yeah I can imagine that for more niche polls that getting enough participation to make it worthwhile might be difficult.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Monday, 2 February 2009 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
one of my least fav t-pain productions ever - flo-rida's voice is crazy annoying and the flow he locks into is so ugh
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Monday, 2 February 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
^^this
― k3vin k., Monday, 2 February 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't think T-Pain produced that one, but yeah, not one of my favorite hits of his, although I liked it a bit at first.
― some dude, Monday, 2 February 2009 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah you're right, but i meant least favorite songs involving t-pain anyway. beat and stuff is actually aaaight
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Monday, 2 February 2009 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked it enough to give it a vote. It's got an excellent intro, leaping all over the place thanks to my fancy new speakers. I can see what might be annoying about the delivery, but still a cracking pop tune nonetheless
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 February 2009 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i like "low" fine, but i was already sick of it at the beginning of '08, nevermind the end.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Monday, 2 February 2009 18:17 (2 hours ago) Permalink
otm
― The Reverend (rev), Monday, 2 February 2009 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
49 - Air France - No Excuses70 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote1210 in P&J
No Excuses is just about the fizziest, trembliest, most joyful thing I've heard, smeary piano and cascading string riffs swirling around like ambient happy hardcore. ― Tim F
Thoughts?
― miss precious perfect (musically), Monday, 2 February 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
obsessed with this song
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Monday, 2 February 2009 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Something I'll have to listen to when I get home
― The Reverend (rev), Monday, 2 February 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Less than forty seconds in, and already I wish I'd heard it in time
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 February 2009 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah for some reason when i first heard that air france ep i didnt get into that much but just recently i've had it continuously on repeat. soooo nice
― t_g, Monday, 2 February 2009 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 February 2009 20:49 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
otm.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 2 February 2009 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
thirded! how did i miss this?
― Gukbe, Monday, 2 February 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Seriously, what a fabulous record. The section from 0:20 onwards is just euphoric. I'm playing it over and over in the dark in the depths of winter, with a beautiful warm feeling and a big summery grin on my face.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 February 2009 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe i should go back to the air france ep but i was really hyped about hearing it at the time, and just didn't feel it in the slightest :(
― lex pretend, Monday, 2 February 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
That song would be better without the vocal bit, which is kinda bland and the tune doesn't really need it.
― Tuomas, Monday, 2 February 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
But quite nice otherwise.
― Tuomas, Monday, 2 February 2009 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
just gave that EP another listen the other night, if I'd spent more time with it it would have placed in my list.
― sleeve, Monday, 2 February 2009 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
btw thanks for all your work Musically
The mood here (especially video, but also the music) reminds me a bit of 'Star Guitar' by the Chemical Brothers. The Chemicals' video is something else, but 'No Excuses' is by far the better tune
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 February 2009 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
48 - Kleerup Feat. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed73.5 points, 7 votes(3 votes, 29.5 points for Mikael's Cello Version)
cello version
― miss precious perfect (musically), Monday, 2 February 2009 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
49 - Air France - No Excuses
^would have voted for this if i did traxx. glad to see it place, my fav song of theirs
― k3vin k., Monday, 2 February 2009 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
No.48's pleasant enough (both versions), if a little dull. I just don't like that kind of treatment on the vocal either, singers should put themselves out there properly
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 February 2009 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
until we bleed raised my expectations too high for the lykke li album.
― Gukbe, Monday, 2 February 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
47 - Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns (In The Celestial City)74 points, 7 votes739 in P&J, 43 in p4k
i like the vocals on 'Entropy' with the duet dynamic (a bit Human League perhaps), and the "heroin, cocaaaine" line keeps getting stuck in my head ―blueski
― miss precious perfect (musically), Monday, 2 February 2009 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I like this, but I like "Roseband" a bit better.
― Maciej (maciej recognizing trill), Monday, 2 February 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I agree. Also, I would have voted for 3 A.M. from the Kleerup album if it had been option. Why I didn't nominate is beyond me.
― Gukbe, Monday, 2 February 2009 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
46 - The Bug - Poison Dart feat. Warrior Queen75.5 points, 7 votes89 in P&J, 80 in p4k
Poison Dart - video of the decade. So menacing and amusing at the same time. So those pounding machines are he gets the devastating bass hits? Might be song of the decade too. ― bendy
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:03 (fifteen years ago) link
A+ last two tracks, big ups!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i stupidly left "poison dart" off my p&j list, so i was glad i got to vote for it here. (don't quite love that album like some do, but i do love that track.)
