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

but i also didn't vote for it, idk what i'm doing

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60T. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road - 4875 points | 6 votes
Duration: 14:19
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60T. Scott Walker - Clara - 4875 points | 6 votes
Duration: 12:44
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Bloody hell. Never for one moment expected Telegraph Road to place on this board.

he would have joined king crimson or neu! and made the most legendary rock music of all time

― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Saturday, April 4, 2015 6:27 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That, or he would've joined Miles' band, and Dark Magus, Agharta, and Pangaea would be towering battles between Hendrix, Miles, and Pete Cosey.

Have welled up to Inner Life in the past, easily the best version

Hurrah, my #35. Hurrah. Scott is a mensch and this is monstrous

Worth mentioning that the version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" in this poll is the Larry Levan remix, the original version lasts only 8 minutes... Anyway, an awesome, uplifting, ridiciluously energetic tune that is, easily one of the top 10 disco singles of all time.

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58T. Destroyer - The Laziest River - 4925 points | 6 votes
Duration: 19:57
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heyyyy

My third to place. Thought it might have been higher though given ILX's love for Kaputt

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58T. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile - 4925 points | 8 votes
Duration: 15:00
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good - this means the best Hendrix is voted so here

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57. Soft Machine - Moon In June - 4950 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 vote
Duration: 19:07
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AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

all but five of you are rubbish!

my #1

maybe the towering musical achievement of the 20th century

uh

i'll post more later

I've said this before but M+M Mix > Album Mix > Levan Mix. Still amazing though.

oh and LOLiest river

why repeat myself, really

only about as fucking classic as it gets. when that drone fades out at the end it's like some kind of musical coming-of-age has just swept over you.

― unfished business, Tuesday, February 27, 2007 5:10 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've only got the original CD pressing, but I really can't imagine listening to it without the dirt, the clutter. That's what sets it apart and humanises it from quite a lot of 70's progressive music. Hugh Hopper's scuzzy bass and Ratledge's jarring organ are just perfect for the album.

― unfished business, Tuesday, February 27, 2007 5:38 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This song is sensational. Absolutely flaming sensational. I barely had the words two years ago and I sure as hell don't now. This one's being played at my funeral.

― Do the english boil pizza? (acoleuthic), Friday, January 15, 2010 2:31 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The rest of the album is (imo) very, very good (especially Out-Bloody-Rageous and to a slightly lesser extent Facelift...really wild moods they evoke here) but Moon In June is just...colossal. It's got everything. I've pretty much got the entire thing memorised, but so many great moments, so many wonderful touches. It's about being young, being lost...nothing else represents these things quite so well for me.

― Do the english boil pizza? (acoleuthic), Friday, January 15, 2010 2:54 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

add in my great old age that this is a fucking insane piece of classic english songwriting for 9 minutes, robert wyatt at his absolute pinnacle, and then it just sets off into space, every single musical dynamic shift is mindblowing and perfect, ends up finding its resting point in this perfect synthesis of psychedelic, pastoral, oddball, epic, experimental, folk and utter elation

listen to it, everyone

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56. Incredible String Band - A Very Cellular Song - 5000 points | 6 votes
Duration: 13:01
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Will resume after I finish reading LJ's preceding post.

How long is that gonna take?

in other news, this 'inner life' track is fucking awesome and very epic! :D maybe i like disco really

yay :)

A Very Cellular Song. Now we're talking, pretty awesome and erm very Easter-y.

I always wanted to like Robert Wyatt a lot more than I actually do :-(

he doesn't always hit his marks but this + a few of his solo recordings saw him channel the cosmos imo

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55. Richard Dawson - The Vile Stuff - 5025 points | 8 votes
Duration: 16:26
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How long is that gonna take?

Eight minutes apparently, so not enough to qualify for this poll.

I only really like Shipbuilding, plus he has awesome tastes and says great stuff whenever I've seen him on TV. About it right now.

xp = you skimmed it didn't you? ;-)

"Top Gear" June '69 version of Moon in June >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Third version

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54. Arthur Russell - In The Light Of The Miracle - 5100 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 vote
Duration: 13:21
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AAAAAAHHHHH (and AAAAHHHH from my gf)

not my favourite 10 minute track on the ALBUM and it still came 16th on my ballot

it's quite a good album

richard dawson is a freakish god of being lovely

all one big xpost obv, someone go nuts about arthur russell now

Hint for the next: Oh, my Jesus.

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53. Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying - 5150 points | 8 votes | 1 #1 vote
Duration: 11:08
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Desert blues. One of many reasons that Physical Graffiti is my favorite Zep album.

In fact, puts to mind one of my favorite Bardo songs, and one which I'd thought about nominating.

"moon in june" my #2, fwiw. very sad to see it place so low- hope all of my other top ten make it!

big fan of rushomancy's ;)

seriously though, some good RYM cardiacs reviews :D

my gf approves of In My Time Of Dying btw

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52. The Wipers - Youth Of America - 5200 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 vote
Duration: 10:30
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51. Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal - 5250 points | 8 votes | 1 #1 vote
Duration: 11:53
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After any music list I make, I find myself feeling sort of, reproached by the gaps in my knowledge of pop music from the last 50+ years. That sensation was particularly pointed after typing up my ballot for this poll. All of this just to say this: I don't think I've ever heard any Soft Machine song. Been on my radar forever but always slipped through my cracks.

Wipers us I think my seventh? to place. That album is one of my favorites and long stretches spent with The Fall have given me appreciation for the punk-as-fake-krautrock mini-genre...

xp of Montreal = another regrettable oversight :-(

haha *clears throat*

(this was my #48 btw, but more importantly it was someone's...)

AAAAAAAHHHH

What an exciting evening of music.

This was my #1. I concede that it's not the 'best' track here, but the tide of youth attached to it is unignorable. Such tremulous, emotional instability! Such a spiteful, vicious beast of a song. Saw them perform a seventeen minute version of it at the Oval Space in Bethnal Green about a year ago and was completely blown away.

And while I'm here, Alice Coltrane has been far and away my favourite discovery of the poll. I'm frankly affronted she's not been recommended to me before. Insanely beautiful!

what a great bunch of tracks

"In The Light Of The Miracle" was my #1 iirc. imago if you haven't heard this and want to go a bit further in your disco odyssey...

We're listening to all of them and have just gotten to it now :) this has been, needless to say, an insane run for us