Split vote, probably. xp
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 August 2009 11:26 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Rat" hits way too close to home for me, lyrically. (I used to be fun, but now I'm just boring.)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 August 2009 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i think i like 16 of these--all except walkmen, arcade fire, crazy, and hojl
― call all destroyer, Friday, 21 August 2009 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link
'Heartbeats' is probably my favourite song of the last 10 years
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:29 (fifteen years ago) link
btw, people complaining about this list. Please save it for the Paste list, where it will be much more fun.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 August 2009 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i actually like all of these songs - but 'One More Time', '99 Problems' and 'All My Friends' the least - more thru hype tho. guess i'm easy to please after all.
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Animal Collective - My Girls - WHATEVSAnnie - Heartbeat - LOVE ANNIE BUT THIS ISN'T EVEN THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUMThe Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - OK I GUESSBeyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love - LIKE THIS BUT PREFER DESTINYS CHILDDaft Punk - One More Time - LOVE DAFT PUNK BUT THIS ISN'T EVEN THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUMM.I.A. ft. Bun B and Rich Boy - Paper Planes (Diplo Remix) - HAVEN'T HEARD THIS REMIX SO CAN'T COMMENTMissy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On - YEAH, I LIKE THISGnarls Barkley - Crazy - CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IT GOESHercules and Love Affair - Blind - FEH FEH A SKEEVE TO YOUJay-Z - 99 Problems - CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IT GOESR. Kelly - Ignition (Remix) - CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IT GOESThe Knife - Heartbeats - YEAH I LIKE THISLCD Soundsystem - All My Friends - WHATEVSLCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge - BARFOutkast - B.O.B. - MEHOutkast - Hey Ya! - OK I GUESSRadiohead - Idioteque - YEAH I LIKE THISThe Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers - CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IT GOESThe Walkmen - The Rat - MEHYeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - BARF
So it's Get Your Freak On, Heartbeats or Idioteque.
― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Went with Heartbeats
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, remember when ILM was supposed to be a bastion of intelligent music criticism?
― King Boy on Parole (King Boy Pato), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:36 (fifteen years ago) link
The lacklustre quality of my reactions to the songs is a reflection of the choices on offer.
I guess I need to listen to Get Yr Freak On again.
Of the 3 I like, I've listened to Heartbeats most recently and consistently. But that could just be access.
― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link
For 4 weeks in 2000? xp
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 August 2009 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link
GYFO was great at the time, but now it sounds really dated to me.
― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Voted "Heartbeat. Partly because most of the rest are horrible.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Outkast - B.O.B. - MEH
struggling to think of a less 'meh' record
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:02 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah...we were talking about this on, um, some hip-hop thread i can't remember recently. not "dated" as such, but...at the time it felt like an automatic era-defining choice, now it seems more like...a one-off, and very much of its time. i go back to missy's first two albums a lot more than to 'get ur freak on'.
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:03 (fifteen years ago) link
But Era-Defining Singles sound dated by their very nature -- that's the whole point of being era-defining.
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 August 2009 12:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i think "anomalous" might be the word i use: it doesn't feel as though it's representative of either that period of music, or of missy herself.
or maybe: i don't go back to it half as much as i thought i would.
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:06 (fifteen years ago) link
it is probably the best song on this list (tho), sigh.
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:07 (fifteen years ago) link
it's representative of the Indian vibe trend in rap around that time
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 21 August 2009 12:12 (fifteen years ago) link
oh obvs i don't like anco either, so i like 15 of 20.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Voted All My Friends, not objectively but because of my age and it's relevancy to the 2000s as I experienced them.
― Popture, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Animal Collective - My Girls*can't remember, is it on the new one?Annie - Heartbeat*sorta catchy and sweetThe Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)*OKBeyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love*is a nice loop, but a boring song.Daft Punk - One More Time*could say the same about this, but liking it anywayM.I.A. ft. Bun B and Rich Boy - Paper Planes (Diplo Remix)*never heard this, still have to see that movieMissy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On*great track, i could see this as track of the decadeGnarls Barkley - Crazy*nice hit, in a novelty sort of wayHercules and Love Affair - Blind*never heard itJay-Z - 99 Problems*never heard itR. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)*never heard it, will have to download i am curious after that description.The Knife - Heartbeats*overrated, hate that voiceLCD Soundsystem - All My Friends*never heard itLCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge*^^Outkast - B.O.B.*^^Outkast - Hey Ya!*heard it way too many times, but yes this seems like a true track of the decade.Radiohead - Idioteque*not nearly as good as that Kid a album openerThe Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers*this was a short lived hype right?The Walkmen - The Rat*never heard itYeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps^^
voting Missy.
― Ludo, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Is Crazy the only song on this list with strings on it? The lack of strings in the complete 500 seems pervasive.
Also, you know, go fuck yourself, to those unfamiliar with the majority of these songs. Curious minds, etc.
― Popture, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:49 (fifteen years ago) link
listening to that Ignition song right now, it's sweet. is this actually on a R Kelly album? or just a mixtape thing that sort of accidently became a big thing.
