9/40 so far for me, and i probably would have voted for 'zero' and 'shine blockas' if i hadnt glazed over them when i was making my ballot
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 July 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
'Love Story' started out real slowly as my least fave track on the album and now I probably think it's better than 'You Belong With Me'. The transformation from the coy, careful opening to the soaring chorus and later the big climax is satisfying to the absolute max.
― abcfsk, Friday, 2 July 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
not to mention the (perhaps unintentional) depressingly realistic subject matter
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 2 July 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I think only four of mine so far. I kicked myself the second after I sent my ballot for forgetting American Boy. Would've placed that like top 3 or something. Rehab was on my longlist but got bumped off the bottom (Back in Black made it though).So: "Overpowered", "Maneater", "Lisztomania" and "Wearing My Rolex". Fairly good results so far though, I suppose. If a bit poptimist heavy, surprise surprise.
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Tracks lists always lean pop where albums lists always lean rock. Not that that's a bad thing, really, but I've really followed singles/tracks more than albums the last five years and I guess I've been dragged into the popist camp without much fuss.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I still can't abide by "American Boy" at all :(
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
nope, me either
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
What's not great about it?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
it really annoys the shit out of me
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
it's her voice + the way the hook is written + kanye
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
that song is like a mosquito to me
bad singing, stupid lyrics, lame kanye verse, good beat that was recycled wholesale from a song released months earlier (xpost)
― some dude, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
J0rdan hittin the nail on the head imo
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
most cringeworthy part is the line about how she doesn't like his baggy jeans but might like what's underneath them x_X
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
You cats is no fun.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh yes such failed sexy (xpost)
― some dude, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
also i still thing the chorus sounds like the Green Acres theme
failed sexy is one of the worst qualities music can have
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
^ how I feel about Barry White's whole catalogue.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
we are not going to see eye to eye
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i loved that estelle single with sean paul tho -- think it's def in the canon of classic sean paul duets
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean obviously what is sexy and what is not is totally subjective, but goddamn
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I never really thought of American Boy as a sexy song, but a flirty song.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I like "American Boy" mostly because it's hard for me to resist hip-hop that's so indebted to luxuriant disco.
― jaymc, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah it feel really fancy! like how airplane travel used to be glamorous.
anyway i haven't really thought about that song very hard other than i like it
― the reverend dr. william wiggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep.
― Mexico, camp, horns, Zappa, Mr. Bungle (Matos W.K.), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
sure, but that doesn't even slightly change my opinion of it
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i like american boy ok (it kinda wore me down actually) but it would have made more sense in the 80s than the 40s
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it reminds me of catch me if you can sorta even though the time periods don't jibe
― the reverend dr. william wiggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that's totally the aesthetic it's going for...it gets maybe 2/3s of the way there
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the line about the baggy jeans. most lines about wanting dick are good in my book. in all honesty though it did take me quite a while to warm up to "american boy" but eventually i did realize that it is a very nice track.
my ballot... i have 6/40 so far + 1 other that i nom'd but didn't vote for. it's an absurdly poptimist ballot.
― teledyldonix, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
It took me a second to figure out why you were doing it out of 40 instead of 60, but then I realized you were using your ballot instead of the final list as the metric.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
ohhhh right. same diff.
― teledyldonix, Friday, 2 July 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't realize midlake was a thing. will give it a go and stop ignorning them/confusing them with clearlake.
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 2 July 2010 19:57 (2 hours ago)
Yes, me too - and monolake also. This reminds me of Iron and Wine for whom I'd have voted, if I'd have voted at all.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 2 July 2010 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Iron & Wine EP w/ Calexico (2005) is unfuckwithable imo
― ksh, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been meaning to listen to that for five years.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
theres zero other midlake songs i like but i <3 roscoe so much
― johnny crunch, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Johnny Fever: listen to it ASAP! It's incredible!
― ksh, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
is it good? i only really like that shepherd's dog album (and i mean really like). the rest is too ellito-smith-y for me.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 2 July 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
xposts
couldnt bring myself to vote for d.a.n.c.e, hollaback girl, or gold digger. they are good songs, but trapped in time for me
― johnny crunch, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
(also - elliot smith, obv)
man, calexico is one of those bands where i've like EVERYTHING i've heard by them and then i always forget about them and never buy anything, i should correct that asap
isn't "feast of wire" the one to get?
― the reverend dr. william wiggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 July 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
The Calexico EP and the Woman King EP are both excellent.
xpost
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
In The Reins is SO good. Seriously. I will post YouTubes here: Iron and Wine/Calexico In the Reins
― ksh, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
okay getting these now.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 2 July 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
this is a "poptimist" list insofar as some of the poptimist tracks are mediocre, but i definitely wouldn't call it a poptmist ballot overall - those last 20 were like a pitchfork list
xps
― youngdel griffith (k3vin k.), Friday, 2 July 2010 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
can I just chime in how much I hate the word "poptimist"?
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
rocksessimist
― ksh, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not very nice being a fan of "indie" music and being called a pitchforker either. i very rarely read pitchfork.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 2 July 2010 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link