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
"Bongo Jam" is my only track pick to surface thus far, although "Entropy Reigns..." came close.
Yes, Calista comes in later. She was a contestant on Big Brother's Celebrity Hijack on E4 in early 08, and a snatch of "Bongo Jam" was featured on her introductory VT.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
'Kids' is a strange one. I hate the intro melody when it's on its own (it's fine as part of the chorus and/or smothered in syths), the beat is the dullest thing ever and the two solos are just awful - but the whole has really grown on me. I'm a sucker for that kind of nostalgia I guess, especially with a nice understated melody
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 11:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I had to go back and check where I'd put Family Tree on my list. High.
Kids < Time to Pretend
Kids > Everything else MGMT have done except Time to Pretend
― Special topics: Disco, The Common Market (grimly fiendish), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I think "Electric Feel" is miles better than both of those (though no MGMT came close to my list).
― Maciej (maciej recognizing trill), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
great day today, 2 of my top 3 are in the 30s.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
40 - Cassie - Official Girl83.5 points, 6 votes, 2 #1 votes
Official Girl is a bit More Than A Woman, but way more concise, same feeling of lift though and maybe a little slinkier than the usual Cassie track.― I know, right?
That should have been way higher. It's so... streamlined, like it flies along with so little effort.
Happy to see Bongo Jam in there but I have a feeling the only funky house track that'll place any higher will be Do You Mind.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd expected that MGMT song to place much higher as well but I'm happy it didn't.
It might just be the youtube clip (it's the first time hearing it) but Official Girl sounds like it's been mixed incredibly badly? Does it actually sound like that? Because if there is a version where the drums sound crisp, and the voice blends better with the beat etc., I might be interested in hearing it again.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Sad this isn't a little higher but yaaay all the same. Prolly my fav Danja production.
― Maciej (maciej recognizing trill), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost, yeah, I'd think hearing a non-YouTube version (one in which you can actually hear the bass) might help bring it all together for you.
― Maciej (maciej recognizing trill), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Prolly my fav Danja production.
Think it might be mine too.
This was my #1.
― lou, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
prolly my least fav Danja production
― n00bian princess (some dude), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
The Lil' Wayne-less version is so much better. Sucks that I can only find it on YouTube!
― lou, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, February 3, 2009 11:37 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no, the beat really does suck.
― n00bian princess (some dude), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link