Stereogum Readers Poll: Sufjan's Next State
A fitting end to our series of poll result posts. Sufjan Stevens released your favorite album of 2005 and took first place in the "Male Indie Rock Hottie" category.
We asked you which state Sufjan should do next. 2,587 of you answered that question, and here's the breakdown:
South Carolina 15Could someone pass the results on to Mr. Stevens? I'd like to hear his take on The O.C., maybe as a duet with Peter Gallagher.
South Dakota 15
Vermont 17
Nebraska 19
Montana 20
Mississippi 22
Oklahoma 23
Kansas 25
New Hampshire 26
West Virginia 28
Arizona 29
Nevada 29
Tennessee 30
Missouri 31
North Carolina 32
Wyoming 33
Alabama 34
Arkansas 34
Kentucky 35
North Dakota 35
Idaho 36
Maine 36
Colorado 38
Maryland 38
Connecticut 39
Iowa 39
New Mexico 39
Georgia 47
Louisiana 48
Washington 48
Rhode island 56
Virginia 56
Wisconsin 57
Indiana 62
Utah 63
Delaware 65
Alaska 68
Hawaii 69
Minnesota 72
Florida 73
Massachusetts 81
Oregon 87
Pennsylvania 87
Ohio 99
New Jersey 122
Texas 146
New York 190
California 194
Posted at 6:38 PM
Delaware and Alaska each got 60+ votes? Seems like each of those could be taken care of in an EP.
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who else is tired of the fifty-states project? i tried listening to illinoise with non-indie heads the other day and it was suddenly hard to care.
andrew bird should have won, btw.
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dudes, california would be gay. It's too damn cliche. Come on. SOuth Dakota would rule.
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how aboot Canada?
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texas would be much more interesting.
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I would like to know how Delaware got 65 whole votes. Did you count me, like, 65 times?
I asked him when he was at the Mercury Lounge a few weeks back; he actually said to me, "No. Not Delaware." Also said that he hoped to pass the concept on to some other artist when he tires of it.
So now I'm hoping for Andrew Bird's "Delaware."
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georgia = james brown + jimmy carter + ted turner + rem + waffle house + little richard + rebel flags + mlk jr + rev howard finster + six flags + the soul bar + fort benning + ray charles + atl
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California beat New York? But we all know he's going to do a random state that no one cares about next, because he's cool like that.
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Come on, we all know how incredible New Jersey would be.
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texas wut wut
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If there's a God inn heaven then Sufjan will be crushed by a giant roadside statue of the world's largest potato while researching Idaho.
I don't care if he dies or not, just that I don't have to see endless articles about this crap every time I go to a blog. If this was, say, Meatloaf or Hillary Duff doing something this lame we'd all make fun of them. No surprise then he tops the best record and "hottest" duder polls, the only thing saving Sufjan from the well-deserved mockery of his peers is crushes and man-crushes from sad, lonely hipsters.
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Wow, I was just wondering the same thing myself-- I think that this poll is just people voting in their state... it's just about follows population...roughly. GO TEXAS!
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he's already stated it's likely to be New Jersey (he's already started working on it, along w/ 2 others)
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I think it's going to be Seattle
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Fuck that, I voted for Saskatchewan!
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"O! Arnold: Our Fine-Feathered Foriegn Friend Who, Despite The Public's Misgivings Concerning His Qualifications, Became, In Quite The Expedient Manner, A Night Beaming Golden God-Head For Dear Old C.A."
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One of those DE votes was me, I did not expect to see it get that many at all
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all of these surveys are dumb, runing low on content are we?
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It looks like everyone* wants their own state sufjanized and that the stereogum readership is genereally geographically representative of the us population.
* or mostly everyone. i'm pretty sure i voted for minnesota or wisconsin to keep the midwest theme going strong.
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new jersey, motherfucks.
and vermont when sufjan makes it past his success, and is cemented for all his years as relevant. he will write the vermont album when he has a huge beard, and a pot belly full of parrots and cymbals.
and fuck the NY and california votes. boo. especially california.
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It appears that all 48 states were represented. Is this related to indie-yuppie geographic populations?
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well he already did that one song for NPR about Arkansas, why not go with the head start?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4721675
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Down with Sujckin Stevens!!!...but if he did Wisconsin I might buy it, but I won't like it!
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Am I the only Arkansan that reads this biz and voted for Arkansas? Or did the other 33 people vote because of the NPR song?
And if you're going to be a BITCH read another blog, losers.
