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49 - Air France - No Excuses

^would have voted for this if i did traxx. glad to see it place, my fav song of theirs

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

until we bleed raised my expectations too high for the lykke li album.

47 - Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns (In The Celestial City)
74 points, 7 votes
739 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

I like this, but I like "Roseband" a bit better.

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.

46 - The Bug - Poison Dart feat. Warrior Queen
75.5 points, 7 votes
89 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

A+ last two tracks, big ups!

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.)

"Poison Dart" isn't even the better Ivy Queen track

err Warrior Queen

45 - Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
76 points, 7 votes
38 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

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

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...

damn I placed Entropy Reigns much higher, like top 5.

it was my number 4.

yeah, katy perry = dud, but hot n cold = classic

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.

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.

44 - Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam
77 points, 6 votes
567 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

w00t, too bad the version in that video is mad wack

77 points

that's the only version of that song on youtube, if there's embeddable video from somewhere else i'll post it.

also, teaser: the next track had the lowest average score. cue zings

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

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.

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.

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

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― 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.

Listening to "Low" right now - not bad but I'm not sure I'd go out of my way to hear it again despite some good moments ("like a pornography POSter") - I hate to invoke this trope but it's kind of a "heard all these tricks before" listen for me.

also listened to "poison dart" before that and apparently already forgot about it by the time I wrote the post. Which sounds like a slam but it's just the honest report. Didn't make a huge impression on me - I haven't read any of the Bug related threads, not sure what I was expecting...people love that album, what's the bullet-point argument for this person/group?

xp: Naw, that's basically what it is. It's basically one of those songs that takes a few disparate things happening in its genre ("This Is Why I'm Hot" bleeps, post-crunk beats, T-Pain Hooks) and fuses them together, so the "all these tricks before" feeling is justified. Thing is, when done right, that sort of thing can be totally sui generis (cf: "Lollipop", which pulled a neat trick of pinching the double-time "This Is Why I'm Hot" beeps from "Low", but slowing the beat back down to the original half-tempo), but in this case is just kind of hackish.

43 - MGMT - Kids
82 points, 9 votes
56 in P&J

The bullet-points will make it sound boring, but The Bug album basically = mammoth pissed-off industrial dancehall. Try "Skeng on for size.

Kids an average score of 9.11, the lowest in the top 50. Incidentally, the track with the highest average is a couple down.

MGMT have great singles!

so stoked about this poll, too bad there won't be a rap one this year...

42 - TV On The Radio - Family Tree
83 points, 6 votes
118 in P&J

family tree is pretty stunning...i can't really get past "family tree". i dont really even know what the lyrics mean but they kill me anyhow. easily the most beautiful song they've written, esp when the drums come in.
― J0rdan S

i am hoping that at least one aeroplane remix ends up on here. i have fears of vote-splitting though.

i combined remixes with the originals so as long as the remix and the original got at least one vote, the points would be pooled together. so there shouldn't be any vote splitting. see #48.

sorry i should've been more specific. i meant vote-splitting amongst all of the remixes that were nominated because i think there were at least four and i had to force myself to pick only one.

that mgmt song is great.

Flo Rida is the only one I've heard so far. Keep 'em coming!

yeah i had never really listened to MGMT mostly because my taste doesnt match up w/ the kind of ppl who usually stunt for them (not here just in gen.) but i v much enjoyed that tune

they're a good singles band. shit live tho.

okay, last one for tonight. this next track had the highest average score, 16.7.

41 - T.I. - No Matter What
83.5 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote
127 in P&J, 27 in p4k

no matter what is total hall-of-fame stuff
-tipsy mothra

interesting, i like that song but really didn't feel compelled to make room for it on my ilx ballot.

Same here.

anyway, some teasers for #40:

-it had the same number of points as "No Matter What"
-it did not appear on P&J or p4k's list

yeah im with you guys - i liked it immediately but it never really held me

family tree is incredible, dunno if i voted for it tho

(but I can probably be fairly accused of having little ear for what makes a great house track)

thankig u in advance j0rdan, u a bro. ill pick it up when i get back tonight

Thanks Jordan!

np

Bits of it remind me of what I liked about Tide-era Matthew Dear, but not as much.

Tracks (ordered)
Cassie - Official Girl
Jordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No Air
David Archuleta - Crush
Young Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put On
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Colby O'Donis - What You Got(Ft Akon)
Mahjongg - Rise Rice
Rihanna - Rehab
Lil Mama - L.I.F.E.
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Cherish - Killa (Feat. Yung Joc)
Ida Maria - Oh My God
Paleface W/ Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
Kleerup Feat. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed (Mikael's Cello Version)
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
Juan Maclean, The - Happy House
MGMT - Kids

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".

oh yes, endless <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 for musically!!!!! great job

excited for albums list, this was a great traxx list imo

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 Boy
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Blackout Crew - Put A Donk On It
Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam
Donaeo - African Warrior
Estelle Feat. Kanye West - American Boy
Geeneus ft. Katy B - As I
Goldfrapp - A & E
Grace Jones - Williams' Blood
H Two O Ft Platnum - What’s It Gonna Be
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Hold Steady, The - Sequestered In Memphis
John Legend F/ Andre 3000 - Green Light
Juan Maclean, The - Happy House
Late Of The Pier - Focker
Paleface W/ Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
Perempay & Dee Ft. Katie Pearl - In The Air
Solange - Sandcastle Disco
T.I. - Swagga Like Us
Wookie Ft Ny - Falling Again

Tracks (ORDERED)

Wiley - If You're Going Out I'm Going Out Too
Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat
Portishead - Machine Gun
Hot Chip - One Pure Thought
Presets, The - This Boy's In Love
Scooter - The Question Is What Is The Question
Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin (Telefon Tel Aviv Mix)
Annie - Songs Remind Me Of You
Estelle Feat. Kanye West - American Boy
Solange - T.O.N.Y.
Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (Aeroplane Rmx)
Air France - June Evenings
Sebastien Tellier - Divine
Erykah Badu - The Healer
M83 - Couleurs
Shortwave Set, The - No Social (Optimo Espacio Mix)
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Friendly 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

when's the albums poll starting?

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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.

2008 = worst year for singles that has ever existed.

I stand by this as well.

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.

aeroplane sure remixed a lot of songs this year