I didn't vote the album. For some reason I played the hell out of it when it first came out then could no longer stand it at all.
― The Reverend (rev), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:28 (fifteen years ago) link
― DavidM, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:28 (fifteen years ago) link
new youtube embed formatting has kinda ruined potentially good zings hasn't it?
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight (Quentin Harris Mix)
biggest regret not voting for this - couldn't decide between og and rmx, not that it would've mattered. that song was a bigger part of my 08 than some that i did vote for.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
tracks ranked
Esoteric - CircleBug, The - Poison Dart (Ft/ Warrior QueenPortishead - Machine GunPortishead - The RipTorche - AmnesianJesu - Farewell (Alternative Version)Larkin Grimm - Blond And Golden JohnsPaavoharju - UskallanSpiritualized - Soul On FireBelong - Late NightBug F/ Killa P & Flowdan, The - SkengBug, The - Murder We (Featuring Ricky Ranking)Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite DayHold Steady, The - Sequestered In MemphisPortishead - We Carry OnRicardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)Kathleen Edwards - I Make The Dough, You Get The GloryBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Zodiac Girls
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
TRACKS ORDERED
Jordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No AirTinchy Stryder - StrydermanGrace Jones - Williams' Blood (Aeroplane Rmx)Lil Mama - Shawty Get Loose (Feat. Chris Brown & T-Pain)MGMT - Electric FeelFriendly Fires - Paris (Feat. Au Revoir Simone)(Aeroplane Remix)Presets, The - This Boy's In LoveErykah Badu - Honey (Seiji Mix)Mystery Jets W/ L. Marling - Young LoveSolange - Sandcastle DiscoKylie Minogue - Heart Beat Rock (Benny Blanco Remix Feat. Spank Rock)Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons Remix)Jazmine Sullivan - Bust Your WindowsBon Iver - Skinny LoveDJ Mujava - Township FunkCut Copy - Hearts On FireEstelle Feat. Kanye West - American BoyGirls Aloud - The PromisePussycat Dolls - I Hate This PartHercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
― danzig, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
lol Pfunkboy and I were responsible for all of Esoteric's 37 points
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Ordered:Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv MeMIA - Paper PlanesEstelle Feat. Kanye West - American BoyAlphabeat -BoyfriendWiley - Wearing My RolexColdplay - Violet HillFlo Rida - LowNu Brand Flexx - I Feel So GoodT2 - HeartbrokenKeane - SpirallingLady Gaga - Just DanceNe-Yo - CloserCassie - Official GirlSam Sparro - 21st Century LifeRihanna - Please Don't Stop The Music (Wideboys Bassline Mix)Crystal Castles - Courtship DatingTing Tings, The - Shut Up And Let Me GoH Two O Ft Platnum - What’s It Gonna BeWhitest Boy Alive, The - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
The only one I was on my own for was 21st Century Life
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought we might , LJ. I guess the metal voters didn't vote/only vote albums.
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Have you tried the Frankie Knuckles and/or Hercules Club mixes? One of them might be more your speed.
yeah i like the frankie knuckles mix better, but the song just never puts it over for me. i don't dislike it or anything, it makes sense as an ilm consensus #1. just, for me, lacks a wow factor.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
it makes sense as an ilm consensus #1. just, for me, lacks a wow factor.
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I dunno, if I think back to last summer, this felt like a Big Single
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:49 (fifteen years ago) link
it is also possible i'd like it more if it was sung by, like, lonnie gordon. or even kathy diamond.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Ordered
Juan Maclean, The - Happy HouseAeroplane - WhispersMGMT - Electric FeelHot Chip - Ready For The FloorFriendly Fires - Paris (Feat. Au Revoir Simone)(Aeroplane Remix)Hercules & Love Affair - BlindKleerup Ft. Lykke Li - Until We BleedSanatagold - Lights OutKanye West - Love LockdownM83 - Kim & JessieQuiet Village - Pillow TalkLow Motion Disco -Love Love Love (Aeroplane Mix)Sexy Kids - Sisters Are ForeverLindstrom - The Long Way Home (Prins Thomas Edit)Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite DayMIA - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That HappensDizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv MePanic! At The Disco - Nine In The AfternoonGirls Aloud - The Promise
Admit the last three are pretty weak, but I was rushing and couldn't think of what to put there. Panic at the Disco was totally about Rock Band withdrawal, as that song was satisfyingly fun to play. Happy to contribute to the death of ILM anyways
― Gukbe, Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
didn't vote, but had i it was gonna be this
ranked: Chris Brown - ForeverAyumi Hamasaki - Part Of Me (Carl Craig Remix)Cassie - Official GirlLil Wayne Feat. Static Major - LollipopPhil Collins - I'm Not Moving (Idjut Boys Remix)Scarlett Johannson - Falling DownVampire Weekend - A-PunkKelley Polar - Entropy ReignsNe Yo - CloserKanye - West Love LockdownLil Wayne - A MilliCiara - EchoFuck Buttons - Sweet Love for Planet EarthLil Wayne - Got MoneyMatias Aguayo - MinimalNo Age - EraserUsher - Love In This ClubHercules and Love Affair - Blind (frankie knuckles)Ne Yo - Miss IndependentMorgan Geist - Detroit
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:42 (fifteen years ago) link
rollin rollin rollin we ain't slept in weeks
― all my single lobsters put a ring on it (tpp), Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow I really like a lot of these private lists.
