Polling is closed. Scats (oops, that was rotten; I meant hats) off to the Dopers who responded. Honorable mention goes to Jonathan Chance who was, indeed, heard (and who’s choices were the most obscure…in fact, it’s time for me to go give a re-listen to several songs I either forgot about or never heard before).
As to gex gex’s query from last Saturday: PD’s are an acronym for Program Directors. IMHO, they are the scourge of the radio waves…polluting them with what they and their telemarketing pollsters think is “popular”.
First: Results from The Chuck Berry poll from week #10.
Moderate turnout; nothing shocking. Even though he’s considered the granddaddy they were fairly predictable results. Most of his children were too busy out there playin’ his licks to list their faves, so let’s move along. Now that’s it’s history, we can add it to the pile of[ul]
[li]The Beastie Boys,[/li][li]Jeff Beck,[/li][li]The Band,[/li][li]Beach Boys, [/li][li]Beatles,[]Animals,[]Tori Amos,[]Allman Brothers,and[]Aerosmith. polls[/ul]All right, here are your Beastie Picks Picks:[ul][/li][li]First Place: Memphis Tennessee: With 6 votes. [/li][li]2nd Place: Johnny B. Goode and Maybellene: A 2-Way Tie with 5 votes.[/li][li]3rd Place: Reelin’ & Rockin’ (1 live / 2 unspecified), Rock ‘N Roll Music, Roll Over Beethoven and Sweet Little 16: A 4-Way Tie with 3 votes each.[/li][li]Bringing Up the Rear: Oh Carol, School Days (or is it daze?!?) and You Never Can Tell (Teenage Wedding): Another 3-Way Tie with 2 votes each.[/ul][/li]
Honorable Mentions: (With 1 vote each):[ul][li]Blue Feeling, []Brown Eyed Handsome Man, []Carol, []Havana Moon, []My Ding A Ling (Live), []Nadine and []Promised Land.[/ul] [/li]
Secondly: This weeks poll. As promised, the seventh “B”: The B-52’s. (As alluded to last week, turnout will more than likely be substantial; right up there with The Beatles and Tori Amos. I’ll go so far as to say the only proceeding polls that will garner higher post counts will be Van Morrison, Rolling Stones & Steely Dan). If you feel I’ve passed alphabetically passed over a band say so…if not, next week will feature The Black Crowes (followed by my favorite band: Black Sabbath).
Weekly disclaimer: I’m not at all biased toward today’s contemporary artists, it’s just in most cases their smaller sized discography’s would make selecting 6 favorite tracks a rather difficult or daunting task. Hence: The B-52’s as opposed to Berlin, Ben Folds or Belly
On with the poll. Here are my 6 B-52’s picks:
- Channel Z (Sorry Die-hards; it’s the only thing I like from Cosmic Thing that deserves a spot)
- Private Idaho
- Rock Lobster
- Party Out Of Bounds
- Planet Claire
- Strobe Light (No negatives comments please…I love this song)
Thanking you all in advance