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I think he should do another midwest. Minnesota is too close to michigan. I like the idea of South Dakota, especially since it was so low on the list. That makes it even cooler.
by the way, you guys should do me a fav and click on my site and click some credit card links so i can make som cash.
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nevada! that woul dbe interesting to hear.
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missouri!
that'd be loads better than texas
either here or south dakota
they need some lovin
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shutup, we all know he's doing a municipality.
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south dakota
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Louisiana totally deserves it because we had the worst year ever!
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And once again, District of Columbia is left unrepresented.
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idaho, idaho, idaho! or at least one of the dakotas. california is overdone.
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Mississippi!! And, who needs more songs about California?? Or New York? Don't you guys have enough, already??
Kielly, there's that awesome/spooky Randy Newman song about the flood that works pretty well right now.
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I can't believe Smithsonian Folkways hasn't chosen to capitalize on this hysteria by re-issuing Paul Clayton's "Bay State Ballads." Throw together some hip, ironic cover art and a blurb from Sufjan, and the thing sells itself!
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Come ON Wisconsin!!!
I mean he is a midwest guy, he has got to continue the great lakes tour!
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California has:
- The Golden Gate Bridge
- Alcatraz
- 70% of the nation's agriculture production
- the gold rush
- the pacific ocean
- the best weather
- Yosemite
- San Francisco
- Oakland
- Berkeley
- Santa Cruz
- beautiful state parks like Pinnacles, Big Trees, etc.
- Sea lions
- the largest trees in the world (Giant Sequoias)
- fog
- the Sierra Nevada
- cable cars
- missions and adobes
- rare animal species
- cars that dont rust
- Mt. Whitney
- Volcanoes: Mt. Shasta, Lassen, etc.
- Weed, CA
- pirates
- caverns
- Native Americans (413,382)
- Earthquakes
- always a free state (F.U. Slavery!)
- tall mountains
- gorgeous valleys
- sea birds
- 35% of land is forest
- more types of pine trees than any other state
- wine
- more populated than Canada
- more professional sports teams than any other state
- diverse population: 35% Hispanic, 12% Asian ( San Francisco has the greatest concentration of Asians in the continental United States)
- tough greenhouse gas laws
- medical marijuana (prop. 215)
- Punk rock, country, hip hop, and heavy metal all developed partly in California.
- Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Dick Dale, Sly & The Family Stone, Grateful Dead, War, Santana, X, The Germs, Dead Kennedys, Descendents, Circle Jerks, Slayer, Metallica, blah blah, etc etc
OK, I'm bored, but you get it. And I don't even live there!
There is also something called Southern California, but I'm not really sure about it.
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The key point to take away from the poll results, I think, is that Sufjan Stevens should get out of the midwest for his next 50 States album. I like both the Michigan and Illinois albums, but they both share a similar style, and that may have something to do with the fact both states are from the same region of the country. Getting outside the midwest -- especially toward the coasts -- will give Stevens something new to write about, new sounds to integrate into his music, and fresh perspectives to draw on when he's developing characters for the songs. New Jersey sounds okay; New York or California would be great, too.
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I read an interview w/ him some time ago. I thought he said it would be Oregon or Rhode Island.
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Can I vote for Illinois again?
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I can't wait till the whole westcoast perishes and falls into the earth from a huge earthquake.
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We're allowed to swear on this bad boy? Suh-weet!
PS - the MI and IL albums sound similar because, um, they were written and performed by the same dude.
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I'd be amused to see what he does with a Hawaii themed album.
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I like how most everyone just uses these comments as a chance to reinforce their votes.
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The people at Salt Shaker magazine already have "Utah!" all figured out.
Check it: http://www.saltshakermagazine.com/issues/05/1223/top25.html
[Lower right hand column]
I'm in no way affiliated with this magazine, but I am a Utahn. Utah rules, dudes.
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Ehh. I still say Kansas.
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He changed it; got sick of states. He's on to a new set of albums themed around body parts. So, vote for your favorite muscle group, appendage, organ, orifice, whatever, and I'll pass the winners along to Senor Stevens.
Me? I'm saving my pennies for the Testes disc.
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Fuck California, New York, and New Jersey. I'm so sick of hearing about them. There are 800 million songs about those states. Let's keep it in the Great Lakes.
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... Al, what the FUCK songs are there about New Jersey?
I hope with all my existence that it's New Jersey.
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I'm from NY and I'd rather see him do Illinois 50 times. Just to piss you guys off. heh...
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this is another reason dc should be a state
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