 8 April 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
LM Artist Poll No. 74 · STEREOLAB · Results Thread
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Friday, 8 April 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link
I think we should all chip in to a stipend to hire Moka as official ILM Ballot Poll Graphic Designer.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Friday, 8 April 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
beautiful!
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 8 April 2016 18:25 (eight years ago) link
Yes, brilliant. Love them.
― nate woolls, Friday, 8 April 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
I think the trick I think is to emulate the artist's artwork, it's much easier and takes less time than creating a design of your own and it'll fit each artist. There are some artists which make it hard because they don't have any significant personality in their artwork or they shift to much. David Bowie per example doesn't really have any logo/typography he used throughout the years or style of artwork that he followed which I always found odd since he was very aesthetic when it came to his 'characters', didn't seem to put much thought into his album designs, but even there you could probably pick one of his singles covers like this one: http://www.popsike.com/pix/20140118/201022411962.jpg You just need to do the hard light saturated colors (don't know if this is the actual term) in any bowie related photo you pick and a colored frame at the top with the title. It wont scream Bowie because it's just the style of a single cover that he never implemented anywhere else (although the Ziggy album cover also did that hard light thing) but hey, it'll look nice.
In the case of Bjork per example you could probably pick very different styles. Up there I'm using the Medulla/Vespertine look, but if you go back to the Homogenic days she was into digital collages and some sort anime style typography. If you want to be really ambitious you could do different artwork for each song instead of following a template but that is just to much work and noone is getting paid for this haha.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
*I think twice in there and wrote to instead of too, sorry for the language.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
those look beautiful moka
but if seven ilxors are expected to pick "don't go away" as their number one oasis song i think we should just cancel the poll right now
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Friday, 8 April 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
Hahahaha I don't know much Oasis songs googled oasis singles and it was there. I don't think I've heard it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
For Pearl Jam I was thinking something kind of like this... Grunge style is actually difficult to pull off... go figure.... this one needs way more work... also I should probably listen to Pearl Jam first, since I only know two or three songs by them.
http://i.imgur.com/FvCbdlw.jpg
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
The direction I would've gone:
http://i.imgur.com/UlOX3pU.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 9 April 2016 01:58 (eight years ago) link
pplains rocked the Steely Dan poll!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:06 (eight years ago) link
this for every single song imo
https://i.imgur.com/n6NNfO3.png
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:21 (eight years ago) link
I'll tell you, there's something to be said about these joint efforts. I've done three now and that one was the most fun, thanks to Bee. Let one person handle the spreadsheets while the other searches the internet for just the right picture of an old van parked outside a motel.
The solo ones I did, going back and forth between left brain and right brain was more taxing, having to use my entire brain and whatnot.
― pplains, Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:24 (eight years ago) link
That's a great one pplains!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:27 (eight years ago) link
i actually started the joint effort polls with New Order. i'm not a graphic's guy, so i had help first with New Order and then onto Steely Dan and finally Spoon. all three people who helped me blew my mind and made my polls so much better than they would have been.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:38 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wFqyL4Z.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:40 (eight years ago) link
omg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:45 (eight years ago) link
i hope we keep some sort of order, i know i have waited years to run some of my polls. if we just start picking random one we like, it really isn't fair for people who have been waiting for years for a band to finally come around. regardless of who actually finally runs the poll.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:53 (eight years ago) link
I actually love doing images and don't love making spreadsheets so if you want me to help out send me a mail and if I'm free I'll let you know!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 9 April 2016 04:12 (eight years ago) link
I'm the opposite, always happy to help out with any spreadsheet work for anyone who's not so good with them.
― nate woolls, Saturday, 9 April 2016 07:51 (eight years ago) link
You don't want to go back and do The Fall ones?
(Joking, obv)
― Mark G, Saturday, 9 April 2016 12:35 (eight years ago) link
So who is next?
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 9 April 2016 15:39 (eight years ago) link
Nah, Tarfumes already did that poll like five years ago.
― pplains, Saturday, 9 April 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
Same here!
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Sunday, 10 April 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link
So what's next?
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 17 April 2016 12:23 (eight years ago) link
yeah, someone needs to step up and run a poll. i know some dude or Johnny Fever said they can do it?
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 02:22 (eight years ago) link
here are the next 20 or so, since they fell off:
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsCan - Z SJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Oasis - pollrunner needed for this oneGeorge Michael - Ismael KlataTalking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanVan Halen - Johnny FeverBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chap
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 02:26 (eight years ago) link
I can run a poll too, although I'm pretty low-frills in terms of images.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 02:34 (eight years ago) link
i would love to see a kornrulez poll! you can always get help with images, i do it all the time.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 02:41 (eight years ago) link
we almost need a system for abandoned polls.
thoughts ILM?
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 02:42 (eight years ago) link
just start a poll of singles that peaked at #7 in leap years to tide yourself over
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 02:46 (eight years ago) link
If this was a couple of months ago I would probably have offered to move up but I'm likely to be changing jobs and there's a giant DC clusterfuck on the horizon that I need to tackle for I Love Comics so I think I need to wait my turn.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 08:38 (eight years ago) link
i would love to see a kornrulez poll!
I don't know what you're talking about. I ran the Elvis Costello poll, which was the highest rated, most beloved ILM poll in history. Nobody does polls better than kornrulez6969. Right now our polls have a lot of problems. The best songs aren't winning. But we're going to fix all that, this I can tell you.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 14:41 (eight years ago) link
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2016 00:40 (eight years ago) link
Bauhaus was correct "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is second to "Dark Entries."
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
so what's the next poll?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
yeah what's next?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsCan - Z SJimi Hendrix - some dude
these 5 feel like they've been hanging around forever, waitin for their poll runners to step up
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
Vaguely tempted to ask for Bacharach back from C. Grisso and start that one, but nah.
― kills 1.8 percent of household germs (WilliamC), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:05 (eight years ago) link
Maybe a new Prince poll?
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 12:07 (eight years ago) link
I'd say too soon: So much of his stuff being reposted here anyway.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 13:03 (eight years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished) Just a simple song but God I love it Embedded in me, so bittersweet I’m addicted, I’m a melancholic Sing it again, I’ll be your Poll forever: THE BOO RADLEYS - ILM artist poll #60 or new numbering #6561. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) *was originally 79 but fits here with the other no number polls64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished) Deez POLLABLE Heroes - THE ILM //METALLICA\ POLL RESULTS67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished) POLL POLL POLL POLL POLL - SPOON (ILM artist poll #67) --- The results thread68. Queen - charlie h (finished) The Fairy POLLers Master-Stroke: The ILX Queen Poll Results Thread (#68 in a series)69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished) Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a POLL: ILM Artist Poll #69 • Pixies (results!)69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and POLLed: The ILM Nirvana poll results thread (Poll #69)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy - Finally... The Top 200 Extreme Metal Albums of ALL TIME!(results)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished) - YOU RANK ME BABY, YEAH YOU RATE ME 1-2 - ILM Artist Poll #71 - Tom Petty (results)72. The Smiths - nate woolls - IF IT'S NOT LOVE THEN IT'S THE POLL THAT WILL BRING US TOGETHER - ILM Artist Poll #72 - THE SMITHS - RESULTS THREAD73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK - We POLL Our Audience: You, The Night and The Music - BAUHAUS - Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail, Peter Murphy etcetera - ILM artist poll number 73 - results thread74. Stereolab - Moka - LM Artist Poll No. 74 · STEREOLAB · Results Thread
― Bee OK, Saturday, 30 April 2016 02:12 (eight years ago) link
I can run something, I have the time and inclination.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 30 April 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
I'm up for running the Can, Bjork or Hendrix poll in two weeks let me know.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 April 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link
i think Can is a brilliant idea, Bjork is too far down the list and some dude said he will do Hendrix and he is not MIA.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 30 April 2016 03:32 (eight years ago) link
Ok if Zs doesnt mind I can start the voting thread May 9th. Unless someone else starts a poll before.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 April 2016 03:35 (eight years ago) link
Have we really not done REM yet? I have misgivings about the universe.
― hardcore dilettante, Sunday, 8 May 2016 04:40 (eight years ago) link
REM was done a long time ago, actually as the predecessor to all these polls, but I think the setup was different enough that it never gets included in the master list.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 8 May 2016 04:47 (eight years ago) link
DO EM AGAIN
says drunk me.
― hardcore dilettante, Sunday, 8 May 2016 04:48 (eight years ago) link
hear hear
― bunny slopes, Sunday, 8 May 2016 06:51 (eight years ago) link
As the REM pollmaster, I have several times endorsed a do-over owing to the very idiosyncratic nom system and improbable (if interesting) results. I'd be happy to re-do it - it's been seven years! - but also think it'd be appropriate to pass the torch. Go for it!
― sisterhood of the baggering vance (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 8 May 2016 08:21 (eight years ago) link
Or wait, rogermexico's got it, right?
― sisterhood of the baggering vance (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 8 May 2016 08:22 (eight years ago) link
I'm happy to leave it in your hands. I think I've "got it" only bc I was early and vocal on the idiosyncrasy of that proto-poll and need for proper poll of record
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 9 May 2016 06:41 (eight years ago) link
You were right though! Plus you've been on-deck for it since October 2013, and besides, you have a much more respectable CV as poll-runner. I say keep it; if you like, keep me in mind as an alternate or helper, should circumstances interfere or something.
I would love to re-run all the individual album polls, with new and improved POLL pun titles, as a warm-up, but I think I would get kicked off of ILX. Still, that was the one thing I think I did right about the poll - preceding it with several months of intense REM discussion, which I think got a lot of oddball songs back into rotation for people. Not a model that would work for every artist, and some folks would be screaming, but kinda cool.
― sisterhood of the baggering vance (Doctor Casino), Monday, 9 May 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
DO IT DO IT DO IT
listened to Reckoning this morning coincidentally, feel right now like voting Little America #1
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 9 May 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
Let's just get some type of poll going.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 9 May 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
paging:
gr8080 for Hard Rock/Hair MetalGukbe for Stephin MerrittBilly Dods for Fairport Convention et alZ S for Cansome dude for Jimi Hendrix
if it's a bad time for all of them, has anyone got a line on NickB, C. Grisso, Raymond Cummings, or sleeve?
― sisterhood of the baggering vance (Doctor Casino), Monday, 9 May 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
I figure if you aren't checking this thread when it's regularly revived then you are kind of sacrificing your place in line as a poll runner, and whoever actually is paying attention gets first dibs
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 May 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
I will be happy to do Hendrix or Fairport from the list above.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 9 May 2016 21:09 (eight years ago) link
yr welcome to either imo
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 May 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
i really don't think we should start giving people's polls away to other people. i'd agree with sliding down the list to someone who's here and ready - that seems common-sensical. i'd even endorse moving the no-showers down a ways in the queue so we don't keep banging into them. everybody has seasons where they're not as active on ILX for whatever reason, life happens, but if someone's been waiting years to run poll X, it shouldn't just get tossed to someone else imho.
― sisterhood of the baggering vance (Doctor Casino), Monday, 9 May 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
if someone's been waiting years to run poll X
"waiting" being the questionable term here
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 May 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
I have the distinct impression most people put their names on this list years ago and have totally forgotten about it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 May 2016 21:25 (eight years ago) link
I can still do Bacharach, but due to work stuff it would be June at the earliest.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 May 2016 21:28 (eight years ago) link
OK is there anybody around who relatively close to the top of the queue who would like to run their poll?
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 9 May 2016 21:28 (eight years ago) link
I've already asked ZS about the Can poll, and he was indifferent to curating it -- so it should be up for grabs to anyone willing (Moka!).
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Monday, 9 May 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
Keep waiting for someone to just go Leroy Jenkins on one of these.
― pplains, Monday, 9 May 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link
i hear you, shakey. but since it's impossible to know what states other people and their lives are in, then on the off chance that someone does still want to do theirs, i feel like robbing them of that is a bigger wrong than the rest of us not getting to vote in that poll at that particular time, y'know? especially when there are a million more down the queue that we can just bump up in the running. i just really would hate for it to become a precedent and then oh whoops my poll comes up in the same week that i'm moving or starting a new job or whatever the fuck.
― sisterhood of the baggering vance (Doctor Casino), Monday, 9 May 2016 23:01 (eight years ago) link
"Send an email to this user?"
― hardcore dilettante, Monday, 9 May 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Monday, May 9, 2016 5:09 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Οὖτις, Monday, May 9, 2016 5:11 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no you're not
― a goon shaped tool (some dude), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 00:11 (eight years ago) link
xxposts to Doc C - we can discuss when the time comes :)
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 01:09 (eight years ago) link
If Zs is fine with it I can start running the voting thread for Can.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 05:09 (eight years ago) link
Oh for the love of God somebody please start a poll. Things have dwindled down to arguing about the moral implications of fake sex tapes leaked by inane synth pop duos. Music fucking sucks right now.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link
― pplains, Monday, May 9, 2016 6:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You're waiting for someone to play violin with the AACM?
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:36 (eight years ago) link
If someone can do a quick whatever with the pivot table to tally results for me at the end of voting, I'll start Van Halen tonight.
Everybody wants some!!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
I have no idea what that means, and you have no idea what I was talking about. I think we're even.
― pplains, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
Go for it, I'll do your results for you.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 05:49 (eight years ago) link
Still makes me chuckle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hooKVstzbz0
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 10:09 (eight years ago) link
xp Thanks nate! I'll copy all the ballots over for you at the end of voting and you can do your thing.
One break, comin' uuuuuup... ILM Artist Poll #75 - VAN HALEN (Voting thread)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
No problem! Although could you send the ballots over to me as you get them? That way I don't have to do all the duplicate checks etc in one go.
I think you've got my email address from voting in one of my polls?
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 14:19 (eight years ago) link
Sure, will do.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 14:25 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6ZNYEJz.jpg
Can poll on hold then? O_O
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
man u should just do all the poll graphics
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 22:16 (eight years ago) link
If I do get to run the Can poll was actually thinking about mixing some 70s illustration + advertising instead of bands photos (otherwise it will all be b/w which is not a bad look but idk...) - like so:
http://i.imgur.com/LgJ2zXz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/mRaJtiU.jpg
What do you think?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 23:01 (eight years ago) link
Great but that first one is a photo of Popol Vuh isn't it?
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link
I like the adverts over the band photos!
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 23:30 (eight years ago) link
(I like the band photo mockup plenty, just that I prefer colors over B&W for the full Moka effect.)
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 23:31 (eight years ago) link
Moka, those are beautiful!
I didn't mean to jump in line. Nobody was doing anything and hadn't been doing anything for a while, so I moved Van Halen from pending to active.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 23:46 (eight years ago) link
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.)
Yes! Hahaha good eye. I was doing tests and just googled Krautrock.
No worries JF I'm actually kind of busy opening yet another bar/restaurant with some partners and I was jumping in because noone was doing a poll. I'll be happy to wait or leave the Can poll alone if ZS wants to do it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link
ASK KARL MALONE
^^^ Karl Malone == ZS for those who still need to update their .xls.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, May 11, 2016 6:46 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― pplains, Thursday, 12 May 2016 01:44 (eight years ago) link
i was wondering why florian fricke was in the can poll too!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
Johnny Fever: have you had any ballots yet? Can you forward any you've got to me so I can make a start?
― nate woolls, Monday, 16 May 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Six in. Just sent them your way.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 16 May 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka)
go for it! i have 3 major life events happening all at once right now, so no point on waiting on me. but i'd be happy to someone do it!
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2016 18:06 (eight years ago) link
Have you seen Junior's grades?! ILM Artist Poll #75 - VAN HALEN (Results thread)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 26 May 2016 01:30 (eight years ago) link
who is ready?
ay
― a goon shaped tool (some dude), Thursday, 26 May 2016 02:03 (eight years ago) link
great, Jimi Hendrix is next ;-)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 26 May 2016 02:06 (eight years ago) link
Spotify Playlist of #1's from these polls updated: https://open.spotify.com/user/pplains/playlist/0kvFfYc22XpoGjCkvfoMZf
Let me know if you see anything inaccurate.
