yeah, listening to it again yesterday was absolutely bracing, that hook feels way more monstrous now after a few years of softer, more vulnerable sounds in main pop. trampling over billie eilish lol
― ban, buddy (imago), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 07:52 (one year ago) link
in its own widescreen-emo way, ybag pulls a similar trick of economy and wish-fulfilment - a slow build-up into a massive chorus, and then, having given us the massive chorus, taking it away only for a second or two before plunging us straight back into the blissful soup of noise
― ban, buddy (imago), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:12 (one year ago) link
A part of me will never be able to look past the fact that "Shadow" rips off "Wish Fulfillment" by Sonic Youth, but it's been one of my most-listened to tracks since it came out, so you kinda can't argue with those end results. And as pointed out it's indelibly linked with Twin Peaks.
― Chris L, Monday, August 15, 2022 11:08 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
never knew/realized this but all otm
several songs i like a lot in this bunch but nothing i voted for
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 12:37 (one year ago) link
selena gomez and uptown funk are the only ones i was sure i already knew. gomez is fine, uptown funk is not. in the 5 years or whatever since i last listened to a haim song i still find them (or it if it's the same song i heard previously) relentlessly mediocre. don't really like anything that's placed so far tho tbf i only listened to the first minute of oranssi pazuzu and decided to spare myself the next 16 1/2 mins.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 12:52 (one year ago) link
that’s the best minute, before the growling starts
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 12:54 (one year ago) link
Voted for Slow Burn, New Rules and Feel You so far, glad Andromeda is there, no real qualms about ILM revisiting its favorites even if it can feel like being at somebody else's party. At least I know that Party rock anthem is not coming up after Icona Pop. Good trick Moka to put Oranssi Pazuzu at 100 and keep imago calm for the rest of the poll.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 13:02 (one year ago) link
I feel that breastcrawl is very tense though :)
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 13:04 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/sUIGw08.jpg80. Frank Ocean - Pyramids (2012)[329 points / 8 votes]Previous Placement: 20 in 2012Video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:08 (one year ago) link
our promised stretch of 20 r&b/rap/african pop&house/dancehall/soca tracks starts here!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:11 (one year ago) link
…with a track I’ve never been very fond of
I like a couple tracks on channelORANGE but not this one. Frank Orange is just not for me. Gimme Miguel.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
I'm a big fan of Pyramids - never truly feels like a suite, love songs with extended outros. Voted for Novocane. My friend always had Thinkin' bout you on.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
Wildheart >>>>> Blonde
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
otm
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
Channel Orange has some good songs, but always hated how it sounds. There’s something about the mix or the production which sounds like a saturated, lifeless mess to me.
It’s been years since I last heard it, though. Might need to re-listen.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
"pyramids" is solid, i voted for a different frank song that isn't gonna place
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:20 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jkt2oqm.jpg79. Games - Strawberry Skies (2010)[332 points / 6 votes]Previous Placement: 61 in 2010Video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:22 (one year ago) link
wow i have never heard this song before
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
wow i have never heard of this song before
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:26 (one year ago) link
It’s a chill balearic track with Laurel Halo on vocals.
Games btw is a project by Ford & Lopatin.
Lopatin is better known as Oneohtrix Point Never.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:27 (one year ago) link
so you're saying this song isn't by jayceon taylor aka "the game" and james "big game james" worthy
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
One of my top votes as was the EP - too exuberant yet busy to be dismissed as homage and will always think of it as too short and 'Channel Pressure' never quite following thru on this promise.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link
Lol it’s even better than that!
