"idioteque" has been one of the most canonical radiohead picks for a while too so it's not really surprising to see it there, more surprising is "paranoid android" totally missing out
― ufo, Monday, 20 September 2021 13:09 (two years ago) link
The Smiths (!!)
― enochroot, Monday, 20 September 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
I mean it was a great band
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 September 2021 13:44 (two years ago) link
MJ too, for that matter.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 20 September 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
i don't think morrissey's reputation was at all good in 2010 but it's only gone downhill since of course
― ufo, Monday, 20 September 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
the smiths ballot poll had something like 60+ voters and that was in 2017 or so.
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 20 September 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
I just youtubed all the songs from the list which I didn't know yet or hadn't heard in ages.
Of most of the songs that weren't really my thing, I didn't think they were bad or worth voting for 'worst of the list' (Kanye, MIA).
I never really understood the White Stripes, I find Jack's vocals pretty unpleasant, but the guitar parts in Seven Nation Army are pretty good.
It's probably blasphemy to say so... but to me, 'Get Ur Freak On' is nothing more than an unappealing voice rapping over a ringtone. Actually tempted to vote for it. Can someone explain to me why Missy has such a high status? Am I just not hearing some brilliant technical skills or whatever?
I couldn't stand Gasolina. More likely vote.
But in the end, I will probably put another vote in for Lorde - Royals, for the same reason others have mentioned: it may not be terrible but it's not great and also so unremarkable that I can't even imagine why it would be on a list like this.
― Valentijn, Monday, 20 September 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
Get Ur Freak On' is nothing more than an unappealing voice rapping over a ringtone. Actually tempted to vote for it. Can someone explain to me why Missy has such a high status? Am I just not hearing some brilliant technical skills or whatever?
The spareness of the beat while that Punjabi melody plays atop + Missy's catchphrases. Why do you need technical skills?
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 September 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
remember my sister telling me about "the most stupid r&b song ever" which she had just heard, it was "just some wailing over some drums"friends, I worked out she was talking about 1 Thing. :(
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
As great as "1 Thing" is, I can absolutely hear how a certain set of ears might find it the opposite.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Monday, 20 September 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
the ears of a clown?
― primate marmite (NickB), Monday, 20 September 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
to quote smokey
― primate marmite (NickB), Monday, 20 September 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
I can understand someone finding "1 Thing" or "Get Ur Freak On" annoying and repetitive. Likewise with "Tutti Frutti", which seems like kind of the archetype of pop song as an energetic, simple hook that you'll either find infectious or moronic.
― o. nate, Monday, 20 September 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
don't let a moronic hook put you off, i mean plenty of people voted for new order
― primate marmite (NickB), Monday, 20 September 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
I'd venture to say that every single song that was taken off the list is better than Royals, Paper Planes, and a majority of what's on the list that was recorded post-2004. "Royals" isn't better than any James Brown song. James Brown could have quite literally recorded himself snorting coke off of Maceo Parker's saxophone and it would have been more interesting than Royals.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:30 (two years ago) link
Oh I love Missy :(
Get Yr Freak On hasn’t aged that well imho, but it’s still a classic… I understand why someone hearing it for the first time in 2021 would find it somewhat annoying. Supa Dupa Fly or Work It would be the big singles I’d choose to introduce someone to her.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
I love "Beep Me 911" more than anything else Missy's released, but she does need to be represented by something that works on a dancefloor.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
I agree "Beep Me 911" is her best solo track.
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Went with "Idioteque," out of the ones I've heard. "Kid A" was where Radiohead lost me HARD.
There are potentially songs on here I like less, but I went with "Idioteque" because I don't know if I've ever seen such a spectacular collapse in quality over the course of just one album.
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 00:18 (two years ago) link
really annoyed by Whiney everyone anyone else who are posting songs first and artists second in their lists
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 00:58 (two years ago) link
kinda amazed there's still people who hate kid a that much
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 01:00 (two years ago) link
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
ah fuck voted for juicy because i absent-mindedly picked my fav
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 01:34 (two years ago) link
For shame.
