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
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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
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.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:07 (fifteen years ago) link
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?
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:10 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Robo-Tony! Robo-Toni! Robo-Toné! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
43 - MGMT - Kids82 points, 9 votes56 in P&J
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link
The bullet-points will make it sound boring, but The Bug album basically = mammoth pissed-off industrial dancehall. Try "Skeng on for size.
― Robo-Tony! Robo-Toni! Robo-Toné! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Kids an average score of 9.11, the lowest in the top 50. Incidentally, the track with the highest average is a couple down.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
MGMT have great singles!
so stoked about this poll, too bad there won't be a rap one this year...
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
42 - TV On The Radio - Family Tree83 points, 6 votes118 in P&J
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i am hoping that at least one aeroplane remix ends up on here. i have fears of vote-splitting though.
― tricky, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:25 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:30 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― tricky, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Flo Rida is the only one I've heard so far. Keep 'em coming!
― every little thing she says is custos (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:45 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
they're a good singles band. shit live tho.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
okay, last one for tonight. this next track had the highest average score, 16.7.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
41 - T.I. - No Matter What83.5 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote127 in P&J, 27 in p4k
no matter what is total hall-of-fame stuff -tipsy mothra
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
interesting, i like that song but really didn't feel compelled to make room for it on my ilx ballot.
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 05:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Same here.
― Robo-Tony! Robo-Toni! Robo-Toné! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 05:10 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 05:11 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah im with you guys - i liked it immediately but it never really held me
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 06:10 (fifteen years ago) link
family tree is incredible, dunno if i voted for it tho
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 06:12 (fifteen years ago) link
still think it was the best song t.i. released last year. it's an ATL "freebird," lighters-in-the-air sort of thing. plus he seems like somewhat less of a dickhead than on a lot of other songs on the album.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 06:14 (fifteen years ago) link
production is def great but idk that song always felt like it was 7 mins long to me
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 06:15 (fifteen years ago) link
so's "freebird". (well, 9 mins. and t.i.'s is only 5 mins, really. but it does have that kinda epic sweep.)
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i like 'no matter what' but if i voted for a t.i. track from last year - and i can't remember whether i did or not - it would've been 'let my beat pound' by a million miles.
also stop fronting, 'whatever you like' was easily the most fun t.i. single of 08. irresistible.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 08:55 (fifteen years ago) link
whoop whoop for crazy cousinz btw - let's hope there's more uk funky to come.
mgmt are so boring i can't even h8.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 08:56 (fifteen years ago) link
That Crazy Cousinz tune is dope, but for some weird reason it bothers me that the vocals say "to play my congo". Congo is a country, did you mean to say bongo or conga?
Btw, does anyone know if the "sometimes I wake up in the morning" male vocal bit is sampled from somewhere? The title of the tune says "featuring Calista", but I assumed Calista is the female vocalist on it...
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 10:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't stand the katy perry, if only because it acts like it is a smarter piece of pop music, and yet she has to do this ridiculous breakdown to inform us she is singing about someone who's bi-polar. like, wow, really? the song would be perfectly fine without that, it's just like she feels she is singing for retards who wouldn't get it (hot OR cold? how could he be two? that's mental katy!).
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 10:30 (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