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
"Poison Dart" isn't even the better Ivy Queen track
― Robo-Tony! Robo-Toni! Robo-Toné! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
err Warrior Queen
45 - Katy Perry - Hot N Cold76 points, 7 votes38 in P&J
Ten weeks on now, and this'll probably be up the business end of the charts for a little while yet. Heard it out last night, and the distinctly less-than-subtle boshing suggests it'll be a fixture on the mobile discos for some time to come. -William Bloody Swygart
Hot N Cold has probably the best chorus I've heard this year. ― Matt Armstrong
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
i hate how the chorus of that never takes off and i suspect it's cuz she can't really sing. i can remember the chorus even tho i've avoided it which i think says something but it's a very unsatisfying song imo
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 01:16 (fifteen years ago) link
first dud for me. my flatmate swears by it, but i got tired of it really fast. perhaps i was so disturbed by the bigotry of her previous singles that i've become a katie perry bigot myself. ooh, what a tangled web...
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
damn I placed Entropy Reigns much higher, like top 5.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 01:22 (fifteen years ago) link
it was my number 4.
― tricky, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 01:26 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, katy perry = dud, but hot n cold = classic
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 01:29 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah it took me a few times of stumbling across it for me to warm to "hot n cold," mostly i think because it had to get past my automatic katy perry deflectors. but it won me over.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
same here but i also suspect that hot n cold is the kind of song that i might enjoy no matter who sang it - there's nothing in her particular performance that sells it either way.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link
44 - Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam77 points, 6 votes567 in P&J
bongo jam' is the kind of song which is perfect both for dancing to after an all night rooftop party as the sun rises, and for giving you some ~positive vibes~ as you stroll to work. SOMETIMES I WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO PLAY MY CON-CON-CONGO ― lex pretend
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 02:02 (fifteen years ago) link
w00t, too bad the version in that video is mad wack
― Robo-Tony! Robo-Toni! Robo-Toné! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 02:16 (fifteen years ago) link
77 points
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 02:17 (fifteen years ago) link
that's the only version of that song on youtube, if there's embeddable video from somewhere else i'll post it.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 02:29 (fifteen years ago) link
also, teaser: the next track had the lowest average score. cue zings
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
back to "hot n cold", i dislike it because - even for a pop tune aimed at 12 year olds - it's so stiff and brittle, whereas great dance music is often... fluid. "hot n cold" doesn't really move, and i don't see how anyone could really move to it
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 02:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm a sucker for all those cookie cutter Dr. Luke tracks so I'm good with "Hot N Cold," although it mostly just reminds me of that Paris Hilton single that had a much better lighter groove with the same kind of melody.
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 02:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Oooooh results thread yeah!!! The equivalent thread last year introduced me to a lot of neato stuff...nothing I know yet (I've heard "Hot n Cold" maybe once?) so I'm stoked.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Suggest Ban Permalink― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Monday, February 2, 2009 6:41 PM Bookmark
This is my problem with 90% of the pop-qua-pop out right now. They all seem to crib house beats, but don't throw in any of the syncopated elements present in most house, so the songs just thod-plunk-thod-plunk along in a really blocky, boring way.
― Robo-Tony! Robo-Toni! Robo-Toné! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:04 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Musically: huge, huge respect.
2. Anyone who said anything even remotely like "wau wau wau why can't everyone like the same music as me s'not fair" and has failed to appreciate that ILM is a broad church of sometimes impressively diverse opinion: respect withdrawn, at least temporarily.
3. My list (ordered):
Temper Trap, The - Sweet DispositionKylie Minogue - The OneMountain Goats, The - San BernadinoJesu - Farewell (Alternative Version)MGMT - Time To PretendTV On The Radio - Family TreeFuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet EarthFriendly Fires - Paris (Feat. Au Revoir Simone)(Aeroplane Remix)Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too LoudTV On The Radio - Halfway HomeFall, The - 50 Year Old ManM83 - CouleursSantogold - L.E.S. ArtistesTing Tings, The - That's Not My NamePortishead - Machine GunWire - One Of UsM83 - We Own The SkyDavid Byrne And Brian Eno - Strange OvertonesSigur Ros - Ara BaturGoldfrapp - A & E
― Special topics: Disco, The Common Market (grimly fiendish), Saturday, 7 February 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
this is what i turned in
(ordered)TRAXYoung Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put OnJuan Maclean, The - Happy HouseGrind Mode - I'm So HighWiley - Wearing My RolexLil Wayne - A MilliNe-Yo - Miss IndependentHood Headlinaz F/ Jackie Chain & Jhi-Ali - Rollin'Chris Brown - ForeverLos Campesinos! - My Year In Lists
Kanye West - Love LockdownT-Pain Ft. Chris Brown - FreezeWiley - If You're Going Out I'm Going Out TooWiz Khalifa - Say YeahDeerhunter - Nothing Ever HappenedNe-Yo - CloserT-Pain - Chopped N SkrewedYoung Jeezy - CirculateT-Pain - Can't Believe ItCiara - EchoJazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah musically, this was really great!