I think this and Lapsley are the only songs from my ballot on the countdown so far. Didn’t expect this one to place. Glad it made it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZIwS1W6.jpg78. Wolf Alice - Don’t Delete The Kisses (2017)[332 points / 7 votes]Previous Placement: 41 in 2017Video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:43 (one year ago) link
#78'd
― ban, buddy (imago), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:43 (one year ago) link
The real countdown begins
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:54 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bAntEgZ.jpg77. Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms (2012)[333 points / 9 votes]Points from remixes: John Talabot & Pional 6.15AMix [32 Points]Previous Placement: 8 in 2012Video /// Remix
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
First time hearing the remix and it’s sounding real good.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:56 (one year ago) link
God, I loved this song a decade ago. She's never topped it.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:59 (one year ago) link
would rather see 'Door' here but figure 'So Hot...' might place
― nashwan, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:00 (one year ago) link
Glad to see Wolf Alice make it, even at 78! I had this pretty low in my ballot. It's a fun song, but far from the top of my list of Wolf Alice songs, if that makes sense. My #1 and #2 are also Wolf Alice songs that I'm not necessarily expecting to place.
I think I listened to Orange once or twice a long time ago. It's pretty good stuff, even if it doesn't exactly latch with me.
I only heard Strawberry Skies during the run-up to this poll. I really like it, but left it off because my ballot mostly focused on music that I was actually listening to during the decade.
I've never listened to Chairlift or Caroline Polachek. Only know her from the Charli XCX song Tears, which I forgot to nominate but was a favorite of the decade. This song makes me think they would be in my wheelhouse.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
I don't remember Wolf Alice being so low in our 2017 poll. It'll probably be higher than our entire top five from that year (already above Bad Liar and New Rules). Because I didn't love their debut, I didn't even check out anything from the second album until our poll. Kisses is the song that made me a fan and ended up in my top ten.
Delighted to see Chairlift here. Such an amazing song. Wonder if any of Caroline Polachek's solo material will be higher. Would like to see Door make it.
I never got into Frank Ocean. His flat voice is a deal breaker. As a couple of others have said, Miguel over Frank any day.
Strawberry Skies is gorgeous. My brother turned me on to that one back in the day. Another one that feels like an absolute lifetime ago. Good to see it here.
Good start to the list today.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
"don't delete the kisses" was one of my last cuts, glorious
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
"strawberry skies" is a good pop extension of the lopatin universe. it's not too different from much of his stuff with ford, but i also hear echoes of his ecco jams (get it?)
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:07 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8yE2eJt.jpg76. Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert - Bad and Boujee (2016)[337 points / 6 votes]Previous Placement: 25 in 2016Video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
but where is "t-shirt"?
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
my migos vote went to "versace," which was probably my first exposure to them and still their best work imo.
"bad and boujee" is great, though. uzi's verse was my least favorite part at the time, but moments from in his 16 still pop into my head from time to time ("met! her! today!")
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:10 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/2bNG0yR.jpg75. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (2010)[337 points / 9 votes]Previous Placement: 3 in 2011Video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
hasn't aged super well imo
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
My biggest problem with the song is its actual lack of bass.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
The first half of "Pyramids" is OK; the second half is massive
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Never knew why Super Bass was the breakout hit, or why it was so high in the 2011 poll, or why people are voting for it now, she has so many better songs and it shows off almost none of her talents. Guess it's not unpleasant, just that's kind of it.
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
They played this one at the gym I went to almost every day and I have to admit it was a fun song to run to - the first times at least.
Agree that it hasn't really aged well and yeah there's way too much high end on it, where's the super bass!?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:32 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3YbRRCu.jpg74. Amel Larrieux - I Do Take (2013)[339 points / 6 votes]Previous Placement: 8 in 2013Video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:33 (one year ago) link
Shocked to see this one so low but, yeah, perhaps the glow has worn off.
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
loved this track
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
I completely forgot about Amel Larrieux and this album is actually really good. Thanks ILM for reminding me about her and this song. Should've voted for this one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
Brilliant song I somehow didn't vote for.
― Will (kruezer2), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
This is great, was on a longlist for a bit. Moment To Reflect (not nominated) even better
― ban, buddy (imago), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xS8Fknk.jpg73. KING - Hey (Extended Mix) (2011 / 2016)[346 points / 6 votes]Points from other versions: Original [114 Points]Previous Placements: 195 in 2011 / 62 in 2016Video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link