This might be 'When Doves Cry' for me. If they'd included 'Long Tall Sally' instead of 'Tutti Frutti' I might've gone with Little Richard.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 17 September 2021 00:37 (two years ago) link
"Superstition" over "Satisfaction"
― aegis philbin (crüt), Friday, 17 September 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link
I love Unknown Pleasures but I will never understand why "Love Will Tear Us Apart" gets so much acclaim, it's kinda wack
― aegis philbin (crüt), Friday, 17 September 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
Please stop making lists
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 September 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z, "Crazy in Love"
I know I am way TF out of touch, but don't remember this one at all. Looking at the list of her big hits, I know most of them but this one even listening to it, I kinda don't remember it.
Did not know the MIA, Kanye or the Daddy Yankee tune either...
I can't believe that Idioteque is on this list. Seems odd to me that tune would be the one on this list.
― earlnash, Friday, 17 September 2021 00:45 (two years ago) link
If you asked a bunch of people who are interested in this kind of stuff "What is the most surprising song in the Top 10?" I expect most would pick either Outkast or Missy Elliott. Weirdly--I'd have to give my explanation some thought--it was "Dreams" that surprised me the most (pleasantly so).
― clemenza, Friday, 17 September 2021 00:50 (two years ago) link
The vibe man skateboarded and drank juice
― the 45-year-old gaz coomber (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 17 September 2021 01:08 (two years ago) link
One guy really surprised me by asking if the J5's "I Want You Back" was on the list. Evidently should have been give a vote.
― clemenza, Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:07 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah "I Want You Back" at 104 was the most shocking thing about this list for me
― J. Sam, Friday, 17 September 2021 01:48 (two years ago) link
Have to admit I heard the Graham Parker version first.
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 September 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link
You guys know the thing about the second verse of “The Love You Save,” right?
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 September 2021 02:09 (two years ago) link
“be my baby”
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 September 2021 23:15 (two years ago) link
I'd like to announce and renounce my ignorance, and write capsule reviews of the eight songs I wasn't familiar with till this morning:
08. Missy Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On” - Good, though I wish the whole song was as rhythmically exciting as the coda
16. Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z, "Crazy in Love” - boring sample, boring song, boring rap
20. Robyn, "Dancing on My Own” - adequate, but about 40% as good as Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder. There’d better be something else amazing about your song if you want me to sit through another I - V - IV pattern
25. Kanye West feat. Pusha T, “Runaway" - intriguing, but I think you’d have to be way more invested in him than I am to know what this all signifies
30. Lorde, “Royals" - very well done, but it’s a protest song about nothing
45. Kendrick Lamar, “Alright" - I know his previous record, and this is obviously great
46. M.I.A., "Paper Planes” - any annoyance on my part is intentional on her part, but I still prefer Elastica. I’d be more impressed if someone told me this came out in 1982
50. Daddy Yankee feat. Glory, “Gasolina” - this wouldn’t be my kind of thing even if I spoke Spanish
I was most pleased to see "Waterloo Sunset" and "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)" on here, and I voted for the former.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 19 September 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
man someone boarded Challop Airlines today
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 September 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
You know “B.O.B.” but not "Get Ur Freak On”(?)
― juristic person (morrisp), Sunday, 19 September 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
I saw some of her other videos, OutKast I made a point of listening to.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 19 September 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
I'm trying to calculate age and location probabilities for hearing Crazy in Love for the first time in 2021. I have 8, Papua New Guinea or 72, Idaho.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 19 September 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
own private Idaho, makes sense
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 September 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
The declaration that Robyn and M.I.A. made two of the 50 greatest songs of all time is as much of a challop as anything in that post imo.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 19 September 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
I personally took the rankings of the songs with a grain of salt as I read thru the list, but I guess ppl will inevitably critique the rankings
― juristic person (morrisp), Sunday, 19 September 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
156 The Kingsmen, 'Louie Louie' 1963155 The Strokes, 'Last Nite' 2001
This one made me laugh.
― jmm, Sunday, 19 September 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
Mostly agree with stirmonster and Eric's picks. Went with James Brown on principle, even if that song probably isn't in my top 50 JB.