here's my ordered list (statistical outlier = me)
Coyote - Too Hard (Aeroplane Mix)DJ Koze - I Want To SleepErykah Badu - The CellKelley Polar - Entropy ReignsBeck - Gamma RayJamie Lloyd - May I? (Quarion Mix)Roisin Murphy - You Know Me BetterLuomo Ft. Sascha Ring Aka Apparat - Love You AllBarbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin (Telefon Tel Aviv Mix)Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)Omar-S - Psychotic PhotosynthesisSyclops - Where's Jason's K?Cassy - AprilHercules & Love Affair - BlindMy My - Everybody's TalkinDirk Leyers - AlmaMatias Aguayo - MinimalGrace Jones - Williams' Blood (Aeroplane Rmx)Britney Spears - Piece Of MeOracy - Hold MeRichard Bartz - Diamond Girl
― tricky, Saturday, 7 February 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I've just looked back on the 2007 list and this one was way better.
― Maximo Park Ji-Sung (Matt DC), Saturday, 7 February 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
^yeah
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
eight points from me for "I Hate This Part". hopefully i'm gonna go see them live in a few weeks time!
they are GREAT live. nicole is a force of nature.
i definitely voted for "Look Back At Me," was really happy to see it got nominated
it was ages before i realised it was basically trina's 'a milli' - not consciously i don't think, but they work in exactly the same way, a sparse beat which is barely there and totally extra at the same time, which just magnifies trina/wayne spitting o_0 weirdness.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
also regretting not voting for brandy's '1st & love' now
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
the friendly fires aeroplane remix was a great recent revelation which i may well have voted for had i heard it in time - avoided it as hated the original but it's SO GOOOOD
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah luckily it's nothing like the original at all.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
exactly. it really should have been voted as a separate track. best find due to this poll for me by far.
― fhuck crank (Ioannis), Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i had not even heard of that track before this thread, and when i listened to it, i jsut thought "hm this is like a slightly above-average DFA track". then i found out it actually was a slightly above average (imo) DFA track. apparently there was more to/of the song though?
Suggest Ban Permalink― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, February 6, 2009 7:16 PM Bookmark
Yes, the whole song is 13 minutes long and has a couple whole distinct movements to it that aren't in the youtube video. If it didn't have those other parts it would just be a really good DFA track, but with them it is WAU.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i will track the full vers down
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
hang on what 13 mins?? i've been listening to a 9-min one all year, maybe this is why it's like my 30th favourite track and not 1st. 13 minutes! show me!
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
ill upload it and hit you two on last.fm
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
and me please?
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
The streaming 12 minute version can be found here (wow, quick Google search, imagine that!):
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/49152-the-juan-maclean-happy-house-stream
Also, here:
http://www.prefixmag.com/media/the-juan-maclean/happy-house/17681/
― ilxor, Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:09 (fifteen years ago) link
The 9-minute version that surfaced first was cut out of a mix. There's a whole nother section that didn't get used in that mix.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
The full-length version is also available as a full track on Last.fm. I know because I listened to it earlier this evening. It bored me shitless.
― Special topics: Disco, The Common Market (grimly fiendish), Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually, no: there was one interesting bit towards the end when the bass got slightly evil. But, y'know, that still left 11'30" of tedium.
― Special topics: Disco, The Common Market (grimly fiendish), Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I truly think most of Juan's debut album is better than "Happy House," which is nice but in no way exceptional or terrific.
― ilxor, Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd also take three or four songs on the Hercules album before I'd pick "Blind" as the go-to track. But that's Internet era consensus for you...
Sorry to braek hart, Rev, but the four minutes of Happy House posted above actually made me not want to track down the other 8, it just seems so mundane
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
(but I can probably be fairly accused of having little ear for what makes a great house track)
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
thankig u in advance j0rdan, u a bro. ill pick it up when i get back tonight
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks Jordan!
