ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

2/47 also, and expecting only 2 more tops. It's been a great rollout so far though. Some nice discoveries today, including "Kisloty People".

Thank u 4 ur service, Moka!

4 of mine have placed and I figure there's another 3 of my ballot that have a shot, I think that's pretty much my usual ratio

yeah think i'm on the same course as silverfish

I highly doubt I'll be reliving my trick of voting for the number ones of both polls this year...

0/47 for me so far. let me venn diagram that for you:

. <--- me O <--- hivemind

Let me show you how to keep a clean sheet

i reckon i may have voted for the tracks #1 but not the albums

love the Billie Eilish, voted it pretty high

I just got to the Underworld epic in my listening. I can't guarantee I'll play the whole thing, but the only thing from the countdown that I've skipped in any way so far is Lana Del Rey (tried to stick it out but couldn't get beyond "Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad").

I will continue to try to understand Lana Del Rey's appeal and I will continue to fail, I suspect

It seems like something SHOULD be there that I would like, and yet... she's terrible

speaking of terrible, what the hell is going on with this Vampire Weekend song

Bad Guy is v goofy haunted house tv theme tune. Voted Bury a Friend

"Killin Dem" is great and I wish Zlatan and Burna Boy were actually killing Vampire Weekend

oh shit this Rosalia track

xps

Vampire Weekend's rhythm section is good enough that I can sometimes ignore Ezra Koenig's smug presence (generally, that is--I've already forgotten what this particular song sounds like). In contrast, LDR gives me nothing to distract from her abysmal lyrics and one-note performances.

Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad

Coupled with that song title, this line is just the absolute pits.

is that a line in the fucking song

Cover your eyes now, it was nothing.

next to that, vampire weekend are saints

again most of the great critical writing around that ldr record has been focused... on her lyrics...............

conveniently ignoring her trite grasp of melody or sonics

Ha, the iPad line is totally my favourite part of the song.

no idea what's meant to make her lyrics any more cringey than any number of beloved ILM faves tbh

idk i'd say her lyrics are significantly worse than joni mitchell's

(sorry simon "beloved ILM faves" is a wide wide net)

breastcrawl has, surprisingly belatedly, entered the building
― opden gnash (imago), dinsdag 28 januari 2020 16:49

Oh, I’ve been inside for a while, but I’m following from behind. Just arrived at “Akulaleki”. It was during “Paténipat” it appeared to me the average track length seemed significantly longer this year, and I thought that this might bode well for the South African stuff. Game on!

I'm fearing that this will be the only South African house to place :(
― Frederik B, dinsdag 28 januari 2020 17:00

I have reasonably high hopes for “Sondela”, “Into Ingawe” and “Baby Are You Coming?” - and maybe we’re due for a remixed Black Coffee surprise?

Update: I see “Dumebi” is up next - which is great, but this will be my first (and hopefully last) TOO LOW!!

LDR does not appear to be actively making the world a worse place in any way, so I'm happy that her fans are happy and I'll leave it at that.

I have reasonably high hopes for “Sondela”, “Into Ingawe” and “Baby Are You Coming?” - and maybe we’re due for a remixed Black Coffee surprise?

voted for all goddamn four of these

"Starry Night" is okay? I don't especially feel connected to it one way or the other.

i've managed to be incredibly hivemind-y, as i have enjoyed and considered voting for nearly every damn song here, but only one of my actual votes has placed.

expecting like 17 of my 25 album votes to make it though lol

just went back through my list, I think only 3 are sure things

Happy to see Dumebi (my #1) place next to Akulaleki. Enjoying the Underworld tune, which is new to me.

but I expect 9 to 11 of my albums to place xp

no idea what's meant to make her lyrics any more cringey than any number of beloved ILM faves tbh

name names here and I will tell you how they are just as bad but make up for it in performance

expecting my entire albums ballot to place bc i am a powerful influencer

but I expect 9 to 11 of my albums to place xp

― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, January 28, 2020 2:19 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

🤔

77 was an inside job.

i love ldr but i agree all the reviews praising her lyrics were pretty baffling. she's better at being vaguely evocative than at having anything meaningful or interesting to say about ~america~

the badness of all the lines quoted here is vastly overstated unless you also happen to separately hate her persona or whatever

Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad
Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad
Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad
Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad
Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad

Also: nothing separate about hating her persona tbh.

I think hating both her lyrics and her persona are pretty tightly coupled for a lot of people, myself included

I think we're agreeing in different words.

anyway we can resume this when "The Greatest" shows up.

Need a technological reference, an incongruous swear word, a location in LA, wistful memories of summer, and a famous person name drop to truly achieve LDR bingo

To move on to something else, I am not at all into Big Thief

"Killin Dem" is great and I wish Zlatan and Burna Boy were actually killing Vampire Weekend

lol DJP

two hands might be more your speed than ufof

xp

the other Big Thief song that's going to place (assuming it's the only one) is much better than Cattails imo

Is that LDR song about Siri because idgi

Siri Plath