Top 6@6 Week #26: Post 6 Beck Faves With J. Buffett & J. Buckley Results From Week 25

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Subtitled: The snipers are passed out in the bushes again. I’m glad I got my suit dry-cleaned before the riots started

Another Tuesday, due to yesterday’s hamster revolt, Another Closed Poll.
Last Week’s Jimmy Buffett Poll Tally: 16 Voters / 96 Selections, which garnered more feedback than Week 25’s Jeff Buckley Supplemental Poll with: 9 Voters / 51 Selections.
Factoid of the Week: Only 2 voters (Sassy & Spit) crossed genre lines last week and voted in both polls. (Can’t we all just get along?). There’ll probably be a lot more this week. On To Business:

1st: Honorable Mentions, Notes & Asides[ul][li]Everyone who voted this week. Great Selections. []benlormat ♪ chique ♪ Homebrew ♪ Politzania ♪ PatrickM ♪ Sunshine ♪ stylize: 7 Newcomers to the 6 @ 6. []Labdad & RealityChuck: Whose Bonzo Dog Band Poll request will run next week in Week #27 []Treviathan: Whose Counting Crows Poll request will run in Week #37[]elfkin477 & Treviathan (again)**: Who both requested a Cheryl Crow poll, which will also run in week 37[]spit & elfkin477 (again): Whose Cars Poll request will run in Week #30 []Chief: Whose e-mailed Alice Cooper poll request will replaces Cathedral in Week 32, mainly cuz I’d probably be the only voting in a Cathedral poll anyway! []Sunshine: Whose Jim Croce Poll request will run in Week #40[]gex gex: Who prompted this week’s Beck Poll. Ludovic: Who wanted to see Cake in this week’s 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: Esquires. Will these keywords attract those stalwarts of the legal profession? Bamboozle, Bilk, Cheat, Deceit, Defraud, Dupe, Embezzle, Excessive, Fib, Holier-Than-Thou, Lie, Needless, Pinch, Rip-off, Rob, Steal, Swindle, Take, Thieve, Unnecessary, Windfall [sub]Warning: Spiteful, cheap & immature 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 17 Polls: astorian[/li]
[li]Voting In 14 Polls: WSLer[/li]
[li]Voting In 11 Polls: Labdad[/li]
[li]Voting In 10 Polls: elfkin477 ♪ Fish42 ♪ grendel72 ♪ Skijumper.[/li]
[li]Voting In 9 Polls: Dragon Phoenix ♪ Hugh Jass ♪ Spit [/li]
[li]Voting In 8 Polls: chief ♪ dead0man ♪ gex gex [/li]
[li]Voting In 7 Polls: Mudshark[/li]
[li]Voting In 6 Polls: Mr. Blue Sky ♪ RealityChuck [/li]
[li]Voting In 5 Polls: Dryga_Yes ♪ Kevja ♪ Narrad ♪ Newton meter ♪ thermalribbon ♪ Treviathan[/li]
[li]Voting In 4 Polls: 5 time champ ♪ K364 ♪ pldennison ♪ plnnr ♪ tourbot ♪ WavyDavy[/li]
[li]Voting In 3 Polls: ArchiveGuy ♪ bibliophile ♪ capybara ♪ essvee ♪ galt (2X Posthumously) ♪ hazel-rah ♪ John Carter of Mars ♪ Leifsmama ♪ Minor Irritant ♪ Sassy ♪ scout1222 ♪ Tit Whistle ♪ widdershins.[/li]
[li]Voting In 2 Polls: cmkeller ♪ Corbomite ♪ epeepunk ♪ Fenris ♪ gallows fodder ♪ gonzoron ♪ Happy Lendervedder ♪ HoldenCaulfield ♪ Interrobang!? ♪ jolemale ♪ kawliga ♪ 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 ♪ Auction Barn Messiah ♪ auntie em ♪ Bad Hat ♪ benlormat ♪ bouv ♪ bristlesage ♪ bugg ♪ cainxinth ♪ Cat Fight ♪ Chastain86 ♪ Cherry_Blossom_ ♪ chique ♪ ChristmasEve ♪ Chrome Spot ♪ da_pope ♪ dinahmoe ♪ easy e ♪ Eonwe ♪ FriarTed ♪ Futile Gesture ♪ hajario ♪ hardygrrl ♪ Hastur ♪ hawthorne ♪ Helena ♪ HenrySpencer ♪ Homebrew ♪ 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 ♪ PatrickM ♪ Politzania ♪ saoirse ♪ scott evil ♪ Sigmundex ♪ singular1 ♪ Skip on ♪ stankow ♪ stylize ♪ Sunshine ♪ Supernate ♪ tavalla ♪ The Wrong Girl ♪ ThePyroWeasel ♪ Ukulele Ike ♪ Usram ♪ vinryk ♪ waterj2 ♪ -zorch.[/ul][/li]
4th: Past polls and Results:
After the ZZ Top poll, sometime this decade, the plan is to compile all the votes from the SDMB & post them in a few threads. Then I’ll burn a several volume CD set & mail ‘em out to the voters who helped keep these threads going. The scrap-heap of past polls continues to grow:
Jimmy Buffett § Jeff Buckley § The Byrds § Buffalo Springfield § 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 25 Results:
Tabulation Notes: Pretty quick compilation this week. 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 Jimmy Buffett Selections:

