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

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)

Sade! Another one that got cut last minute from my ballot. There was so much good stuff this year. Sigh.

holy fuck "Sade" is great, how did I miss this

I guess blanking DDM because of the irritating omnipresence of "I'm Coming Home" was a mistake

I don't how anyone can use "Loituma" and "Hamster Dance" as counter-examples to "discredit" "Nyan Cat". They are great loops too, and they should've placed in ILM previous polls as well. Let's just be happy we finally got it right this year!

i find it pretty remarkable that even after giving us a massive sprawling epic album as good as LTTP, one of the best diddy dirty money songs was still to come on a free mixtape a few months later

i didnt realize so many other ppl liked 'sade' it was top ten for me.

I don't how anyone can use "Loituma" and "Hamster Dance" as counter-examples to "discredit" "Nyan Cat".

Perhaps you should read the defense that posits Nyan Cat as something revolutionary and new and not the newest iteration of an Internet meme that is pushing 15 years old.

diddy dirty money in generally is the project that keeps giving - i'm expecting dawn richard's mixtape to place, and kalenna's just kicked off her solo career with this AMAZING BANGER (that i assume emerged too late in the year to have a shot here - i encourage everyone to listen to it though) http://soundcloud.com/k-diddybop/kalenna-gotowork

lol lex, your Youtube looks like it got yanked

<3 u but this is wacky

wow dude cool right on

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

lol see LBI's 'revolutionary' claim

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

UMG appears to have blocked that, at least for me! (probably for only me!)

here I was getting annoyed with c.a.d. and turns out we agree on Nyan, plus we're friends!!

nyan cat is sorta fascinatingly annoying but i think i like less gimmick-y are at least gimmick-y in a different way youtube only stuff

itd be sweet if more mario paint compositions made ilm eoy lists tho. or like 'america, now' jams or w/e

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

oh, broken into discreet manageable units is very much my bag, it's what nearly all music is, isn't it? Nyan Cat is different though. Get it?

xp lol indeed

huh i can still play my youtube!

the weirdest thing is that the song was given away on a free download in the first place so i have no idea what product they think they're protecting by yanking it

eh ok if the claim is that the future direction of pop music is infinite loops then we will just wait and see

Slow rolling the top 20 over the next two days (20-11 tomorrow). Until then...

77 - SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE "Love You Like a Love Song" (182 Points, 6 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
76 - GANG GANG DANCE "Glass Jar" (182 Points, 8 Votes)
75 - PISTOL ANNIES "Hell on Heels" (183 Points, 7 Votes)
74 - tUnE-yArDs "Bizness" (184 Points, 6 Votes)
73 - MOGWAI "Music for a Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain)" (189 Points, 5 Votes)
72 - THE JOY FORMIDABLE "Whirring" (189 Points, 8 Votes)
TIE-70 - JUNIOR BOYS "Banana Ripple" (190 Points, 7 Votes)
TIE-70 - BIG SEAN ft. NICKI MINAJ "Dance (A$$) Remix" (190 Points, 7 Votes)
69 - INVISIBLE CONGA PEOPLE "In a Hole" (190 Points, 8 Votes)
68 - BARBARA PANTHER "Moonlightpeople" (192 Points, 6 Votes)
67 - 3BALLMTY ft. EL BEBETO & AMÉRICA SIERRA "Inténtalo" (200 Points, 7 Votes)
66 - TUCCILLO "Disco en Paradiso" (200 Points, 8 Votes, 1 First-Place Vote)
65 - JOHN TALABOT ft. GLASSER "Families" (204 Points, 7 Votes)
64 - DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY ft. SKYLAR GREY "Coming Home" (208 Points, 6 Votes)
63 - STEFFI ft. VIRGINIA "Yours" (208 Points, 10 Votes, 1 First-Place Vote)
62 - LOCUSSOLUS "I Want It (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas Remix)" (212 Points, 7 Votes)
61 - ST. VINCENT "Surgeon" (214 Points, 6 Votes)

