Pitchfork's P2k: The Decade in Music

why would people vote for the highest profile record in a fringe genre?! what fucking idiots!

next thing you're gonna tell me that Mastodon was ranked higher than Electric Wizard!

Sure, of course, I get that Chris. And we certainly made a joke or so at the band's music in there. But at this point how often are we snarky? A bit in news here and there and that's about it. Nowhere near as often as, say, Blender was. But nobody then talks about snarkiness as their defining quality, or draws a line from their jokes and jabs to "snobbery" since they covered pop stars and we almost never do. (Though if we do, it's almost because we're talking about their music or them as artists rather than as personalities or punchlines.)

Anyway, not sure why I cared in this case, no offense to Evan really.

xxp re: GAS, i'm not sure if this factors in, but i feel like gas's 'pop' is probably located in more peoples' minds as part of the 90s canon - it capped off a series of albums that felt like a whole statement that all appeared in the late 90s. maybe it didn't factor in that highly b/c people didn't even think of it that much as something from the 00s? i mean kompakt wasn't even born yet, was it?

(and it's interesting in general to see albums on the list from 2000 on the list, and thinking about which ones appear more "of" the 90s than kicking off the 00s)

basically jordan s otm wrt the field & the p4k canon

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Not really surprising at all- just a tad baffling that the other said albums actually did make it onto the list in the first place without someone looking at the order and saying "oops". I mean, "Alcahofa" was somewhere around #165 or so, and "Easy Lee" itself would sensibly put that record near the top of any "best of the decade" list (or at least above anything by The Field).

But yes, agreed- whacking off is way more fun than minimal techno considerations. Just had to get it off my chest (the rant- not the whacking- eeewwww).

i just heard easy lee for the first time... is the vocal supposed to sound all crackly and imperfect or did i get a bad leak?

i don't know exactly what ur hearing but it's sung through a vocoder so yea it should sound kind of fucked with

Haha sorry to make anyone upset (Scott), I was just annoyed at that part of the article: "Wohl eventually pleaded guilty to reckless conduct and water pollution, but Matthews continues to get off scot free. (The passengers on the boat did sue the band, though.)" The Zach Braff one happened to be next to it, and I remember skimming over some other things that I felt were similar in tone. I was in a grumpy mood when I wrote that. I don't mean to upset anyone- lets be friends.

Also its regardless of how much anyone likes Dave Matthews.

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i mean, it's not like CLEAN vocoder like "O Superman" or Imogen Heap

It's like eeeEEEEAASY LLe-

Sigh.

I think the most interesting thing about this Pitchfork list is what it reflects in memory, attention span, and spacetime.

I can look at any vinyl record album in my collection and lock into the exact time and place in my life I listened to it most.

My first reaction to much of this decade list has been "Wow, did that really come out in 2002?"

whiney i think u got the right one

Scott, lets be friends!

i suppose the lack of unwound - leaves turn inside you so far means it didn't make it :(

Oh yeah that album is wonderful.

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The vocals on Easy Lee are so distorted it's impossible to know for sure what he's singing.

is Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye going to make it into the top 50? that would be bomb

i bet it will but hope it won't given the number of artist repeats that are already on here

someone should do a round up of other message boards talkin about this list

why, has ott done any more annual income comparisons on hipinion lately?

Dave Matthews is seriously underrated on ilx. Kinda like "should I give grateful dead a chance?" lolz. People on some serious issues in this place

Blech. (to both DMB and GD)

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Evan, I might have an extra ticket to the Cubs game this weekend...but, yeah, sorry for poking at you

I was sure Hissing Fauna would be in the top 20.

Hm, it strikes me as a fairly divisive record. Those who like it go nuts over it, those who don't find it really annoying.

The vocals on Easy Lee are so distorted it's impossible to know for sure what he's singing.

― Dan S, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:43 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Good thread: Can anyone decipher the lyrics to Villalobos' "Easy Lee"?

me? is Satellite really that bad of a song? or Cumberland Blues?

Scott, I am sorry I came off much angrier than I actually was. I like Pitchfork. Next time you're in Hoboken, NJ let me know!

I'm not sure how Mr. Que thinks I came off.

i guess i have serious issues

I honestly don't know maaaayne

Still no one's made a plain text version of the list?

200. Califone - Quicksand / Cradlesnakes

199. Hot Hot Heat - Make Up the Breakdown

198. Safety Scissors - Parts Water

197. Scout Niblett - Kidnapped by Neptune

xxp re: GAS, i'm not sure if this factors in, but i feel like gas's 'pop' is probably located in more peoples' minds as part of the 90s canon - it capped off a series of albums that felt like a whole statement that all appeared in the late 90s. maybe it didn't factor in that highly b/c people didn't even think of it that much as something from the 00s?

Good point, and I'm finding that a lot of stuff (not just techno) from 2000-2002 feels like it happened twenty years ago instead of ten. It's throwing me for a bit of a loop in trying to come up with my own best of the decade list.

I do think that The Field's high ranking will look a bit silly in 3-4 years, it's not so much that it was a high profile record in a fringe genre, but that it came out only two years ago and is still fresh in people's minds (and that's partly because The Field released a new album this year).

196. Thursday - War All the Time

195. Kano - Home Sweet Home

194. Ulf Lohmann - Because Before

193. A.R.E. Weapons - A.R.E. Weapons

192. Now It's Overhead - Now It's Overhead

Only the top 50 left. I hope we'll still see The Drift, Geogaddi, and Vocalcity in there.

191. Gene Defcon - Come Party With Me

489. Kano
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― chutesy ladders (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:43 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

no worries dude this is still as clever and hilarious as when you did it for the tracks list.