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

Malgaard Suite is amazing and Lindsay Cooper was a much better fit for the band than that shit flautist on First Utterance, but since the only recording of it is a crap audience tape it's probably always going to be a curio. Honestly its release had me gobsmacked- almost every band will tell you about the "lost classic" they had, and they're nearly all shit, but the Malgaard Suite is markedly better than anything on First Utterance. The unrecorded second part of it has taken on a mythic status to me not unlike the second, and altogether stranger, part of "Kubla Khan". I actually didn't vote for Comus at all because I figured other people would take up the slack, and given that "The Herald" is the inferior of the epics on _First Utterance_ I'm not disappointed.

Glad to see one of my noms make it. Most of them were obscurantist that I wasn't sure any of them would make it. Mind you I didn't have "72 Nations" on my list until 46, but hell, there's some stuff I nominated that I didn't vote for at all...

given that "The Herald" is the inferior of the epics on _First Utterance_

wrong

Also I think that the Comus track "All The Colors Of Darkness" stayed unreleased for so long is scary. It's a stunning piece. I wonder how many unreleased gems there are like that?

! had no idea of the existence of that track (never gotten around to checking out the maalgard suite, for that matter)

and yes to isis and osiris placing

7 (!) of my votes have shown up so far.

my, that Alice Coltrane track is something else, right? pretty sure there are healing powers contained within that song.

Must've been an amazing gig.

74T. Dadawah - Seventy-Two Nations - 4425 points | 6 votes

Damn... didn't realise this was what it was... I love this tune but didn't vote for it :-( I would have if I'd realised.

Louis, I have a feeling that you will be told you are wrong a few times itt and I don't feel like adding to that but have to say your policy on long versions of songs that have both long and short versions is nonsensical

(Also you are both wrong and right about the NYC art punk stuff so far)

http://i.imgur.com/DNacYnz.jpg

70. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Down By The River (Live At The Fillmore East) - 4575 points | 5 votes
Duration: 12:23
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curious to see where Cowgirl ends up

Louis, I have a feeling that you will be told you are wrong a few times itt

― Finn McCoolit (wins), Thursday, April 2, 2015 5:09 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"oh look, a neil young song! let me hear the first 20 seconds and i'll tell you what it sounds like 8 minutes in!"

:P

wonder which one of street hassle and frankie teardrop wins is a fan of

You're both wrong and right about both songs sorry if that wasn't clear

Good list so far, I'm ok with not having voted. As long as sinnerman is #1

Top 10 is all AMT, Bardo Pond, and Autechre, sorry wins.

lol both "street hassle" and "frankie teardrop" have springsteen connections

I had to strain an awful lot of Bardo Pond and Autechre out to get my ballot down to 50. If only I had known.

Trying to catch up listening-wise this afternoon, Mingus so far is the only thing that doesn't have me writhing with impatience (apart from my own picks) which is weird since I'm not big on jazz usually

I actually quite dig this, hooray for slightly broadening horizons

think there's been a lot of jamming and not much songwriting in the last few, for better or worse

In all seriousness I never pegged you for a songwriting maven

lol

i rly enjoy quite a lot of the last few tbh

http://i.imgur.com/GjuVlWb.jpg

69. Underworld - Dark And Long (Dark Train) - 4650 points | 7 votes
Duration: 10:54
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Love Dark Train

Now I'm wondering if there'll be, like, 3 or 4 Underworld tracks in this countdown.

hope so

I tried not to vote for too many tracks by the same artist but I failed when it came to Underworld

Pace going to be slow today, I'll make up for it tomorrow.

Love Dark and Long but it wasn't one of the three Underworld songs I voted for.

So pissed I couldn't get a ballot in time.

As much as I love different various versions of NY's Down By The River I wish I could have voted for the Low / Dirty Three version which is incredibly beautiful but doesn't qualify because it's about, oh, twenty seconds too short. It's a different beast altogether - check it out.

oh I will! forgot I had that

I guess also because I'm listening to Rutti now, it is a shame that nothing from Talk Talk qualifies.

seconding the Low / Dirty Three version of Down By The River. It's magic when, 6 minutes in, Mimi's voice finally cuts into the background static and guitar with the DBTR's familiar melody line.

http://i.imgur.com/qOOwuaW.jpg

68. Dexys Midnight Runners - This Is What She's Like - 4675 points | 5 votes | 1 #1 vote
Duration: 12:23
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http://i.imgur.com/xqj4j1K.jpg

67. The Bucketheads - The Bomb! - 4700 points | 6 votes
Duration: 14:46
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http://i.imgur.com/LujKBLo.jpg

66. Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise - 4750 points | 6 votes
Duration: 11:27
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http://i.imgur.com/yxz5Kmr.jpg

65. Isaac Hayes - By The Time I Get To Phoenix - 4775 points | 9 votes | 1 #1 vote
Duration: 18:42
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All-timer right here.

Dexys was my number one. One of my five favourite songs ever. I'll never understand how they pulled that song off. Saw them do it live in 2003, it was an incredible moment.

http://i.imgur.com/rjIFFxq.jpg

62T. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit - 4825 points | 6 votes
Duration: 13:13
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I think I skipped past "Heart of the Sunrise" on the nominations list. Might've ended up on my ballot, though probably not very high.

Expensive Shit is my 2nd Fela to place

dexy's and bucketheads stuff is other people's business and i won't question their motives too much

heart of the sunrise is lovely and one of the really good yes songs

will get to the others soon

I'm not sure the Dexys version on Spotify has the charm of the album version I voted for. Don't know why. I love the one on the album.

relistening to hendrix 'machine gun' and feeling slightly sorry for not voting for it tbh

voted one hendrix very high, but this is just…just…it's too good. his guitar playing is too good. why did he have to die, he's the only early rock death i'm genuinely miserable about, he was going to do (more) staggering things

yep

Isaac Hayes was my number 1.

^listening to this is like taxiing for takeoff, get on with it

yoo doo right is wondrous, much better than i expected - bel-air was ok but this was something else - i'm not a great can fan but this held my approval more than most of their other stuff

get on with it

patience, grasshopper

Monster Movies might be your Can album, imago. Father Cannot Yell is really great too.

(Have you heard Mother Sky or not? That's prob the most dynamic of their not-epics)