60 - DJ QUIK ft. SUGA FREE & TY$ "Nobody" (214 Points, 7 Votes)
59 - YUCK "Get Away" (218 Points, 6 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
58 - THE GO! TEAM ft. BETHANY COSENTINO "Buy Nothing Day" (219 Points, 9 Votes)
57 - BATTLES ft. MATIAS AGUAYO "Ice Cream" (222 Points, 7 Votes)
56 - WILD FLAG "Romance" (223 Points, 8 Votes)
55 - GANG GANG DANCE "Mindkilla" (226 Points, 9 Votes)
54 - DANNY DAZE ft. LOUISAHHH!!! "Your Everything" (228 Points, 8 Votes)
53 - KATE BUSH "Snowflake" (229 Points, 8 Votes)
52 - BEYONCÉ "1+1" (229 Points, 9 Votes)
51 - KONSHENS "Nuh Pull It Up" (230 Points, 6 Votes)
50 - CONFOUNDED "Little Dog" (235 Points, 7 Votes, 3 First-Place Votes)
49 - FRANK OCEAN "Swim Good" (240 Points, 9 Votes)
48 - TEENGIRL FANTASY "Cheaters (John Talabot Remix)" (243 Points, 11 Votes)
47 - KATY B "Easy Please Me" (244 Points, 9 Votes)
46 - CREEP ft. NINA SKY "You" (245 Points, 10 Votes)
45 - BENOIT & SERGIO "Walk and Talk" (246 Points, 9 Points)
44 - WAKA FLOCKA FLAME ft. KEBO GOTTI "Grove Street Party" (248 Points, 10 Votes)
43 - NADIA OH "Taking Over the Dancefloor" (255 Points, 9 Votes, 1 First-Place Vote)
42 - JOHN MAUS "Hey Moon" (257 Points, 8 Votes)
41 - THE RAPTURE "How Deep Is Your Love?" (257 Points, 11 Votes)

40 - BEYONCÉ "Schoolin' Life" (258 Points, 9 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
39 - GOTYE ft. KIMBRA "Somebody That I Used to Know" (260 Points, 9 Votes)
38 - 2NE1 "I Am the Best" (264 Points, 6 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
37 - WILCO "One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)" (265 Points, 7 Votes)
36 - PITBULL ft. NE-YO, AFROJACK & NAYER "Give Me Everything" (268 Points, 8 Votes)
35 - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST "Niggas in Paris" (268 Points, 8 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
34 - REBECCA BLACK "Friday" (274 Points, 12 Votes)
33 - FUCKED UP "Queen of Hearts" (275 Points, 9 Votes)
32 - TERROR DANJAH ft. RUBY LEE RYDER "Full Attention" (282 Points, 11 Votes)
31 - SEANY MAC "One of Those Days (Organ Mix)" (288 Points, 7 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
30 - BIG K.R.I.T. ft. 2 CHAINZ, 8BALL & MJG "Money on the Floor" (290 Points, 10 Votes)
29 - DESTROYER "Kaputt" (294 Points, 9 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
28 - PJ HARVEY "The Words That Maketh Murder" (296 Points, 11 Votes)
27 - ROBYN "Call Your Girlfriend" (298 Points, 11 Votes)
26 - KATY B "Broken Record" (306 Points, 13 Votes)
25 - JOE GODDARD ft. VALENTINA "Gabriel" (310 Points, 11 Votes)
24 - NYAN CAT "Nyan Cat Theme" (318 Points, 9 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
23 - JACQUES GREENE "Another Girl" (319 Points, 10 Votes)
22 - RIHANNA "We Found Love" (319 Points, 16 Votes)
21 - DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY "Sade" (332 Points, 10 Votes, 1 First-Place Vote)

eh ok if the claim is that the future direction of pop music is infinite loops then we will just wait and see

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:06 PM (3 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Who's saying anything about direction? It could be a one-off, who cares? It is there, it exists now.

all i'm trying to say is that framing it as "pop music" revolutionary or otherwise makes no sense to me

It existed 8 years ago in a much less annoying form when Weebl did "Badger Badger Badger", is what we keep telling you.

"Sade" might have been y #1, certainly top 5, can't remember where I put it exactly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_Badger_Badger