RESULTS (of the very nebulously defined) 110 ELECTRONIC DANCE TRACKS of the 00s

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23. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (324 points, 11 votes)
Year: 2008
Youtube: http://youtu.be/Fb8S51M2GAc

OK, I've listened to "Blind" 20 times today. It's the harmonies on that "I feel blind" that get me each time (something that gets lost in the Frankie Knuckles remix), and the beat right after that where the horns come in and I imagine all the dry ice around the dance floor going whoooosh and all the shirts coming off.
― Eazy, Monday, February 18, 2008

Yes! Blind was like a revelation of sort, it's like what he was born to do. A voice with oomph like that has it's place, and where it was before wasn't it.
― mehlt, Tuesday, February 12, 2008

xpost Particularly interested in the German side of things (microhouse, minimal, Berghain techno, when and how the changes came in between them, what all the key tunes/people/places/events were) but also would like to know about the electroclash>electrohouse>franken/bloghouse narrative too. And any points where the two met, e.g. as I understand it around 04-05 minimal and electrohouse were played in sets together and had some overlapping stylistic elements, right?

Didn't like Mouth To Mouth when I first heard it but it's grown on me. Blind I'm not familiar with, will give it a listen.

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22. Basement Jaxx - Romeo (326 points, 12 votes)
Year: 2001
Youtube: http://youtu.be/LU4Y3A3oJRM

Bloody hell not heard that one in years.

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21. Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter (331 points, 13 votes)
Year: 2003
Youtube: http://youtu.be/h0i1Szq6GM8

If someone had played "Dexter" for me, and told me that it was a remix of Joy Division's "Heart and Soul", I'd have have believed it without question. What a beautiful and original track. (I believe there's an entire ILM thread on this track)
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, August 3, 2004

Ok, see you next week!

romeo ugh

Romeo is amazing fuiud. Total pop song though.

Romeo is surprisingly low! I'd expected that to be top 10. Probably says more about voter demographic though.

The Isolee comment earlier about covering the song with a band reminded me of Dexter -- the Two Lone Swordsmen remix is them covering it.

...which was paired with a Joy Division cover at the end of Weatherall's fabric mix.

mouth to mouth has aged pretty poorly

nah it's still a beast imo.

romeo is fucking awesome if you're a girl in a jetta singing it

otherwise be very ashamed

what if you're in the jetta en route to getting laid?

because that's how i feel every time i listen to that track.

I Gave You Away is better than Mouth To Mouth. Discus.

if you're getting laid to romeo you're essentially a briny

hahahaha or a brony

you need some SET YO BODY FREE SET YO BODY FREE

i just wasn't made for these jaxx

goddammit, fucked my bookmark

Vahid's death to false pop-dance crusade would be more convincing if he didn't listen to so much namby pamby post-dubstep.

hahahaha

if i didn't drive around in a jetta that year singing romeo

srsly though i always much much much preferred their "straight house bangers" like set yo body free and flylife, even at the time, as rtc said "womp womp wot it do"

my favorite track on that was actually the one SR compared to wings

and breakaway but the real news was PLUG IT IN PLUG IT IN *snaps at waist with wrists crossed, into windmill snaps*

and lucky star (dilinja remix)

srsly though i always much much much preferred their "straight house bangers" like set yo body free and flylife, even at the time, as rtc said "womp womp wot it do"

― the late great, Saturday, August 25, 2012 9:48 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

When all is said and done so do I, over the years "Same Old Show" has become my favourite Jaxx tune I think. But I still think "Romeo" is a great tune.

there's also anything that says "brixton" in the title, the raw shit, and anything called "jaxx nite dub", uh, like that one ronnie richards thing jess and crabbe played in every set that sounds like they're throwing cymbals and kettle drums over the decks at your head

yeah Breakaway was total Prince-Not-Prince and amazing. Lucky Star blew my mind bitd too.

this sounds amazing pitched up real fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkhAetkos8

"Breakaway" is straight fire. The actual best Jaxx track.

i'm starting to fear that my number 1 isn't going to make it and i genuinely believe it's the best tune of the 00s :( it begins with a 'q'.

No idea, but thank you for reminding me of a very important Q track for the 90s poll!

now i have no clue, 'q' by kenny larkin?

It ends with ou Vadis

i see it now.

Set Yo Body Free is their best tune. Tho I like Just 1 Kiss (forget how they titled this) and If I Ever Recover for their restrained house mode.

quo vadis is not a 90s track?!?

http://www.discogs.com/G-Man-Quo-Vardis/master/224640

oh oh oh that's not what he's talking about, sorry

that's what EDB's talking about right, but not or something

That Ronnie Richards thing is filthy. Must dig out that Jon Carter 7 mix next time I'm home, he became woeful but was a great dj "in his day".

YES jon carter

wonder if dubtribe will place

Missy Queen's Gonna Die should be number 3.

@lategreat http://www.discogs.com/Jon-Carter-7-Live-1/release/227394

looking at that tracklist brings back some serious memories. this was first place i heard "jaguar" too.

No, I mean Quo Vadis by G Man alright, but I was referring to the 90s poll, since that track is indeed from the 90s.

i got one of those on ur recommendation garda waaaaay back when it came out, love the second half of the both discs to death ... let the bass roll!!!!

remember this one

http://www.discogs.com/Jon-Carter-Viva-Bugged-Out/release/1466293

that was my dubtribe reference