― Ludo, Friday, 21 August 2009 12:51 (fifteen years ago) link
― Popture, vrijdag 21 augustus 2009 12:49 (1 minute ago) Bookmark
Lol popism
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 21 August 2009 12:52 (fifteen years ago) link
It's on Chocolate Factory.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:09 (fifteen years ago) link
ok cool thx :)
― Ludo, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:12 (fifteen years ago) link
vrijdag 21 augustus 2009
this looks way better than the English, must change my settings.
I like almost all of these songs (not fussed re: The Rat, House of Jealous Lovers, and Blind) but I'm going to go for Heartbeats.
― Akon/Family (Merdeyeux), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:14 (fifteen years ago) link
"Ignition (Remix)" without a doubt. However, if "Ghetto Musick" had been on here it would be tough. The only thing Outkast did that built on "B.O.B.", IMO.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:17 (fifteen years ago) link
the only ones i'd ever really want to hear again are the Annie and R.Kelly ones.
voted ignition (remix)
― cherry blossom, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:18 (fifteen years ago) link
voting for "B.O.B." since out of the pop picks, it's the only one that'd be highest on my list from that artist. out of the alt/indie stuff, "Idiotheque" is OK, I guess? I'm not the biggest Radiohead fan but it feels to me like their fans should be able to point out a song other than that as their best of the decade.
― some dude, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:27 (fifteen years ago) link
not a singles band lol etc.
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I totally love the Missy Elliott, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, R Kelly and The Knife songs, but voting Animal Collective so stick that up yr kazoo all y'all.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy - CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IT GOES
Masonic, did you accidentally ban yourself from planet earth?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
lol now saying the same thing about B.O.B (i just listened) wouldn't be strange at all. no hook, no nothing, straaaange number 1. it's sort jungly though, that's so nineties (and cool!)
― Ludo, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Paper Planes is the best song, but I've never heard that remix so Crazy.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
fyi to all - the paper planes remix just extends the outros and adds verses from rich boy and bun b
― fleetwood (max), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
all of which makes it worse than the original.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
my favorite song of the decade is on this list ["Get Ur Freak On"]
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
^yea i'd prob say that's my favorite on here too
― mark cl, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
tho i have no idea what my fav song of the decade is
― mark cl, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
and if I was running a magazine, the "this is probably the 'rock canon' 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'" song of the decade" is on the list too ["Hey Ya"]
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 21 August 2009 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Listening to Crazy now. I don't think I've ever knowingly heard this song before. It's alright, but not a vote-winner.
― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Where is option for "I don't think *any* of these songs is 'song of the decade'?"― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, August 21, 2009 7:11 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, August 21, 2009 7:11 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
OK, whats your favorite song of the decade. You get one choice.
I mean, my "song of the decade" would probably be, like, Britney Spears' Toxic or some monumental Sugababes or Girls Aloud track. (though I'd have to spend hours deciding which one was the best.)
I honestly don't know. I suspect i'm too old for this kind of poll - I blinked and the 00s were over before I'd properly realised they were even halfway through.
― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
nothing from 2002 in this top 20? or was Losing My Edge originally released then?
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 21 August 2009 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
did toxic even make it on the p4k 500 list?
― mark cl, Friday, 21 August 2009 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
my favourite songs of the decade are likely to be
1. ciara ft. ludacris - oh2. sweet female attitude - flowers3. t.i. - what you know
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 August 2009 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I voted "Maps," and I think it really should've been the PFM single of the decade, even if it wouldn't necessarily be my song of the decade. But I think maybe in a pinch, it could do the job.
― Mordy, Friday, 21 August 2009 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
pretty much all the acceptable acts in that top 20 made at least 10 better songs this decade. '99 problems' over anything off the blueprint is the most fucked up choice i guess.
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 August 2009 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
it's irrational hate! youre not supposed to understand it.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 28 August 2009 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
haha love the logic zing
― some dude, Friday, 28 August 2009 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't find the words to explain how my feelings about the following dovetail with what Dan was saying above, but umm it seems like a lot of appreciation of Kelly (especially outside the pop world) is based on his being slightly ridiculous or far-out or functioning almost as a boneheaded parody of himself (e.g. I think sometimes he's an r&b favorite of people who find r&b silly because he's such a caricature of precisely the silliest stuff) -- this gets in the way of my liking some of his stuff, though for some reason I don't mind his inspirational for-the-kids tunes, I seem to remember "Thoia Thoing" being low on R-Kelly-ism and high on a good beat and oingy noises, and part of why I'm cool with "Ignition" is that it seemed like this moment where he successfully implicated the entire world in his song instead of seeming ridiculous -- you know, like most people want to drink and have fun on weekends, so he seems pretty OTM and reasonable on that one.
― nabisco, Friday, 28 August 2009 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess I shouldn't focus on ridiculousness cuz that's not a bad thing, but his particular ridiculousness is, as mentioned, pretty buffoonish and dumb sometimes
― nabisco, Friday, 28 August 2009 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
nabisco per usual
― horribly jaded internet person who takes nothing too seriously (The Reverend), Friday, 28 August 2009 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link
(except about "Thoia Thoing", which drives me up the wall)
― horribly jaded internet person who takes nothing too seriously (The Reverend), Friday, 28 August 2009 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah -- at his core I consider R. to be a brilliant and prolific at his craft, while also crude and not terribly booksmart in ways that come across in his music and public persona. That's not at all an uncommon combination of traits in popular music, but obviously race and some other factors unique to R. Kelly make who appreciates his music and why a really loaded topic.
