Subtitled: OK Alex, I’ll take Windy City Bands for $200
First: The Who’s, What’s, Where’s & Why’s of the Headliner Poll
As per 5 time champ’s request & in an attempt to squeeze as many bands in the shortest amount of time possible, The Monday 6 @ 6 Polls include a Headliner poll. This Chicago (Transit Authority) poll, like the featured Sheryl Crow thread will be closed and tallied 7 days from today, Monday January 27, 2003 at or about 6PM EDT. Results from all polls will be posted a few minutes later on that same day in Week #37’s featured Cracker 6 @ 6 Poll.
Why you ask? After the ZZ Top poll, sometime this decade, the plan is to compile all the votes from the SDMB & post them in a few threads. Then I’ll burn a several volume CD set & mail ‘em out to the voters who helped keep these threads going.
Second: Links to the 59 artists we’ve already closed polling on
The pile just keeps on growing…
Concrete Blond § Cowboy Junkies § Cocteau Twins § Derek & The Dominos § Cream § Eric Clapton § The Clash § Elvis Costello § Collective Soul § Alice Cooper § Cheap Trick § Captain Beefheart (& His Magic Band) § Nick Cave (& The Bad Seeds) § Leonard Cohen § The Cars (Benjamin Orr, Rick Ocasek) § Neko Case (& Her Boyfriends) / New Pornographers § Canned Heat § J J Cale § Johnny Cash (& The Tennessee Two) § Cab Calloway § Dave Clark Five § The Bonzo (Doo-Dah) Dog Band§ Cake§ Beck (Hanson) § Jimmy Buffett § Jeff Buckley § The Byrds § Buffalo Springfield § Bush § Kate Bush § Jackson Browne § James Brown § Better Than Ezra § Banarama § David Bowie / (Tin Machine) Boston § Bon Jovi § Blur § Belle & Sebastian§ Blue Öyster Cult § Blondie§ Blink 182§ Black Sabbath§ The Black Crowes§ Bjork / Sugarcubes§ B-52’s§ Chuck Berry§ Beastie Boys§ Jeff Beck§ The Band / Robbie Robertson§ The Beach Boys§ The Beatles§ The Animals§ Tori Amos § Alice In Chains § The Allman Brothers§ AC/DC § Abba& Aerosmith polls.
It only takes a minute to vote, and you can compare your faves with other dopers who voted next week
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 and of course, duets or other offshoot projects. If you specify Live version, it will be noted, but tallied together with the studio version of the same title.
Fourth: This Weeks Headliner Poll Artist’s Discography
Here’s a reader digest list with sound clips & lyrics to Chicago’s discography:
1969 Chicago Transit Authority 1970 Chicago II 1971 Chicago III 1971 At Carnegie Hall (Chicago IV) 1972 Chicago V Live in Japan 1972 1973 Chicago VI 1974 Chicago VII 1975 Chicago VIII 1976 Chicago X 1977 Chicago XI 1978 Hot Streets Chicago Transit Authority: Live in Concert 1979 Chicago 13 1980 Chicago XIV 1982 Chicago 16 1984 Chicago 17 1984 Toronto Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival 69 1986 Chicago 18 1986 Live Chicago 1988 Chicago 19 1989 Beginnings Live 1991 Twenty 1
Please feel free to include any solo tracks by Peter Cetera (who definitely will not be getting his own poll)
1981 Peter Cetera 1986 Solitude/Solitaire 1988 One More Story 1992 World Falling Down 1995 One Clear Voice 2001 Another Perfect World
For more info, Go to AMG’s website and type in the artist’s name on the search box.
The All Music Guide service is meant to refresh your “101 knowledge” of the artist. Please refrain from voting for tracks based solely on the 15 second sound clip. If you have the time, perhaps you’d like to add your 2 cents to their Music Expert Check…
Lastly: The Headliner Poll Artist of the Week
Without further ado…The 2nd Most Popular American Rock-n-Roll Band?!? (That’s news to me): Chicago.
Here are my 6 CHICAGO selections:
- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
- Beginnings
- Livin’ In The Limelight (Peter Cetera Solo)
- 25 Or 6 To 4
- Make Me Smile
- I’m A Man
So, do you have 6 faves? Will 26 or more dopers vote? If so, will 25 or 6 to 4 surpass Elvis Costello’s “Watching the Detectives” and become the new song title with the most votes (so far). There’s always that chance. 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 Sheryl Crow & Jim Croce polls. Have a great week!