ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

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

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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

virtually nobody at all seemed to complain when "call me maybe" won p&j

that may be because this year very few ppl here cared about P&J due to the overall horribleness of recent VVM

surprised there weren't more votes for "bandz a make her dance", "val venis" and "pop that" considering how inescapable they felt.

i was a certified kompakt fanboy until very recently, long after most people gave up, so it's a little depressing that i can't get into the pachanga boys track. it's not like it's a departure from one of the label's signature sounds so i guess it's me.

I think some dude was arguing that it got #1 by not offending anyone? ... Except some dude?
no, i'm offended too lol. can't stand "inspector norse" (and "snooze for love"), though i'll admit ILM's raging hard-on for this strand of dance music year after year adds fuel to the fire. i'm in the "adorn"-should-have-won camp but "call me maybe" would make much more sense in the #1 spot--you can probably understand its appeal even if you dislike it.

"Norse" only ever gets about 75% of where I where I wish it was going, but overtly euphoric is never going to piss me off.

Appeal of 'call me maybe' mystifies me but it's not like I'm forced to listen to it so whatever.

that may be because this year very few ppl here cared about P&J due to the overall horribleness of recent VVM

― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, January 25, 2013 3:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i didn't mean just on ILM though, in general even its detractors have been especially passionate

I barely listen to dance music and all but I find Inspector Norse very appealing for some reason. Not as much as Snooze. I have to admit that some fraction of me weighs in how much I love music videos, and the Norse video is one of my favorites.

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

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, January 25, 2013 10:09 AM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

on the same label: http://www.discogs.com/artist/diskJokke

hope i didn't just blow your mind, m@tt

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