ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

biggest gulf in quality between the first half and second half of a chorus in any song this year. but god the first half is just the hugest thing, it was impossible not to cave to it.

OK the guy on the right with the Astrotruf violin no longer cute

heavy piano and the chorus is hard to dislike but those beth ortony type vocals drive me up a fucking wall, and whole vibe of this thing is too youtube for me

Beth Orton??

you know I love the players
and you love

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also really liked route 94's "my love" w/ jess glynne's vocals even tho it's impossible to tell that it's her

i can easily see the appeal of this tbh

wow 213M views, hm

― johnny crunch, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:51 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It even sneaked into the top 10 in the U.S. for a week!

lol i don't think she sounds like beth orton

good song for midtier "fashion" clothing chains.

not necessarily a diss i guess.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so otm, i've heard way worse songs than this but idk how it took off so drastically

xxxp lol

the shift in the beat when glynne sings "IF you gave me a chance i would take it" just has this v endearing sweetness and urgency

(woops need another x that was in ref. to the reverend)

The other TSwidz misheard lyric that always foxes me is in 'Style', always hear it was "And I got that Brad Pitt / Classic / Thing that you like", then I imagine her slightly aging but ruggedly handsome with a goatee.

Jess Glynne, the featured vocalist:
http://www.earone.it/artistphotos/2014_jess_glynne.jpg___th_220_220.jpg

everyone from London definitely voted for Clean Bandit

a goatee would be awesome

heard this one quite a bit out and about, love everything about it except the "No place I'd rather be" repetitions.

good song for midtier "fashion" clothing chains.

word.

this "Rather Be" song is perfectly inoffensive but I cannot comprehend it's supposed magnitude

Vermillion is fantastic. Can't thank the Singles Jukebox enough for the discovery.

first time I heard "Rather Be" out and about was at the market veg stall, good tune for picking out broccoli to

this song is great

the aesthetics are all wrong (violins and general theatre kid vibe) but the core is a really emotional house song, so i'm down

"rather be" was pretty big here too dude

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:53 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

Comment was also in relation to British rap and Richard Dawkins

good song for midtier "fashion" clothing chains

Dudes this is one step away from "wine bar music" in terms of moribund musical "discourse".

It strikes me that I didn't know anything about Clean Bandit, what they looked like or what they represent, save for they made my song of the year. Assumed it was the name of a producer as opposed to a band. Maybe that helps?

the violin in the chorus almost ruins it for me

midtier clothing chains such as urban outfitters often play great music in their stores, it's true

The strings make it, IMO.

good song for midtier "fashion" clothing chains

Dudes this is one step away from "wine bar music" in terms of moribund musical "discourse".

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:01 PM (50 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was just imagining places it would make sense to hear this song, idk

Matt DC otm. You could call half the music in this thread 'fashion chain' music if you wanted. Besides, how is this song all that different to, say, the Classixx song from last year?

it's way worse

For what is ILM but a catwalk.

I prefer the wizard remix. Gets rid of the violins.

The video was made by the group and features Haruka Abe as a Japanese fan of the band.[21] The band comments: "The video is about a Japanese fan of the band who becomes delirious and has hallucinations of band members and our logo appearing unexpectedly in her daily life as a chef. Filming in Tokyo was an amazing experience: we spent almost a week there and everyone was so helpful. We made it ourselves as always, which was quite scary as we've never produced anything so far away before. We had a bit of trouble filming the scene on the train though. Turns out it's considered incredibly rude to make noise on a train so when we started dancing around to the track in the carriage with the extras, it didn't go down well! Got shouted at."[22]

The music video was released on 5 December 2013 and has since received more than 199 million views.[22]

Also this song was absolutely massive right around the world which is more than you can say about all the wonky voiced Soundcloud rap in this list.

Violins are all over actual disco music and they make sense here IMO.

The drop-off to their other singles is precipitous.

this song is great

the aesthetics are all wrong (violins and general theatre kid vibe) but the core is a really emotional house song, so i'm down

Where's the beat tho?

good song for midtier "fashion" clothing chains

Dudes this is one step away from "wine bar music" in terms of moribund musical "discourse".

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:01 PM (50 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

m&s innocent smoothie keep calm and carry on nick clegg iirc, also maybe waitrose, I think maybe a brand of shampoo also but don't quote me

the beat in the verses is pretty good imo, blippy lil organ thing xp

God the album was absolute dogshit though, just reinforced every negative stereotype about them.

Matt DC otm. You could call half the music in this thread 'fashion chain' music if you wanted. Besides, how is this song all that different to, say, the Classixx song from last year?

That was particularly better, no.

Besides, how is this song all that different to, say, the Classixx song from last year?

― quinoa: how's it spelt? (dog latin), Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well for one i do agree this is an emotional house song at heart where the classixx song was a straight-up pop song ime.

also the classixx song was amazing and this song is just fine.

_Matt DC otm. You could call half the music in this thread 'fashion chain' music if you wanted. Besides, how is this song all that different to, say, the Classixx song from last year?_

That was particularly better, no.

Err wasn't.

The song's comfiness is part of its whole appeal anyway, I mean "when I am with you there's no place I'd rather be".

the classixx song is better than this, but they're both good!

i think all of the 'soundcloud' rap i voted for i have heard on the radio in the uk

matt dc otmmmm

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