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good question

Will rock ever recover?

Even though I agree mainstream indie/rock is mostly shit these days

I mean.. unless people who post/vote here, with their supposedly infinite musical wisdom, have all collectively decided to start enjoying shit all at the same time. .. I'm so disappointed.

I like "A-Punk," but jeez.. remember when rock was exciting?

is bilstevejim a bill magill sock? anyway, you should post your list homie. im interested in your non-disappointing list

And yes, there were a few good 2008 rock albums.. it was a far better year for albums overall, but I just miss the days of killer rock singles. it's depressing.

i didnt vote.

I think rock is at it's most healthiest in Metal these days. If the poll ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN, BTW) we ran is anything to go by, but I suspect most people wouldn't be the least bit interested in it. Even if Torche are very poppy (and a lot in that poll are considered not proper metal anyway). There's plenty of experimentation involved in other bands in that poll. But then again that can be said of a lot of rock that doesn't get covered by Pitchfork/NME that most people wont hear.
I don't believe rock is creatively dead in the underground. In the NME world then I think it's creatively dead if not commercially.

but I just miss the days of killer rock singles. it's depressing.

Maybe there are killer rock songs that get ignored by the media. Wouldn't be a first. Radio is shit nowadays. Playlists are pretty much the same.

why am i always asleep when this gets rolled out?

aside from "Happy House" and "Blind", that is a weird top 5. would've voted for "The Rip" had I remembered it and I like both versions of "Paris" a lot but am really surprised that it placed that high. also no Vampire Weekend woo!

and yay for musically! excellent work.

i guess i hadnt been keeping up on the ne-yo discussion, but i'm still really shocked that "mad" or especially "single" didnt get more love. i <3 everyone who voted for oM, and also "out of reaches" by malkmus and "i lost you" by the walkmen; the latter two i nominated just because they were non-single personal favs and didnt figure anyone else would notice

im interested in your non-disappointing list

Once again, I didnt vote.. I'm not expecting anyone here to agree, especially since I'm tired of most 2008 music already.. But my favorite songs of the year were probably these 5.. "Teen Creeps" (No Age), "We're Looking For A Lot Of Love" (Hot Chip), "Soldiers Grin" (Wolf Parade), "Fascination" (Alphabeat), "God And Suicide" (Blitzen Trapper) .. Cut Copy, No Age, and Wolf Parade were the only albums I considered solid.

Except for Hot Chip and Alphabeat, that's a bunch of downer stuff. Cheer up, billstevejim!

if you don't vote, you can't complain

"fascination" placed, if you didnt notice. also i would really hate to only have four records you liked in a year! or are you just talking about rock?

Cut Copy makes me happy.

I would have voted but um.. I forgot.. I liked lots of various album tracks (it was actually a decent year for those), but those were the only 3 albums where I liked every song.

2009 will be good.. I have faith.

That Hot Chip song is a downer actually..

boy was that no age album ever overrated. but i guess there'll be time to talk about that on the albums poll...

not sure about wolf parade but i think no age and cut copy def will get some love on the albums thread so relax. xp

yeah, No Age got robbed (would've liked to have seen "Eraser" place myself), as did The Walkmen. Whatevs. I forgot to vote, so I can't really complain (I generally liked most of the stuff on the list anyway)

Yeah, there's definitely nothing on the list that I actively hate (just don't think "Happy House" is so great, but whatevs).

yeah i had not even heard of that track before this thread, and when i listened to it, i jsut thought "hm this is like a slightly above-average DFA track". then i found out it actually was a slightly above average (imo) DFA track. apparently there was more to/of the song though?

Ordered:

B-52's, The - Eyes Wide Open
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
Erykah Badu - The Healer
Ida Maria - Oh My God
Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
Randy Newman - Feels Like Home
Neon Neon - I Told Her On Alderaan (Richard X Mix)
Torche - Amnesian
Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook
Kleerup Ft. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed
MIA - Paper Planes
School Of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
Portishead - The Rip
Q-Tip - Gettin' Up
Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me
Goldfrapp - A & E
Lambchop - Natl Talk Like A Pirate Day
Lykke Li - Little Bit
Al Green - Lay It Down
Guns N' Roses - Better

