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I should play that "Ring The Alarm" really loud (the Tenor Saw song, no problem)? It find it rather grating at low volumes, and can't really picture it getting better louder.

I could have filled my list with other songs I liked, but those were just the ones I truly loved. I find myself obsessing over a smaller selection of things after sampling the great hordes of stuff, and it is that small selection I want to recognize for lists like this.

I also like to impose silly rules; in this case, no singles off albums if I really like more than one track, thus no T.I. or Nelly Furtado.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm agreeing with Lex and The Reverend here - "Young Folks" doesn't coalesce into anything I want to hear. "Amsterdam", on the other hand, totally works for me, though I can't explain why.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link

the reverend dollarstore on 'young folks'; i don't think i voted for a worst song but if i had it would have been that twee retarded piece of shit.

OTM

― groovemaaan, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link

Plz explain your 'dollarstore' usage, because you're totally confusing me...I mean, I get the nature of it, but I don't get why you used it where you used it. THX!

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link

And BTW, I hate the TVOTR album except for those two songs, which both are awesome...In general, TVOTR is better in theory than in practice; those ("I Was a Lover" and "Wolf Like Me") are the only two songs where they really live up to my expectations...off that album, at least

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link

i'd have thought that 'ring the alarm' loud would have just emphasised its screechiness! i loved it on first listen but i suspect that if anything helps one appreciate it, it's the mental video.

"dollarstore" = variant of on the money, right? i dunno.

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link

Well, yeah, the video, too.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link

i just rewatched the video. WOW

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link

ahhhhh...I always thought it was an insult (dollar store = place where there's a lot of cheap junk).

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link

I like the sound of "Reverend Dollarstore", really sleezyish.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link

my list. YES GLAD TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM FUCK OFF

Singles:
1. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
2. Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer
3. Belle & Sebastian - The Blues are Still Blue
4. Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim remix)
5. Beyonce - Check On It
6. Lucky Lucky Pigeons - Who Smells Marshmallows?
7. Field - Over The Ice
8. T.I. - What You Know
9. Kleerup feat. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
10. Divine Comedy - A Lady of A Certain Age
11. Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
12. Teddybears feat. Iggy Pop - Punkrocker
13. Clipse - Trill
14. Sally Shapiro - I'll Be by your Side
15. Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
16. John Legend - Heaven
17. Calle 13 - La Jirafa
18. Pussycat Dolls ft Snoop Dogg - Buttonz
19. El Perro del Mar - God Knows(You Gotta Give to Get)
20. Prodigy - Mac 10 Handle

Top 5 singles I'm sad I forgot to nominate:
Andrew W.K. - I Came For You
Tum Tum - Caprice Muzik
Ercola ft. Annie - Follow Me (RMX)(might be 2007 i dunno)
Darkel - At the End of the Sky
Rose Melberg - The Orchard

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link

oh yeah

Bottom 5 Singles:
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
Chamillionaire - Ridin' Dirty
Clipse - Wamp Wamp
the 2 shit Girl Talk songs on the nominated list.

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link

Reverend dollarstore does have a nice ring to it.

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link

Much better than being a "Dollarstore Reverend"; I would say that is an insult, as opposed to sounding like a character in a Flashman novel.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link

Also can I mention how happy I am that Aint No Other Man didn't make the list? It's a total void of ideas masquerading as a pop song (ie Big Voice plus Big Drums, do we sound like Amerie yet, will this do?)

― Matt DC, Sunday, 13 May 2007 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link

(Okay that argument may undermine my impassioned defence of Earth Intruders, but whatever)

― Matt DC, Sunday, 13 May 2007 01:11 (sixteen years ago) link

i thought she was trying to sound more like Aretha than Amerie. it was okay.

― blueski, Sunday, 13 May 2007 01:17 (sixteen years ago) link

I don't understand the appeal of "My Love" at ALL. The Ibiza Is Burning mix of it is ace though.

― musically, Sunday, 13 May 2007 02:59 (sixteen years ago) link

4. Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim remix)

Fucking good call.

― Matt DC, Sunday, 13 May 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link

My ballot:

1 Chamillionaire - Ridin'
2 Uffie - Pop the Glock
3 Cassie - Me & U
4 simian mobile disco - hustler
5 Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
6 Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
7 Cat Power - The Greatest
8 Uffie - Ready to Uff
9 Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - My Love
10 Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg - Dick in a Box
11 Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone
12 Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
13 Christian Falk feat Robyn and Ola Salo - Dream On
14 Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
15 Phoenix - Long Distance Call
16 Klaxons - Magick
17 Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
18 Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir
19 Knife - Silent Shout
20 Lily Allen - Knock ‘Em Out

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm kind of mad at myself for not voting for "Dick in a box", but two Timberlake songs was enough.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:02 (sixteen years ago) link

I can't believe Simian Mobile Disco - "Hustler" & Kelis "bossy" didn't place!! actually, i cant believe 'move along' either but I'm less shocked.

I would've voted Beyonce's Irreplaceable as a most hated had it occurred to me.

seems to skew somewhat british to me, esp in the placements 30 and over..

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:17 (sixteen years ago) link

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