ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

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.)

See also: "Ready for the Snore."

xp to self

Wish I had voted in this poll btw, really enjoying it so far. Rej is prob my favorite song to make it so far. Also looooved "Rollin" which I'd never heard before.

It sounds like dance music of, for, and by anal-reticent dweebs.

Rej has always been missing something for me. I guess the nightclub experience is what it needs

btw for those new to "Rollin'": rollin rollin rollin we aint slept in weeks

It sounds like dance music of, for, and by anal-reticent dweebs.

Cosign. This is exactly my problem w/r/t Hot Chip. See also: Cut Copy, who are similarly inexcusable.

Rollin' has been the nicest surprise of this poll

I guess I'm now officially an anal-reticent dweeb. Love Hot Chip, liked the first Cut Copy album (tolerated the second).

how do you like that stuff and think the Joy Orbison track is horrible???

A musical past rooted in things like Depeche Mode, ('80s) Pet Shop Boys and New Order I guess.

68. THE XX "Crystalised" (2009) [239 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pib8eYDSFEI

I have the same '80s loves, yet despise Hot Chip/Cut Copy and love the Joy Orbison track. Go figure!

xp

Voted for the xx, this track. It's a good one.

I can't remember if I voted "Crystalised" as my #1 in the 2009 tracks poll earlier this year or not, but I probably did. I still love it, but I don't listen to it obsessively like I did 6 or 8 months ago.

I much prefer "Islands". Actually, "Crystalised" might be my least favourite track on that album.

Conversely, it's about the only track on the album I ended up loving (besides the instrumental that starts the album).

I have avoided hearing the xx until now. Here goes...

"Islands" and "Shelter" equal it IMO. "Intro" is pretty much my clear favorite on the album though.

"Intro" is straight-up Seventeen Seconds-era Cure style.

Okay, guys... get your torches and pitchforks ready...

67. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE "Fireworks" (2007) [240 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztvr09J7KK4

should I listen to this before swearing vengeance upon everyone who voted for it?