Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Trax Poll Results: TOP TEN TODAY)

fancy is only my second vote that made it!
yay for ilx dream bloc!

i thought he just got the phrase wrong! anyway that review makes me dislike the song even b/c it falls so short of the high literature the reviewer is spinning.

on the "obnoxious" pop song, i definitely find that songs that seem unbearable during their initial go-round sometimes strike me more favorably a year or two or five later -- when they've faded from ubiquity and i realize (usually reluctantly) that even while consciously hating them i was unconsciously absorbing them through massive exposure and now they light up my neural pathways even if i don't want them to. it almost seems like a biological response to me, but the net result is that i end up "liking" something that i used to "hate."

(that may eventually prove true of "i gotta feeling," but it's too soon to say. i'm still in resistance mode.)

So I forgot to post this with "1901" so here is a blurb:

If Game Theory’s Scott Miller was correct, and all power-pop essentially wants to shout “Hey!” at you, then Phoenix’s “heyheyheyheyhey” refrain on "1901" is crystal clear about its roots in pop past. Like their pals in Daft Punk, Phoenix does a nice job dressing classic pop in new threads and giving her tasteful cosmetic surgery.

As a side story, it’s widely known that when the Strokes first heard “1901” they were in the studio recording their fourth album, and when the song finished one member (who shall be unnamed) sat down, facepalmed, cried and then, regaining his composure, told the other members “so this was the song we've been trying to write since 2002…” [citation needed] -Cunga

sorry :P

btw if you emailed me asking for your ballot I should have emailed it to you, please EMAIL me if you need it and haven't received it yet, I can barely keep track of the posts here already...

GUYS

is love vs. money going to win this poll?

got my vote

me 2

hey forks, if the-dream doesn't win, can you just use mod powers to change the posts?

I just went back and ogled the 2008 list, and it seems like it happened A MILLION YEARS AGO.

50 - Flo Rida - Low (69.5 points, 7 votes)
49 - Air France - No Excuses (70 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote)
48 - Kleerup Feat. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed (73.5 points, 7 votes; 3 votes, 29.5 points for Mikael's Cello Version)
47 - Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns (In The Celestial City) (74 points, 7 votes)
46 - The Bug - Poison Dart feat. Warrior Queen (75.5 points, 7 votes)
45 - Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (76 points, 7 votes)
44 - Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam (77 points, 6 votes)
43 - MGMT - Kids (82 points, 9 votes)
42 - TV On The Radio - Family Tree (83 points, 6 votes)
41 - T.I. - No Matter What (83.5 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote, )
40 - Cassie - Official Girl (83.5 points, 6 votes, 2 #1 votes)
39 - Matias Aguayo - Minimal (84 points, 7 votes, 4 votes; 51.5 points for DJ Koze Maxi Version)
38 - Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day (86 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote)
37 - Lil Wayne - Got Money (Ft. T-Pain) (90.5 points, 7 votes)
36 - Ting Tings, The - That's Not My Name (91.5 points, 8 votes)
35 - Rihanna - Disturbia (92 points, 9 votes)
34 - Lil Wayne feat. Static Major - Lollipop (94 points, 8 votes)
33 - Lindstrøm - The Long Way Home (97 points, 10 votes; 3 votes, 23 points for Prins Thomas Edit)
32 - Goldfrapp - A & E (98 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote)
31 - Ne-Yo - Closer (98.5 points, 10 votes)
30 - Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened (101.5 points, 10 votes)
29 - Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (102.5 points, 8 votes)
28 - Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (106 points, 8 votes)
27 - Alphabeat - Fascination (111 points, 7 votes, 2 #1 votes)
26 - Ida Maria - Oh My God (116 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote)
25 - Erykah Badu - The Healer (117 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote)
24 - Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (120.5 points, 12 votes)
23 - Vampire Weekend - A-Punk (121 points, 11 votes)
22 - T.I. Feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life (123.5 points, 10 votes)
21 - Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep (135 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)
20 - Jordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No Air (139 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote)
19 - Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (142 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote; 7 votes, 81.5 points for Aeroplane Remix)
18 - M83 - Kim & Jessie (142.5 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)
17 - Kanye West - Love Lockdown (144 points, 12 votes)
16 - Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (144.5 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote)
15 - MGMT - Electric Feel (151 points, 12 votes; 2 votes, 27.5 points for Aeroplane Remix)
14 - Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond - Whispers (158 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)
13 - Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (161.5 points, 16 votes)
12 - Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (171.5 points, 15 votes)
11 - Portishead - Machine Gun (173 points, 16 votes, 1 #1 vote)
10 - Young Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put On (174.5 points, 15 votes)
9 - Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (187.5 points, 16 votes, 1 #1 vote)
8 - MGMT - Time To Pretend (203 points, 15 votes, 3 #1 votes)
7 - Lil Wayne - A Milli (203.5 points, 19 votes, 1 #1 vote)
6 - Estelle Feat. Kanye West - American Boy (209.5 points, 19 votes, 1 #1 vote)
5 - Portishead - The Rip (214.5 points, 16 votes, 1 #1 vote)
4 - Friendly Fires - Paris (236.5 points, 20 votes; 14 votes, 163.5 points for Aeroplane Remix feat. Au Revoire Simone; highest placer without a 1st place vote)
3 - MIA - Paper Planes (253.5 points, 22 votes, 2 #1 votes; 6 votes, 48 points for DFA Remix)
2 - Juan Maclean, The - Happy House (314 points, 22 votes, 8 #1 votes)
1 - Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (322.5 points, 31 votes, 1 #1 vote; 6 votes, 42 points for Frankie Knuckles Remix)

