Subtitled: I live at the 7-11, I’m tryin’ to play this guitar, I’m learning “Stairway to Heaven” Cause Heaven’s where you are
Another Monday, Another Closed Poll.
Week #31’s Poll Tallies: Captain Beefheart Poll Tally: 7 Voters / 39 Selections, Nick Cave Headliner: 25 Voters / 135 Selections & Leonard Cohen Supplemental : 17 Voters / 102 Selections.
Cross Voters: 2 Dopers (gallows fodder & Henry Spencer) voted in all three polls, 5 Dopers (Fish42, fizgig, Labdad, Skijumper & Tit Whistle) voted in two of three polls.
On To Business:
1st: Honorable Mentions, Notes & Asides[ul][li]All the Dopers who voted this week. Diversity seems to be back in full force.[]14 Newcomers to the 6@6: Carine * clairobscur * Coil * Enginerd * Eutychus * Fibonacci * Fionn * G.B.H. Hornswoggler * Hello Again * Hunsecker * IcicleFuzz * KarlGauss * Maeglin * Nightime ♪[]gex gex: Once again Great Liner notes. []kawliga: We’ll cover the Coasters as a supplemental poll when we poll a doo-wop band.[]chief: Whose Alice Cooper request is our Featured Poll of the Week. []brianjedi: Whose Alice in Chains request is our Headliner Poll of the Week.[]Tit Whistle: Whose Cheap Trick request is our Supplemental Poll of the Week.[/ul][/li]
2nd: Venus Fly Trap
“High Search Count” words used to control results through demographic alterations…This week’s desired demographic group: Followers of the occult. Will these keywords attract Witches & Wicca’s? Affirmation, Altar, Amulets, Aspecting, Binding, Cakes-and-wine, Casting, Casting the circle, Cauldron, Chanting, Charge, Consecration, Coven, Divination, Drumming, Element, Evocation, Familiar, Grimoire, Grounding, Healing, Hermetic, Initiation, Invocation, Karama, Lunar cycle, Meditation, Necromancy, Ouija board, Occult, Pentagram, Planetary days, Quarters, Querent, Ritual, Sacred space, Scrying, Sorcery, Talismans, Tasseomancy, Thaumaturgy, Thirteen, Uncasting, Visualisation, Ward, Wicca, Widdershine, Yantra, Zenith [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 21 Polls: Labdad *[/li]
[li]Voting In 18 Polls: astorian * [/li]
[li] In 17 Polls: Spit *[/li]
[li] In 15 Polls: Fish42 * WSLer * [/li]
[li] In 14 Polls: elfkin477 * grendel72 * [/li]
[li] In 13 Polls: gex gex. * Hugh Jass * Skijumper * [/li]
[li] In 11 Polls: Dragon Phoenix * [/li]
[li] In 10 Polls: dead0man * [/li]
[li] In 9 Polls: chief * Kevja * RealityChuck * [/li]
[li] In 8 Polls: Tit Whistle *[/li]
[li] In 7 Polls: Dryga_Yes * gallows fodder * Mudshark * Treviathan * [/li]
[li] In 6 Polls: ArchiveGuy * capybara * Mr. Blue Sky * Narrad * Sassy * [/li]
[li] In 5 Polls: 5 time champ * HenrySpencer * Interrobang!? * Newton meter * plnnr * thermalribbon * [/li]
[li] In 4 Polls: bibliophile * Corbomite * fizgig * John Carter of Mars * K364 * kawliga * Leifsmama * Ludovic * panamajack * pldennison * tourbot * WavyDavy * [/li]
[li] In 3 Polls: chiefhardcrab * cmkeller * essvee * galt (2X Posthumously) * hazel-rah * Legomancer * Minor Irritant * Ol’Gaffer * scout1222 * The Clawman * widdershins * [/li]
[li] In 2 Polls: Adam P. * angelicate * Annie-Xmas * easy e * epeepunk * Fenris * gonzoron * Happy Lendervedder * Hastur * hawthorne * HoldenCaulfield * Homebrew * jolemale * Kat * Living Dead Girl * Leechbabe * LunaSea * Manduck * Nocturne * pepperlandgirl * SisterCoyote * Wartime Consigliori * [/li]
[li] In 1 Poll: 5-HT * Airbeck * AlbertRose * andrew Dupont * andros * arachnidlove * Auction Barn Messiah * auntie em * Bad Hat * benlormat * BlackKnight * bouv * bristlesage * bugg * cainxinth * Carine * Cat Fight * Chastain86 * Cherry_Blossom_ * chique * ChristmasEve * Chrome Spot * clairobscur * Coil * da_pope * dinahmoe * Eonwe * Enginerd * Eutychus * even sven * Fibonacci * Fionn * FriarTed * ftg * Futile Gesture * G.B.H. Hornswoggler * hajario * hardygrrl * Helena * Hello Again * horhay_achoa * Hunsecker * IcicleFuzz * IJ Grieve * Jeremy’s Evil Twin * Jonathan Chance * KarlGauss * kunilou * Kyomara * lawoot * Leechboy * LindyHopper * Lockz * longjohn * lothos2002 * Maeglin * matt_mcl * mattymillhouse * metroshane * minty green * MoodIndigo1 * Mr. Green Fool * MsWhatsit * Mystery Dog * Neidhart * Nightime * PatrickM * Politzania * Reeder * saoirse * scott evil * Second Echo * Sigmundex * singular1 * Skip on * stankow * stylize * Sunshine * Supernate * tavalla * tclouie * The Wrong Girl * ThePyroWeasel * Thunder * TripleAnt * Ukulele Ike * Usram * vibrotronica * vinryk * waits * waterj2 * White Lightning * -zorch * Zelmph(!) *[/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: Captain Beefheart (& His Magic Band) § Nick Cave (& The Bad Seeds) § Leonard Cohen § The Cars (Benjamin Orr, Rick Ocasek) § Neko Case (& Her Boyfriends) / New Pornographers § Canned Heat § J J Cale § Johnny Cash (& The Tennessee Two) § Cab Calloway § Dave Clark Five § The Bonzo (Doo-Dah) Dog Band§ Cake§ Beck (Hanson) § Jimmy Buffett § Jeff Buckley § The Byrds § Buffalo Springfield § Bush § Kate Bush § Jackson Browne § James Brown § Better Than Ezra § Banarama § David Bowie / (Tin Machine) Boston § Bon Jovi § Blur § Belle & Sebastian§ Blue Öyster Cult § Blondie§ Blink 182§ Black Sabbath§ The Black Crowes§ Bjork / Sugarcubes§ B-52’s§ Chuck Berry§ Beastie Boys§ Jeff Beck§ The Band / Robbie Robertson§ The Beach Boys§ The Beatles§ The Animals§ Tori Amos§ The Allman Brothers§ AC/DC § Abba& Aerosmith polls.
5th: Week 30 Results:
Tabulation Notes: A lot more Nick Cave & Leonard Cohen votes than I expected. The Captain Beefheart turnout was a little disappointing. Almost every track on all 3 polls are songs you’ll rarely, if ever hear on the airwaves. The selections this week were imaginative and diverse…great job.
The accounting department at the 6@6 corporate offices tried to be 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 Captain Beefheart / His Magic Band Selections:
1ST PLACE
Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do ¤ The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica): Tied With 3 Votes
2ND PLACE
Abba Zaba ¤ Click Clack ¤ Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles ¤ Lick My Decals Off, Baby ¤ Woe Is Uh Me Bop: Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
Big-Eyed Beans from Venus ¤ Candle Mambo ¤ China Pig ¤ Clear Spot ¤ Crazy Little Thing ¤ Diddy Wah Diddy ¤ Electricity ¤ Frownland ¤ Frying Pan ¤ I Love You, You Big Dummy ¤ Kandy Korn ¤ Moonlight in Vermont ¤ Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish ¤ Nowadays a Woman’s Gotta Hit a Man ¤ Old Fart At Play ¤ One Red Rose That I Mean ¤ The Smithsonian Institution Blues (The Big Dig) ¤ Too Much Time ¤ Veteran’s Day Poppy ¤ When Big Joan Sets Up ¤ White Jam ¤ Willie The Pimp ¤ Zig Zag Wanderer: All With 1 Vote Each. Some good stuff here!
6th: Week 30’s Supplemental Poll Results
Here are your Nick Cave / Bad Seeds Selections:
1ST PLACE
Red Right Hand: With 16 Votes
2ND PLACE
The Mercy Seat: With 11 Votes
3RD PLACE
Where The Wild Roses Grow: With 8 Votes
4TH PLACE
Do You Love Me?: With 7 Votes
5TH PLACE
Papa Won’t Leave You Henry ¤ The Ship Song ¤ Tupelo: Tied With 6 Votes
6TH PLACE
(Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For? ¤ (I’ll Love You) ‘Til the End of the World ¤ Into My Arms ¤ Stagger Lee: Tied With 4 Votes
7TH PLACE
Deanna ¤ Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow ¤ O’Malley’s Bar ¤ Straight To You ¤ The Curse of Millhaven: Tied With 3 Votes
8TH PLACE
As I Sat Sadly By Her Side ¤ God is in the House ¤ Henry Lee ¤ I Had A Dream Joe ¤ Nick the Stripper ¤ People Ain’t No Good ¤ Ship Song ¤ Stranger Than Kindness ¤ The Friend Catcher ¤ The Weeping Song: Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
A Box For Black Paul ¤ All Tomorrow’s Parties ¤ Ballad of Betty Coltrane ¤ Black Betty ¤ By the Time I Get to Phoenix ¤ Cassiel’s Song ¤ Curse of Millhaven ¤ Death Is Not The End ¤ Deep in the Woods ¤ Faraway, So close! ¤ Hallelujah ¤ I Let Love In ¤ I’m Gonna Kill That Woman ¤ Little Empty Boat (B-side to Into My Arms) ¤ Long Time Man ¤ Mack the Knife ¤ Muddy Water ¤ Nobody’s Baby Now ¤ Oh My Lord ¤ Shivers ¤ The Idiot Prayer ¤ There Is a Light ¤ Up Jumped The Devil ¤ Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere: All With 1 Vote Each. Once again…some required listening!
