Pitchfork's P2k: The Decade in Music

I love Miss Happiness to an unreasonable degree and basically feel that every subsequent album is worse than the one that precedes it.

OK I am absolutely LOVING that Andrew Unterberger top 100 songs of the decade list posted upthread, but FUCKING HELL it's click, read, click the back button, read, click, read, click the back button, read, click, read, click the back button, read, click previous entries, wait five seconds for the youtubes to load, click, read, click the back button...

just so y'all are ready for this I feel like I oughta let you know I'm gunning for all ten of the top ten slots & have been lobbying hard for em all year

am willing to make room for The Fix but that's about it

congrats in advance on all the fellating

it was rough going at time but I kept my mind focused on my goal

Nothing worth having comes easily.

how the plaque on my wall is gonna read

BEST RECORDS OF THE 2000s

1. Me
2. Me
3. Scarface, The Fix
4. Me
5. Me
6. Me
7. Me
8. Me
9. Me
10. Me

the plaque will be hung above an eternal flame burning in a small alcove in my backyard. it costs fifty cents to see it, unless you were instrumental in the poll that resulted in the plaque: then you get a discount.

when you cross into the alcove you trip a sensor that plays a snippet of a Justice Roberts saying "Man is Nairf!"

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

If Ms. Hoffs is included I'll pony up $1.

that's not Suzanna Hoffs, that's what J0hn d looks like when he's on TV

I heard TV added a few pounds, but I hadn't heard they were all in the breasts.

j0hn d u shld take a scrncap of the top ten list and then print it out (greyscale) and then tack it to the front of your fridge and leave it there until u move

You are just cruising for a SB, aren't you?

― Alex in SF, Monday, August 10, 2009 6:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Alex: This isn't the first time you've said something like this to me for no reason, and I'd like to you to stop it. I'm not trolling; the Wilco and Joanna Newsom LPs are two of my absolute favorite records of the decade, and I'm free to say so, especially in a thread that I started to discuss Pitchfork's end-of-the-decade articles.

I didn't start this thread because I'm trolling either; I actually love Pitchfork, and it's one of two publications--the other being the New York Times--that I've actively visited and consistently enjoyed for the past six years or so.

I'd love to see a Wilco disc on Pitchfork's Top 10 (I'd prefer it to be Sky Blue Sky tho).

I think because it's a list-by-committee type thing, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot has the best chance of placing in the top 10. Some people may rank others higher on their ballots, but some people won't have on their ballots at all.

"...won't have others on their ballots..."

Can't type today!

Yeah, I think YHF has a good chance to make it in the Top 10. P4k gave it a 10, it's their one record people are most aware of, and it's their highest-selling record to date. Ghost has no chance, and both SBS and the new one didn't receive a high enough ranking, and aren't favored by enough people, to make it.

One of the things I love about Wilco is that everyone seems to have a different favorite record of theirs. I really love A ghost is born. I can't think of a better guitar song in indie rock from the past decade than "At Least That's What You Said." By that I just mean there's nothing I love more. The three descending piano chords, Glenn's drumming that follows the guitar and piano so closely, and Jeff's note-spraying guitar work that, although it seems completely random, I wouldn't want to change a single note. The whole record though--especially because of (1) Jim O'Rourke's quiet, ethereal production work, (2)Jeff's lyrics and hey-my-vocals-are-quiet-and-fucked-because-I'm-fucked, and (3) the fucking stellar arrangements--is just wonderful. I've had nothing hit me on quiet the visceral level this record did when I first started listening to it, and it has a high place in my personal canon of favorite records ever.

That being said: Daniel, why are you a SBS fan? I'd love to hear your take on that record!

I'm not especially coherent now (preparing for emergency Hr'g in AM and it's my wedding anniversary!), so this probably won't come out well. Sky Blue Sky hits the right nostalgic buttons for me; I love that country-rock sound, especially when it isn't being used by contemptable bands like The Eagles. I know the songs on SBS aren't as hooky as those on some other Wilco discs, but they make up for it with their arrangements and technique. Also, Nels Cline adds such muscle to the band. His presence change the band's songs from quaint to coiled with power. And I like how they dropped some of the sonic sheen from their songs, and went with more direct, personal lyrics. The songs hold up well without the extra frills.

Anyway, as I say, incoherent babbling.

I didn't start this thread because I'm trolling either; I actually love Pitchfork, and it's one of two publications--the other being the New York Times--that I've actively visited and consistently enjoyed for the past six years or so.

You're either brand new to this "internet" thing, or you're sockpuppet.

lol @ being far enough down some rabbithole that you are incredulous that ppl like kshighway exist.

i have sex with pitchfork

I love P4000 and NYT. My favorite artist is Joanna Newsom. I came to ILX and immediately started threads about how much I love Newsom and P4000.

Such a person does not exist.

His first thread ever was this gem:

Best Music Criticism of the 2000s

"lol @ being far enough down some rabbithole that you are incredulous that ppl like kshighway exist."

Perhaps we have been on ILX too long.

ur right that's a totally horrible idea for a thread

Also, his first post ever on ILX was:

Some of you already mentioned Coldplay, but surprisingly no one said anything about "Viva la Vida," unless you count Geir's "Every single Coldplay song" vote.

I can't think of many, if any, mainstream rock songs from the past decade that were as well produced as that one.

And he made it three posts before starting that thread. Maybe he's just VERY PRECOCIOUS!

sum ppl do read the forums before joining/posting i mean cmon

I'm with Mordy. He's either a sock or the absolute perfect embodiment of one. Not that I'm SBing either way (it was a joke--one I hadn't actually made before I don't think btw.)

OTOH, that best-of music criticism thread led me to these exciting, perceptive reviews of Miles Davis' discs.

Totally SBing for that.

n.e.ways isnt it like super passe to care abt dudes liking indie now ur supposed to h8 dudes who like fidget house or w/e

I don't keep track.

I don't care about what he likes or dislikes. I just think he's a bit too well put together to actually be real.

There's nothing wrong with caring about Pitchfork, the NYT, Joanna Newsom, music criticism, and ILX. There's also nothing wrong with my posting about these things.

Mordy, why do you think I'm a sockpuppet? What am I doing that's upsetting you and Alex so much? Alex? Seriously, I want to know.

Totally SBing for that.

lol, me? I gotta check my totals.

lamp otm back there. and btw i fucking hate fucking mark prindle.

im just saying if u where going to troll ilm ud make a sock that was sum coke usen nyc kid that loved herve and count and sinden and capitalism

lol

And what's wrong with thinking Eno's production on the Coldplay song is better than the production I've heard on any other mainstream rock song?

I'm not upset dude. I just don't think you're real.

FFS who cares

I'd SB Mark Prindle but he doesn't post here.

You aren't upsetting me, kshighway (if that is your real name). I find you very cute. Just somewhat hard to take seriously.

hey kshighway what are you anticipating vis-a-vis arcade fire and all this pitchfork end of decade biz?

i consider myself a member of the kshighway fanclub.

I'm not upset dude. I just don't think you're real.

In a world where Geir Hongro exists you have trouble believing someone like kshighway could be real?

I'm not a music expert. I'm 22 and naive about most music outside of indie rock. I'll own that. But there's nothing wrong with me being enthusiastic about the stuff that I love and starting threads to discuss those things with other people who might be interested in them.

calling unfamiliar posters sockpuppets: for those who absolutely can't engage or ignore.

kshighway keep doing your thing man.

the kid has moxie