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
I probably should just shut up because I didn't vote (lol) but all of these "oh I didn't vote for that because I figured someone else would" comments basically affirm my position that tactical voting is for suckas
― my funny mommy hole, sweet funny mommy hole (HI DERE), Friday, 2 July 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Kanye, 3; Karin Dreijer Andersson, 3
― Parenthetical Grillz, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Flashing Lights imo one of the greatest nothing songs in recent memory. I mean, it goes nowhere, but sounds completely wonderful doing it. Plus the video...bang!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
killer backing track. Kanye is just OK.
― skip, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Kanye's at four now, fwiw.
Flashing LightsGold DiggerCan't Tell Me NothingLove Lockdown
+ the Estelle track
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
ITS GAPDYX on ILM. We agreed on that after the ILM poll
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 2 July 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know. When I rank stuff by how much I want to see it rock the list, it usually produces an accurate list of my favorites anyway. For me, tactical voting=voting for "the best"
― Parenthetical Grillz, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^Right!
Kanye, 4; Karin Dreijer Andersson, 3
― Parenthetical Grillz, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
there will be more Knife action to come, i assume
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 2 July 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I have faith that this won't be too GAPDY heavy, it's only 2009 and there are other years that were much stronger. Plus there was non-GAPDY stuff that had a much higher showing in the 2009 poll. You guys are overestimating the impact of last year.
Early bet on I FEEL SPACE as a surprise entry into the Top 10.
― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Friday, 2 July 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
calling it now: "My Girls" @ #1
― ksh, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
"The Insistor" @ #2
― ksh, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
45. MIDLAKE "Roscoe" (2006) [289 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDL9bXlwbM4
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
― ksh, Friday, July 2, 2010 6:13 PM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
barf
― skip, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
prefer the btws remix of that song but still
― just sayin, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, pleasently surprised that Roscoe made the list.
― monster_xero, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
there's my revenge for midlake not making the album noms
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
that performance of the healer is so amazing. so is the version of "on and on" she does afterwards. so brilliant.
― hobbes, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
the video's pretty lame though, i hadnt seen it before
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a very Fleetwood Mac-ish video for a very Fleetwood Mac-ish single.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link