Subtitled: No elfkin477, Machinehead didn’t come in first, or for that matter, second place.
Another Monday, Another Closed Poll.
Last Week’s Bush Poll Tally: 8 Voters / 48 Selections, which garnered slightly less feedback than Week 23’s Kate Bush Supplemental Poll with: 9 Voters / 50 Selections. (Supplemental polls with more votes is becoming the trend).
Factoid of the Week: No voters crossed genre lines last week and voted in both polls. This week, I expect there will be alot of cross voters. On to business:
1st: Honorable Mentions, Notes & Asides[ul][li]Everyone who voted this week. It was a pain in the ass due to the hamster revolt. Thanks if you took the time to re-post. []Louis: Thanks for the heads up on the Main Point live Jackson Brown CD[]FriarTed: A Newcomer to the 6 @ 6.[]bibliophile: Who’s Jeff Buckley Poll request will run in Week #25. []gex gex: Who’s Beck Poll request will run in Week #26, after I get a chance to listen to my new Sea Change CD. Hugh Jass: Who threw some weight around and inspired this week’s Buffalo Springfield Supplemental Poll[/ul][/li]
2nd: Venus Fly Trap
“High Search Count” words used to control results through demographic alterations…This week’s desired demographic group: Hippies. Will these keywords attract Byrds & Buffalo Springfield fans? Bad, beat it, Bitchen, blast, boss, bread, bummer, check it out, cherry, chick, cool [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:
[ul]
[li]Voting In 15 Polls: astorian[/li]
[li]Voting In 12 Polls: WSLer.[/li]
[li]Voting In 9 Polls: elfkin477 & grendel72 & Skijumper. [/li]
[li]Voting In 8 Polls: dead0man, Fish42 & Labdad.[/li]
[li]Voting In 7 Polls: Dragon Phoenix, gex gex & Mudshark.[/li]
[li]Voting In 6 Polls: Hugh Jass & Mr. Blue Sky. [/li]
[li]Voting In 5 Polls: chief, Dryga_Yes, Narrad, Newton meter & Spit.[/li]
[li]Voting In 4 Polls: 5 time champ, K364, Kevja, pldennison, plnnr, RealityChuck, thermalribbon, tourbot & Treviathan. [/li]
[li]Voting In 3 Polls: ArchiveGuy, capybara, essvee, galt (2X Posthumously), hazel-rah, Minor Irritant, scout1222 & Tit Whistle. [/li]
[li]Voting In 2 Polls: bibliophile, cmkeller, Corbomite, epeepunk, Fenris, gonzoron, Happy Lendervedder, Interrobang!?, John Carter of Mars, jolemale, Leifsmama, Living Dead Girl, Leechbabe, Manduck, panamajack, pepperlandgirl, SisterCoyote, The Clawman, Wartime Consigliori & WavyDavy.[/li]
[li]Voting In 1 Poll: 5-HT, Adam P., Airbeck, AlbertRose, andrew Dupont, andros, Annie-Xmas, arachnidlove, auntie em, Bad Hat, bouv, bristlesage, bugg, cainxinth, Cat Fight, Chastain86, Cherry_Blossom_, ChristmasEve, Chrome Spot, da_pope, dinahmoe, easy e, Eonwe, FriarTed, 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, widdershins & -zorch.[/ul][/li]
4th: Past polls and Results:
The ever-growing scrap-heap of past band polls:
Bush § Kate Bush § 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: Easy week to tabulate…took less than 10 minutes. 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 Bush (Bush X for our neighbors to the north) Selections:
1ST PLACE
Everything Zen ¤ Little Things: Tied With 7 Votes
2ND PLACE
Glycerine: With 6 Votes
3RD PLACE
Comedown ¤ Machinehead ¤ Swallowed: Tied With 5 Votes
4TH PLACE
Letting the Cables Sleep ¤ Greed Fly ¤ Chemicals Between Us: Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
Bomb ¤ Cold Contagious ¤ Insect Kin ¤ Mouth ¤ Personal Holloway ¤ Speed Kills ¤ Swim: With 1 Vote Each…A couple of “post Razorblade Suitcase” tracks to keep an ear or eye our for.
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 Kate Bush Selections:
1ST PLACE
Running Up That Hill: With 5 Votes
2ND PLACE
Wuthering Heights ¤ The Man with the Child in His Eyes ¤ Cloudbusting: Tied With 4 Votes
3RD PLACE
Hounds of Love ¤ The Sensual World: Tied With 3 Votes
4TH PLACE
Suspended in Gaffa ¤ The Big Sky ¤ The Kick Inside ¤ This Woman’s Work: Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
**”The Ninth Wave” (En Masse) ¤ Army Dreamers ¤ Babooshka ¤ Breathing ¤ December Will Be Magic Again ¤ Don’t Give Up (With Peter Gabriel) ¤ Experiment 4 ¤ Get Out of my House ¤ Hammer Horror ¤ James and the Cold Gun (Live) ¤ Jig of Life ¤ Kashka from Baghdad ¤ Love and Anger ¤ Mother Stands For Comfort ¤ Never Be Mine ¤ Oh to be in Love ¤ Sat in Your Lap ¤ The Dreaming ¤ The Fog **: With 1 Vote Each. Once again, some great songs listed here, a lot in my opinion deserving more than one vote.
7th: Disclaimers & Tentative Schedule
Based on requests and the like: [ul][li]Week #25 featuring: Jimmy Buffet with a Jeff Buckley supplemental poll.[]Week #26 featuring: Beck (Hanson) with a Cake supplemental poll[]Week #27 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, it’ll be last call for the “B” bands: The Blues Brothers, The Breeders, Brinsley Schwartz, Butthole Surfers and The Buzzcocks, as well as “low C’s” Cab Calloway, Johnny Cash & Candlebox…just to name a few. [/li]
8th: Week #24’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: The Week #24 6@6 Poll…At Hugh Jass’ behest: Buffalo Springfield[/ol] From the Byrds to The Springfield…A pretty good segue! [/li]
9th: Week #24’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: Sanctuary 4 Sanctuary 3 Sanctuary 2 Sanctuary 1 Byrds Sweetheart Of The Rodeo Fifth Dimension Original Singles '65-67 Greatest Hits No. 2 Farther Along Byrdmaniax Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde Ballad Of Easy Rider Notorious Byrd Brothers Younger Than Yesterday Turn! Turn! Turn! Mr. Tambourine Man.
10th & Lastly: Week #24’s Featured Poll Artist
Without further ado, America’s answer to The Beatles…The Byrds. Feel free to include any solo tracks from Hillman, McQuinn, Crosby, Clark, et al.
Here are my 6 BYRDS selections:
- Chimes of Freedom
- Jesus Is Just Alright Cheese Whiz for the agnostics amongst us
- America’s Great National Pastime One of the better songs about the game
- Mr Tambourine Man I think even Dylan would admit their version outshines his
- So You Want To Be A Rock-N-Roll Star I think even Petty would admit their version outshines his cover
- Eight Miles High One of those “I can’t stop speeding songs” whenever it comes on in the car.
Thanking you all in advance. P.S. I promise I’ll keep my comments to myself for anyone who has the need to pick Chestnut Mare Have a great week!