Subtitled: If children by the million sing for the invisible man who can sings in a visible voice, perhaps more than Fish42 & I will post here this week.
First: The Who’s, What’s, Where’s & Why’s of the Supplemental Poll
As per Fish 42’s request and in attempt to squeeze as many bands in the shortest amount of time possible, as a regular feature, The Monday 6 @ 6 Poll, includes a Headliner poll and a Supplemental poll. This Alex Chilton poll, like the featured [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272858]Cracker and the [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272859] Camper Van Beethoven headliner poll threads will be closed and tallied 7 days from today, Tuesday August 31, 2003 at or about 6PM EDT. Results from all 3 polls will be posted a few minutes later on that same day in Week #37’s regularly scheduled Cracker 6@6 Poll.
Second: The Chicago Listener SDMB/(ill) Board Top Vote Getters
So far, through 62 artists, the results are: (In descending / alphabetical order from 26 Votes down through 5 Votes. How many songs haven’t you heard from the list? Don’t like the results? Don’t shhotme, I’m only the keyboard player. How many tracks on the below list did you vote for?
The Song Title (Followed By:) Artist
25 Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello
23 Alison Elvis Costello
22 Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
21 Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash
21 White Room Cream
19 I Walk The Line Johnny Cash
18 London Calling The Clash
18 My Favorite Mistake Sheryl Crow
18 Operator Jim Croce
18 Sunshine Of Your Love Cream
17 Train In Vain The Clash
16 Just What I Needed The Cars
16 Layla Derek & The Dominos
16 Radio, Radio Elvis Costello
16 Red Right Hand Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
16 Space Oddity David Bowie
15 Badge Cream
15 Bell Bottom Blues Derek & The Dominos
15 Oliver’s Army Elvis Costello
15 Tale Of Brave Ulysses Cream
14 (What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding Elvis Costello
14 25 Or 6 To 4 Chicago
14 Call Me Blondie
14 Cocaine Eric Clapton
14 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
14 Hanging On The Telephone Blondie
14 I Fought The Law The Clash
14 I Got A Name Jim Croce
14 Lay Down Sally Eric Clapton
14 Leaving Las Vegas Sheryl Crow
14 My Best Friend’s Girl The Cars
14 Veronica Elvis Costello
14 Would? Alice In Chains
13 After Midnight Eric Clapton
13 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow
13 Heroes David Bowie
13 Man in the Box (1 Vote Specified Live) Alice In Chains
13 Pump It Up Elvis Costello
13 S O S Abba
13 Surrender Cheap Trick
13 Suzanne Leonard Cohen
12 Every Day Is A Winding Road Sheryl Crow
12 If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow
12 Loser Beck (Hanson)
12 No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice Cooper
12 School’s Out Alice Cooper
12 Strange Brew Cream
12 Suffragette City David Bowie
11 Beginings Chicago
11 Drive The Cars
11 Eight Miles High The Byrds
11 Eleanor Rigby The Beatles
11 Golden Years David Bowie
11 Heart Of Glass Blondie
11 I Will Survive Cake
11 Little Wing Derek & The Dominos
11 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds
11 No Excuses Alice In Chains
11 Rudie Can’t Fail The Clash
11 Saturday In The Park Chicago
11 Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies
11 Take A Chance On Me Abba
11 The Mercy Seat Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
11 Where It’s At Beck (Hanson)
11 White Riot The Clash
11 Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? Derek & The Dominos
11 Wishing You Were Here Chicago
11 You Might Think The Cars
10 A Pirate Looks at 40 Jimmy Buffett
10 Ashes To Ashes David Bowie
10 Bluebird Buffalo Springfield
10 Changes David Bowie
10 December Collective Soul
10 Devil’s Haircut Beck (Hanson)
10 For What It’s Worth Buffalo Springfield
10 God Only Knows The Beach Boys
10 Good Times Roll The Cars
10 Make Me Smile Chicago
10 Motherless Children Eric Clapton
10 Rebel Rebel David Bowie
10 Rock The Casbah The Clash
10 Rooster Alice In Chains
10 Should I Stay Or Should I Go? The Clash
10 Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
10 You Don’t Mess Around With Jim Jim Croce
10 You’re All I Got Tonight The Cars
9 A Change (Would Do You Good) Sheryl Crow
9 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce
9 Crossroads Cream
9 Dancing Queen Abba
9 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Chicago
9 Down In a Hole Alice In Chains
9 Elected Alice Cooper
9 Every Day I Write the Book Elvis Costello
9 Fernando Abba
9 Hallelujah (2 specified with the I Know It’s Over segue) Jeff Buckley
9 I Want You To Want Me Cheap Trick
9 I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better The Byrds