― pplains, Friday, 27 May 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link
Oh cool, I didn't realize (or had forgotten) that you'd made that.
― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Friday, 27 May 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
I'd like to do a Devo poll, can that be added to the list please?
― soref, Saturday, 4 June 2016 19:54 (eight years ago) link
pplains: The Neil Young #1 was "Powderfinger," not "Only Love Can Break Your Heart." I don't think it matters, though, neither one's on there.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 June 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
Both Neil Young songs can be found on Tidal.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 4 June 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
Who the fuck really listens to Tidal? #betamax
― kraudive, Saturday, 4 June 2016 22:50 (eight years ago) link
Looking forward to Hendrix.
― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Saturday, 4 June 2016 23:00 (eight years ago) link
Hendrix when?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 5 June 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
some dude doesn't believe in clocks.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 5 June 2016 00:51 (eight years ago) link
Devastating head-fake.
― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Saturday, 11 June 2016 00:36 (eight years ago) link
my polls are always awesome and they're awesome because i do them when i'm ready to
― Dierks Bentley's Holistic Detective Agency (some dude), Saturday, 11 June 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
tough to argue with that
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 June 2016 00:59 (eight years ago) link
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 June 2016 05:40 (eight years ago) link
Cause my life is dope and I do dope polls.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 11 June 2016 07:25 (eight years ago) link
Fucksake
― groovypanda, Saturday, 11 June 2016 20:47 (eight years ago) link
In two weeks I can run the Can poll if you want and there's noone working on a poll.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 03:27 (eight years ago) link
I'm not in charge of this process, but consider it penciled in!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 03:44 (eight years ago) link
Come on who is up next? We gotta keep this moving. I can start Hendrix or Fairport tomorrow if need be. I'm tired of waiting.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 16 June 2016 02:05 (eight years ago) link
maybe some dude will communicate his demands
― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Thursday, 16 June 2016 02:14 (eight years ago) link
y'all are weirdos for acting like this isn't something we do for fun at our convenience
― Dierks Bentley's Holistic Detective Agency (some dude), Thursday, 16 June 2016 02:37 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, somebody just do one. How many people on the list even visit the thread anymore?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 16 June 2016 02:54 (eight years ago) link
would it be a good idea to start a new thread and get people to reaffirm that they still want to run the poll(s) they're down up for? seeing as some people signed up years ago and have probably forgotten about it and are no longer checking this thread? (not suggesting that we start removing people from the list if they don't respond immediately, give them some time obv, but the current system doesn't really appear to be working?)
― soref, Thursday, 16 June 2016 12:43 (eight years ago) link
Can't wait to see your graphics!
― Interpretive Jigglypuffery (Leee), Thursday, 16 June 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
is anyone planning on starting something soon? if not, can I start a Devo ballot poll? I don't want to step on the toes of people who have been waiting, but it seems like nothing much is happening at the moment?
― soref, Monday, 20 June 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
Is the Merritt one happening? If no one is doing it I volunteer to do it about a month from now.
― daavid, Monday, 20 June 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link
Should I take over and run the Oasis poll? (is ILM really interested?)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 June 2016 01:29 (eight years ago) link
Sorry! Remember that bar that I'm in on our national fair? We moved location and we've just opened this weekend and it's doing great so I'm very busy :/ not sure I'll have time soon to make the Can poll :/
Here's images from Saturday
http://m.imgur.com/aTmj2cc,slcTdyX,oOACT13,4YJJmUE,sBliOMr
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 June 2016 02:47 (eight years ago) link
Ahh yeah pleease someone do the Merritt poll, it's the one I'm most eagerly anticipating
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 30 June 2016 03:42 (eight years ago) link
I can start the Devo poll today if nobody else is planning on doing a poll for the next couple of weeks, I'll wait of course if Gukbe wants to start the Merritt poll, or if anyone else who's been waiting in the queue is good to go
― soref, Thursday, 30 June 2016 13:43 (eight years ago) link
DE-VODE-VODE-VO
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 30 June 2016 13:49 (eight years ago) link
Devo? They have more than one song?
― daavid, Thursday, 30 June 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
flag post
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 June 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
;)
― daavid, Thursday, 30 June 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
I'll start this later on today then, if nobody else pipes up?
― soref, Thursday, 30 June 2016 19:28 (eight years ago) link
Please do.
― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Thursday, 30 June 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
ilm DEVO BALLOT POLL aka unconPOLLable urge (voting closes 10 July)
― soref, Thursday, 30 June 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link
yeah finally a new poll, i was beginning to wonder if we would ever have artist poll number 76.
― Bee OK, Friday, 1 July 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
I'm so tired I feel like I haven't sleep in a month. Next week I'll be in Mexico city working with Corona beer (can't tell much but it's music related and I'm very excited!) and since all the people I know there are workaholics I'll have all week free in the evening. I could run the CAN voting thread and roll results when the Devo poll is over (who the hell is Devo!?)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 2 July 2016 08:15 (eight years ago) link
*slept not sleep
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 2 July 2016 08:16 (eight years ago) link
Ok, just putting this out there ...
Should we do a Can poll? I might even volunteer to run it if folks wanted to do is ASAP ...
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, Poll 77 - Can
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Can we do a Should poll?
― Nicholas Nickelback (Leee), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link
Whoops! I must have missed that. I guess it's hard to do a word search for the word "can."
Question: could we get this done this summer? Love these polls when I have time to stalk them.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 7 July 2016 00:05 (eight years ago) link
Is this list now completely out the window? I've been patiently waiting years for the chance to do my covers poll.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 7 July 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
I say just do your covers poll!
― Nicholas Nickelback (Leee), Thursday, 7 July 2016 00:16 (eight years ago) link
The whole purpose of the list is that, once upon a time, so many people wanted to run polls that it was mayhem trying to have them all going at once. Now, nobody wants to run polls and the list is basically a relic/reminder.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 7 July 2016 00:31 (eight years ago) link
I can do one next week.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 7 July 2016 00:40 (eight years ago) link
the list is still there, it just fell off. it sounds like Devo, and then Can and then i was going to do Oasis (i think). but since it has been so dead lately that if you are ready to do your poll you can pretty much do it at any time. just so long as one is not running when one is going on.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 7 July 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link
I say put the word out on here and give it a week for people to respond. Whoever says they are still interested just start a new list with those and move the others to the back with no name attached. If people volunteer to run an 'unspoken for' poll then cool that one is back in at the end of the 'spoken for' list .
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Thursday, 7 July 2016 00:57 (eight years ago) link
One thing I used to like was how people would bump this thread (or its ancestors) when a poll got going. It was an easy way to know when some hott poll action was happening.
Psyched for the Can poll!
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 7 July 2016 02:16 (eight years ago) link
One thing I used to like was how people would bump this thread (or its ancestors) when a poll got going
^ I think this is essential for those of us who just pop in every now and then and see which bookmarked threads have been posted to, rather than diligently scrolling down through ILM new answers once an hour
― remain in the privacy of the booth (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 9 July 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Yes, the Can poll has not been done.
― Mark G, Saturday, 9 July 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link
time for an old fashion update:
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished) 61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) *was originally 79 but fits here with the other no number polls64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished) 67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished) 68. Queen - charlie h (finished) 69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished) 69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished) 72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished0 73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished)74. Stereolab - Moka (finished)75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished)
76. Devo - soref - voting has been extened: ilm DEVO BALLOT POLL aka unconPOLLable urge (voting closes 10 July)
77. Can - Z S Moka78. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one Bee OK
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2George Michael - Ismael KlataTalking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanVan Halen - Johnny FeverBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DBlondie - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - Stooges/Iggy Pop - French/Francophone - Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins - Bee OK
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 July 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
I'll start the Can voting poll next week when the Devo thread is over. So Devo can roll results while I do the vote count. How many weeks for voting do you guys feel is ok? Two weeks?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 9 July 2016 22:03 (eight years ago) link
usually it is a 10 day window but two weeks should be fine.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 July 2016 23:20 (eight years ago) link
Need more time to savor those sweet sweet Can epics...
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 July 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link
Since it looks like the Can poll is covered, one other suggestion I could run is Tim Buckley if people think there's an appetite for that. Short career but nine albums' worth of material.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 10 July 2016 04:56 (eight years ago) link
results for the Devo poll happening now
in the past this information has been suppressed, but now it can be POLLED - Devo ballot poll results thread
― soref, Thursday, 14 July 2016 15:06 (eight years ago) link
I will do Van Morrison. Please me on the list for that.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 14 July 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
ILM Artist Poll No. 77 · CAN · Results Thread
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 01:53 (eight years ago) link
Your music's shite it keeps me Polling all night: OASIS (ILM artist poll 78) --- Voting open until Sunday August 14, 2016
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 02:04 (eight years ago) link
I would love a French-language / Francophone music poll.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 13:53 (eight years ago) link
I think that would be great too. I don't know if there are enough francophones/francophiles on this board though? It's also pretty vast as a category, but I would be willing to run it if there is an interest.
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 7 August 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link
POLL With It - OASIS (ILM artist poll #78) --- The results thread
― Bee OK, Thursday, 25 August 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
who's next?
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
who's up?
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 3 September 2016 15:31 (eight years ago) link
anyone interesting in going? i think anyone who has time can go ahead and run a poll.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 02:10 (eight years ago) link
I could do another one if you'd like... these are the ones I'm up for if you are... I could also nominate polls from artists that are not yet there like...: Captain Beefheart, Arthur Russell, Belle & Sebastian, The Zombies, Animal Collective, My Bloody Valentine, Portishead, Massive Attack, Kanye West...
Jimi Hendrix - some dudeTalking Heads - Bee OKBjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieErykah Badu - Eric H.Aphex Twin - Stevie DElvis Presley - EulerStooges/Iggy Pop - Smashing Pumpkins - Bee OK
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:06 (eight years ago) link
Kanye seems like the most "I can't believe we haven't already done this!" choice.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:09 (eight years ago) link
Maybe it's because he's still releasing new albums and singles every year or two? Well, you can add me up to that one and I can skip everyone else in line if noone cares.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:14 (eight years ago) link
I was going to say I was amazed that there's never been a Janet Jackson ballot poll, but then I realised there was this tracks poll for all the Jackson siblings:
The Jacksons Tracks - Smooth CrimiPOLL results1!!1!!!!
not enough Janet in the top 10 imo
― soref, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:19 (eight years ago) link
Wu-Tang would be interesting, such a gigantic catalog
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:27 (eight years ago) link
By that reckoning, Acid Mothers Temple would be intersting too.
― write sed fread (Leee), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:29 (eight years ago) link
Definitely Elvis. Most people would benifit from delving into that discography.
― simmel, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:41 (eight years ago) link
I don't know if NickB is still wanting to do the "Genesis + solo" poll at some point? I was hoping that "solo" would encompass literally *everything* any of them did, so you could vote for, say, The Knife and Sussudio and Over My Shoulder on the same ballot.
― soref, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:42 (eight years ago) link
i think you should go ahead and run Stooges/Iggy Pop Moka as it is the only one without a name attached to it. it also got bumped down the line as flopson bailed on it. some dude is going to do Hendrix, i will do Talking Heads but not until February of 2017. flappy bird is doing Animal Collective he just doesn't know it yet. i'm also going to probably drop Blondie and do The Jesus and Mary Chain instead. If MBV goes then Joy Division should also get a poll. what fun we can have...
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:48 (eight years ago) link
Ismael Klata reached out to me about doing George Michael. i think he should go ahead and open up that poll!
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 23:51 (eight years ago) link
I could start the wu one as early as next week
― Spottie, Thursday, 8 September 2016 00:03 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I'd love to do the Stooges/Iggy Pop one. I go on a Stooges and Cramps binge every year when the summer dies.
Oooh we don't have a Cramps poll in line either!? How? Sign me up for that one too. I don't know if there's enough interest in ILM for them but I love them.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 8 September 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
I love The Cramps, but mostly the first handful of years rather than all the later years. My ballot would be boring.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 8 September 2016 02:42 (eight years ago) link
I've been summoned. I'll put the George Michael poll up later today. I've got a short window where this is possible, so let's get on with it.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 September 2016 09:28 (eight years ago) link
Good grief
― Ireland's Industry (that is what we are) (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 8 September 2016 11:34 (eight years ago) link
Well, exactly.
Wham! It's the GEORGE MICHAEL TRACKS POLL voting thread (voting ends Saturday 17 September)
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 September 2016 12:20 (eight years ago) link
Testing for the stooges poll. Stealing the look from Jarmusch's documentary because I like how it looks:
http://i.imgur.com/sE0cb6i.jpg
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 9 September 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
looks great.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 9 September 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link
Seconded this would be fun
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Friday, 9 September 2016 05:47 (eight years ago) link
Elvis is long due. Should've been one of the first polls, him and chuck berry are the first musicians I think of when trying to define an 'American' sound.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 9 September 2016 09:43 (eight years ago) link
Chuck Berry also doesn't have a poll in line it seems! How in the hell did we get a Timbaland poll before an Elvis and Chuck Berry poll!?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 9 September 2016 09:47 (eight years ago) link
I don't know if NickB is still wanting to do the "Genesis + solo" poll at some point? I was hoping that "solo" would encompass literally *everything* any of them did, so you could vote for, say, The Knife and Sussudio and Over My Shoulder on the same ballot.― soref, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 11:42 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― soref, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 11:42 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
forgot about this and too busy to do it for the next couple of months. if anyone else wants to run with it in the meantime then go for it. but yes, had hoped to include everything from 'watcher of the skies' to 'easy lover' to 'don't give up' etc
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Friday, 9 September 2016 09:56 (eight years ago) link
my only wish is that if you want to run the poll, you need to call the voting thread 'get 'em in by friday'
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Friday, 9 September 2016 09:58 (eight years ago) link
How in the hell did we get a Timbaland poll before an Elvis and Chuck Berry poll!?
this is ILX; the legacy of popist iconoclasm persists even through this consolidatory canon-building phase
― ogmor, Friday, 9 September 2016 10:24 (eight years ago) link
Also, most of us aren't 60 years old.
― Tuomas, Friday, 9 September 2016 11:15 (eight years ago) link
Also, ilx has a small but dedicated hiking community.
― how's life, Friday, 9 September 2016 11:32 (eight years ago) link
Somewhere upthread I mused that Chuck, and this might apply to Elvis also, may not really be ideal for the format/board, since their important work is primarily singles-based so you're really just ranking the greatest hits. The "Great Twenty-Eight" radio button thread is pretty good!
But there is something to RANKING the hits rather than just doing an OPO, and maybe some folks would take the opportunity to dig into the albums, or lesser-known singles. Finally, "The Broken Arrow" gets its due! Ahhh, fuck it, put Chuck in the queue - I'd be down to run that poll, Moka, unless you want it.
― Silence, followed by unintelligible stammering. (Doctor Casino), Friday, 9 September 2016 13:08 (eight years ago) link
Incase anybody is interested this is your last day to vote in the lifetime of ilm heavy rock & metal pollhttp://ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=104302#unread
― LAST DAY to vote in ILM Lifetime heavy Rock & Metal Poll! (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 9 September 2016 13:39 (eight years ago) link
Lawdy Miss Clawdy it's time for an Elvis Presley poll.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 9 September 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link
Why do you have to be 60 to like rock n roll?
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Friday, 9 September 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
Im sure it helps though
― LAST DAY to vote in ILM Lifetime heavy Rock & Metal Poll! (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 9 September 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
How?Just interested. I don't see age as a prohibitive factor in appreciating music. I was about 8 when I first heard Elvis and 10 when way down came out and he literally went way on down.
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Friday, 9 September 2016 15:20 (eight years ago) link
i agree, i was just joking. An Elvis poll would be good so I could learn about all the early elvis on Sun Records. I only really know the big hits
― LAST DAY to vote in ILM Lifetime heavy Rock & Metal Poll! (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 9 September 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
Portishead, Massive Attack
It might make more sense to do a 'Bristol Sound' poll than do these acts separately (especially considering their relatively thin discographies).
