ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2011 (Los resultados!)

never seen a girl with an ass so fat

― nathey, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:21 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Despite knowing this is from Yamaha, my brain sung this to the tune of "Muah" by Electrik Red à la "I'm not a stripper but I dance like that / I'm not a stripper but where that money at".

Love Schoolin' Life, prefer it to anything on the actual album, even Countdown.

hey jf are we doing 20 today?

20 today, but I'm starting to lean towards spreading the top 20 over Thursday and Friday. I just have too much to do that I'm not doing.

feelin ya

My number 1!

"schoolin' life"!!!!

feels so right that this placed by itself given its bonus track status contra the (a bit unwarranted) mockery of B's lyrics upthread, i think "schoolin' life" is genuinely kinda inspiring life wisdom. it's so celebratory and inclusive. i love the ring of self-mockery in the "this is for them sexysomethings / that body won't always get you out of everything" section - like it's something B herself had to learn. i want to play this song to anyone going through self-doubt. and i think i might actually just print out the last few lines and stick them to my wall:

there's not a real way to live this, for real
just remember to stay relentless
don't stop running until it's finished
it's up to you, the rest isn't written

<3 <3 thx b <3

http://i.imgur.com/m9aGu.jpg

39 - GOTYE ft. KIMBRA "Somebody That I Used to Know" (260 Points, 9 Votes)
P&J - 78
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/8UVNT4wvIGY

Surprised to see that one. I didn't think it was even known outside Holland and Belgium tbh

what is this?

Huge in Australia apparently, and it did well on the Singles Jukebox.

50 million views and I've never heard of it!

This song is surprisingly heading for the top 10 here in the UK at the moment.

... huh

I have no idea what I actually think of this. It's good at what it's doing, but I am not sure I ever am in the mood for something like this.

Those Beyonce lyrics read like trite self-help book nonsense on the page but they sound great in the song.

the video for this song is very unsettling

I don't hate it but the vocals sound like Sting to me, kinda.

was wondering where i'd heard the name gotye before, found an elderly supermayer remix from a few years ago in my itunes. i am not into this...twee mumblecore folky stuff though. and why are naked people such a thing in indie videos these days? put it away we don't want to see YOUR bodies

I thought Gotye was only popular because of Triple J, but his shows always seem to sell out here in the Netherlands. Wikipedia informs me he's 'Belgian-Australian'.

Actually it's growing on me a bit.

I don't hate it but the vocals sound like Sting to me, kinda.

― pandemic

I was just about to post exactly this. It's especially noticeable in the chorus.

xp! the guy has what strikes me as a very 80s voice for some reason...Phil Collinsesque?

This song is surprisingly heading for the top 10 here in the UK at the moment.

it sounds like the kind of thing that's SO on some ipod advert or something

"gotye, play desert rose!"

"Somebody That I Used to Know" is the only song that I voted for that I hadn't actually heard until 2012.

It does sound like Sting but hey we gave Jamie Woon a free pass last year for channeling the spirit of Phil Collins.

imo if Sting were making songs like this in 2011, he wouldn't be the punchline he is. Maybe it does sound like ipod commercial fodder, maybe it's a little mumblecore, but I think it's well put together and I love that synth bit that comes in around the chorus.

Before reaching back to the '80s progenitors, the first thing this reminded me of was an acoustic version of Twin Shadow.

imo if Sting were making songs like this in 2011, he wouldn't be the punchline he is.

He still would have recorded "Russians".

this is like evolutionary adult contemporary, huh?

this is surprisingly not hateful.

Have you seen Sting lately? He now looks like one of those bald Egyptian cats, it's fucking scary.

xp haha my thought exactly

you know what i really like about it? it just *ends* logically but not abruptly.

He still would have recorded "Russians".

touché

(I think this song is very pleasant actually but yeah it's totally this year's Feist 1-2-3-4, which I also liked)

I like this song but it takes too long to get to the good part.

Bookies are taking bets at $1.10 odds for this to win JJJ Hottest 100 tomorrow. I feel so prophetic.

this beyonce song is super silly btw

What's the betting like for the ILM top 10?

http://i.imgur.com/xxd0Z.jpg

38 - 2NE1 "I Am the Best" (264 Points, 6 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
P&J - 97
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/j7_lSP8Vc3o
^this video had about eleventybillion screenshot options, but I could only get every one of them almost right.

god this year's list is great, yall are crazy. what the hell is this even?

now this is awesome.

aw hell yeah. so few votes!

oh this is badass

Gotye: Someone played it to me at the weekend. I was on holiday with a group of people I only vaguely know and it seems that a key part of what they grew up with was what I can only describe as '90s MOR - Counting Crows, Matchbox 20, Jimmy Eat World and stuff like that. This kind of fits into it. I can imagine my sister absolutely loving this, the same way she did "Shape Of My Heart" (Sting) and "Lemon Tree" (Fool's Garden) back in the day. So yes, a lot of that stuff was revolting, but maybe the reason it works is because it taps into a style of music that kind of faded away come the 2000s - Seal, Sting, I dunno what else.

totally underrated by the single jukebox, btw

This would have been my #1 if I had done a tracks list.

This being 2NE1

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