that doesn't look too far off the demographics of this list

pretty good list

Still hate "Blind," though. : /

love vs money was high on my ballot too

guys I want to thank all of you...this thread has been hugely entertaining!

yeah, "blind" is... good but i don't think it's epic like that. i like "athena" and "hercules theme" better at least

how did we vote those two ti singles and not "whatever you like"?? and wtf @ beyonce that low. aight list tho

"Blind" is good, but the Frankie Knuckles remix is perfect.

This list so far is about half-stocked with stuff I never heard before this week. Some of it I really like (Guido, DJ Quik & Kurupt) and some of it I never want to hear again (House of House). So, good job ILM voting people.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 29, 2010 3:56 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

I didn't even know what "Spaghetti Circus" was until about two minutes ago, but I definitely would've tossed it a vote if I'd heard it sooner.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, February 1, 2010 4:48 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

liv spencer is in both still going and house of house, and they mine a fairly similar aesthetic. hard to imagine loving one and hating the other! what didn't you like about rushin' to paradise?

Beyonce would have been higher if the list had been done later. It hadn't quite achieved ubiquity yet. People (including myself), were still coming around to it at that time.

oh yeah true

I don't think I posted lists for 2007 and 2006 DAMN can't believe I have been doing this since 2006! Good old days when 2 votes got you in the top 50, nice to see that's changed at least.

Blast from the past, 2007 trax

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 Boyz Noize Remix)
36. Spoon - The Underdog (72 points, 6 votes, 1 number one)
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 one)
28. Gwen Stefani Ft Akon - The Sweet Escape (84 points, 6 votes, 1 number one)
27. Radiohead - 15 Step (84 points, 8 votes)
26. Studio - Out There (87 points, 9 votes, 1 number one)
25. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (88 points, 8 votes)
24. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (90 points, 7 votes, 1 number one)
23. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (90 points, 10 votes)
22. Spoon - You Got Yr Cherry Bomb (91 points, 10 votes)
21. Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal (93 points, 10 votes)
20. Timbaland - The Way I Are (93 points, 12 votes)
19. Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts (& Studio Version) (96 points, 8 votes)
18. Caribou - Melody Day (99 points, 9 votes)
17. Panda Bear - Bros (104 points, 12 votes)
16. Pantha Du Prince - Saturn Strobe (110 points, 9 votes, 2 number ones)
15. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (114 points, 10 votes)
14. Cortney Tidwell - Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson's Objects In Space Mix) (116 points, 10 votes)
13. Burial - Archangel (128 points, 12 votes, 1 number one)
12. Amy Winehouse - Rehab (129 points, 11 votes)
11. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great (151 points, 11 votes)
10. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat (157 points, 11 votes, 1 number one)
9. Feist - 1,2,3,4 (162 points, 13 votes + 1 for Van She Technologic Mix)
8. UGK - International Players Anthem (Feat Outkast) (165 points, 12 votes, 2 number ones)
7. Grinderman - No Pussy Blues (170 points, 14 votes, 3 number ones)
6. R. Kelly - I'm A Flirt (171 points, 13 votes, 1 number one)
5. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (178 points, 14 votes, 1 number ones)
4. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (249 points, 18 votes, 2 number ones)
3. M.I.A. - Paper Planes (278 points, 21 votes, 1 number one)
2. Battles - Atlas (280 points, 21 votes, 1 number one)
1. Rihanna - Umbrella (334 points, 25 votes, 2 number ones)

