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

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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

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

<3

I think I prefer the sound of J-Pop to K-Pop, the latter being a bit too abrasive for me, but yeah this is excellent.

Oh dear, I was thinking that Gotye song was like a more insipid Jens, kinda mumblecore boring but not offensively bad, then that chorus comes in. Fucking hell this is AWFUL. Quite possibly the worst song in the whole countdown.

2NE1 is K-Pop, right? It's pretty rad! Also, cute kitten in the video.

Uh, I wrote this ages ago and multiple xposts, but I'm just going to leave it as it stands.

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

― Angrrau Birds (seandalai), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:38 AM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Peter Gabriel actually

The abrasiveness adds to the appeal. J-Pop can get too sugary for me.

Also, I prefer J-Pop, but that's because J-Pop sounds like J-Pop, whereas K-Pop sounds like UK/US pop but in a foreign language. That doesn't mean that song isn't awesome, though.

J-Pop is far too polite for my liking, yeah.

Not sure there's such a thing as a standard J-Pop or K-Pop sound any more.

Um... POLITE?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g&ob=av3e

I voted for Kimbra's debut album, but I somehow have avoided "Somebody That I Used to Know" until now. I even sort of thought I had listened to it, but I must have just played the beginning before and decided I didn't want to hear it. It's good, nothing I'd listen to a lot. I feel kind of like Dan about it. Re lex's comments: I'm okay with the prospects of Kimbra nude, don't particularly want to see vulnerable naked Gotye.

<3 2NE1

i'd always associate perfume with 'the j-pop sound' (eurodance) and snsd as 'the k-pop sound' (cheerleader pop)

Still not heard a K-Pop song that I really like. This is OK, but I don't get why it stands out for the ppl hyping this stuff.

'Polite' in J-Pop more often than not is synonymous with 'completely fucking insane'.

This mash-up is relevant to the current discussion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=202hiiMHGl4#!

2NE1 vs. C&C Music Factory and it's kind of astounding.

I feel like the only person who's really big on the US scene at the moment who is really going for a sonic palette like what's happening in this 2NE1 song is Lady Gaga; there is something beyond just the synth timbre that is really evoking early 90s hoover rave bumping up against acid and pop music that is essentially aural catnip to me, only with a stronger editor behind the song to avoid Lady Gaga's songs' unfortunate tendency to become scattershot and unfocused.

I enjoyed the Chicken McBites comercial before "I Am the One." Kind of a washed out by sun 70s film look.

Gotye reminds me of dEUS a little bit actually...

(haha Alex, haha that was a very appropriate xpost actually)

emil.y - that video was gonzo, but the sonics were super sugary and squeaky clean.

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37 - WILCO "One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)" (265 Points, 7 Votes)
P&J - 63
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/-XR3VAlnrP8