Topic: Band elimination polls... (Read 32688 times)

Reed · « **Reply #50 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 20:27 »

Do I need to make one of those pictures that shows Kyuss battling Kyuss all the way to the finals?

Spluff · « **Reply #51 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 20:30 »

It wouldn't work. Kyuss could never lose one of these matches - not even against itself.

Inlander · « **Reply #52 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 20:37 »

The problem is that "best" band very rarely equals "favourite" band for me. I can objectively recognise that most of the bands included in the original poll are probably "better" and "more important" and "more groundbreaking" what-have-you than X, but damned if I didn't scan the list thinking "Why the hell isn't X on here?" and then think to myself "I would rather listen to X than just about any of these bands".

To name just one example.

Reed · « **Reply #53 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 20:41 »

Are you serious? X doesn't belong anywhere on the list!

Inlander · « **Reply #54 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 21:16 »

You keep telling yourself that. Meanwhile I'm going to be listening to Los Angeles and having an awesome time.

Reed · « **Reply #55 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 21:30 »

Oh man. I didn't realize you were actually referring to the band X. I thought you were saying band 'X' as in a stand in for your favorite bands....I was just being an ass, and it turns out that instead of acting like an ass I became one!

Gridgm · « **Reply #56 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 22:18 »

if the final four of this album face off things ends as fire water, spiderland, fun house, aeroplane over the sea i may have to kill myself

MrBlu · « **Reply #57 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 23:06 »

Holy Crap did someone say Kyuss?

*Air guitars Gardenia*

Thrillho · « **Reply #58 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 05:11 »

Quote from: Gridgm on 13 Mar 2009, 22:18

aeroplane over the sea

This will probably win, and then I'll immolate myself.

Actually, no I won't, because that's what everybody on here wants.

Especially Khar.

Catacombs · « **Reply #59 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 05:52 »

I think an album elimination type thing would be better than a band elimination thing. Like that thread we had a year or two ago cutting down Sgt. Pepper's... and eventually ended in Abbey Road

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #60 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 07:37 »

There is a piece of Graffitti in the toilet of my local rock club. It's very neatly written in ready biro (?) It simply says
"KYUSS ARE BETTER THAN YOU"
Whenever I'm having a bad night, or I'm sick of them playing terrible music I make sure I can sit in the stall, read the words and then I'm happy,

I've never heard Silkworm.

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #61 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 09:10 »

I'm willing to try and organize a series of head-to-head polls. Bands should be pre-ranked so that "strong" bands come up against weaker bands early on. It *will* be randomized other than that so that we get weird head-to-heads.

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #62 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 09:16 »

Nominated in this thread so far:

Joy Division
Silkworm
Boris
The Weakerthans
Jawbreaker
The Stooges
Fugazi
Kyuss

We'll need like... 64 bands at least to make things interesting.

rynne · « **Reply #63 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 09:44 »

Mclusky really wasn't in the last poll; I think they should be added in.

Also I was kinda surprised to see The Modern Lovers weren’t in the last poll either. They may not have been around long enough to be in the running for best band but if there's a best-album poll, The Modern Lovers certainly deserves a place in there.

Sox · « **Reply #64 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 12:45 »

Bedhead.
Crazyhorse.
Thecramps.

Sox · « **Reply #65 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 12:47 »

thebeefiftytoos

Sox · « **Reply #66 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 12:47 »

Fltwd Mack

Sox · « **Reply #67 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 12:48 »

Creedence.

Sox · « **Reply #68 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 12:49 »

And Creedence.

...and Coheed and Cambria.

Sox · « **Reply #69 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 12:52 »

I will be offended if you guys don't respect my opinion enough to include Dashboard Confessional, AFI and Pennywise.

Sir Tacopuss · « **Reply #70 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 12:55 »

Motherfucking MASTODON

seriously, guys

michaelicious · « **Reply #71 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 13:10 »

Quote from: Sox on 14 Mar 2009, 12:45

Bedhead.

If we lived in a perfect and just world...

Tom · « **Reply #72 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 13:28 »

I'd like to nominate the following:

Neko Case
Sleater-Kinney
Frog Eyes
Beat Happening
Death Cab for Cutie
Bikini Kill

Also, I'd like to second the nomination of Bedhead.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #73 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 13:30 »

Quote from: rynne on 14 Mar 2009, 09:44

Mclusky really wasn't in the last poll; I think they should be added in.

Also I was kinda surprised to see The Modern Lovers weren’t in the last poll either. They may not have been around long enough to be in the running for best band but if there's a best-album poll, The Modern Lovers certainly deserves a place in there.

Aye, the Modern Lovers album is brilliant.
If this is going ahead as an album contest then I nominate of the top of my head:

Black Foliage: Animation Music (The Olivia Tremor Control)
Hissing Fauna, are you the Destroyer? (of Montreal)
Tonight's the Night (Neil Young)
On the Beach (Neil Young)
Crazy Love (Honey is Cool)

DarkAvenger · « **Reply #74 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 13:37 »

I am sure I will not be alone in this but Okkervil River should be put on the best band nomination list, maybe not best band ever, but one of the best currently active bands.

Also:

"Ctrl-f - S-l-o-a-n". Why is there only one mention of Sloan and that was Tommy's comment. Plus I third Bedhead's nomination and I shall be the "umpteenth" supporter for Silkworm.

A Shoggoth on the Roof · « **Reply #75 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 14:09 »

guys, guys. Owls

Joseph · « **Reply #76 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 14:22 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 13 Mar 2009, 11:15

Quote from: Inlander on 13 Mar 2009, 06:49
Hey, if we're going to do this again, here's a suggestion seeing as how we've already done a band elimination poll once before: what say we do an album elimination poll instead?

