ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

bring in the katz is great

love story charted v highly in the uk but idk if it had as much chart longevity

still love the taylor song, only god can judge me, etc. etc.

I'm god? cool!

yo lil b

http://youtu.be/FpJhilIA-NY?t=9m55s

that taylor swift song is definitely not rubbish. a great chorus and a rather nice voice. i also like the acoustic guitar intro. probably in my top ten of this thread.

Have to lol at people attaching wiki flags to Taylor's use of "indie".

― Tim F, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:04 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's hardly trainspotting to understand no one outside of, like, my mom or total idiots thing mumford & sons are "indie hipsters"

I think I ultimately prefer "I Knew You Were Trouble," but I voted for "We Are Never...," since it felt more ~2012~. (Even though I'd heard Red when it dropped, IKYWT didn't really hit me until late December, when I started hearing it on the radio.)

tbh I feel some small resentment towards some dude for not bringing the katz in two years ago but I'm glad most people hearing it for the first time are so taken with it. It was my #2 and really the most exciting dance record I heard all year. I feel like after skimming through these reactions it would have placed quite a bit higher if more people had heard it before now. I really miss having Outloud as a source for people to find out about new stuff outside of their usual during the year proper. Wh-what wh-what?

i always imagined the indie record was kid a for some reason

There's an "ever" missing in the title

I don't understand how anyone could be turned off by the vocals on Purity Ring on the basis of kewpiedollism but be completely on-board with Taylor Swift in any form or fashion.

I was kind of disturbed by the fact that I lightweight enjoyed that Taylor song the first 1.5 times I heard it but it quickly turned annoying as fuck and it felt like all was right in the world.

i always imagined the indie record was kid a for some reason

― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:15 PM (36 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

t swift was 10 years old when kid a came out

hahaha sorry homie, i don't trust myself to have the perspective about when to be evangelistic about Baltimore club to out-of-towners, i'm kind of fine with songs like that or "I'm The Ish" taking on a life of their own without my help (xp)

I really miss having Outloud as a source for people to find out about new stuff outside of their usual during the year proper. Wh-what wh-what?

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:14 (1 minute ago)

yep

btw

HEY GRIFF, BRING IN THE KATZ

bring in the katz reminds me of fatman scoop :)

yeah we got nyan cat into the poll last year! and uncle acid and the deadbeats into the albums top 10.

xxp

the funny thing about this line is that i'm willing to bet that with the kind of ppl swift dates, the "indie" record was prob, like, the lumineers or something

http://deadgirlfriends.tumblr.com/post/38848737345/what-would-you-think-if-that-indie-record-taylor

i don't even like taylor swift and i don't think the lumineers qualify as "cooler" than her

did L1ef place and i missed it?

yep

t swift was 10 years old when kid a came out

― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:16 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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http://i.imgur.com/c3eHePT.jpg

28. ZEBRA KATZ FT. NJENA REDDD FOXXX "Ima Read" [322 points, 14 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

oh i forgot abt this one, cool song

Great song. glad this is in the top 50%

that song is cool i guess but definitely on the wrong side of minimal for me

much prefer 'pulla stunt' tbh

t swift was 10 years old when kid a came out

― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:16 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:23 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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plus i like the original "ima read" better aka when project pat & la chat go back and forth on "chickenhead"

the Fives bootleg & the Mike Q/B.Ames remix of this are urgent & key.

yessss

njena's cut-glass contempt on "i don't like that bitch" is so great

njena's parts are def way better than zebra katz

also like to imagine Ima Read as max's great-great-grandmother

uh that track is kind of really unpleasant imo

i initially thought the original's minimalism wouldn't hold my attention long-term and i'd need to use the remixes but it turned out that none of the remixes really worked on the same level

<i>also like to imagine Ima Read as max's great-great-grandmother</i>

lol

hey katz, smell the coffee, bring in the katz! god this is so boring. unbelievable.

https://soundcloud.com/the-fives/zebra-katz-ima-read-the
https://soundcloud.com/#zebrakatz/ima-read-mike-q-x-b-ames-remix

Firs takes away the "too minimal" argument, second exacerbates it.

Such a good selection, great poll, as usual!

Didn't expect this to beat "Wut", makes me wonder if "Wavvy"'s still to come.

[Lil Chat]
yeah you like my outfit
don't even fake the deal
i thought you said you had your girl on the light bill

[Project Pat]
always in my face
talkin this and that
girl i had to buy some rims for da Cadilac

[Lil Chat]
you riding clean
but ya gas tank is on E
be stepping out ain't no decent shoes on ya feet

[Project Pat]
that's just the meter broke
youn't know'cha talkin bout
anyway them new Jordans finna come out

[Lil Chat]
hate see ya in a club
ya mobbin wit a mug
know that ya ridin wit ya boy
ya nothing but a scrub

[Project Pat]
but he was with me
that's when you hated
cause when i got up on ya friend ya damn-near fainted

[Lil Chat]
i sho did
in our face drankin on that "yak"
moutth fulla golds but yo ass need some tic tacs

[Project Pat]
what? you need some gum
breath like some thunder
what you lookin at
i don't want yo phone number
(boy please whateva)

huh I must be mellowing a little bit in my old age because I am really digging the Burial track

wow this fives remix is fantaastic

this song was completely perfect as a catwalk soundtrack for rick owens' paris fashion week show: http://youtu.be/8ZviPuZAzxU

uh that track is kind of really unpleasant imo

― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:26 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Agreed. I have to admit I didn't waste any time trying to figure out what was going on or what the appeal was, but then again there was nothing there to inspire me to spend that time.

everytime someone referenced "Ima Read" on ILM i thought they were talking about this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8