CCR had more UK #1s (one, "Bad Moon Rising") than they did US #1s.
― Euler, Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha! Also three Top 10, two Top 20, three Top 40 hits.
― Oracle Crackers (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
right---& T Rex wasn't that huge in the US, looking at the stats; "Bang a Gong" only hit #10.
― Euler, Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Most bands would give their left bollock for that little list! (xp)
― Oracle Crackers (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess my point above about CCR vs. the Stones isn't really about authenticity vs. inauthenticity, but really about how each band might be perceived.
I can imagine CCR being heard as simply an American band doing American music and that there maybe isn't a lot of interest in that compared to the Stones who perhaps "interpret" American music and thus turn it into something unusual, familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.
And it's probably true that the Stones are the better band. I voted for them because they just have way more classic songs than CCR and kept getting better and better well after CCR folded.
However, CCR shouldn't be ignored, they are a damn good band and John Fogerty is one of the all-time greates rock vocalists, an amazing song writer, and a great guitarist.
― Moodles, Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
all-time greatest
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 8 July 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
CCR vs. Stones is doing my head in
― ILX trolls and "autistic" use of the N-word (crüt), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
afaik I've never heard Can, but fuck the Beach Boys
I voted for Can, but fuck anyone who says "fuck the Beach Boys"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2exZurfc
― ILX trolls and "autistic" use of the N-word (crüt), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
just because u hate panda bear doesn't mean you should blame brian wilson
― ILX trolls and "autistic" use of the N-word (crüt), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:36 (fourteen years ago) link
lex pretend vs. Herman G. Neuname
acoleuthic vs. Tuomas
Geir Hongro vs. Matos W.K.
deej vs. Whiney G. Weingarten
― is this the end of zombie Shakespeare? (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Maximum Hongroe
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 July 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
poll w/ 5 songs challops by one artist contributor to ILM vs. 5 songs challops by the other
― Oracle Crackers (Tom D.), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Not sure that "I Get Around" is going to convince Beach Boys haters. I mean, I like the Beach Boys for songs like that, but I love them for songs like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDjLyB9NK0Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLyXRPl1aEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYIlH4nOEohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E9obXA6mDY
― jaymc, Friday, 9 July 2010 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
― ILX trolls and "autistic" use of the N-word (crüt), Friday, July 9, 2010 7:36 AM Bookmark
never liked them in the first place dude. their voices drive me up the wall. (altho obv they aren't as bad as panda bear)
― otm machine (The Reverend), Friday, 9 July 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
those beach boys songs are not as good as I Get Around
― ILX trolls and "autistic" use of the N-word (crüt), Friday, 9 July 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Hryc5t2wQ
― kkvgz, Friday, 9 July 2010 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
― ILX trolls and "autistic" use of the N-word (crüt)
OT-friggin-M!
― strong boy burger (KMS), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 9 July 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
DAMMIT ROLLING STONES!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 July 2010 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
so Can, The Notorious B.I.G., Rolling Stones, Joy Division/New Order are the winners?
― symsymsym, Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
That's how I read it.
Here's the vote tally by matchup:
Beach Boys 45*Can 46 * The Notorious B.I.G. 47 ABBA 44 CCR 30* Rolling Stones 61 David Bowie 39* Joy Division/New Order 52
― Moodles, Saturday, 10 July 2010 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
gonna double check the math, but those all add up to 91 so I imagine it's right
― iatee, Saturday, 10 July 2010 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link
beach boys out already = breaks my heart
not too sure abt these seedings
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 July 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Some heartbreakers already!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 10 July 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't expect Can to take out Beach Boys
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 10 July 2010 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
ABBA was robbed. BIG is the worst! Wack east coast hip hop bias strikes again.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 10 July 2010 05:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, July 9, 2010 9:28 PM (Yesterday)
It's true, the random seeding has some strange effects. For example, either Radiohead or The Velvet Underground isn't going to make it past round 1.
― Moodles, Saturday, 10 July 2010 07:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Joy Div over Bowie = fuck every last motherfucking one of you
― ain't too proud to blog (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 July 2010 09:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Beach Boys 45*Can 46
A tad close, what happens if there's a draw?
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Saturday, 10 July 2010 09:59 (fourteen years ago) link
q: and in the case of a tie?a: uh...I'll count up the number of times the vote was mentioned on the thread - tie goes to the non-lurkers
― Dodo Lurker (Slim and Slam), Saturday, 10 July 2010 11:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Oops, I forgot to vote, and I was going Beach Boys. Still, I like Can plenty too, and they'd probably have taken the tie-breaker.
― atoms breaking heart (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 10 July 2010 12:24 (fourteen years ago) link
actually I changed the tie-breaker in the course of this thread to a penalty kick poll - 5 songs from one v. 5 songs from another
― iatee, Saturday, 10 July 2010 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd rather there just weren't any ties dammit, but it's gonna happen
― iatee, Saturday, 10 July 2010 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Joy Div over Bowie = fuck every last motherfucking one of you --ain't too proud to blog (Noodle Vague)
Seriously.
― sofatruck, Saturday, 10 July 2010 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
to be fair it was JD/NO vs. Bowie and I rate NO high over both JD and DB.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 10 July 2010 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I used to have a lot of love for NO and I guess some of the big singles still reach a spot but they fill me with inertia nowadays in a way that Bowie never has
― ain't too proud to blog (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Can???
― skip, Saturday, 10 July 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
a travesty, esp relative to the east, where decency won out. beach boys beating can was inevitable (if tragic), couldn't care less about abba vs. biggie, slightly cheered by the stones' victory over CCR, but fucking useless fucking JD/NO over bowie just steams my hams. the day i never again walk into every shop in town and hear unknown pleasures every fucking day will be the best day ever. i tell you true.
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Thursday, 15 July 2010 09:23 (fourteen years ago) link
um Can won
need to get into Bowie more but basically agreed on JD/NO
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Thursday, 15 July 2010 09:49 (fourteen years ago) link
So who won, can't be arsed counting up the votes, spoonfeed me
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Hating JD/NO is like hating pizza
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:19 (fourteen years ago) link
it's more that nothing I've heard of theirs has really moved me at all - maybe I need to hear them a bit more
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:22 (fourteen years ago) link
hating JD/NO is more like hating olives/tacos
― Euler, Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:24 (fourteen years ago) link
but olives are like my favourite OK LOOK I'M GOING FOR A JOG NOW SEEYA
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Not giving a fuck about JD/NO is like not giving a fuck about a Margherita
― Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Mañana? (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:26 (fourteen years ago) link
or maybe like hating pesto/pizza
― Euler, Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:26 (fourteen years ago) link
oh duh. miscounted. hooray!
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link
btw I didn't see this poll in time but it is pretty astonishing that "Can, The Notorious B.I.G., CCR, David Bowie" only got one vote for that is how I too would have voted
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:47 (fourteen years ago) link