ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

it's a fine song, i just remain baffled by how so many sites/lists/whatever posited it as THE representative song of the year

― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes),

Letterman

Letterman said it was THE representative song of the year?

it's ok, i've come around on this, i like the singing quite a lot. and the orchestration is pretty rote at this point.

xps get on letterman with this one weird growl

the whole album is so good big hearted strange expansive sad and jammy

gives hope to out of shape karaoke singers the world over

oh i am really excited for "no flex zone"... hopefully #1 :D

All My Friends is possibly my most hated song of the last ten years, fwiw

If you're looking for a weird growl in the top 5 wait until No Flex Zone

― 龜, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:12 PM Bookmark

otm

musicianship arrangements productions etc are all really on point and seamless

Az. Banks will do well on albums but there never seemed to be any consensus about what the best tracks on her album other than "212" were.

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:01 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM

I predict Banks will be in top 10 albums

Like every time I hear this I hear Elton John singing it in his hammiest possible way and I can't get that out of my head, I actually liked it at first but I could quite happily never hear it again.

What is this retro indie shit?

"two weeks" seems like the obv winner to me now

"Seasons" is a good song in principle, but it kind of sounds awful as a record... like they didn't get the production right.

haha I can totally hear Elton suddenly covering it live

perfectly fine with Fine Young Cannibals scaling the hip influence mountain.

i like it better now that i'm hearing it as elton

"two weeks" kind of a boring winner idk :\

it's a fine song, i just remain baffled by how so many sites/lists/whatever posited it as THE representative song of the year

― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:11 PM (55 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean, no one really knew what to make of music this year (that pitchfork #2 song had a zach de la rocha verse is evidence of this), and this song had meme momentum but is also just beautiful so it makes sense as a potential rallying point

Really it's more of a 60s pop ballad with 80s production than an 80s song.
Have you heard the BADBADNOTGOOD Remix?

elton and fyc both worthy influences for future islands

2014 seems like a year where people just chose the most accessible item nearby in lieu of a clear standout.

I mean it's not like Elton wouldn't have attempted "She Drives Me Crazy" in 1991.

innnteresting. i don't think i agree tho, the chord progression is straight 80's

― flopson, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:12 PM Bookmark

Idk, I get something of a Righteous Brothers or Neil Diamond vibe from it.

the pitchfork song with a zach de la rocha verse happens to be str8 hypersonic flopson, quit the ad hominem

Ha, I didn't know that this song was called "Hideaway" or is by someone named "Kiesza". I've heard it approx. 17 236 594 times. I did always wonder what it was since it sounds more like real house music than everything else on top 40 radio.

60s ballad would have more than 2 chords (slight exaggeration). and a bridge and a key change.

i mean, no one really knew what to make of music this year (that pitchfork #2 song had a zach de la rocha verse is evidence of this), and this song had meme momentum but is also just beautiful so it makes sense as a potential rallying point

― flopson, Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:17 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is a discusion for next week but it really helped The Black Messiah that there wasn't that rallying record yet.

i love how the bass switches up and does these little inversions here and there while still driving the whole thing

i still love the future islands song

the pitchfork song with a zach de la rocha verse happens to be str8 hypersonic flopson, quit the ad hominem

― my shoes are deception (imago), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:18 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that song is rank ass

also i met this dude once and he is the chillest happiest friendliest bro on earth, makes me double happy for all his success this year

Tbh, I'm kind of surprised that anyone didn't hear "Starbucks lovers" in "Blank Space". P. sure it has to do with her enunciation: she emphasizes "of" in a way that a native speaker never would and doesn't pause at all after the "st" in "list".

Richard Dawson is good. I listened to the album once or twice and didn't totally click but I'm digging this. I don't mind the vocals but I actually like prog and English folk vocals.

"buddy, come on! hey, thank you very much! nice goin'! how about that! i'll take all of that you got! future islands! that was wonderful! thank you very much! what do you think paul?"

dave loved it

The great thing about Season, for me at least, is that it never gets boring? I will never be unhappy to hear the song.

But he didn't ask them about their drums.

V happy with this placing, forgot to vote for it >.<

Can definitely appreciate the Letterman performance but I don't think the song is all that much (I don't think I've ever actually listened to the recorded version).

Ha, I didn't know that this song was called "Hideaway" or is by someone named "Kiesza". I've heard it approx. 17 236 594 times. I did always wonder what it was since it sounds more like real house music than everything else on top 40 radio.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:18 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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Looks like my #1 got 78'd.

Gunning for a Tinashe win though I like all 3 songs that are left.

i'm guessing my #1 got 578'd

incidentally the drummer who plays with Future Islands on tour and on the Letterman appearance (Mike Lowry from Lake Trout) has been my favorite drummers in Baltimore for ages, love that guy getting a weird little peripheral bit of fame for playing something way more straightforward than what he usually does

I just listened to "seasons" all the way through for the first time, really paying attention. And it's okay! But not amazing.

I had no hope for my #1 placing.

Oh man, that's the guy from Lake Trout? That's awesome!

surprised the flawless remix looks like it's not going to place considering how much ilm loves beyoncé (and nicki)

I just listened to "seasons" all the way through for the first time, really paying attention. And it's okay! But not amazing.

― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:26 PM (52 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

[makes concentration face] hmmm

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

this Express-house remix of 'habits' sold me on the song & its lol lyrics

I just listened to "seasons" all the way through for the first time, really paying attention. And it's okay! But not amazing.

― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:26 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

It's really soft and grows on you, kinda like a jacket your mom buys you that you don't really like but when you wear it it feels really comfortable and you jsut find yourself reaching for that jacket every time

future islands looks like dear zachary.