Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

Jesus, this waiting for the disco poll is killing me.

Disco and the Motown/Stax polls are what I'm looking forward to the most.

Madonna and Springsteen too, but not as much.

kraftwerk and husker du for me

Eric, I'd estimate disco around May/June-ish, barring delays and whether we get through Springsteen before the hiatus.

V79, I'm glad the reminders were welcome -- the last thing I want to be is a nag.

Neptunes, Miles and Motown - no real idea how I'm gonna handle these
Springsteen, Roxy - will be really interesting for me; it's make-or-break time for these two artists
Disco - straight-up salivating

british films will be great, but you need to have a way of defining what a british film actually is

foreign language films would be a good one too one day

foreign language = non-english, plz pardon the anglocentricity

It may take me until May or June to just pare my list of candidates down to 50.

I really do think I'm going to post Miles results #21-60 at random before doing the top 20 in order. Although that would probably work better for a John Cage poll.

While we're talking Miles, where should I start my research? From time to time I hear chatter about how good the box sets are, but I've never been able to identify what ones they are. It would mean my Christmas sorted, potentially.

And while we're talking non-English-speaking, what foreign artists might make for good polls? I'm thinking Jacques Brel has to happen at some point.

I was thinking of volunteering for a Serge Gainsbourg poll but was afraid the turnout would be dismal. Also I cannot speak French. Just wanted an excuse to post pics of Jane Birkin tbh.

Gainsbourg would be very cool, lots of different eras and deep cuts. Might put a reggae track at #1.

Can't say I'm interested in Brel, but Gainsbourg would be a fun one.

Lol Acid Mothers Temple.

For non-english obvs, the only question is we have enough stuff to choose from.

probably goes without saying that I would vote in an AMT poll

That's a poll where the top 10 could just be randomly chosen and few would notice.

Actually, an epics (eg 20+ minutes) poll might be interesting, not necessarily AMT, but like all non-classical, non-Cage music?

As long as I can vote for USMILEAMBIENT.mp3, I'm down for that.

Not sure if I can plan this far ahead, but yeah, put me down for that (though I'm sorely tempted to drop the time minimum to 18 minutes just so a number of my faves can qualify).

I am thinking of maybe taking on a B-52's poll; is there enough of a demand for this? Is their catalog large enough?

they have about as much music as a lot of other artists w/ track polls but i wonder if there's enough people who know more than a couple albums to make it interesting

Hrmmm, I wonder. I consider myself a pretty decent fan but I really only know the first two records, Cosmic Thing, and a few tracks on Whammy that stick out in my head. I'd definitely vote and follow the results but I'm not sure it'd be substantively different than just a B-52s discussion thread - I dunno if I'd really come out of it with a bunch of new underrated albums to check out or what-have-you. Could be wrong though!

i say do it, i want to know more about the B-52's

I'd participate, but my ballot will have no tracks recorded after Cosmic Thing.

plus this is ILM, which will make the result that much more interesting.

I'd participate, but my ballot will have no tracks recorded after Cosmic Thing.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, October 15, 2012 11:46 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

big deal, they only made 2 albums after that. they do have a few really good songs, though (also "Hallucinating Pluto"!).

You could call it "Rock POLLster".

From here on out, I will hear all thread titles with POLL inserted into the lyrics/title/whatever as being in the voice of Fred Schneider.

If I do this I will certainly not be calling it "Rock POLLster"

"Six or eight thousand years ago, they laid down the POLL"

"Girl from IPOLLnema Goes To Greenland"

"Six POLL Six POLL Eight Four Two"

Poll if you want to..

POLL if you want to...POLL around the world: The B-52's Cosmic Thing

Oh yes, that too.

updates

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 (last few days to vote)
28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods
29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains
30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP
31. Miles Davis - WmC
32. Madonna - or something
33. The Fall - Mark G
34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short
35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre
36. New Order - Bee OK
37. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier
38. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy
39. Stax - seandalai
40. Disco - Tuomas
41. Jay-Z - some dude
42. The Clash - Gukbe
43. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope
44. Tom Waits - chap
45. The "Classic Rock" Canon - some dude (tentative)
46. Elvis Costello - kornrulez
47. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h
48. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom
49. Ween - WmC
50. Steely Dan - Bee OK
51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra
52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain
53. Outkast - The Reverend
54. Autechre - Leee
55. Brian Eno - WmC
56. Wire - Z S
57. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge
58. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom
59. Radiohead - nate woolls
60. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza
61. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier
62. Iggy Pop, incl. Stooges - flopson
63. Boo Radleys - Bee OK
64. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier
65. Italo - daavid
66. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy
67. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
68. Kraftwerk - jon via chi
69. "Epics" (non-classical division) - Leee
70. The Doors - Ismael Klata

Pacing the floor at this point.

Tag me on for The Doors at the bottom of that, if we're still going (and I'm still going) in three years' time.

That's the next one I'm really stoked for. I plan on listening to a lot of Saint Etienne coming up, but not sure I'll vote in it. xp

IK, I'll mod it into the post above.

I guess it'll also depend on how 'epics' comes to be defined - can't have two polls in a row for eight-minute organ-and-spoken-word-led jams.

Eight minutes? Not epic! (Debating with myself if minimum cutoff should be 18 or 20.)

That's the next one I'm really stoked for.

^this!

WmC, make sure you'll listen to as much of the unofficial (non-album) stuff as you possibly can. Some real gems in there. And please VOTE!

Haha xp - a single ballot will be about seven hours long

leee is checking the length of his fave amt and going by that

please remove me from the list completely, thanks

No! I don't wanna be no.69

tee hee