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

I get the complaint that the song is two lines of music repeated for 3:30, but considering the house tradition it's pulling from I don't really see that as a problem.

when has a loop ever placed on an ILM poll? xp

I bet you that if we'd been polling in 2000, the Amen break had a shot

If those two lines weren't good, it would be a painful 3:30. Fortunately, they're VERY good.

WFL's basicness makes it work imo.

also the fucking massive bass

LBI there's plenty of music that fits that criteria. you could say the same for a lot of video game soundtrack music for example

also, these keys don't sound particularly "toyish" to me?

don't really like the melody on this, and if you took rihanna out of it it would just sound like late 90s trance

I am still back on "it's not just a loop; it is a loop" tbh

i refer again to 'badger badger badger'

a better tune fwiw

Omar OTM re: "Badger Badger"

yeah thats another example of an older meme thats pretty similar

i am never gonna forgive rihanna for opening the door to calvin harris becoming the go-to producer for pop stars, i can't think of any other professional producer who's so INEPT with sounds as him. fucking basic ass toy keyboards smh

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

Pretty sure everyone on here hates Calvin Harris as much as you do, I know I certainly do but this song is so good I almost forget he's invloved. The combination of her voice and that big bass is just perfect.

I still don't understand what makes Nyan Cat revolutionary. Looping videos have existed on the internet for years.

LBI there's plenty of music that fits that criteria. you could say the same for a lot of video game soundtrack music for example

― ciderpress, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Fair enough, but then it serves the purpose of being a musical decor for the game. Nyan Cat isn't a decor for anything, it is Nyan Cat, and released as that.

I didn't even credit him on the image fwiw xp

did anyone ever nominate a Buddha machine in an ilm poll?

should've

no-one could possibly hate calvin harris as much as lex does.
xxxp

Is Calvin Harris the 2011 version of Robert Miles?

http://nyan.cat/

^despite the incorrigible imitation animation, this site is a perfect representation of what LBI is getting at. You basically turn it on, listen to Nyan Cat for however long you want and then shut it off. Basically you, the listener, decide how long the piece of music is. That's what revolutionary about it. The cuetsy cat meme aspect is just the vehicle for what amounts to almost a platonic ideal of one of the principles behind a lot of house music, including many of the songs in this countdown: the idea that pop music doesn't have to be about 'songs'--discreet units w/ beginnings and endings--but instead can be about a continuum

LBI, see Satie's "Vexations" (1893). Loops have a looooong history.

As far as loops go this tune made a bigger impression on me back in 2007 http://youtu.be/faQSs6UBDok

The original version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!" was uploaded by user "daniwell"[4] to the Japanese video site Nico Nico Douga on July 25, 2010.[5] The song features the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku (初音ミク?). The Japanese word for the sound cats make, "nyā" (にゃあ?), is the equivalent of the English language word "meow".[1][6]

A user named "Momo Momo" ("もももも") uploaded a remixed version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!", adding the repeating vocal sound "nyan" throughout the song, to Nico Nico Douga on January 31, 2011.[7] The added vocal sound was created using the singing synthesizer software UTAU with the voice preset, "Momone Momo" (桃音モモ).[8] The UTAU voice preset, "Momone Momo", gets its name from the kanji "momo" 桃, meaning "peach", and "ne" 音, meaning "sound".[9] The voice source used to create the Momone Momo voice was Fujimoto Momoko (藤本萌々子?), a Japanese woman who lives in Tokyo.[10]

i didn't like "we found love" at all until this very moment, listening to the spotify playlist.

http://badgerbadgerbadger.com/

^this site is a perfect representation of what LBI is getting at. You basically turn it on, listen to badgerbadgerbadger for however long you want and then shut it off. Basically you, the listener, decide how long the piece of music is. That's what revolutionary about it. The badger/snake/mushroom meme aspect is just the vehicle for what amounts to almost a platonic ideal of one of the principles behind a lot of house music, including many of the songs in this countdown: the idea that pop music doesn't have to be about 'songs'--discreet units w/ beginnings and endings--but instead can be about a continuum

lol I know I've heard Wilco before but they apparently made absolutely no impression on me because I'm surprised this song sounds like this

I am also 100% certain that within 15 seconds of finishing this song I won't remember how it goes

― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 16:13 (4 hours ago)

Okay I timed it, aaand... that would be NOW! To test your hypothesis, try humming it.

oh lol, the Loituma video is from Bleach

xp: lol

Epic Sax Guy >>>>> Nyan Cat

true

no-one could possibly hate calvin harris as much as lex does.
xxxp

― pandemic

I don't know about that, I have a lot of hate for him ever since I saw him on tv going "I GET ALL THE GIRLS I GET ALL THE GIRLS" five years ago.

