#sparks polls

[sparks-polls]

The results of round 1 are in!

We have mainly concluded that nobody's having fun.

this is it #this poll is finally going to end me #we're starting with a 'would you rather shoot your grandma or your dog' kind of choice #fffffaaaaacckkkkk #TWO BAD BITCHES STAND BEFORE YOU #this is devastating truly #OH FUCK NO #THIS IS THE HARDEST ONE YET OH MY GODD #CRUEL #I voted but this was brutal #i am very sad about this matchup #WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA #THIS ONE IS EVIL #aw come on #THIS IS TORTUREEEE #you can't #noooooo i love both of these songs so much #why oh why #ah shit. #oh NO!! #ah damn #this one is MEAN #ouchhhhh #cries #ooooh fuck. #this is so sad #oofffff #this hurts 😭 #oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #😭😭😭😭😭😭 #noooooo #😭 #wtf why #oh bloody hell #YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME #oh I see we are choosing violence #aw man #this isnt fair #oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no #someone please tell me which is winning so I can vote for the underdog #seething at these being pit against each other #how very DARE #asdlkjfldsafsdag #I DON'T WANT TO. #I DON'T WANT TO AHGGHGH #HAVE WE NOT SUFFERED ENOUGH #YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME (VOL 2) #grrrrrr #I'm growling at this poll #how can I choose 😫 #okay well this one was difficult for ME. leave me alone #ahhhhhh #this is evil #noooooooooooooooo #aughhhhhhh #akhf;ldsfdsaf #😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #shit. #this is literally impossible. #this is just hurtful #this is not funny #ffs #STOP THIS IS TORTURE #damn this is difficult #ooooooofffffff #ouch #my vote's gonna haunt me #maybe i'll come back to vote when i'm done sobbing #today we are suffering #damn you and damn this poll. DAMN I SAY #THIS POLL IS AN ATTACK DIRECTED AT ME SPECIFICALLY #PAIN!!!!!!! #oh no. #this is really hard #no no no no no no no #oh fuuuuuuck #noooooo #I #I'm very surprised and that's rare… #oh no #aa ouch #:o #oh no oh no #afhjdfh tough #my day is ruined now thanks #awful pairing 0 out of 10 very painful do not recommend #I can’t believe it #this is cruel #i am so shaken by this #first poll where i actually can't bring myself to vote for either option. painnnnnnn #this one is just cruel though #oh no another difficult one #ooffffffffff #HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME 😭 #oh. oh no can I have both 🥲 #oof here we go again. what the actual hell #oohohhhh shittt#this is impossible 😭😭😭 #This is truly the cruelest choice for me personally. #why would you do this to us? #i give up

Anywho. 32 songs are still in the running so let's do all of this again! :) The polls for round 2 start dropping tomorrow.

The songs that have been ruthlessly eliminated: High C, Fletcher Honorama, (No More) Mr. Nice Guys, The Louvre, Hasta Mañana, Monsieur, Talent Is An Asset, Hospitality On Parade, Get In The Swing, Under The Table With Her, Pineapple, Looks, Looks, Looks, Big Boy, I Want To Be Like Everybody Else, I Bought The Mississippi River, Occupation, I’m Not, Forever Young, La Dolce Vita, My Other Voice, Stereo, The Greatest Show On Earth, Where’s My Girl, Upstairs, I Married A Martian, Wacky Woman, Popularity, Please, Baby, Please, I Wish I Looked A Little Better, Dance Godammit, With All My Might, Rosebud, Love-O-Rama, The Toughest Girl In Town, Let’s Make Love, Let’s Go Surfing, Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat [Plagiarism, Amateur Hour (feat. Erasure), Propaganda [Plagiarism], The No. 1 Song In Heaven (with Jimmy Somerville), More Than A Sex Machine, Scheherazade, Aeroflot, The Calm Before The Storm, (Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country, Waterproof, I Can't Believe That You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song, Likeable, Limo Driver (Welcome To Hollywood), The Studio Commissary, "We've Got To Turn Him 'Round", Garbo Sings, Sherlock Holmes [THOM live version], The Number One Song In Heaven [THOM live version], Collaborations Don't Work, Life With The Macbeths, All That, Lawnmower, Stravinsky's Only Hit, Left Out In The Cold, Self-Effacing, Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is, Escalator, The Mona Lisa's Packing, Leaving Late Tonight, You Were Meant For Me.