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
np
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Bits of it remind me of what I liked about Tide-era Matthew Dear, but not as much.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 8 February 2009 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Tracks (ordered)Cassie - Official GirlJordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No AirDavid Archuleta - CrushYoung Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put OnBeyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)Santogold - L.E.S. ArtistesLil Wayne - A MilliColby O'Donis - What You Got(Ft Akon)Mahjongg - Rise RiceRihanna - RehabLil Mama - L.I.F.E.Adele - Chasing PavementsCherish - Killa (Feat. Yung Joc)Ida Maria - Oh My GodPaleface W/ Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz Remix)Kleerup Feat. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed (Mikael's Cello Version)Hercules & Love Affair - BlindMariah Carey - Touch My BodyJuan Maclean, The - Happy HouseMGMT - Kids
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Sunday, 8 February 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Big thanks to musically for doing this.2. Nice results, tho' I don't like the #1 and haven't heard the #2.3. Hearts to whoever else voted for Stereolab and for "Clowns".
― Jeff W, Sunday, 8 February 2009 12:09 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yes, endless <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 for musically!!!!! great job
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Sunday, 8 February 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
excited for albums list, this was a great traxx list imo
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
These were my tracks, non-ordered. Would definitely have voted for the "Paris" Aeroplane mix if I'd heard it in time.
Beyonce - If I Were A BoyBeyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)Blackout Crew - Put A Donk On ItCrazy Cousinz - Bongo JamDonaeo - African WarriorEstelle Feat. Kanye West - American BoyGeeneus ft. Katy B - As IGoldfrapp - A & EGrace Jones - Williams' BloodH Two O Ft Platnum - What’s It Gonna BeHercules & Love Affair - BlindHold Steady, The - Sequestered In MemphisJohn Legend F/ Andre 3000 - Green LightJuan Maclean, The - Happy HouseLate Of The Pier - FockerPaleface W/ Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz Remix)Perempay & Dee Ft. Katie Pearl - In The AirSolange - Sandcastle DiscoT.I. - Swagga Like UsWookie Ft Ny - Falling Again
― mike t-diva, Monday, 9 February 2009 10:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Tracks (ORDERED)
Wiley - If You're Going Out I'm Going Out TooLittle Boots - Stuck On RepeatPortishead - Machine GunHot Chip - One Pure ThoughtPresets, The - This Boy's In LoveScooter - The Question Is What Is The QuestionBarbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin (Telefon Tel Aviv Mix)Annie - Songs Remind Me Of YouEstelle Feat. Kanye West - American BoySolange - T.O.N.Y.Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (Aeroplane Rmx)Air France - June EveningsSebastien Tellier - DivineErykah Badu - The HealerM83 - CouleursShortwave Set, The - No Social (Optimo Espacio Mix)Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)Kelley Polar - Entropy ReignsHot Chip - Ready For The FloorFriendly Fires - Paris (Feat. Au Revoir Simone)(Aeroplane Remix)
still a bit annoyed that 'Blind' did so well in so many polls compared to 'You Belong' which was arguably stronger in it's original form
― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Monday, 9 February 2009 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
when's the albums poll starting?
― kafka is poking about into the deepest (a hoy hoy), Monday, 9 February 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
//////////////shawty got poll poll poll poll poll poll poll (part II: 2008 ALBUMS)///////////////
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, 9 February 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Listening to "Disturbia" now - had heard it 2-3 times before but now actually paying attention. It's pretty damn good except for the TITLE - "Disturbia"? It's just a corny word, and aligns badly with the the Marilyn Manson "gothy fast-motion spaz out" video imagery.
So, I just now on Youtube loaded the "Disturbia" video in one tab with the sound turned down, and Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People" in another tab with the sound turned up. It works really really well on the Rihanna vid - the lipsynching is maybe a little tighter when you do the opposite setup, but the moments when Rihanna and her dancers spazz out in time with Manson's guitars are just bliss.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 24 May 2009 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
2008 = worst year for singles that has ever existed.
I stand by this as well.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
I was the #1 for Ida Maria. I can see myself still listening to that song in 10 years.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, February 7, 2009 1:19 PM
Eleven and change as it turns out.
Didn't remember this landing at #26, ahead of Alphabeat's "Fascination" at #27. That's as strong a one-two punch for a ballot of mine for as long as I've been voting in these.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 August 2020 05:19 (three years ago) link
aeroplane sure remixed a lot of songs this year
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 10 August 2020 06:08 (three years ago) link