This list has more suspense than any movie I saw last year...
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
So is "Put On" going to be the highest placer w/o a #1 vote?
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Blind, Happy House, Paper Planes, Oxford Comma, If I Were A Boy?
― mike t-diva, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
damn that l.e.s. artistes cover is dope dope dope
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
guys there is gonna be a bon iver track in the top 5 probably 3. every single one of his songs was nominated
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
No way on "If I Were a Boy". I mean, the Beyonce single people actually LIKED only placed in the middle of the list.
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
btw i mean there is gonna be a bon iver in the top 5 probably top 3, not 3 bon iver tracks in the top 5
paris maybe? b/c of the remix
no bon iver i bet, b/c of vote splitting
― rent, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd be so happy if the Bon Iver vote fragmented so much that nothing of his placed.
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
What is "Paris"?
skinny love is gonna be in the top 5 dudes
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
paris is a song by friendly fires, but it has an aeroplane rmx
no
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, way too big a probability of Bon Iver vote splitting.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Did any UK mcs ever do a remix of American Boy? And more importantly, is that Julio 'The Beast' Baptista at the end of the video?
I have to say I love that I can't tell what the top 5 is going to be like.
― . (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I've been conflating the name Friendly Fires with Fiery Furnaces each time I see it and thus ignoring it. Are they an electronic act (seems to be from what I'm gathering)?
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Another "L.E.S. Artistes" remix set to the video. imo pretty dope (but not as dope as the piano/cello version)
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, February 6, 2009 3:35 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^ I have to hold myself back from asking qns like this 90% of the time a song title is casually referred to in this thread with no mention of the artist
― some dude, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
nah not really, basically british dance rock but instead of taking cues from post-punk they go more the spaciousness and euphoria of disco and house
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I kinda hate the "L.E.S. Artistes" video. :-/ Not the song, which is alright, just the vid.
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Friendly Fires are kind of a hybrid dancepunk/electronic act...like The Rapture with sequencers (and a sometimes shoegaze atmospheric fetish).
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I've been conflating the name Friendly Fires with Fiery Furnaces each time I see it and thus ignoring it.
ffs Rev ;-)
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
waht, I love that video, esp. the closeups of the screaming at the end
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Shit, people didn't vote for another TVotR song did they?
― Maciej (maciej recognizing trill), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks, Jordan/Johnny.
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
you know, i am glad that i am not going to be around for this top 5. i don't know what's going to be in it, in a bad way. who the hell are all these bon iver fans anyway.
also no offense but:
"Time to Pretend" works so well because it captures that dichotomy of living in a socially relaxed and technologically advanced age that seems to get more and more primitive and meaningless with every year
is totally o_0
affected ennui, one repeated basic hook and a rubbish indie-dance arrangement capture nothing about anything
i have a plane to catch! bye y'all!!
― lex pretend, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I suppose "Golden Age" could be in the top 5.
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe Womanizer is going to chart after all... TVOTR is more likely than Bon Iver I'd say.
(Like I said earlier if Paris charts it'll be a combination of Aeroplane remix and the original both separately doing well - someone voted for that song twice ffs)
― Holy Suffering Gobi Desert Clit Nun (Matt DC), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd guess from looking at the noms we can expect Blind, Paper Planes for certain. Other three: Bleeding Love, Oxford Comma, If I Were a Boy, Paris, could be anything really.
― Shallow Gravy (Billy Dods), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Kings Of Leon at no1? rofl
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
"bleeding love"? are you guys kidding? was that even nominated
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
THIS SEX IS ON FIRE
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva, Friday, February 6, 2009 3:32 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Did ILXors vote for "Paper Planes?" I would find it hard to believe, since you all were prescient enough to vote it into the top 5 last year, and there doesn't seem to be that much turnover in this joint.
― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.)
not a chance. the same dude nominated every track, if memory serves
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
If Kings of Leon make the top five I would like to volunteer to throw a tantrum in the Lex's place.
I'm sort of hoping there's been a massive secret metal block vote or something. That would at least be funny.
― Holy Suffering Gobi Desert Clit Nun (Matt DC), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
also i think i agree with what LJ was implying
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I nominated "Bleeding Love" and will be kind of shocked if it isn't there tbh
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll give you one (non) clue about the next track: it has not been mentioned once in this entire thread.
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
rather, i agree with what i think LJ was implying
Courtship Dating to sneak in cos everyone had it at number 15 or something? I forget whether or not those guys are hated or not on ILX.
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
is it los campesinos
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish it was Torche
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
"Happy House" will be in the top 5. This is a given. I don't see why anyone thinks "If I Were a Boy" or "Bleeding Love" have a chance in hell.
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe my first placing for guilty simpson will pay off ;)
― . (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
haha nice
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Bleeding Love is horrid. Worse than American Boy.Btw I hadn't heard that Young Jeezy track and it's terrific. Thanks ILM!
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe voting coincided with the inauguration and a load of people went straight back and voted soppily for My President.
― Holy Suffering Gobi Desert Clit Nun (Matt DC), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Bleeding Love is horrid. Worse than American Boy.
Doesn't do much for me either, but I thought it was generally quite well liked.
― Shallow Gravy (Billy Dods), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
that would be... unfortunate
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Friday, 6 February 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm amazed - I was sure 'American Boy' was a shoo-in for no.1. First time I've heard it for a while, still a great record
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link