It's POLL For You -- ILM artist poll #103 -- JANET JACKSON (voting open until July 24, 2020)

Nine ballots in.

When I ran the Bjork poll it had 41. Just sayin'.

It's early!

I am voting, I just can't decide what to put on my ballot

I voted. I only enjoy two JJ songs but I ranked them and sent ‘em in.

Quality not quantity folks

You need at least 10 for the ballot to count.

Also, for those who missed it, I'm now doing unlimited ballots of more that 40. (Anything beyond the top 40 gets 10 points each. If you turn in an unranked ballot of more than 40, all songs get 10 points each.)

Aww
Oh well

i'm not familiar with the depth of her catalog (i think i've only heard 3 of her albums front-to-back) so i'm not sure if i will be voting on this, much as i love many of the songs that i do know

but i would like to express my support for the cool summer mixes of "nasty" in the remixes category :D

absolutely

I changed my mind, I am voting for "Say You Do", thank u DJP

It got a bonus 10 points from me.

FWIW, as of now there is only one single song that's gotten votes from every person who voted so far (and no #1 votes).

i am submitting a revised and expanded ballot. am i allowed to vote for the full rhythm nation 1814 movie as a music video

Sure thing.

I'm letting Stevie D pick a foreign airline commercial, after all.

A dozen ballots in, btw.

I'm gonna keep listening until the deadline. Right now, my ballot looks about 90% like Design of a Decade plus a bonus EP of VR/AfU singles.

lol i feel that

the hits are undeniable

Design of a Decade is pretty great though it gives janet. a major short shrift (I'm sure they didn't want to cut into the album's presumably still comparatively robust sales).

lmao i love the "go deep" video so much. the soap suds

David Browne: Due to contractual obligations, the album consists almost entirely of songs from Control and Rhythm Nation 1814 and includes only one (”That’s the Way Love Goes”) of the five top 10 hits from her 1993 smorgasbord janet.

(xp)

lmao omg I just actually looked at the tracklist for "Design of a Decade", what s senseless product!! Like this really is largely a compilation of songs from.... 2 albums???

And it doesn't even include "The Best Things in Life Are Free!"

Janet's definitely owed an at least two-disc Celebration-style compilation at this point.

LOL, I guess I forgot about buying this:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/Janet_Jackson_-_Number_Ones_album_cover.png/220px-Janet_Jackson_-_Number_Ones_album_cover.png

oh yeah i suddenly remember being devastated as a kid because design of a decade didn't have "if" on it

or "You Want This." Or "Anytime, Any Place." Or "You Want This."

"You Want This" is one song whose awesomeness I didn't fully recognize until I started listening for this poll.

Number Ones is insanely good

and it includes "The Best Things in Life Are Free" and "Diamonds."

But not “You Want This.” For years the version with the rap break was the song I picked from the gay dive bar jukebox.

only just now realising how structurally weird "what have you done for me lately" is. it really spends over half its runtime (from 2:17 until the end) messing around repeating the chorus

was going to say that "someone to call my lover" is an extremely underrated gem but found that kp and brad already talked about how incredible it is here

it really spends over half its runtime (from 2:17 until the end) messing around repeating the chorus

Worth it for that great piano break in the LP version.

I just want to reiterate my disbelief that "New Agenda" wasn't released as a single

Is "Whoops Now" the first (only?) "hidden" track to be released as a single?

The Clash's "Train in Vain" was 13 years earlier, and still probably the most famous example of this happening (I can't think of any others).

Ah, I knew there had to be at least one before that.

Putting together my ballot and might just fuck around and put "all nite (don't stop)" at #1

also, hope everyone remembers to vote for "go deep"

^^^ two of my faves right there

I might now post about some tracks that anyone who has yet to vote for should (re)familiarise themselves with, e.g.:

"rock with u" is amazing but consider: "2nite"

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 03:45 (two weeks ago) link

One track that I feel gets underrated (evidence: the only person who has mentioned it ITT is me) is "You" - I feel that this track really punches above its weight in terms of helping to give The Velvet Rope a sense of weight and heft. I know it's more of a vibe than a song but it's a vibe I can sit in all day.

It's also the best (or most) fake-Timbaland effort on the album. I remember when it came out I don't think I'd even consciously heard any Timbaland productions aside from "Pony" so it sounded super-futuristic to me.

I mentioned "You" too!

Here I am in your face
Tellin truths and not your old lies
Seems to me that you care
And I know that you're runnin out of time
See ya can't get away
I'll be here forever and again
Whisperin in your ear
Do believe cause you know you cannot win
Spent most your life pretending not to be
The one you are but who you choose to see
Learned to survive in your fictitious world
Does what they think of you determine your worth?

I mean, those lyrics are tailor-made for the closeted 17-year-old I was at the time.

i voted for “you”! jam & lewis doing fake timbo is my favorite thing, but especially with those horns it’s like a timbaland remix of a james brown backing track

unexpected late addition to my still wip ballot is "better days" which is so blissful

I ended up with about twice as many All For You tracks on the top 40 portion of my ballot than I initially drafted.

YOU! YOU! YOU! YOUUU! YOUUUUUUU!

incredible song

I think my favourite discovery in putting together a decent ballot has been And On And On. Blissful track