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)

I feel like I'm the only person in the world who can't see what's so amazing about Taylor Swift. Everything I've heard from her sounds like slightly above average country-pop (OK, "You Belong To Me" is pretty good)... Seriously, what is it?

consult Taylor Swift '08: The Hype, Anticipation & Appreciation Begins Right Here

would participate in a fearless poll btw

Re "Tell Me Why", my favourite bit is the chorus where she sings "So here's to you and your temper - yes, I remember what you said last night!" Which simultaneously sounds totally spontaneous and in-conversation while also being so composed that it flows perfectly.

There's a lot I like about Taylor but the first two things that come to mind is her fluency in the songwriting; everything is always done with such spectacular craftsmanship and pride in work. It's like when you see an antique chair from the 1890's and it's all handmade and properly planed and the joints are perfect.
I'm also always blown away by her ability to make everything sound honest and personal. plenty of singing is acting (MJ sure hadn't had a love that he wanted back that bad at that age) and Taylor's a great actor.

daavid, you aren't the only one

For the new and old Guido/Joy Orbison/dubstep not dubstep fans:

http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/02/joy-orbison-mix-for-brooklyn-radio-with-unreleased-jams/
Download: Joy Orbison, Greenmoney Mix

* Dark Star – Aidy’s Girls A Computer – Hyperdub
* Zomby – Rumours and Revelations – Ramp
* Guido – Beautiful Complication – Punch Drunk
* Geeneus – Get Low – Dubplate
* Leo Greenmoney “Blast From The Past” Ms Dynamite – Dynamitee – Osunlade Remix – P Records
* Guest Mix: Joy Orbison Intro
* Shed – Warped Mind // Ostgut Ton
* DJ T – Dis // Get Physical
* Stush & Hard House Banton – We Nah Run (Sirens Riddim) // Unreleased
* Greena – Maracay // Forthcoming Applepips
* Ghosts On Tape – Predator Mode (Roska Remix) // Forthcoming Wireblock
* Joy Orbison – BRKLN CLLN // Forthcoming Doldrums
* Pearson Sound – Wad // Hessle Audio
* Shortstuff – A Rustling // Ramp
* Joy Orbison – The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow // Unreleased
* Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass // Hotflush
* Strickly Dubz – Realise // Urban Dubz
* Joy Orbison – Tentative Bidding // Unreleased
* Joy Orbison – Wet Look // Hotflush
* One For The Money “Single Of The Week” Jack Beats – U.F.O – CDR

I am mad impressed with her songwriting ability, to restate a positive thing I've said about her before that gets lost in the kerfluffle of how much I dislike her singing.

I was hoping "The Fear" would chart. At this point, it seems unlikely :(

― one boob is free with one (daavid), Monday, February 1, 2010 5:34 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark

I think it has a chance. As good of one as Miley, prob.

tim and forks otm - i also love how she knows exactly when to raise the drama stakes and when to underplay a situation, so "i don't know how it gets better than this" is a perfect rush of joy on the title track, but then on "breathe" she just casually shrugs "people are people and sometimes we change our minds", and it's just devastating.

I think "Forever & Always" is often my favourite because of the zinginess of "...you said you loved me - WERE YOU JUST KIDDING?"

#13?

been stuck in meetings, will just post the rest now

13 -- Phoenix - 1901 (15 votes, 175 points) (2 in P&J, 3 in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rbGj4_qYgI

#12?

lol can you wait at least one minute?

haha i was joking, you're really gonna do the rest tonight?

12 -- Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (13 votes, 176 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (19 in P&J, DNP in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA

Oh, I really hope this doesn't displace Lisztomania (but if it doesn't, I'm glad Lisztomania will rank higher!) xxxp

WAIT WUHT?! BLACK EYED PEAS AT #12?

god i hate "i gotta feeling"

looooooooooool

Alright, ghost voting block... come out now!

11 -- The-Dream - Fancy (13 votes, 181.5 points, 2 #1 vote/s) (809 in P&J, DNP in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43YsKtPajco

HOLY FUCK!

ok slow down imo!!

ilx, i fucking love you.

:D

i guess this means 'boom boom pow' will also chart?

yes i knew this would btw

it is kinda way too awesome not to, waiting for this yrs happy house also

lol @ BEP

well that's it for today anyway, just wanted to wrap it up...top 10 tomorrow morning!

thx musically!

i'm so glad that the one vote i used on a deep album cut paid off. i mean in all honesty "fancy" is prob song of the year.

apparently on youtube it's really frustrating because it cuts off just after the huge chord change segueing into "right side of my brain" - so get the album, folks.

as for the other two...i can hear why someone might like "1901" but not why anyone would get, like, really excited over it.

i'm really sick of BEPs as a group, none of their big hits this year were particularly special (though the others were at least ok), i really want another fergie solo album - that's where she and will.i.am had their best ideas. (i don't credit the other two w/having ideas.) i still have no idea why the "mazel tov" bit in this song is meant to be funny or entertaining.

i guess i'm happier at "fancy" placing than i thought i'd be - if it means no "my girls" or something then hell yes, i'm head over heels in love with the song anyway

"fancy" that is

"Fancy":

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Fancy/22162258
http://open.spotify.com/track/6y6ux0sI120utkpokkhdPf

Loving this one...

wait til the last minute of it!

the last 20 seconds!!

had I ordered my tracks, per initial list, there would've been three #1 votes for Fancy. lol.

yeah, when the drums come in at the end of Fancy it's FUCKING MASSIVE. by holding off on a beat for 90% of the song, the payoff when it finally drops is that much greater.

