If the K-pop thread has coalesced around a small number of songs then it makes sense they're well represented here. The afropop thread has hundreds of tracks on it and I'm sure a lot of them got one or two votes but there are relatively few rallying points this year - although I bet one or two are still to come here.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
cor this avalan emerson remix is banging, much better than the original and the other AE track imo
the last section of grafts where it reverberates out into a tired evening sky always makes me feel better, what more could you ask for
― ogmor, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
everyone should not listen to this, but listen to the dawn richard song of this title instead, which lorde basically nicks the idea of and makes 300x worse
― #TeamHailing (imago), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
sorta hope "green light" didn't outpace this though i know it did
one of the better tracks on the record still
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
Well, both songs are named after the most famous art gallery in the world, but that's about it.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
'grafts' is the first track that is totally new to me that i enjoyed, very pretty. 'adrift' remix is the avalon emerson that i voted for
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
guys, you can write and sing two excellent songs about losing your mind in The Louvre
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
everyone should not listen to anything imago ever says because he is an idiot with shitty opinions lol
― JB, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
only an afropop lurker but there's a few i really hope make it and some that i'd be surprised if they didn't
this was one of the best Lorde tracks but I hope this doesn't mean there's going to be any more than Green Light still to come
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
track is all about the muffled bass in the chorus
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
broadcast the boom boom boom
The Dawn song is sonically great but I've been able to take it entirely seriously due to the very solemn and reverant way she sings "your wonderful parts", which is supreme deadpan if nothign else.
I approve of the Lorde album even if I don't really care about 2/3 of it, but the "who cares, still the Louvre" line won me over first time I heard it.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
and ofc "down the back, but who cares, still the louvre"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
xp lol
her delivery on that is perfect yeah
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
both songs have a central lyrical conceit about hanging a person or people in the louvre! anyway w/e
― #TeamHailing (imago), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
"Homemade Dynamite" was my jam on this album.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
homemade dynamite is the best one. it's the only song i've heard that seems to draw its influence directly from 06 nelly furtado/timbaland
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
GRAFTS MADE IT
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
xp i hear & like that but the song itself doesn't grab me much
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
tbc I like that so much kpop has shown. We've all read lots of eoy lists at this point, so getting a strong sample of stuff I don't encounter anywhere else is the ideal for this poll. That said, it feels like the poll has basically diverged from ILM itself at this point.
Akanamali should place. I figured "Mad Over You" would too, but not sure now. There were def an absurd number of afropop nominations (a problem I helped make).
― rob, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
― JB, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:24 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is pretty tiresome
― rob, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
xxxp preferred 'van gogh' off Redemption
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
If I had to guess I'd go with 'Akrakabo' and 'Leg Over' but who even knows at this stage.
In general I can only think of 12 or 13 tracks which will definitely place and that leaves room for a lot of curveballs.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
i love it when ilx polls tap into the subconscious and get ahead of themselves
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
My favourite thing about The Louvre is, "I overthink your p-punctuation use".
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:28 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i don't think i've ever noticed this song's now incredibly obvious relationship with "say it right"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
Akanamali should place.
Man I hope it does, that song rules
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
yeah I hope so too
― Dan S, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
I voted for it fwiw
― Simon H., Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
i'd only be surprised if it didn't place
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/iKgBxq0.jpg
25 SERGE BEYNAUD "Akrakabo" [276 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes]https://youtu.be/CgQ1CXd0sQc
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
Into the KLC & Octo Octa, both new to me.
RV also prob the least 'normal' of the four groups in terms of sound.
Completely disagree with this, btw, what's your reasoning? I think my issue w/ RV and Twice may be that they come across a bit like sub-par J-pop (and I listen to a lot of J-pop so am more snarky about this stuff) whereas Blackpink are more like a top tier Western girl group.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
My #1! Amazing song.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
BOOM.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
xpI ended up putting it as my #1. I mildly regret that now, but I'm sure it will appear
maybe next lol
― rob, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
yessss this rules so much, it's so great to begin with and then there's the sudden move into the sunny guitar!
kept stumbling on it throughout the year and it was so nice to rediscover it each time
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
sensory overload jam no. 1. i forgot to vote for it lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
this is my fav stretch of the poll
Just such a monster of a record. Two minutes into Akrakabo is the single greatest musical MOMENT of 2017, when a completely different song seems to emerge from the skin of the old one and just carries on galloping without missing a beat.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
holy shit, the switch-up!!!
― #TeamHailing (imago), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
homemade dynamite is the best one. it's the only song i've heard that seems to draw its influence directly from 06 nelly furtado/timbaland― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:28 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki don't think i've ever noticed this song's now incredibly obvious relationship with "say it right"― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:35 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag PostPermalink
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:35 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag PostPermalink
Oh wow suddenly I want to listen to a Lorde song
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
xp to emil.y
i don't think RV or Twice sound particularly close to jpop generally (the kpop that does to me usually falls into innocent cute concept stuff though) & Red Flavor was even originally written for Little Mix. Blackpink are pretty distinctly kpop in their sound with the 3 songs stitched together thing
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
XP emil.y since their debut with Happiness Red Velvet have had a hyperactive signature sound that imo doesn't sound like any other k-pop, j-pop or western girl group, with a frantic sample use, borrowed bits of the schoolyard rhyme singing of f(x) and a jangly mash-up like production. That is, their 'Red' songs, the 'Velvet' ones can get safe and boring. I don't hear any j-pop there. You're right Blackpink are more like a western group but that's not a great compliment to me.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
would love to hear any jpop recs though since i'm not that up on it
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
akrakabo is SO MUCH SONG
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
is serge beynaud generally this good
― #TeamHailing (imago), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
Not really, no. I threw a vote to the whole album, but Akrakabo towers over anything else he has done. But mind you, I also think it towers over anything else from 2017.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
Somewhere there's a video of Didier Drogba dancing to another of his songs that's worth seeking out.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
the Mondo Grosso would slot really well onto the Katamari Damacy soundtrack
― rob, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link