― chap, Friday, 9 September 2016 15:33 (eight years ago) link
that would be fun
― LAST DAY to vote in ILM Lifetime heavy Rock & Metal Poll! (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 9 September 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
I'd be up for running it, probably.
― chap, Friday, 9 September 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
do it!
― LAST DAY to vote in ILM Lifetime heavy Rock & Metal Poll! (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 9 September 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
Who'd be in, who'd be out though? Are we including the Third Eye Foundation/Crescent/Flying Saucer Attack/Amp/Movietone Bristol scene? I think you have to.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 9 September 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
Not sure I see those bands necessarily being connected to Massive Attack other than geographically, could make a stronger argument for including Neneh, Smith & Mighty, Fresh Four, Krust, Roni Size, Kosheen etc
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Friday, 9 September 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
Don't get me wrong I love Timbaland but I still feel Elvis is... well, he's Elvis. You don't have to be 60 years old to love the man. Also if the argument for not having an Elvis poll is because it's 'old people' music then I don't know how half of these polls got made. You're old ILMz
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 9 September 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
Also the 'timbaland' signature sound started in 1996. Assuming you were 20 in 1996 you're 40 now so Timbaland is also old, dad music.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 9 September 2016 19:40 (eight years ago) link
We need a Wire poll. I will be more than happy to run that.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 10 September 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 9 September 2016 16:02 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB)
I dunno, if I were to do it I might keep it simple and limited to Portishead, Massive Attack and Tricky if that sounds at all justifiable? Maybe Wild Bunch as well?
― chap, Saturday, 10 September 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
This is the reason an Elvis poll should be of the whole catalogue not just "the hits". Lots of gems tucked away.
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 05:55 (eight years ago) link
3 P albums, 3 MA albums, 2-3 Tricky (counting Nearly God), over which there are about 100 songs? Sounds doable.
― write sed fread (Leee), Thursday, 15 September 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
There are 5 MA albums!
― chap, Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:33 (eight years ago) link
far more than 2-3 tricky albums, too
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 15 September 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I mean ones that would realistically get a significant number of votes!
― write sed fread (Leee), Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:43 (eight years ago) link
I think a few songs off Heligoland could do alright.
― chap, Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
Hey, I like the Hope Sandoval song! I was taking a very conservatively estimating the minimum of songs we'd have in the pool.
― write sed fread (Leee), Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:59 (eight years ago) link
Which one? I could conceivably vote for both Paradise Circus and The Spoils (even though the latter is only a few weeks old).
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 15 September 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
Oh is there a new one?? "Paradise Circus" obviously is the one I like.
― write sed fread (Leee), Thursday, 15 September 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
You're missing out, I think the EP and couple of songs from the upcoming album that they've released so far are my favorite ones since Mezzanine.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 16 September 2016 14:30 (eight years ago) link
I think they're also a proper band again and Daddy G and Mushroom are back, don't quote me on that.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 16 September 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
Daddy G has been back since Heligoland hasn't he?
I just looked at credits for this year's releases and it turns out Ritual Spirit is only 3D and The Spoils is only Daddy G, i hadn't realised.
a bit of a tangent though
― ufo, Friday, 16 September 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
Yeah just checked that's dissapointing. But well at least Tricky's back as a collaborator in two songs?
Herbie Hancock also credited? Is it a sample?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 16 September 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Anyhoo back to this thread; I agree a Bristol trip hop poll would be great but only including Tricky, Portishead and MA. A full genre poll would take too much time to listen. Tricky's catalogue alone is actually extensive and you have to do digging to find the actual gems, there's many crap, but there's at least an interesting track per album.
I like Nearly God better than Maxinquaye... maybe I overplayed it too much so I prefer the former when I'm in Tricky mood.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 16 September 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
Looking at his albums and my my, Tricky has some terrible album covers. I think only MA are interesting media-wise, cool videos, cool artwork. Portishead are also very dull in their imagery but Tricky just has bad taste.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 16 September 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link
I uh like PMT's artwork.
― write sed fread (Leee), Friday, 16 September 2016 21:35 (eight years ago) link
I'm down for running a NIN poll soon, but at this point I'd be much more excited to run a Bristol trip-hop one as described. Would it be incredibly poor form to switch subjects?
― chap, Saturday, 17 September 2016 14:16 (eight years ago) link
NB: Tomorrow is the deadline for Dedication to Polls and Voters: Notated Music Since 1890 - Voting and Discussion Thread
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Saturday, 17 September 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
I'd vastly prefer a trip-hop to a NIN poll. Go for it, chap!
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 17 September 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
Ditto!
― rm -rf / (Leee), Saturday, 17 September 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link
Meantime, feel free to check out
LET'S GET IT ON! It's the ~~~ 1970s SOUL ALBUMS POLL ~~~ NOMINATIONS AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 17 September 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
I'd really, really like to do a jungle/drum 'n bass poll. Any interest in that?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
― Le Bateau Ivre,
YES. Especially if some hardcore was allowed as well.
― chap, Sunday, 18 September 2016 02:15 (eight years ago) link
I'd totally vote in that! And yeah hardcore/jungle/drum'n'bass (but not later variations like dubstep) would be a proper way to poll it.
― Tuomas, Monday, 19 September 2016 06:49 (eight years ago) link
I agree. There's no denying things were crossing over like that. Dubstep though, nah.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 19 September 2016 10:11 (eight years ago) link
A dubstep and emergent genres could be cool too, maybe a bit tricky to define though.
― chap, Monday, 19 September 2016 11:47 (eight years ago) link
*dubstep and emergent genres poll
Voting deadline extended until Friday: Dedication to Polls and Voters: Notated Music Since 1890 - Voting and Discussion Thread
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
Hot damn! Everybody let's play the GEORGE MICHAEL TRACKS POLL results thread
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
So are we just ignoring the list now? Is that how it's going to be? You people are iconoclasts! Mockers of institutions. It's not right goddamnit. I've been waiting for years...YEARS to run my covers poll.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 02:50 (eight years ago) link
no and no. you will have your day...
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 03:53 (eight years ago) link
I have tried to update as best that I could:
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished) 61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) 64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished) 67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished) 68. Queen - charlie h (finished) 69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished) 69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished) 72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished0 73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished)74. Stereolab - Moka (finished)75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished)76. Devo - soref (finished)77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)78. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one Bee OK (finished)79. George Michael - Ismael Klata
The Stooges/Iggy Pop - pollrunner needed for this one MokaHard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Talking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie D**The Jesus and Mary Chain - Bee OK (instead of Blondie)Blondie - Bee OK pollrunner needed for this oneJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - pollrunner needed for this oneFrench/Francophone - Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins - Bee OK
*Added:
The Cars/Ric Ocasek - crütTim Buckley - Naive Teen IdolVan Morrison - kornrulez6969Animal Collective - flappy birdThe Cramps - MokaBristol trip-hop - chapWire - kornrulez6969jungle/drum 'n bass - Le Bateau IvreSuede - Bee OK
― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 September 2016 01:15 (eight years ago) link
yes, i added The Jesus and Mary Chain and Suede to my name but dropped Blondie.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 September 2016 01:44 (eight years ago) link
the outliers:
Dedication to Polls and Voters: Notated Music Since 1890 - Voting and Discussion Thread
― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 September 2016 01:59 (eight years ago) link
Run your covers poll, man!
― rm -rf / (Leee), Thursday, 22 September 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
― simmel, Thursday, 22 September 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
Bravo to Bee OK for reconsolidating the list - things were getting a little floppy and confusing there.
So, first-ish call for the following folks: Moka, gr8080, Gukbe, Billy Dods, some dude, NickB, C. Grisso/McCain, Raymond Cummings and sleeve - think you'll be in a good spot to tackle your upcoming polls? Any of you in a good spot in the next few weeks, in case the first couple people can't do theirs just yet?
― Silence, followed by unintelligible stammering. (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 22 September 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link
I can do it. when do you need me?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 September 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
Looks like Ismael Klata just wrapped George Michael results yesterday, so the pitcher's mound is open if you're ready to play ball...!
― Silence, followed by unintelligible stammering. (Doctor Casino), Friday, 23 September 2016 23:42 (eight years ago) link
Considering the spirit of ilm is less participatory now than a few years ago, and TMBG was always going to be a niche poll anyway, you may as well drop me off the list for that one next time you revise it.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 24 September 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link
http://ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=104615
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 24 September 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
it didn't link right for me: http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=104615#unread
― Bee OK, Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:17 (eight years ago) link
i will do it this way, so it's here: ILM Artist Poll No. 80 · Iggy & The Stooges · Voting Thread-End 11/01/16
― Bee OK, Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:19 (eight years ago) link
i would not say things are slowing down, the Smiths tied for the most ballots ever and that was this year. i just think it depends on the poll or artist so i hope you end up not bailing on They Might Be Giants. i'm pretty sure my Talking Heads poll will be really, really popular.
xpost to Johnny Fever
― Bee OK, Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:21 (eight years ago) link
could I request Robyn Hitchcock?
― campreverb, Saturday, 24 September 2016 15:27 (eight years ago) link
JF, sorry to hear you feel that way! I don't think of ILM as less participatory, though maybe a little less...frantic? Idk. I was looking forward to your TMBG poll, so naturally I hope you reconsider.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 September 2016 15:56 (eight years ago) link
Requesting a voting extension for the Stooges poll so it's two weeks instead of one. Yay or nay?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 24 September 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
i think two weeks would be fine, it would give me more time too.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 24 September 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Ok! If I'm stepping on someone else please let me know.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 24 September 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
Check out the
~~~ ILM 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL ~~~
Voting closes in one week!
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 10 October 2016 08:18 (eight years ago) link
ILM Artist Poll No. 80 · Iggy & The Stooges · Results Thread
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 04:56 (eight years ago) link
You have about 24 hours left to vote for your favorite 70's soul albums, so
DO IT NOW!
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 16 October 2016 05:28 (eight years ago) link
PEOPLE... HOLD ON. It's the ~~~ ILM 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL ~~~ results thread!
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 17 October 2016 11:06 (eight years ago) link
bump, bum-pity, bump. anyone willing to open a new poll? the Shoegazer poll is real tempting after the Pitchfork list but i can't do that right now. if anyone wants to take the ball and run with that one i would be fine with that. otherwise i have not done a big artist poll like that and will do it next summer if no-one steps up now.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 27 October 2016 00:44 (eight years ago) link
will still do Talking Heads in Feb of 2017...
shoegaze has been done
ILM's Best Shoegaze / Dream Pop / Post-rock TRACKS poll - RESULTS THREAD
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 October 2016 00:47 (eight years ago) link
i'm doing Albums and EP's.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 27 October 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link
I'm still up for doing the drum 'n bass/jungle poll
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 27 October 2016 09:14 (eight years ago) link
no-one else seems to be stepping up, so go for it. should be a blast!
― Bee OK, Friday, 28 October 2016 01:22 (eight years ago) link
All right! I will arrange this and open a nomination thread early next week!!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 28 October 2016 10:24 (eight years ago) link
For the soul albums poll I wrote an AutoHotkey script (so Windows only) that imports a folder of ballots and automatically generates the final list. No more manual spreadsheet labor.
If there's any interest, I can post the script somewhere.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 28 October 2016 11:04 (eight years ago) link
That worked well. What's involved implementing it? As someone who knows dick all about scripts and stuff, what environment do you even run it in?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 28 October 2016 12:16 (eight years ago) link
(watching a Youtube tutorial rn)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 28 October 2016 12:21 (eight years ago) link
That'd be great ArchCarrier! I'll try and figure out how to use that asap
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 28 October 2016 12:36 (eight years ago) link
The only thing you need is AutoHotkey itself. After you install it, you can just double click the script file and let it do its thing.
Here's the installer (exe file).
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 28 October 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
<offtopic>
And once you've installed the program and start using it, your life will never be the same. I use it to start programs or do web searches from anywhere with just one keyboard shortcut, it automatically expands abbreviations to longer pieces of text (phone numbers, email addresses, long words that are hard to type...).
</offtopic>
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 28 October 2016 15:19 (eight years ago) link
Okay, installed. Please share the script. :)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 28 October 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
this is awesome stuff ArchCarrier, can't wait to use it for my next poll if you share.
poll number 62 = drum 'n bass/jungle.
nice
― Bee OK, Saturday, 29 October 2016 02:02 (eight years ago) link
OK, here is the script: http://pastebin.com/hT45S5Rf
How to use it:0. Install AutoHotkey if you haven't done so.1. Save the script to a folder, for example 'ILM poll'. It doesn't matter what you call the script file, but make sure it has the extension .ahk2. Create a subdirectory in that folder called 'ballots'. In this folder you put the ballots in .txt format, one file per user, one album (or song) per line.3. Run the script by double clicking on it. If you get a Windows error that there's no program associated with .ahk files then something went wrong with the installation of AutoHotkey.
After the script has run, there should be a new text file called votes.txt. This is a list of the final results sorted by points. But see the Issues below for final sorting.
NominationsIf you use nominations in your poll, you can save that list in a file called master.txt in the main 'ILM Poll' folder. If there's such a file, the script will search through the list and give a warning if an album on a ballot is not present in the noms list. It even opens the naughty ballot in Notepad for you.
IssuesUnfortunately, the script can only sort by one column, so you have to paste votes.txt in Excel or LibreOffice and do a final sort on 1) points, 2) number of votes, 3) number ones. Because of this issue, tied votes are not detected.Once I find a way to sort by multiple columns, I'll update the script.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 29 October 2016 07:06 (eight years ago) link
PointsThe script is based on 50 albums; the first gets 50 points, the second 49, down to 1 point for the last album on a ballot. If you use a different point system you need to change line 33. Let me know if you need help with this.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 29 October 2016 07:25 (eight years ago) link
You can test the script with the ballots from the soul poll: http://pastebin.com/raw/0CsqNduJJust create a couple of text files; the different ballots are separated by a line of dashes.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 29 October 2016 07:43 (eight years ago) link
Thanks so much!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 29 October 2016 12:58 (eight years ago) link
Sure, no problem! And let me know if you need any help.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 29 October 2016 13:08 (eight years ago) link
I'm not the person to run it, but we really should have a Leonard Cohen memorial tracks/albums poll.
― a full playlist of presidential apocalypse jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 November 2016 02:49 (eight years ago) link
Oh hell yes.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 11 November 2016 02:52 (eight years ago) link
As I mentioned on the RIP thread, I can run it.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 13 November 2016 05:00 (eight years ago) link
Can I just go ahead with it? Was anyone waiting to launch one?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 13 November 2016 05:03 (eight years ago) link
There was supposed to be a jungle/drum & bass poll next, but it doesn't look like Le Bateau Ivre has started any nomination thread? I was looking forward to that.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 13 November 2016 19:37 (eight years ago) link
Me too, Tuomas, but I won't be able to organize it any time soon (you arent on 77 right? Explained it there, its because of family issues, sadly will not have time to start it any time soon)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 13 November 2016 21:59 (eight years ago) link
In memoriam polls usually go ahead regardless of schedule so Cohen should be ok.
― gospodin simmel, Sunday, 13 November 2016 22:36 (eight years ago) link
OK, assuming there are no issues I'll start the voting thread sometime this week.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 14 November 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
Thanks, Simon I am looking forward to the poll:POLL on, my brother: The Leonard Cohen Memorial POLL Voting Thread - Ballots due Midnight ET, Dec. 1st
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
do we have a Power Ballads poll on the list?would anyone else want one?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 November 2016 05:24 (eight years ago) link
I'd probably chuck in a (power) ballot.
