Subtitled: Yeah elfkin477, like I was really gonna pass right by nature’s greatest gift to mankind.
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Another Monday, Another Closed Poll.
Last Week’s James Brown Poll Tally: 11 Voters / 62 Selections, which garnered slightly less feedback than Week 22’s Jackson Browne Supplemental Poll with: 12 Voters / 71 Selections. (So much for respecting your elders!).
Factoid of the Week: Four voters crossed genre lines last week and voted in both polls. On to business:
1st: Honorable Mentions, Notes & Asides[ul][li]Everyone who voted this week. You dopers once again prove you have much better taste than the PD’s [Jello]in their satin baseball jackets[/Jello] that pollute this nation’s airwaves[]Sassy ‡ WavyDavy: Newcomers to the 6 @ 6.[]elfkin477: Who pointed out in Week #15 that we’d better not neglect Bush.[/ul][/li]
2nd: Venus Fly Trap
“High Search Count” words used to control results through demographic alterations…This week’s desired group: British Grunge Rockers. Will these keywords attract Bush fans & the like? Wack Slacks, Fuzz, Plats, Kickers, Swingin’ On The Flippety-Flop, Bound-And-Hagged, Score, Harsh Realm, Cob Nobbler, Dish, Bloated, Big Bag Of Blotation, Lamestain, Tom-Tom Club, Rock On. [sub]Warning: Cheap search gimmick employed above[/sub]
3rd: Increase the Hit Count
The Voters, Past & Present List – Designed for those who do vanity searches:
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[li]Voting In 15 Polls: astorian[/li]
[li]Voting In 11 Polls: WSLer.[/li]
[li]Voting In 9 Polls: grendel72. [/li]
[li]Voting In 8 Polls: elfkin477, Fish42, Labdad & Skijumper.[/li]
[li]Voting In 7 Polls: dead0man, Mudshark.[/li]
[li]Voting In 6 Polls: Dragon Phoenix, gex gex & Hugh Jass. [/li]
[li]Voting In 5 Polls: chief, Dryga_Yes, Mr. Blue Sky & Narrad.[/li]
[li]Voting In 4 Polls: 5 time champ, K364, Kevja, Newton meter, pldennison, plnnr, RealityChuck, Spit, thermalribbon & tourbot. [/li]
[li]Voting In 3 Polls: ArchiveGuy, capybara, galt (2X Posthumously), Minor Irritant, scout1222, Tit Whistle & Treviathan. [/li]
[li]Voting In 2 Polls: cmkeller, Corbomite, epeepunk, essvee, Fenris, gonzoron, Happy Lendervedder, hazel-rah, Interrobang!?, John Carter of Mars, jolemale, Leifsmama, Living Dead Girl, Leechbabe, Manduck, panamajack, pepperlandgirl, SisterCoyote, The Clawman, Wartime Consigliori.[/li]
[li]Voting In 1 Poll: 5-HT, Adam P., Airbeck, AlbertRose, andrew Dupont, andros, Annie-Xmas, arachnidlove, auntie em, Bad Hat, bibliophile, bouv, bristlesage, bugg, cainxinth, Cat Fight, Chastain86, Cherry_Blossom_, ChristmasEve, Chrome Spot, da_pope, dinahmoe, easy e, Eonwe, Futile Gesture, gallows fodder, hajario, hardygrrl, Hastur, hawthorne, Helena, HenrySpencer, HoldenCaulfield, horhay_achoa, IJ Grieve, Jeremy’s Evil Twin, Jonathan Chance, Kyomara, lawoot, Leechboy, LindyHopper, Lockz, longjohn, lothos2002, Ludovic, LunaSea, matt_mcl, minty green, Mr. Green Fool, MsWhatsit, Neidhart, Nocturne, Reeder, saoirse, Sassy, scott evil, Sigmundex, singular1, Skip on, stankow, Supernate, tavalla, The Wrong Girl, ThePyroWeasel, Ukulele Ike, Usram, vinryk, waterj2, WavyDavy, widdershins & -zorch.[/ul][/li]
4th: Past polls and Results:
The ever-growing scrap-heap of past band polls:
Jackson Browne § James Brown § Better Than Ezra § Banarama § David Bowie Boston § Bon Jovi § 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 § Abba& Aerosmith polls.
5th: Week 19 Results:
Tabulation Notes: What a pain in the ass that was. With all the parenthetical and multi-part titles, and the varied spellings of the titles, the accounting department at the 6@6 corporate offices were very careful to not screw up the results…like they did with the Beatles “Day in The Life / A Day in the Life…if you find any errors please report them.
