ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

Flopson: I wish I was NV :-/

College heart throb sports player, got it, ty guys

There have been an awful lot of very high profile, very distressing cases of college/high school football players and their general protection by their local society from having to face the consequences of raping girls. The fact that it's a quarterback reflects this. Of course it's not just the golden boys of American Football who rape, but it isn't an arbitrary choice.

you can't deny it sounds like any other country-pop song

all the trees look the same when you look out the window from your room, its only when you go into the woods that you can see each more clearly

Lex, I'd never thought I'd say this, but for you - always claiming ignorance about sports except tennis - lecturing someone about what a quarterback is, is hilarious.

christ, i know fuck all about american football or what quarterbacks actually do but i know enough about how they're perceived by society (and it's not as if they're aren't direct analogs in european sport)

imo this is a gorgeous, heartbreaking song. think we covered it extensively in its own thread, but the details in the arrangement add tremendously to the narrative

Thanks Emily, got it now.

No, get it now, ty Lex

best discovery so far in the 2014 trax results is that i love saer

Tough Love is very beautiful and I can get behind the Quarterback sentiment, and I'll cheer for Isabella but I can't find myself enjoying the song.

mods rename the board ILSaer

Becky G – "Shower" – Not sure what use I might have for this, but yeah, strong echoes of "Umbrella", pre-chorus & chorus both work like gangbusters, top shelf pop product.

The War on Drugs – "Red Eyes" – RMDE @ the group-squawk every time some middling indie rock song troubles the collective viewscreen. Trust me, no one's gonna dock yr points if you fail to lodge the approved objection. [/crotchety] Song's kind of boring, no less seductive for that.

Röyksopp & Robyn – "Monument" – Song's kind of boring, no less seductive for that, lol. Like The War on Drugs track (which it roughly resembles), solid in its own ballpark, inapplicable outside that.

Dej Loaf – "Try Me" – I gather that vaporous drift is part of the appeal, and I'm not denying the underlying emotional bite, but musically, this doesn't do much for me. Still nice, something I'll come back to. More charmed by the Rice Krispies product placement in this vid than Becky G's Cover Girl, but YMMV.

Hodgson – "Babylon System" – Nice, if slight & familiar. Not really designed for home use, I expect.

Jessie Ware – "Tough Love" – Heartstopping, even better than "Champagne Kisses". Need to hear this album. Exclamation point!

Kira Isabella – "Quarterback" – I halfway on board w/ this song, but my appreciation depends 100% on the lyrics. Aside from that, it's not awful and I actually like her singing, but the basic sonic stamp of contemporary pop country utterly repels me. My loss.

it feels weird for me that so many itt are calling this cliche. i don't remember where i first came across this song but i do remember feeling really surprised, like i was punched in the gut or something. it sets itself up like it's going to be a cliche ("you belong with me" style, like rev noted) but then reveals itself to be anything but.

Lol I thought you was BB, Amory, whatever anyways you are an excellent poster.

also beyond steubenville the player who has a chance at being the #1 draft pick for the NFL next season was accused of rape and generally seems to be a terrible person aside from that, but if he's a good player he'll be a hero.

i find it difficult to believe that amory blaine doesn't know about the steubenville case but just in case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steubenville_High_School_rape_case

saer is actually posting from a glade rn

hey i'm not an expert but i like NFL!!

I feel like I might get banned for this but sometimes the reaction to Red Eyes by Workout of the Day reminds me of white suburban kids who can't stand hip-hop.

Ty Xelab (and flopson I guess...), I used to be Le bateau ivre iirc

all the trees look the same when you look out the window from your room, its only when you go into the woods that you can see each more clearly

saeg

AB is not british either iirc (tho he is from europe)

dreaded europe

got it, sorry for the confusion

Yay for Quarterback. It was the no.1 English-language song on my ballot. Gut-punch feeling is otm.

Gr80 otm

http://i.imgur.com/fgB82CZ.jpg

25 T.I. "About The Money" Ft. Young Thug [371 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/etfIdtm-OC8

wooooo!!!!!!

yessssssss

In europe we have tvs (well, some of us, not me personally). and on those tvs they show sports and sometimes there is a quaterback winning a superbowl for the packers. there is also news, where high profile stories are shown

Young Thug is going to wind up on half these tracks, isn't he?!

kinda bored of these results but I slightly like young thug now, so I'm torn

I have personally seen a quarterback on my European television device, Saer

(y)

NOT seen xp

He slimes like the reverend he shoots at the reverend.

Taylor Swift ft. Young Thug
The New Pornographers ft. Young Thug
Thom Yorke ft. Young Thug
Scott Walker + Sunn O))) ft. Young Thug

feel like the "Quarterback" video unwisely defuses some of the horror of the lyric at the end there, maybe the song was just TOO REAL otherwise

great track though didn't make my ballot. love hearing thugger on what could be a classic ugk beat - that organ <3 - and tip was so good that i briefly thought his album might be a return to form (it wasn't)

feel like the "Quarterback" video unwisely defuses some of the horror of the lyric at the end there, maybe the song was just TOO REAL otherwise

there was an alternate video without the happy ending iirc

As far as' feat. Young Thug' go, I much prefer YRN to About the Money.

i pack an 11 i pack an 11
i ride in a gator my shoes are giuseppe
i'm shine like the reverend i shoot at the reverend

like this t.i./thug
i kinda forget to check for new t.i. stuff for some reason

Is the Kira Isabella album good?

yes

Kira Isabella – "Quarterback" – I halfway on board w/ this song, but my appreciation depends 100% on the lyrics. Aside from that, it's not awful and I actually like her singing, but the basic sonic stamp of contemporary pop country utterly repels me. My loss.

― deliberately clunky, needlessly arty, (contenderizer)

I read the lyrics and they're chilling and depressing, really effective but I feel the same way, I can't get past the modern country pop production. If this was produced to sound more like I dunno Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billy Joe I'm sure it would be one of my favorite tracks of the year. As it stands the production makes me quit halfway.

i like that guys plane and car, though i dont really agree with driving

In europe we have tvs (well, some of us, not me personally)

how do you feel about cooking? and have you met the lex?

*sneaks harrowing lyrics through glossy production*

imago proclaiming young thug as a genius is exactly how i suspected this poll would end up tbh

imago proclaiming young thug as a genius is exactly how i suspected this poll would end up tbh

― gr8080, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:00 PM (5 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Idk can't stop laughing at this nbd