TRAX (not ordered):
Ne-Yo - Closer
John Legend F/ Andre 3000 - Green Light
Young Jeezy - Circulate
Jordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No Air
Sara Bareilles - Love Song
Jazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad
Erykah Badu - Soldier
Nine Inch Nails - 1,000,000
Raphael Saadiq - Big Easy
Young Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put On
Pink - So What
Hot Stylz F/ Yung Joc - Lookin' Boy
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Donk
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
Cherish - Killa (Feat. Yung Joc)
Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
Usher - Trading Places
Trina Ft. Killer Mike - Look Back At Me
Ryan Leslie - Addiction Remix (Ft/ Cassie And Fabolous)
Guns N' Roses - Better

Listening to this "Blind" for the first time now and...huh. Seems definitely not intended for me. Not that it's hostile or something - I just mean that while I don't know anything about dance (?) music, some of the other dance (?) things on this thread managed to prick up my ears, whereas this just kind of slips by. Just weird to find that in a #1, oh well.

(Not saying that it has to check off my personal boxes to be good, just that I'd sort of expected the top ten to be nothing but crossover hits appealing to all segments of ILM, or something.)

Tracks, not ordered:

Cure, The - Underneath The Stars
Erykah Badu - Soldier
Erykah Badu - The Healer
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Hercules And Love Affair - You Belong
Jamie Lidell - Another Day
Kanye West - Heartless
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Lil Wayne - Got Money
Lil Wayne Feat. Static Major - Lollipop
M83 - Kim & Jessie
Mountain Goats, The - Sax Rohmer #1
Portishead - Machine Gun
Portishead - We Carry On
Rihanna - Disturbia
Rihanna - Rehab
Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
T.I. Feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life
Taylor Swift - Love Story

Also... I would have voted for these, had I connected with them in time for the poll like I do now:

49 - Air France - No Excuses (70 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote)
46 - The Bug - Poison Dart feat. Warrior Queen (75.5 points, 7 votes)
33 - Lindstrøm - The Long Way Home (97 points, 10 votes; 3 votes, 23 points for Prins Thomas Edit)
27 - Alphabeat - Fascination (111 points, 7 votes, 2 #1 votes)
2 - Juan Maclean, The - Happy House (314 points, 22 votes, 8 #1 votes)

Great work Musically. Having done one of the polls a few years ago I know how much work goes into it and I think you had about 30 more ballots than when I did it.

Discovered a few things which I'll have to check out now, most shockingly 'Happy House', didn't rate them much when they surfaced a few years ago so ignored this when it came out. Will have to see what all the fuss is about.

I just want to add my appreciation for musically. Great poll, can't wait for the next one!

musically, thanks for all the work. looking forward to the albums poll.

Yeah, great job on dis poll. Here's my ordered ballot. Happy I wasn't the only one on the Mole song and the Rubies remix.

Usher - Love In The Club
Young Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put On
Dop - I'm Just A Man
Cassie - Official Girl
Jordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No Air
Juan Maclean, The - Happy House
Rubies - Room Without A Key (Studio Version)
Bug, The - Poison Dart (Ft/ Warrior Queen)
Aeroplane - Whispers
Paleface W/ Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
Mole, The - Baby, You're The One
Erykah Badu - The Healer
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat
Ryan Leslie - Addiction Remix (Ft/ Cassie And Fabolous)
Ida Maria - Oh My God
Solange Knowles - I Decided Pt. 1
T.I. Feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life
Lil Wayne - A Milli

Musically thanks again for doing this, and doing this so good!

I agree, that was awesome.

lololol (ordered):

Volcano - Palimpsests
Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day
Late Of The Pier - The Enemy Are The Future
Esoteric - Circle
Chap, The - Proper Rock
Youthmovies - Surtsey
Thomas White - The Silence Stops Tonight
Torche - Amnesian
Shit And Shine - Toilet Door Tits
Virgin Passages - This Is Not The End Of The World Again
Late Of The Pier - Focker
M83 - Couleurs
Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Lou
Portishead - Machine Gun
TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
M83 - Graveyard Girl
Fall, The - 50 Year Old Man
Portishead - The Rip
Portishead - We Carry On
Los Campesinos! - My Year In Lists

I think I need to hear a bit more R&B/dancepop, y'all need to hear a bit more alt/experimental rock, yah, deal?