The House of House song has that really awfully ca. 1992 fakey piano hits/rolls, and the Still Going sounds more disco-y with a singer who sorta reminds me of Holly Johnson. Easy distinction to make, imo.

xxxp

2007 was the first time I followed the poll results, but 2008 was the first time I nommed, voted and then followed.

i liked that "get innocuous" got voted in so high -- those final three in 07 were def lol

2006:

50. Ahmad Fathi - La Tisafir
(39 points, 2 votes, 1 number one)
49. The Field - Over The Ice
(39.5 points, 4 votes)
48. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
(40 points, 2 votes, 2 number ones)
47. Arthur Russell - Springfield (DFA Remix)
(40 points, 3 votes)
46. Ghostface Killah - The Champ
(41 points, 3 votes)
45. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
(41.5 points, 4 votes)
44. Islands - Swans (Life After Death)
(43 points, 3 votes)
43. TV On the Radio - I Was a Lover
(43 points, 4 votes)
42. Grizzly Bear - Knife
(43.5 points, 3 votes)
41. Scott Walker - Jesse
(43.5 points, 4 votes)
40. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
(44 points, 4 votes)
39. Belle & Sebastian - The Blues are Still Blue
(45 points, 3 votes)
38. My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
(46.5 points, 4 votes)
37. Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me
(47.5 points, 3 votes, 1 number one)
36. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
(47.5 points, 4 votes)
35. Amy Winehouse - Rehab
(48.5 points, 5 votes)
34. Sugababes - Red Dress
(49.5 points, 4 votes)
33. Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Ooooh
(49.5 points, 5 votes)
32. Lily Allen - Smile
(49.5 points, 7 votes)
31. Kleerup (feat. Robyn) - With Every Heartbeat
(50 points, 5 votes)
30. Sally Shapiro - I'll Be By Your Side
(51 points, 5 votes)
29. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
(53.5 points, 6 votes)
28. Midlake - Roscoe
(54.5 votes, 5 votes)
27. Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
(54.5 points, 5 votes, 1 number one)
27. Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer
(54.5 points, 5 votes, 1 number one)
25. Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
(57 points, 4 votes, 1 number one)
24. Clipse - Wamp Wamp (What It Do) (Feat. Slim Thug)
(59 points, 5 votes)
23. Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love and Listen To Death From Above
(59 points, 7 votes, 1 number one)
22. Ciara - Promise
(62 points, 5 votes, 1 number one)
21. Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends
(62.5 points, 5 votes)
20. Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
(63 points, 5 votes)
19. Chamillionaire - Ridin'
(64 points, 4 votes, 2 number ones)
18. Liars - Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
(64 points, 6 votes, 1 number one)
17. Hot Chip - And I Was a Boy From School
(66 points, 4 votes)
16. Ghostface Killah - Shakey Dog
(68 points, 7 votes, 1 number one)
15. Beyonce – Irreplaceable
(70 points, 6 votes)
14. TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
(73 points, 7 votes)
13. Cassie - Me & U
(74.5 points, 5 votes)
12. Cat Power - The Greatest
(81 points, 6 votes)
11. Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
(81 points, 8 votes, 1 number one)
10. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
(90.5 points, 8 votes, 1 number one)
10. Knife - Silent Shout
(90.5 points, 8 votes, 1 number one)
8. Lily Allen - LDN
(94.5 points, 9 votes, 1 number one)
7. Junior Boys - In the Morning
(96 points, 8 votes, 1 number one)
6. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
(98 points, 9 votes, 1 number one)
5. Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
(108 points, 9 votes, 1 number one)
4. Hot Chip - Over And Over
(112.5 points, 9 votes)
3. Justin Timberlake - My Love
(168.5 points, 13 points)
2. T.I. - What You Know
(172.5, 12 votes, 1 number one)
1. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
(240 points, 17 vote, 3 number ones)

really awfully ca. 1992 fakey piano hits/rolls

this is my favorite thing ever btw (also take note that "Rushing to Paradise" has really good actual piano solos and shit)

xxp how were they lol? seem like pretty obv choices

that's why... because people were speculating the whole time whether or not it was gonna be those three (because they were the top 3 like... everywhere) and then they were

i wonder where cassie would place if we redid that 06 poll. those hot chip songs have not aged well imo.

those Hot Chip songs were awful at the time

this is getting me excited for the 05-09 poll

me too!

^ this!

