ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

YAY FOTL

was going to respond to tuomas and lex but ehhhhhh whats the use

Love McClusky, don't love "Arming Eritrea."

I expect "If I Had A Heart" over "Dry and Dusty", even though I would have voted for D&D

eh, not really, not unless you want all your bouncy aggro thrash music to be super tuneful too

I don't mind dudes shouting over my aggro musics, but the FOTL guy sort of sounds like a character (oh hai, is Jello Biafra for the '00s!).

hah if i had even considered there being a chance of FOTL making the tracks list i would have ordered my ballot and put it at the top

everyone who sings anything ever sounds like a character...?

so people voted for "If I Had A Heart" even though it wasn't on the list?

IT WASN'T??????????

I thought I nominated it!

82. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "SexyBack" (2006) [216 points, 9 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gOHvDP_vCs

It might have been nominated and we missed adding it to the list, but it got no votes. xp

i can see mclusky/FOTL dude's voice being an obstacle, but i love it. skinny, scrawny, angry nerd = a good foil for that kind of tough-guy rock.

and yeah, the only reason i piled points on "dry and dusty" is cuz there was no "if i had a heart" to pile more points on. ;_;

xp Nope, just checked. "If I Had a Heart" wasn't nommed.

ya if i was making a top 100 list arming eritrea wld def be in it, just didnt make my top 40

i don't know the results of this poll, but i will say that i was monitoring the emails for "rollin" votes cuz it's def my sentimental favorite, even tho i think i had it at #3 on my ballot -- i'm really happy i made it

"sexyback" is like the worst song on that CD

and yeah, the only reason i piled points on "dry and dusty" is cuz there was no "if i had a heart" to pile more points on. ;_;

The same with me, I love IIHaH way more than DaD.

Sexyback was obviously played out at the time but it has aged pretty well. And LOL at JT's back tattoo.

v. surprised to see Future of the Left here, I thought they were only particularly liked by my srs ex-hardcore dudes and their ilk. Maybe that just means I know nothing about them.

haven't heard SexyBack for a couple of years probably, and yeah relistening it's sounding good.

my serious ex-hardcore dude friends, that is.

81. JOY ORBISON "Hyph Mngo" (2009) [219.5 points, 9 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa_PDKKc2_A

ok i have steadfastly avoided Joy Orbison because thats like the worst name in the history of naming stuff, but if it made it into this i will finally give it a shot i guess

I've tried, but all I keep hearing is banging, repetitive and abrasive nonsense. Maybe fine for a minute, but not for 5 and a half.

Sexyback was obviously played out at the time but it has aged pretty well.

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My fave track from that album is What Goes Around... such a brilliantly written melody.

The Joy Orbison sounds like the music you hear in the Gap.

To summarize,

100. NE-YO "Because of You" (2007) [195.5 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
99. DAMIAN "JR. GONG" MARLEY "Welcome to Jamrock" (2005) [197 points, 11 votes]
98. CHAMILLIONAIRE ft. KRAYZIE BONE "Ridin'" (2005) [198.5 points, 10 votes]
97. RÓISÍN MURPHY "Overpowered" (2007) [199.5 points, 10 votes]
96. THE KNIFE "Marble House" (2006) [204.5 points, 10 votes]
95. CAMERA OBSCURA "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" (2006) [204.5 points, 11 votes]
94. THE-DREAM "Fancy" (2009) [205.5 points, 8 votes]
93. BIG BOI ft. GUCCI MANE "Shine Blockas" (2009) [206 points, 8 votes]
92. CORTNEY TIDWELL "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Objects in Space Remix)" (2007) [207.5 points, 10 votes]
91. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "45:33" (2006) [208 points, 10 votes]
90. WASHED OUT "Feel it All Around" (2009) [208.5 points, 10 votes]
89. GIRLS "Lust for Life" (2008) [209 points, 8 votes]
88. LADY GAGA "Paparazzi" (2009) [209 points, 10 votes]
87. ROBYN "Be Mine" (2005) [209 points, 12 votes]
86. THE HOLD STEADY "Stuck Between Stations" (2007) [210.5 points, 8 votes]
85. JACKIE CHAIN ft. JHI ALI "Rollin'" (2008) [212.5 points, 7 votes]
84. FEVER RAY "Seven" (2009) [212.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
83. FUTURE OF THE LEFT "Arming Eritrea" (2009) [213.5 points, 10 votes]
82. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "SexyBack" (2006) [216 points, 9 votes]
81. JOY ORBISON "Hyph Mngo" (2009) [219.5 points, 9 votes]

I'll pick it up tomorrow for #'s 80-61.

ok, i actually was ok with it, but never in a million years would i have guessed that the Joy Orbison track was released in the last decade, let alone 2009

all those songs are good!

more or less

I think so too (minus Girls and Joy Orbison, perhaps).

yeah of the stuff ive heard i can only work up a good frothing hate for Girls tbh

(well, and im also bored to death of the hold steady but its more of an inactive ehhhh)

Nice. Totally would have voted high for Roisin Murphy if "Sow Into You" had been an option, but she was high on my albums list.

Good list so far. I think I voted for "Fancy," but enjoy a ton of these other songs. Voted for other stuff by Ne-Yo, the Knife, LCD, Gaga, Fever Ray -- all of which I confidently expect will place a bit higher.

Love the Camera Obscura, Future of the Left, Washed Out, Girls tracks. I am a corny rockist asshole.

Yeah I like the Girls track a lot as well. I guess listening closely his voice is annoying, but it's a nice tune and the out of tune guitar sounds good.

I think I like everything! I guess I am undiscerning. I'm most meh on Welcome to Jamrock, probably for the awful reason that I heard it eight million times playing FIFA 06 and now hearing it is just nothing but that game to me.

hate the band Girls so much

Love these polls precisely because if I hadn't read, but not voted in, the 2009 poll my actual ballot for this poll would have looked completely different. For instance I only heard/checked out 'Shine Blockas' and 'Fancy' 'cos of the 2009 poll, loved them and voted accordingly this time round. Of the 20 revealed so far I'm familiar with most solely because of the last poll. But I hadn't heard the Camera Obscura or the Jackie Chain both of which were pleasant surprises.

have never heard girls, and while i've heard the hold steady, i wouldn't know one song from another. based on listening to most of that joy orbison track, however, i'd be real surprised if either could outsuck it.

listen to girls and report back

seriously, it will change your life

somehow i'm 14/20 for songs i really like => love, but...0/20 for songs i voted for (i was SURE i voted for "rollin"! but apparently not! obv several of those were b/c i voted for the albums)

the andreas saag house remix of "hyph mngo" is even better than the original, which i love, and which was one of the anthems of sónar this year - it's one of those trax which sounds incredible suddenly pealing out of a huge soundsystem, i never really got it until i heard it like that.

"sexyback" is a jam, def one of my favourites off the overrated fs/ls. "i'll let you whip me if i misbehave" - rrr come here justin~

and while obv i really dislike girls, robyn, camera obscura, there's no real ~PAROXYSMS OF RAGE~ yet

The Cortney Tidwell gets awesome about 5 mins in, but up until then it's unremarkable imo

If I hadn't heard "Fancy" for the first time a couple of days after I sent in my ballot, that would have placed even higher.

Good job so far people. Less Electrodribble than imagined though I'm sure there's more to come, you guitar-hating heathens.