Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Trax Poll Results: TOP TEN TODAY)

if 'empire state of mind' makes this poll i mite suggest ban myself

btw I lied, there are two artists that double-dipped in the 40-31

39 -- Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (1 vote, 10.5 points for D. Lissvik Remix) (9 votes, 101.5 points) (97 in P&J, 36 in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-CpE73o2M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MbZEyHy0iM

"when i grow up" is actually far far more of an odd choice a) as a single b) as an individual track to vote for than "if i had a heart" - i pretty much only listen to it in the context of the album, and it's great but not a highlight. loved the lissvik remix on first hearing but it's more of a curiosity innit, has nothing on the banging martyn remix of "seven"

fo yo sorrows was even better than shine blockas imo but less universal appeal

Nice! The first of my voets to appear. <3<3 this track, tho still I wish I could have voted for "Concrete Walls" (which is my favorite track from the FR album).

lmao at the fever ray vid. what's going on there? is she some sort of witch or shaman in sneakers?

liking that D. Lissvik Remix of Fever Ray - hadn't heard it before. I guessing there will be at least a couple more Fever Tracks in the rest of the results.

and echoing others, THKS muscially. really enjoying the countdown.

guys, a pie is a bird; think visually like a cream pie
a yam is a rubber filled with heroin.

OK, now my innocence has been completely shattered.

"when i grow up" is actually far far more of an odd choice a) as a single b) as an individual track to vote for than "if i had a heart" -

I would reverse these. "When I Grow Up" is easily my favorite track on the album, while "If I Had a Heart" mostly just sounds like a warm-up/intro to me. I listen to the former by itself all the time.

agreed^ "if i had a heart" is great for setting the atmosphere of the album, but as far as being an actual song it seems really slight. someone said upthread that it was by far their favorite song on the album and i'm just like O_o are we listening to the same album?

i got to love "if i had a heart" as an individual track b/c i had to, before the album was released; it's popped up in a few dj mixes too (notably dixon's excellent temporary secretary) and its steady pulse means it works really well there. also, it's secretly very catchy indeed (which "when i grow up" isn't, at all, for me).

that's true, it works surprisingly well on that dixon mix, sped up a little; though it does play a similar role as an atmospheric tone-setter

since I don't know that song I now have "When I Grow Up" by the Pussycat Dolls in my head, thanks a lot you fucking guys

and now i have a mental image of the pussycat dolls ft. fever ray - when i grow up (medley)

this one had the lowest average vote:

38 -- Florence & the Machine - You Got the Love (Jamie xx Re-Work) (12 votes, 101.5 points) (DNP in P&J, DNP in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UiFU-K1dQ

Their remix of Florence and the Machine's "You've Got The Love" is astonishing, one of my favourite things of this year. ― Tim F

It's really annoying me trying to figure out what other rap song features the same sample as Shine Blockas. I'm sure its a song I've heard millions of times, I just can't seem to remember and it is bugging the hell out of me. I'm thinking Kanye but that can't be right. Anyone wanna help?

so does that mean the original florence cover didn't get any votes? (which is how it should be.)

(xp)

First one I voted for - didn't save my ballot, but pretty sure I put it in the appropriate 18th or 19th place.

@ a hoy hoy, replace xxxx with http (don't want to post an OT video in this thread)
xxxx://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey2JUUrBFs8

and now i have a mental image of the pussycat dolls ft. fever ray - when i grow up (medley)

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, January 28, 2010 1:12 PM

okay this would be ridiculously awesome

It's really annoying me trying to figure out what other rap song features the same sample as Shine Blockas. I'm sure its a song I've heard millions of times, I just can't seem to remember and it is bugging the hell out of me. I'm thinking Kanye but that can't be right. Anyone wanna help?

― brrrrrrrrrrrrrt_stanton (a hoy hoy), Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:34 AM (4 minutes ago)

Jay-Z - This Can't Be Life (Kanye prod.)

Yeah, I keep wishing they'd recorded that, decided that they didn't want to put out under a "Florence & The Machine" banner and just released it - rightfully - as The XX's "You Got The Love"

http://www.whosampled.com/artist/Harold%20Melvin%20%26%20the%20Blue%20Notes/

That remix is great. It would have placed higher if I had remembered to put it on my ballot

THIS CAN'T BE LIFE! omg thank you! that was annoying me so much. Scarface verse slays me.

florence+xx is the first thing i voted for fyi

First one I voted for - didn't save my ballot, but pretty sure I put it in the appropriate 18th or 19th place.

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:38 PM (18 minutes ago)

this including putting it 18th

AFAIK the original was not even nominated...

Just looked over my ballot, i'd be shocked if more than five of my votes made it to THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

but holding out hope for ester dean

hey musically idk if my emails arent getting through but if you could plz email me my ballot that would be great

DON'T DO IT IT'S A TRAP

i'm liking the way this is shaping up, so far i like every single song.

there better be like 3 Gucci songs and 10 other rap songs in the top 40, or this list is as lame w/r/t hip hop as PF and P&J

― Dr. Algernod Goon (some dude), Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:50 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i voted for "wasted" and "lemonade" which i figure both have a good chance of charting. not sure what else would attract tonnes of votes, maybe "first day out" or "dope boys." was the h.a.t.e.u remix nominated? it's not likely it would end up above shine blockas, but it's just as good.

37 -- Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - Tirsdagsjam (10 votes, 105.5 points) (DNP in P&J, DNP in p4k)

http://www.mediafire.com/?rvd4ttznagj - can anyone find a streaming, easy to link to copy?

The edit is myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/lindstromandprinsthomas

is *on* myspace

36 -- Gucci Mane ft. Plies - Wasted (11 votes, 105.5 points) (100 in P&J, 96 in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qql0Yi4DxU

I don't wear tight jeans like the white boys
But I do get wasted like the white boys
Now I'm looking for a bitch to suck dis almond joy
Said she gotta stop sucking 'cause her jaw's sore

hell yeah. Let's get it.

Plies gif request still pending: Hey, let me drunkenly animate your photos in about 15 minutes!

good song but gucci has >20 better songs from last year, and a couple better singles. don't have a problem w/ it placing tho - it was by far his biggest

ha i was really convinced that no other gucci was gonna make the list

pretty rad

some dude: u have to get z s drunk first

good song but gucci has >20 better songs from last year, and a couple better singles. don't have a problem w/ it placing tho - it was by far his biggest

― max ipad (k3vin k.), Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:41 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

i could buy that he has 20 better verses but definitely not 20 better songs, and certainly not better singles. it felt like an instant classic to me because the chorus is so anthemic. "lemonade" is great but it doesn't have the wide-appeal sloganeering of "party, party, party let's all get wasted"

we don't get Z S drunk no more, we get wasted

more a dumb frat boy novelty hit than an instant classic. plies kind of saves it though, coming in with a different energy.

i think it's as instant classic -- and as much in the territory of frat boy novelty hit -- as "back that azz up". and yeah plies is perfect for the song -- pretty sure i've said this elsewhere but his slurry droopy-eyed thing works just right on "wasted" -- it's weird that he's actually essential on something. also it's lol @ how repudiated oj da juiceman was by the listening public once the label tried to push the version w/ him

plies is perfect for every song now, come on