ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

74. MGMT "Time to Pretend" (2007) [228 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dSYgd5Elk

wow is that really from 2007? jesus

not a fan, not a hater, expected the backlash to shove it off the bottom of the 100 tbh

oh fuck OFF mgmt, such a tedious song

wow is that really from 2007? jesus

Oracular Spectacular was released digitally in October 2007, and then in physical form in January of 2008. I think "Time to Pretend" was the official single around the same time of the album's digital release, though.

man i am a happy tons of songs i voted for on so far...

Still think Fishscale is on par with Supreme Clientele, which seems to be contrary to the general ILM/critical consensus in 2010.

I agree.

Would have voted for 'Rej' had I heard it before. Tremendous!

'Shakey Dog' is my favourite cut off of 'Fishscale'. That said I didn't vote for it but glad to see it here.

73. DJ QUIK & KURUPT "9x Outta Ten" (2009) [229.5 points, 10 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHe18yE2kXM

There are some excellent cuts on the back half of Fishscale... hidden darts, as Ghost would say.

Voted for "9x Outta Ten" -- kinda wanted to throw a vote to "Hey Playa!" instead, but figured "9x" had a higher shot at placing, so...

yeah i went for hey playa cuz i thought that would be the consensus pick :/

Whoops!

I prefer "Hey Playa!" -- though just barely, both are pretty top-notch.

MGMT might be slightly icky, lightweight and overplayed indie-electro, but Time To Pretend and Kids are still welcome when I hear them over shop speakers. They remind me of a complicated summer-come-good, and falling in love with my current gf, so I get a nice nostalgia from those two songs.

prefer Hey Playa!, although I only found out about it through the 09 poll. Since picking it up it's really grown on me. I love the Moroccan TV sample in that track - "Amazing!"

Hey Playa! >>> 9x Outta 10 but I'd expect both to place here.

both were among a bunch of songs i had to leave off b/c i was voting for the album instead

72. GANG GANG DANCE "House Jam" (2008) [230.5 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2fYdX0P7I4

xp ditto ("Shakey Dog", too)

it's from the Travel Channel, not Moroccan TV iirc

I don't think that's what he meant.

didn't get around to voting in this, but happy to see "rej," "9x" and the GGD track. well balloted, voters.

(i also love the "rej" remix that's all on acoustic instruments.)

love that GGD track, though i prefer "first communion" and "princes" - wonder if they'll show up later or if "house jam" is the surprise consensus pick

YES! First track I voted for!

xp - thinking about it I prefer First Communion too, especially the way it comes in after Bebey on the album. Picked House Jam instead for one reason or another - was First Communion nominated?

71. KANYE WEST "Love Lockdown" (2008) [230.5 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZwMX6T5Jhk

Love Lovedown is okay, I hope Paranoid makes it from that album.

denizens of the funky house thread will be aware of this already, but the dj naughty remix of "love lockdown" is a must-hear - http://rapidshare.com/files/235235593/Kanye_West_-_Love_Lockdown__DJ_Naughty_Remix_.mp3

(that's a link i just found on the internet, didn't u/l myself)

First Communion was not nominated...I so wanted to vote for it! St.Dymphna is a pretty late discovery for me, but it placed high on my albums ballot!

I find anything Kanye did after Late Registration pretty much execrable...

xpost that...could have potential.

Voted for both "House Jam" and "Love Lockdown" -- very happy they placed. Wasn't really expecting "Love Lockdown" to do so, given the abundance of Kanye singles in the nominations list.

Yeah the UK funky mix is good...I'm not the greatest on these things, but it sounds like it was hastily made in some cheap computer application, you can hear the joins/pieces stuck together with duck tape.

70. GRINDERMAN "No Pussy Blues" (2007) [232 points, 9 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxqlb1--uKc

that fucking song, it's seriously amazing (re "Love Lockdown")

"Shakey Dog"--what a masterpiece! obviously it's the lyrics that make it so, but i could listen to that bassline solo and be very happy. This could have taken the tracks poll imo, but I guess i'm in that contingent that thinks the rest of Fishcale is a little disappointing.

"Rej" also great--would have voted for that if I'd heard it before. anyone want to enlighten me on what microgenre it fits into? if it does...

so many late retractions from my ballot are showing up

"Rej" also great--would have voted for that if I'd heard it before. anyone want to enlighten me on what microgenre it fits into? if it does...

it would've been minimal techno

looking forward to tuomas letting us know that this grinderman fellow sure got a lucky break getting signed with a voice like that

do people really only listen to music if the vocalist is a technically great singer? Cuz my folks always justify the shit they listen to like celine dion or subo with " but x is a terrific singer"

I suppose that should be for a thread of it own rather than here if someone starts it.

Celine Dion IS a terrific singer, though. 60% of her songs are terrible but she is an undeniable talent.

I didn't vote for a lot of metal but I have a feeling that what I did vote for is not going to make it.

I didn't really vote for any metal tracks. For me metal is more of an album experience for me, so I don't pull a whole lot of individual tracks out.

69. HOT CHIP "Ready for the Floor" (2008) [237.5 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW94AEmzFhQ

73. DJ QUIK & KURUPT "9x Outta Ten" (2009) [229.5 points, 10 votes]

holy shit this is great, best thing ive slept on in the list so far

xpost yeah i dont think i voted for any metal tracks either really

oh shit sorry, let me fix the formatting so it doesnt look like we are moving backward in time

I don't really listen to abrasive rock music at all anymore, I used to love the Fall and I liked The Hold Steady's first album in HS, but I haven't even checked out either of those band's songs that made this list b/c I'm just not really interested and I know what to expect. But FOTL's Arming Eritrea is a really great song that gave me flashbacks to when I used to really love aggressive rock music; its weird to feel old neuro-pleasure-pathways lighting up after my brain has been re-routed for so long.

More like "Ready for the Bore," amirite?

Hot Chip might be the first thing here that makes me actively angry. (LOLGIRLS, I guess, but I think the difference is that Hot Chip sounds close to something I'd actually listen to, except done horribly wrong.)