ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

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.

Not directed at you

i'm goin' bald atm so his confidence & swag in that performance is actually inspiring to me

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

― flopson, Sunday, January 25, 2015 1:18 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah I mean if you were committed to this bullshit idea you wouldn't vote for songs that came out in december either, me personally I can forgive people "discovering" and "liking" and "voting for" songs, it's as true a snapshot as anything imo

I mean "I discovered this during nominations & voted it high on my ballot" = black messiah

There's a distinct, non-negligible difference between "I heard this song late in the year and loved it" and "I'm waiting for people who actually listen to afropop to tell me what the hot songs were to make sure I vote for the right ones"

Basically, if you're waiting for other people to nominate songs you can vote for, I don't think you should vote. In fact, I think the entire nomination process is idiotic and a gigantic waste of time; this isn't the fucking Grammys, it's a message board poll.

excellently put. if a song comes out in december and you like it and see it in the noms: vote for it. issue is not that a couple last min d'angelo or beyonce songs placed, it's more the "attempt to curate our special snowflake status by committee" aspect. like it's not some homework assignment u have to do last minute research on before submitting

noms are silly yes although they probably make tabulating easier

do you think people don't genuinely love the songs they voted for, or is it just that there's an incorrect way to discover a song late in the year and love it?

Xxxpost: oh sorry! Thought it was directed at me for laughing. I think it's funny but cool.

i'm goin' bald atm so his confidence & swag in that performance is actually inspiring to me
― flopson, Saturday, January 24, 2015 7:37 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This was my intended meaning, not a sneer at Mr. Herring. I have a patch of gray that I've much more ire for.

That said, I didn't see much grassroots support for this among younger listeners until the EOY roundups were published.

xp wins- you're missing the point. dan's afropop example is good. if you didn't care enough to read the afropop thread three days before voting, why start now just because you have a ballot to fill? it's not about loving a song or not, hearing a song late in the year or not. it's the idea of setting out to find songs to vote for in the poll, and how that changes the interpretation & results of the poll itself. i didn't vote for anything discovered during noms (and i discovered a lot of great stuff) and i still struggled to cut my trax ballot down to size. i imagine that would be true of anyone who posts here. why set out to find more stuff to include?

Yeah I do get that, I just think that to the extent that this happens at all it's forgivable and its influence on the poll results is minimal

who cares ¯\_(ツ)_/¯