― chap, Monday, 28 November 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
updated to close 2016 (added a few links from our recent polls):
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished) I feel so extraordinary somePoll's got a hold on me: NEW ORDER artist poll #37 (RESULTS thread)37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished) Polled At Last: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #5051. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished) Just a simple song but God I love it Embedded in me, so bittersweet I’m addicted, I’m a melancholic Sing it again, I’ll be your Poll forever: THE BOO RADLEYS - ILM artist poll #60 or new numbering #6561. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) 64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished) Deez POLLABLE Heroes - THE ILM //METALLICA\ POLL RESULTS67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished) POLL POLL POLL POLL POLL - SPOON (ILM artist poll #67) --- The results thread68. Queen - charlie h (finished) The Fairy POLLers Master-Stroke: The ILX Queen Poll Results Thread (#68 in a series)69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished) Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a POLL: ILM Artist Poll #69 • Pixies (results!)69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished) Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and POLLed: The ILM Nirvana poll results thread (Poll #69)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished) Finally... The Top 200 Extreme Metal Albums of ALL TIME!(results)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished) YOU RANK ME BABY, YEAH YOU RATE ME 1-2 - ILM Artist Poll #71 - Tom Petty (results)72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished) IF IT'S NOT LOVE THEN IT'S THE POLL THAT WILL BRING US TOGETHER - ILM Artist Poll #72 - THE SMITHS - RESULTS THREAD73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished) We POLL Our Audience: You, The Night and The Music - BAUHAUS - Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail, Peter Murphy etcetera - ILM artist poll number 73 - results thread74. Stereolab - Moka (finished) LM Artist Poll No. 74 · STEREOLAB · Results Thread75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished) Have you seen Junior's grades?! ILM Artist Poll #75 - VAN HALEN (Results thread)76. Devo - soref (finished) in the past this information has been suppressed, but now it can be POLLED - Devo ballot poll results thread77. Can - Z S Moka (finished) ILM Artist Poll No. 77 · CAN · Results Thread78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished) POLL With It - OASIS (ILM artist poll #78) --- The results thread79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished) Hot damn! Everybody let's play the GEORGE MICHAEL TRACKS POLL results thread80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished) ILM Artist Poll No. 80 · Iggy & The Stooges · Results Thread81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished) Laughing Len strikes again: ILM Artist Poll #81 - Leonard Cohen
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Talking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie D**The Jesus and Mary Chain - Bee OK (instead of Blondie)Blondie - Bee OK pollrunner needed for this oneJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - pollrunner needed for this oneFrench/Francophone - Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins - Bee OK
Robyn Hitchcock - campreverbPower Ballads - rogermexico.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 December 2016 03:39 (eight years ago) link
Some really great stuff coming up, sooner and later. Not sure if I noticed Pumpkins getting added but that will be a fun one IMO.
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 22 December 2016 15:30 (eight years ago) link
Just curious, did we ever decide we'd do a ILM Best of 2010-2014 rollout? I believe we did one for 2005-2009 back in the day.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Monday, 16 January 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
I was going to last summer, but nobody (including me) was super enthused about it, so it just kinda evaporated.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:57 (seven years ago) link
some folks tried to turn it into a 2000-2014 poll iirc
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:59 (seven years ago) link
I think the consensus was that no good music was released from 2010-2014, promising a rather grim affair.
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 04:25 (seven years ago) link
Ha, thanks all. I'm sure it's a ton of work to put that together. And who knows what the turnout would be. Hopefully we do a 2010-2019 poll when the time comes.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:00 (seven years ago) link
If JF doesn't want to do a 2000-14 poll Then I maybe could if there's demand.Maybe jf could be persuaded to do tracks and I do albums?
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
the 2000-15 metal poll went nicely so it would make a nice companion
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link
oh does anybody want to do a kylie minogue poll? is this where i ask that sort of question? i'd run it.
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
wooooo
― nxd, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
I would definitely vote in a Kylie poll.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
I feel like the commentary around the fifteen-year poll idea was that it would basically be impossible to make a meaningful ballot with that much stuff on the table - as tempting as a "all music released since ILM existed" poll might seem, conceptually. Whereas the five-year things, though still overbroad, do hypothetically suggest taking stock of the recent past in what might be a SLIGHTLY more coherent fashion - some kind of 'era' at stake.
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
I feel like the commentary around the fifteen-year poll idea was that it would basically be impossible to make a meaningful ballot with that much stuff on the table
I disagree. It would mean you really were picking the cream of what was released.
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
It would be much fresher to just have a 2010-14 poll. If we did a 2000-14 one we'd be just going over the same albums again (Sound Of Silver, Kid A, Silent Shout, Discovery etc). Also, Bee just did all those 00s polls recently which already gave away how the results might look. Doing a poll for those first five years of the decade gives other albums a chance to shine.
Really though, I just want to see what will happen if Kaputt wins.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link
wasn't that why some posters didn't want a poll? lol
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
i'm on team 2010-2014
― example (crüt), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
My view on a lifetime of ILM poll was simply thata)companion to metal pollb)most ilxors weren't posting in those early days
but it doesnt really matter does it?
I'll do a lifetime poll but if someone else would rather do a 2010-14 poll they can volunteer and I'll step aside no probs
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
crut its your poll if you want it
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
Would be curious to see an artists poll. Though I see an almighty clusterfuck deciding what constitutes an artist. Would Spector/Timbaland be eligible? Would you seperate acts who owe most of their success to one member, Wham!/George Michael, Rod Stewart/Faces etc?
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
Some Of The Greatest Artists Ever Are Banned: An ILX Poll
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 19 January 2017 18:08 (seven years ago) link
Sort of intrigued by the artists poll idea. What constitutes an artist seems a bigger problem than it really is. A month long nominations thread would clear the air.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 20 January 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
time to get this thing rolling again. is anyone ready to run a poll?
i will do Talking Heads and can go second for this year, just can't start it right now.
― Bee OK, Friday, 3 February 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
Is there a limit to number of Fela songs we can vote for?― quan voice (voodoo chili), Tuesday, February 10, 2015
― quan voice (voodoo chili), Tuesday, February 10, 2015
A Fela poll would be nice!
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 4 February 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
anyone?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 February 2017 03:31 (seven years ago) link
The next one I'm up for is the solo beatles poll but there's a shit ton on the list ahead of that
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 February 2017 03:38 (seven years ago) link
i don't think order matters anymore, do you? if you can run a poll that would be perfect, imo. i will do Talking Heads after that if you decide to go ahead.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 February 2017 03:43 (seven years ago) link
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Talking Heads - Bee OKGamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
^^^ the next general batch, yes? I'd say fair game to any of those before we go total free for all and abandon the whole premise of the thread. But Talking Heads is totally in there.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 9 February 2017 04:00 (seven years ago) link
I could do Jimi Hendrix. What was the usual time frame before every poll started lasting four months? Two weeks voting, one week rollout?
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 9 February 2017 06:54 (seven years ago) link
I think some dude still wants to do the Hendrix poll himself, or at least that was the case the last time the idea of someone else taking it over was floated?
― soref, Thursday, 9 February 2017 07:04 (seven years ago) link
Genesis + solo - NickB
^ sadly i don't have the time for this at all, so if anyone else wants to run it please do
― Benylin Ascent (NickB), Thursday, 9 February 2017 07:08 (seven years ago) link
Eep, yeah, to clarify, ArchCarrier, I meant "fair game" for those individuals to step up and claim their quarters, not for others to take over their polls. Sorry for any confusion!
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 9 February 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
No prob!
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 9 February 2017 14:38 (seven years ago) link
Can I get back in queue please for the pop punk emo poll?
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 15:54 (seven years ago) link
I could start it now if there's no objection...
^^^ i would like to express enthusiasm for this idea and its potential immediacy
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
seconded
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
thirded
― Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
i'll give it over the weekend for bee OK to give the go ahead. we can always start on monday. what sounds good - one week nomination, one week votes, one week results?
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Go for it, we need something to start
― Bee OK, Monday, 13 February 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
I feel like I'd like a slightly longer voting or nomination period but that may be just me
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 13 February 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
one week nomination feels right but i think a two week voting period feels more appropriate
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 13 February 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
― Spottie, Monday, 13 February 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
yeah, more time for them deep listening dives, plus a shorter nomination process means less time for pedantry
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 13 February 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
If It Makes You Less Sad I Will POLL Emo Albums
― Mordy, Monday, 13 February 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
So I've got the finefinemusic spreadsheet. What have ppl found is the easiest/best way to solicit ballots to input into the spreadsheet? It seems like if I give ppl something like 30 votes (which is built into the spreadsheet), if ppl give me less I'll have to manually number the ballots? (If they give 30 exactly I can just copy/paste the 1 through 30 over and over?) Thoughts?
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 February 2017 05:02 (seven years ago) link
Check my answer in the albums poll :)
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 16 February 2017 07:06 (seven years ago) link
When I've done these polls I have a vlookup looking from the album position to a list of the points allocated to the each position. Do as little manual entry as possible, get your formulas to do all the work.
I'm happy to do the spreadsheeting for you if you want, I helped Bee OK with the Van Halen poll a few months ago.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 16 February 2017 09:04 (seven years ago) link
This POLL Will Become the Anthem of Your EMO Voting Thread / You're Two Floors Down CAMPAIGNING in the Back Room.
― Mordy, Monday, 20 February 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
hahaha good title!
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Monday, 20 February 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link
lol thx i've spent too much time thinking about the various possible titles for these threads :p
― Mordy, Monday, 20 February 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
voting for emo poll ends today
― Mordy, Saturday, 4 March 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
the emo album poll rollout has begun:Run Quick EMO ALBUMS; Here I’ll POLL, You VOTED
― Mordy, Monday, 6 March 2017 12:47 (seven years ago) link
and its been great
― Odysseus, Thursday, 9 March 2017 22:11 (seven years ago) link
May I please be added to the huge queue for a poll?
I'd like to run a Math-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll.
I asked in 2015 to be added to the list for a grunge poll and it didnt get added. So please whoever is in charge now add me :)
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
can't wait for all the "not post-hardcore" posts in that thread
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 March 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
the poll where the EMO NERDS get their revenge
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
Math-rock on its own I dont think would get enough participants
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 16:27 (seven years ago) link
after discussing with sund4r I think i may expand it to any post bad brains punk inc the green days and the fobs etc. but not 77 punk or post-punk. but theres gonna be years before anything needs decided :)
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I was just listening to your ideas. It wasn't my idea to include or not include pop-punk! Totally your call!
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
Or you could just not G.A.F. and start your poll whenever you feel like it. Very punk attitude.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
I'll wait until whoever's running it tells me its my turn
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
Could math-rock be included in the post-rock poll?
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Friday, 10 March 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
But I don't like Slint so take that with a grain of salt.
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Friday, 10 March 2017 19:41 (seven years ago) link
Blink 182?
― flopson, Friday, 10 March 2017 19:41 (seven years ago) link
i think post-rock is included in the shoegaze/dreampop poll. math rock wouldnt fit in with that. plus its gonna be years after that poll anyway
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
i've been looking forward to a reason to force people to listen to zazen boys songs and the round hole of a hardcore/math/post-h poll seems like the perfect place for me to cram that square peg
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Friday, 10 March 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Friday, March 10, 2017 1:20 PM (forty-six seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
whoa will you're a zazen boys fan? have we talked about this before
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 March 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
i don't think so, i am almost never on ilm tbh but the emo poll has me hanging around. zazen boys fucking rule. i probably havev weekend and himmitsu girls top secret stuck in my head more than any other songs on a day-to-day basis (esp the latter, i have to try not to accidentally rip it off when i'm making up songs)
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Friday, 10 March 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
i fuckin loooove zazen boys
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 March 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link
is there a balearic/beardo poll?
also i may be able to commit to finally doing the hair metal poll some time this summer
― gr8080, Saturday, 11 March 2017 00:43 (seven years ago) link
56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge
did this one ever happen?
― soref, Saturday, 11 March 2017 10:14 (seven years ago) link
gr8080 if you do the hair metal poll this summer i will be yr best friend
ie that would be a+
also summer is the most hair metal of seasons
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 March 2017 10:19 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/0RGQSBGaJS8
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 March 2017 10:20 (seven years ago) link
why? all the make up would run in the heat
― Odysseus, Saturday, 11 March 2017 12:48 (seven years ago) link
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, February 9, 2017 1:54 AM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― soref, Thursday, February 9, 2017 2:04 AM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
eh go for it. i'm too busy for the foreseeable future to even lurk on ilx most days, let alone run a poll.
― steen vogue (some dude), Saturday, 11 March 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
I'm open and can definitely run a poll. I volunteered to run a cover versions poll back in 2013. Even though 4 years is not a long wait in ILM poll time, it would be a dynamite poll. Anything else on the list that people care to poll?
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 11 March 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
Jimi has to wait a bit. Now that the emo poll is finished I can finally start the sequel to my 70s soul albums poll: the tracks poll. Probably somewhere next week.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 11 March 2017 16:34 (seven years ago) link
xp The cover versions poll sounds cool too. We can plan both polls so that the rollouts don't overlap.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 11 March 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
What is the list now?
― Odysseus, Saturday, 11 March 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
fwiw I normally like to err on the side of giving ppl as much time as possible HOWEVER what i noticed from the emo poll is that doing it fairly quick (1 week noms, 2 weeks voting/campaigning, 1 week rollout) is that it kept everyone's interest and attention seemingly nonstop for the month. i feel like extending any part of it might've risked peeling ppl off or ppl losing interest and then needing to regain it again. which is to say i've changed my mind and think if possible it should be as taut a timeline as possible (w/out being unreasonably quick).
― Mordy, Saturday, 11 March 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
For a single artist, you don't even need a nominations period. Just "here is a link to his songography, now vote dummies!"
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
i will be opening up Talking Heads on Monday.
let me update the old list...
― Bee OK, Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished) 37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished)61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) 64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished)67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)68. Queen - charlie h (finished)69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished)73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished)74. Stereolab - Moka (finished)75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished)76. Devo - soref (finished)77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished)79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished)80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished)81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished)
on deck: Talking Heads - Bee OK
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Wu-Tang Clan - SpottieShoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DThe Jesus and Mary Chain - Bee OKBlondie - Bee OK pollrunner needed for this oneJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - pollrunner needed for this oneFrench/Francophone - Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins - Bee OKThe Cars/Ric Ocasek - crütTim Buckley - Naive Teen IdolVan Morrison - kornrulez6969Animal Collective - flappy birdThe Cramps - MokaBristol trip-hop - chapWire - kornrulez6969jungle/drum 'n bass - Le Bateau IvreSuede - Bee OKRobyn Hitchcock - campreverbPower Ballads - rogermexico.
**Added
Grunge - Cosmic SlopArtists poll - Dan WorsleyKylie Minogue - BradNelsonMath-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll - Odysseus
― Bee OK, Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
I could rouse myself out of lethargy for Talking Heads.
― hardcore dilettante, Sunday, 12 March 2017 05:23 (seven years ago) link
The Name of This POLL Is...- ILM artist poll #82 - TALKING HEADS - (voting is open until Sunday March 26, 2017)
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 02:50 (seven years ago) link
I'd like to do a Phil Spector poll.
― example (crüt), Thursday, 16 March 2017 04:34 (seven years ago) link
POLL Me Up Up Up Up Up Up Up Up – TALKING HEADS – ILM Artist Poll #82 - (The Results Thread)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 01:38 (seven years ago) link
I coulda sworn we did Spector already...?
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
Sign me up to do a "songs under 2 minutes" poll.
― ...and DON'T *bleeep* IT UP! (Leee), Friday, 7 April 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
Last weekend to vote in the 70s soul tracks poll!
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 8 April 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
From the 70's straight into the 80's:
Wanna Be POLLIN' Somethin' ~~~ It's the ILM 80's R&B TRACKS POLL! ~~~
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
There should be one of these for live albums.
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
can someone please go, this can't end with Talking Heads. even if that is a great band to end with. i would do another one but it does take a lot out of me and need a bit more time before my next one.
Moka in the mood to do a poll?
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:15 (seven years ago) link
I've got time and I like running polls so in the absence of anything else I'll run the Blondie if there's no objections. I can't do graphics though so if anyone would like to run that side of things that would be good.
― nate woolls, Monday, 19 June 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
Blondie would be great! i signed up for that poll but replaced it with Jesus and Mary Chain, which i might run for my next one.
