ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

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

you can c+p the link I think

http://i.imgur.com/y2QKNic.jpg

23 TAYLOR SWIFT "Out of the Woods" [376 points, 11 votes]
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Out+Of+The+Woods/7cgMuB

oh yeah, makes sense

sund4r: I gave up on spotify a long time ago. at first i couldn't use it because Canada, but then i was supposedly allowed – but could never ever get it working.

great song

Perhaps my favorite Swift song, it's so so great.

^grooveshark link works fine for me on chrome w/ adblock; on iPhone I have to listen to a few seconds of an ad and it works fine there too

saer will be happy, woods involved

Hmm, didn't expect this to be one of the upcoming Swift songs in the poll. Don't know why not. People liked it when it leaked, and I guess they still do.

every song on the next taylor record will be about a different tree in the woods

But not a cabin, that's where shes missing a trick.

saer will be happy, woods involved

what? its about leaving the woods! subject matter is already baffling to me before Ive heard a single note

lol

Taylor Swift is such a mediocre person.

cool. i love the last two songs but didn't vote for either. My OP pick was 'On A Path' and my Swift pick was 'Clean'.

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

This works, thx. (C+p-ing the link was the first thing I tried btw but it didn't work either. I feel you, Thermo.)

xposts Holy shit, this is really a Taylor Swift song?

haha not if you're listening to Spotify, it's a cover version

saer really is mvp of this rollout

Oddly enough I don't hate the Taylor Swift singles this year as much as the ones from previous years but I still don't get all the love for her thing. From a very far distance this sounds influenced by Kate Bush.

i like this song but i am now very worried that taylor will be #1

Out of the Woods is fantastic!

(Sleeve, I was listening to Grooveshark.)

I was the #1 vote for "About The Money" XD XD XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBrTx0uOK04

imo taylor got hella votesplitted

i like this song but i am now very worried that taylor will be #1

― dyl, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:58 PM (15 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

How'd ya figure that? Prob too many songs to vote for: votes will be spread, so no no.1 I think. Think Two Weeks will be #1

kinda hope neither "two weeks" nor "blank space" is no. 1 but i'm not sure what a reasonable substitute would be

I was the #1 vote for "About The Money" XD XD XD

― EVERY HUGH JACKMAN HAS A VAN HELSING (some dude), Wednesday, January 21, 2015 3:58 PM (36 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

all time classic vine

this grooveshark site is horrible, offensive to have to use something like that, who would use a site like that

but on the other hand I have a lot of time for the fact she took her music off spotify, its hers to do whatever she likes with and she doenst owe anyone an explanation. she sounds uncomfortable singing this, maybe because of the horrible drums. rest of it was reasonably bland, i'll take that at this stage

oh i guess i have to relinquish all hope that "drunk on a plane" will place lol

It took me ages to warm to 'Out Of The Woods', the production and style felt too Haim-y to me but I got over that. Some of the best dramatic lyrics on the whole record.

Yay. My first song to place.

Guessing there'll be no Tove Lo in the 77 though

just had the thought "a reasonable no. 1 would be 'no type'"

I really like Speak Now so am still adjusting to nu-TS. This song actually does make me think of the year 1989, though.

The chorus with the doubled vocals and the minimoog, the bombastic drums throughout. The more I listen to it the more it sounds a lot like something off of Hounds of Love. Tell me I'm not going crazy.

She could've totally sped this up and fucked with it a bit and turned it into 'Holding Out For A Hero'

I really have no idea what #1 will be.

I especially like the man backing vocals when the music drops out, that's nice

"2 On" is the song that ILM would've been cool enough to make #1 a few years ago but probably isn't anymore imo

#1 obvs "blank space" i think

voted out of the woods
altho when i sing it in my head it turns into you don't win friends with salad