ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

'squall me lamely' is def a keeper tho

I was put off by that thread title with "I like Beyonce," etc. but I just listened to "Oliver Twist" and it all falls into place and seems totally different in context than it does as some big (capitalized?) thread title I have to see in my face over and over again without knowing what it's about--which highlights something a lot of people here do: just write out some lines from a song and let them hang there, like they are going to carry any weight on their own. I'm not sure how often it's done as a shared celebration of a song, on the assumption that people reading the lyrics will have heard it, or how often it's meant to lure people into listening to the song. But anyway, I confess I had not heard "Oliver Twist" and I'm happy to say I like it, a lot actually

I still haven't spent much time with "Oliver Twist" to know whether I like it or not, but I'll cosign the overall sentiment. I say this not to pick on Lex's thread title again, but there is something slightly forbidding about it if you're someone who, like me, has never come across the song, the artist, or the genre outside of ILM. To which some might say: Well, that's why you click on the thread to *find out* what it's about. But I already feel a mild sense of alienation from it. It already seems like something for established devotees of its genre. Or at least compared to the thread title Todd Terje: "Snooze 4 Love" (masterpiece alert).

Then again, I'm not someone who ever really gets invested in genres or scenes, and maybe it's my own issue that I'm reluctant to engage in threads that use that framework for discussion.

dance music people have the worst taste in dance music

lol people who are enthusiastic over things i'm not enthusiastic over have the worst taste in things i'm not enthusiastic over

― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, January 25, 2013 1:51 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what i meant, more precisely, is that lots of people love a wide variety of music that you can dance to, but people who focus on 'dance music' as a thing seem to go down this rabbithole of eliminating all distasteful elements until there's nothing left

Dance music should come with proof ratings a la liquor. Then those who prefer beer can sip 8 or 9 while I have another whiskey neat.

ienjoyhotdogs, plz come back for the albums results.

things like "Inspector Norse" seem to rise to the top for certain groups of people in this mystifying game of aesthetic goalpost moving, a process of elimination where everything that cheesy mainstream dance music and pop music hasn't picked up on lately is studiously avoided until you have the perfect inoffensive beat and synth patch. fucking disgraceful imo.

"Norge" is kinda light rum, but the glass was rinsed with some nice bitters.

are you suggesting that inspector norse isn't cheesy dance music? because that's all it is

It's cheesy dance music that is also boring.

i love the reaction to polls

Don't know what the fuck happened to Terje. I liked all those 80s remixes he did. Then he put out Snooze for Love, and it got an entire thread of praise from ilm and was super boring!

Inspector Norse clearly has an absolutely massive crossover fanbase on ILX. On a list where very little dance music ended up placing in the top 77, it would have to.

it's a pretty tasteful stripe of cheesy 80s-isms though. the way Tarantino picks the 'right' kind of lowbrow to celebrate.

Cant wait for the albums poll

some dude you are being an idiot

i'm not a dance person at all (people still go to dances? do you have to ask people out?) and i've loved inspector norse since we covered it at TSJ. i don't think anyone gave it high marks out of respect.

never gonna be able to reach for the bottle of lube ever again without thinking of 1. wank lotion and then 2. frank ocean

I think some dude was arguing that it got #1 by not offending anyone? ... Except some dude?

But no one's making a grand claim about "Inspector Norse" as embodying an aesthetic inherently superior to other styles of dance music, are they? For me, a song with a tight lite-disco beat, warm burbly synth sounds, and a hooky effervescent melody is probably always going to push my buttons at least somewhat. I don't care whether it's "acceptable" or not.

i accept that i am being an idiot. but w/e, your song won, every #1 gets gripes.

Inspector Norse is a natural descendant of Funkytown imo

i can accept that as long as you're not saying it's even a tenth as good

crazy inbred end of the line progeny of Funkytown

I value Funkytown very highly so a tenth of that would still be pretty strong.

You talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it.

Talk about polling.

Gotta move on.

Lol I played Snooze 4 Love for a friend a few months back; she said she felt like she wz at a magic show

i'm listening to inspector norse

this is ok i guess.

i was thinking it was "Todd Terry" who's one of the only dj type dudes whose name i recognize and i was like "aw cool that guy's still doing stuff" but this is a different dude who spells his name funny

basically, this kinda reminds me of like a some instrumental demo from the deluxe double CD reissue of an 80s Stevie Wonder album, but a little more "dance" music

i kinda dig it, i'm pretty shocked this won though esp compared to "adorn"

"Inspector Norse" summons images of several dudes sitting on an asymmetrical couch in an overly trendy lounge decorated in prime Trading Spaces/Changing Rooms overkill mode drinking cosmopolitans/mojitos/manhattans (delete as appropriate) and talking earnestly about their belts and their stock portfolios, which is not an image I though ILM in general found particularly aspirational/appealing

I liked Inspector Norse a lot but yeah doesnt hold a candle to Miggs

it's nice and all but a large portion of me is wondering when the Buddha Bar compilations took over everyone's tastes

drinking cosmopolitans/mojitos/manhattans (delete as appropriate)

I'll delete them all because they're all incredibly appetizing.

this is ok, i'm just a little surprised that ppl feel really strongly about it

"Inspector Norse" summons images of several dudes sitting on an asymmetrical couch in an overly trendy lounge decorated in prime Trading Spaces/Changing Rooms overkill mode drinking cosmopolitans/mojitos/manhattans (delete as appropriate) and talking earnestly about their belts and their stock portfolios, which is not an image I though ILM in general found particularly aspirational/appealing

― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, January 25, 2013 2:57 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

you could have saved yourself a bunch of time and just said "'Inspector Norse' summons images of norwegians"

"inspector norse" is a masterwork

i was thinking it was "Todd Terry" who's one of the only dj type dudes whose name i recognize and i was like "aw cool that guy's still doing stuff" but this is a different dude who spells his name funny

― mh (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, January 25, 2013 11:54 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's a pun

"inspector norse" is a masterwork

― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, January 25, 2013 8:08 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

more like inspector norse is a masturjerk

Ienjoyhotfarts

todd winning this thing is really saving carly rae from catching a few bullets here

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten is somewhere glaring at all of you for characterizing Norwegians as boring.

who is Ienjoyhotdogs Håker Flatulen?

todd winning this thing is really saving carly rae from catching a few bullets here

everyone made up their mind about "Call Me Maybe" months ago and the overall impression iirc was way more positive than negative

i'm positively negative about that song

call me maybe is the type of thing i'd normally have no interest in (mainstream girlpop + played out internet meme = ew) but i still really like it for some reason

those orch stabs in the chorus still sound compellingly terrible to me

i love orch stabs so maybe that's it

whatever

that wasn't directed at anybody or at any idea expressed itt in particular. just, whatever.

hey i just met you, whatever

everyone i've played inspector norse for has loved it, music and non music people alike. so w/e