Music Poll Results (2 of 50)
Well, the second weekly music poll garnered even fewer votes than the first week. (6 versus 17) At this rate, next week's poll will only have two votes. And note that this all includes my vote as well as my wife's.
The winning release, with a full 2 votes, is the New York Dolls' One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This. This is a great album. It wasn't my choice but only because, while it's great, it's not as great as the Dolls in their prime. I voted for the Dictators because I thought their come-back
actually exceeded their releases in their prime. But I'm happy to see the Dolls come out on top. They also have a new release, which I haven't listened to enough on which to form an opinion.
In second place is the Dictators' D.F.F.D. (Dictators Forever, Forever Dictators). I think it's a wonderful synthesis of everything that made the 'Tators great, all combined into a single album. Adrian split his vote, so they get a combined total of 1.5 votes.
Tied for third with a vote each was Love Tractor with The Sky At Night and Metallica with Death Magnetic. I've no clue about Love Tractor, but I'll have to take a listen sometime soon. I'm not a big Metallica fan. I really like their covers. There's something cool about their jack-hammer approach applied to other folks' tunes. The same holds true for the Dickies. Yes, I just compared Metallica to the Dickies. However, unlike the Dickies, I really don't like their original songs. For me, there just isn't any song there. It's sludge sludge sludge, followed by technical guitar wankery, repeat. But that's just me. And it's based primarily on watching my wife play Guitar Hero: Metallica.
On the other hand, I've listened all the way through Metal Machine Music, on headphones, so it's not as if I can't take the loud abrasive stuff.
Bringing up the rear is the Stooges with The Weirdness. It got the other half of Adrian's vote. I haven't really been able to get into it. I love some of Iggy's recent solo work. But the Stooges release doesn't really do it for me.
Here are the full results, such that they are:
New poll tomorrow morning, providing I stop wallowing in self-pity and actually run a third poll! Right now, I have no clue what the question will be.