― Bee OK, Monday, 19 June 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
ONE POLL OR ANOTHER - ILM Artist Poll #83 - BLONDIE
― Bee OK, Friday, 23 June 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
any interest in a nu metal trax poll?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
OH, YOUR POLL IS BEAUTIFUL - ILM Artist Poll #83 - BLONDIE - RESULTS THREAD
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Thursday, 13 July 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
I've been waiting for about 4 years to run my next poll. I'd like to organize a Van Morrison one...he's a major figure with a huge catalog and deserves an ILM poll. What do you good people think?
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
seems reasonable imo
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:12 (seven years ago) link
i say open it up now, this will be perfect for poll number 84
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Saturday, 15 July 2017 01:10 (seven years ago) link
Yes!
― wtev, Sunday, 16 July 2017 10:34 (seven years ago) link
so, replacing the Covers poll? seems fine to me, and you're near enough to the top that you'd be in the next roll call anyway. I say go for it.over in the billy joel thread website decided to do a listening thread for now but return to the poll idea if it still seems like a good idea after that's wrapped (which would be a few months at least). i've been in line for just shy of four years, so can I hold on to that claim ticket or is that weird?
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 16 July 2017 11:51 (seven years ago) link
And we are up and running.Backstreet JellyPOLL: ILM Van Morrison Poll Discussion Thread
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 17 July 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
I have no idea what's going on with things being out of order, or if there is still an order, but I'm planning on doing the No Wave poll either in December/early January to coincide with the 40th anniversary of No New York blah blah blah
― sarahell, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
you'll be fine sarahell, the order is messed up anyways. just make sure no other poll is running, maybe bump this thread saying you are going to open it and off you go.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
tbf up until recently it was still very clearly a line, and plenty of people are in it waiting their turn, just there's been some amount of ppl not being ready when their turn comes around and so we've done a bit of jumping down to ppl slightly lower in the list to respect that? i think?
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:25 (seven years ago) link
good point and i agree. we should keep the order as best that we can. there are gaps that i wish did not happen...
― Bee OK, Thursday, 20 July 2017 01:12 (seven years ago) link
If I was down to run any of these I would have volunteered for a music video poll series.
― billstevejim, Friday, 21 July 2017 01:26 (seven years ago) link
#84: Linden Arden POLL the Highlights--ILM Van Morrison Poll Results
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 August 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
I had so much fun in that poll that I'm regretting my ballot-poll-hating past
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 01:13 (seven years ago) link
They can be great, especially with acts that have huge discographies that you're not 100% familiar with. For me, the Kinks and Parliament-Funkadelic polls were momentous.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
who wants to run a poll? we are in need for a new poll.
i was thinking about bumping Smashing Pumpkins for my next poll but because i ran Talking Heads this year i will wait and open that Mega one around Feb of 2018. i will probably run "Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs)" since we got a fantastic new Slowdive album this year and it's my next poll on this list.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:01 (seven years ago) link
would be cool with a Glen Campbell poll
― Spottie, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:04 (seven years ago) link
anyone in the mood to run a poll?
i will do Shoegaze albums this year, maybe Oct or Nov.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:19 (seven years ago) link
I might be ready for the wu poll...
― Spottie, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 03:27 (seven years ago) link
I could run Elvis before 1 September
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
The rare poll where I would, at the very least, make an attempt to relisten to the two Worldwide Hits box sets I got through once and shelved years ago. I would, before I die, like to be able to say I'm a bigger fan of Elvis's music than I am of Elvis, the Guy Who Changed the World. Who I'm a very big fan of. They're not quite inseparable.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
I would love an Elvis poll
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
Seconded
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Thursday, 17 August 2017 16:08 (seven years ago) link
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 17 August 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
― Spottie, Tuesday, August 15, 2017 8:27 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
alright got some interest in the wu thread so im starting noms tomorrow.
― Spottie, Thursday, 17 August 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
niiiice
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 21 August 2017 05:48 (seven years ago) link
i've been mostly away for a long time but hope i can at least vote in that one
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 21 August 2017 05:49 (seven years ago) link
Got sick and busy so i will start as soon as i can, planning on this week.
― Spottie, Monday, 21 August 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
feel like its about time we added ZZ Top and QOTSA/Desert Sessions to the list
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 2 September 2017 05:34 (seven years ago) link
Wu is under wayWU-TANG CLAN — Artist Poll — Nominations, Discussions, Parameters (noms close Sept 17)
― Spottie, Thursday, 7 September 2017 22:41 (seven years ago) link
Any interest in a Drexciya + Side Projects poll?
― Frederik B, Monday, 11 September 2017 10:13 (seven years ago) link
Asked this in the band thread but...
Have we not done a T Rex poll?!?
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
we have not, do you want me to put you on with the next update? i do own around five albums, so i'm in.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 00:46 (seven years ago) link
Drexciya has side projects? I've got to catch up.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 01:34 (seven years ago) link
I would do the poll mostly to learn - so if nobody else participates it's not a good idea - but yeah, seemingly Drexciya had a ton of side projects, and I would include them all. A lot of them relate to the Drexciya mythos in some ways. Dopplereffekt, Arpanet, The Other People Place, Transllusion, Shifted Phases, Abstract Thoughts, Lab Rat XL. And more.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 10:45 (seven years ago) link
Kidding--I've never heard of Drexciya. (But then I'd never heard of Manuel Göttsching, either, until three or four years ago.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 12:57 (seven years ago) link
Lol, ok :) But I seriously don't know enough about Drexciya to tell what is jokes and what is not. I would run the poll purely out of interest. And if nobody else seems to really have delved into the whole catalogue, then it's probably limited how useful a poll would be. Don't put me on yet, Bee OK :)
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 13:28 (seven years ago) link
Curious what the turn out would be a for a Bardo Pond poll?
― Potato Wave (Leee), Friday, 27 October 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
So Wu rollout should be soon (right Spottie?), unless anyone has any objections I'm thinking of getting the Beatles Solo poll going shortly afterwards
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
yeah was going to start yesterday but got sent to Houston on a last minute biz trip.will be back over the weekend and will start monday. feel free to fire up another one though.
― Spottie, Thursday, 9 November 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
not sure why this hasn't been posted yet?
#85: THE POLL IS COMIN THROUGH, THE OUTCOME IS CRITICAL — WU-TANG CLAN — Artist Poll — Results
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 November 2017 02:18 (seven years ago) link
i will make an update to the list in a few days.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 November 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link
Artist Poll #86: JOY DIVISION and here is that voting thread:
Love Will POLL Us Apart – Joy Division – New Order Solo or other groups Poll (aka the Electronic poll) – Artist Poll #37 A New Order supplement poll (Voting is open until Friday, Dec. 8, 2017)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 November 2017 02:21 (seven years ago) link
running a small annual poll, was there some great ILX point calculator Google Sheet I could borrow?
― niels, Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Alm9ijj_zohtdDhKV1NraFUtWXptd25nbEZ0cGxYeXc#gid=0
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 10 December 2017 23:44 (seven years ago) link
fantastic, thanks!
― niels, Monday, 11 December 2017 07:08 (seven years ago) link
POLL Will Tear Us Apart – ILM Artist Poll #86 - JOY DIVISION – New Order solo or other groups Poll (aka the Electronic poll) – a NEW ORDER (#37) supplement poll --- Results Thread
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 01:08 (seven years ago) link
i added a bunch of mentions. if you don't want to run said poll, we can add "poll runner needed for this one" instead of your name.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 December 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished) 37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished)61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) 64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished)67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)68. Queen - charlie h (finished)69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished)73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished)74. Stereolab - Moka (finished)75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished)76. Devo - soref (finished)77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished)79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished)80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished)81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished)82. Talking Heads - Bee OK (finished)83. Blondie - ― nate woolls (finished)84. Van Morrison - ― kornrulez696985. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie
86. POLL Will Tear Us Apart – ILM Artist Poll #86 - JOY DIVISION – New Order solo or other groups Poll (aka the Electronic poll) – a NEW ORDER (#37) supplement poll --- Results Thread
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Bjork - Eric H.Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Beatles solo careers - ΟὖτιςErykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DThe Jesus and Mary Chain - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - pollrunner needed for this oneFrench/Francophone - Van Horn StreetSmashing Pumpkins - Bee OKThe Cars/Ric Ocasek - crütTim Buckley - Naive Teen IdolThe Cramps - MokaBristol trip-hop - chapWire - kornrulez6969jungle/drum 'n bass - Le Bateau IvreSuede - Bee OKRobyn Hitchcock - campreverbPower Ballads - rogermexico.Grunge - Cosmic SlopArtists poll - Dan WorsleyKylie Minogue - BradNelsonMath-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll - Odysseus
*Added
Phil Spector - crütSongs Under 2 Minutes - LeeeLive Albums - WilliamCGlen Campbell - ― SpottieZZ Top - rogermexico.QOTSA/Desert Sessions - rogermexico.T Rex - ― Naive Teen IdolBardo Pond - LeeeThe B-52's - poll runner needed for this oneSuper Furry Animals - Bee OK
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 December 2017 03:20 (seven years ago) link
They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever
I canceled this one a long time ago, but you can leave it there open for anyone who'd like to run it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 December 2017 03:41 (seven years ago) link
This --
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Wednesday, April 26, 2017 9:24 AM (seven months ago)
does not equal this --
Live Albums - WilliamC
Take me off the list, kthx.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 14 December 2017 03:50 (seven years ago) link
i will take Johnny Fever and WilliamC and anyone else name off the list, next update. just ask to be removed.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 December 2017 03:56 (seven years ago) link
icymi the ILM end of year poll is open! ILM's 2017 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Monday, 8 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Last chance to vote in the ILM EOY poll! Closes tonight-ish.
― Vote! In the ILM End of Year Poll! (seandalai), Friday, 19 January 2018 13:40 (six years ago) link
Alright, who's up? Does anyone feel like running a poll?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 10 February 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
I would like to do a poll of pre-1900 recordings. In, say, three weeks time.
Never done one before so may need some help, or maybe can figure it out myself.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 10 February 2018 22:32 (six years ago) link
I can give you a link to a Google spreadsheet that I’ve used in the past if you want it
― nate woolls, Sunday, 11 February 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
Does anybody want to do something now? With all due respect, Pre 1900 seems like it would get 10 ballots max. Maybe I'm wrong.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:58 (six years ago) link
They Might Be Giants - Johnny FeverI canceled this one a long time ago, but you can leave it there open for anyone who'd like to run it.I'll sit on this as a substitute Johnny
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Monday, 12 February 2018 06:51 (six years ago) link
Does anybody want to do something now? With all due respect, Pre 1900 seems like it would get 10 ballots max. Maybe I'm wrong.― kornrulez6969, Monday, February 12, 2018 12:58 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― kornrulez6969, Monday, February 12, 2018 12:58 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well just to explain my reasoning, I've been making mixes for these years over here and there are full packs of mp3s ready to download, so maybe could get a little over 10 ballots. Then could do 1900s next year, then 1910s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s - think 60s onwards has been done enough.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 12 February 2018 08:15 (six years ago) link
There was a great 50's poll a few years back but we should definitely do the rest.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 12 February 2018 12:28 (six years ago) link
Anyone feel like running a poll?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 03:41 (six years ago) link
i'm a bit sour on polls at the moment after Joy Division. if anyone wants to take over and run any polls i have signed up for you are more than welcome. i'm sure i will do a poll again, just nothing in the near future.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 3 March 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
you okay man?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 March 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
I could do a Kraftwerk poll soon, or Smashing Pumpkins since Bee OK isn't up for it?
― ufo, Sunday, 4 March 2018 01:35 (six years ago) link
im not really sure we need this whole thing anymore? interest seems to have died quite a bit and a lot of users on the upcoming list dont even post anymore. or maybe just clear the deck and have people re-sign up to run whatever.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Sunday, 4 March 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
run in reverse order for 2018 I say - get some polls ppl have recently signed up for and are actively jazzed to do, then see how that does for overall poll enthusiasm
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 March 2018 04:02 (six years ago) link
mookieproof - yeah, baseball is almost here!
ufo - it's all yours if you want it.
Spottie - i think the interest is still there, my Talking Heads poll was in 2017 and got a huge turn out, one of the biggest ones in ILM history. i'm just a bit pissed at Joy Division. i got the ballots, more than your last poll, but i got little reaction and after how much time and effort was put into it i was upset. the votes were there but where was the reaction was my issue. (Go SF Giants)
Doctor Casino - Super Furry Animals is next then :-) talk about a very limited audience but my passion for that band is almost unmatched, only the Boo Radleys poll compares to that for me and that one was done. the B-52's would be outstanding and a lot of fun.
if ufo or someone else takes Smashing Pumpkins then i will do the Jesus and Mary Chain sometime in 2018 or next for me.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:31 (six years ago) link
I can start the Smashing Pumpkins poll next week then to get things going
― ufo, Friday, 16 March 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link
for those of you who use bookmarks, yay new poll:
POLLcelina of the Vast Oceans - ILM artist poll #87 - SMASHING PUMPKINS (voting open until 2 April 2018)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 01:01 (six years ago) link
With Utopia out, I'd be happy to move to the front of the line with a Bjork poll soon imo.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
please do, that would be great
― ufo, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link
No idea what etiquette is, so I'll wait at least until the Smashing Pumpkins rollout is done.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
That would be great Eric!
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
Oh, which ends today, looks like. I'll make it a point to open that up soon.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
The SP rollout started today and I think it ends on Friday.
― jmm, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
My mistake. I thought they were wrapping up the songs but it was just albums.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
That sounds great Eric, you can be poll #88. I hope there is a side poll for the Sugercubes.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
Bang Bang You're Dead... POLL In Your Head - ILM Artist Poll #87 - SMASHING PUMPKINS - Results
Yeah, planning on side polling the albums + Sugarcubes tunes. But I think B-sides can be part of the main poll.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
Also, something I'd been wondering about but too lazy to investigate. Has there been a '90s dance music poll?
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link
that would be amazing
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link
I volunteer to tabulate that one too, if not.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
there's been a '90s electronic music poll, but
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link
... not an '80s dance poll, though
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
Has there been a '90s dance music poll?
I seem to remember one about five years ago
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
I checked the results of the '90s electronic poll and it had an acceptable amount of dancey-ness in it. Probably don't need a repoll.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
Excuse me, but I just have to explode this poll off me: POLL Neon Like -- ILM artist poll #88 -- BJÖRK (voting open until April 27, 2018)
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Monday, 9 April 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
... when would be a cool time to run a kylie minogue poll? i've never done one of these before so i'm a little clueless
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 April 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
you can open voting right when Bjork concludes. good luck and have fun. i was so nerves doing my first one, which happened to be New Order.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 April 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
Does anybody want to do something now? With all due respect, Pre 1900 seems like it would get 10 ballots max. Maybe I'm wrong. ― kornrulez6969, Monday, February 12, 2018 12:58 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkWell just to explain my reasoning, I've been making mixes for these years over here and there are full packs of mp3s ready to download, so maybe could get a little over 10 ballots. Then could do 1900s next year, then 1910s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s - think 60s onwards has been done enough.― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, February 12, 2018 8:15 AM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, February 12, 2018 8:15 AM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Any input on this? I would like to run it, but if there's zero interest then fair enough, I won't bother.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 April 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link
can I do a Linda Ronstadt poll
― had (crüt), Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
in 2035 or whenever
― had (crüt), Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
― Bee OK, Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:48 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol sorry i'm seeing this just now, but yeah i think i can do this. my may is very open
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
There was talk of someone running an Elvis poll. That would be so great.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 6 May 2018 21:48 (six years ago) link
i will update this soon.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 06:22 (six years ago) link
HYPERBALLOT: ILM Artist Poll #88 -- Björk Resultsness
National fair is finally over so I finally have time to run any poll you want in the following months if there’s noone else waiting in line.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 04:43 (six years ago) link
oh btw i am dying bc of deadlines so i'm gonna have to delay the kylie poll so whoever wants to do whatever next can
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 May 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
who's up for a solo beatles poll
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 May 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
(meaning I will run it if ppl are interested in voting in it)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 May 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
would vote
― WilliamC, Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
I would too, but mostly for Lennon and McCartney stuff probably (and some Cloud Nine tracks...)
