hometown hero!
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
40. Chromatics - Running Up That Hill (69 points, 6 votes) (link)
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4376/chromaticsnightdrivejl9.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
one of the few Kate Bush covers that generates the goosebump excitement to the original
― zaxxon25, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I might agree if it sounded like she put any effort into the vocals.
― lou, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
39. M.I.A. - Boyz (69 points, 7 votes) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/MIA_Boyzsing.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
"boyz" is probably the number 1 m.i.a. track i feel i should love-- both when i read about it and when i think about its individual elements-- but it really annoys the living hell out of me
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 February 2008 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
this musics M.I.A., I did not hear her. Possibly are these good song to hear to possibly?
― Klaus Krück, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
possibly why because she sound intersting
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I am in agree with that = )
― Klaus Krück, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Intersting results so far, that's for sure! Although now that "Boyz" and "Potential Breakup" have both come up, I fear my personal stake in the results is at an end.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
38. National - Fake Empire (69 points, 8 votes) (link)
http://bp1.blogger.com/_Q9Yb0xusLec/RvwShgnZEFI/AAAAAAAAADY/0Jad-svsWE0/s1600-h/bf1456401722.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DoK6EFIpL._SS500_.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
This is going to suck if I was the only one who wrote blurbs, which it's looking like it might be.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
^^the only good national song. the way the unfurl the horns is A+
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Boyz is one of the cooler tunes on the M.I.A. album, but not as good as Bird Flu.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
they*
personally i didn't offer to do any blurbs bcuz i was weary of reading blurbs about stuff from last year when the voting/doling out was going on but if musically's got scant blurbs for albums or the rest of the singles i'll write about anything i voted for. email me.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I read the voting instructions super carefully but managed to miss the part about how you have to volunteer to do blurbs while voting, otherwise I totally woulda. but then, I don't expect more than 3 or 4 of the trax I voted for to place.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I will send both of you emails tonight with lists of blurbs you could write. The number of poll-specific blurbs is probably the same as last year, it's just that this time around I couldn't be bothered with searching ILX for blurbs on all the songs like I did last time around. Maybe I'll do it with albums next week, which might be easier.
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
"that sound wiped" is so much better than "the rhinohead"! but "the rhinohead" is still good...
― Emily Bjurnhjam, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
37. Feist - My Moon My Man (72 points, 5 votes + 2 for Boys Noize Remix) (link and Boys Noize Remix)
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3743/o796459qk4.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link
If the Boys Noize remix is your sound, it's on the Electronation: 5 Years comp mixed by Mason, which is amazing all around.
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:51 (sixteen years ago) link
36. Spoon - The Underdog (72 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote) (link)
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9519/gagagagagafv7.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
35. Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (73 points, 7 votes) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Song_4_Mutya_cover.jpg
This should have been Mutya's coronation song as a solo star, and a big fuck you to Amelle and the rest of the 'babes. Unfortunately, it couldn't overcome a truly crap video, Mutya's perch on the lower rungs of the record label marketing ladder, and an album that was trying too hard to turn her into an R&B slow jam princess, when people just wanted to hear her be a Sugababe, just without all the other Sugababes around. She's recently been dropped-excuse me, has decided to part ways with Island Records, but with Song 4 Mutya on her CV, it's definitely not the last we've heard from her. -musically
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
34. Radiohead - Reckoner (74 points, 6 votes) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/In_Rainbows_Official_Cover.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
33. Lil' Mama - Lip Gloss (75 points, 6 votes) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/LilMama_LipGloss.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Will post more tomorrow!
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Its only #42, but I'm happy that The Rhinohead (my #1) made the list. I don't expect many from either my song or album lists to make the ILM list, so to the other 5 of you....Cheers!
Apart from being a solid song, the amazing thing about it is how different it is for both MoM and MeS.
― peepee, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link
btw...Thanks musically!
― peepee, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 02:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Dammit, had a REALLY BRILLIANT response about "Throw Some D's" typed here a few hours ago and lost it somehow... damn...well, the basic thing was that the song really captures this moment of JUST beginning to see one's dreams come true - if he was talking about having a bunch of Cadillacs, or looking back on when he first bought one, I wouldn't care, but he just bought a Cadillac and you can totally hear both the joy and the "fuck you!" of that moment. It's the song's real hook, but the title line does important work too: you become this guy's buddy, along for the first ride in the new Cadillac, and you share in your friend's triumph. "Shit, dude, you should throw some D's on this bitch! The world is your oyster - why not?" It's very well done.
The production backs this up perfectly - it's exultant, but there's an added fuzz or tinniness, giving the veneer of homemade-ness; it's the perfect soundtrack for a rising underdog.
And yes, bravo to musically!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Well said.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Reverend - I wrote a few blurbs as well.
Reckoner = BEST SONG ON RADIOHEAD'S 'IN RAINBOWS'.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Videotape is better, imhfo.
― W4LTER, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I just realized I wrote "friends" in my Rich Boy blurb where I meant to write "fiends". Oops, oh well.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:24 (sixteen years ago) link
haha v. curious now what the brilliant throw some ds comment was b/c i like what you wrote in summary
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
also hope that results arent just 3+ trax off of mia/spoon/radiohead
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I've never even heard of a band called Spoon, what's it like?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
32. White Stripes - Icky Thump (79 points, 8 votes) (link)
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/527/862530xe2.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
31. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (79 points, 10 votes) (link)
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1329/musiccatalog5cr5croisingh5.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
30. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (82 points, 8 votes) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/LCD_Soundsystem_-_Sound_of_Silver.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
^didn't vote for this but happy to see it get some shine
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
29. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me (83 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes) (link)
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7066/britneypieceofmecoverxz2.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I hope "gimme more" also makes it.
― daavid, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I am going to be devastated if T.I. doesn't make this list.
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
What T.I. from this year you think gon make it? "Big Shit Poppin"?
― maciej recognizing trill, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
-- J0rdan S., Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:13 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link
yeah thank god someone's voting for lcd soundsystem
― deej, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"Big Shit Poppin'" was the only thing by T.I. that was nominated, besides "I'm A Flirt": http://ilx2007poll.googlepages.com/home
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
28. Gwen Stefani Ft Akon - The Sweet Escape (84 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Gwen_Stefani_-_The_Sweet_Escape.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
27. Radiohead - 15 Step (84 points, 8 votes) (link)
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
'sweet escape' seems 3 years old to me
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
seriously!
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link