ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

"clearing the dancefloor" might have been a point in favour of mia's maya-era stuff as you could argue that she was aiming to be somewhat abrasive, but that's not the case for "bad girls"

Watching Saint Etienne replace Bjork as main act at Primavera 2012 completely ruined them for me. Their sound was feeble, Crackers was acting like somebody's hip mum who'd turned up to a party after one too many G+Ts and the whole thing fell really flat. Shame because I like their records, but I can't really listen to them again after that.

Crackers was acting like somebody's hip mum who'd turned up to a party after one too many G+Ts

Don't be a dick.

Her singing was pretty crappy when I saw them. It was still a fun concert though (in a small venue).

I'm serious, Matt, she just wasn't with the crowd at all, like it was her first ever show at a local venue.

That may be true, but there are other ways to say it without going down the "lol drunken middle-aged woman" student comedy path.

there are certain songs (not from this year) that have cemented themselves in my heart via their ability to clear specific types of dancefloors (thinking mostly of the industrial dance we used to inflict on our peers in high school, although hilariously ppl really really dug Bigod 20)

― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP)

ahhh memories

That may be true, but there are other ways to say it without going down the "lol drunken middle-aged woman" student comedy path.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:42 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm sure if Bjork had played the description would not have applied.

That's nice.

As a sometimes drunken middle aged man I can get down with drunken middle aged women. I saw St Et in York in December and thought her voice was fine, though that was a more intimate venue than Primavera.

I do think it would have worked a lot better in a smaller venue. Probably being a bit unfair on poor St Ettys cos they had to fill a big outdoor headline slot at last minute and they clearly weren't prepared for it.

I'm also quite bitter cos the lack of Bjork meant loads of day-trippers got their money back and the whole place felt rather dead on the Saturday, prob didn't help the vibe much.

Bjork is a middle-aged woman, what am I not gettting?

bjork is ageless

I think this is the first time I realized Storm Queen isn't some sort of dancehall diva, totally sounds like one.

An observation re: "Cartoon and Cereal" - Gunplay is there to tell the story of Kendrick's paternal "you"

Oh man, I hadn't heard "Cartoon and Cereal" and for some dumb reason I searced for it on iTunes and it came up with one of my favorite recent examples of those namejacking musicians that sell shit on iTunes, a rapper named Kendrick Lamaar and his mixtape Cartoon Cereal. lol.

This is my favorite example:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lplnb7hyDZ1qkvtqmo1_1280.png

lol

lol

I salute his Ihu$tle

hey everyone

doing some work this morning, sorry -_-

gonna try and get this started w/in the next 30 minutes

lol @ Ihu$tla

Am bummed about Gravity not making it, will have to console myself w Miguel's two big hits

"Ima Eat Her Ass Based Freestyle" was robbed

http://i.imgur.com/KfT12X6.png?1

20. FRANK OCEAN "Pyramids" [366 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes]

Spotify / Youtube

it is 366 btw, i fucked it up in the image

Redo! Entire poll is now suspect!

That video is horrible.

2nd half of the song > 1st half

at the beginning of last year "pyramids" def opened my eyes cuz i had really cooled on nostalgia, ultra but it's not one of my fav songs on the album and i skip it often.

it's pretty dope tho and a good switch up for him.

oh yeah that video gets NSFW

I have never even watched the video. Perhaps I should finally do it.

Guess I always suspected this would rank higher, at least on ILM, than Thinkin Bout You. Dunno why, though.

i think "pyramids" is a bit silly and ultimately boring, and its ambition exceeds what he can pull off, but i can at least see why people would go nuts for it - you appreciate the ambition, whereas with something like "thinkin' bout you" succeeds or fails on whether you're moved by it, and i remain unmoved

Frank Ocean is a bit like Taylor Swift for me, I can see why he's an important pop thing and I get that the music means a hell of a lot to a lot of people but it just washes over me. I never have an actively unpleasant time listening to it but never want to explore further either.

That is my fav song off album. I am not really down with all the Frank controversy I just simply think half of his album is great.

The big synth hook in the middle of Pyramids is easily my favourite bit of this.

my favorite on the album but for me that is not saying much

http://i.imgur.com/1Yj16oH.png

19. TAYLOR SWIFT "I Knew You Were Trouble" [402 points, 14 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

SWIFTSTEP

I wish the song had explored the issues uncovered inthis classic ILE thread xxp

I'm glad this one beat out "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", it's a much better song. I voted for it.

classic joint from the first time i heard the first chorus... it's really constructed well though. it keeps adding and adding on, there's some great vocals at the climax of the song.

the first dubstep drop is actually the best and most emotional moment of this fucking brilliant song, which comes bang in the middle of the album's most amazing stretch

when does the song start?

Though I did vote "Begin Again" higher than this, which I am assuming at this point is not going to make it.

when does the song start?

― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 24 January 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Kept fwding to 2:05

The spoken word intro is kinda hilariously hamfisted in its portent.

I kind of hate the idea of anyone being introduced to "Pyramids" through the video, which cuts out most of the first movement and then adds more extraneous John Mayer noodles, in addition to just being visually horrible.

the video was such a disappointment (though given that taylor has never made a remotely good video apart from maaaaybe "you belong with me", i shouldn't have been disappointed really)