 1ST PLACE 
A Pirate Looks at 40: With 10 Votes

 2ND PLACE 
Son Of A Son Of A Sailor: With 9 Votes

 3RD PLACE 
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes: With 8 Votes

 4TH PLACE 
Cheeseburger In Paradise ¤ Margaritaville: Tied With 6 Votes

 5TH PLACE 
He Went To Paris: With 5 Votes

 6TH PLACE 
Come Monday ¤ Fins ¤ Why Don’t We Get Drunk (and Screw): Tied With 4 Votes

 7TH PLACE 
Cowboy in the Jungle: With 3 Votes

 8TH PLACE 
Distantly in Love ¤ In The Shelter ¤ Life Is Just a Tire Swing ¤ Pencil Thin Mustache: Tied With 2 Votes

 RUNNERS UP 
Asshole Song ¤ Biloxi ¤ Boat Drinks ¤ Cuban Crime of Passion ¤ Desperation Samba ¤ God’s Own Drunk ¤ Great Heart ¤ Growing Older But Not Up ¤ Gypsies in the Palace ¤ Havana Daydreamin’ ¤ It’s My Job ¤ Last Mango in Paris ¤ Love in the Library ¤ Mexico ¤ Migration ¤ Miss You So Badly ¤ My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus ¤ Quietly Making Noise ¤ School Boy Heart ¤ The Captain and The Kid ¤ The Pascagoula Run ¤ The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful ¤ They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More ¤ This Hotel Room ¤ Treat Her Like A Lady ¤ USS Zydecomobile ¤ We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About ¤ When the Coast is Clear: All With 1 Vote Each. Once again, some great songs listed here, a lot deserving more than one vote.

6th: Week 25’s Supplemental Poll Results
Here are your Jeff Buckley Selections:

 1ST PLACE 
Hallelujah (2 specified with the I Know It’s Over segue) ¤ Lover, You Should Have Come Over: Tied With 9 Votes

 2ND PLACE 
Last Goodbye: With 7 Votes

 3RD PLACE 
Grace: With 4 Votes

 4TH PLACE 
Corpus Christi Carol ¤ Everybody Here Wants You ¤ Yard of Blonde Girls: Tied With 3 Votes

 5TH PLACE 
Dream Brother ¤ Lilac Wine ¤ Mojo Pin ¤ So Real: Tied With 2 Votes

 RUNNERS UP 
Je N’en Connais Pas Le Fin ¤ Kick Out The Jams ¤ New Year’s Prayer ¤ Sky Is A Landfill ¤ What Will You Say: All With 1 Vote Each. Hmmm, not one mention of that Led Zep cover, whose title escapes me at the moment.

