ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

some horrendous uptempo remix of the track is getting play on the rhythmic station here lol

abt the money not one of the better thugger tracks this year imo, ti kinda sucks on it mostly

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

24 OWEN PALLETT "The Riverbed" [374 points,] 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/gt8wR8CagQo

future islands ft. young thug

― ||||||||, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 3:01 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

describes my 2014 listening habits

i didn't vote for this but this is a tremendous track

oh fuck yes OP

I didn't weight my ballot but this would have been in my top 10

t.i.'s rapping on this is pretty vintage imo, i was shocked by how much i replayed this over the year

when i saw dude live i totally did the white-dude-at-an-indie-show-head/shoulder-while-standing-in-place-wobble-dance for the last 2mins of this song

ya idk maybe its just ti and thugs parts seem dissonant but not like in a good way

Voted for a different OP track to either of the ones that have placed, but v. glad to see this one.

that post was abt OP not TI/YT ftr

lol

Oh yes! This is the best track of Pallett's album for me, didn't think it would place and found it odd 'song for five and six' did. Good job ILM. This reminds me of some other artist but I can't pinpoint it.

i saw dude do this live 2 separate times and both times I was like super super giddy, v highly recommended

love the dude but sadly i'm in the can't get with the vocals camp. like this more than the previous one that placed. it has a v dope video featuring owen's uncle iirc

never listened to OP before (or after) but i really liked this one

In this particular song the voice doesn't bother at all since the instruments are busy and upfront enough that you can concentrate on everything that's going on around it rather than on it.

always lumped him into the violinists with loopers who whistle camp so i was pleasantly surprised

hmmm not sure if i am totally on board but at least interested enough to give it further listens later

I enjoy his voice a lot.

Reaction to voice is such a weird thing.

Fucking amazing amazing song, my #7, I won't say 'too low' coz I hate that but I will say that ILX needs some new posters

I get the criticisms about Owen's vocals because he sings more like a classical singer than a pop singer but it totally works for what he does.

Ah great to see OP placing nice and high

see i think it could explode with a pop vocalist

lyrics of "the riverbed" are really incredible and i've found them v personally affecting over the past year

Heart, heart in your mouth, hand on the paper
With the new work that you’ve found
The gift of your depression bears you down, down, down

^^^^ in fact this is happening right now

Voted for a different OP track to either of the ones that have placed, but v. glad to see this one.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 20:24 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag

Hope it was On A Path and we still have a chance.

see i think it could explode with a pop vocalist

― flopson, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 8:32 PM (41 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

owen pallett is a pop vocalist you absolute clown

dang, I don't think I'd heard this one? it sounds really good to me right now

lorenzo mix of 'touch' was my number 1 / is the best thing ever but both are essential and need each other. follow-up was the excellent 'i know'.

― dbs, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:24 (3 hours ago) Permalink

This was me also - you my man.

Also fuck yeah at "Babylon System" placing.

And "The Riverbed"

Loving this Owen Pallett track. Really didn't think I enjoyed him all that much so I've dismissed most of the stuff he's done but, shit, "The Riverbed" is fucking great.

Hope it was On A Path and we still have a chance.

It was, it was, but I don't know that it'd beat out 'the Riverbed', I definitely thought of that as the more consensus pick.

I listened to In Conflict just enough this year to know how good it is, but not enough to pick out individual songs which I would've voted for. I'm glad other people did that work.

owens music is cool imo tho its not something im often in the mood to jam to

wanna learn how to play "the riverbed" drums so bad

hmm listened to 'has a good home' and 'he poos clouds' a lot way back when but gone off him recently, vocals are just too in the background. a bit too these new puritans.

I need to listen to this, cos Heartland was amazing.

christ the video too

when a) the strings come in and b) the strings resolve in major key it's like...i die

this is the best song that will be in this poll (barring dawson miracles) so enjoy it folks :) x

forks named it "ILX 2014 - 77 Best Tracks of the Year"

When I type this or "ILX 2014" in, nothing turns up. When I search "ILX", I get "ILX Has a Bucket" and "ILX Pre-Covers Hesitation Marks" but nothing else, other than "Acura ILX".

I really love "The Riverbed" (and OP's vocals) btw; was probably top 10 for me. What sort of vocalist do people want to hear over this? Justin Timberlake??

xposts

second confounding these new puritans comparison itt

"Acura ILX" <<its this one

obv by 'strings' i mean the legato droney ones not the staccato ones that drive the whole song, pedants

Taking issue with OP's vocals just doesn't make sense to me one bit.

Owen and Joel Gibb from The Hidden Cameras sort of operate in the same part of the spectrum vocally, which is like warm butter imo.

hey I'm back

hmm i think i maybe accidentally voted for the same song twice in my tracks ballot? seandalai maybe you can confirm/deny if that's the case. not sure if my XL spreadsheet differs from what i submitted.

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah you're right - the second vote will have been ignored

I love Owen Pallett 's album but I can easily understand why his vocals turn some off.

sund4r open the spotify web link in the opening post, click follow, then boot up yr spotify