Teenage Dirtbag with a bit of hipster-patriotism on top?
― Frederik B, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
Nah, Junie/FUBU/Mad/Don't Touch My Hair are all classics too.
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, January 26, 2017
I don't mind "Weary" and "...Hair."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
All these Weezer and "Teenage Dirtbag" mentions re: Mitski make me sad. Y'all, this song is so much better than any of that moldy old shit.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
I can't believe the Mitski song is the one people take issue with tbh. I can't even begin to understand the love for Sremmurd
― tangenttangent, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
tuomas there's been like 3 indie rock songs in this poll you wally.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
thanks poll runners, great work as always
― nxd, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
yes thank you poll runners!!
― marcos, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
black beatles is actually a very bad song― marcos, Thursday, January 26, 2017 9:02 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this saddens me. I thought we were pals
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
not sure i "get" the mitski video but that song is pretty nice. doesn't strike me as a song of the year contender or whatever exactly but hey
"black beatles" obv pretty unimpeachable
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
All these Weezer and "Teenage Dirtbag" mentions re: Mitski make me sad.
even as someone who likes Weezer, co-sign
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
Also "Panda" >>> half this top ten― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:58 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:58 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― example (crüt), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
thanks for a great rollout pollrunners!
― niels, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
You can look up my comments on the Ear Murderers last time around if you care for my take.
The Mitski is better than "The Sweater Song" but I couldn't help but hear the similarities.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
That Mitski tune is too Weezeresque for my taste.
Yeah, she sometimes sounds like Weezer and sometimes even reminds me weirdly of Tori Amos, which normally wouldn't excite me that much, but I just really like her voice and songwriting. Btw, she used to be part of a prog group called Voice Coils, who did a couple of great EPs.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
"teenage dirtbag" is a great song, in case that obvious fact was being misinterpreted by people reading these casual comparisons
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
Are you sure you were paying attention?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
ok so mitski would appear to be my second 'no idea who this is but wow' discovery of the day, melanie di biasio being the other
"black beatles" is a worthy winner :)
― dyl, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
mitski video also great
also, yes both mitski and weezer use heavily distorted guitar sounds but to way different ends
― niels, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
Thanks pollrunners for making this work. And gr8080 - those fakes were perfectly timed. kudos.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
Clearly not.
I'll leave the long version for Mitski to tell, but the short version is "I thought I wanted to date you, American Boy, but we're not really on the same page and never will be because of deep culture clash and, whatever, I'm starting to appreciate that as I get older."
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
"Black Beatles" has a really good beat, but like with "Bad and Boujee", the lyrics are too sexist that I'd want to listen to it multiple times, sorry. I know these guys are young and all and it's common, time-worn rap tropes they repeating, but there's so much good rap that averts those tropes that I can afford to avoid tunes like this.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
mitski song is great"townie" is an absolutely amazing song from her album before if anyones interested x
― nxd, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars was my pick from that record, I voted for it
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
I'm listening to it now and... not really? It's fine and all but eh.
re: "Black Beatles", this is the best Rae Sremmurd song I've heard to date; I would rate it a 5/10.
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
honestly i don't get the Mitski hype either, can't shake the suspicion that it's '90s nostalgia?
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
80% of the songs on this list are 90s nostalgia in some way
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
well okay I will grant "better than Weezer" but 2nd-best song of 2016? noooooope
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
xposts
Those Voice Coils EPs are wonderful!
Mitski layers this incredible power and beautifully candid lyrics onto any recognisable chord structures. She knows how to create tension in a song like nothing else too. Lol at someone thinking it was supposed to be patriotic.
― tangenttangent, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:04 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol we still are. kind of changing my mind tbh:
lol "Bad and Boujeeblack beatles"
my reaction to it was basically "what is this nonsense"/plays it 5 times in a row/"well I guess I like nonsense now"
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Wednesday, January 25, 2017 3:25 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― marcos, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
10% are 80s nostalgia and the other 10% are nostalgia for 80s nostalgia
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
― na (NA), Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:13 PM (five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And most of it is crushingly boring.
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
Black Beatles really does seem very trance-like, I can kind of understand the mannequin challenge meme
― Dan S, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
As someone who voted it #1 and listened to it approx 2000 times, I will politely disagree.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
i didn't vote but i'm surprised there are no blood orange songs on the list, was it a 2015 release that i was late to?
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Mitski my #19 but I'm so glad to see it at #2. Or rather #1 of all the songs not by total cunts
All about how the second chorus kicks in so quickly and even more intensely than the first one, such a rush
Oh and thanks Gr80/sean!
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Song I'm most surprised and disappointed didn't make this list: "OOOUUU"
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
Blood Orange was 2016. But ILM isn't really keen on him.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Well, that was something. I dunno what, but it was certainly something.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
super dope how mitski perpetuates cultural apartheid thru millenial self-absorption. volkshambhala uber alles
― r|t|c, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
super dope how rae sremmurd are total cunts
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link
wtf
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
― na (NA), Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:16 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thank u ilm
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
Beyonce or Tribe had best win albums
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
i think blood orange might show up in the albums poll
― marcos, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
xp Yeah, seriously
― tangenttangent, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
I liked the Mitski song a lot more once sund4r told me the lyrics in the chorus. I ended up voting for it
Black Beatles was my #4. Feels very vaporwave to me
― stichomythia (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
huh i would have guessed blood orange would be popular here
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:20 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
o_O
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:19 PM (two minutes ago)
can't think of a more righteous way to express disgust at perceived sexism than using a phrase universally seen as a misogynist slur in the country the song comes from
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link