ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

when i went to maryland deathfest this year i stayed with a bunch of friends on a boat and one of the two channels we clearly received was zeus country, which played the same playlist of 20-30 country music videos every few hours. needless to say we thrilled every time they played "drunk on a plane"

again, it's on the verge of being fucking ridiculous (it IS fucking ridiculous); that's why I love country.

we also saw this video at least three or four times on the boat and it is my ghost no. 1 on my ilx tracks poll

HEY! WHAT DO I POLL (Stevie Lee Woods on Life in these United States)

(this song is actually terrible)

I love the idea of Brad Paisley and his co-writers deciding what inanimate object or abstraction to write about. Toothbrush? Water? Camouflage? Ticks? It's like Talking Heads' Fear of Music without the heeby jeebies.

So this is an ILM tracks poll huh-nearly universal praise for Taylor Swift, chased with what's wrong with Nashville sentiments.
I'm in.

hope there's as much great country in the albums poll this year as there was last. my only regret abt the 2013 poll was not hearing ashley monroe in time to vote her #1.

Night before 20-1 rollout always the best

drugs, partying, playing back 77-21, fights, strip clubs.

I'm in

drunk on a plane

So this is an ILM tracks poll huh-nearly universal praise for Taylor Swift, chased with what's wrong with Nashville sentiments.
I'm in.

― campreverb, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:53 PM (1 minute ago)

Nothing whatsoever wrong with Nashville, IMO. I'm not personally a fan of the dominant sounds of contemporary country-pop (the the limited extent I actually hear any of it), but that's not a criticism, simply an admission that my tastes are limited.

Catching up on today's batch, everything so far is good-to-great except for maybe TWOD and R&R and I don't expect to be into the Young Thug track.

I'm sympathetic to the suggestion that 41-60 is often the stretch with the most filler, even if I'm not sure it holds for every year or why it would be the case.

oh and on a plane is the worst place to be drunk

feel like the song acknowledges this in a way

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I don't read ILM as much as I maybe should, but is Kiesza expected to place? Hideaway or Giant in my Heart?

I have ctrl-f's the latter precisely once and the former zero

has a good shot at #1

(Kiesza)

Nah, not #1, but Hideway could possibly be top 20 (or it may miss altogether). Hard to say tbh.

if the hideaway places i already know how bad that is so i dont need to play it, one less affront to personal welfare

lol i would personally enjoy kiesza being 78'd

Since I wasn't expecting Out of the Woods to place (for whatever reason), I still think there are two Swifty songs coming ahead.

Hideaway is dece, didn't vote for it

Since I wasn't expecting Out of the Woods to place (for whatever reason), I still think there are two Swifty songs coming ahead.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:17 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Style is the ILM-hive choice of Swift songs this hear I think.

Style is the hive choice, but I'd be surprised if Blank Space didn't come in ahead of it.

I think I've liked every record posted today except the Phosphorescent one (mostly due to terrible production choices) and the Young Thug and Charli XCX one which I haven't heard.

Think that Tkay Maizda song has found a better use for obnoxious midrange blare than I've heard in a long time.

Really? Thought Style will end up highests of Swift songs, but not so sure now. I gave most of my Swift points to Clean tbh, which is without a chance of placing.

Xxp

i don't think phophorescent had one place?

the Phosphorescent one

Wrong year. You mean Phantogram?

Phosphorescent? Lol

I gave most of my Swift points to "I Wish You Would", but I strongly doubt that will place.

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phosphorescent is the "song for zula" guy/band/whatever

In a just world that should really place though, MarkoP!

But yeah, it won't.

Looking forward to seeing saer's ballot

^^ otm. Though I doubt he handed one in.

(Assumes he's a he)

saer's ballot:

1. you suck
2. RADIOHEAD
3. lol

Isn't it about time for alex in mainhattan to come in and tell us how all this music stinks, but not in the delightful way that sear has done it?

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IMO the wrong Phantogram song was nominated; I'm much more of a "Howling At The Moon" fan but bowed to the gods of no-vote-splitting this year

Oh wow I forgot all about Hideaway. Yeah that def belongs in the predix.

Just getting back to the thread - Babylon System placed!

Any requests for novelty statistics tomorrow? I'm finishing off the code now...

This isn't code-related, but you should publicly share the names of people who voted for All About That Bass or Rude. j/k

I voted for the former. Wish I had made it my #1

man doxxing voters of 'rude' why you gotta be so rude

i wldve vote for rude just as a laff cause i find that song funny