― g simmel, Sunday, 19 September 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
This recent Rolling Stone list has had me thinking about what an ILX version of this list would look like. I ended up going down a huge rabbit hole this morning and tried to find the #1 track in all the ILM polls over the years. Here's the results (I'm sure I missed some):
Donna Summer - I Feel LovePavement - Summer BabeBlur - This is a Low Ol’ Dirty Bastard f/Kelis - Got Your MoneyBlue Oyster Cult - Don’t Fear the ReaperPulp - Common PeopleThe Beach Boys - Good VibrationsThe Beatles - A Day in The LifeU2 - Where The Streets Have No NameThe Beach Boys - God Only KnowsMissy Elliott - Get Ur Freak OnJames Brown - Papa’s Got a Brand New BagPaul Simon - GracelandNeil Young - PowderfingerPJ Harvey - DressThe Doors - The Crystal ShipXTC - Senses Working OvertimeMetallica - For Whom the Bell TollsStereolab - Dymaxion LoopCan - Future DaysDionne Warwick - Walk On ByThe Cramps - GarbagemanPink Floyd - EchoesSpacemen 3 - Walkin’ With JesusPrince and the Revolution - When Doves CryREM - HarborcoatPet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This?Led Zeppelin - When the Levee BreaksGuided By Voices - Game of PricksStevie Wonder - SuperstitionDavid Bowie - Life on Mars?Beastie Boys - Shake Your RumpThe Cure - A ForestLindstrome - I Feel SpaceMiles Davis - Shhh/PeacefulSonic Youth - SchizophreniaThe Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith PalaisMarvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The GrapevineJay Z - Dead Presidents IISam and Dave - Hold On, I’m A Comin’R. Kelly - Step In The Name Of LoveSylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)Elvis Costello - Beyond BeliefOutkast - SpottieOttieDopalisciousBrian Eno - St. Elmo’s FireRadiohead - There ThereAutechre - CichiliFunkadelic - Maggot BrainMr. Flagio - Take a ChanceOasis - Live ForeverIggy & The Stooges - Search & DestroyChaka Khan - I Feel for YouVan Morrison - Astral WeeksJohn Lennon - Instant Karma!Tori Amos - Silent All These YearsPrefab Sprout - AppetiteBig Black - KeroseneMy Bloody Valentine - SoonManic Street Preachers - Motorcycle EmptinessThe Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for YouThe Rolling Stones - Gimme ShelterThe Kinks - Waterloo SunsetDepeche Mode - Never Let Me Down AgainThe Bee Gees - To Love SomebodyFleetwood Mac - DreamsKate Bush - Running Up That HillThe Who - SubstituteSaint Etienne - AvenueHusker Du - Eight Miles HightThe Orb - Little Fluffy CloudsBruce Springsteen - Thunder RoadThe Fall - SlatesNew Order - TemptationThe Cocteau Twins - Aikea-GuineaLou Reed - Satellite of LoveRoxy Music - Mother of PearlSleater-Kinney - Get UpBob Dylan - Like a Rolling StoneThe Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk RockerPixies - DebaserYo La Tengo - Tom CourtenayCreedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate SonSpoon - Everything Hits at OnceQueen/David Bowie - Under PressureTom Petty and The Heartbreakers - The WaitingSlayer - Reign In BloodThe Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes OutVan Halen - Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout LoveDevo - Uncontrollable UrgeCeltic Frost - Monotheist George Michael - Freedom ’90Curtis Mayfield - Move On UpBlondie - DreamingSmashing Pumpkins - MayonaiseWu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.They Might Be Giants - Ana NgBeck - LoserCat Power - Cross Bones StyleJimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)Janet Jackson - EscapadeThe Replacements - I Will DareTodd Rundgren - Hello It’s MeThe Afghan Whigs - FadedABBA - SOSJoni Mitchell - A Case of YouNirvana - Smells Like Teen SpiritTalking Heads - The Great CurveBelle & Sebastian - The State I Am InUnderworld - Rez & CowgirlNick Cave - Sleeping AnnaleahMF Doom - DoomsdayTelevision - Marquee MoonBauhaus - Dark EntriesJoy Division - DisorderElton John - Someone Saved My Life TonightMadonna - Into the GrooveB-52’s - 52 GirlsSteely Dan - Deacon BluesThe Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane Bjork - Hyperballad
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Sunday, 19 September 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
Yes, ILX could get there. We just need to work a bit more on canonizing global pop history (the stuff that gave birth to afrobeats, reggaeton, k-pop...). Rolling Stone even tried to do it with the top 50 latin pop songs list and that was an ok start.
― g simmel, Sunday, 19 September 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
i stupidly found out how universal 'gasolina' is around 2017.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Sunday, 19 September 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
literally everything on 'honey' > "dancing on my own"
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Sunday, 19 September 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
"Gasolina" is the "You Shook Me All Night Long" of reggaeton, or something like that.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 19 September 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
― the 45-year-old gaz coomber (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 19 September 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
gucci gucci should be on hereprobably #1 or so
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Sunday, 19 September 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
I honestly wonder if we could get D-40 to admit that it isn’t one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
― the 45-year-old gaz coomber (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 19 September 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
Imagine all the songsWere living yesterdayThey'd have to be much higher on the RS 500.