Yikes--->BEP

Guess that makes any complaints about GAPDY or Taylor Swift moot though.

BEP? ILM yr dead to me

fancy's always been the standout on that album from the first spin i think

I'm still laughing at BEP placing so high.

50 -- Royksopp feat. Robyn - The Girl and the Robot (8 votes, 88 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (380 in P&J, 68 in p4k)
49 -- Kid Cudi – Day ‘n’ Nite (10 votes, 88 points) (18 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
48 -- Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (8 votes, 88.5 points) (50 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
47 -- Electrik Red - So Good (7 votes, 90 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (DNP in P&J, DNP in p4k)
46 -- Memory Tapes - Bicycle (7 votes, 95 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (238 in P&J, 46 in p4k)
45 -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hysteric (8 votes, 95.5 points) (237 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
44 -- Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart (9 votes, 97 points) (117 in P&J, 58 in p4k)
44 -- Basement Jaxx - Raindrops (9 votes, 97 points) (46 in P&J, 24 in p4k)
42 -- Guido - Way U Make Me Feel (8 votes, 97.5 points) (DNP in P&J, DNP in p4k)
41 -- Pill - Trap Goin Ham (8 votes, 97.5 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (128 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
40 -- Big Boi feat. Gucci Mane - Shine Blockas (9 votes, 98.5 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (22 in P&J, 7 in p4k)
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)
38 -- Florence & the Machine - You Got the Love (Jamie xx Re-Work) (12 votes, 101.5 points) (DNP in P&J, DNP in p4k)
37 -- Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - Tirsdagsjam (10 votes, 105.5 points) (DNP in P&J, DNP in p4k)
36 -- Gucci Mane ft. Plies - Wasted (11 votes, 105.5 points) (100 in P&J, 96 in p4k)
35 -- Crazy Cousinz - Inflation (8 votes, 106 points, 3 #1 vote/s) (455 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
34 -- Washed Out - Feel It All Around (10 votes, 106 points) (44 in P&J, 10 in p4k)
33 -- Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa (8 votes, 107 points) (132 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
32 -- Fuzzy Logic feat. Egypt - In The Morning (9 votes, 109 points) (1293 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
31 -- Fever Ray - Seven (3 votes, 23 points for Martyn's Seventh Remix) (11 votes, 111 points) (1601 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
30 -- DJ Quik & Kurupt - Hey Playa! (Moroccan Blues)(11 votes, 114 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (214 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
29 -- House of House - Rushing to Paradise (Walkin' These Streets) (11 votes, 114.5 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (148 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
28 -- Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love (9 votes, 116 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (481 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
27 -- Darkstar - Aidy's Girl Is A Computer (9 votes, 118.5 points, 2 #1 vote/s) (161 in P&J, 100 in p4k)
26 -- The-Dream - Rockin That Shit (9 votes, 122 points, 2 #1 vote/s) (120 in P&J, 90 in p4k)
25 -- Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (13 votes, 127.5 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (11 in P&J, 83 in p4k)
24 -- Lady Gaga - Poker Face (11 votes, 129 points, 2 #1 vote/s) (13 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
23 -- Girls - Lust for Life (12 votes, 131 points) (8 in P&J, 9 in p4k)
22 -- Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain - Blame It (12 votes, 140.5 points, 2 #1 vote/s) (55 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
21 -- Taylor Swift - Love Story (10 votes, 141.5 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (177 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
20 -- Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (13 votes, 144.5 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (1 in P&J, 44 in p4k)
19 -- Future Of The Left - Arming Eritrea (10 votes, 147 points, 3 #1 vote/s) (301 in P&J, 98 in p4k)
18 -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero (14 votes, 147.5 points) (6 in P&J, 6 in p4k)
17 -- The xx - Crystalised (11 votes, 157.5 points) (33 in P&J, 16 in p4k)
16 -- Maxwell - Pretty Wings (13 votes, 161 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (14 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
15 -- Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (11 votes, 162.5 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (20 in P&J, 14 in p4k)
14 -- DJ Quik & Kurupt – 9X out of 10 (13 votes, 172 points) (67 in P&J, 33 in p4k)
13 -- Phoenix - 1901 (15 votes, 175 points) (2 in P&J, 3 in p4k)
12 -- Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (13 votes, 176 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (19 in P&J, DNP in p4k)
11 -- The-Dream - Fancy (13 votes, 181.5 points, 2 #1 vote/s) (809 in P&J, DNP in p4k)

Blimey, those drums at the end of "Fancy"...!

yes!