-- Rockist_Scientist (phatw...), August 27th, 2004.
er, i don't recall posting 100 times to this or any other thread with variations on "i've never heard that one"/"i heard that one once in a friend's car, i didn't like it"/"i can't bring myself to care about this"/etc. i dunno, it reminds me a bit of ned's popping up on springsteen/strokes/etc. threasd to offer 1800 chipper variations on "meh."
― amateur!!st, Friday, 27 August 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 27 August 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago) link
I totally disagree about the nominations process, lets have SOME room for quirk for fucks sake.
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 27 August 2004 15:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 27 August 2004 15:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:00 (twenty years ago) link
Do I have to hand in my Daft Club card now?
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:00 (twenty years ago) link
― artiste (artiste), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:03 (twenty years ago) link
(homework is def rub really)
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:04 (twenty years ago) link
Obviously, there's a balance that should be struck somehow (not like I have any bright ideas right now on how to do it better if there is a next time, but still).
(xposts)
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:05 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:05 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
Well if a record isn't a single person's #1 fave then I don't think people can be begrudge its non-appearance too much. You all had the chance to nominate them folks!
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
Points: 1467No. of votes: 55No. of #1 votes: 10
Artist: DAFT PUNKTitle: DISCOVERYLabel: VirginYear: 2001
http://base58.com/ilx/ilm/top100/20002004/albums/discovery.jpg
This record means a lot to me. My strongest memory of it is linked tothis board, oddly enough. It was summer 2001, the big rooftop party atSuzy's block of flats where London ILX really got going. It was afantastic day. As the afternoon lazed on and we all got drunk wedecided to go and put Daft Punk on the stereo - about half of usdanced around like wallies and sung "One More Time" as loudly as wecould. Every time I play that song it reminds me not to give up onpop, people, stuff. Bad times are cyclical: the beat will come back,the dance will go on. That sounds corny - well, the song sounds corny.But I honestly believe it, and I love Daft Punk for catching thatfeeling.
There are lots of rational reasons to like Discovery. It is elegant.It is playful. It is a sketchbook of most of the possibilitiesremaining to house music (my original draft expanded at some boringlength on this). It is full of noises you knew were beautiful andnoises you didn't know were beautiful. It has the best love song ofthe decade on it (and "Something About Us" is pretty fucking amazingtoo). Thomas and Guy-Manuel look fantastic in their robot suits. AlsoI'd be lying if I didn't admit I like how they baffle and even annoysome people. But the main thing I love about Discovery is itsoptimism, its love of life in all its bathetic, glorious, cheesy,beautiful diversity.
(In the context of this list I am hugely tempted to contrast thatoptimism with - well, you can probably guess, and do it yourself.)
I think you either hear that optimism in Daft Punk or you don't. Ifyou don't, you probably hear it somewhere else. People listen to music- and sorry if this bit gets embarrassing - to make their livesbetter. People talk about that music, discuss it and share it to makeeach others' lives better. And so here we are. I have not lived up tothis philosophy that much on ILM. ILM in general has not lived up tothat philosophy much. But it's done a better job than almost anywhereelse I can think of on the Internet. What I'm trying to say isthankyou Daft Punk, and thankyou ILM, and even if sometimes I'dhappily see this place deleted I think in ten years time I'll bereally proud of having started it. Now go and listen to this recordagain you fuckers. Tom Ewing
Recommended tracks: Digital Love, One More Time, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Something About Us
No. 1
Points: 1619No. of votes: 55No. of #1 votes: 10
Artist: RADIOHEADTitle: KID ALabel: ParlophoneYear: 2000
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Recommended tracks: Idioteque, Everything In it's Right Place, Optimistic, Morning Bell
The margin! Misery beats fun! There's enough you can say about the result and what it says about ILM. I will leave that up to you What about the album though....?
Kid A made it safe for the indie kids to actually think about how music is constructed and how it is \"art\" without being too wank about it all. Mattson Carlhew
I have a feeling I\'m not alone in putting Radiohead at the top of the list. What else could (almost) everyone agree on from the past 4 years? Radiohead practically gets the crown by default, simply because nothing else remotely iconic was released. Remember all the press attention and word of mouth about this album? I remember when it came out I lived with a kid who had voted for Bush, and Radiohead was virtually the only thing we had in common. We drove to the next town to get our copies at midnight, and listened to the whole thing as soon as we got back. Our respective reactions were irrelevant--what matters is that no other release has mattered that much since then. If KID A had come out in 1991, would it have been overshadowed? Probably, but who knows. It doesn\'t matter. What works in the music worlds makes as little sense as what works in politics. Back when the biggest threat to the world seemed to be boy bands, Radiohead instilled the kind of hope in us white college kids that John Kerry wishes he could instill now. Richard Killiam
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
Actually, yes.
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:08 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― artiste (artiste), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago) link
― cºzen (Cozen), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:12 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
I actually voted Radiohead #2 (behind Mclusky), but yeah, first thing that came to mind as well.
― Maciej Kasperowicz (Maciej), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:18 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
Kid A
Taking Sides - Amnesiac vs. Kid A
What artists would you like to see go through a Kid A-ish period of experimental excess?
Ten Words Or Less: Kid A
And one of the first ILM threads ever -- from Tom!
Radiohead Album Cover: What Are They Thinking?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago) link
this is why I hate radiohead so much...
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Jamie T Smith (Jamie T Smith), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
the nom process was good because to burn your one nom you had to really love something. i believe every record on this list is beloved by somebody and i respect that even if i hate some of them.
and thats why this is a good list
and tom's comments made me sad and happy just like the album
sorry im getting emo
im gonna go now
― artiste (artiste), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
unless i drink myself into oblivion tonight which may be slightly more fun...
later
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
(and Kid A aint much better)
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:35 (twenty years ago) link
― artiste (artiste), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:38 (twenty years ago) link
uh...
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 27 August 2004 16:41 (twenty years ago) link