I don't think I kept a copy of mine :-(
Thanks musically for doing this!
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
This list is shockingly terrible.. Each year the ILM singles poll usually includes at least a few hidden gems I had missed out on, which I was kind of counting on.. but this poll proves it. there were no hidden gems. 2008 = worst year for singles that has ever existed. not joking. The majority of these choices will be forgotten in less than 2 years. "Miss Independent" is like fifty times better than "Closer." Will rock ever recover?
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
good question
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Will rock ever recover?
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Even though I agree mainstream indie/rock is mostly shit these days
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean.. unless people who post/vote here, with their supposedly infinite musical wisdom, have all collectively decided to start enjoying shit all at the same time. .. I'm so disappointed.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I like "A-Punk," but jeez.. remember when rock was exciting?
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:33 (fifteen years ago) link
is bilstevejim a bill magill sock? anyway, you should post your list homie. im interested in your non-disappointing list
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:33 (fifteen years ago) link
And yes, there were a few good 2008 rock albums.. it was a far better year for albums overall, but I just miss the days of killer rock singles. it's depressing.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i didnt vote.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I think rock is at it's most healthiest in Metal these days. If the poll ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN, BTW) we ran is anything to go by, but I suspect most people wouldn't be the least bit interested in it. Even if Torche are very poppy (and a lot in that poll are considered not proper metal anyway). There's plenty of experimentation involved in other bands in that poll. But then again that can be said of a lot of rock that doesn't get covered by Pitchfork/NME that most people wont hear. I don't believe rock is creatively dead in the underground. In the NME world then I think it's creatively dead if not commercially.
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link
but I just miss the days of killer rock singles. it's depressing.
Maybe there are killer rock songs that get ignored by the media. Wouldn't be a first. Radio is shit nowadays. Playlists are pretty much the same.
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
why am i always asleep when this gets rolled out?
aside from "Happy House" and "Blind", that is a weird top 5. would've voted for "The Rip" had I remembered it and I like both versions of "Paris" a lot but am really surprised that it placed that high. also no Vampire Weekend woo!
and yay for musically! excellent work.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess i hadnt been keeping up on the ne-yo discussion, but i'm still really shocked that "mad" or especially "single" didnt get more love. i <3 everyone who voted for oM, and also "out of reaches" by malkmus and "i lost you" by the walkmen; the latter two i nominated just because they were non-single personal favs and didnt figure anyone else would notice
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:45 (fifteen years ago) link
im interested in your non-disappointing list
Once again, I didnt vote.. I'm not expecting anyone here to agree, especially since I'm tired of most 2008 music already.. But my favorite songs of the year were probably these 5.. "Teen Creeps" (No Age), "We're Looking For A Lot Of Love" (Hot Chip), "Soldiers Grin" (Wolf Parade), "Fascination" (Alphabeat), "God And Suicide" (Blitzen Trapper) .. Cut Copy, No Age, and Wolf Parade were the only albums I considered solid.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Except for Hot Chip and Alphabeat, that's a bunch of downer stuff. Cheer up, billstevejim!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:49 (fifteen years ago) link
if you don't vote, you can't complain
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:49 (fifteen years ago) link
"fascination" placed, if you didnt notice. also i would really hate to only have four records you liked in a year! or are you just talking about rock?
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Cut Copy makes me happy.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I would have voted but um.. I forgot.. I liked lots of various album tracks (it was actually a decent year for those), but those were the only 3 albums where I liked every song.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:51 (fifteen years ago) link
2009 will be good.. I have faith.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:52 (fifteen years ago) link
That Hot Chip song is a downer actually..
