ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

I fear an imminent lack of Paavoharju (though they'd better turn up on the albums list)...

Justice is a terrible start to the top 50. Decent Mariah song. Love the Estelle/Kanye joint.

Maybe American Boy has just underperformed as I'd have had it as a lock for the Top 20.

top 20 will be GAPDY parade

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.

47. ERYKAH BADU "The Healer" (2008) [285.5 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuObEg9A2Ew

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

Love the Erykah track, glad it made the Top L.

Not so much commentary about Erykah, sooooo....

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

Kanye, 3; Karin Dreijer Andersson, 3

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!

killer backing track. Kanye is just OK.

Kanye's at four now, fwiw.

Flashing Lights
Gold Digger
Can't Tell Me Nothing
Love Lockdown

+ the Estelle track

ITS GAPDYX on ILM. We agreed on that after the ILM poll

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"

^^^Right!

Kanye, 4; Karin Dreijer Andersson, 3

there will be more Knife action to come, i assume

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.

calling it now: "My Girls" @ #1

"The Insistor" @ #2

45. MIDLAKE "Roscoe" (2006) [289 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDL9bXlwbM4

calling it now: "My Girls" @ #1

― ksh, Friday, July 2, 2010 6:13 PM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

barf

prefer the btws remix of that song but still

Wow, pleasently surprised that Roscoe made the list.

there's my revenge for midlake not making the album noms

that performance of the healer is so amazing. so is the version of "on and on" she does afterwards. so brilliant.

the video's pretty lame though, i hadnt seen it before

It's a very Fleetwood Mac-ish video for a very Fleetwood Mac-ish single.

44. THE GAME ft. 50 CENT "Hate It or Love It" (2005) [293.5 points, 14 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuMBmK5uksg

xpost wow, you're not kidding with the Fleetwood Mac comparison

badu performance is amazing

didn't realize that ppl still rated "roscoe", never heard it myself tho

TIE 42. HOT CHIP "Boy From School" (2006) [295.5 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-fu1PQWTBk

What does "GAPDY" mean?

Grizzly Bear/Animal Collective/Phoenix/I forgot the "D"/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

grizzly bear/animal collective/phoenix/dirty projectors/yeah yeah yeahs

oh right, thx

Are they like a "scene" or something? Why do they belong together?

In 2009, those five bands occupied a lot of top 10 territory on year-end lists. Someone (maybe Whiney?) gave the phenomenon its own acronym.

and the xx in all the lists made it GAPDYX

i feel like the yeah yeah yeahs are on a different plane than the other GAPDYs since their stuff seems to be getting better with age whereas the others have all slipped out of my playlists etc

which is weird since they seem to be the least likely of those bands musically/stylistically to be a grower rather than a flash in the pan

wow i love "roscoe." also the studio song which i'd never heard before. also yes the erykah badu performance is amazing. i am glad "love story" made it, that's my favorite taylor swift single and probably the ultimate teen pop song of the decade for me, though i am sure the overrated "you belong with me" will place absurdly high.

Shit, should've voted for Roscoe.

TIE 42. BEYONCÉ "Irreplaceable" (2006) [295.5 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ

I'd never heard "Hate It or Love It" before, but it's really nice! This type of sentimental rap is what I love the most. Better than any of Kanye joints so far, to me that guy's always just sounded like he's full of himself, and not in the sort of braggadocio way that would make his raps good.

I love Irreplaceable. was hoping it would place even higher

Irreplaceable is a great song but Beyonce's voice sounds so awful.

nice song. i believe recently it was announced as one of the biggest radio hits ever, along with "we belong together" which topped the list