6th: Week 30’s Supplemental Poll Results
Here are your Leonard Cohen Selections:
1ST PLACE
Suzanne: With 13 Votes
2ND PLACE
Hallelujah ¤ Bird On a Wire: Tied With 8 Votes
3RD PLACE
Everybody Knows ¤ First We Take Manhattan: Tied With 7 Votes
4TH PLACE
Famous Blue Raincoat ¤ Who By Fire: Tied With 5 Votes
5TH PLACE
I’m Your Man ¤ The Partisan: Tied With 4 Votes
6TH PLACE
Avalanche ¤ Closing Time ¤ Joan of Arc ¤ Sister Of Mercy: Tied With 3 Votes
7TH PLACE
Chelsea Hotel ¤ Dress Rehearsal Rag ¤ Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye ¤ Master Song ¤ So Long, Marianne ¤ Stranger Song ¤ Take This Waltz ¤ Teachers ¤ Tower of Song: Tied With 2 Votes
RUNNERS UP
By the River’s Dark ¤ Lady Midnight ¤ Let’s Sing Another Song Boys ¤ Poem (Spoken Word) ¤ That’s No Way to Say Goodbye ¤ The Famous Blue Raincoat ¤ The Future ¤ The Master Song ¤ The Story Of Isaac ¤ The Stranger Song ¤ Waiting For the Miracle: All With 1 Vote Each. Some good stuff here!
8th: Newly Revamped Tentative Schedule & Disclaimers
In an attempt to wrap these polls up before ASAP, there will usually be 3 polls per week:
[ol][li]Featured Poll: With results from all the previous weeks’ polls.[/li]Color Code: Blue
[li]A Headliner Poll: Complimenting the Featured artist.[/li]Color Code: Red
[li]A Supplemental Poll: When necessary.[/li]Color Code: Green[/ol]
Based on requests and the like:
[ul][li]This Week #32: Alice Cooper (for chief) / Alice In Chains (for brianjedi) / Cheap Trick (for Tit Whistle).[/li][li]Week #33: The Clash / Elvis Costello & Collective Soul. [/li][li]Week #34: Cream / Eric Clapton & Ginger Baker’s Airforce, Jack Bruce / Graham Bond Organization. []Week #35: Concrete Blond / Cowboy Junkies & The Cocteau Twins (for Skijumper).[/li][li] Week #36: Cheryl Crow (for elfkin477 & Treviathan) / Chicago (for 5 time champ) & Jim Croce (for Sunshine).[/li][li]Week #37: Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven (for Tit Whistle).[/li][li]Week #38: Creed /Counting Crows (for Treviathan) & Crowded House.[/li][li]Week #39: Creedence Clearwater Revival / John Fogerty & Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (for Labdad).[/li][li]Week #40: CSN(&Y) (for cmkeller) / Neil Young & Stills / Manassas, Crosby / Nash & Others. []Week #41: The Cure / The Cult & The Chemical Brothers (for gex gex).[/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 by the end of January 2003.
9th: Week #32’s Headliner Poll (In another, as yet unknown, thread)
I can’t provide a link to it because the featured poll and results get posted first. 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 #32’s Headliner 6@6 Poll…Alice In Chains[/ol][/li]10th: Week #32’s Supplemental Poll
(Same story as the Headliner Poll)
The Week #32’s Supplemental 6@6 Poll…Cheap Trick
11th: Week #32’s Featured Poll Artist’s Discography
If your memory of the featured artist isn’t exactly up to speed, here’s a link to their truncated discography (usually) with 30 second previews of some of the tracks when you drill down through the albums: Welcome To My Nightmare Essentials Dragontown Mascara & Monsters Dragontown Definitive Collection Billion Dollar Babies Brutal Life & Crimes Of Alice Cooper Dada Snorting Anthrax Freedom For Frankenstein Fistful Of Alice Classicks Last Temptation Snakes And Dead Babies Hey Stoopid Freak Out Trash Prince Of Darkness Constrictor Goes To Hell Welcome To My Nightmare Billion Dollar Babies School’s Out Love It To Death Killer. This link is provided by CD Now. It’s provided to refresh your Alice Cooper “101” knowledge & jar loose any forgotten titles. (Please refrain from voting based on .wav previews). You May include Cover Versions. If you specify Live version, it will be noted, but tallied together with the studio version of the same title.
Lastly: Week #32’s Featured Poll Artist
Without further ado…Mr. Vincent Damon Furnier’s namesake:** Alice Cooper**.
Here are my 6 ALICE COOPER selections:
- School’s Out
- No More Mr Nice Guy
- Hey Stoopid
- I’m Eighteen
- Elected
- Lost In America
Thanking you all in advance. Welcome back to the mainstream. I hope to see some of you at the Alice In Chains and Cheap Trick polls. Have a great week!
