Interactive Poll

Edited by someone_else - May 19 2020 at 08:56

Hi,

Just three is hard.

Lambchop - "Up With People". I really loved this one, and also loved it from the outset not having heard it before. I love this sort of laid back but interesting and kind of quirky, mellow, chamber pop, countryish brass with some gospel vibe, and this is the kind of thing I have been very into of late. I'm definitely going to be checking out more of this band. It left me feeling great.

Ratso - "I Want Everything" (ft. Yasmine Hamdan). I'm not good at describing music, but again, this sort of alternative vibe is just the kind of music that I've been digging of late. I like that mellow and gruff vibe. Very nice. Musically, it remind me a bit of the Rolling Stones "Miss You".

Foals - "Heavy Water". Very much what I'm in the mood for right now. Great Indie-Rock punkish/ ska-like sound. I like the jagged and smoothe qualities.
It remind me of some Fripp music. Love the brass accents.

CSI: L'ora delle tentazioni and Anna & Elizabeth's Little Black Train I had thought I might go for too, but those other three just fit my vibes well at the moment. I really liked most of the music that was posted, so thanks to everyone who participated.

Well, there were some excellent posts here and it was definitely a lot harder to pick out favorites than I had originally thought it would be.  So, everything was great, but after listening many times, I voted for these three:

Edited by TCat - May 18 2020 at 18:37

I prophesy disaster wrote: TCat wrote: I think it would be best not to vote for our own selection because it is already a vote just putting the track in the thread.  Of course we already know we like the one we selected and so does everyone else here.   If our own selection is one of the three preferred tracks, then why not vote for it? But if we are honest with ourselves, and it turns out that there are three tracks that are preferable to our own, then we would not vote for our own selection. In other words, it should not be assumed that we would vote for our own selection, and that whether we do or don't should be an option that allows us to state our true opinion.

One can always express one's "true" opinion in a post. For instance, I might say, "My actual favourite, quite unsurprisingly, is the one that I nominated for the poll, but of the other choices my three favourites are x, y, and z. and so those are the three that I voted for." There's nothing disingenuous about that.

I'm hoping that people will say a little about their impressions of the music when it comes to their selections (why they chose what, what appealed about the music...).

I thought I had narrowed it down to 3 favorites, but then Chris had to put up one of my favorite Lambchop songs.   I think it would be best not to vote for our own selection because it is already a vote just putting the track in the thread.  Of course we already know we like the one we selected and so does everyone else here.

moshkito wrote: Hi, Ides of March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOFxUM7aOzs From their first album ...  Vehicle is a great song and their big hit Wooden Ships/Dharma for One -- Very nice version of the song Symphony for Eleanor - Awesome version/compliment to Eleanor Rigby Jim Peterik went on to Survivor, btw, and got a few nice awards for some of his music.

jamesbaldwin wrote: I hope two more new songs will arrive soon but in any case, even if they don't come, what do you say about starting the voting at 6.00 pm?

I prophesy disaster wrote: Logan wrote: I'd be more comfortable not voting for my nomination and planned not to vote for it. That would be rather to much liking voting for myself for my comfort. It's enough for me that I mentioned it and it was included -- that's a kind of vote in and of itself. That said, non like-minded individuals might find it demotivating.   I'm pretty sure politicians vote for themselves. Anyway, it is not my intention to automatically vote for my nomination, but rather to vote for the three I like best, even if that doesn't include my nomination. But I do think that imposing not voting for your own nomination as a rule would be demotivating.

Politicians do. I am not a politician, and as a general rule I do not respect politicians (there have been individuals who are politicians that I do respect). While I would not find it demotivating, various others might. There's more than enough that I like in the list that I would feel no need to vote for my own. By the way, because I don't like to treat such things as contests, I don't care which gets more votes. I rarely vote in my own polls even when I have a favourite, but then I tend to be more interested in people's impressions of the music than just how they vote.

I wonder what kind of person would only not take part because they're not allowed to vote for themselves... I surely don't mind. Problem now is that some will do it and some won't do it as a matter of principle, which isn't quite the best place to be in. I recommend to make the rule clear from the start next time.