Imagine there are no rankingsIt isn't hard to doNothing to argue for And no year-end poll too
― Nabozo, Sunday, 19 September 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link
This recent Rolling Stone list has had me thinking about what an ILX version of this list would look like.
an approximation: ILM POLLS THE 20TH CENTURY'S BEST TRACKS ››› YOUR RESULTS THREAD ‹‹‹
― bespoke sausages (seandalai), Sunday, 19 September 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
This whole thing inspired me to make a list of my own 50 favorites… is there a place we can post & share without being unwelcome or clogging another thread?
― juristic person (morrisp), Sunday, 19 September 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
I love that ILM results. Good job everyone involved.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 19 September 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
is there a place we can post & share without being unwelcome or clogging another thread?
Feel free to clog this thread with fantasy ballots.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Monday, 20 September 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
create a poll of your 50 favorites to annoy the ghost of turrican
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 20 September 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
Respect has certainly suffered from being overplayed and overused, but it got overplayed and overused because it rules *so hard*
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 20 September 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
I was curious how many of these songs i had never heard before so i combed the top 200 and played the four new-to-me tracks once.
#14 - The Kinks "Waterloo Sunset"I like quite a lot of The Kinks music that I've heard quite a lot but I do not like this at all!
#75 - Pulp "Common People"I have never ever listened to Pulp somehow. This seems okay, maybe, kinda? I like the instrumental parts a lot more than i like jarvis cocker's voice and to give you a sense of how little i care about this band I initially thought the lead singer was damon albarn because pulp and blur have the same number of letters. i don't think i will ever intentionally listen to this again.
#77 - The Modern Lovers "Roadrunner"Pretty great! I could see trying this album out.
#155 - The Strokes "Last Nite"I got through the entirety of the 2000s without listening to or forming an opinion about the Strokes. It feels real appropriate that fucking RS is the impetus for me to break a 20 year streak with these guys. Was this like a commercial for jeans or a car or something? It probably should be. I bailed at the 90 second mark.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
Ok, I may do it! But the more I look at my list, the more idiosyncratic and (I guess) "challopsy" it seems (b/c I was focusing purely on personal faves, rather than historical/canonical significance)... so then I wonder if I should tip the balance a little... etc. It makes me appreciate the difficulty of this task a little more.
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
#75 - Pulp "Common People"
I have never ever listened to Pulp somehow. This seems okay, maybe, kinda? I like the instrumental parts a lot more than i like jarvis cocker's voice and to give you a sense of how little i care about this band I initially thought the lead singer was damon albarn because pulp and blur have the same number of letters. i don't think i will ever intentionally listen to this again.
boo
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
Not going to lie, whatever "ballot" I've been composing in a hidden Spotify playlist for myself is somewhat informed by having seen the list. In other words, hedging on some choices (e.g. "Sir Duke" for Stevie Wonder, instead of "Summer Soft" or "You and I").
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
if not common people, tell me the pulp song i should listen to that will win me over
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
curious to know what you would think of 'My Legendary Girlfriend' tbh
― nashwan, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
if you don't like jarvis cocker's voice, pulp is probably not for you, tbh
try "something changed," maybe? it's a well-written british invasion throwback that lays off the psychosexual stuff and the social commentary and smooths down cocker's vocal tics a bit
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
"Juicy" is the only one that actually belongs here.
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
Party Hard xp
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
"Sorted for E's and Whizz" is the best pulp song. But it does sound like maybe Pulp isn't for you.
― enochroot, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
forks, listen to "this is hardcore" or "sunrise"
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
"Underwear" is pretty great imo
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
I used to keep a blog where I wrote about every pulp song, underwear was the last entry I wrotehttps://pulpsongs.wordpress.com/hope to resume it one day but won't be for a while
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
one listen per, who knew that 9/20/21 would be my pulp day.
My Legendary Girlfriend - Great intro, very Talking Heads and I approve of the effects. In general this is a sufficiently strange enough take on 70's R&B that I could see coming around to it. I wish it would rock out a bit harder at the apex but maybe on headphones?
Something Changed - Inoffensive but boring. I have an association with this era of breakout britpop with a time when i was living in a trailer park in the outskirts of Nashville, sleeping on the floor next to a flea-ridden hound, so you're gonna have to be a lot better than this to win me over with this sorta sound.
Party Hard - I'm into the electric jaw harp and the guitar line and the driving drums but man i just don't care for Cocker's Lugosi/Dr Frank-n-Furter voice at all. It is weighing down a very very busy track to the point where I don't want to put in the effort to figure out where I'm supposed to grab hold.
Sorted for E's and Wizz - I assume this is made for the clunkiest woodland children. I like the burping electronics.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link