Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

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

Ismaels summer of 69

Noooo I was so looking forward to Kraftwerk!!!

Number 69 should be a 69 Love Songs poll.

I'd run a Merritt poll if were interested.

Would vote in a Merritt poll. Especially if it were a top 69.

Same here! 69 Love Songs has been done though, iirc.

And someone please do Kraftwerk!

Could also just do a poll of top 69 love songs, though that could get unwieldy.

well i'd want to include all the mag fields + other merritt bands and i guess side projects (i haven't heard things like the opera or whatever that was)

Well, I don't think any those opera tracks have much of a chance to chart, TBH.

It should definitely be everything Merritt has done though. Some great 6ths and Future Bible Heroes stuff out there.

well go ahead and put me down for the Merritt poll. unless of course I totally bungle the Clash one.

xp Definitely, and let's not forget the Gothic Archies! The "Series of Unfortunate Events" tracks were mostly disposable but the first (an only) EP is classic.

some great gothic archies stuff, and just him under his solo name had "maria maria maria" and "one april day"

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

More like my favorite Katy Perry song.

I had a thought earlier today that "60s/70s singer-songwriters" might have been a better poll than Joni Mitchell solo...it would be interesting to see how that canon shakes out, "At Seventeen" vs "Fire and Rain" vs "Help Me" etc

still, Mitchell turned out good I thought

It was nice going through a thread about Joni Mitchell without having to read about Carly Simon.

i know that it's silly to be discussing it so far in advance but i've been wondering about instead of an emo poll it might be cooler to do a new pornographers and solo albums poll. any thoughts? (i could do both too at different times...)

a folk poll would be good

btw nominations end today for the 70s poll
If anyone would like to take part that would be great 1970-1979 WTF - The Hard 'n' Heavy 'n' Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit - Albums Poll! Nominations ! (ends Oct 17 you slack bastards - jjjusten edit)

William and Shakey i think might enjoy it. Please have a look everybody as you're all welcome!

I don't see that in the queue

well it's not part of this series of polls,true, neither were the 00s or 90s electronic polls or the 80s rock poll, but everyone is welcome to join in them all.

Ah, I can never stay mad at you AG

EK posse never can!