Also his gormless face in the Dizzee Rascal video gets me pretty angry.

"The 900 Number" was a loop. 1987!

Yeah I'm really confused as to how suddenly Nyan Cat is the revolutionary loop, because, uh, no it's really not.

I thought one of the things about the Internet was that all of this shit could potentially stay around forever so that we wouldn't have to say "um guys we did all of this in 1999"

i don't even want to get into 'the hamster dance'

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

21 - DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY "Sade" (332 Points, 10 Votes, 1 First-Place Vote)
P&J - 604
Pitchfork - DNP

http://www.myhiphoplife.com/2011/02/diddy-dirty-money-sade-prod-by-kid-ink/

I guess "Peanut Butter Jelly Time!" has too much variation in it to count but it's definitely another precursor

I don't think Nyan Cat is revolutionary. I do think it is wonderful.

great post omar ;)

The only real video option for this was some people on Vimeo doing a "cover" (real audio/fake DDM).

grr that site is blocked at my job

(lol almost typoed "blacked")

http://nyan.cat/

^despite the incorrigible imitation animation, this site is a perfect representation of what LBI is getting at. You basically turn it on, listen to Nyan Cat for however long you want and then shut it off. Basically you, the listener, decide how long the piece of music is. That's what revolutionary about it. The cuetsy cat meme aspect is just the vehicle for what amounts to almost a platonic ideal of one of the principles behind a lot of house music, including many of the songs in this countdown: the idea that pop music doesn't have to be about 'songs'--discreet units w/ beginnings and endings--but instead can be about a continuum

― uncle acid and the absquatulators (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:45 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

THANK YOU! (I suppose lol)

LBI, see Satie's "Vexations" (1893). Loops have a looooong history.

― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:45 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yes, I know loops have a long history, jeez. I am into repetitive and minimal music myself. But I never before stumbled onto a piece of music that goes on forever, not before Nyan Cat.

http://vimeo.com/28460433 xp

ha i thought that would make it 2 songs i got in the countdown but it appears that i cut sade at the last minute

trust me the amount that i liked that song was as surprising to me as it is to most of you

OMG my #2! "sade" is so incredible - the groove is so DEEP, and dawn and kalenna's delivery is so spot on - just the right amount of tension vs sinking into it.

I JUST WANNA GET HIGH, KICK IT ALL DAYYYYY, LISTENIN TO SADEEEEE

^^applies to this song as well as sade herself!

my #1 musical moment of 2011: when nguzunguzu opened their second set at night slugs with this, extended twinkling intro and all - those notes just hang in the space so amazingly - and then mixed it into this remix of sade's "cherish the day"

^despite the incorrigible imitation animation, this site is a perfect representation of what LBI is getting at. You basically turn it on, listen to Nyan Cat for however long you want and then shut it off. Basically you, the listener, decide how long the piece of music is. That's what revolutionary about it. The cuetsy cat meme aspect is just the vehicle for what amounts to almost a platonic ideal of one of the principles behind a lot of house music, including many of the songs in this countdown: the idea that pop music doesn't have to be about 'songs'--discreet units w/ beginnings and endings--but instead can be about a continuum

― uncle acid and the absquatulators (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:45 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

<3 u but this is wacky--as a listener i don't have the slightest desire or need to control how long the piece of music is, that's what the artist is supposed to be doing. and that fact about nyan cat is the case because it lacks a lot of the great qualities of, well, music (variation, complexity, forward progression, contrast).

i mean one of the major things about pop music is that it's broken into discreet manageable units, if that's not your bag then ok cool but i would suggest that we're dealing with something else now.

here's a youtube of "sade" http://youtu.be/45xQ-XwqZiU

(i uploaded it quite recently, it doesn't show up when you search for whatever reason)

(i am really thrilled to see it place so high)