ONE POLL TO END THEM ALL aka Jop Tournament Qualifiers 1

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Right. So we did 27 (or 28) Pazz and Jop polls, giving ratings on all 820 or so songs to have been tipped the wink by the Village Voice and/or Idolator critics. We're now going to find out which is best.

You can see the comments boxes for details of how this brobdingnagian poll has been compiled. All you need to do now, though, is pick your favourite from each group of four songs. SO EASY!


[Poll #911602]


Howl at your fellow poptimists, or justify your choices, below!

I may well post another four groups later today. It takes my mind off the horror of the charts this week.

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I ticked Daft Punk because I am listening to that song RITE NOW!

Methodology

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1. Put all P&J results in a spreadsheet.
2. Generate percentages for each track.
3. Normalise percentages to take into account the difference between the number of ticks given (one-third of listed tracks, rounded up) and the ideal number (one-third of listed tracks).
4. Sort all entries by percentage.
5. Take top 32 as seeds.
6. Take next 128 as qualifier entrants. (i.e. the top 160 will appear in the poll at some point).
7. Section qualifiers into four 'pots' of 32 by popularity.
8. Randomly generate groups, one entry from each pot.
9. Begin poll. The winner of each group will go into the 'tournament' proper.

The data entry bit took me a couple of lunchtimes, the sorting and so on was v.quick on Friday evening.

Yes I am mental.

Wow...

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

This competition could be brutal if these are anything to go by... tough choices (between songs I really like) in A and C, and tough choices (between songs I like but don't love) in B and D.

Now gripped by sudden urge to hear Van Halen!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I am more concerned about what songs DON'T go through from this lot ('Girls And Boys', 'Common People', 'Hey Ya' even though I ticked it) than I am about what songs DO (erm 'Justified And Ancient').

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, tricky stuff...

Is Gnarls really not that good?

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I can imagine people who will always vote for Pulp and Daft Punk, but only 1 vote?! The worst track of the day?

At the twenty vote stage

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Convincing win on the cards for Eric and Rakim, it looks.

Van Halen with an advantage in Group B - will it gain more ground as more Americans vote? Have to say I expected more from Shaggy here.

Group C too close to call, M's early push running out of steam.

All-conquering Pulp looking set for a Group D win, poor Gnarls in big trouble.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

This poll or series of polls may eventually prove a disappointment wrt sense of inevitiability of 'Common People' winning persistent.

howling at fellow poptimists

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

STOP TICKING COMMON SODDING MEDIOCRE PEOPLE FFS

[wholepint.livejournal.com]

ggggggggggggggggggaaaaaah. can't decide!

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I have a question.

Why do Pulp win every single Poptimists' poll?