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[gwa]

Already my #1 Favorite Poll Of All Time. Nice work, Paul.

[norton]

134 voters.

Tiny sample size.

Not really, at least for it to represent the SOMB. There are roughly 400 active SOMBies (i.e., folks who have posted this summer and have at least 100 posts). Thus, 134 respondents is dead-on 1/3 of the universe, making the results highly projectable.

[Montana]

134 voters.

Tiny sample size.

Not really, at least for it to represent the SOMB. There are roughly 400 active SOMBies (i.e., folks who have posted this summer and have at least 100 posts). Thus, 134 respondents is dead-on 1/3 of the universe, making the results highly projectable.

A lot of votes from people who never post here (or dupes for all we know). Not sure how representative it's going to be.

[Agrimorfee]

^bitch bitch nag nag Awesome job with the Quote pulls with opposing views. (not just because you used mine). Jim & Greg would approve I think, because this really gets to the heart of what SO is/was supposed to be.

[Montana]

“I never have understood the appeal of Counting Crows. Ponderous, looooong lyrics about being drunk and lonely, adrift in Grateful Dead hum and drum. Meh.” – agrimorfee

Grateful Dead hum and drum?



Ag has some serious problems with his ears.

[Bobzilla]

Speaking of blurbs, tomorrow night is supposed to be the deadline to get them back to me, but I've realized their is no way that we will be at the top 40 results until after the weekend at the very earliest, so if you need until Monday the 25th, that is fine.

Bless you. That's one less thing I have to do tonight. Also, it gives me a chance to soundtrack a drive to and from Madison Wisconsin this week with the artist that I'll be blurbing.

Great work so far, Paul. Predictable work so far, Montana. Oh, and somebody pin this thread.

[held]

#296.
Slowdive

to damn early and too damn low.

[Rob Gordon]

Made my day. As has been said, I like the quotes you're pulling from us. Funny how both GP and The Byrds rank so close and far too low. Foo Fighters....ha.

[held]

Montana.is.predictable

he's counting the ways to our hearts..

[Montana]

No counting going on here. But good pick on the vampire since it's likely this list is really going to suck.

[MattDrufke]

Speaking of blurbs, tomorrow night is supposed to be the deadline to get them back to me, but I've realized their is no way that we will be at the top 40 results until after the weekend at the very earliest, so if you need until Monday the 25th, that is fine. If you have yours ready to go now, PM it to me and you'll be good to go.

Paul, I sent you one... I'll get you the other one by the weekend.

[MattDrufke]

“Interpol is a fucking awesome band. And perhaps you can try and make vague complaints ("the sound is old now", "they sound like She Wants Revenge"), but at the end of the day, there's this little fact for me: Interpol writes fucking amazing songs, and has had 2 damn great albums (everyone loves Turn Off The Bright Lights, but I think that Antics is just as good.” – MattDrufke

I must've made this quote after the first listen of Our Love To Admire... I'd say it's still 70% true.

[Stop Breathin']

This is great, Paul. + I'd quibble much more with Counting Crows than with Foo Fighters. I would imagine that the more modern acts will continue to be the most polarizing.

[RabbiSchmoiley]

Nice work, Paul. I'll have to tell my wife that Counting Crows made it... she has a special dance she does only for "Mr. Jones" that is fucking hysterical. And that's pretty much all CC is good for, if you ask me.

[JeffTweedysFatStomach]

Wish I would have given my list more thought...I always meant to revise it since it was pretty much made in midwork boredom one day. Regardless, this looks to be a great thread that will certainly be interesting. So far I'm disgusted that somehow the Counting Crows beat out the Foos.

[Paul]

134 voters.

Tiny sample size.

We had about 177 voters for the 2007 Album poll, which admittedly I know you had the same concerts with regarding "fake" accounts, but I still think it is pretty impressive. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I'm pretty sure that is more than most if not all of the decade polls from a couple years ago.

“I think if I feel like listening to the Byrds, I grab a Byrds album.” – norton

And with this quote, I cemented my reputation as one of the most insightful SOMBies ever.

That was actually taken from a Tom Petty thread. So far, the Byrds quotes were the hardest to find, which is why neither one is really about the band.

“Interpol is a fucking awesome band. And perhaps you can try and make vague complaints ("the sound is old now", "they sound like She Wants Revenge"), but at the end of the day, there's this little fact for me: Interpol writes fucking amazing songs, and has had 2 damn great albums (everyone loves Turn Off The Bright Lights, but I think that Antics is just as good.” – MattDrufke

I must've made this quote after the first listen of Our Love To Admire... I'd say it's still 70% true.

IIRC, that thread was either a while before the new album or just as news about it was coming out.

[Paul]

Mona Lisa On A Motorcylce Gang

#292.




Joe Strummer/Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

SOMBies Say:

“So this morning on the train, I heard Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros', "X-Ray Style" (the song I want to have played at my funeral, BTW), and it got me because of Strummer's untimely death and the lyrics.

...you'd think that God shouldn't be so hard/when you see all the little children runnin'/runnin' in the backyard...

Bang. All teary on the upper deck of the train pulling into Lake Forest.” – NumberTenOx

“"Streetcore" makes me wanna rape and pillage. Even on my days off. God damn what an amazing album.” – tweed

[worrywort]

Genuflect at the feet of San Jose de Strummer, the patron saint of all things vexing -- he'll sort you out.

[Paul]

Ninety-Nine Percent of My Life I Was Lied To
I Just Found Out My Mom Does More Dope Than I Do

#291.




Eminem

SOMBies Say:

“his verse on "Smack That" is a definite '06 low point” – The Good Dr Bill

“maybe it's just me, but if i had to make a list of bands/artists who took the hardest fall during this decade, Em would probably make the top three spot.
God, Marshall Mathers was such a good album, and Encore is one of the worst discs of the decade.” – The Luscious Phil

[no magnets]

good luck doing a search for quotes on !!!

by the grace of god they will not make it.