ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

Blawan track is totally my shit

hmm this is basically "getting me down" with all the fun surgically extracted though isn't it

i don't remember anyone here getting that excited for "you're the one", it's a good song tho

can u imagine how much worse it couldve been if it wasnt there sorting the wheat from the chaff all year

You're such a charming individual, r|t|c.

yeah this blawan song doesn't do anything for me, was surprised to see ppl freaking out over it. "getting me down" is of course amazing

hate this track tbh

"getting me down" >> this, but they're different things

this amused me for the first day, then shrugs

Yes! Blawan! At 14! Thank you ILM!

"Crumpet" has its own (quite negative) connotations whereas comparing Sarah Cracknell being like someone's tipsy mom in a crowd half her age describes a situation and not her personally.

I hope this is sarcastic? I've lost count of the number of times I've heard "drunken aunt at a wedding" used to describe a female artist over 40.

Love love love Oliver Twist, the "shakey-shakey-bum-bum" bit has very nearly embarassed me in a number of situations when I've been listening to it on headphones. I voted it very highly and nearly gave it the number one spot.

The yacht disco beat on Losing You is so great that it still irritates me to hear it wasted on a vocal melody that sounds like it was written by a six-year old in a primary school recording lesson.

Cassie placed a couple of songs back, Rev

― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:46 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sub-Cassie shit

Blawan is fun, didn't make it particularly close to getting on my ballot but still quietly pleased to see it here.

yeah doesn't have a patch on getting me down but I gave it a spot anyway

These are thesinglesjukebox top rated singles for 2012 for comparison:

Best of '12
[8.50] Luz de Piedra de Luna
[8.40] You're the One
[8.40] Climax
[8.31] Inspector Norse
[8.14] Loyalty
[8.08] Thinkin Bout You
[8.00] King of Hearts
[8.00] Digital Rain
[7.92] Don't Save Me
[7.91] Forget
[7.89] Bombs
[7.78] These Days
[7.73] Parking Lot
[7.73] I Belong in Your Arms
[7.71] The Recipe
[7.67] Wut
[7.67] Vospominanie
[7.62] Want U Back
[7.62] Coming Down
[7.60] Disparate Youth
[7.58] Weatherman
[7.55] Do You…
[7.46] Beez in the Trap
[7.45] Takin' Pills

Never heard this out and not sure if I'd want to, but appreciate the Sheffield-y post-punk/proto-industrial ~vibe~

The yacht disco beat on Losing You is so great that it still irritates me to hear it wasted on a vocal melody that sounds like it was written by a six-year old in a primary school recording lesson.

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:00 PM (44 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and to remember how effortlessly melodic solange used to be on eg "sandcastle disco", "would've been the one" etc

"Crumpet" has its own (quite negative) connotations whereas comparing Sarah Cracknell being like someone's tipsy mom in a crowd half her age describes a situation and not her personally.

I hope this is sarcastic? I've lost count of the number of times I've heard "drunken aunt at a wedding" used to describe a female artist over 40.

Dude, crumpet is WAY worse. Yes, "drunken [older female family member]" is a trite cliche and a little eyebrow-raising, but "crumpet" is full-blown misogynist wank.

Cool, love this but it didn't quite make my ballot.

i imagine "garage" will appear at many hipster house parties on halloween, and i might be envious about it

ahh superb. I dig this track

xp singles jukebox often reps for things that no one on ilm seems to care about, like that billy currington single from last yr

"Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?" retroactively got me into "Getting Me Down"

also there are strong shades of Green Velvet and The Horrorist in it

About the right placement. Not anywhere as interesting as "Getting Me Down", but would work nicely for a serial killer comedy of errors montage...

You're such a charming individual, r|t|c.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 24 January 2013 19:59 (1 minute ago) Bookmark

nah it's actually a very fair point johnny, if the actual (hardly out of the ordinary) lyrics to a keystone song are such an affront to touristic sensibilities then pray tell what possible value can their engagement ever have

this blawan track reminds me of, like, t raumschmiere

xpost w/Moka - aww, just realised Dead Sara's "Weatherman" won't be showing up, had quietly hoped it'd turn up in the 70s to spark discussion or at least get some dude excited.

Dan OTM re: Green Velvet/Horrorist - is there much UK stuff that mines that kind've creep-house lineage past rave/darkside ardkore stuff?

this amused me for the first day, then shrugs

― r|t|c, Thursday, January 24, 2013 12:00 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, p much

The yacht disco beat on Losing You is so great that it still irritates me to hear it wasted on a vocal melody that sounds like it was written by a six-year old in a primary school recording lesson.

otm

Fucking hate this Blawan track by the way. The vocal sample is like having a particularly annoying drunk person repeatedly bumping into you when you're trying to dance.

First impressions: Liking "Getting Me Down" much more than "Garage"

don't get the love for this or that other big blehwan track

blehwan lol

lol @ the morbsization of blawan

blawank obv

The yacht disco beat on Losing You is so great that it still irritates me to hear it wasted on a vocal melody that sounds like it was written by a six-year old in a primary school recording lesson.

tbh i really like how straight and stead and inflexible the vocal line is, like she's been left behind in the song.

staid, even!

btw did blawan really sample the fugees for an entire ep? that is mildly interesting to me

yeah i've never really thought of 'bodies' as a dance track to tell the truth but then that's often the case with uk bass whatevers

Oblahmawan for the full Morbs effect surely.

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

13. ICONA POP "I Love It" [450 points, 16 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

good, now i have blawankety-wank, blawankety-wank song stuck in my head

fuck this shit

Blawan track really did work as a Halloween track. I like Getting Me Down loads as well, but here he turns full on Suicide-esque industrial while somehow keeping a toe in the partisan/bass water. Funny how an ever so slight change in his style parameters (from GMD to WTHTBUMG) can yield such different results.

i fuck with "i love it" but there's something very not quite there about it that makes me wish it had been filtered through the hands of dr. luke or max martin or some such bloodless professional

Was hoping this would be Ikonika.

idk what this is

so much british stuff I never even knew existed.

lol @ J0rd's Spotify link

try this instead

wow, that's horrible

i don't want to know what this is. xps