ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

If this had to be here, I'm glad it's this low.

Every passing year has the Springsteen it deserves.

christ

this is not in the top half of tracks on the record but it was the single so i guess it makes sense to be the one that shows up?

the war on the war on drugs

appalled

suspect the album will place much higher comparatively

we need to end the war on drugs

let it all out, folks

Hey QT all is forgiven

The thing is that this band can write good, concise songs. I've heard them do it. But this album spends half its time up its own ass.

enjoyed this song in footloose tbh

War On Drugs are pleasant enough but I have a hard time believing people who seem to find them an exciting proposition. Their placement at the top of so many albums lists is unfathomable. Still, I've come to enjoy Red Eyes as a standout track with a memorable hook that was worth casting a low vote to.

zzz but i guess it could be worse

I gave it a second chance over the holiday, and while its pretty meaninglessness has its attractions it still doesn't sound Springteenian or like Knopfler (both of.whom recorded plenty of tuneful meaninglessness).

War on Drugs finally clicked for me when relistening to albums for this poll. It's easy to dismiss on the first couple of listens, but there really is something good in there and it stays with you.

mass meltdown as a War on Drugs song places. you guys are soooo predictable

nice to see neil hannon jamming with them in the video though

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the war on drugs is fine, just insanely overrated

I'd prob have voted for Disappearing if it had been nominated.

The War on Drugs: Suck My Cock

Hey, where'd the 8-bit Swift go in your playlist, forks? Better option than Kidz Bop imo.

is this one of those songs that wouldn't place if we deleted votes from ppl who also voted for the album

Red Eyes (and all the other songs on the album) sort of meander for far too long, I prefer older songs of him like 'Taking out the farm', the same kind of trick but more concise.

I would have voted for "eyes to the wind" if i bothered voting for tracks this year

a migos cover of shower (featuring thugger) would win this thing in a walk

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plus quavo wouldnt have to finesse the plug

Ahahahha

How can you not see the Springsteen influence? It's the same thing Arcade Fire where doing on the suburbs album.

Honestly this isn't the worst thing ever but I just can't imagine what it would be like having any use for this sort of thing. Like what kind of lives do War On Drugs fans lead? What are their hopes and fears? I imagine they spend a lot of time thinking about mortgages.

Don't hear it either.

When people say "sounds like Springsteen" in this context, what they really mean is "this sounds big and important like 'Born to Run'".

i spend my life posting on internet forums, i fear death and disease, and i don't have any mortgages to worry about

X post right rev. It's such asinine music. Nice in a way, but hardly anything to get excited about

I like this song, don't think I bothered voting for it. Going to save my ire for when Future Islands finish in the top ten.

yeah i don't hate this exactly but that is the best thing i can say about it? i wish there were anything interesting about the way they were playing it. like go for it and make it sound like "in a big country" dudes

it's also a billion years long

Asinine? Anodyne

I thought in the context of War on Drugs they mean "It sounds like 'Dancing in the Dark'".

i like future islands too. i'm the monster at the end of the thread

i like the distanced, druggy (ironically) production vibe on this, kinda wish they'd reign in the exciteableness and Big Country guitar shit. feel like a bunch of different genres have had people using emotionally flattened sounds this year, to answer Rev i reckon people listen to this stuff to embrace the blankness?

god help us otherwise

dammit Brad beat me to the Big Country zing

I do spend time thinking about mortgages.

if 'in a big country' came out today it wouldn't crack top 30 on the tracks poll either

when stuff like this gets compared with him, i guess Bruce must feel about the same Kate Bush does when people bring up Bat For Lashes and Florence. poor Bruce.

http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/ymusic-stop-the-presses/springsteen.jpg

Sky Ferreira wrote the best Big Country rip in years already.

Honestly this isn't the worst thing ever but I just can't imagine what it would be like having any use for this sort of thing. Like what kind of lives do War On Drugs fans lead? What are their hopes and fears? I imagine they spend a lot of time thinking about mortgages.

― The Reverend, miércoles 21 de enero de 2015 17:32 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The only fan I personally know is also a big fan of Wilco and My Morning Jacket. He works as a programmer, drinks one or two beers almost every day, looks like mexican quentin tarantino. Is afraid of commitment and living in one city his entire life.

[indie rock song] IS LITERALLY THE WORST SEWAGE THAT I HAVE EVER COME WITHIN A 100-YARD RADIUS OF IN MY ENTIRE FUCKING LIFE

migos + young thug rapping over a big country sample think abt it

This is far from the most offensive thing that's been featured in the rundown so far, but also one of the least distinctive, so.