Here are your Godfather of Soul, James Brown Selections:
1ST PLACE
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1): With 9 Votes
2ND PLACE
I Got You (I Feel Good): With 7 Votes
3RD PLACE
Cold Sweat (Part 1): With 6 Votes
4TH PLACE
It’s A Man’s World: With 5 Votes
5TH PLACE
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Part 1 ¤ Please, Please, Please ¤ Say it Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud): Tied With 4 Votes
6TH PLACE
Make it Funky (Now Part 1) ¤ Night Train: Tied With 3 Votes
7TH PLACE
Get Up Offa That Thing ¤ I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself) ¤ The Payback: Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
Doing It to Death ¤ Funky Drummer ¤ Get on the Good Foot ¤ Hot Pants ¤ It’s Too Funky in Here ¤ Living In America ¤ Lost Someone ¤ Money Won’t Change You ¤ Out of Sight ¤ Soul Power (…You Know You Need It) ¤ Super Bad: With 1 Vote Each…Lotsa funky chestnuts in this list. Listen to at least one as your homework assignment this week. For extra credit, see if you can track down the John Cougar Mellencamp / Tina Turn B-side cover version of JB’s Cold Sweat.
6th: Week 19’s Supplemental Poll Results
Tabulation Notes: The songs “The Load Out” and “Stay” are adjoined on the album so any and all votes for either track are tallied as “The Load Out / Stay”
Here are your Jackson Browne Selections:
1ST PLACE
Running On Empty: With 9 Votes
2ND PLACE
Doctor My Eyes: With 8 Votes
3RD PLACE
The Load Out / Stay: With 6 Votes
4TH PLACE
Lawyers In Love ¤ Boulevard: Tied With 5 Votes
5TH PLACE
Somebody’s Baby ¤ The Pretender: Tied With 4 Votes
6TH PLACE
That Girl Could Sing ¤ You Love The Thunder: Tied With 3 Votes
7TH PLACE
For Everyman ¤ Hold On Hold Out ¤ Redneck Friend ¤ Tender Is The Night: Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
Call It A Loan ¤ For a Dancer ¤ In the Shape of a Heart ¤ Jamaica Say You Will ¤ Late For The Sky ¤ Lives In The Balance ¤ My Redneck Friend ¤ Of Missing Persons ¤ Rock Me On the Water ¤ Chasing You Into the Night ¤ Sing My Songs to Me ¤ Take It Easy ¤ These Days ¤ Under the Falling Sky ¤ You Asshole You ¤ Your Bright Baby Blues: With 1 Vote Each. I don’t know about you, but my homework this week is to try and find a copy of Jackson performing “You Asshole You” .
7th: Disclaimers & Tentative Schedule
Based on requests and the like: [ul][li](The retro folk-rock) Week #24 featuring: The Byrds (with Hugh Jass’es requested) Buffalo Springfield supplemental…Then it’s off to sail the C’s.[]As per 2 requests on the 6@6 poll that were eaten by the hamsters…Week#25 will feature a Parrothead Poll for the (two?!?) Jimmy Buffet fans on the boards with a Cake Supplemental poll[]With Week #26 Probably featuring Canned Heat with a JJ Cale Supplemental poll.[/ul] If you feel I’ve alphabetically passed over a band, speak up. If I don’t hear to the contrary, say goodbye to: The Blues Brothers, The Breeders, Brinsley Schwartz, Butthole Surfers and The Buzzcocks, Cab Calloway & Candlebox …just to name a few. [/li]
8th: Week #22’s Supplemental Poll (In another, as yet unknown, thread)
I can’t provide a link to it because the featured poll and results get posted 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]Part 2 of the Bush Week poll…At Dragon Phoenix’s behest: Kate Bush Two clunky segues in as many weeks! Artists who’s only constant is their spot in the alphabet. My hunch (a pretty safe bet?): Kate wouldn’t garner nearly the number of votes our featured artist will.[/li]
9th: Week #22’s Featured Poll Artist’s Discography(Reader’s Digest Version)
If your memory of the featured artist isn’t exactly up to speed, here’s a link to the discography with 30 second cuts of some of their tracks when you drill down through the albums: Golden State Science Of Things Deconstructed Razorblade Suitcase.
10th & Lastly: Week #21’s Featured Poll Artist
Without further ado, one of the shining lights of the mid-90’s…Bush.
Here are my 6 BUSH picks:
- Glycerine With apologies to: Swallowed, Straight-No Chaser, Swim, Body, Testosterone, Mouth, History, et al. … who had to be cut due to poll restrictions
- Comedown Unmistakable…Bush
- Little Things Nothing little about this track
- Greed Fly I always was a sucker for a false start on top of the fact I couldn’t make up my mind on what to cut to get it down to 6
- Everything Zen One of those songs I remember exactly where I was when I 1st heard it
- Machinehead 4 Minutes of perfection
Damn! That was hard!
Thanking you all in advance. Have a great week!
