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)

Yeah, I like Begone Dull Care as well, but we seem to be a vocal minority.

well its OK, is what i'm sayin. didn't make my top 20 tho.

08 -- Shakira - She Wolf (7 votes, 88.5 points for Loba (#356 in P&J)) (17 votes, 216 points) (56 in P&J, DNP in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booKP974B0k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ssrLSheg4

"Loba is so much better in Spanish. I can see that awkwardness is part of her appeal, but I like her awkward and charming, not awkward and silly. She's good, and this is a disco stomper." -Ismael Klata

idk as drinking, partying songs of 09, gimme "drink in my cup" any day over BEPs

xp god "she wolf" is overrated

Best thing about She Wolf is the video.

anyone predicting indie domination of top ten not feelin so smart right now..

Well, there's still 7 more to go.

And there's only one legit rap track in the top 20 so far (because fuck a BEP).

i love that shakira exists

("In the NA" never had a chance... *sadface*)

yeah, i can get down to / get with that Shakira track more than any BEP

(of course another way it makes sense dramatically is the pause for pouring)

i love that shakira exists

me too, but neither version of "she wolf" does much for me.

i kind of feel that the way people go on about "she wolf", it should be one of those irresistible pop songs that i crave to hear over and over again, on loop for an hour, but months on i'm still stuck in the "eh, don't mind this when it comes on" stage.

nb i do <3 shakira of course, my fav shakira song is "underneath your clothes" by miles

I like her Timbaland song a little more but "She Wolf" is fun enough for me.

also yes she is smokin' hot and that totally biases me towards the appreciation of her music

my fav shakira song is "underneath your clothes" by miles

pretty much all the singles from that album trump her subsequent english-language singles, imo. i'm not a big "hips don't lie" fan either (partly because of ugh-wyclef).

"objection (tango)" <3 <3 <3

i think...i feel her voice just works better with more, uh, organic arrangements?

like i buy her more as a kooky folkie rather than some sort of disco diva

just to clarify, cuz I'm dense: she wolf represents votes cast for 'she wolf' AND 'loba', right?

I know a lot of people were down on this year's Junior Boys album, but I'm surprised Hazel didn't crack the top 50 trax (I don't see it coming up in the top 8, anyway).

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 5:41 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark

I voted for Begone Dull Care and both the songs nominated, whilst it might not be the same quality as the first two albums it was easily one of my favorites of the year.

if anything "mazel tov" seems a bit try-hard to me, it's a bit...i got her...GROCERY BAG

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"mazel tov" has 0% to do w/ my enjoyment of the song, but this comparison makes no sense to me. also that's gotta be the first time anyone has accused Gudda Gudda of trying hard.

we've never done a Shakira singles poll, have we? i'm gonna go work on that.

And there's only one legit rap track in the top 20 so far (because fuck a BEP).

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 9:57 AM Bookmark

two (quik/kurupt, jay-z). don't see any more coming, unless our "sauce" bloc vote paid off.

Did anyone vote 'Loba' AND 'She Wolf'? That'd be a bit unfair.

Oh, oops. W/o going back to check, I was thinking Jay-Z was #21.

Shakira's Hot 100 hits

#20 xp

she-wolf is good&bad goofy, the really straight rhythm kills the tune but otoh gives us shakira's classic jerky dance.

she-wolf is OK, but it should be far, far wilder given the video and the subject matter. the song itself is far too domesticated. objection: tango her finest hour to date.

still, lily allen, shakira... this list is looking up.

07 -- Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move (19 votes, 222 points, 1 #1 vote/s) (5 in P&J, 2 in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPF6lpM0XM

lol

REVENGE OF THE GAPDY

having resigned myself to this placing a while ago, i'm really happy to see it here, and not higher (ie: i am rooting for "my girls" to show up next)

tbh, I expected it to be higher, ha!

i do like the strings at the end

they almost make up for the annoying aspects

wow she is kind of terrible

I like the rest of the song tho

she-wolf is OK, but it should be far, far wilder given the video and the subject matter. the song itself is far too domesticated.

yeah i posted similar on another thread. she gazelle more like etc.

pro-tip: if your doubled vocals are a quarter-step off, re-record them

I actually do like this song when I hear it (I even voted for it), but I'll be glad to get a little distance from it and come back in a year or two.

it's kind of hilarious actually, the vocal doubling is making her sound much worse than if they'd just left it alone because of the dissonance

Firs time I've heard dirty projectors and its not what i expected but its still horrid. UGH!

haha i'm so glad dan is backing me up here, all the press about DPs this year has tried to portray their singer as a mariah-esque virtuoso and it's just like UH NO, she is YELPING OUT OF TUNE

oh god i'd forgotten about the horrid "isn't life under the sun a crazy dream" bit

the vocal doubling is making her sound much worse than if they'd just left it alone because of the dissonance

Despite what the video shows you, there are actually two girls singing in unison.

The raw material is definitely there! She needs a much, much better ear.

xp: AH that explains a lot. They need to fire one of them.

overrated track but i still kinda like it.

I really liked everything about that except for the singing; the tuning was not very good at all and brings everything down.

I would try to get into these guys but I suspect the tuning issues would drive me insane.

ur a muso tho

yeah if this drives you insane the rest of their stuff is prob not for you

this list is still perfect, i voted for 'no intention' but 'stillness is the move' was the first song i loved off of the album and obviously the most ear-friendly to the general population as there's no dave longstreth in it. shame i have class at 2 30, each new placing unfolding brings us nearer and nearer to impending doom of 'my girls' at #1, it's such a nail-biter.