46.5 - Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part
37.5 - Teedra Moses - So Kool
32 - Wookie Ft Ny - Falling Again
21 - Trina Ft. Killer Mike - Look Back At Me

^^^heyyyy who was with me on these ones? show your faces so i can give u a hi-5 <3

eight points from me for "I Hate This Part". hopefully i'm gonna go see them live in a few weeks time!

btw big thank you for all this to musically from a semi-lurker

i definitely voted for "Look Back At Me," was really happy to see it got nominated

ordered, I had to reach a bit for some of these cause I am much more of an album person than a track person...

Fall, The - 50 Year Old Man
Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns
El Guincho - Palmitos Park
MIA - Paper Planes
Bjork - Earth Intruders (Xxxhchange Remix)
Fall, The - Wolf Kidult Man
Paavoharju - Uskallan
Portishead - Machine Gun
Fall, The - Taurig
Stereolab - Three Women
Wire - One Of Us
David Byrne And Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
Bug, The - Poison Dart (Ft/ Warrior Queen)
Beck - Gamma Ray
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens
Portishead - The Rip
Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
Wire - Perspex Icon
MIA - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
B-52's, The - Eyes Wide Open

in retrospect I should have placed that B-52s track much higher.

My ballot (ordered):

Air France - No Excuses
MGMT - Electric Feel
TV On The Radio - Family Tree
Anoraak - Nightdrive With You
Chris Brown - With You
Portishead - The Rip
Cut Copy - So Haunted
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep
Juan Maclean, The - Happy House
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Audion - Billy Says Go
TV On The Radio - Golden Age
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire
Eric Prydz - Pjanoo <------- never heard of this before someone made the case for it in the voting thread
Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (Aeroplane Rmx)
Portishead - Machine Gun
Wolfgang Gartner - Circles
High Places - From Stardust To Sentience <-------- disappointed this didn't place higher
TV On The Radio - Halfway Home


I nominated Benga, 26 Basslines, and then forgot to vote for it.

& would definitely have voted for Alphabeat, Fascination, if I'd heard it in time.

Nice "Paris" mix by Justus Kohncke...

nice

the #1 vote for "A Milli" was me btw :)

I was the #1 for Ida Maria. I can see myself still listening to that song in 10 years.

1. Musically: huge, huge respect.

2. Anyone who said anything even remotely like "wau wau wau why can't everyone like the same music as me s'not fair" and has failed to appreciate that ILM is a broad church of sometimes impressively diverse opinion: respect withdrawn, at least temporarily.

3. My list (ordered):

Temper Trap, The - Sweet Disposition
Kylie Minogue - The One
Mountain Goats, The - San Bernadino
Jesu - Farewell (Alternative Version)
MGMT - Time To Pretend
TV On The Radio - Family Tree
Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth
Friendly Fires - Paris (Feat. Au Revoir Simone)(Aeroplane Remix)
Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud
TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
Fall, The - 50 Year Old Man
M83 - Couleurs
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Ting Tings, The - That's Not My Name
Portishead - Machine Gun
Wire - One Of Us
M83 - We Own The Sky
David Byrne And Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
Sigur Ros - Ara Batur
Goldfrapp - A & E

this is what i turned in

(ordered)
TRAX
Young Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put On
Juan Maclean, The - Happy House
Grind Mode - I'm So High
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
Hood Headlinaz F/ Jackie Chain & Jhi-Ali - Rollin'
Chris Brown - Forever
Los Campesinos! - My Year In Lists

Kanye West - Love Lockdown
T-Pain Ft. Chris Brown - Freeze
Wiley - If You're Going Out I'm Going Out Too
Wiz Khalifa - Say Yeah
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Ne-Yo - Closer
T-Pain - Chopped N Skrewed
Young Jeezy - Circulate
T-Pain - Can't Believe It
Ciara - Echo
Jazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad

yeah musically, this was really great!

here's my ordered list (statistical outlier = me)

Coyote - Too Hard (Aeroplane Mix)
DJ Koze - I Want To Sleep
Erykah Badu - The Cell
Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns
Beck - Gamma Ray
Jamie Lloyd - May I? (Quarion Mix)
Roisin Murphy - You Know Me Better
Luomo Ft. Sascha Ring Aka Apparat - Love You All
Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin (Telefon Tel Aviv Mix)
Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)
Omar-S - Psychotic Photosynthesis
Syclops - Where's Jason's K?
Cassy - April
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
My My - Everybody's Talkin
Dirk Leyers - Alma
Matias Aguayo - Minimal
Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (Aeroplane Rmx)
Britney Spears - Piece Of Me
Oracy - Hold Me
Richard Bartz - Diamond Girl