7th: Disclaimers & Tentative Schedule
Based on requests and the like: [ul][li]Week #27 will feature: The Dave Clark Five with Labdad’s & RealityChuck’s requested Bonzo Dog Band supplemental poll[/li][li]Week #28 will feature: Johnny Cash with grendel72’s requested Cab Calloway supplemental poll[/li][li]Week #29 will feature: Canned Heat with a JJ Cale supplemental poll. [/li][li]Week #30 will feature: The Cars as per elfkin 477’s & spit’s request with Interrobang!?’s requested Neko Case / New Pornographers supplemental poll. []Week #31 will feature: Captain Beefheart with a Nick Cave supplemental poll. []Week #32 will feature: Alice Cooper as per Chief’s request with Interrobang!?’s requested Neko Case / New Pornographers supplemental poll. [/li][li]Week #33 will feature: The Clash with a Collective Soul supplemental poll. [/li][li]Week #34 will feature: Eric Clapton with a Tom Cochrane supplemental poll. []Week #35 will feature: Concrete Blond with a Cowboy Junkies supplemental poll. []Week #36 will feature: Elvis Costello with a Cracker supplemental poll. [/li][li] Week #37 will feature: Counting Crows as per Treviathan’s request with elfkin477’s & Treviathan’s requested Cheryl Crow supplemental poll. [/li] [li] Week #38 will feature: Cream with a Creedence Clearwater Revival supplemental poll. [/li][li]Week #39 will feature: Creed with a Crowded House supplemental poll. [/li][li]Week #40 will feature The Cure with a Cult supplemental poll.[/li][li]Week #41 will feature Jim Croce as per Sunshine’s request with room open for a requested supplemental poll (I refuse to mention the MOR drummer by name in hopes that no one will ask).[/ul][/li]If you feel I’ve alphabetically passed over a band, speak up. If I don’t hear to the contrary, we’ll be in the D’s in about 3 months.

8th: Week #26’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 #26 Supplemental 6@6 Poll…At Ludovic’s behest: Cake[/ol][/li]
9th: Week #26’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 previews of some of the tracks when you drill down through the albums: Sea Change  Midnite Vultures  Mutations  Odelay  Steropathetic Soulmanure  One Foot In The Grave  Mellow Gold.

10th & Lastly: Week #24’s Featured Poll Artist
Without further ado, the Bohemian tried to remain faithful to his indie roots…Beck.

Here are my 6 BECK selections:

  1. Beer Can
  2. Sissyneck
  3. Loser
  4. Paper Tiger
  5. Devils Haircut
  6. The New Pollution

Thanking you all in advance. See you over at the Cake poll Have a great week!

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  1. Lazy Flies The most beautiful lyrics he ever wrote.
  2. Debra The ultimate live rave-up.
  3. Puttin it Down “What you seem to be saying/ is you’re patiently waiting/ like an ashtray/ for the butt.”
  4. Pay No Mind because he’s givin’ the finger to the rock n’ roll singer.
  5. We Live Again another beautiful song from Mutations.
  6. Ramshackle

I mostly prefer his lower key folksier stuff.

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I’m going to vote for all of the Beck songs I like:

  1. Loser
  2. Devil’s haircut

fastest. taken. poll. ever. :slight_smile:

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Hey, well I called for this poll, and now I have to admit that my list will not include anything from Seachange, because i have not heard a note of it. Anyone who wants to buy me a copy can email me. Go on, you know you want to.

So, bottles and cans, just clap your hands, I vote for…

  1. *Where It’s At - Two turntables and a microphone. Odelay is still his best album, and this is still his best song. White boy hip-hop that doesn’t really sound like white boy hip-hop, partly due to the fact that it’s Beck. You know, it might have the whole DJ aspect, but expecting it to sound like the Beastie Boys or worse, Vanilla Ice, would be like expecting Beck to conform to a genre. Sheesh…

  2. *Nobody’s Fault But My Own - But when he does do genre, it usually is folk. This would be my favourite Mutations track, a record that I feel often gets overlooked as it sits uncomfortably between the cleverness of Odelay and the glitz of Midnite Vultures. But, damn it, he just sounds so weary.