― niels, Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
hey those count
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
i'm the kinda person who could do a top forty ballot for just mccartney by himself. all of them together seems like it'd be REAL tough to make the cuts/inclusions, but that might make it pretty interesting!
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
well yeah that's the idea. I think we have some pretty conflicting opinions about solo Beatles around here tbh
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
All Ringo ballot from me
― Alba, Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
that's the spirit!
OK I'll start a noms/voting thread. No fistfights with Turrican plz
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
Shakey running: The Beatles' Solo Careers Poll - Voting and General Discussion Thread
― Bee OK, Monday, 14 May 2018 06:11 (six years ago) link
I wonder if there might *just* be enough interest for a Go-Betweens poll. A number of ILMers have written quite eloquently about them, at least. I'd happily put it to the test if y'all add me to the queue.
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 19 May 2018 01:04 (six years ago) link
I'd enthusiastically vote in a Go-Betweens poll!
― bunny slopes, Saturday, 19 May 2018 01:08 (six years ago) link
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 19 May 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
For sure
― Alba, Saturday, 19 May 2018 04:33 (six years ago) link
Great idea, go for it!
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 19 May 2018 07:07 (six years ago) link
Would definitely vote in that, yeah.
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 19 May 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
omg yes please
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Saturday, 19 May 2018 13:31 (six years ago) link
missed a few days and things have already happened:
ILM Artist Poll #89 - POLL Those Years Ago: The Beatles Solo Careers Poll Results Thread
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished) 37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished)61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) 64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished)67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)68. Queen - charlie h (finished)69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished)73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished)74. Stereolab - Moka (finished)75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished)76. Devo - soref (finished)77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished)79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished)80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished)81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished)82. Talking Heads - Bee OK (finished)83. Blondie - nate woolls (finished)84. Van Morrison - kornrulez6969 (finished)85. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie (finished)86. Joy Division – Bee OK (finished)87. Smashing Pumpkins - Bee OK (started) ufo (finished)88. Björk – Eric H (finished)89. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις (finished)
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeThey Might Be Giants – Johnny Fever sicNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Erykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DThe Jesus and Mary Chain - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsElvis Presley - EulerByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - pollrunner needed for this oneFrench/Francophone - Van Horn StreetThe Cars/Ric Ocasek - crütTim Buckley - Naive Teen IdolThe Cramps - MokaBristol trip-hop - chapWire - kornrulez6969jungle/drum 'n bass - Le Bateau IvreSuede - Bee OKRobyn Hitchcock - campreverbPower Ballads - rogermexico.Grunge - Cosmic SlopArtists poll - Dan WorsleyKylie Minogue - BradNelsonMath-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll - OdysseusPhil Spector - crütSongs Under 2 Minutes - LeeeGlen Campbell - ― SpottieZZ Top - rogermexico.QOTSA/Desert Sessions - rogermexico.T Rex - Naive Teen IdolBardo Pond – LeeeThe B-52's - poll runner needed for this oneSuper Furry Animals – Bee OK poll runner needed for this one
*Newly ADDED
Beck - Bee OKNu Metal Trax – MordyLinda Ronstadt – crütGo Betweens - Nag! Nag! Nag!New Wave (just can’t get enough) - Bee OK
― Bee OK, Thursday, 7 June 2018 00:13 (six years ago) link
# 90 on deck, anyone ready to run a poll?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 7 June 2018 00:15 (six years ago) link
did we ever do a 2010-2014 poll? I forget
― k3vin k., Thursday, 7 June 2018 00:15 (six years ago) link
nope, got canceled
― Bee OK, Thursday, 7 June 2018 00:17 (six years ago) link
at some point i would like to do a (no joke) all-time easy listening/adult contemporary poll if such a project has not been undertaken in the past
― dyl, Thursday, 7 June 2018 02:43 (six years ago) link
Easy listening/adult contemporary actually sounds very appealing. It would need a lengthy nomination perhaps.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 7 June 2018 03:36 (six years ago) link
i agree, it definitely would
― dyl, Thursday, 7 June 2018 04:22 (six years ago) link
not sure how you'd establish criteria for that
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 June 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
How has no one suggested un-cancelling the 2010-2014 poll?
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 June 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
because very soon it will be time for the 2010s poll
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 June 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
A pre-1950 poll would be interesting.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
It is a blight on ILM that there has been no Elvis Presley poll.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
xp I'd like a pre-war poll of some kind although it might be better to narrow it, idk
― ogmor, Thursday, 7 June 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
A massive 2010-2019 poll would be better than a half-decade one imo
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 June 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
we really need a summer kick off poll. Elvis would be amazing!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 June 2018 01:15 (six years ago) link
Easy-listening and pre-war would be particularly cool, I think.
Is anyone ready to go with something? If it wasn't for the monumental queue-jumping involved I'd happily get a Go-Betweens poll running literally right now! :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:48 (six years ago) link
if easy listening includes library/soundtrack stuff, that will be . . . intense
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:51 (six years ago) link
My thinking at the time of squelching the 2010-14 poll was that a "history of ILM" poll would be more fun, and would've covered 2001-16 at the time. But shit, we're so close to 2020 now, we may as well wait and do the whole shebang.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 June 2018 05:09 (six years ago) link
Twenty years of ILX? *shudder*
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Monday, 11 June 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
With the passing of DJ Fontana, perhaps someone (not me) could do an Elvis poll?
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 14 June 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
I’m signed up for it, I guess I can do it now, but I can’t do fancy artwork or anything like that for the roll out. I can count the votes though and try to do the roll out at a reasonable time. Does someone else want to do art for it?
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 14 June 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
I’m up for the Elvis one if you want
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 14 June 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
so Euler will run the Elvis poll and Moka will help with images is how i'm understanding it. it's Elvis so it should have two involved. looking forward to it you two.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link
Awesome. Euler as soon as you start counting ballots, Idk if you’ll use google docs or something else but share with me motelmoka at gmail.
When do we start and how many tracks will you post?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 June 2018 00:24 (six years ago) link
Yes! Elvis poll! I like this kind of party!!!
Let me be the first to say Change of Habit TOO LOW!
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 15 June 2018 00:40 (six years ago) link
I know you mean the song, but there should also be a sub-poll for the movies.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 June 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
ILM Artist Poll #90: Elvis Presley poll : general discussion and hot pictures of the King
― Bee OK, Saturday, 16 June 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
Finally!
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
can we do the pre 1950s poll very soon plz?
― Mordy, Saturday, 30 June 2018 00:42 (six years ago) link
i would be willing to run it if there's no one else available but i need to vote for this track in some poll this summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir1A74UA2YE
― Mordy, Saturday, 30 June 2018 00:43 (six years ago) link
who's this mordy person -- some games poster?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 June 2018 02:42 (six years ago) link
Lol
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 30 June 2018 02:43 (six years ago) link
2014 was a dope year -
angel olsen - burn your fire for no witnessaphex twin - syrofka twigs - LP1Grouper - RuinsSt. Vincent - S/T
etc
― music saved my life (Ross), Saturday, 30 June 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
would people be interested in a Tori Amos poll sometime soon-ish?
― ufo, Saturday, 14 July 2018 10:20 (six years ago) link
Oh yes. I'm very ready to vote for "Promise" and "Cloud Riders."
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 14 July 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
Pre-1950s is too much music. Still suggest doing it decade by decade, though perhaps pre-1920 would be a more acceptable start than pre-1900?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 July 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
how about an american songbook poll
― Mordy, Saturday, 14 July 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
Personally not interested in that, sorry
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 July 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
ILM Artist Poll #90: 19 Elvis Fans Can Be Polled: The ILM Elvis Presley poll roll out thread
― Bee OK, Saturday, 28 July 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
who's next? I should be able to start the Tori Amos one in ~ 3 weeks, so there's time for someone else to run one
― ufo, Monday, 6 August 2018 09:35 (six years ago) link
if the current OPO thread has people excited, I could get the TMBG poll running.
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Monday, 6 August 2018 09:52 (six years ago) link
oh that would be great! would really love to dig into them again
― ufo, Monday, 6 August 2018 10:06 (six years ago) link
actually it might take me three weeks just to get the list of eligible songs together
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Monday, 6 August 2018 11:48 (six years ago) link
Somebody run a poll pleas
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 6 August 2018 12:14 (six years ago) link
I can send the spreadsheet I used to do the SP poll if you want (based on the one someone linked here a while ago) that automatically sums the results of submitted ballots instead of requiring you to manually input ballots against a master list of songs? you just need to check for spelling errors etc to prevent duplicates
― ufo, Monday, 6 August 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
i was about to start a new poll tonight, not saying which one, but decided against it and deleted the thread at the last moment. i decided to do The Jesus and Mary Chain next instead but i feel that one can't happen in the summer. i will do that one in the winter of this year, maybe after my one year anniversary of Joy Division, who knows. all my other polls are up for grabs if anyone wants to take them over.
we have only done four artist polls this year?!? anyone in the mood to start a artist poll? ILM Artist Poll #91 is on deck...
― Bee OK, Thursday, 23 August 2018 01:35 (six years ago) link
if no one else is up for one I'm ready to start a Tori Amos poll in a few days
― ufo, Thursday, 23 August 2018 01:38 (six years ago) link
um HELL YEAH
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 August 2018 01:42 (six years ago) link
I’m a day or two away from being ready on TMBG but happy to step back
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 23 August 2018 01:58 (six years ago) link
now is the best time I'll have to run a poll for a while, so I'll start it in a few days then. looking forward to TMBG too
― ufo, Thursday, 23 August 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
American POLL Posse - ILM Artist Poll #91 - TORI AMOS - Results
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 September 2018 02:34 (six years ago) link
It'd be wrong to do Low just now based on the new record just being out (and the reception it's receiving). I think it needs to be the early months of next year to have let it settle in.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Friday, 14 September 2018 07:29 (six years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 June 2018 05:09 (three months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
IMO we should do the 2000s and 2010s separately. I think a 2000s poll would be quite a cool thing to do
― imago, Friday, 14 September 2018 07:30 (six years ago) link
cosign a 2000s poll
― nxd, Friday, 14 September 2018 12:16 (six years ago) link
2000s would be cool. Let me preemptively say The Glands too low!!
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
Doing 2000-2019 would condemn the earlier stuff owing to recency bias. A good look back from at least nine years' remove would be much more interesting. I know we already did 2005-2009 but a) that's only half the decade and b) it is weird how time shifts opinion
― imago, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
00s would be pretty interesting to do but that also means finally getting through the few hundred 00s albums in my backlog lol. definitely shouldn't be combined with the eventual 10s poll.
it's funny to look at the results of the previous 00-04 poll here, obviously the board was basically a completely different place then but there's mention of The Strokes and OutKast not even being nominated, Voodoo placing next to Get Ready, lots of bizarre little things like that
ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMS
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
oh they did do the first half! second half was erykah badu, portishead and the knife in i think that order but lots of weird ones again there
― imago, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:27 (six years ago) link
first half top ten stuffed with radiohead, the streets and basement jaxx. safe to say it needs another look
― imago, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS
the second half was still before my time but it feels like the board has changed much less since then. it's a great list yeah
those Basement Jaxx albums are still fantastic and seem a little overlooked these days imo!
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
a lot of critically-loved stuff from those years has aged quite badly imo - anyway, someone should do it
― imago, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
Trying to convince myself to undertake such a thing, but I'm not there yet.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
With imago on this one
Honestly 2000s seems so daunting
Find it easier to remember 2010-2014 most for some reason, possibly the insane amount of good music
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
a lot of critically-loved stuff from those years has aged quite badly imo
Yeah, I'd have to relisten to a lot of stuff. There's very little of what I liked during 00-09 that I feel like I can take for granted as being good now.
― jmm, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
Yeah I'm down for a 2000s poll, even if calling it daunting is an understatement. We'd need a lot of time to go and relisten to all those albums.
Would we do songs? Albums? Both? With songs I could probably make a ballot in 2 minutes, albums not so much lol
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
I mean, it could be fun to dive back in, because I haven't listened to Miss Kittin or Playgroup in yeeeears, but then I'll be mad when people vote up Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire and I have to smash my phone.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link
nominations period might need to be a few months lol
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:52 (six years ago) link
arcade fire will certainly suffer the wither of hindsight
― imago, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:52 (six years ago) link
my real hope is that lcd soundsystem does too
Badu still better be #1 tho.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
tbh I believe #1 still would be either Badu or Portishead, even now.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
seems redundant to poll 10s albums once more just to trace changes in taste over 8 years... more fun to do singles
― niels, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
if we were going to do albums we may as well do singles too
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
I can kick They Might Be Giants off on Monday.
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Friday, 14 September 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
Dooooo eeeeeeeeit!!!!!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
Yes! They Might Be Giants poll
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 15 September 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link
2000s poll is a great idea.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 15 September 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
TMBG voting thread: Hope That I Get Polled Before I Die: THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS 1982-2002 POLL - Voting, Campaigning, Discussing
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Monday, 17 September 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
Surprise! POLL! Yeah, we just thought we'd drop in! - ILM Artist Poll #93 - The B-52’s (voting is open until November 3, 2018)
― Bee OK, Friday, 19 October 2018 03:02 (six years ago) link
YOUTH CULTURE POLLED MY DOG: They Might Be Giants (first 21 years) POLL RESULTS
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Monday, 29 October 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished) 37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished)61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) 64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished)67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)68. Queen - charlie h (finished)69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished)73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished)74. Stereolab - Moka (finished)75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished)76. Devo - soref (finished)77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished)79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished)80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished)81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished)82. Talking Heads - Bee OK (finished)83. Blondie - nate woolls (finished)84. Van Morrison - kornrulez6969 (finished)85. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie (finished)86. Joy Division – Bee OK (finished)87. Smashing Pumpkins - ufo (finished)88. Björk – Eric H (finished)89. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις (finished)90. Elvis - Euler and Moka (images) (finished)91. Tori Amos - ufo (finished)92. They Might Be Giants sic (finished)
Surprise! POLL! Yeah, we just thought we'd drop in! - ILM Artist Poll #93 - The B-52’s (Postponed) (postponed)
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBThe Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCainDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Erykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DThe Jesus and Mary Chain - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - pollrunner needed for this oneFrench/Francophone - Van Horn StreetThe Cars/Ric Ocasek - crütTim Buckley - Naive Teen IdolThe Cramps - MokaBristol trip-hop - chapWire - kornrulez6969jungle/drum 'n bass - Le Bateau IvreSuede - Bee OKRobyn Hitchcock - campreverbPower Ballads - rogermexico.Grunge - Cosmic SlopArtists poll - Dan WorsleyKylie Minogue - BradNelsonMath-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll - OdysseusPhil Spector - crütSongs Under 2 Minutes - LeeeGlen Campbell - ― SpottieZZ Top - rogermexico.QOTSA/Desert Sessions - rogermexico.T Rex - Naive Teen IdolBardo Pond – LeeeSuper Furry Animals – poll runner needed for this oneBeck - Bee OKNu Metal Trax – MordyLinda Ronstadt – crütGo Betweens - Nag! Nag! Nag!New Wave (just can’t get enough) - Bee OK
*added:
easy listening/adult contemporary - dyl
― Bee OK, Saturday, 3 November 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link
heyo, i'm doing my first ballot poll (filling in for Bee on the B-52s poll) and just wanted to check that these are the accepted ranking/scores:
Tracks:
Rank Score1 402 363 334 305 286 267 258 249 2310 2211 2112 2013 1914 1815 1716 1617 1518 1419 1320 1221 1122 1023 924 825 726 627 528 429 330 2
what about albums? the same?
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 05:51 (six years ago) link
We use wOBA for music polls.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 November 2018 05:53 (six years ago) link
(i'm using the spreadsheet that's referenced upthread (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-6UZjUc-eioPify1wTOMXe_dSsjOQ6pBu0ZjT0I7CCQ) but i'm using lol numbers on my macbook so i have to make some adjustments and use vlookup i guess)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 05:54 (six years ago) link
i don't know if ilx music polls are ready for the wOBA revolution
i'm going bee ok style! (1 = 50, 2 = 46, 3 = 43, 4 = 40, 5 = 38, 6 = 36, 7= 35, then one point less for each successive ranking down the list). posting it here in case some other hapless poll runner needs it in the future.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 06:08 (six years ago) link
♫ Before I talk, I should read a POLL! ♪ ILM Artist Poll #93 ♪ B-52’s ♫
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 00:28 (six years ago) link
So... anything coming up?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 23 November 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
does eoy start in 2019?
