ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

320 Von Südenfed - That Sound Wiped 70 3

O_O

also lol at pfunkboy handing 39 points to Circle, WE TRIED DUDE :D

also lololol at Toilet Door Tits being someone's number one XD

(there is a strong musical defense as well; that drum sample oozes funk and manages to ride a line between rigid repetition and loose swagger while her small voice cuts through the top end like a treble laser)

t.a.t.u underrepresented for sure

xp
what is that drum sample from? I'm terrible at sample-spotting so hopefully this isn't the most obvious thing ever..

The song is influenced by go-go rhythms and features a prominent sample of The Meters' 1970 funk recording of "Oh, Calcutta!", written by Stanley Walden.

thanking u, Wikipedia

http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Meters/track/Oh,+Calcutta!?src=onebox

stephen, what's your point? songs are too low? cuz i agree
Yes, too low. And a major victim of vote splitting. Hopefully Year of the Gentleman gets kind treatment in the albums poll...

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 4:49 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i voted for In My Own Words, our vote-splitting nightmare is far from over :(

Hate to ruin the surprise, but the solo vote for Belphegor-"Bondage Goat Zombie" was me.

This poll has reminded me of the world-conquering awesomeness of Umbrella. Promise, too, is sugary in the best sense, and I regret voting for it relatively low. The only drawback is the lack of dance; hopefully the likes of Lindstrom and Villalobos will be rewarded in the albums poll.

thanks HI DERE!

lol btw, I finally went back to see which song "Reckoner" was because I literally have no idea what any of the In Rainbows songs are named and once again I am experiencing the "good in isolation but nightmarishly soporific and forgettable when put in the context of the album" reaction I've had to every In Rainbows track

who in god's name is Amerie

the "good in isolation but nightmarishly soporific and forgettable when put in the context of the album" reaction I've had to every In Rainbows Radiohead track

http://www.limitemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/amerie.jpg

this is Amerie

(actually I really really really like "Videotape" regardless of where I hear it but that whole album was not at all what I wanted given their other 00s albums)

crut that song was a top 10 hit in america fwiw

sup baby

xxpost

"Night Falls" was always my favorite Booka Shade track.

i'd like to take an informal straw poll

do yall want me to start the albums results tomorrow or should we take a day off?

day off IMO

Pull the trigger. #100-80 is practically a day off anyway.

start tomorrow

^

#100-80 was one of the best sections of the trax list!

(don't mind when tbh)

(re: albums, all i am concerned about is whether paris will receive any other votes at all, or whether the rest of the world is continuing to lie to itself ;_; )

alright tomorrow it is

i'll try and wake up and start it around noon EST, but much more likely i won't wake up until 1:30

btw there's a three way tie for 100th place

lol that makes me imagine you setting an alarm 2 wake up and post 2 ilx xp

actually wait a load of it is going to be during the incredibly important world cup match isn't it

ooh a 3-way tie for 100th place! awesome

oh ffs we are not letting the fucking football dictate this ARE WE

also lol at pfunkboy handing 39 points to Circle, WE TRIED DUDE :D

Only reason I voted in the tracks poll was because you nominated it. I felt i had to vote for it incase we could sneak it in. I'd loved to have seen the reaction to it here (especially from Tuomas & The Lex)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duuxhRsBx5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ZJHhYpjkM

I listened to that song again today - good fucking god it rules

really sorry for getting lex's hopes up by nominating "In White Rooms" and then forgetting to vote.

how on Earth did 1 Thing beat Umbrella, the best pop song of the decade? 1 Thing got me very excited in 2005 but Umbrella's just an eternal tune

20 minutes and 45 seconds of 'hang on this isn't Kelly Clarkson any more' xpost

I like "1 Thing," but I don't quite love it because Amerie's vocals strike me as rather nondescript. I get she's deliberately underplaying the emotion to get across a certain tough-girl sex goddess persona, but the delivery ends up sounding like a kind of cookie cutter r&b shout, without much in the way of nuance or feeling. The song is supposed to be about a conflict between sexual and emotional satisfaction, but she doesn't really bother conveying any of the potential pathos of that dilemma, choosing to just strike a sustained note of urgent irritation. Of course, the brilliance of that sample almost makes up for a lot.

It is really fucking depressing to think I've got 40 more years of hearing people reminisce about "Umbrella" ahead of me.

*the brilliance of that sample makes up for a lot.* Don't know what that almost is doing there.

102 Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything 193.5 9 1

That was my number 1. So fucking close.

It is really fucking depressing to think I've got 40 more years of hearing people reminisce about "Umbrella" ahead of me.

― emo WINNER! (HI DERE), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 5:31 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol seriously. "when that caribbean android repeated those two nonsense syllables for 50 bars, my heart stopped with joy".

i voted for white rooms.

more angry about the silent majority i hoped would rep relevee [spoiler: never emerged].

#100-80 was one of the best sections of the trax list!

REAL TALK. I almost didn't continue, as I knew it was just going to be a huge disappointment. ;)

more angry about the silent majority i hoped would rep relevee [spoiler: never emerged].

i know right. i really thought "relevee" has a ton of ilm traction ;_;

*had

also lololol at Toilet Door Tits being someone's number one XD

― so you want Mark Ronson to cry into your ass (acoleuthic), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 1:56 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark

hahahaha was it you

lol that makes me imagine you setting an alarm 2 wake up and post 2 ilx xp

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 5:26 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is exactly it tbh

Lex why all the love for In White Rooms? Mandarine Girl is much better in my opinion, but I doubt it would make my top 100 of the last 5 years…

Enjoyed the poll even though I missed the voting.

great poll, brilliant fun, thanks very much to Johnny F

^^^

yep