  3. Debra - I made up a soundtrack for an imaginary movie called The Dictator of Love last year, and this was the perfect track for it. “I wanna get with you… and your sister/ I think her name’s Debra”

  4. Nicotine and Gravy - When I first heard this song, I only heard the last bit. So I had no idea what was happening when I heard the album through. Just love the way it completely changes tone in the middle, from dreamy eastern style to the beat driven catchy chorus.

  5. Loser - Well, you know, it had to be here.

  6. Devil’s Haircut - Classic Beck - the warped chorus (what is a devil’s haircut anyway, and why does he have one on his mind?) and the nonsensical, semi-rap of the verses.
    Can I make a request for a future 6@6 to head to the nightclub for the first time, take some Es and poll the Chemical Brothers?

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In no particular order…

  1. Devil’s Haircut
  2. Nobody’s Fault But My Own
  3. Novacane
  4. New Pollution
  5. Loser
  6. Where it’s At
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  1. Devil’s Haircut
  2. Loser
  3. Nitemare Hippy Girl
  4. Sin City (From the Gram Parsons Tribute Album)
  5. Golden Age
  6. Lost Cause
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Heh…I happened to see a Dave Clark Five album the other day, and thought to myself, “I don’t believe I have ever heard a song buy those guys”. I’ll have to dig around my father’s CD collection so I can vote.

On to the poll:

  1. Sexx Laws
  2. Where It’s At
  3. Debra
  4. Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs
  5. Loser
  6. Pay No Mind
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  1. Bottle of Blues
  2. Nitemare Hippy Girl
  3. Satan Gave Me a Taco
  4. Where It’s At
  5. Nicotine and Gravy
  6. Beercan

And I’d like to take this moment to insist on a Cheap Trick poll. Camper Van Beethoven would be nice, too, and it could possibly be coupled with Cracker.

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Lost Cause
Lord Only Knows
Deadweight
Sexx Laws
Where It’s At
Debra

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The New Pollution
Devil’s Hair Cut
Loser

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  1. Where It’s At
  2. Devil’s Haircut
  3. Loser
  4. Debra
  5. Nobody’s Fault But My Own
  6. The New Pollution
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  1. Jackass
  2. Nobody’s Fault But My Own
  3. Lost Cause
  4. Satan Gave Me a Taco
  5. Where It’s At
  6. Ramshackle
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  1. Guess I’m Doing Fine
  2. Sexx Laws
  3. Tropicalia
  4. Devil’s Haircut
  5. Loser
  6. Where It’s At
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I only own Mellow Gold so my list will lean hard that way.
6. Pay no Mind
5. Beercan
4. Loser
3. Where It’s At
2. Devil’ Haircut
and far and away my favorite

  1. Nightmare Hippy Girl
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  1. Devil’s Haircut
  2. Pay No Mind
  3. Mexico
  4. Nobody’s Fault But My Own
  5. Loser
  6. Where It’s At

I’m keen on a Cocteau Twins poll but I fear it may do as badly as my Bananarama request. Your call.

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Golden Age
Nobody’s Fault but My Own
Mexico
Deborah
Where It’s At
Beer Can

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Honorable Mention:
Soul Sucking Jerk

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  1. Loser
  2. Beercan
  3. High 5. —someone wrote you wouldnt expect him to sound like the Beastie Boys…how about THAT song??? (though a slight parody)
  4. Steal my body home
  5. Pay no Mind
  6. Tropicalia

note that while, obviously, i have Mellow Gold. I also have odelay, and while a good album, most of the songs dont really “stand out”.

note – I was sorely tempted to vote for “Better Days” since everyone thinks thats by Beck anyway :wink:

you know, “better days”, by Queensryche? :smiley: