Another Monday, Another Closed Poll. Actually it’s Tuesday, but every time I tried posting, the server was being uncooperative. Thanks to all the Dopers who responded. Last Week’s Blur Poll Tally: 10 Voters / 60 Selections. Week 18’s Belle & Sebastian Supplemental Poll Tally: 9 Voters / 54 Selections. On to business:
1st: Honorable Mentions, Notes & Asides[ul][li]Everyone who voted this week…there were some really great selections, comments, liner notes & recommendations[]Adam P., Bad Hat, IJ Grieve, longjohn, Skip on, The Wrong Girl & Tit Whistle: Newcomers to the 6 @ 6.[]Requests for Band Polls: Hugh Jass’es Buffalo Springfield & Skijumper’s Bananarama requests will be honored…Keep an eye on the “Tentative Schedule” below for details.[/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: Will this elementary school slang attract more voters from the fairer sex? Arrow, bag, balls, beaver cleaver, beef bayonet, basket, bishop, boner, choad, cobblers, cock…probably not[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 & Mudshark.[/li]
[li]Voting In 5 Polls: chief, elfkin477, gex gex, Labdad & Narrad.[/li]
[li]Voting In 4 Polls: 5 time champ, Dryga_Yes, Fish42, Hugh Jass, RealityChuck, Skijumper & tourbot (well actually 3 1/6 polls for tour). [/li]
[li]Voting In 3 Polls: Dragon Phoenix, galt (2X Posthumously), K364, Minor Irritant & scout1222. [/li]
[li]Voting In 2 Polls: epeepunk, essvee, Fenris, gonzoron, hazel-rah, Interrobang!?, John Carter of Mars, jolemale, Leifsmama, Living Dead Girl, Manduck, pepperlandgirl, plnnr, thermalribbon, Treviathan,Wartime Consigliori.[/li]
[li]Voting In 1 Poll: 5-HT, Adam P., Airbeck, andrew Dupont, andros, arachnidlove, ArchiveGuy, auntie em, Bad Hat, 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, HenrySpencer, HoldenCaulfield, horhay_achoa, IJ Grieve, Jeremy’s Evil Twin, Jonathan Chance, Kyomara, lawoot, Leechbabe, Leechboy, LindyHopper, Lockz, longjohn, LunaSea, matt_mcl, minty green, Mr. Blue Sky, Mr. Green Fool, MsWhatsit, Newton meter, panamajack, pldennison, Reeder, saoirse, Sigmundex, SisterCoyote, Skip on, stankow, Supernate, tavalla, The Wrong Girl, ThePyroWeasel, Tit Whistle, Ukulele Ike, vinryk, waterj2, widdershins & -zorch.[/ul][/li]
4th: Past polls and Results:
The ever-growing scrap-heap of past band polls:
§ Blur § Belle & Sebastian§ 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 18 Results:
Here are your Blur Selections:
1ST PLACE
Coffee & TV ¤ Girls And Boys (3 {Chauvinistic?!?} Dopers ID’d as Boys and Girls): Tied With 6 Votes
2ND PLACE
Country House ¤ Parklife: Tied With 5 Votes
3RD PLACE
Charmless Man ¤ Song 2 ¤ There’s No Other Way (2 Dopers ID’s as: No Other Way): Tied With 4 Votes
4TH PLACE
Beetlebum ¤ Chemical World ¤ Tender: Tied With 3 Votes
5TH PLACE
No Distance Left To Run: With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
**Colin Zeal ¤ Country Sad Ballad Man ¤ End of a Century ¤ Essex Dogs ¤ For Tomorrow ¤ I’m Just a Killer for Your Love ¤ Jubilee ¤ Lot 105 ¤ M.O.R. ¤ Miss America ¤ Music is My Radar ¤ Stereotypes ¤ The Universal ¤ This is a Low ¤ Trimm Trabb **: With 1 Vote Each…If music is your radar, I suggest you give some of these selections another listen to.
6th: Week 18’s Supplemental Poll Results
Here are your Belle And Sebastain Selections:
1ST PLACE
Judy & The Dream Of Horses ¤ Lazy Line Painter Jane: Tied With 4 Votes
2ND PLACE
Boy with the Arab Strap ¤ Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying ¤ It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career ¤ Me and the Major ¤ The State I Am In (1 Vote Specified Tigermilk Version): Tied With 3 Votes
3RD PLACE
Fox In The Snow ¤ If You’re Feeling Sinister ¤ Legal Man ¤ Seeing Other People ¤ Seymour Stein ¤ Women’s Realm: Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
Dirty Dream Number Two ¤ Electronic Renaissance ¤ Expectations ¤ Family Tree ¤ I’m Waking Up To Us ¤ Is It Wicked Not to Care? ¤ Jonathan David ¤ La Pastie de la Bourgeoisie ¤ Like Dylan in the Movies ¤ My Wandering Days are Over ¤ She’s Losing It ¤ Simple Things ¤ String Bean Jean ¤ Summer Wasting ¤ The Rollercoaster Ride ¤ The Stars of Track and Field ¤ The Wrong Girl ¤ This is Just a Modern Rock Song ¤ You’re Just a Baby: With 1 Vote Each…I’ve made my CD Now picks accordingly and placed an order for: 3 Albums Legal Man, With The Arab Strap and If You’re Feeling Sinister and 2 EP’s Lazy Line Painter Jane and Dog On Wheels, which should give me a pretty good base idea of their work.
7th: Disclaimers & Tentative Schedule
Based on requests and the like: [ul][li]Week 20 will feature: David Bowie (with Ski’s requested) Bananarama supplemental poll. []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 Huge’s) Buffalo Springfield supplemental poll…there really isn’t a difference between a weekly and a supplemental poll…with the exception the former contains last weeks results[/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.
8th: Week #19’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]WSLer’s’s requested band poll: Boston.[/li]
9th: Week #19’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: Walk On Third Stage Don’t Look Back Boston. Crush These Days Keep The Faith 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit Cross Road New Jersey Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi
Without further ado, the epitome of 80’s Pomp Rock, those boys from Jersey with good taste in women & the 16th “B” band. Also at WSLer’s request: The group known as Bon Jovi. Feel free to post any Jon Bon Jovi or Richie Sambora solo recordings.
Here are my 6 Bon Jovi picks:
- Wanted Dead Or Alive
- Livin’ On A Prayer
- Runaway
- In And Out Of Love
- You Give Love A Bad Name
- Bad Medicine
Thanking you all in advance. Have a great week.