9 I’ll Have to Say I Love You In a Song Jim Croce
9 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Allman Brothers Band
9 Key To The Highway (1 Specified Rainbow Concert) Derek & The Dominos
9 Let’s Go The Cars
9 Lover, You Should Have Come Over Jeff Buckley
9 One Way or Another Blondie
9 Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1) James Brown
9 Rapture Blondie
9 Running On Empty Jackson Browne
9 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Black Sabbath
9 Short Skirt, Long Jacket Cake
9 Silent All These Years Tori Amos
9 Sloop John B The Beach Boys
9 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Jimmy Buffett
9 The Distance Cake
9 The World I Know Collective Soul
9 Time In A Bottle Jim Croce
9 War Pigs Black Sabbath
8 (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea Elvis Costello
8 A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash
8 A Common Disaster Cowboy Junkies
8 A Day In The Life The Beatles
8 Bird On a Wire Leonard Cohen
8 Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Jimmy Buffett
8 Doctor My Eyes Jackson Browne
8 Feeling Stronger Everyday Chicago
8 Goin’ Up the Country Canned Heat
8 Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
8 Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains
8 Hey Jude The Beatles
8 I Shot The Sheriff Eric Clapton
8 I’m A Man Chicago
8 I’m Eighteen Alice Cooper
8 Layla (Unplugged) Eric Clapton
8 Let’s Dance David Bowie
8 Lover’s Cross Jim Croce
8 Magic The Cars
8 Paranoid Black Sabbath
8 Rock & Roll Lifestyle Cake
8 Rock & Roll Woman Buffalo Springfield
8 Shake It Up The Cars
8 Shine Collective Soul
8 Sweet Emotion Aerosmith
8 The Ship Song Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8 The Weight The Band
8 Them Bones Alice In Chains
8 Waterloo Abba
8 Where The Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8 Whipping Post (1 Vote Specifies Studio Version) Allman Brothers Band
8 Wouldn’t It Be Nice? The Beach Boys
7 (Don’t Fear) The Reaper Blue Öyster Cult
7 Candy-O (1 vote specified w/the Shoo Be Doo Intro) The Cars
7 China Girl David Bowie
7 Cocaine J J Cale
7 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap AC / DC
7 Do You Love Me? Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
7 Dream Police Cheap Trick
7 Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen
7 Everything Zen Bush (X)
7 First We Take Manhattan Leonard Cohen
7 God Tori Amos
7 I Feel Free Cream
7 I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown
7 I Want You Elvis Costello
7 Iron Man Black Sabbath
7 Jimmy Jazz The Clash
7 Knowing Me, Knowing You Abba
7 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley
7 Let’s Work Together Canned Heat
7 Little Things Bush (X)
7 Livin’ On A Prayer Bon Jovi
7 Mr. Soul Buffalo Springfield
7 On The Road Again Canned Heat
7 One Way Out Allman Brothers Band
7 Orange Blossom Special Johnny Cash
7 Remedy The Black Crowes
7 Sabotage The Beastie Boys
7 Sheep Go To Heaven Cake
7 Shipbuilding Elvis Costello
7 So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star The Byrds
7 Statesboro Blues Allman Brothers Band
7 SWLABR (She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow) Cream
7 Tears In Heaven Eric Clapton
7 Tell The Truth (1 Specified Rainbow Concert Version) Derek & The Dominos
7 The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down The Band
7 Turn! Turn! Turn! The Byrds
7 White Man In Hammersmith Palais The Clash
6 Accidents Will Happen Elvis Costello
6 After Midnight J J Cale
6 Amphetamine Annie Canned Heat
6 Anyone For Tennis Cream
6 Atomic (1 Specifed the Diddy Remix) Blondie
6 Born Under A Bad Sign Cream
6 California Girls The Beach Boys
6 Caroline Concrete Blond
6 Cheeseburger In Paradise Jimmy Buffett
6 Coffee & TV Blur
6 Cold Sweat (Part 1) James Brown
6 Color My World Chicago
6 Cornflake Girl Tori Amos
6 Crucify (1 Vote specifies the single remix) Tori Amos
6 Death Or Glory The Clash
6 Debra Beck (Hanson)
6 Dream On Aerosmith
6 Gel Collective Soul
6 Girls And Boys Blur
6 Glycerine Bush (X)
6 Guns Of Brixton The Clash
6 Hateful The Clash
6 Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
6 I Get Around The Beach Boys
6 I Stay Away Alice In Chains
6 I’m So Glad Cream
6 Italian Leather Sofa Cake
6 Jessica Allman Brothers Band
6 Let It Grow Eric Clapton
6 Let It Rain Eric Clapton
6 Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett
6 Memphis Tennessee Chuck Berry
6 Minnie The Moocher Cab Calloway
6 Misguided Angel Cowboy Junkies
6 More Than A Feeling Boston
6 Moving in Stereo The Cars
6 N.I.B. (Nativity In Black a.k.a. Now I Believe) Black Sabbath
6 Nobody’s Fault But My Own Beck (Hanson)
6 Papa Won’t Leave You Henry Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6 Since You’re Gone The Cars
