also hope that results arent just 3+ trax off of mia/spoon/radiohead
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I've never even heard of a band called Spoon, what's it like?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
32. White Stripes - Icky Thump (79 points, 8 votes) (link)
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/527/862530xe2.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
31. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (79 points, 10 votes) (link)
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1329/musiccatalog5cr5croisingh5.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
30. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (82 points, 8 votes) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/LCD_Soundsystem_-_Sound_of_Silver.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
^didn't vote for this but happy to see it get some shine
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
29. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me (83 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes) (link)
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7066/britneypieceofmecoverxz2.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I hope "gimme more" also makes it.
― daavid, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I am going to be devastated if T.I. doesn't make this list.
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
What T.I. from this year you think gon make it? "Big Shit Poppin"?
― maciej recognizing trill, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
-- J0rdan S., Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:13 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link
yeah thank god someone's voting for lcd soundsystem
― deej, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"Big Shit Poppin'" was the only thing by T.I. that was nominated, besides "I'm A Flirt": http://ilx2007poll.googlepages.com/home
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
28. Gwen Stefani Ft Akon - The Sweet Escape (84 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Gwen_Stefani_-_The_Sweet_Escape.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
27. Radiohead - 15 Step (84 points, 8 votes) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/In_Rainbows_Official_Cover.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
'sweet escape' seems 3 years old to me
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
seriously!
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
so far only 1 of my trax has been on the list so far (murderer) but i can bet there will be at least 2 more...although im liking this list so far...a few i had never heard before so far like We're All Going To Die and Overpowerd
― gman, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I could have sworn ILM was too cool for Radiohead.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Radiohead - In Rainbows Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (1453 of them)
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
26. Studio - Out There (87 points, 9 votes, 1 number votes) (link)
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6416/749205bv6.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
^depending on who voted this could sneak into the top 10 in albums
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
i forget whether i voted for it now
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
this list is ghey
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks Reverend, Johnny Crunch. I think in hindsight that my original post was about the same thing but with more words and hence probably worse. So...here's to screwing things up on the Internet!
"Sweet Escape" is good for A-Kon's hooting and chortling, but everything Gwen, everything Gwen...I don't think so. I like the idea of a song from the perspective of someone who kinda wishes they could be sweet, but can't really be fucked to accomplish it, but it's weirdly at odds with the hook, which seems to be about actually being sweet. That could be a productive tension, but somehow I just don't buy into it on this one.
Count me with those hoping for GIMME MAWR to top the mysterious "Piece of Me," which I've never heard of before. Is it good?
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Not really. Al in Bmore used the word "inert" to describe it, and I can't come up with one more accurate. "Gimme More" is the better of the two, at any rate.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Piece of Me is the best thing from Blackout...the remixes are all aces too. The Boz and Lo mix (bascially an alt mix as it's done by the original's producers) is the best, but the Tiesto and Bimbo Jones mixes are worth checking out too.
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm cool with sweet escape and i esp. love when she comes out of the hook and into the second verse. the melody on those first few lines is fantastic
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
'radar'>>'gimme more'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>'piece of me'
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link
25. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (88 points, 8 votes) (link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/WhatGoesAroundSingleCover.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Yay "Out There," boo "What Goes Around..."
― maciej recognizing trill, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
24. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (90 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes) (link)
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/641/avrillavignegirlfriendsdq6.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
^this song sucks
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
'u + ur hand' came out like 3 months before and is infinitely better
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Isn't Avril the punk chick supposed to hate girls like the video's protagonist? She's just a bully in the song and especially in the video, and the whole video is incredibly mean-spirited. I'm not familiar enough with Avril's work to cite specific examples from her earlier albums, but it certainly feels as if "Girlfriend Avril" is the girl the old Avril used to hate.
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I swear I had just been thinking (after the Timberlake song), "Oh, good, maybe that Avril Lavigne song isn't going to make it after all."
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
one more for today:
23. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (90 points, 10 votes) (link)
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6764/727793xx7.jpg
― musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link
If you ignore almost everything about it, "Girlfriend" is a fun song the first few times.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
50. M.I.A. - Jimmy (58 points, 5 votes) 49. Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song (58 points, 5 votes, 1 number one vote) 48. Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah (61 points, 5 votes, 1 number one vote) 47. Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! (61 points, 7 votes) 46. Malcolm Middleton - We're All Going To Die (62 points, 5 votes 45. Björk - Earth Intruders (62 points, 6 votes) 44. Low - Murderer (64 points, 5 votes 43. Kanye West - Stronger (67 points, 5 votes) 42. Von Südenfed - The Rhinohead (68 points, 6 votes, 2 number ones, + 1 vote for Pilooski Remix) 41. Rich Boy - Throw Some D's (69 points, 5 votes) 40. Chromatics - Running Up That Hill (69 points, 6 votes) 39. M.I.A. - Boyz (69 points, 7 votes) 38. National - Fake Empire (69 points, 8 votes) 37. Feist - My Moon My Man (72 points, 5 votes + 2 for Boys Noize Remix) 36. Spoon - The Underdog (72 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote) 35. Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (73 points, 7 votes) 34. Radiohead - Reckoner (74 points, 6 votes) 33. Lil' Mama - Lip Gloss (75 points, 6 votes) 32. White Stripes - Icky Thump (79 points, 8 votes) 31. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (79 points, 10 votes) 30. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (82 points, 8 votes) 29. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me (83 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes) 28. Gwen Stefani Ft Akon - The Sweet Escape (84 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote) 27. Radiohead - 15 Step (84 points, 8 votes) 26. Studio - Out There (87 points, 9 votes, 1 number votes 25. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (88 points, 8 votes) 24. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (90 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes) 23. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (90 points, 10 votes)
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Eclectic.
― SeekAltRoute, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I know nothing about Studio, but that cover is great, makes me want to listen to it.
― daavid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:43 (sixteen years ago) link
It sounds as awesome as the cover looks.
― maciej recognizing trill, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
5 votes for Aly & AJ and they come in just by a hair. I had it top 5 or 6, and I imagine the other 4 voters did too.
I'm glad this list isn't pretending that it was a good year for indie rock.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 28 February 2008 01:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Average for Aly & AJ is 9 or 10.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 February 2008 05:26 (sixteen years ago) link
A whole bunch of other songs that only got 5 votes placed higher.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 February 2008 05:27 (sixteen years ago) link
2007 was the worst year in the history of popular music.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 February 2008 05:35 (sixteen years ago) link
^might be otm
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 February 2008 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh fucking Jesus. Why do people unfailingly manage to think themselves clever by decrying the current or previous year as the worst year for music ever, especially when, by fact of reality, it's only possible to hear a tiny fraction of what's available or even tiny fraction of what is great?
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 February 2008 05:49 (sixteen years ago) link
the fuck?
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 February 2008 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link
a. i don't think billstevejim said that to be clever b. he said popular music, which is by definition music that most people should have heard most if not all of c. it's a good and fairly common argument to have
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 February 2008 05:51 (sixteen years ago) link
a, b, fine. C, NO IT IS NOT A GOOD ARGUMENT IT IS THE MOST BORRRRINGG ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ARGUMENT THAT CAN BE HAD SOME HINDSIGHT WTF
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 February 2008 05:54 (sixteen years ago) link