i voted for lisztomania but am having trouble thinking of much to say about it.
― skip, Friday, 2 July 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
And not-really a traditional critic-baiting song, much more of a populist one
in terms of populism don't you think "gold digger" is, you know, slightly ahead of the other one
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
So we're at the halfway point... anyone want to grade 51-100? I'd give it an "A", except for the presence of "Fireworks" which drops it to an "A-".
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
lisztomania is a classic song but i still totally prefer stuff from 'it's never been like that'
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Alls I'm saying is that Mary Poppins is popular with an awful lot of chimney sweeps.
― Don't mention de Boer (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i give it a C because i always hate on tracks lists that are full of non-hits that are on albums that will surely make the counterpart list. although obviously you guys did a great job and i love watching the list unfold.
― some dude, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
That's why this is called a TRACKS list and not a SINGLES list, der.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
If we all made the effort to check how song titles are spelled the world would be a better place.
― seandalai, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
"georgia bush" kicks the shit out of the legendary k.o. song
That may be true.
Oh, absolutely. Personally, I just didn't like "Gold Digger" until after I heard "George Bush..." I know I'm waaay in the minority on that one.
― Parenthetical Grillz, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, why would you deprive a good track the opportunity to appreciated on its own? The album it comes from might not be any good.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
almost all of these songs have been hits of some sort
maybe i'm forgetting some tho
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
alright maybe not
but almost all have been singles at least
only 2 of my votes have shown up so far, but i love the majority of 51-100. a ton of "b-b-but i voted for the album" trax. a few stinkers that prevent this being an A. obv have really enjoyed it so far, so B+ or A- i guess.
i mean i probably should have voted for "love story", "fancy" etc...but i definitely used "voted for the album" as a means of whittling down by trax ballot. cuz i HAD to.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty much everything today is well-known enough that I've heard them before.
― seandalai, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
50. JUSTICE "D.A.N.C.E." (2007) [282.5 points, 16 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49esza4eiK4
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
more than half of the songs so far are songs i've only heard of (as in I might know of the act, but not the song specifically) on ILM, or maybe glancing at Pitchfork or a couple other blogs maintained by ILM people.
― some dude, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for this, mainly because I loved it at the time.
― seandalai, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, TRIANGLE!
...i've only heard of ...on ILM ...or a couple other blogs maintained by ILM people
That's why this is the ILM poll and not the Guardian poll or Washington Post poll.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't believe this is the Washington Post.
― some dude, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
i kind of assumed that everything nominated was a single in some capacity, i was just working from the nom list on this one
so if i voted for any album tracks i apologize
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh i thought people would've been over justice by now, sp wrong that this placed ahead of an actual dance classic like "rej"
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
there's not much in music that i strongly dislike, but the overcompressed production on the justice album is up there
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
having experienced both in the right context (club dancefloor) and in the right ~state of mind~ i think the empirical evidence suggests that "rej" leads to total hands-in-the-air ecstatic moments while "d.a.n.c.e." leads to grimacing and maybe leaving the club
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
49. MARIAH CAREY "We Belong Together" (2005) [283 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0habxsuXW4g
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
really hoping that Kelley Polar will make the list but the increasing profile of the artists as it counts down makes that seem unlikely.
― skip, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
love love love love love that song
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
omfg omfg i didn't think that would place!!! "we belong together" - 3rd of my votes, such a perfectly-constructed, perfectly-delivered heartbreaker of a song
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
This is the only Justice that still stands up for me.
xp Lex - I don't think the right context really is a club dancefloor - it's a pop song dressed up in genre trappings, much closer to Lisztomania or Love Story than Rej.
― seandalai, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
the god performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmbWXTJ18Q
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxp yeah this is the sad point at which all the pet picks from your top 10 are pretty much confirmed no-shows
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i still like "d.a.n.c.e" a lot, but haven't listened to the album in ages, don't think it would hold up
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think the right context really is a club dancefloor - it's a pop song dressed up in genre trappings, much closer to Lisztomania or Love Story than Rej.
it works even worse as a pop single
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't get past his voice on Lisztomania, it's TERRIBLE, which is weird seeing as I love Too Young and If I Ever Feel Better.
DANCE is alright but if either In White Rooms or Body Language don't place it'll be a travesty.
― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
48. ESTELLE ft. KANYE WEST "American Boy" (2008) [284 points, 12 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic5vxw3eijY
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
gah
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
still great imo
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i love how mariah constantly plays with the song's metre in "we belong together" - you feel like she's on the verge of tears but she's trying to hold back, trying to be restrained, hiccuping and stuttering and passing the narrative to the backing vox (which are all still her of course) and the radio, but there's always the big pay-off where she gives in to her emotions. and she doesn't belt properly until the final iteration of the chorus, which immediately fades out. best lines:
"i'm feeling all out of my element / throwing things / crying / trying to figure out where the hell i went / wrong, the pain inflicted in this song / it ain't even half of what i'm feeling inside / i need you, need you back in my life"
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
ayyyy "american boy" <3 <3
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha okay Booka Shade probably aren't going to place in this are they?
― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I fear an imminent lack of Paavoharju (though they'd better turn up on the albums list)...
― seandalai, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Justice is a terrible start to the top 50. Decent Mariah song. Love the Estelle/Kanye joint.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe American Boy has just underperformed as I'd have had it as a lock for the Top 20.
― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
top 20 will be GAPDY parade
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
xp I would've too. That's why I sacrificed ranking it super-high on my ballot because I figured others would pick up my slack. At least it placed in the top 50, but I was hoping for higher.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
47. ERYKAH BADU "The Healer" (2008) [285.5 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuObEg9A2Ew
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i never thought "american boy" would place highly - it took a last-minute nom from me to get it in the list at all
great to see erykah here, but i'm basically hoping new amerykah rights the wrongs of the 2008 poll and places FIRST in the albums
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Love the Erykah track, glad it made the Top L.
― seandalai, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Not so much commentary about Erykah, sooooo....
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
46. KANYE WEST "Flashing Lights" (2007) [288.5 points, 15 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a--Pc7R8PU