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)

speaking of odd combinations of songs that have shown up on this list, this shakira/joy orbison thing that dave moore of this parish made a while back actually works, properly: http://www.mediafire.com/?yhctmzz3jum

So... what's left overall?

My Girls
Stillness Is the Move
1901
Daniel
Two Weeks
Heads Will Roll
Lisztomania
Bad Romance
You Belong with Me
Fancy?
Surf Solar?
House of Flying Daggers?

Pretty sure about the first 9, reasonably sure about the last 3... and that leaves one missing from the top 13.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, February 1, 2010 4:13 PM (Yesterday)

Five spots left. I can't see "Surf Solar" or "Flying Daggers" going top five, and I'm torn as to whether "My Girls," "Daniel," "Lisztomania" or "Heads Will Roll" won't make the top five... I'd say "Bad Romance" and "You Belong with Me" are locks, but hey, I've been wrong before...

Confident that "Two Weeks" is out of the running, also.

yeah im pretty resigned to mount kimbie not placing now...

5. Lisztomania
4. My Girls
3. Heads Will Roll
2. Bad Romance
1. You Belong With Me

there's a dance remix of bridges & balloons by dj pocket or something similar. apart from being cheesy i don't remember it as being all that bad!

also achoo/awooo

don't hold me to that xp

to jump back, really happy to see the juan maclean "one day" show up! that's a song that i fell deeply in love with for like three weeks and then somehow forgot existed. the remix is pretty hard too

xp ilxor: considering that GB only got five votes on the GAPDY poll, I think it is safe to assume that you're right (FWIW I thought Vecktamist was a bit overrated, tho "Two Weeks" is a fine song & was on my list).

yah i like that newsom remix but im not at all picky

05 -- Phoenix - Lisztomania (17 votes, 241.5 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (9 in P&J, 8 in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhhzV5Xv9Tw

considering that GB only got five votes on the GAPDY poll,

Precisely what sold me on "Two Weeks" being absent. I'll admit it's one of Grizzly Bear's better songs, if such a thing exists. ;)

ahhh who was it who pointed out that the "smooth criminal" bite on "tirsdagsjam" is a really great foreshadowing of lindstrøm's jackson pastiche on "baby can't stop"

That was me on my LJ.

Glad I stuck around at work until #6 was posted now :)

I'm also glad the album version got the lion's share of the points. The Aeroplane remixes are good, but the 'original' trumps all.

I think this also justifies my position that the L&C album should have stayed on the ballot. It would have done well!

^ This is probably the song I'll most associate with my own personal 2009 for years to come.

Phoenix track is decent! I hadn't heard it before.

Echoing lex from some earlier thread: I get why Phoenix is popular, I get why people like the songs, I just don't get why they are phenomenal enough to show up near the top of all these year-end lists, including ours. The songs are catchy and fun and lighthearted if you're into that sort of thing, but is it really that *exciting* after 5+ spins?

yah lol, the guy isnt a good enough singer tho imo

I think this also justifies my position that the L&C album should have stayed on the ballot. It would have done well!

No, no matter how much you'd like to think that, nothing justifies a 2010 album placing on a 2009 poll.

eh 'lasso' the jam off that album

xp It's not a ... oh never mind

girlfriend imo

I do really like the last two minutes of that Dirty Projectors song but I just didn't like the album on the whole. The vocals totally ruin it for me, I think I actually prefer her voice to his though.

That's the first time I've seen the video, there's something really annoying about the dancing in it

I only just heard the Lindstrom & Christabelle album yesterday so hadn't heard that song before voting, it would have been on my list for sure.

i dunno i probably listened to that phoenix album more than any other album this year. which doesn't mean it was my favorite but it's just really damn listenable.

I'm in the same boat re: Phoenix.

Lisztomania just soundtracked a lot of the things I'll remember about 2009, though. It seemed to be omnipresent in the world surrounding me.

I hadn't heard (of) Phoenix before and thought I was through with that sort of thing, but I like this.

the instrumental passages of "1901" reminds me of Obstacle 1 from Interpol as performed by the Killers.

^^ this is a pretty good summary of why i roll my damn eyes @ phoenix

Assuming Reverend's predictions are right, I'm now looking at tons of songs in the 50 and thinking, b-b-but this isn't better than Daniel. I'm getting non-voter's remorse - that would have been in my top 3 with Zero and The Fear.

The dif between Phoenix and Interpol/The Killers, though, is that they don't seem aggressively fame hungry. They're more concerned with making perfect-sounding records (something I'm sure was considered by Air when they brought them all together as a backing band).

I really loved those first two Phoenix albums and would name Too Young as one of the best songs of the last decade but the latest stuff just leaves me cold. I really can't put my finger on why? I think I just want more songs like If I Ever Feel Better and Everything is Everything.

b-b-but this isn't better than Daniel

I voted for Pearl's Dream, but I'll be disappointed if Bat for Lashes doesn't get in when a lame-o Florence & The Machine remix does.

everything is everything and if I ever feel better are all time

I know nothing about Interpol (except for their original pre-fame drummer was Greg Drudy who rules), the Killers nor Phoenix, I'm merely basing my impression on their sound, matter of fact!

I get the impression I would like Phoenix's early stuff better, it's just that their new stuff doesn't make me interested in hearing it.

speaking of odd combinations of songs

for singing cat lovers dirtyprojnewsom doubleplay

hahahahahahahahaha okay I have JUST NOW realized what song "1901" is

cell phone ads are like ground zero for half of these bands, huh

i think "daniel" was the only indie track i voted for - in principle i don't have a problem with it not being on the list but given some of the stuff that's in its place...

know yr ads! "1901" sells Cadillacs.

actually, looking fwd to 1901 on Rock Band, seems like it would be a fun song to play on a video game which is a pretty late 00s way of evaluating music.

even i like "if i ever feel better" - there were some great filter house remixes of phoenix around that time too - the new stuff is soooo not as good but i totally understand the "generic comfort food" justification for liking them, i value that stuff a lot too

can ppl keep making these mashups plz

oh ok i just listend to that one

The dif between Phoenix and Interpol/The Killers, though, is that they don't seem aggressively fame hungry. They're more concerned with making perfect-sounding records (something I'm sure was considered by Air when they brought them all together as a backing band).

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 3:43 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

don't see how a lack of fame hunger has any effect on how they come across to me (other than that they sure are a lot more faceless than the Killers, for better or worse)

Oh, it probably shouldn't. I just appreciate bands who are total studio rats and only go play live out of obligation.

btw as someone who has been experiencing phoenix's old records for the first time in the last two weeks or so, i'd strongly encourage people to give them a chance as they're quite different from the newer stuff.

i loved when noz tweeted after pazz & jop "i youtubed some 'indie rock' songs i didn't recognize from the p&j list but it turns out that i already do know them from tv commercials."

Joanna Newsom vs Dirty Projectors is amazing BTW

also the DP singing is not nearly as off-putting next to JN

its never been like that>united>alphabetical>wolfgang amadeus imo