ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

don't get this twisted: t-shirt is just a really good song; deej's weird refusal of it conceivably being a hit was minor comedy
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:49 AM (forty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

obviously this is objective truth

god "don't get this twisted" thanks forks, i won't

i don't think i like bodak yellow after reading the ilm thread

mask off is good
tshirt is good too

i don't think i like bodak yellow after reading the ilm thread

somehow i missed that whole thread but reading it now i feel the opposite, i like it more

i was kinda kidding lol

anyway, I like Mask Off, but I always thought the part where Future keeps rapping in the original flow when the drums drop out was a bit weird

What makes this song resonate for me above a million other similar bits of luxury braggardry is the line "These expensive/these is red bottoms/these is bloody shoes," which is not only catchy but lays bare the violence of capitalism in a way I haven't heard in other songs. The louboutins are literally "bloody" -- she acknowledge that she has stepped on and crushed others to get where she is. This line works not only on that sort of personal ruthless, status climber level but also describes the "blood" of the sweatshop labor that went into making her luxury item:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/17/revealed-the-romanian-site-where-louis-vuitton-makes-its-italian-shoes
"Red" is even more appropriate here being not only associated with blood but with labor. At the end of the day she openly admits to identifying with being a "boss" and that "worker(s)" are contemptible. And being a boss means she makes "bloody moves," i.e. she acknowledges that being a capitalist inherently requires violence. Moreover, she doesn't have to *dance* (sell her labor) because she "makes money move" (freely moves capital across borders).

― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Saturday, January 13, 2018 11:22 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I still don't know if this post was serious or not but either way i love it

:|

^^

brad aptly sums up my reaction to the BY phenomenon

i'm glad you're not getting it twisted Brad

https://i.imgur.com/PPBqdLQ.jpg

09 MIGOS "T-Shirt" [367 points, 13 votes]
https://youtu.be/1VUa99-tJqs

good timing

I can see how a pro writer would find that less amusing than me :)

I think this is the third thing from my ballot to place? One of the better moments of the live set I saw.

It’s a hit.

woke
kemo
sabe
choppa
aimin
at yo
noggin

name someone can stop me
(no one)

OK Bad Liar was my other tip for #1 (so probably will be 'Boys' ergh)

Bicep's stuff still seems so dry, cold and not quite complete to me. Really don't get the love.

oh shit the way this kicks in is completely ripped off from something!!! hang on

oh it's the blacker the berry hahaha

i don't hate "boys" but i do dislike that there are terrible men in the video

Now rooting for an unlikely Akanamali or a rather more likely New Rules

last year's #9 (Lindstrøm's "Closing Shot") had 21 votes, inc one first place

my guess for numero uno is love galore

that jason isbell track was in my top 10, and the alvvays track in my top 20 iirc

yaeji in the bottom half

weird, i thought we accounted for all four Isbell votes earlier

Yeah...

*looks at spreadsheet*

Four votes, 1 first place

right let's start again

ive resubmitted my ballot

i never participate in these btw

*poll-runners all deescalate from simultaneous heart attacks*

https://i.imgur.com/wHLf9Bi.jpg

08 PARAMORE "Hard Times" [370 points, 14 votes]
https://youtu.be/AEB6ibtdPZc

too low

my no. 3, my anthem for the entire year

obv i'm thrilled it's even this high

I totally called Bodak Yellow missing out on the top 10.

ayyyyyy

alfred it's time to deploy your taylor gifs

Love Galore is one of those tracks that always makes top 10s/20s but never ever tops a poll or a ballot (like cranes in the sky from last year), it ain't #1

Perfect song from my band of the year.

Yesssss paramore!

good song but i think i preferred it in the context of the album to on its own. pool was the real standout

gonna make you wonder why you even try

shouts out to the enormous synth/vocoder coda

yeh this and fake happy album highlights for me

big fan of the bridge

oh shit, another song i forgot to vote for. was pretty disappointed with the album tbh but never got sick of hearing this one

Wow I just realized Kendrick hasn't placed anywhere yet

a crappy cover of 'the blacker the berry' placed at #9 tbf ;)

I like this song, didn't actually realise it was Paramore. I remember when people were first saying that they'd gone pop I was really disappointed b/c it didn't feel like they'd gone *full pop*. This is full pop.