― niels, Friday, 23 November 2018 10:45 (six years ago) link
Yeah, results usually rolled out end of January
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 November 2018 10:50 (six years ago) link
I'm suddenly keen to run a Belle & Sebastian poll at some point. Thought there was mainly antipathy on ILX, but it seems that's not necessarily the case.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 24 November 2018 22:46 (six years ago) link
Would definitely vote in a B&S poll.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Saturday, 24 November 2018 23:08 (six years ago) link
really surprised that a B&S poll hadn't been done before and wasn't even on the list of ones people were planning to run, would definitely vote
― ufo, Saturday, 24 November 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
yeah same
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 November 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link
Would vote in a B&S poll!
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 24 November 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 24 November 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
Do it
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 25 November 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
POLLercoaster Ride!! Yay to Belle Sebastian Poll.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 26 November 2018 01:26 (six years ago) link
Right now? LOL. I could quite readily, if not for the queue-jumping.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 26 November 2018 02:01 (six years ago) link
The queue is fake news.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 26 November 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
It really is.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 November 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
Poor Hard Rock/Hair Metal has been waiting at the top since 2015.
― jmm, Monday, 26 November 2018 03:19 (six years ago) link
Okay, if there are no objections in the next few hours I'll start a thread.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 26 November 2018 03:35 (six years ago) link
Yes! Ideal band for a poll. This is gonna be good.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 26 November 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
POLLercoaster Ride - ILM Artist Poll #94 - Belle and Sebastian - Discussion/Campaigning Thread
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:50 (six years ago) link
realizing that we've never done Mark E. Smith and your granny on bongos, ie THE FALL surely this must be remedied
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
er wait I take that back looks like Mark G did it? huh couldn't find it in the search results
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
People get ready, strip down your houses because it's the FALL TRACKS BALLOT ROLL- OUT! - PART TWO The Tracks (Pre-wray)
grabbed it from here btw, one of ilx's top 10 threads for utility
― teen heartthrob Pacey Winger (Will M.), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
ah! thx
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:37 (six years ago) link
Could we please be objective cause the other POLLS are queuing up behind us - Artist Poll #94 - Belle & Sebastian - RESULTS
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
ILM's 2018 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD
― seandalai, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 01:26 (six years ago) link
So how should we kick off 2019? Anybody feel like running a poll?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
AM Radio Gold - Jeff WPower Ballads - rogermexicoSongs Under 2 Minutes - Leee
Feeling one of these three ^^^^^
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link
Songs Under 2 Minutes could be very inteeresting!
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 15:24 (five years ago) link
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 15:27 (five years ago) link
ILX Compilation v4: Tiny Music (Deadline/Submissions/etc!!)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 15:37 (five years ago) link
that does sound really fun. it would depend on a really good nomination process, but at least there's already threads dedicated to the topic that would get us started
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
i thought imago was gonna run a decade poll at some pt
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
A good way to kick off 2020
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
I'm going to do the 2000-10 albums and tracks poll but I thought maybe this summer would be a nicer time for it. Maybe spring though!
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
Sorry, I mean 2000-09
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
I would like to do a Serge Gainsbourg poll at some point, not immediately.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
Quick scan of my files, and I've got so many great under-two-minute songs--another vote for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INVKNhOpYhs
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
It'd also be a bookend for the long-song poll from a few years ago.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
as a bonus, it would be a lot more practical to listen to the playlist of the short song countdown than it was to listen to the long song countdown.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
i would stan hard for wire in the short song poll
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
yeah short songs is a great idea. Let's do it.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:06 (five years ago) link
I was just marvelling at how great Dinosaur L's "#2 (No, Thank You)" was merely minutes ago!
― kraudive, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
leee if it ends up happening and you want any assistance just let me know
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
Short songs sounds fun. It's hard to guess what the consensus favourites would even be. "Outdoor Miner"?
― jmm, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
No because the best version of Outdoor Miner is over 2 minutes
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
"Velocity Girl" and "What You do to Me" spring to mind
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
pay to cum, minor threat, some other hardcore song
― sun-kil moonsician (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:22 (five years ago) link
anyway, i am very down
Some great rock n' roll classics come in under two minutes: Great Balls of Fire, All Shook Up, Surrender, Hit the Road Jack, Rave On, Yakety Yak, I Wanna Be Your Man, He's So Fine.... This will be a hell of difficult ballad to decide.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
Big question, two minutes or under two minutes? And Your Bird Can Sing is 2'00 according to spotify.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
Some other great ones that are exactly two minutes:
"Jamboree," Beat Happening"Satin Slipper," Blades of Grass"Your Love Keeps Me Going," Denise Scott & the Soundsmen"Aerosol Burns," Essential Logic"Pregnant Again," Knight School"Look of Love," Lesley Gore"Never Let Me Go," Monique"Tighter," Paul Revere & the Raiders"The Queen of Eyes," Soft Boys
So yes, big question.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
i guess it will be to the discretion of the pollrunner if those songs are smol enough
― sun-kil moonsician (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link
is electronica included?
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
I still think On a Good Day is potentially my favorite track from Have One On Me.Titans from Dawn Richard is 2:07. I'd like to be able to vote for such a wonderful track.Could we consider going up to 2:30 ? Or does that open things up way too much because of certain genres (but who truly cares about punk right).Or wait, even better idea, do two categories: one for lightning-quick songs up to 1:30 (for all Wire fans etc), and a second for 1:30-2:30 that are more like errr actual songs.I don't really care, 2 minutes is fine, I have On a Good Day.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
Outro With Bees by Neko Case is a perfect miniature. Great Cop.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
if anything i'd be in favor of going in the other direction: a 90 seconds poll would eliminate a lot of 1:59 stuff that i think is less interesting than the "miniatures". i don't want to poll a bunch of chuck berry and early rock N roll
i'm thinking stuff like "her majesty" or "naked, if i want to" or "field day for the sundays" or "till the morning comes"
in other words, two minutes is TOO LONG
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
tbh 2:00 is too long; 2:30 would be just 'vote for your favorite short-ish song'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
1:45 seems like a decent compromise
― sun-kil moonsician (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:24 (five years ago) link
the epics poll was 10 mins+, though, so the spiritual companion would mean a poll of songs 1 minute or less
― sun-kil moonsician (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
100% down for 1 minute or less
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
Looking forward to arguments about the true lenght of Here She Comes Now.
Let's do it!!
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
bold move but i'm gonna call "pnoom" by can the winner
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
90 seconds with leniency of a few seconds seems acceptable to me. (Yes, I have a 1:33 candidate.)
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
I vote for the original 2:00. Historically, songs under 2:00 stood apart; if you were to comb old reviews, I'm positive that that would be the benchmark that warranted comment (e.g., the first Ramones album--six songs under 2:00). And if you dropped it to 1:30 or 1:00, you'd lose so many great songs. But if you raised it to 2:30, the field would be way too large, and there's nothing especially significant about a song that runs 2:25. I understand it's a completely arbitrary call, but 2:00 is a nice round number--like 10:00--that splits the difference well, I'd say.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
I also suspect that dropping to 1:30 or 1:00 would lead to a disproportionate number of punk songs (which would certainly account for part of my own list, but there's a lot of great doo-wop, for instance, that falls in the 1:30-2:00 range--it'd be hard to find a great doo-wop song under 1:30).
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 21:53 (five years ago) link
agree
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 21:54 (five years ago) link
going through my itunes library and 2 minutes is way way too long. 90 seconds feels right
― sun-kil moonsician (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
I'm down for this poll, however we decide on structuring it, though I vote for 2:00 as the cutoff. Whether an exactly two minute song counts is something we'll have to work out: all that it determines for me at this point is whether or not I get to include "Walking to New Orleans" by Fats Domino.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:24 (five years ago) link
Idk, 2 minutes to me seems like a regular song length. There’s no novelty in it. Even shortening it down to 1:50 or 1:55 would make the results far more interesting imo
― sun-kil moonsician (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
Should we just say anything < 2 mins?
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:43 (five years ago) link
two things, not sure if Leee is a regular poster any longer, unless he has changed his log in name? so someone else might have to take over that poll.
also, someone really needs to sign up and do Low now.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:53 (five years ago) link
I expect little crossover between Low and the under-two-minutes poll.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:55 (five years ago) link
let’s poll the options ?
1 min1:30 m2 m inclusive2 m exclusive2:30 m
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:58 (five years ago) link
I guess we know what #95 is going to be. Sounds like fun.
I vote 2 min inclusion
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
Likewise.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
We also need to wait for the Metal poll to close as a courtesy.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
2 minutes inclusive sounds good, although I'm wondering whether the technical cutoff should be something like 2:03, just to allow for silences and fadeouts in what are basically legitimate songs.
― jmm, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
leee's definitely still here! i see him a lot in the video game threads, among other places. he's probably just busy playing God of War right now ;)
one idea: just let leee decide the cut-off, since it was his idea! personally, i think 2:30 would be too long but i'd support anything 2 and under
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:17 (five years ago) link
tbf, Leee hadn't posted for 70 minutes at the time Bee fretted
― The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 03:56 (five years ago) link
he's probably just busy playing God of War right now ;)
I won't have such aspersions cast about me!
I wasn't really planning on running any polls (though kind of musing about voting in a Cat Power one), but if the people want one, who am I to argue? I also don't want to lay sole claim to running a shorties poll, so if anyone has a burning desire, I'm happy to give them the responsibility. If not, I can still run it, though would welcome help with graphics.
― Zelda: Broth of the Wild (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 07:34 (five years ago) link
Bumping for the US day crowd.
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
2 min and below sounds good to me.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
Agree
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
1:59 and below
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
― imago, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
fine by moi
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
I just want to be able to vote hard for "Over Fire Island".
― jmm, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
A few good Young Marble Giants options too, hmmm
― jmm, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
Hey leee, this is weird but I guess I have a burning desire to do it. I enjoy the process and I’ve never ran an entire one myself!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
Hey leee, this is weird but I suppose I have a burning desire to do it. I enjoy the process and I’ve never ran an entire one myself!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
Hey Leee! Whoops, lol
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
Notice I changed “guess” to “suppose”It’s hard out here on ILX
Kool Karl! Giving you the krown. I'm not too picky about < 2:00 or <= 2:00.
Also, two computers ago I had a collating/point totaling script, I might try to rewrite it if you need it.
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
And let me know if you need help with anything else!
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
Will do, thanks!
To everyone else - I will set up a nominations thread this week, probably within the next couple days. Now that I have the ultimate power, I am going to use it to declare that the poll will be for songs that are less than two minutes long. 2:00 is unacceptable. 1:59.99999 is not only acceptable, it's recommended.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
maybe run a side poll for songs that are exactly 2 minutes long, too. if anyone has any other ideas for fun side polls, lemme know and i'll include it in the authoritative OP for the nominations thread
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
great poll idea, i am looking forward to it! less than 120 seconds is perfect.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
Finally, the Minutemen/Naked City/Conet Project ballot I've always wanted to cast.
― ILX Moderator: It's Like a Pressure Wash for Your Insides (WmC), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
I'm going to make it my mission to bombard Karl Malone with provocative questions that require difficult, potentially controversial decisions.
What is the final say on a song's length? Buddy Holly's "Looking for Someone to Love" is 1:56 on Wikipedia, 1:57/1:58/2:00 on Spotify (not sure if all three are the same version), 1:59 on two of my media players and 2:00 on the other (same file for all three). In or out?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:45 (five years ago) link
i am tempted to resort to the answers provided by my manual of absolute power and corruption, vol 3, page 159, "Disputed Song Lengths", which reads:
"yea, if at least one authoritative source that is never wrong, such as wikipedia, lists the official time as less than 2:00, the song is deemed "pretty short, arguably" and is thus eligible for the poll. but in general, let it be known that it is not cool to "game the system" or "be a jerk about things" by pointing to some outlier bogus source just to get a song to qualify in an internet poll. please, please, don't do that."
however: 1) we should save this discussion for the nominations thread, where it's going to happen again no matter what happens here, and 2) if someone has a great idea for how to resolve this issue in the least complicated way, i'm all ears.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 14 February 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
yay, on board with another Karl Malone poll. so looking forward to this.
and Hi, fellow SF Giants fan Leee. haven't seen you in the same thread that i seem to be posting on.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 February 2019 00:13 (five years ago) link
thanks bee! and yeah, it should be fun. i'll hold off on the nominations thread until this weekend so as to not interfere with the 2018 metal n' heavy rock voting deadline
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 14 February 2019 02:03 (five years ago) link
hell yeah km this gonna be fun and edifying
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 February 2019 05:09 (five years ago) link
how are we doing karl, i'm ready to salute some minuscule masterpieces
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 February 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
You'll probably have to issue many deadline reminders, continually re-explain the rules, etc.--everyone participating will have very short attention spans.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 February 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
i'm gonna post the nominations thread tonight! i will drunkenly remind everyone every 00:01:59 or less
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 February 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
Las Vegas has installed There's a Riot Going On by Sly as the favorite at 20:1
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 18 February 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
♫ Your NOMINATIONS for the best songs under 2 minutes poll ♫
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 02:07 (five years ago) link
the 2 minute songs poll and the jazz album poll revive made me wonder whether there had ever been a motown albums poll. like motown / tamla / gordy etc.
just throwing the idea out there.
listened to the supremes’ “we remember sam cooke” today and boy did it sound good
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 03:55 (five years ago) link
have we ever done a duets poll? i think that would be cool
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
made me wonder whether there had ever been a motown albums poll. like motown / tamla / gordy etc.
Albums, no. Singles/tracks, yes.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
C. Grisso, would you object if I asked for the Bacharach Songbook poll back? I'd like to see that one happen.
― 27 Discounts ILXors Get Only If They Know (WmC), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
love that WilliamC is getting back into the game.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 7 March 2019 05:27 (five years ago) link
XP. Yeah, go ahead. It's seems like any time I get open to do something with it, another poll is already in full swing, or something else comes up at home.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 March 2019 05:37 (five years ago) link
Cool, thanks. Is anything coming up after Karl's >2:00 poll?
― 27 Discounts ILXors Get Only If They Know (WmC), Thursday, 7 March 2019 15:55 (five years ago) link
Would there be interest in a Gordon Lightfoot poll? I would be happy to run one at some point if so, not sure what the order of things is right now.
― Will (kruezer2), Monday, 25 March 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
Has Scott Walker never been done? Sorry, can't search on Flagging app.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 25 March 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
Nope, was suggested but never followed up.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 25 March 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
I only got into Gord last year, so I can't say I'm familiar enough with his entire discography to participate in a poll. I spent almost my whole life just thinking he was an unremarkable one-hit wonder who sang about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 March 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
Would vote for Gord. But I’m guessing single-digit returns.
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 00:50 (five years ago) link
yeah, probably not worth it for a small return, maybe I'll start a thread to listen thru his discography instead.
― Will (kruezer2), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
Would participate. Song by song would be rad, but album by album is probably more realistic. I am just about to embark on a chronological Gord listening binge, so nice timing!
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
I'd totally listen along myself. Been forever meaning to get beyond my scratchy old Best Of LP.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
After < 2 minutes finishes, I propose the final installment of the triad: BEST SONGS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MINUTES.
― LEOPLOD BLOOMPS (Leee), Monday, 1 April 2019 21:27 (five years ago) link
nah we gotta do songs between 8 and 10 mins
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Monday, 1 April 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link
I would totally Gord out with yall
― frogbs, Monday, 1 April 2019 21:31 (five years ago) link
xp I'd be up for that. I'm still REELING from finding the +10-minute not-epic thread and getting cross with all the tracks that almost made my playlist but not quite.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 1 April 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link
Gord Out W/Us I'm Not Sayin' it's the Gordon Lightfoot listening thread (but it is)...new album every Thursday
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 1 April 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
Top 120 Songs Under 120 Seconds (ILM Poll #95)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 11 April 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
Anyone ready to go?
