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paris maybe? b/c of the remix

no bon iver i bet, b/c of vote splitting

I'd be so happy if the Bon Iver vote fragmented so much that nothing of his placed.

What is "Paris"?

skinny love is gonna be in the top 5 dudes

paris is a song by friendly fires, but it has an aeroplane rmx

So is "Put On" going to be the highest placer w/o a #1 vote?

no

Yeah, way too big a probability of Bon Iver vote splitting.

Did any UK mcs ever do a remix of American Boy? And more importantly, is that Julio 'The Beast' Baptista at the end of the video?

I have to say I love that I can't tell what the top 5 is going to be like.

I think I've been conflating the name Friendly Fires with Fiery Furnaces each time I see it and thus ignoring it. Are they an electronic act (seems to be from what I'm gathering)?

Another "L.E.S. Artistes" remix set to the video. imo pretty dope (but not as dope as the piano/cello version)

What is "Paris"?

― The Reverend (rev), Friday, February 6, 2009 3:35 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^ I have to hold myself back from asking qns like this 90% of the time a song title is casually referred to in this thread with no mention of the artist

nah not really, basically british dance rock but instead of taking cues from post-punk they go more the spaciousness and euphoria of disco and house

I kinda hate the "L.E.S. Artistes" video. :-/ Not the song, which is alright, just the vid.

Friendly Fires are kind of a hybrid dancepunk/electronic act...like The Rapture with sequencers (and a sometimes shoegaze atmospheric fetish).

I think I've been conflating the name Friendly Fires with Fiery Furnaces each time I see it and thus ignoring it.

ffs Rev ;-)

waht, I love that video, esp. the closeups of the screaming at the end

Shit, people didn't vote for another TVotR song did they?

Thanks, Jordan/Johnny.

you know, i am glad that i am not going to be around for this top 5. i don't know what's going to be in it, in a bad way. who the hell are all these bon iver fans anyway.

also no offense but:

"Time to Pretend" works so well because it captures that dichotomy of living in a socially relaxed and technologically advanced age that seems to get more and more primitive and meaningless with every year

is totally o_0

affected ennui, one repeated basic hook and a rubbish indie-dance arrangement capture nothing about anything

i have a plane to catch! bye y'all!!

I suppose "Golden Age" could be in the top 5.

Maybe Womanizer is going to chart after all... TVOTR is more likely than Bon Iver I'd say.

(Like I said earlier if Paris charts it'll be a combination of Aeroplane remix and the original both separately doing well - someone voted for that song twice ffs)

I'd guess from looking at the noms we can expect Blind, Paper Planes for certain. Other three: Bleeding Love, Oxford Comma, If I Were a Boy, Paris, could be anything really.

Kings Of Leon at no1? rofl

"bleeding love"? are you guys kidding? was that even nominated

THIS SEX IS ON FIRE

Blind, Happy House, Paper Planes, Oxford Comma, If I Were A Boy?

― mike t-diva, Friday, February 6, 2009 3:32 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Did ILXors vote for "Paper Planes?" I would find it hard to believe, since you all were prescient enough to vote it into the top 5 last year, and there doesn't seem to be that much turnover in this joint.

guys there is gonna be a bon iver track in the top 5 probably 3. every single one of his songs was nominated

― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.)

not a chance. the same dude nominated every track, if memory serves

If Kings of Leon make the top five I would like to volunteer to throw a tantrum in the Lex's place.

I'm sort of hoping there's been a massive secret metal block vote or something. That would at least be funny.

also i think i agree with what LJ was implying

I nominated "Bleeding Love" and will be kind of shocked if it isn't there tbh

I'll give you one (non) clue about the next track: it has not been mentioned once in this entire thread.

rather, i agree with what i think LJ was implying

Courtship Dating to sneak in cos everyone had it at number 15 or something? I forget whether or not those guys are hated or not on ILX.

is it los campesinos

I wish it was Torche

"Happy House" will be in the top 5. This is a given. I don't see why anyone thinks "If I Were a Boy" or "Bleeding Love" have a chance in hell.

maybe my first placing for guilty simpson will pay off ;)

haha nice

Bleeding Love is horrid. Worse than American Boy.
Btw I hadn't heard that Young Jeezy track and it's terrific. Thanks ILM!

Maybe voting coincided with the inauguration and a load of people went straight back and voted soppily for My President.

Bleeding Love is horrid. Worse than American Boy.

Doesn't do much for me either, but I thought it was generally quite well liked.

Maybe voting coincided with the inauguration and a load of people went straight back and voted soppily for My President.

that would be... unfortunate

I'm amazed - I was sure 'American Boy' was a shoo-in for no.1. First time I've heard it for a while, still a great record

Maybe my #1 vote for "Love in This Club" somehow convinced all the haters, haha.

Kevin K I've come round a bit to "Skeletal Lamping" again...it's a good album to listen to as a whole, but trying to "get" individual tracks is imo maddening and pointless :)

(and yeah, The Fiery Furnaces are mad underrated here)

really miffed "princes" (GANG GANG DANCE) has been passed over

...if it has been

haha good :) that's just what i tell people, i think if a record gives you an 'in' song that you can learn to love, it'll be easier to let your guard down and really engage with the rest of it. that was the first ninety seconds of the album and 'an eluardian instance' for me. but we can talk more about it next week if, lord willin', it places

xpost i would be down for 'princes'; i didnt get into the record until just recently, and princes is fantastic

prev post was xpost to LJ btw