polls for TP board users
Return of Mats
B52s
SY
Roxy
GBV elim
Gold Bowie
The Back 9
Nirvana
Uvox
The
Questionable Viewing
RnR
Dream Tour
Husker Don't
Shins
Analysis of previous poll:
Mats - not surprised that
Let it Be came out on top; Trouserians are likely keen on the variety, swagger, surprise, wit and growth. (I don't understand how
Tim can beat
Pleased, but that's the fun of it). The real shite happens when we select second best.
Kate Bush - Not surpringly it was between
Hounds and
Dreaming and voters are fairly split between which album can run the country better.
Cure - Wow, I always thought I was in some kind of minority liking
Head on the Door. And I always thought people hated
Seventeen Seconds/Faith/Pornography, but these releases aren't a challenge to TPers. I thought
Kiss Me would come out on top (it was well represented). My speculation is that some view the Cure as a drone band that later fell off the space wagon. Others think they went into depressing territory before waking up and into their shining pop glory. Some feel it they were best as young punks and others feel they had to mature and blend all of the above to truly achieve. This speaks alot, actually, for a band I haven't listened to much in years. I've since pulled out the old vinyl of
3iB and
Kiss Me.
Cult - Similar theory. Most feel the Cult was best at
Love and that
Electric was something of a sell-out. Others feel that
Love was a bit proggy and
Electric is the truer representaion. Nonetheless,
Love wins.
B-52s. A no-brainer. A gimme, I suppose (what? no love for Planet?). So...we move on to the better challenge.
Yo La Tengo - Had zero predictions on this one, though, as I like
Heart Beating and
Nothing Turned equally, I'm surprised that
Heart came out so strongly.
Sonic Youth -
Daydream always wins. I'm quite curious for round 2 on this one.
Roxy - All the classic are well represented. Round two will be interesting; what will come out of the closet? F+B? Manifesto? Viva?
P.I.L. -
Metal Box is probably a no-brainer amongst Trouserians though the general public would likely stick with the less-challenging
Album. Though
Box isn't my favorite PIL, it's a classic for reasons beyond listenability. (And what is with youse guys picking
This is What You Want over
Commercial Zone? The version with the guitars wiped and replaced by horns and disco beats is better? Plus their best track -Bad Night- is missing on the TIWYW version.)
Is
Metal Box/2nd Edition simply the best listen, is it considered the classic lineup, or is it the winner simply because they deserve accolades for the risk/achievement? Because, it can be argued that
Flowers of Romance is a more challenging listen. Guess I thought this one would be all over the place.
New Order - No surprise that
Power Corruption Lies wins; it's a strong batch. The surprise was the singles/Ep taking 2nd. You're saying their strongest tracks are: Mesh, Everything's Gone Green, In a Lonely Place, Tempation and Hurt (and not the versions remixed for Substance)? I relistened to the whole damn catalog for that question, so, that was pretty cool.
Smiths - Even though
Queen is my least favorite Smiths, I've grown accustomed to people preferring it (not that I get it).
Bombs was surprisingly well represented.
Hitchcock - Perhaps the most informative poll. Who knew? I put this one up because I was listening to
Element of Light. Note how well the acoustic
Dream of Trains represented and how a few people feel he's only now at the top of his game (Ole Tarantula). Though I thought there'd be a much stronger take on Globe/Queen/Eye, it's
Fegmania and
Dream of Trains.
Ponys - Apparently the most consistent band touring.
GBV - The era was defined. They move into the next elimination (with a couple extra bones thrown in).
Bowie - Harder to pick a second best, no? The numbers speak for themselves and
Low takes it. (note Baker didn't support his assertion). Now on to the clincher; conventional wisdom is
Ziggy...right?
Floyd - Love went to Syd, natch, but I thought
Animals would represent.
Seniors - Davies is a Well Respected Man About Town! (I was just listening to the oft overlooked
Lincoln County and it blew me away). But what's this - love for Bruce but not Mick?! No justice. I don't really care for Neil but I respect him, so that's cool with me. An intentionally vague question; open to interpretation. Maybe we should poll the next generation down or maybe rock's most eccentric? (calling Mark E). Nah, let's rearrange this one and see what happens.
One decent album - If The The, Ultravox, Television and Nirvana only had one, then this begs some definition, don't it!
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Post Edited (07-31-07 00:05)
