Another Monday, Another Closed Poll. Thanks to all the Dopers who responded. Last Week’s Blue Öyster Cult Tally: 10 Voters / 52 Selections. On to business:
1st: Honorable Mentions, Notes & Asides[ul][li]Everyone who voted this week…there are some really great selections[]Corbomite, Newton Meter & SisterCoyote: Newcomers to the 6 @ 6.[]Requests for Band Polls: All will be honored in supplemental polls as they come up. Keep an eye on the “Tentative Schedule” for details.elfkin477 & Sister Coyote: Who inspired the new discography link section in the weekly poll.[/ul][/li]
2nd: Venus Fly Trap
More “high search count” words secretly e-mailed to me by another anonymous moderator who’s privy to classified message board information: bang, blow, boff, bonk, hummer, lay, plow, poke, pork, shag.[sub]Warning: Do Not highlight this cheap, tawdry search gimmick used by the pay sites[/sub]
3rd: Increase the Hit Count
The Voters, Past & Present List – Designed for those who do vanity searches:
[ul][li]Voting In 11 Polls: astorian.[/li]
[li]Voting In 7 Polls: dead0man & WSLer.[/li]
[li]Voting In 6 Polls: grendel72.[/li]
[li]Voting In 5 Polls: chief, Labdad & Mudshark.[/li]
[li]Voting In 4 Polls: 5 time champ, elfkin477, Fish42, Hugh Jass, RealityChuck & tourbot (well actually 3 1/6 polls for tour). [/li]
[li]Voting In 3 Polls: Dragon Phoenix, galt (2X Posthumously), gex gex, K364, Minor Irritant, Narrad, scout1222 & Skijumper [/li]
[li]Voting In 2 Polls: Dryga_Yes, epeepunk, essvee, Fenris, gonzoron, Interrobang!?, John Carter of Mars, jolemale, Leifsmama, Living Dead Girl, Manduck, pepperlandgirl, plnnr, thermalribbon,Wartime Consigliori.[/li]
[li]Voting In 1 Poll: 5-HT, Airbeck, andrew Dupont, andros, arachnidlove, ArchiveGuy, auntie em, bibliophile, bouv, bristlesage, bugg, cainxinth, capybara, Chastain86, Cherry_Blossom_, ChristmasEve, Chrome Spot, Corbomite, da_pope, dinahmoe, easy e, Futile Gesture, gallows fodder, hajario, Happy Lendervedder, hardygrrl, hawthorne, hazel-rah, HenrySpencer, HoldenCaulfield, horhay_achoa, Jeremy’s Evil Twin, Jonathan Chance, Kyomara, lawoot, Leechbabe, Leechboy, LindyHopper, Lockz, LunaSea, matt_mcl, minty green, Mr. Blue Sky, Mr. Green Fool, MsWhatsit, Newton meter, panamajack, pldennison, Reeder, saoirse, Sigmundex, SisterCoyote, stankow, Supernate, tavalla, ThePyroWeasel, Treviathan, Ukulele Ike, vinryk, waterj2, widdershins & -zorch.[/ul][/li]
4th: Past polls and Results:
The ever-growing scrap-heap of past band polls: § Blue Öyster Cult § Blondie§ Blink 182§ Black Sabbath§ Black Crowes§ Bjork§ B-52’s§ Chuck Berry§ Beastie Boys§ Jeff Beck§ The Band§ Beach Boys§ Beatles§ Animals§ Tori Amos§ Allman Brothers§ AC/DC& Aerosmith polls.
5th: Week 15 Results:
Here are your Blue Öyster Cult Selections:
1ST PLACE
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper: With 7 Votes
2ND PLACE
Burnin’ For You ¤ Godzilla ¤ The Revenge Of Vera Gemini: Tied With 4 Votes
3RD PLACE
Cities On Flame With Rock-n-Roll ¤ Dominance and Submission ¤ Then Came the Last Days of May ¤ Veteran Of The Psychic Wars: Tied With 3 Votes
4TH PLACE
Before the Kiss, a Redcap ¤ Death Valley Nights ¤ I’m on the Lamb, But I Ain’t No Sheep ¤ Vengeance (The Pact): Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
7 Screamning Diz-Busters ¤ Astronomy ¤ Deadline ¤ E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) ¤ Flaming Telepaths ¤ Goin’ Through the Motions ¤ Hot Rails to Hell ¤ In Thee ¤ Joan Crawford ¤ Mistress Of The Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl) ¤ Stairway to the Stars ¤ The Red and the Black ¤ This Ain’t the Summer of Love: With 1 Vote Each…If you see some tracks here you didn’t pick and can’t remember, it’s your duty as a Café Society Denizen to give some of these selections another listen to.
6th: Disclaimers & Tentative Schedule
Based on requests and the like: [ul][li]Week 19 will feature: Bon Jovi with a Boston supplemental poll. []Week 20 will feature: David Bowie. []Week 21 will feature: James Brown with a Jackson Browne supplemental poll. []Week 22 will feature: Bush with a Kate Bush supplemental poll. Followed by…[]Week 23 featuring: The Byrds with a possible Buffalo Springfield supplemental poll if someone requests them.[/ul][/li]Speaking of requests, this is a democracy, so once again; if you feel I’ve alphabetically passed over a band, speak up. If I don’t hear to the contrary, we’ll be passing by bands like: The Blues Brothers, The Breeders, Brinsley Schwartz, Jimmy Buffet, Butthole Surfers and The Buzzcocks…just to name a few.
**7th: Week #18’s Supplemental Poll **(In another, as yet unknown thread)
I can’t post a link to it because the featured poll and results get posed first. There will however be a link back to this thread in the supplemental poll but you can still access it one of 3 ways: [ol][li]Click the link on my signature[]Access it through the Café Society page[]Bog down the server and do a search on:[/ol]gex gex’s requested band poll Belle and Sebastian.[/li]
8th: Week #18’s Featured Poll
If your memory or knowledge of the featured artist isn’t exactly up to speed, here’s a link to our featured artist’s discography with 30 second cuts of some of their tracks when you drill down through some of their albums:13 Blur Great Escape Parklife Modern Life Is Rubbish Leisure
Without further ado, those lads from England & the 14th “B” band. At gex gex & Treviathan’s request: The group known as Blur
Here are my 6 Blur picks:
- For Tomorrow
- Chemical World
- Country House
- There’s No Other Way
- Girls And Boys
- Song 2
Thanking you all in advance. Have a great week.