ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

It was pretty fun watching so many "guitar solos are bad" poptimists losing their shit over the long version of "Not."

lol

Did we get a full list of all the rankings and votes? I haven't expanded the thread today, so I guess I could have missed it

ILM Tracks Poll 2019: Thread of Stats and Balloon Emojis

thanking u

Guys, as noted above there are two videos for (the audio of) “Balloon”:
The one on the Busy Signal account currently has 19.174 views, the one on the Love Star Music account stands at 10.058 views.
― breastcrawl, vrijdag 31 januari 2020 10:31 bookmarkflaglink
I will report back to you in 24 hrs
― breastcrawl, vrijdag 31 januari 2020 10:32 bookmarkflaglink

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is there more than one version of Not?

yep, there's a 3:42 edit

https://open.spotify.com/track/2reSrhID8BC9HpM2CkT3hT

huh. I never even realised how long the original was. always figured it was about 4 minutes

i am still totally flabbergasted by the popularity of this third rate song.

i did not submit a ballot this year due to not listening to enough, but i am sad to see that Haunted House by Sir Babygirl would not have made the 77 even if I had thrown it a #1

I tried! 5th on my ballot. Her hysterical, intentionally flat shrieks were just perfect on that track. Maybe there’s an outside chance the album will place?

i hope so! i found that song when i was combing thru the noms and it completely won my heart. enjoyed the rest of the album too!

But Flirting With Her is so much better?

And my #2

flirting with her took a hit by being the second one i heard

Really hope the album places, and I did my part. Sandwiched in-between votes for Sunn O))) and Deathspell Omega.

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couple of post vote things. i *really* enjoyed saer’s youtube list of his noms. a reminder to pay more attention to the bobbins thread this year.

don’t know who nommed Daz How Starz Do, (maybe rob or breast crawl?) but it became a favourite, so thanks. tho not thanks for having “ten million, ten million for a show” going round my head.

poured one out for one of my favourites of last year - Destra and Spice - Trouble.

And just to say with Nick B that Richard Dawson is amazing live - one of my favourite gigs last year, confusingly the other one was Dawn Richard.

Had to check, but “Daz How Star Do” wasn’t nominated! It was on lex’s tracks of 2019 list tho, so maybe you saw it there? Anyway, it’s a real fun track. Are you familiar with Skiibii’s previous hit “Sensima”? I like that one even better.

Ah, yes, I think you're right bc. And I am not familiar with Sensima, at least not as I recall, though i do have an immense capacity for listening to stuff and then forgetting about it until it pops into my head for no reason. (I woke up with Trini Dem Girls in my head the other day, a song I don't think I could have voluntarily retrieved at gunpoint). I will check it out!

Richard Dawson is amazing live - one of my favourite gigs last year, confusingly the other one was Dawn Richard.

Oh god, COLLABORATE NOW YOU GUYS.

haha

Poll on whether their collaboration should be called Richard Richard or Dawn Dawson

Rawn Dichardson

Badly Dawn Richard

omg

Badly Drawn Richard

take your pick

Richard Dawson is amazing live - one of my favourite gigs last year, confusingly the other one was Dawn Richard.

:D

Just tried listening to "Jogging" again. Nope.

I agree, too resonant rn

I don’t f with the “old town road” with brc

Were all the Balloon votes some kind of ILX in-joke that I don't get? Because it's not a very good song

it was a joyous little upper in a bad year, if only we'd known how much we were gonna need that in 2020

I’d find some out of context quotes from barthelme’s “balloon” story but I’m too lazy

B A L L O O N

https://www.balloonsgalore.co.uk/uploads/images/adqxBrtqF25fIyurQa6WDbzov7rIn4th.jpg

half of the songs in these polls don't have a very long half-life. jogging and balloon are good examples.

floating floating

Of the ones I didn't know beforehand, "Jogging" is the one that I came back to most, I think.

almost all this music feels like it was released YEARS ago to me now, fuck this is a bad time

I'm fairly convinced High Lights is one of the best songs ever. Who knows. Maybe it will be diminished on play nth

Every balloon is now potentially a colourful, joyful little capsule of plague. See what we've done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQ72qRpVVE

It’s good, but it says 2015.

Many of these tracks (including Balloon of course) feature in my 2019 mix, which you can stream here

https://centuriesofsound.com/2021/01/07/2019/

I still think my fav Dua track is ‘be the one’

― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, January 30, 2020 9:10 AM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think i still think this!

& you're otm