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

Keep meaning to start a 2 Bears thread but I should probably hear the album first.

broken record - like this much more than the last katy b song. seems to have more of a destination. there's something really acute about her songs that i can't decide whether i like or not.

gabriel - can't comment on context at all but the vocal is great. takes a little while to get going.

I don't see why "dance banger" automatically means "happy and uplifting". There were entire dance subgenres dedicated to the idea that dancing can arise out of more than just happiness, from gabba through techstep, plus every smiley happy anthem has a sinister or melancholy counterpoint that bangs just as hard.

'gabriel' is a good one

haven't caught up with the whole list but just want to say that 2NE1 song is INCREDIBLE, easily my favourite new discovery from the list so far. would have put that pretty high on my ballot if i'd heard it. was there a thread for that song? there should have been a thread!!

― jabba hands, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:32 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

judging by reactions there probably should've been, but by all means join us in the k-pop thread

gather 'round all for #24...

http://i.imgur.com/lF46Q.jpg

24 - NYAN CAT "Nyan Cat Theme" (318 Points, 9 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
P&J - DNP
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/QH2-TGUlwu4

Oh god.

i had no idea that nyan cat was a 2011 meme or had a song

http://headsimages.com/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/7f620_heads_4199675334_66c3e3d61d.jpg

why is there a rainbow flag following him?

i feel very tuomas about this whole thing

terrible

awesome! my third song to make it!

I hope you're all very proud of yourselfs

what is nyan cat?

I did not vote for Nyan Cat, but I am not going to disparage it either.

who besides forks voted this #1?

this reminds me of...does anyone else remember that really weird period in the early 90s where vaguely technoed up versions of computer game music would get in the charts in the uk? i remember a super mario bros one and a tetris one

yeah i never really got it tbh

Yay!

I'm all for meme songs and gif loop songs and stuff, but that tune just doesn't get to me in any way.

Where's the drop??!

who besides forks voted this #1?

could be emil.y!

idgi either, but i liked that video of kids watching and reacting to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPvRVK9YbZM

I guess every generation gets the "Poing!" they deserve

i guess it's no better or worse than, like, the teletubbies being xmas no 1

Catchup:

There's always been something about Robyn's pinched vocal tone and melodies that never worked for me, and "Call Your Girlfriend" is no different. Will still stan for her Klearup collaboration from a few years back.

Love (and voted for) the Katy B. It's perhaps weaker than the 2010 singles ("On a Mission", "Lights On", and "Perfect Stranger"), but the LP pretty packed.

Nyan? It works better as spacerock. I do hope ILX gets over its fascination with meme-songs (ala "Friday") soon. Its 2012 already.

omar otm

Sanpaku otm about the spacerock nyan cat

well at least rebecca black gave us things to analyze, to unpack, to lol at. that was a great week as someone said except the whole nuclear disaster happened.

nyan cat is just.....

somebody should tell Kerr that his one song made the countdown

xp what a cad

xp But "Friday" is amazing.

friday is a revelation, meme or not. i don't really get nyan cat but it's ok.

this reminds me of...does anyone else remember that really weird period in the early 90s where vaguely technoed up versions of computer game music would get in the charts in the uk? i remember a super mario bros one and a tetris one

― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend)

Oh yeah I remember those, they were next to each other on one of the Now compilations. Think I probably loved them at the time.

Really hate the Nyan Cat and it's stupid Poptart body.

Nyan Cat gives the results more flavor. I'm all for it.

guys let's please not let any ILM thread devolve into a discussion about whether "Friday" or Nyan Cat is the better song

it's too late

don't look at me, i didn't vote them onto the goddamn list

Heard it for the first time tonight, got 45 seconds in before giving up and I can't get the bloody tune out of my head. No wonder it's had 60million views on youtube.

i would invite a coherent explanation of voting for nyan cat obv

I think I voted for both.

i would invite a coherent explanation of voting for nyan cat obv

meet

I can't get the bloody tune out of my head

When is it ok to defend Kanye's "In Paris" verse?

I'm a sucker for a song with lots of meowing on it, so I'm good with this.

^^^coherent

this might be more palatable for the moaners:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqFlxxodglM

"In Paris" was pretty much a meme so this might be the time for it