6 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles
6 Sunday Morning Coming Down Johnny Cash
6 The Load Out / Stay Jackson Browne
6 The Winner Takes It All Abba
6 There Goes The Neighborhood Sheryl Crow
6 Ticket to Ride The Beatles
6 Tupelo Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6 Working at the Car Wash Blues Jim Croce
6 You Give Love A Bad Name Bon Jovi
5 (All The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello
5 (Ghost) Riders in the Sky Johnny Cash
5 (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long Chicago
5 All I Really Want to Do The Byrds
5 Angel Mine Cowboy Junkies
5 Back In Black AC / DC
5 Beercan Beck (Hanson)
5 Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) Concrete Blond
5 Boulevard Jackson Browne
5 Brand New Cadillac The Clash
5 Broken Arrow Buffalo Springfield
5 Call Me The Breeze J J Cale
5 Comedown Bush (X)
5 Country House Blur
5 Cruel Summer Bananarama
5 Dammit Blink (182)
5 Dance This Mess Around The B-52’s
5 Don’t Look Back Boston
5 Dreaming Blondie
5 Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen
5 Go And Say Goodbye Buffalo Springfield
5 Good Abba
5 Got Me Wrong Alice In Chains
5 Hard to Handle The Black Crowes
5 Hard To Say I’m Sorry/Get Away Chicago
5 He Went To Paris Jimmy Buffett
5 Heavy Collective Soul
5 Here, There & Everywhere The Beatles
5 Hey Bulldog The Beatles
5 Hey Ladies The Beastie Boys
5 I Am the Walrus The Beatles
5 I Looked Away Derek & The Dominos
5 If You Leave Me Now Chicago
5 In My Life The Beatles
5 It’s A Man’s World James Brown
5 Ivo Cocteau Twins
5 Jackson Johnny Cash
5 Janie Jones The Clash
5 Joey Concrete Blond
5 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
5 Keep On Growing Derek & The Dominos
5 Lawyers In Love Jackson Browne
5 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds The Beatles
5 Machinehead Bush (X)
5 Man In Black Johnny Cash
5 Maria Blondie
5 Maybellene Chuck Berry
5 Midnight Rider Allman Brothers Band
5 My Back Pages The Byrds
5 Mystery Dance Elvis Costello
5 Only Women Bleed Alice Cooper
5 Parklife Blur
5 Pay No Mind Beck (Hanson)
5 Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (from Dream for an Insomniac & Fashion Nugget) Cake
5 Rip Her To Shreds Blondie
5 Robert DeNiro’s Waiting Bananarama
5 Rock Lobster The B-52’s
5 Running On Faith Eric Clapton
5 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush
5 Satan is My Motor Cake
5 St. James Infirmary Cab Calloway
5 Swallowed Bush (X)
5 Sweet Leaf Black Sabbath
5 The Man Who Sold The World David Bowie
5 The Shape I’m In The Band
5 The Tide Is High Blondie
5 These Dreams Jim Croce
5 This Is Radio Clash The Clash
5 Tommy Gun The Clash
5 Tomorrow, Wendy Concrete Blond
5 Tramp the Dirt Down Elvis Costello
5 Up On Cripple Creek The Band
5 Walking After Midnight Cowboy Junkies
5 Wax And Wane (1 Specified Live Version) Cocteau Twins
5 Welcome to My Nightmare Alice Cooper
5 Who By Fire Leonard Cohen
5 Winter Tori Amos
5 Young Americans David Bowie
I didn’t include the release years or album from which the track came from. I’ll try to post the whole database up on doteasy.com and link it sometime in the future.
Third: The Poll & How it Works
It’s simple enough, post your 6 favorite songs by the artist. Personal observations, opinions, liner notes, comments and the like are always welcome but are in no means required. You May include Cover Versions. If you specify Live version, it will be noted, but tallied together with the studio version of the same title. My only request of you is to please try to be as accurate as possible when naming your favorite tracks. If the track you select isn’t an Alex Chilton solo track, please try to put the artist (either Big Star or The Box Tops) in parentheses after the track title.
Lastly: The Supplemental Poll Artist of the Week
I know what you’re thinking, ‘Shut the hell up and get on with the poll already damnit!’ So, without further ado, for Fish 42: Alex Chilton And Any of His Bands: Big Star or the Box Tops.
Here are my 6 ALEX CHILTON selections:
- My Rival
- Rock Hard
- Bangkok
- Hey! Little Child
- Like Flies On Sherbert
- No Sex
So tell us…Do you have 6 favorite tracks? Will Fish 42 even remember he asked for this poll almost 2 years ago? Were the Replacement’s prophecy from ‘Pleased To Meet Me’ come true & on of Alex’s songs knock Elvis Costello’s “Watching the Detectives” off the top vote getter position? You never know – though I’ll concede the odds of Elvis’ continued reign is pretty much a forgone conclusion. Those answers and much more next week, same Eastern Standard Time, same web address.
Thanking you all in advance I hope to see you at the Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven polls. Have a great week!