― some dude, Friday, 28 August 2009 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
^^sort of the flip side of what you said above, some dude, about your own likes/dislikes having more to do with sonic characteristics. With a lot of popular music, rap in particular, there seems to be more of a judgement based at least partly on what a track represents, rather than purely how it sounds. I think there is something very gracious and universal about "ignition (remix)" that make it a great track, especially if you ignore all of the stuff surrounding his real-life persona.
― Dan S, Friday, 28 August 2009 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I think "Ignition (Remix)" is massively charming in part because of its sense of levity; I can see why this very thing might annoy people who think "omg best song ever" affairs should be more of an unmistakable big event. Of course R Kelly does intensity too but it's mostly kinda scary when he does.
― Tim F, Friday, 28 August 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
well just to be clear, I'm not saying I'm put off him because I think other people are liking him the wrong way, or something -- it's just that if you generally prefer your music not-too-cartoonish, and want your r&b to be sharp, and aren't super-inclined to marvel or gawk or be charmed by the (admittedly compelling) ridiculousness of him, it's just gonna seem a little dumb no matter what other people think. some of that stuff requires shrugging and giving in to the goofiness and dumbness. which can be fine. (not "ignition," though, I don't think.)
― nabisco, Friday, 28 August 2009 23:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah. But he really has a lot of songs that have a minimum of funny grammar or crazy sex metaphors and are just good R&B.
― some dude, Friday, 28 August 2009 23:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean, I didn't want to get too Lex-y on any of these threads about the PF list, but really it does annoy me greatly that R. Kelly has one token entry on this list when people like Jay-Z or the Neptunes, who I think he was either on par with or very close to in terms of making great radio hits this decade, got more like 10 entries.
― some dude, Friday, 28 August 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT THERE IS NO NELLY IN THEIR LIST
FUCK THAT
― horribly jaded internet person who takes nothing too seriously (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
there's none in mine either, hmm
― unban dictionary (blueski), Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
FUCK YOU TOO
― horribly jaded internet person who takes nothing too seriously (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
*shakes fist*
― unban dictionary (blueski), Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:36 (fifteen years ago) link
ok that was hysterical (Nelly'd be on mine though so don't yell at me)
― some dude, Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link
either too far down the "caveman sexuality" line ("Bump & Grind", "Your Body's Callin'", "You Remind Me of Something") or too sacchrinely aspirational ("I Believe I Can Fly", "City of Gotham", "World's Greatest") for me to connect
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― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 29 August 2009 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Odd, too, considering that, as I pointed out in the main thread, "Hot in Herre" was like their #29 of the decade's first half.
― jaymc, Saturday, 29 August 2009 04:12 (fifteen years ago) link
fuck i hate to have to agree with masonic boom but yeah all of these songs are shite
― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Saturday, 29 August 2009 04:29 (fifteen years ago) link
every one of em, eh?
― tay zondven (k3vin k.), Saturday, 29 August 2009 04:29 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry i was joking they are all amazing
― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Saturday, 29 August 2009 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
they are all the same song pretty much, so if u hate/love one ditto for the rest
― tay zondven (k3vin k.), Saturday, 29 August 2009 04:33 (fifteen years ago) link
it seems like a lot of appreciation of Kelly (especially outside the pop world) is based on his being slightly ridiculous or far-out or functioning almost as a boneheaded parody of himself (e.g. I think sometimes he's an r&b favorite of people who find r&b silly because he's such a caricature of precisely the silliest stuff)
^^absolutely true, something i find pretty problematic and annoying, but this applies more to trapped in the closet than "ignition"
"ride wit me" and "country grammar" >>>>>>> "hot in herre"
― lex pretend, Saturday, 29 August 2009 09:18 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah "country grammar" is pretty easily the best song of nelly's career imo, and belongs in any top whatever list of anything
― tay zondven (k3vin k.), Saturday, 29 August 2009 12:12 (fifteen years ago) link
"hot in herre" > "e.i." > "country grammar" > "ride wit me" = "batter up" > any top whatever list of anything.
― Tim F, Saturday, 29 August 2009 12:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm weird i guess but i put "dilemma" over most of those too, though i like most of nelly's early shit
― tay zondven (k3vin k.), Saturday, 29 August 2009 12:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I leave ILM for a week and the challops brigade descend on Ignition? Too far ILM, it's like you're clowning yourselves to prove that nobody is safe from your contrarianism. This song is kindof above criticism fyi.
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Friday, 4 September 2009 08:19 (fifteen years ago) link
and yeah, Ride wit me is Nelly's best single
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Friday, 4 September 2009 08:20 (fifteen years ago) link
dont understand irrational 'oingo boingo' hate in this thread. elfman is incredible
― Lord Crutsos Omicron (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 4 September 2009 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link