ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

there is a youtube of her performing this live on TV as victoria secret models walk up and down a catwalk that has vietnamese subtitles and the aspect ratio is all fucked up and there's lots of crowd cheering and its actually kind of awesome, i had it on a loop for about an hour the other nite

this song is i n c r e d i b l e

the guitar sound alone, as brad has noted

love the italo bassline

Rev - I'm mostly making a point about what is and isn't considered a parochial concern here.

Matt DC otm. You could call half the music in this thread 'fashion chain' music if you wanted.

Would def listen to a "fashion chain" playlist.

my mom watches a lot of fashion shows and asked me to buy her albums by Lone and Disclosure after hearing some of their music in a couple of them

Doubt there is more 'for British ears only' in the list than usual

a song by my fav singer about my biggest celebrity crush that channels my fav band.

i've never felt more targeted in my life.

Heard two of my nominations for the first time in TK Maxx so that gives them a better strike rate than any radio station this year.

I'm not exactly a Taylor Swift fan but this song is really great. gr8080 is right about that italo bassline, it makes the song.

Funny that I never really grokked the dorkiness of "Rather Be" (despite the Pentatonix cover); to my ears, it's "hip UK dance-pop" in the same vein of Disclosure, Duke Dumont, etc.

my mom watches a lot of fashion shows and asked me to buy her albums by Lone and Disclosure after hearing some of their music in a couple of them

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:20 PM (50 seconds ago) Bookmark

I've come around in a big way to that one disclosure song, heard it all the time on r&b radio and it sounded so great in that context

JUST TAKE ME HOME

omar's mom sounds pretty chill

I find TSwift irrationally irritating, but I will say the 80s movie credits song production on this actually fits her steez unlike the other three tracks that have placed

a song by my fav singer about my biggest celebrity crush that channels my fav band.

And which band would that be?

is this about harry styles?

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.

Well it's not as if top 40 radio in the US plays massively popular rap songs either, but you know what? FUCK TOP 40.

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:13 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's almost there's been an intense well documented effort to whitewash the US charts and top 40

For 2015, we're substituting the nominations process for the playlists of the top 20 clothing retailers.

Gawd, what passes for mainstream pop at this point is so completely anathema to me I can't take it.

I would vote in that poll xp

or even better, fashion week runway music

No its about Psy, the Gangnam Style dude, hence the title.

i hope the reason this isnt a single yet is bc they're waiting for Nicolas Winding Refn to agree to direct a video

pstyle

Damn, I love Style, people mentioned the guitar, but her singing is what makes it stand out from the rest of the record.

Style my #1, second verse highlight of her career imo

the second verse when the mutual bearding unravels <3

Everything about Style is like custom made for my tastes, except the lyrics which are completely stupid.

I can only imagine (literally) what will fill out the rest of this list

any chance of new romantics placing?

5. Seasons
4. Lifestyle
3. Two Weeks
2. No Flex Zone
1. 2 On

?????

all these t-swift songs seem fine i guess, i dunno. that young t-hova "habits" song seemed way better

Everything about Style is like custom made for my tastes, except the lyrics which are completely stupid.

hey this is how i feel about "habits"!

but yeah i will never understand the fascination w/her

like modern country and pop isn't necessarily my bad but w/ "quarterback" or kacey musgraves (last year already?) i can at least hear what the fuss is about, ditto for a lot of the pop singles that make these lists

Guitar yes, Italo bassline yes, lyrics no.

I really honestly thought "Love 'Em All" would do great in this poll, but it's def not going to be in the top 5. I am sad.

gonna laff so hard if Seasons is #1

Guitar yes, Italo bassline yes, lyrics no.

― Minaj moron (Re-Make/Re-Model), Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:30 PM (7 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think this is where i stand but i've still only heard the song once so

hey this is how i feel about "habits"!
Right, me too.

Mmmm color me surprised I don't hate this Swift joint one minute in.

Thought Style was a shoe in for Top 5

jessie ware - "tough love" is a really good song

yeah i def slept on jessie ware this year. love both songs that placed

Ok, finished listening. I liked the backing track. It was really good, sort of italo-disco in the verses then it goes to Gap in the chorus, you can't have it all. I can't stand the lyrics and there's something really annoying about her vocalization for me, she's too squeaky or something. I think I agree with the sentiment that whatever she's going for Sofi de la Torre and Tove Lo made it better this year.

yeah i def slept on jessie ware this year

#braggin

"Style" is definitely my favorite song from the album proper. Happy that it's the next single. With bonus tracks included, though, it has stiff competition from "New Romantics."

i have no idea how anyone misheard the line as "starbucks lovers" which wouldn't even have made grammatical sense

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i had not even once considered that the lyric WASN'T starbucks lovers, i thought that was hilarious & kind of awesome and now i'm disappointed. what is it, starstruck?

list of ex

this reminds me, has the Italo poll happened? I know very little about italo and want to