It would be more interesting if I was allowed to pick all the albums we voted on. Hazel Steps Through a Weathered Home versus You Must Be Certain of the Devil. Go go go!

You're certain you wouldn't rather just nominate the entire Current 93 discography?

Sox · « **Reply #77 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 16:49 »

Quote from: A Shoggoth on the Roof on 14 Mar 2009, 14:09

guys, guys. Owls

Ineligible.

Cernunnos · « **Reply #78 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 17:01 »

Quote from: Sox on 14 Mar 2009, 12:52

I will be offended if you guys don't respect my opinion enough to include Dashboard Confessional, AFI, Pennywise, and Jimmy Eat World.

You forgot one.

Sox · « **Reply #79 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 17:32 »

Thanks man. How I forgot the greatest band of our generation.

Dazed · « **Reply #80 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 18:13 »

I would like to nominate:
Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull)
Birds of Fire (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Fragile (Yes)
and, Alice in Chains s/t album, the tripod one.

JD · « **Reply #81 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 18:40 »

Modest Mouse
Deerhoof

I also second Neko Case

Thrillho · « **Reply #82 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 18:48 »

Wait, are we doing bands or albums?

I'll put bands, with an album from each just in case.

Pink Floyd (The Wall)
The Beatles (Revolver)
Black Flag (Damaged)
Minor Threat (Out Of Step)
Blur (Parklife)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus)
Faith No More (Angel Dust)
The MC5 motherfuckers! (Kick Out The Jams)
NWA (Straight Outta Compton)
Queen (The Works. Hey, it's my favourite)
Radiohead (In Rainbows, for its beautiful simplicity)
Refused (The Shape Of Punk To Come)
Weezer (Weezer, 1994)
Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)

MrBlu · « **Reply #83 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 19:18 »

Quote from: Sox on 14 Mar 2009, 12:45

Bedhead.

What the hell is wrong with you?

squawk · « **Reply #84 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 20:33 »

That just made me miss Luke.

squawk · « **Reply #85 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 20:34 »

Luke liked Coldplay.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #86 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 09:48 »

Jesus guys Public fucking Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back.

And while I'm on hip-hop, Black Star if we are doing albums eliminations.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #87 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 15:31 »

People, people. All this talk about albums and you have neglected the obvious winners, so i'm going to nominate it for you:

The Crane Wife by The Decemberists

Also, just to hedge my bets:
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Tarkio - Sea Songs For Landlocked Sailors (An EP but who cares when it's this good)

KharBevNor · « **Reply #88 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 21:56 »

Why would any of that turgid crap win?

The only albums I can think of qualified to people such a list.

Agalloch - The Mantle
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Coil - Horse Rotorvator OR Loves Secret Domain
Current 93 - All The Pretty Little Horses
Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido
Sol Invictus - The Hill of Crosses
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

Enough for a competition let's GO!

De_El · « **Reply #89 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 22:13 »

Eeeeeeeeeend Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiits
And, uh, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. Seriously, step up the game, guys.

Joseph · « **Reply #90 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 22:16 »

So, are we actually going to do this then?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #91 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 23:49 »

Quote from: De_El on 15 Mar 2009, 22:13

Eeeeeeeeeend Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiits
And, uh, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. Seriously, step up the game, guys.

You have a disease. There is only one cure.

Single bullet to the base of the spine. That's the kindest way.

Joseph · « **Reply #92 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 00:01 »

Couldn't you just lock him in a room with speakers which played nothing but Throbbing Gristle?

I can't decide which cure would be more punishing.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #93 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 04:56 »

Guys we should definitely do this, with albums. Judging from the way it worked last time, everybody nominated bands, and then the bands with the most nominations made it into the actual vote-off, and they were arranged according to "seeding." This all seems like a pretty smart way of doing things.

I'd be glad to organise this deal if nobody else wants to. Should we (me?) start a new thread for nominations?

Perhaps everybody nominates their top five albums, with a maximum of one album per band. The top, say 64 albums could make it into the finals, with the "seeds" assigned to the top 32 based on votes received. Tie-breakers will be decided based on total number of votes the band received across all of their albums. The "seeded" albums will be matched randomly to "unseeded" albums for the first round of voting.

Should we allow more than one album per band? Could we arrange a way for people to upload the nominated albums into the mediafire thread or a seperate "album battle" thread? Is 64 albums way too many? Not enough?

How do people feel about this?

Inlander · « **Reply #94 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 05:00 »

Definitely one album per band. Otherwise it'll just be "which band had the best albums", which is basically the same as "which band was the best band".

David_Dovey · « **Reply #95 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 05:24 »

Don't call me that.

Ten albums might be OK, I just don't want to have to spend too much time putting this thing together, y'know. I'm kind of busy.

Inlander · « **Reply #96 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 05:32 »

Quote from: tender on 16 Mar 2009, 05:23

That means I can only pick one Miles Davis album?

That's easy. The answer, as I've said many times before here, is 'Round About Midnight.

Christophe · « **Reply #97 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 06:08 »

Quote from: Inlander on 16 Mar 2009, 05:32

Quote from: tender on 16 Mar 2009, 05:23
That means I can only pick one Miles Davis album?

That's easy. The answer, as I've said many times before here, is A Tribute to Jack Johnson.

FYP

Inlander · « **Reply #98 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 06:24 »

No, you changed my post to misrepresent my opinion. Poor form!

Christophe · « **Reply #99 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 06:27 »

please don't ban me, I will post good from now on

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