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

Actually it's growing on me a bit.

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

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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?

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

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^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

The weird glory of ILM...

this is Korean, yes? (just guessing from how it sounds)

yes, korean

ilm thank u so much for teaching me about 2ne1 and nadia oh and those mexican guys from the other day

ROMPAPOMPOMPOMPOM!

I Am The Best was my no.1.

The first tune on this list that i've never even heard of. And I absolutely love it.

amazing

Korea is a country I always intend to pay more attention to, practically every musical act* I've encountered from there has been incredibly charming

*note: this would be 2 whole acts

i can't connect to k-pop for some reason. i think i'd love it if it was in english. i recognise this is a failing on my part, not the song's, but...i just never wanted to listen to it

I LOVE 2NE1

2NE1 POPULAR IN MONGOLIA

gdgd0729 2 hours ago 6

I'm assuming from the outfits that this record includes ultra-processed guitars, synths and robot vocals, right?

Maybe a motorbike or chainsaw noise here and there?

it being in korean is such a huge plus for me. for one, i don't have to hear nearly as many completely moronic lyrics, and also the korean language is just super catchy, especially with random english phrases thrown in

Darn, EZ Snappin, you should have. Think this could've gone higher with some more promotion.

one of the best parts of k-pop is the netizens, some of the comments on allkpop are incredible

Okay this is wonderful!

kudos to frank kogan, he was going on about k-pop YEARS ago before it randomly became a thing this year

I definitely would've voted it up on my ballot if I'd heard it in time.

I really should have voted, even if only for 10 tracks. My bad.

hm also I appear to have a new girlfriend in the lead singer

she even was living in Boston 9 years ago, while she was at college

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