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

here is the genesis of the song

(this is me recording it on my phone driving home from my old job)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkaGwWKPN5Q&context=C34ab11eADOEgsToPDskK_UQ4S0rzLSNtHShICzkR9

love that picture from youtube. it's like theyre webcam chatting.

MAKE YOU SAY
OH OH EY-OH

Haha I *knew* this would finish top 10. Brilliant track, although I might be in the minority that prefers Desloc's contribution to Adiah's.

i "prefer" adiah's bits but as the adiah-only version proved, the desloc bits were 100% crucial

DJ TURN THE MUSIC UP
LET'S PARTY
LET'S PARTY

they're a nice compliment to each other

Again, never heard of it. Obv been on a different board from you lot all year.

I'm with JF re M83 - "Hurry Up..." was such a let-down and I had no interest in returning to it after the first few listens. "Midnight City" seems to be everywhere on TV/radio though.

lex and Dan otm

as the adiah-only version proved

this exists?!??! WHERE?!?!

FIREMAN WITH THE WATER HOSE
YOU CAN'T PUT THAT FIRE OUT
FIRE MARSHALS AT THE DOOR
AT THE PARTY TO MY HOUSE
WHAT THEY DO
KEEP IT JUMPIN LIKE A JUNKANOO
AIN'T NONE ONE OF EM STOP MY CREW
I GOT A RIDDIM THAT'LL MAKE YOU MOVE

Again, never heard of it. Obv been on a different board from you lot all year.

The thread has been on New Answers on a weekly basis since the summer.

"Midnight City" seems to be everywhere on TV/radio though.

Really? (I guess I do recall someone mentioning that it was used as bumper music on ESPN or something.)

brainwasher: http://soundcloud.com/adiah/adiah-junkanoo-firemp3

he is a pedophile

lmfao his fascination with childhood nostalgia gives me the paedo crepes

dog latin: this was a song that J0rdan heard on the radio and didn't recognize and started a thread to figure it out

Song ID'd: Desloc Piccalo ft. Adiah - Drumz

Okay drums is awesome!

jaymc: I've heard it lots of places in the UK, anyway. Happened to catch some of the BBC New Year's coverage and it was in the background every 5 minutes or so. Also on some ads I think.

"Midnight City" was used in some commercials and TV shows after its release. The song was featured in a Victoria's Secret commercial.[17] It served as the theme song to Made in Chelsea, something Gonzalez said was "an opportunity for people to hear my music who'd never listen to it otherwise."[5] It was also featured in the final scene and closing credits of the HBO television series How to Make It in America.[19] On December 21, 2011, "Midnight City" was used in the final moments of the second episode of HBO's television series, 24/7 Flyers-Rangers: The Road to the Winter Classic.[20] The BBC used "Midnight City" as the theme music to their trail for the BBC coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The trail was first broadcast just after midnight on the morning of 01 January 2012.[21]

yeah I drum with this song

xp thanks lex

The thread has been on New Answers on a weekly basis since the summer.

Oh c'mon, that's not true. The thread went on hiatus several times:

1 month passes...
3 weeks pass...
1 month passes...
3 months pass...

xp to DJP --now that I think about it I think the reason I hated "Midnight City" was bcz that opening was used for some Victoria's Secret fashion show commercial that kept on running over and over again on some youtube-mp3 conversion site

As far as M83, I dig "Midnight City" but slightly prefer "New Map."

oh yeah "New Map" is great too

If Gonzalez had managed to pare the album down to a single disc, I think it could've been really fantastic.

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

07 - BRITNEY SPEARS "Till the World Ends" (527 Points, 19 Votes)
P&J - 7
Pitchfork - 72

http://youtu.be/qzU9OrZlKb8

lol

surprising

considered voting for this...but didn't. Great song though!

Seriously?

??? Not even heard of this Britney track.

<3 til the world ends, 1 of the last things cut from my ballot tho

I'm assuming a lot of people voted for the Ke$ha/Minaj remix?

i kept forgetting she even released an album this year

Not my favorite track from Femme Fatale, but it's def. one of my favorite radio hits of 2011. And since I knew it had a much better chance of landing on the results than "Trip to Your Heart," I switched my vote.

anyway "Gasoline" is my favorite off of that Britney album, but in terms of the singles "I Wanna Go" >>> "'Til The World Ends" imo.

lol waht

Don't think anyone specifically listed the remix version but I'd have to check.

i keep being surprised that "till the world ends" is a consensus track! is it because of the apocalyptic memento mori qualities being an apposite soundtrack for the entire western world going down the shitter in 2011? i assume everyone voted for the remix with nicki, anyway - didn't care about it til then and then suddenly it was AMAZING http://youtu.be/vAyLPNLxB9U

*sniff* *sniff *criiiiiies*
I DONE SLAYED YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE FUCKING LIIIIFE

This is kind of a "moment" song, like ball-dropping-on-new-years or something. It's got a bit of weight to it, but it's not something I'd go out of my way to hear every day.

i didn't know this was britney!

Really? This is like the standard Britney template now!

I had the remix on my ballot at some point, but I've cut it. Still, a great tune, even though the vocal hook was a bit hard to accept in the beginning

Just sounds enormous. Not 100% sure it's the best song on the album but it's still an absolute rush.

yeah it makes sense i think whenever i hear one of these songs i assume it's someone new and not britney *again*

original version is so limp sounding. remix goes harddddd

ANYWAY BRITNEY
WHY THEY SO JELLY SINCE YOU TEAMED UP WIT ME

anyway "Gasoline" is my favorite off of that Britney album, but in terms of the singles "I Wanna Go" >>> "'Til The World Ends" imo.

i agree with this - as great as the remix is it's still got, like, ke$ha on it, ew.

album held up surprisingly well (i dismissed it at first) but i don't think it's a landmark pop album or anything. really astonished that so many people do.

production is really great, i'm def not much of a britney guy but this is one of her better songs.

i assume everyone voted for the remix with nicki, anyway

I don't know that I've ever actually heard the remix. Will listen now.

i don't think it's a landmark pop album or anything. really astonished that so many people do.

Landmark? No. But it's surprisingly solid.