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 01:36 (two years ago) link
pretend there’s one less for that one and one more for royals
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 01:46 (two years ago) link
haha - that’s what you Royals h8ers get
― juristic person (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
Hmm.
I guess whichever song is worst here, doesn’t mean it’s terrible.
There are a bunch that would not be in the list if they reran it ten years from now, but.
I like “idioteque” a lot, but it’s not really a song as it’s main appeal is it’s musical style. It’s nearer an instrumental.
Often with these polls, I’ll think “which one would I play right now if I had one free go on the jukebox” but.
So, no vote from me.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 07:40 (two years ago) link
Always thankful for that poll making me realize what a majestic and otherworldly song "I Only Have Eyes For You" is. It eventually ended up winning our 1950s poll iirc.― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 20 September 2021 01:00 (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 20 September 2021 01:00 (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
Best ilx poll ever, btw. I have the rundown on minidisc
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 07:45 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
50. Daddy Yankee feat. Glory, "Gasolina" 13
fuck off you pissheads
― ✖, Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:09 (two years ago) link
The fact that "Runaway" got the most votes in this particular poll shows me that you never have as many allies as you think you do.
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
is that a reference to the song "runaway"? i haven't listened to or thought about that song in 10 years
― ✖, Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
Someone thinks "Be My Baby" is the worst song on this list(?)
― juristic person (morrisp), Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
“feat.” not popular with voters (= 25% of all votes)
― Josefa, Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:49 (two years ago) link
didn't vote in this poll, but am most inclined against All Along the Watchtower. I thought the sound of it was awful, and it was an emblem to me of the taste of the straight people I was beginning to hate as a teenager. In retrospect I still don't like it
― Dan S, Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link
08. Missy Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On" 3
smh
― symsymsym, Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
That’s an interesting perceptual thing, bc “All Along the Watchtower” sounds awesome to me and like it could be Hendrix’s best ever track in terms of production. I suppose it is a type of production specific to a certain era though
― Josefa, Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
Xp
I guess perception is everything, it's awesome technically but really dispiriting to me
― Dan S, Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
Blue Monday came up for me on youtube after it for some reason, a much much better song
― Dan S, Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
i like hendrix as much as anyone but watchtower was never a particular favorite -- much prefer the original version
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:56 (two years ago) link
I can't imagine preferring the original, even Dylan thought Hendrix improved on it.
― BrianB, Thursday, 7 October 2021 02:04 (two years ago) link
keep in mind that a lot of people accidentally voted for their fav instead of least fav
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 October 2021 02:14 (two years ago) link
I get that “Dreams” and “ Tiny Dancer” are way overplayed by now, but I’d hate to live in the skin of someone who thinks they are the worst songs in here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 October 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
08. Missy Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On" 3smh
You syh, I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one who thinks it's shit.
― Valentijn, Thursday, 7 October 2021 08:54 (two years ago) link
Which Elliot song do you prefer?
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 October 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link
Had to listen to Runaway to work out if I'd heard it before. My god it's horrible.
I'm not a kneejerk hater of Kanye's music (there are a few things I like) but I often find myself wondering how his 2010s stuff can make people feel good when they listen to it: This claustrophobic, mid-range, coke-eared sound with loads of deliberately horrid sound choices, and largely humourless, self-absorbed lyrics about being proud of how much of a dick he has become despite it making him feel terrible inside.
Earlier Kanye involved the listener; there was self-deprecation but it was done with humour. He was always the main event, but you felt like you were at the party with him, joking around with him. Whereas the main feeling I get from the later stuff is like being at the end of the party when it's just assholes still snorting lines at 7am and talking gibberish as the sun comes up and pierces your senses and you desperately wait for a taxi to take you home
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 7 October 2021 09:59 (two years ago) link
It's the most gratuitous, self-indulgent song on his most gratuitous, self-indulgent album.
― Indexed, Thursday, 7 October 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
self-absorbed, i mean
― Indexed, Thursday, 7 October 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link