super dope how rae sremmurd are total cunts
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link
super dope how mitski perpetuates cultural apartheid thru millenial self-absorption. volkshambhala uber alles
wtf
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
i didn't vote but i'm surprised there are no blood orange songs on the list, was it a 2015 release that i was late to?
― na (NA), Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:16 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thank u ilm
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
Beyonce or Tribe had best win albums
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
i think blood orange might show up in the albums poll
― marcos, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
xp Yeah, seriously
― tangenttangent, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
I liked the Mitski song a lot more once sund4r told me the lyrics in the chorus. I ended up voting for it
Black Beatles was my #4. Feels very vaporwave to me
― stichomythia (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
huh i would have guessed blood orange would be popular here
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:20 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
o_O
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:19 PM (two minutes ago)
can't think of a more righteous way to express disgust at perceived sexism than using a phrase universally seen as a misogynist slur in the country the song comes from
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
Fantastic and unpredictable list overall but with two or three exceptions the top 10 is pretty unremarkable.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
Black Beatles itself is a decent enough song, I came around to it a bit. Its goodness is 100% down to MWMI
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
super dope how mitski perpetuates cultural apartheid thru millenial self-absorption. volkshambhala uber alleswtf―
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I was assuming it was a troll post...?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
I voted Blood Orange v high on my album ballot, nothing seemed like it had a life on its own outside the album to warrant a singles mention.
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:24 PM (thirty-six seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
alt-facts
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
thank u gr808/sean
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
Making a list of people sniffing at "Your Best American Girl" with Weezer comparisons and the like so I can remember to mistrust everything they say about music from now on.
― JRN, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
"Black Beatles" sounds fabulous on the radio. It makes the Biebs and the rest sound sickly. That's all.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
What is it that people find charming and/or addictive about Rae Sremmurd's personalities? IDK I'm overreacting coz of all the ridiculous shit being flung at Mitski but to me they seem repellent over like all of the other artists in the 77 except Bruno Mars
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
blood orange on my albums ballot too. i didn't vote in the tracks poll but if i did i might've put "best to you" on there
― marcos, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
weezer did not even remotely cross my mind when first hearing this mitski song wtf
― dyl, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
Catching up...
YAY!! @ Rae Sremmurd and Shura. The video for "What's It Gonna Be" was my favourite art of 2016.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
black beatles is the pinnacle of meme rap it's all downhill from here folks
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
A farting goat on the radio would make Biebs sound sickly; it's not a particularly high bar to clear.
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
Speaking of, pouring one out for "Whose Billy Goat Is This?"
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link
the amount of low & high end that gets sucked out of Black Beatles and compression that gets added in for the radio is really apparent
― example (crüt), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:31 (seven years ago) link
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:28 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
didnt this get discussed in the 2015 poll?
― Spottie, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
What is it that people find charming and/or addictive about Rae Sremmurd's personalities?
tbf this seems to be a problem a lot of people have, generally you're either down with their puckish vibe or you find them totally repellent
see also the 1975 lol
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link
I'm not familiar with Weezer because they were fucking dreadful but whatever Mitski's doing with her guitars and melodies it's not interesting. I really thought I'd like it after reading about it but no.
"Cranes In The Sky" was a really great antidote, for me, to that ubiquitous social media thing of celebrating excellence in marginalised groups, which is obviously a good thing in general and if you're having success can be very uplifting but if you feel like shit it just makes you feel worse. "Cranes In The Sky" was so careful in its sound and words - the whole album was - that it felt like someone picking their way delicately through sadness to get to the other side, rather than bashing it over the head with self-help aspirational quotes.
I cosign the Lotic remix of "Formation" heavily - he uploaded it the day after the election and it was all I could listen to, interspersed with the Solange album, as I kept veering between rage and numbness. So much music I listened to this year has a political context.
