Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

if there are enough tracks for a Led Zeppelin poll, there are enough tracks for a Chemical Brothers poll

I haven't totalled them up, but I'd guess Kraftwerk has about an equal number of songs to Led Zep, particularly if you include the three pre-fame albums (which I certainly intend to do). But, yeah, if there isn't enough interest I won't do one. I just thought they were an ILM beloved band that could produce some interesting results.

I initially thought of three bands I'd like to run polls for, but Neil Young and Guided by VOices were already taken. The third was Smashing Pumpkins, but a) I'm not sure that there would be enough voters and b) it would quickly be overrun with shit-talking haters.

i would vote in a kraftwerk poll

i would work in a pollkraft

Kanye's verse was edited out of the version played on Boston pop stations, I have no doubt this was true in other markets as well

― DALEKS OF GOD (DJP), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:41 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

this fuckin guy

if there are enough tracks for a Led Zeppelin poll, there are enough tracks for a Chemical Brothers poll

― DALEKS OF GOD (DJP), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:04 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

haha THIS is the post i meant to c&p, i was going to say something in response to that other post on another thread but i forgot

jussst like over the moon @ the idea that uve got this notepad doc open where you keep other ppl's ilx posts yr brewin up a response to

whereas classic worthwhile posts like:

i would work in a pollkraft

― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 5:19 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

just fukken pop out unfiltered onto ilx w/ hesitation

i don't, it was just the last thing i ctrl+c'd and i must have not hit the right key when i tried to ctrl+c'd the one after that. but keep on finding really inane little things about me hilaaarious in that condescending way you do, it's totally not douchey at all.

^ couldve used some time to percolate on the notepad

its not douchey at all

(i did not actually think you keep a notepad open of ilx posts btw it was just a 'hilaaarious' vision i had after that post and had no idea you would be so sensitive about it esp considering it was mostly an excuse to self-zing myself? xp)

i keep an actual notepad of ilx quotes and when i finally see my chance to strike with the zing i get all steelyeyed and cross out your posts with one strong red line

i have a notepad but its mainly got like to do lists and things in it

i keep mine next to the copy of my high school yearbook with the faces of all the popular kids exed out

I hope you brought that yearbook to the reunion

Put me down for 27. Saint Etienne and sometime later 4AD.

Is someone doing MBV?

Alright, since no one else stepped up, I'll pull back in for Stevie.

yay Eric!

(the list in progress)

jvc, I went ahead and gave you a number; you can trade up or down as needed.

No MBV yet, WYSIWYG.

Sometime in the future: King Crimson - WmC

The numbering on that list is bothering me slightly. We had Blur, Pavement and Manic Street Preachers polls before PSBs, MC Tunes is still rolling out, and then REM got some in days of yore. Where's their recognition?

How about this:

(the list in progress)

Hall of Fame: Blur, Pavement, Manic Street Preachers, REM, Pet Shop Boys, Prince, U2

What is MC Tunes and what thread is it rolling out in?

Renumbering as we go is a bit of a pain in the ass, but it also give a better idea of when a poll is coming up.

Maybe leave it as it was, I'm feeling like a dick already.

Has there ever been a covers poll?

like...a poll of album covers? or every cover song ever?

cover songs!

like, every cover song ever? that seems maybe TOO broad

80% of all recorded music...go!

impossibly broad category -- trying to figure out the best cover of 'Take the A Train' alone would break the internet

best version I should say

Hey, someone should do a Duke Ellington tracks poll!
(kidding...an albums poll alone would be beyond daunting)

I woke in the night screaming "A Fall Ballot??? That's gonna be IMPOSSIBLE!!!"

Can someone start work on a spotify list for the Timbaland poll please? I'm going to need help for that one.

This may sound stupid...but how do voters know when these polls go up? Is there any way of knowing beyond just keeping an eye out for it appearing?

Can someone start work on a spotify list for the Timbaland poll please? I'm going to need help for that one.

― Ismael Klata, Saturday, August 20, 2011 9:43 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark

when i start the poll thread i'm gonna strongly encourage people campaigning for more obscure tracks and posting youtubes, i don't know anything about spotify but if people want to do something w/ that that'd be great

spotify playlists would be nice! i'd check out a timbaland one

This may sound stupid...but how do voters know when these polls go up? Is there any way of knowing beyond just keeping an eye out for it appearing?

― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, August 20, 2011 8:19 PM (1 hour ago)

That's been about the size of it so far. I don't know about the other pollrunners, but I don't want a really regimented schedule for these things -- nothing would suck the fun out of it quicker imo. I think they've been running about 10 days each? Timbaland is going to take a little longer, the Producers poll is probably going to take a little longer (especially if there's a nominations thread for that one). It's just a matter of keeping an eye on ILM New Answers or Site New Answers.

I have a feeling I'm going to have to constantly promote the GBV poll just to get those inclined to vote in it to actually do so.

oh I thought the practice was a week each. while there doesn't have to be strict limits, there should be an upper limit so someone doesn't hold up the queue.

I mean even w/ a week each anyone signing up now is gonna be doing theirs...nearly half a year from now?

I guess we're kind of figuring this all out as we go. I definitely held off starting the LZ voting because I'm up to my gizzard in a work project (chained to my desk today from 9 a.m. this morning until 15 minutes ago) and couldn't start start rolling out results until Tuesday. I assume everybody's going to tweak the schedule to fit Real Life rather than the other way around.

i don't think there's anything wrong with a little traffic jam, i mean at a certain point we ARE going to run out of artists that are really worth doing these kinds of polls for, probably sooner than you think. what's the rush?

sez the guy doing his now and the guy scheduled next

I think it's true that we'll run out of artists one day but I just know that some people get lazy w/ stuff and it's not unrealistic that someone might end up dragging theirs out 3+ weeks

::shrugs:: i'm speaking more from the perspective of someone who hates going "man i would've actually voted in that if the window had been a little bigger" than someone who's really dying to run a poll now now now...i mean there are a couple others i might try to do later and i don't care if i get on a waiting list for a year to do it. (xpost)

and I'd be annoyed if I were the one waiting half a year and someone was sitting on his hands. (but I'm not, so,)

3 weeks of voting would be better than 4 days and then a results thread where something wins with 10 votes and a bunch of people are going "man i wish i'd gotten around to voting" if you ask me

ime which may not be universal, got a ton of ballots the first few days from hardcore fans -> lazy lag period -> then all the last minute votes.

ton of ballots the first few days from hardcore fans -> lazy lag period -> then all the last minute votes

All email polls I've ever conducted on here have followed this path of activity pretty much.