I know we should wait, but... *impatience*

(Actually, I'm gonna be out of town for two weeks, so don't it just yet!)

i think the best time will be during the summer -- once 09 list fatigue wears off & before 10 listing begins

many many xps- i kno the pianos on "rushing to paradise" are amazing! definitely more larry levan than 1992

really awfully ca. 1992 fakey piano hits/rolls

this is my favorite thing ever btw

― The Reverend, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 2:02 AM

I blame overexposure to that sound when it was new, and my friend Scott would play Crystal Waters and Black Box and CeCe Penniston and Utah Saints over and over and over when we were in his car. I still get the chills.

Here's the 2005 poll, officiated by Billy Dods:

1. Amerie - 1 Thing
2. Girls Aloud - Biology
3. Kelly Clarkson - Since U been gone
4. Three Six Mafia feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG - Stay Fly
5. Madonna - Hung Up
6. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback girl
7. Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
8. Ladytron - Destroy everything you touch
9. The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate it or love it
10. Robyn - Be Mine
11. LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
12. The White Stripes - My Doorbell
13. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
14. Broadcast - America's Boy
15. Lindstrøm - I feel space
16. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is playing at my house
17. Ciara feat. Ludicris - Oh!
18. Daddy Yankee feat. Lil' John - Gasolina
19. Maximo Park - Apply some pressure
20. The Futureheads - Hounds of Love
21. Ying Yang Twins - Wait (The Whsisper Song)
22. R Kelly - Trapped in the closet
23. M.I.A - 10 Dollar
24. Rachel Stevens - Negotiate with love
25. Spoon - I turn my camera on
26. Missy Elliott feat. Ciara and Fatman Scoop - Lose Control
27. Missy Elliott - Lose Control (Jacques Lu Cont mix)
28. Antony and The Johnson - Hope there' someone
29. Vitalic - My Friend Dario
30. The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
31. Tori Alamaze - Don't Cha
32. M.I.A - Pull up the people
33. Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl
34. M.I.A - Bucky done gun
35. The Mountain Goats - This Year
36. Goldfrapp - Ooh la La
37. Basement Jaxx - Oh my gosh
38. Damian "Jr Gong" Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
39. Gorillaz - Dare
40. Saint Etienne - Stars above us
41. M83 - Don't save us from the flames
42. Sugababes - Push the button
43. T.A.T.U - All about us
44. Polmo Polpo - Kiss me again and again
45. Royksopp - What else is there? (Trentemoller remix)
46. Franz Ferdinand - Do you want to?
47. U2 - Sometimes you can't make it on your own
48. Mike Jones feat. Slim Thug and Paul Wall - Still Tippin'
49. Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches
50. The Killers - Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont mix)

TIGHT!

great year -- haven't heard that jacques lu cont rmx of missy

'05 has a lot of great stuff on it, but esp that top 3

i still listen to those songs regularly

47. U2 - Sometimes you can't make it on your own
48. Mike Jones feat. Slim Thug and Paul Wall - Still Tippin'

O_O

hahahahah yeah...

great year -- haven't heard that jacques lu cont rmx of missy

!!!! Jordan this is like the pinnacle of recorded sound!!!

someone pls spotify playlist the other year lists

http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/477789/snooki-meets-phoenix.jhtml#id=1630972

damn tim you aren't kidding

Black Eyed Peas officially made this thread a joke. I can't wait to see Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley in the top 10!

GOOD MUSIC WILL WIN!

2005 was a great year for music everywhere

the 2005 list really does win life.

ahhh "promise" placing in the 06 list - IIRC it only emerged in dec 06 so that's good going.

my prob w/"i gotta feeling" isn't nec how cheesy it is - i just don't think it's that catchy, i find it really weak and insipid and even now i don't think i could sing it offhand (though i'd recognise it if i heard it). it just strikes me as really lazily tossed together, which is the case for a lot of the tracks on the BEPs album (i mean the verses of "meet me halfway"?? what is even the point of having them?). it completely baffles me that it's so ubiquitous and popular - yeah the sentiment is right but the hook just isn't there. and i still don't get why "mazel tov" is meant to be funny.

i'm totally sick of "boom boom pow" but it's def much better and i'm sure it'll place in the top 10.

incidentally the 2005 list has close to none indie artists. WIN!

I didn't think much of 'I Gotta Feeling', but then one day the chorus just got me - still couldn't sing a verse if I tried, but the chorus is your hook and that's enough. 'Boom Boom Pow' is amazing, but also one of those records that you can wear out in a sitting and never need to hear again.