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

zombie movies have a weird immigrant-fear subtext

Maybe I am quite easily baffled, but this zombie thing has been a big deal for several years now and I don't see what's so fascinating about zombies enough to sustain that kind of fad.

― John Gaw Meme (_Rudipherous_), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:18 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

A fad that's been going on since 1932?

yeah this whole skulls spooky colorful wounded sexy birdie thing is not working for me, but i chalk it up to me being kind of past the expiration date for caring about stuff like that. i like don't give a fuck confidence a lot more as a theme, usually.

"County Line" reminds me of something I can't put my finger on, but it's not "Wicked Game."

"Wichita Lineman"?

Generally zombie movies are less about the zombies, and more about (ooh!), the monster in us all.

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

11 - BLAWAN "Getting Me Down" (400 Points, 15 Votes)
P&J - 44
Pitchfork - 86

http://youtu.be/sIkhewd69SE

"County Line" was my #1, which shocked the hell out of me considering I don't like anything else he's done, but it's so assured about its tone and mood. Plus I'm a sucker for songs about places, and this just kept resonating for me throughout the year. xps

Haha WAU at that Blawan track placing so highly.

Blawan placing high, huh? I'm not entirely sure if I've heard this partic one.

The world needs more disembodied Jacko house, clearly.

hey i placed another one!

Ironic title.

ah here we are

sounds basic when you first here it but it's a massive massive banger, just really intensely physical to dance to. also a great workout track.

i kind of love that brandy samples popped up EVERYWHERE last year. hopefully this means her much-anticipated comeback next year will be as big a fucking deal as it should be

A fad that's been going on since 1932?

There's been a major upsurge in zombie-themed everything over the past ten to fifteen years. To me it's pretty obvious. I don't have any stats to back it up with or anything though. Obviously zombies aren't completely new, and it would be more accurate to talk about it in cyclical terms, I guess.

finally the dreariness comes to an end

Haha WAU at that Blawan track placing so highly.

this was one of the highest placing dance tracks in eg p&j - that surprised me then so this doesn't now

so what are the chances of omar-s and both terje tracks making the top 10???

this is cool! who is this guy?

What were the other Brandy samples, lex?

"Wichita Lineman"?

Nah, I just realized: "Razor Love" by Neil Young.

http://books.google.com/ngrams/chart?content=zombie&corpus=0&smoothing=3&year_start=1800&year_end=2000.png

hey! i know a few ppl glad to see this place I think

so what are the chances of omar-s and both terje tracks making the top 10???

p high wd be my guess...?

I don't think I heard this one in my information gathering for the poll but I like it so far.

This is a good track but it doesn't really hit LOVE buttons for me, I don't know why (actually, I think I do know why; I am super super super SUPER burned out on this particular Brandy song and could happily never hear it again in any form, so no matter how stompy the track underneath it I still have this vague sense of being annoyed when listening to this)

I don't think Here's Your Trance Now Dance!!! was nominated?

i recommend blawan's bohla ep from last year as well (though "getting me down" is obv his peak)

What were the other Brandy samples, lex?

lee foss - keep my cool
dj q - keep it cool

i'm sure there were a couple of others too, can't remember offhand

seandalai: bullish on zombies.

like if it used "What About Us?" or "New Moon" I'd be on board with no reservations

ha see dan i dont know the brandy track at all so that def helps

'County Line' was up in my top 5. It's probably my most listened-to track along with 'The Look' by Metronomy. I do think the line 'I can hear the Columbines' is pretty corny though.

So what's in the top ten?

Rolling In The Deep
212
Video Games
Countdown
Super Bass
Snooze 4 Love
DESLOC & ADIAH

Some other stuff? Could easily be two or three Beyonce tracks in the top 10.

lol "new moon"

I lOOOOOOVE that Blawan track, voted for it on my P&J. Another dope Brandy remix from last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYjDlL9f3VY

(I'm also baffled by the fascination with pirates, dog latin. Yargh.)

lee foss - keep my cool
dj q - keep it cool

these both use brandy's "baby"

ah yes "brandy & coke"! that has just been officially released this year

Yeah, couldn't get down with track. A bit overrated...

(I'm also baffled by the fascination with pirates, dog latin. Yargh.)

― John Gaw Meme (_Rudipherous_), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:28 (29 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Pirates are, tbf, kind of shit - but hey, people like fancy dress and movies and things and there are only so many costumes/DVDs in the shop.

Oh, Gucci Gucci is probably in there as well.

sure thing will be in the top 10 surely

"a great workout track"

Sorry Lex but that's a profoundly depressing endorsement.

I don't think Here's Your Trance Now Dance!!! was nominated?

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

it def was. but i don't think it's gonna turn up now really :(

'County Line' was up in my top 5. It's probably my most listened-to track along with 'The Look' by Metronomy. I do think the line 'I can hear the Columbines' is pretty corny though.

here's one that uses "new moon". and another that uses "i wanna be down", though it's not from this year.

Guys, if "Surgeon" placed, does that mean "Cruel" won't place? Now that is baffling.

this Blawan track is appealingly weird to me

ha see dan i dont know the brandy track at all so that def helps

wait how... oh that's right, different college experiences; "I Wanna Be Down" was so omnipresent in 1994 that if you put 5+ black people in their 20s in close proximity, it would spontaneously start playing

xpost yeah it would. it sounds like 'columbines' though!

Gonna kick open the top 10 now...where's deej?

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

10 - KREAYSHAWN "Gucci Gucci" (422 Points, 15 Votes, 1 First-Place Vote)
P&J - 24
Pitchfork - 48

http://youtu.be/6WJFjXtHcy4

the only time my college put 5+ black people in close proximity it was to take a picture for their promotional wing