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:53 (fifteen years ago) link
boy was that no age album ever overrated. but i guess there'll be time to talk about that on the albums poll...
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:54 (fifteen years ago) link
not sure about wolf parade but i think no age and cut copy def will get some love on the albums thread so relax. xp
― Disco/Very (Roz), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, No Age got robbed (would've liked to have seen "Eraser" place myself), as did The Walkmen. Whatevs. I forgot to vote, so I can't really complain (I generally liked most of the stuff on the list anyway)
― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, there's definitely nothing on the list that I actively hate (just don't think "Happy House" is so great, but whatevs).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:07 (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?
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Ordered:
B-52's, The - Eyes Wide OpenWiley - Wearing My RolexErykah Badu - The HealerIda Maria - Oh My GodLykke Li - I'm Good, I'm GoneRandy Newman - Feels Like HomeNeon Neon - I Told Her On Alderaan (Richard X Mix)Torche - AmnesianSigur Rós - GobbledigookKleerup Ft. Lykke Li - Until We BleedMIA - Paper PlanesSchool Of Seven Bells - Half AsleepPortishead - The RipQ-Tip - Gettin' UpDizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv MeGoldfrapp - A & ELambchop - Natl Talk Like A Pirate DayLykke Li - Little BitAl Green - Lay It DownGuns N' Roses - Better
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link
TRAX (not ordered):Ne-Yo - CloserJohn Legend F/ Andre 3000 - Green LightYoung Jeezy - CirculateJordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No AirSara Bareilles - Love SongJazmine Sullivan - Need U BadErykah Badu - SoldierNine Inch Nails - 1,000,000Raphael Saadiq - Big EasyYoung Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put OnPink - So WhatHot Stylz F/ Yung Joc - Lookin' BoySoulja Boy Tell 'Em - DonkKaty Perry - Hot N ColdCherish - Killa (Feat. Yung Joc)Ne-Yo - Miss IndependentUsher - Trading PlacesTrina Ft. Killer Mike - Look Back At MeRyan Leslie - Addiction Remix (Ft/ Cassie And Fabolous)Guns N' Roses - Better
― some dude, Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Listening to this "Blind" for the first time now and...huh. Seems definitely not intended for me. Not that it's hostile or something - I just mean that while I don't know anything about dance (?) music, some of the other dance (?) things on this thread managed to prick up my ears, whereas this just kind of slips by. Just weird to find that in a #1, oh well.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
(Not saying that it has to check off my personal boxes to be good, just that I'd sort of expected the top ten to be nothing but crossover hits appealing to all segments of ILM, or something.)
Tracks, not ordered:
Cure, The - Underneath The StarsErykah Badu - SoldierErykah Badu - The HealerGang Gang Dance - House JamHercules & Love Affair - BlindHercules And Love Affair - You BelongJamie Lidell - Another DayKanye West - HeartlessKanye West - Love LockdownLil Wayne - Got MoneyLil Wayne Feat. Static Major - LollipopM83 - Kim & JessieMountain Goats, The - Sax Rohmer #1Portishead - Machine GunPortishead - We Carry OnRihanna - DisturbiaRihanna - RehabSpiritualized - Soul On FireT.I. Feat. Rihanna - Live Your LifeTaylor Swift - Love Story
― ilxor, Saturday, 7 February 2009 05:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Also... I would have voted for these, had I connected with them in time for the poll like I do now:
49 - Air France - No Excuses (70 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote)46 - The Bug - Poison Dart feat. Warrior Queen (75.5 points, 7 votes)33 - Lindstrøm - The Long Way Home (97 points, 10 votes; 3 votes, 23 points for Prins Thomas Edit)27 - Alphabeat - Fascination (111 points, 7 votes, 2 #1 votes)2 - Juan Maclean, The - Happy House (314 points, 22 votes, 8 #1 votes)
― ilxor, Saturday, 7 February 2009 05:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Great work Musically. Having done one of the polls a few years ago I know how much work goes into it and I think you had about 30 more ballots than when I did it.
Discovered a few things which I'll have to check out now, most shockingly 'Happy House', didn't rate them much when they surfaced a few years ago so ignored this when it came out. Will have to see what all the fuss is about.
― Shallow Gravy (Billy Dods), Saturday, 7 February 2009 07:11 (fifteen years ago) link