Re: Early Poll Results (On Some, Not All)

[masstn95@student.umu.se (Magnus Stromgren)]

For those without access to Homeground, here are the 1994 Convention poll
results (top 100 Kate tracks), as printed in Homeground #52 (Summer 94). In
order to facilitate comparison with the relevant results of the recent poll
conducted by Norman, possibly expired at some newsservers, they are also
included here.

The 1994 Convention poll:

1.    Wuthering Heights
2.    Moments of Pleasure
3.    Running Up That Hill
4.    The Sensual World
5.    This Woman's Work
6.    Cloudbusting
7.    The Man With the Child In His Eyes
8.    Hounds of Love
9.    Under the Ivy
10.  The Red Shoes
11.  Night of the Swallow
12.  Hello Earth
13.  Breathing
14.  The Big Sky
15.  Never Be Mine
16.  Eat the Music
17.  Moving
18.  Wow
19.  Suspended in Gaffa
20.  Babooshka
21.  And So Is Love
22.  Love and Anger
23.  Lily
24.  Rocket's Tail
25.  The Song of Solomon
26.  Jig of Life
27.  The Kick Inside
28.  Symphony In Blue
29.  Why Should I Love You
29.  And Dream of Sheep
31.  Sat in Your Lap
32.  Get Out of My House
33.  You're the One
34.  Experiment IV
35.  The Morning Fog
36.  Army Dreamers
37.  Rubberband Girl
38.  Oh England My Lionheart
39.  Them Heavy People
40.  Houdini
41.  Feel It
41.  The Fog
43.  Watching You Without Me
44.  The Saxophone Song
45.  Waking the Witch
46.  All the Love
47.  December Will Be Magic Again
48.  Hammer Horror
49.  The Dreaming
50.  Mother Stands For Comfort
51.  Constellation of the Heart
52.  Blow Away (For Bill)
53.  Deeper Understanding
54.  The Infant Kiss
54.  James and the Cold Gun
56.  Passing Through Air
56.  Oh To Be In Love
58.  Be Kind to My Mistakes
59.  Reaching Out
60.  The Wedding List
61.  Warm and Soothing
62.  Big Stripey Lie
62.  Under Ice
62.  Ken
65.  Rocket Man
66.  Full House
67.  Egypt
68.  Ne T'en Fui Pas
69.  L'Amour Looks Something Like You
70.  Delius
71.  Violin
72.  In Search of Peter Pan
73.  Room For the Life
74.  My Lagan Love
75.  Top of the City
76.  Don't Push Your Foot On the Heartbrake
77.  Leave It Open
78.  Strange Phenomena
79. The Handsome Cabin Boy
80.  Pull Out the Pin
81.  There Goes a Tenner
82.  The Empty Bullring
83.  Burning Bridge
83.  Not This Time
85.  Kite
86.  In the Warm Room
87.  Kashka From Bagdad
88.  Heads We're Dancing
88.  Candle In the Wind
90.  All We Ever Look For
91.  Lord of the Reedy River
92.  Coffee Homeground
93.  Ran Tan Waltz
94.  You Want Alchemy
95.  Home For Christmas
95.  I'm Still Waiting
97.  Walk Straight Down the Middle
98.  Night Scented Stock
99.  Between a Man and a Woman
100. One Last Look Around the House...

No only non-officially released demo song seems to have made the top
100--or perhaps they were excluded from the poll.

I'm not sure how the tabulation were done.

Norman's poll:

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1.    Wuthering Heights (4 votes for new vocal)                   209
2.    This Woman's Work                                     175
3.    Suspended In Gaffa                                            162
4.    Under The Ivy                                         154.5
5.    Cloudbusting                                          147.5
6.    Jig Of Life                                                   129
7.    Hello Earth                                                   128.5
8.    Breathing (One vote for live version)                 123
9.    Night Of The Swallow                                  121
10.  Running Up That Hill (one vote for live version)           114
11.  Army Dreamers                                          105
12.  Waking The Witch                                       104
13.  And Dream Of Sheep                         98.5
14.  The Kick Inside                                    98
15.  The Man With The Child In His Eyes                 95
16.  The Red Shoes                                      93 (10 votes)
17.  The Infant Kiss                                    93 (9 votes)
18.  Hammer Horror (one vote for the demo)              92
19.  The Big Sky                                                89
20.  Them Heavy People (Rolling The Ball)               84
21.  Song Of Solomon                                    82 (8 votes)
22.  Never Be Mine                                      82 (7 votes)
23.  The Sensual World                                  79
24.  Moments Of Pleasure                                76
25.  Hounds Of Love (3 votes for the alternative version)     74
26.  Experiment IV (one vote for the 12")                       69
27.  Lily                                                       68
28.  There Goes A Tenner                                67
29.  Leave It Open                                      63
30.  Oh England My Lionheart                            62*
31.  Deeper Understanding                               62
32.  Love And Anger                                     61
33.  The Dreaming                                       60
34.  The Fog                                            57
35.  Big Stripey Lie                                    56
36.  Moving                                             55
37.  Pull Out The Pin                                   53
38.  Mother Stands For Comfort                          52
39.  Watching You Without Me                            51.5
40.  Ken                                                51
41.  All The Love                                       50*
42.  Symphony In Blue                                   50
43.  Wow                                                47
44.  Rocket's Tail (For Rocket)                         46
45.  Eat The Music                                      45
46.  Babooshka                                          44
47.  Under Ice                                          43.5
48.  Delius                                             43
49.  Houdini                                            40 (with 4 votes)
50.  Night Scented Stock                                40 (with 3 votes)
51.  And So Is Love                                     37*(with 5 votes)
52.  In Search Of Peter Pan                             37*(with 3 votes)
53.  The Morning Fog                                    36.5
54.  December Will Be Magic Again                       35
55.  The Burning Bridge                                 33
56.  The Empty Bullring                                 31*
57.  Be Kind To My Mistakes                             31 (coin toss)
58.  Kite                                                       31
59.  Top Of The City                                    30 (with 4 votes)
60.  Ne T'en Fui Pas                                    30 (with 2 votes)
61.  Rubberband Girl                                    29*
62.  Oh, To Be In Love                                  29
63.  Sat In Your Lap                                    28.5
64.  One Last Look Around The House Before We Go        28
65.  The Wedding List                                   27*
66.  Constellation Of The Heart                         27 (with 4 votes)
67.  You're The One                                     27 (With 2 votes)
68.  Under Ice                                          26.5
69.  Scares Me Silly/Really Gets Me Going               26
70.  Kashka From Baghdad                                25
71.  L'Amour Looks Something Like You                   23
72.  My Lagan Love                                      22 (4 votes)
73.  Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake             22 (3 votes, coin
toss)
74.  You Want Alchemy                                   22 (3 votes)
75.  Room For The Life                                  22 (2 votes)
76.  Egypt                                              20* (3 votes)
77.  Violin                                             20* (2 votes)
78.  Un Baiser D'Enfant                                 20 (coin toss)
79.  The Saxaphone Song                         20
80.  All We Ever Look For                               18 (2 votes)
81.  Nevertheless (You'll Do)                           18 (1 vote)
82.  Get Out Of My House                                16 (3 votes)
83.  Something Like A Song/In My Garden         16 (2 votes)
84.  A Rose Growing Old/Feeling Like A Waltz/It Hurts Me 16 (1 vote)
85.  Rocket Man                                 15
86.  While Davey Dozed/Davy                             14
87.  James And The Cold Gun (one vote for live version)         13*
88.  Brazil                                             13
89.  Heads We're Dancing                                11
90.  Reaching Out                                       10*
91.  Ran Tan Waltz                                      10 (coin toss)
92.  Home For Christmas                                 10 (coin toss)
93.  Between A Man And A Woman                  10
94.  Feel It                                              9
95.  Coffee Homeground                                    7*
96.  Don't Give Up (Duet with Peter Gabriel)              7
97.  Passing Through Air                                          6
98.  In The Warm Room                                     5 (coin toss)
99.  Strange Phenomena                                    5
100. I'm Still Waiting                                    4

Note:  There were 2 votes for "The Ninth Wave."  I gave the number
given to the vote to all the songs contained in the "song."

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Magnus Stromgren
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