Something on Twitter has made me newly keen on running the Go-Betweens poll I suggested about a year ago. Though the queue, such as it is, remains long and having run a poll scarcely four months ago I should arguably simmer down. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 13 April 2019 02:07 (five years ago) link
William aka WmC is going to run Bacharach Songbook next i believe?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 13 April 2019 02:13 (five years ago) link
Bacharach yes, but I also like the idea of a Go-Betweens poll
― Dan S, Saturday, 13 April 2019 02:19 (five years ago) link
Ah, Bacharach, cool. Yet another I'll feel compelled to participate in then.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 13 April 2019 02:19 (five years ago) link
Excited for a Bacharach poll
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Saturday, 13 April 2019 08:01 (five years ago) link
I've been preparing.
― The Carjackers Quickly Dumped ILX Once They Saw What Was Inside (WmC), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
Does an ILXor want this to happen tomorrow or have a few more days of sub-2 afterglow?
― The Carjackers Quickly Dumped ILX Once They Saw What Was Inside (WmC), Monday, 15 April 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
this ilxor’s in love with you
― budo jeru, Monday, 15 April 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
There's a very helpful thread with all the polls listed. I used to have it bookmarked but I no longer do and can't find it. If anyone knows what I'm talking about could you please post it here?
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 15 April 2019 22:59 (five years ago) link
― The Carjackers Quickly Dumped ILX Once They Saw What Was Inside (WmC), Monday, 15 April 2019 23:06 (five years ago) link
That's the one! Thank you.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:18 (five years ago) link
XXXP: Start whenever you're ready, IMHO. I for one now have a provisional longlist just waiting to be whittled down. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 01:37 (five years ago) link
Burt is up and running, hoping for a good turnout. Living Together, Polling Together — it's the BURT BACHARACH SONGBOOK Ballot Poll
― The Mod Who Banned Liberty Valance (WmC), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
I would be hell of down for this:
104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs)
Though I wonder if post-rock into there is kind of a non sequitur?
― Audrey Tautoulogy (Leee), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
I'm itching for the Go-Betweens poll
― Alba, Saturday, 20 April 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
cant help but feel a post rock/math rock poll should be its own thing now
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 20 April 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
it would be fun to listen/vote in but figuring out what counts would be WW3
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
...it's possible i'm exaggerating there but it would be agonizing all the same
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 21:25 (five years ago) link
update coming in a few...
#96 Living Together, Polling Together — it's the BURT BACHARACH SONGBOOK Ballot Poll
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 03:02 (five years ago) link
i have just talked with Nag! Nag! Nag! and he has agreed to delay the Go Betweens poll for me. that poll is coming very, very soon...
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 03:06 (five years ago) link
A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished) B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)37. New Order - Bee OK (finished) 37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)42. Stax - seandalai (finished)43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)54. Autechre - Leee (finished)55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)56. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished) 58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished)61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) 64. Italo - daavid (finished)65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished) 66. Metallica - pplains (finished)67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)68. Queen - charlie h (finished)69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished)73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished)74. Stereolab - Moka (finished)75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished)76. Devo - soref (finished)77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished)79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished)80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished)81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished)82. Talking Heads - Bee OK (finished)83. Blondie - nate woolls (finished)84. Van Morrison - kornrulez6969 (finished)85. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie (finished)86. Joy Division – Bee OK (finished)87. Smashing Pumpkins - ufo (finished)88. Björk – Eric H (finished)89. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις (finished)90. Elvis - Euler and Moka (images) (finished)91. Tori Amos - ufo (finished)92. They Might Be Giants - sic (finished)93. The B-52's - Bee OK/Karl Malone (finished)94. Belle and Sebastian - ― Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)95. Songs Under 2 Minutes - Karl Malone (finished)96. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WmC
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Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080Stephin Merritt - GukbeFairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy DodsJimi Hendrix - some dudeGenesis + solo - NickBDead C - Raymond CummingsRoyal Trux + side projects - sleeveJohn Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?Rush - Matt #2Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfanBilly Joel - Doctor CasinoLow - aldoNine Inch Nails - chapREM - rogermexico.Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKCovers - kornrulez6969New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerleeNo Wave - sarahellDFA - Van Horn StreetMisfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080Erykah Badu - Eric H.Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie hHerbie Hancock - crütAphex Twin - Stevie DThe Jesus and Mary Chain - Bee OKJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - SpottieSiouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRooAM Radio Gold - Jeff WEurovision - nxdSteve Albini - nate woollsYellow Magic Orchestra - frogbsByrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969Cardiacs + affiliated - imagoTropicalia/MPB - Frederik BChic Organization - pollrunner needed for this oneFrench/Francophone - Van Horn StreetThe Cars/Ric Ocasek - crütTim Buckley - Naive Teen IdolThe Cramps - MokaBristol trip-hop - chapWire - kornrulez6969jungle/drum 'n bass - Le Bateau IvreSuede - Bee OKRobyn Hitchcock - campreverbPower Ballads - rogermexico.Grunge - Cosmic SlopArtists poll - Dan WorsleyKylie Minogue - BradNelsonMath-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll - OdysseusPhil Spector - crütGlen Campbell - ― SpottieZZ Top - rogermexico.QOTSA/Desert Sessions - rogermexico.T Rex - Naive Teen IdolBardo Pond – LeeeSuper Furry Animals – poll runner needed for this oneBeck - Bee OKNu Metal Trax – MordyLinda Ronstadt – crütThe Go-Betweens - Nag! Nag! Nag!New Wave (just can’t get enough) Albums and Singles - Bee OKeasy listening/adult contemporary - dyl
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Serge Gainsbourg - Camaraderie at Arms LengthGalaxie 500/Luna - Bee OK
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 03:35 (five years ago) link
Cause when our POLL did meet, Girl you know I was packin' heat! - ILM Artist Poll #97 - BECK (Voting is open until Saturday, June 1, 2019)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 04:11 (five years ago) link
Put me down for a Girl Groups singles poll.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 08:37 (five years ago) link
I met you...at JC POLLney - ILM Artist Poll #97 - BECK - the Results Thread
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 16:52 (five years ago) link
Okay, there was a vague agreement (with Bee OK at least) that I'd go ahead with The Go-Betweens after Beck concluded. So...no objections?I'm willing and able to commence pretty much immediately. Tuomas's ambient jamboree is scheduled to choogle along for most of this month but it didn't seem to dampen enthusiasm for the Beck poll. I'm thinking that a generous voting deadline extending a week or so beyond the ambient one might just work. I'll start a thread today if no one advises against it!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:40 (five years ago) link
Before POLLywood - The Go-Betweens - Artist Poll #98 - VOTING THREAD
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 10 June 2019 05:39 (five years ago) link
The mind revealing itself to itself: the TOP 100 AMBIENT ALBUMS as voted by ILX
― Bee OK, Sunday, 7 July 2019 00:36 (five years ago) link
Draining the POLL for you - ILM artist poll #98 - The Go-Betweens
― Bee OK, Sunday, 7 July 2019 00:37 (five years ago) link
so... who's next?
― ufo, Monday, 15 July 2019 00:21 (five years ago) link
would be up for doing a phil elverum poll in the future if there's interest
― devvvine, Monday, 15 July 2019 12:14 (five years ago) link
would be interested for sure
― ufo, Monday, 15 July 2019 13:25 (five years ago) link
imago said he wants to do that '00s poll
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Monday, 15 July 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link
*bump*
So... anyone actually ready to go?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 18 July 2019 04:52 (five years ago) link
I guess I'm on the list for Bardo Pond, but I also threw out a Cat Power poll. I'm up for either if that's something people want!
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Thursday, 18 July 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
Add me at the back of the list for a Wussy poll. I'll be dead and Wussy will be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by then, at which point someone else can take it over.
― clemenza, Thursday, 18 July 2019 17:21 (five years ago) link
I for one would be interested to see the results of a Cat Power poll.I've found it pretty hard to gauge the likely turnout from responses on this thread. There seem to be few contenders right at this instant, so Leee, if you're in a position to start immediately you may as well just try it and see.(IMHO. Certainly not speaking with any authority, obviously.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 19 July 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
someone should really run an Underworld poll sometime considering all the love for them here, but I'd want to wait until after Drift finishes up of course
― ufo, Friday, 19 July 2019 03:07 (five years ago) link
count me in concerning cat power. i haven't really listened to her in ages.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 19 July 2019 07:44 (five years ago) link
Co-sign on the Underworld poll, despite my lack of enthusiasm over the Drift glut.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Friday, 19 July 2019 13:07 (five years ago) link
I always ask this, but anyone have the Google sheet? At the very least I'd like to refresh my memory about the points scheme to use.
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
nm, found it! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-6UZjUc-eioPify1wTOMXe_dSsjOQ6pBu0ZjT0I7CCQ/edit#gid=1
And: "Dear Ms. Power, please sound more like Adele" - Cat Power - Artist Poll #99 - VOTING THREAD
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Friday, 19 July 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
i'll be happy to do the 00's poll over August/early September if we're keen?
― imago, Friday, 19 July 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
Are any of these ever likely to happen?
Jimi Hendrix - some dudeREM - rogermexico.Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OKAphex Twin - Stevie DBristol trip-hop - chap
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 19 July 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
rem has already been done
\///\/// It's the ILX SUPER SUMMER R.E.M. POLL OF POLLS RESULTS THREAD \///\///
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 July 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
No, that's the REM poll that happened, but not the one that was proposed. I can't remember the details now because it was more than 10 years ago (but someone could look into it, if anyone is remotely bothered), but I think that poll was based on people voting from a limited selection of REM tunes that had been selected from an album-by-album series of traditional ILM polls (i.e. where you can only make one vote for one track). Then I copied the idea and did a Blur poll where people could vote for any track by Blur and then it kickstarted this whole neverending list of artist polls and at some point somebody said 'ah, we should do REM again, but this time you can vote for any track by them'. I think.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 19 July 2019 23:04 (five years ago) link
XP That REM poll wasn't really a standard ballot poll tho.
I can take over Hendrix.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 July 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
oh okay
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 July 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
yes, REM needs to be redone because NBS pretty much nailed the reason and that is why they were added to this list.
the Shoegaze/Dream Pop/ Post-rock (Akbums and EPs) will be done but i'm also willing to let someone take over that one if wanted. to tell the truth, i will do New Wave before that one anyways, so i would love it if someone took it over that way it will be done sooner rather than later as i can't see me doing it for at least two years.
Hendrix is yours C. Grisso/McCain
image, ballot poll #100 for the 00's poll just sounds perfect. you are on deck.
― Bee OK, Friday, 19 July 2019 23:18 (five years ago) link
doesnt hendrix have a really small catalog?
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 19 July 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
Kind of, but we've done bands with small-ish discographies before (Nirvana, Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin etc.).
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 July 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
true. dunno how accurate this is but it says 174 tracks, which a ton are live and/or posthumous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Jimi_Hendrix
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 19 July 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
oh Erykah Badu might be good to do sometime too
― ufo, Saturday, 20 July 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
I’m happy to move that poll up in the standings, for sure.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Saturday, 20 July 2019 01:25 (five years ago) link
i'll look forward to it!
― ufo, Saturday, 20 July 2019 03:42 (five years ago) link
I’m slammed at work for at least the next couple of weeks but what with the new book and all the timing seems good for REM soon-ish
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 20 July 2019 04:18 (five years ago) link
Hendrix song list is missing Slow Walkin' Talk, a demo he recorded with Robert Wyatt, so doesn't look like it's complete.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 20 July 2019 06:16 (five years ago) link
Making sure that folks have seen this: "Dear Ms. Power, please sound more like Adele" - Cat Power - Artist Poll #99 - VOTING THREAD
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Friday, 26 July 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
The time has come and probably passed for a yacht rock poll.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Monday, 29 July 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
No, it's the perfect time!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 29 July 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
Define "yacht rock"
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Monday, 29 July 2019 20:24 (five years ago) link
it's anything that isn't ambient
― Karl Malone, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
― budo jeru, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
haha. see we're there already.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
Seahawks is ambient yacht rock so there
― octobeard, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
Broadcast! Might there be enough interest in a Broadcast poll? Small discography perhaps, but not really that small.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 00:21 (five years ago) link
We need Cat Power ballots! "Dear Ms. Power, please sound more like Adele" - Cat Power - Artist Poll #99 - VOTING THREAD
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Monday, 12 August 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
i hardly know broadcast but i like the idea of being forced to listen to them in order to produce a ballot for a poll.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 09:04 (five years ago) link
^ I dig it! :)The Replacements was another that came up elsewhere recently. I'd happily crunch numbers for that too if no one else has a burning desire to do so.Wish I was in a better position to vote in the Cat Power one. Very interested to see how that turns out but not quite able to construct a well-informed ballot.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 09:28 (five years ago) link
Would be very much up for a Broadcast poll.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 09:58 (five years ago) link
i'll be happy to do the 00's poll over August/early September if we're keen? -- imagoSo this is definitely next? I think I'll turn my mind to such matters in anticipation...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 08:10 (five years ago) link
Is the 00’s poll albums or tracks?
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:27 (five years ago) link
Both!
― imago, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
I love love love Broadcast but yeah the catalog is too small to warrant it imo
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:59 (five years ago) link
At a quick count, 143 tracks in Broadcast discography, no problem putting together a top 50.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 23:11 (five years ago) link
I mean, I can already see myself getting annoyed when 'Phantom' and 'Ritual / Looking In' don't make it.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
yeah and like a quarter of those tracks are interstitial things that are around a minute long
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
I mean fine, do whatever, I wouldn't feel compelled to vote in it
Smaller discographies don't necessarily warrant a "Top 50" unless the actual results demand it. For instance, when I ran the Sleater-Kinney poll (a discography which at the time was around 100 tracks), the spread was enough that I had a little more than 50 tracks with enough points=two #1's, which I had set as the floor for ranking.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
Total points equivalent to two first-place votes? Oddly enough I now see I cut my last one off at almost exactly that same point (#60 in that case) without consciously applying such a criterion, so that seems intuitively 'right'. There were only ever going to be about 100 real contenders (from ~170) amongst Go-Betweens tracks, but it seemed to work okay.I cut B&S at #60 as well, but I distinctly remember that being where the number of votes dropped below 10. That was apparently equivalent to ~4 #1s, as the number of votes was freakishly high!As long as one can cobble together say... a top 30, using similar yardsticks, it may still be worthwhile. Besides, I secretly feel like polls are less about stats than the excuse to listen to and talk about a given artist far, far too much!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 22 August 2019 01:40 (five years ago) link
i did: POLL Will Tear Us Apart – ILM Artist Poll #86 - JOY DIVISION – New Order solo or other groups Poll (aka the Electronic poll) – a NEW ORDER (#37) supplement poll --- Results Thread
even tho there were a fair amount of votes, i don't think the poll was very successful. as far as how many should be counted down? i think it depends on the results, tho i also had set boundaries like at least five votes for most polls. i really couldn't do more than a Top 20 for Joy Division as number 25 only had two votes so i didn't expand.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 August 2019 02:28 (five years ago) link
Looking closer at the S-K thread, I see I actually used something above 90 points as the floor, with 50th place having 6 votes and 97 points.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 22 August 2019 03:36 (five years ago) link
You Have Seen Some UnbelievaPOLL Things - ILM Artist Poll #99 - Cat Power Results
― Melon Musk (Leee), Monday, 26 August 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
Best albums (and tracks) of YOUR favourite albums (and tracks) of the ENTIRE NOUGHTIES: 2000-2009 Ballot Poll Nominations + Campaigning Thread
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
ILM Ballot Polls for 2020 and beyond -- the ordering, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc
― Bee OK, Friday, 7 February 2020 01:15 (four years ago) link
?
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 7 February 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link
see new thread, we have a new one for the new decade. this one will be locked:
― Bee OK, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:56 (four years ago) link