"Black Beatles" doesn't but it's a tremendous song, tremendous production, love the Rae Sremmers. Solange or Beyoncé would've felt a more fitting #1 but still no complaints.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link
oh and lol I love 4 of the top 5 but voted for none of them bc I voted for their albums. We live in auteurist times!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link
The 1975 is essentially the cool version of Maroon 5 at this point
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link
― Spottie, Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:32 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and wasn't lj the engine of this discussion
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:37 (seven years ago) link
yes let's not do it again please
your country breakdown
USA (38⅔): Rae Sremmurd, Mitski, Solange, Beyoncé (4), Ariana Grande, A Tribe Called Quest (2), Maxwell, Mr. Fingers, Angel Olsen (2), Avalon Emerson, Migos, Kanye West, Weyes Blood, Kevin Gates, Fifth Harmony, D.R.A.M., Chance The Rapper (2), YG, Young Thug, Britney Spears, Anderson .Paak, Grouper, Bruno Mars, King (2), Jeremih, Brandy Clark, Abra, Miguel, Cellars, Case/Lang/Veirs (⅔), The Weeknd, ChairliftGBR (16½): Shura, David Bowie (2), The xx, Pet Shop Boys, The 1975 (3), Anohni, Radiohead (2), Låpsley, Robyn & Kindness (½), Riton, Danny L Harle, Underworld (2)CAN (4⅓): Leonard Cohen, Jessy Lanza, Carly Rae Jepsen, Comet Control, Case/Lang/Veirs (⅓)NOR (4): Lindstrøm, DJ Sotofett, Röyksopp, Jenny HvalBAR (3): Rihanna (2), King Bubba FMBEL (1): Melanie De BiasioPOR (1): DJ MarfoxCHI (1): Alex AnwandterFIN (1): Oranssi PazuzuGER (1): TraumprinzRUS (1): Kedr LivanskiyJPN (1): Famm'inNGR (1): Yemi AladeTTO (1): OlatunjiFRA (1): Christine And The QueensSWE (½): Robyn & Kindness (½)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
― example (crüt), Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:31 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah like where it really sounds great is in the club
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
so mitski is like... the 2016 EMA?
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
is the weeknd not canadian?
― danzig, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
there were a lot of entries that sounded like EMA to be fair.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP),
...with worse hair
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
anyhow congrats Ariana Grande, first time in the top 77. closest previous attempt was bang bang at 80.
― danzig, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
Nah, Mitski actually has a past and future. EMA was a blip.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
― danzig, Thursday, January 26, 2017 9:41 PM (thirty-four seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
did none of the Yours Truly singles make it?? goodness
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
I'm not really fussed about Rae Sremmurd generally but 'Black Beatles' was a dead cert for my #1, so many hooks.
The Mitski song doesn't grab me at all but 'Cranes in the Sky' and 'Formation' are both great.
Thanks to the pollrunners! Really enjoyed the rollout this year. Excellent images as usual.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
Mitski has a future? She's picked a day when she's gonna disappeeeeeeeear
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
― danzig, Thursday, January 26, 2017 9:40 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol I swear I got this wrong last year as well
Huh, I never realized the Kindness guy was a British.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
Mitski is the same kind of boring sniffly indie rock music we've heard on this list many times already, except with heavier guitars (eww).
Lol @ "many times already". I'm having trouble even imagining what this refers to. Like, are you including Case/Lang/Veirs, Comet Control, Weyes Blood, Radiohead, David Bowie, ... in the same category?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
i wasnt trolling, i feel like the catharsis in the mitski song & underlining video comes from a place of exceptionally juvenile and self-defeating spite
ofc no one should mutilate their psyches to fit in anywhere and with anyone but the song gives you no sense of what the terms of structural submission/domination are or of any desire to examine them and find a path beyond. there is vague culture clash and the strange glory of striding away from it. v hopeless depressing song imo
― r|t|c, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:50 (seven years ago) link
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:37 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yup
― Spottie, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:52 (seven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:38 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no latin american presence again huh
― marcos, Thursday, 26 January 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link