ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

all this hand-wringing about indie is funny, except for when it sounds dangerously close to 'People fought and died so our generation could listen to something better.' (I'll note too this board had a not-so-long-ago infatuation with Radiohead, from perusing the super Pitchfork-y 2000-2004 albums list. It's ok. I hate all my ex's too.)

As the #1 vote for Spoon, I'll chime in with a couple of more thoughts-if 'The Rent I Pay' had shown up, I could see the sui generis indie point. I think half the people that blew up must have just seen Spoon and said F that noise, because aside from 'The Ghost of You Lingers', it's pretty unique within their catalog. It's fine if people hate indie; fwiw, I'm pretty closed off to metal, it annoys me culturally (too macho) and musically (either too prog-y or too hXc), and if any had made the top 77 I doubt I would have given it the time of day. but at least I'l just come out and say it!

looks like it's The Juan Maclean - 21 votes, 7 tracks nominated, none placed. It'll do well on the albums chart though.

One Direction also had 7 tracks nommed, but only 12 voters. xpost

YG (6 tracks, 8 counting features), One Direction (7 tracks), The Juan Maclean (6 tracks), The New Pornographers (5 tracks), Popcaan (5 tracks), Miranda Lambert (5 tracks), Migos (5 tracks), Lana Del Rey (5 tracks), K. Michelle (5 tracks), Jenny Lewis (5 tracks), Ariel Pink (5 tracks), Ariana Grande (4 tracks, 6 counting features)

xpost

er maybe i miscounted w/ the Juan Maclean

yeah Juan Maclean had 7 tracks - one track was oddly listed without the 'The' in front.

ah that explains it

Oof, I thought I caught all those.

I would like to retract everything I said about 808 rap jams upthread. can't stop listening to these.

Telling ya! Following the results have been worth it just for getting me to listen to Dej Loaf, who is my new favorite home-state music act

lex never told me what was weird about becky g ;_;

:(

She scoops up roadkill and puts it in the local library with a newspaper on top of it

That's so Becky lol

classic becky

Tried to warn ya about ninos and becky g

I think the failure of "Rolling in the Deep" to make the list had to do with it's timing. It got 4 votes in 2010 and 7 votes in 2011, for a total of 306 points, which would have been enough for it to make top 40 either year

i think that becky g record sucks azz, shit is way too twee, but i liked this one:

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

lol i like "can't get enough" a lot too

she sound like iggy oz

'fancy' was kind of underrated around here but i think ppl are afraid they are killing hip hop by liking it

ppl broadly i mean, not ILM per se, but it gives it a Problematic Aura

she sucks imo but that song was cool

she is literally worse than hitler

was hoping 1d voters would congregate around "fireproof" but oh well

Put her and Macklemore in a rocket and fire them into the sun.

don't do that

murder them and throw them into a bog

there's no way they would survive that journey, wtf is wrong with you xp

guys let's not piss off the sun

pfft whats the sun ever done for us

true, bogs seem pretty chill though

ive also enjoyed iggy azalea's recent turn as a media critic

was hoping 1d voters would congregate around "fireproof" but oh well

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, January 24, 2015 12:37 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that really might be my least favorite track on the entire album, not sure why it's a standout to anyone. still have high hopes that we can get it into the albums 77 though.

that is SO WEIRD

THE HARMONIES ARE BEAUTIFUL DUDE

iggy almost makes me want macklemore back

there shd be a song where macklemore teaches iggy abt white priv

one great thing about 2014 is how little i had to think about macklemore

I think the most news Macklemore made in 2014 is when he dressed up like a Jewish stereotype and then tried to deny it. lol @ that douche

okay so it turns out the piano in "Rather Be" is actually really wonderful

that is SO WEIRD

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, January 24, 2015 1:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

THE HARMONIES ARE BEAUTIFUL DUDE

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, January 24, 2015 1:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

with most boy bands/vocal groups the harmonies are very important to me but not so much with 1D, i just think there are so many more indelible hooks on the album

Can't stop laughing at the Future Islands singer live. The crab dancing, the hitting on the chest, the sudden death metal growls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Uhf3gM1m0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ee4bfu_t3c

Dude looks like a less charismatic Marlon Brando too.

OK, thats the first time Ive actually seen that. Hilarious and amazing. He reminds me a bit of The Shat too.

I can see Samuel T. Herring appealing to a certain regretful about past choices/greying demographic among tastemakers.

Oh god, that name.

What's often forgotten in these roll outs is that the people voting for these tracks have had time to let them grow on them.

There are enough people who say "I discovered this song during nominations and voted it high on my ballot" that I think this is a fundamental misreading of what this poll has become, which is less a snapshot of what music ILX posters liked over the past year and more an attempt to curate our special snowflake status by committee.

― Let me help you out Charlie XCX fan (DJP), Friday, January 23, 2015 3:12 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

finally someone who gets it

I can see Samuel T. Herring appealing to a certain regretful about past choices/greying demographic among tastemakers.
Oh god, that name.
― excreting zeitgeist (Sanpaku), Saturday, January 24, 2015 6:25 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

People are such assholes about the dude because he's balding and not skinny

Like it's funny there's this undercurrent of how dare he be flamboyant as a performer because of how he looks

But I wouldn't worry Sanpaku you'll be the one who gets through without regretting past choices I'm sure

Hahaha I'm not laughing about his look, I'm laughing about the cookie monster screams and the crab dance. He could be the most gorgeous singer and it would still be funny.