The songs that are still in the running: Slowboat, Girl From Germany, Beaver O'Lindy, Moon Over Kentucky, Amateur Hour, Falling In Love With Myself Again, Here In Heaven, At Home, At Work, At Play, Don't Leave Me Alone With Her, Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth, Something For The Girl With Everything, Achoo, In The Future, Everybody’s Stupid, I Like Girls, Goofing Off, Those Mysteries, Tryouts For The Human Race, The Number One Song In Heaven, When I’m With You, Tips For Teens, Funny Face, Angst In My Pants, Sherlock Holmes, Moustache, The Decline And Fall Of Me, Eaten By The Monster Of Love, All You Ever Think About Is Sex, Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat, Pretending To Be Drunk, Progess, A Song That Sings Itself, Music That You Can Dance To, Change, So Important, When Do I Get To Sing "My Way", (When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing, Now That I Own The BBC, Never Turn Your Back One Mother Earth [Plagiarism], Balls, The Rhythm Thief, Ride 'Em Cowboy, My Baby's Taking Me Home, Suburban Homeboy, Dick Around, Rock, Rock, Rock, As I Sit Down To Play The Organ At The Notre Dame Cathedral, Good Morning, I've Never Been High, (She Got Me) Pregnant, "Mr. Bergman, How Are You?", Two Hands One Mouth [THOM live version], Johnny Delusional, Police Encounters, So Desu Ne, Missionary Position, Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me), What The Hell Is It This Time?, I Wish You Were Fun, Onomato Pia, The Existential Threat, Veronica Lake, Take Me For A Ride, It Doesn't Have To Be That Way. (Congratulations to Propaganda, Angst In My Pants and Lil' Beethoven for not losing a single song in this round!)

[where-did-the-groove-go]

Pick your favorite of my top 10 Sparks songs

except it’s 11 because cutting one more is too hard and it’s ~songs I’ve been really appreciating lately~ because my favorites are constantly changing and picking the songs I love the most overall is literally impossible

[russellmaelslipfreckle]

Top ten Sparks songs

[where-did-the-groove-go]

gifs via vimbry

Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999) The Impressions - vocals; solo Songs: "People Get Ready," "Superfly" Defeated Opponents: Thelonious Monk, Nat King Cole Propaganda: none

Russell Mael (1948-) Sparks - lead vocals Songs: "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us," "Beaver O'Lindy" Defeated Opponents: Jobriath, Keith Moon Propaganda: "the lead singer of sparks and the younger brother of ron mael, the main thing about russell besides him looking too damn pretty all of the time is his large vocal range, his range is like that of a soprano and to this day he can still hit high notes even in his 70s! he’s also known for his hyperactive onstage persona and is funny both on and off stage."

Visual Propaganda for Russell Mael:

[dumbandpoetic]

i’ve picked a combination of i was personally either surprised weren’t on the set list or songs i thought could’ve made it

[sparks-polls]

Be right back putting these on my wall! (Lining my walls with a load of them, in fact.)

I'm smiling so much, thank you!

exclusive limited edition commemorative plates of our one and only people's princess Ron Mael

(big applause to @sparks-polls for hosting what was probably the most important vote in sparks history)

[tousleheadedpoet]

ok so obviously there are 4 opinions you can have about Moash and Lirin.

Like or at least appreciate both of them and the nuances of their narratives (smart, sexy)

Hate them both (protagonist centered morality. fine tbh but not as interesting)

Like Moash and dislike Lirin

Like Lirin and dislike Moash

and I feel like 3 and 4 aren't as common but they almost always indicate the opinion-haver's philosophy.

Lirin and Moash are interesting opposites bc they stand on either side of Kaladin, (important loved ones who failed or betrayed him in some way) trying to convince him that their way is the right way to face injustice. Lirin with pacifism, Moash with violence. And I'm willing to bet that if you have a strong preference, it's for the character that agrees with your philosophy.

[dragongirlfangs]

[seaofreverie]

Ron remembered that he also had a bugsona in the year 2000.

(I'm sorry for this.)

[sparks-polls]

Tumblr's favourite Sparks song - Round 1

As I Sit Down To Play The Organ At The Notre Dame Cathedral

I Can't Believe That You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

i'm new here, and i see this repeating theme in a lot of posts, so i need to conduct a poll to see how widespread the sentiment is:

note from OP: as of making this post, i have only seen up to s3. normally on my blog i ask people to avoid spoilers in the notes, but as i am expecting this might cause some scholarly debate, i will be muting the notifications on this post, so you can (and should) discuss to your heart's content, including citing any source scenes to suit your needs!

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Angst In My Pants • I Predict • Sextown U.S.A. • Sherlock Holmes • Nicotina • Mickey Mouse • Moustache • Instant Weight Loss • Tarzan And Jane • The Decline And Fall Of Me • Eaten By The Monster Of Love

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[emberglowfox]

actually no hold on