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

Really loving the last two songs; wish I would have heard them before I voted!

needing to understand a band's entire career to enjoy a song is a pretty high barrier to entry.

Eh, thats not the point I was trying to make, but I'm distracted by about four different things right now so thats my fault. I think his voice is just fine and in no way disrespectful to his instrument.

OMG this seany mac track is amazing, i'd never even heard of it before! omg that house piano, it's kind of like the sweet summer sister of "full attention"

i got fussed at for this before but the fucked up dude sounds like the mighty mighty bosstones guy. which may be while people don't like his voice.

yeah seany mac was number one... me and alex in mtl were freaking out over it after it popped up in that physical therapy mix -- it's really, intensely amazing

'we were discussing' = rev & brainwasher & maybe EZ, whilst me & Turrican are typing "C'mown!" intermittently

Mainly Rev & brainwasher, with me nodding sagely while you two drove Rev & brainwasher nuts.

xpost to D.A.M.

Damn, this Seany Mac song is nice!

yes, love the seany mac track

I don't think it matters if a track is not from 2011 since it is relatively unknown and there is a groundswell of support for it

smh at none of you telling me about it j0rdan/alex/brainwasher

off tune = the monotone of Damian's vocals functions as a drone within the song and manages to maintain a certain consistency throughout it (except for when the girl starts singing; the drone reveals itself in its absence)

Damian isn't Lou Reed (let alone Lennon or Dylan); he is John Cale

tbf there was a thread Where do I find more music as joyous as One of Those Days (Organ Mix) by Seany Mac? (N.B. ILM Dance Aficionados)

I guess I can't be a one-man Lamb street team ;_;

― Chaka Collar, lemme rock you (DJP), Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:08 PM (Yesterday)

the good news is theres 2 of us. the bad news is that i am the other one and have only placed one song so far.

Doh! Lamb and 2NE1 falling because I didn't vote. Shame, shame, shame on me.

Surprisingly low placing for Fucked Up, I thought. I'm in the 'great in short bursts - quickly becomes wearing over the length of a long, long album' camp, have to say. "QoH" such a good track though - which was my introduction to the band, having never heard of them before.

what was your one track that placed jjj?

tbf there was a thread Where do I find more music as joyous as One of Those Days (Organ Mix) by Seany Mac? (N.B. ILM Dance Aficionados)

i would probably have seen it if it had popped up in a rolling thread

That was great. I'd never heard this before either.

Yeah, but DJP, lots of people have said they have enjoyed the song on first listen. I'd see the statement you're responding to more akin to the discussion about Kate Bush's career than what you're saying.

I think the conversation about Kate Bush's career with respect to her song also points to a weakness in the song's ability to connect with people outside of her fanbase, actually; I just happen to be on the outskirts of Kate Bush fandom so I don't really care.

Admittedly I hate a lot of late-'90s/2000s punk/hardcore singing styles - just hate the snotty, bratty Blink 182-ish intonation, but I def don't hate the FU style, and I don't really understand what DJP is saying about Damian's vocal being weak or buried or even off-tune...?

Weak and buried I can buy a difference of opinion but dude is hitting a consistent monotone that rides a tritone above the root of the main key of the song; it is literally impossible for him to be more dissonant on that song.

my one track so far was the kate bush song

Here's another Lamb stan. "Butterfly Effect" still has legs.

yeaaaaaaaa seany mac fucking rules.

reposted for DJP's last point to emil.y:

off tune = the monotone of Damian's vocals functions as a drone within the song and manages to maintain a certain consistency throughout it (except for when the girl starts singing; the drone reveals itself in its absence)

Damian isn't Lou Reed (let alone Lennon or Dylan); he is John Cale

― uncle acid and the absquatulators (Drugs A. Money)

Comparing him to Cale is being over generous, but I get what you're aiming at.

Yeah, was gonna say, if Fucked Up ever write a song to equal 'Paris 1919', give me a call.

i don't even

http://i.imgur.com/m0SsH.jpg

30 - BIG K.R.I.T. ft. 2 CHAINZ, 8BALL & MJG "Money on the Floor" (290 Points, 10 Votes)
P&J - 604
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/8CYkzgAu8PQ

haha I had sorted the Spotify Tracks list by artist and didn't even notice when "Queen of Hearts" stopped and "Under My Nose" started; same key, same tempo, same feel...

I get the sense that listening to this album must be like getting pummeled by candy canes.

yeah the people I'm agreeing with are missing my point ;_;

damn, really surprised to see krit place so high

song is fucking massive, just incredibly lush and deep production

and goon influence finally gets the chance to reassert itself xp

lol, Drugs, I was being flippant.

dan that's a reasonable definition of a melodic hardcore record actually

ooh i was about to complain that i'm still 1 for 25 but now it's 2

Zzz...

This Big K.R.I.T. song is not my thing at all, really. It's basically like G-Funk and Three Six Mafia had an enervated baby.

T/S: hating indie artists for exploitative videos ("Yuck") vs. hating rappers for same.

that's a long 4 minutes and change. Like Wilco long.

yessss i love "money on the floor", think i voted for it - the beat is so gorgeous, the way all the different elements intertwine with each other - so incredibly detailed and evocative. actually obsessed with the high synth behind the chorus, such an amazing contrast to the screwed voice, and then when the key changes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

for some reason i never really care about big krit over a whole mixtape but he's made two of my favourite hip-hop songs in recent years - "country shit" and this

wow this is nice. i need to keep up with more rap so i don't miss stuff like this

drop my cup and i DIP DIP DIP IT

>>please let electrik red quote that line at some point

just catching up = seany mac, "friday", "full attention" = <333

couldn't get into that fucked up album but 'queen of hearts' isn't bad

As it went on, I felt more and more like "Money on the Floor" was a pandering checklist put together by someone while pausing and rewinding "Hustle and Flow"

SO SO HAPPY that Full Attention placed, especially glad that I went back and added them to my ballot after initially forgetting. It's so big and expansive and punchy and expensive sounding compared to a lot of other tracks in this vein.

Also the discovery that bass wobbles sound 1,000 times better when you hit drums in time with them is something that every jobbing dubstep producer in the world should note immediately.

And the vocals, god the vocals. Amazing tune.

Haven't heard the others, something to catch up with on my commute anyway.

lol Sanpaku idk; I dont have a Youtube account so they wouldn't let me watch the Big Krit video

backing up even further: i remember the week of "friday" being huge as just being a deeply strange week because on the one hand the whole internet imploding because of that one song was deeply hilarious and awesome and otoh that was also around the same time of the fukushima disaster/tsunami/earthquake so i was also filled with this sort of existential dread that whole time

Yuck's videos have a real unpleasant subtext to them though which makes my skin crawl and my brow darken tho; have no idea if the KRIT one does or not

xp

backing up even further: i remember the week of "friday" being huge as just being a deeply strange week because on the one hand the whole internet imploding because of that one song was deeply hilarious and awesome and otoh that was also around the same time of the fukushima disaster/tsunami/earthquake so i was also filled with this sort of existential dread that whole time

^otm

like THE INTERNET IS AMAZING AND ALSO WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN

full attention - awesome
seany mac - decent
big krit - i like this well enough though there's gotta be some state of the industry type commentary if it's a notable track. i will just play g-side some more for my part.

KRIT was a cool song I thought