[Music] Poll about a Poll - The Great American Band 2024

[Mellotron]

I enjoy running polls. I am however aware that they might annoy some, when I do run them I try not to have more than 2-4 threads running at once, so as not to clutter up the board.

I really like the idea of doing a 32 competitors, The Great American Band 2024 competition.

R.E.M. vs Talking Heads vs Ramones vs The Beach Boys vs Guns'n'Roses vs Pixies etc - plenty of chances to post songs in support of arguments, talk about albums that meant a lot to you and why etc etc.

But I don't wish my thread's presence to be a net negative overall to this fine forum and appreciate some might start to feel a bit polled out.

So, thoughts?

(sorry @Mustafa II - I have an idea how you might vote here...)

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I've voted yes.

You've run the comedy ones really well, they weren't overly intrusive so I say crack on once the USCC is finished. Unless there's already one being run by someone else. Then you'd run the risk of poll fatigue on the board.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

If you’re referring to a thread I started, would you do the honour of including Sparks? No known to a lot of people but did get 3 or 4 mentions. Time served, plenty of Albums and have been in the business over 50 years.
I’d be curious to see how they got on

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

If you’re referring to a thread I started, would you do the honour of including Sparks? No known to a lot of people but did get 3 or 4 mentions. Time served, plenty of Albums and have been in the business over 50 years.
I’d be curious to see how they got on

I don't think this board's big enough for Sparks and all the other bands.

 

[Machiavelli]

I've voted yes.

You've run the comedy ones really well, they weren't overly intrusive so I say crack on once the USCC is finished. Unless there's already one being run by someone else. Then you'd run the risk of poll fatigue on the board.

It's another yes from me (although British bands are better than US ones, while US soloists/singer-songwriters are better than British ones -- we don't need a poll about that: it's obvious).
@Mellotron did a wonderful job with the comedy one, as for everybody else, well, I couldn't possibly comment.

 

[Mellotron]

Then you'd run the risk of poll fatigue on the board.

Yeah if there's other polls going on I'll hold off, might give a bit of time anyway.

 

[chip]

Do you mean the USA, north America ot the Americas? All a moot point as it is clearly between Neil Young with any backing band or Bob Dylan and the Band.

 

[BrianB]

Sly and the Family Stone included? ..
Many more that don't fit into the bog standard rawk style ..

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Crack on.

Or just announce REM and be done with it

 

[Mellotron]

Do you mean the USA, north America ot the Americas? All a moot point as it is clearly between Neil Young with any backing band or Bob Dylan and the Band.

I meant the good ol' USA. Ever heard of it? Land of the free and home of the brave. God Bless America.

 

[The Mole]

Maybe after this run a competition to find the best competition you have run

 

[Mellotron]

just announce REM and be done with it

You'd think they'd be a contender, wouldn't you? Not for me Clive, I like them but I've never LOVED them.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

I don't think this board's big enough for Sparks and all the other bands.

Well it ain’t them that’s gonna leave

 

[Mellotron]

If you’re referring to a thread I started, would you do the honour of including Sparks? No known to a lot of people but did get 3 or 4 mentions. Time served, plenty of Albums and have been in the business over 50 years.
I’d be curious to see how they got on

If I do run this poll, it'll be with the usual nominations and secondings that need to happen for a band to quality. I don't choose who competes - NSC does.

I do wonder whether I would try to find a way to lengthen the nomination process slightly though, as some were (understandably) IRKED that the USCC24 is filled with comedies chosen within about a 40 minute time window, and so was very skewed by who happened to be on at the time.

Not certain what the solution is though, any thoughts? Maybe allow less nominations/secondings per person? Or 3 approvals needed per band, rather than 2? I dunno.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

You'd think they'd be a contender, wouldn't you? Not for me Clive, I like them but I've never LOVED them.

This can all wait for the COMP, but there will be very, very few contenders who can come close to matching the breadth AND quality of the REM songbook.

There is an REM track (or ten) for every mood and every occasion.

 

[Mellotron]

This can all wait for the COMP, but there will be very, very few contenders who can come close to matching the breadth AND quality of the REM songbook.

There is an REM track (or ten) for every mood and every occasion.

Yeah..........bit boring though, aren't they?

 

[Brovion]

Yeah, go for it. It'll be a very small competition though as there's Lynyrd Skynyrd and then there's ...... um ....... nope, struggling to think of another.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

No chance of winning, but what an underrated band Mountain were

 

[Mellotron]

No chance of winning, but what an underrated band Mountain were

The guitar tone in Mississippi Queen is SO good. That's all I can add about this lot.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Then you'd run the risk of poll fatigue on the board.

Would this image be an example of pole fatigue since they are members of the Polish Army?