I expect little crossover between Low and the under-two-minutes poll.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:55 (five years ago) link
let’s poll the options ?
1 min1:30 m2 m inclusive2 m exclusive2:30 m
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:58 (five years ago) link
I guess we know what #95 is going to be. Sounds like fun.
I vote 2 min inclusion
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
Likewise.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
We also need to wait for the Metal poll to close as a courtesy.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
2 minutes inclusive sounds good, although I'm wondering whether the technical cutoff should be something like 2:03, just to allow for silences and fadeouts in what are basically legitimate songs.
― jmm, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
two things, not sure if Leee is a regular poster any longer, unless he has changed his log in name? so someone else might have to take over that poll.
leee's definitely still here! i see him a lot in the video game threads, among other places. he's probably just busy playing God of War right now ;)
one idea: just let leee decide the cut-off, since it was his idea! personally, i think 2:30 would be too long but i'd support anything 2 and under
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 02:17 (five years ago) link
tbf, Leee hadn't posted for 70 minutes at the time Bee fretted
― The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 03:56 (five years ago) link
he's probably just busy playing God of War right now ;)
I won't have such aspersions cast about me!
I wasn't really planning on running any polls (though kind of musing about voting in a Cat Power one), but if the people want one, who am I to argue? I also don't want to lay sole claim to running a shorties poll, so if anyone has a burning desire, I'm happy to give them the responsibility. If not, I can still run it, though would welcome help with graphics.
― Zelda: Broth of the Wild (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 07:34 (five years ago) link
Bumping for the US day crowd.
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
2 min and below sounds good to me.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
Agree
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
1:59 and below
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
^^^
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
yes
― imago, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
fine by moi
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
I just want to be able to vote hard for "Over Fire Island".
― jmm, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
A few good Young Marble Giants options too, hmmm
― jmm, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
Hey leee, this is weird but I guess I have a burning desire to do it. I enjoy the process and I’ve never ran an entire one myself!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
Hey leee, this is weird but I suppose I have a burning desire to do it. I enjoy the process and I’ve never ran an entire one myself!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
Hey Leee! Whoops, lol
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
Notice I changed “guess” to “suppose”It’s hard out here on ILX
Kool Karl! Giving you the krown. I'm not too picky about < 2:00 or <= 2:00.
Also, two computers ago I had a collating/point totaling script, I might try to rewrite it if you need it.
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
And let me know if you need help with anything else!
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
Will do, thanks!
To everyone else - I will set up a nominations thread this week, probably within the next couple days. Now that I have the ultimate power, I am going to use it to declare that the poll will be for songs that are less than two minutes long. 2:00 is unacceptable. 1:59.99999 is not only acceptable, it's recommended.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
maybe run a side poll for songs that are exactly 2 minutes long, too. if anyone has any other ideas for fun side polls, lemme know and i'll include it in the authoritative OP for the nominations thread
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
great poll idea, i am looking forward to it! less than 120 seconds is perfect.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
Finally, the Minutemen/Naked City/Conet Project ballot I've always wanted to cast.
― ILX Moderator: It's Like a Pressure Wash for Your Insides (WmC), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
I'm going to make it my mission to bombard Karl Malone with provocative questions that require difficult, potentially controversial decisions.
What is the final say on a song's length? Buddy Holly's "Looking for Someone to Love" is 1:56 on Wikipedia, 1:57/1:58/2:00 on Spotify (not sure if all three are the same version), 1:59 on two of my media players and 2:00 on the other (same file for all three). In or out?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:45 (five years ago) link
i am tempted to resort to the answers provided by my manual of absolute power and corruption, vol 3, page 159, "Disputed Song Lengths", which reads:
"yea, if at least one authoritative source that is never wrong, such as wikipedia, lists the official time as less than 2:00, the song is deemed "pretty short, arguably" and is thus eligible for the poll. but in general, let it be known that it is not cool to "game the system" or "be a jerk about things" by pointing to some outlier bogus source just to get a song to qualify in an internet poll. please, please, don't do that."
however: 1) we should save this discussion for the nominations thread, where it's going to happen again no matter what happens here, and 2) if someone has a great idea for how to resolve this issue in the least complicated way, i'm all ears.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 14 February 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
yay, on board with another Karl Malone poll. so looking forward to this.
and Hi, fellow SF Giants fan Leee. haven't seen you in the same thread that i seem to be posting on.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 February 2019 00:13 (five years ago) link
thanks bee! and yeah, it should be fun. i'll hold off on the nominations thread until this weekend so as to not interfere with the 2018 metal n' heavy rock voting deadline
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 14 February 2019 02:03 (five years ago) link
hell yeah km this gonna be fun and edifying
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 February 2019 05:09 (five years ago) link
how are we doing karl, i'm ready to salute some minuscule masterpieces
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 February 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
You'll probably have to issue many deadline reminders, continually re-explain the rules, etc.--everyone participating will have very short attention spans.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 February 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
i'm gonna post the nominations thread tonight! i will drunkenly remind everyone every 00:01:59 or less
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 February 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
Las Vegas has installed There's a Riot Going On by Sly as the favorite at 20:1
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 18 February 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
♫ Your NOMINATIONS for the best songs under 2 minutes poll ♫
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 02:07 (five years ago) link
the 2 minute songs poll and the jazz album poll revive made me wonder whether there had ever been a motown albums poll. like motown / tamla / gordy etc.
just throwing the idea out there.
listened to the supremes’ “we remember sam cooke” today and boy did it sound good
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 03:55 (five years ago) link
have we ever done a duets poll? i think that would be cool
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
made me wonder whether there had ever been a motown albums poll. like motown / tamla / gordy etc.
Albums, no. Singles/tracks, yes.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
C. Grisso, would you object if I asked for the Bacharach Songbook poll back? I'd like to see that one happen.
― 27 Discounts ILXors Get Only If They Know (WmC), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
love that WilliamC is getting back into the game.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 7 March 2019 05:27 (five years ago) link
XP. Yeah, go ahead. It's seems like any time I get open to do something with it, another poll is already in full swing, or something else comes up at home.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 March 2019 05:37 (five years ago) link
Cool, thanks. Is anything coming up after Karl's >2:00 poll?
― 27 Discounts ILXors Get Only If They Know (WmC), Thursday, 7 March 2019 15:55 (five years ago) link
Would there be interest in a Gordon Lightfoot poll? I would be happy to run one at some point if so, not sure what the order of things is right now.
― Will (kruezer2), Monday, 25 March 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
Has Scott Walker never been done? Sorry, can't search on Flagging app.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 25 March 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
Nope, was suggested but never followed up.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 25 March 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
I only got into Gord last year, so I can't say I'm familiar enough with his entire discography to participate in a poll. I spent almost my whole life just thinking he was an unremarkable one-hit wonder who sang about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 March 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
Would vote for Gord. But I’m guessing single-digit returns.
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 00:50 (five years ago) link