ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

84. FEVER RAY "Seven" (2009) [212.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26syp0abpA

Paparazzi is in a tough position when there are two songs by the same artist on the nominations list that are 100x better.

― skip, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:42 PM (1 minute ago)

down with bad romance being even with it, cant imagine what the second song yer thinking of is tho

I'm sure I'm an exception here, but IMO we've already got all The Knife/Fever Ray this poll needs.

I think both Just Dance and Poker Face are way better than Paparazzi, but what do I know.

summoning HI DERE to thread to look at the placement of #84 and become angry at himself for not voting

xpost hahaha yeah see i hate both of those songs so

if the 2009 poll is any indication there will be more

xp

"telephone" was on the poll, right? i probably prefer that as a song to even "bad romance"

I expected "Seven" to be higher, it is the best song on the Fever Ray album. The wordless chants and the synth chorus are breathtaking!

I was thinking Bad Romance and Just Dance but Poker Face is better than Paparazzi as well.

oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

why didn't I vote ;_;

Btw, I think "Seven" and "Overpowered" are the only tunes so far I've heard before, so I guess I'm even more out of the loop than Dog Latin.

im not used to ilm polls where Tuomas doesn't compain about the lack of dance music :)

why didn't I vote ;_;

Because you NEVER do, and we're all sad you don't.

if we don't see at least 2 of the following tracks place higher, I will cry

Silent Shout
We Share Our Mothers' Health
The Captain
If I Had A Heart
When I Grow Up
Dry and Dusty

For some inexplicable reason "If I Had a Heart" wasn't nominated, otherwise I would've voted for it too.

83. FUTURE OF THE LEFT "Arming Eritrea" (2009) [213.5 points, 10 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkTvISL53HQ

I'm sure I'm an exception here, but IMO we've already got all The Knife/Fever Ray this poll needs.

― the subject of many men’s thoughts (daavid), Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:46 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i completely agree w/ this

That tune has a nice bassline in the beginning, but then vocals start... Christ, why do they let people with a voice like that to sing in the first place?!

(x-post)

it's so rare i get a chance to say this so i'll take advantage of the moment: tuomas otm

haha

People still make music like that in 2009? Who knew.

FOTL isn't a band I'd discover on my own but man do I enjoy it when I stumble back across them.

I like FOTL alright, but the vocals are definitely something you have to get past.

eh, not really, not unless you want all your bouncy aggro thrash music to be super tuneful too, in which case why not just listen to Tool?

i expect we share our mother's health and dry & dusty to score higher. should have spared some points for chamillionaire, only regret so far.

YAY FOTL

was going to respond to tuomas and lex but ehhhhhh whats the use

Love McClusky, don't love "Arming Eritrea."

I expect "If I Had A Heart" over "Dry and Dusty", even though I would have voted for D&D

eh, not really, not unless you want all your bouncy aggro thrash music to be super tuneful too

I don't mind dudes shouting over my aggro musics, but the FOTL guy sort of sounds like a character (oh hai, is Jello Biafra for the '00s!).

hah if i had even considered there being a chance of FOTL making the tracks list i would have ordered my ballot and put it at the top

everyone who sings anything ever sounds like a character...?

so people voted for "If I Had A Heart" even though it wasn't on the list?

IT WASN'T??????????

I thought I nominated it!

82. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "SexyBack" (2006) [216 points, 9 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gOHvDP_vCs

It might have been nominated and we missed adding it to the list, but it got no votes. xp

i can see mclusky/FOTL dude's voice being an obstacle, but i love it. skinny, scrawny, angry nerd = a good foil for that kind of tough-guy rock.

and yeah, the only reason i piled points on "dry and dusty" is cuz there was no "if i had a heart" to pile more points on. ;_;

xp Nope, just checked. "If I Had a Heart" wasn't nommed.

ya if i was making a top 100 list arming eritrea wld def be in it, just didnt make my top 40

i don't know the results of this poll, but i will say that i was monitoring the emails for "rollin" votes cuz it's def my sentimental favorite, even tho i think i had it at #3 on my ballot -- i'm really happy i made it

"sexyback" is like the worst song on that CD

and yeah, the only reason i piled points on "dry and dusty" is cuz there was no "if i had a heart" to pile more points on. ;_;

The same with me, I love IIHaH way more than DaD.

Sexyback was obviously played out at the time but it has aged pretty well. And LOL at JT's back tattoo.

v. surprised to see Future of the Left here, I thought they were only particularly liked by my srs ex-hardcore dudes and their ilk. Maybe that just means I know nothing about them.

haven't heard SexyBack for a couple of years probably, and yeah relistening it's sounding good.

my serious ex-hardcore dude friends, that is.

81. JOY ORBISON "Hyph Mngo" (2009) [219.5 points, 9 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa_PDKKc2_A

ok i have steadfastly avoided Joy Orbison because thats like the worst name in the history of naming stuff, but if it made it into this i will finally give it a shot i guess