**********Just the trax, ma'am: THE ILX 2007 POLL RESULTS, part 1**********

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Will post more tomorrow!

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link

Its only #42, but I'm happy that The Rhinohead (my #1) made the list. I don't expect many from either my song or album lists to make the ILM list, so to the other 5 of you....Cheers!

Apart from being a solid song, the amazing thing about it is how different it is for both MoM and MeS.

peepee, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link

btw...Thanks musically!

peepee, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 02:08 (sixteen years ago) link

Dammit, had a REALLY BRILLIANT response about "Throw Some D's" typed here a few hours ago and lost it somehow... damn...well, the basic thing was that the song really captures this moment of JUST beginning to see one's dreams come true - if he was talking about having a bunch of Cadillacs, or looking back on when he first bought one, I wouldn't care, but he just bought a Cadillac and you can totally hear both the joy and the "fuck you!" of that moment. It's the song's real hook, but the title line does important work too: you become this guy's buddy, along for the first ride in the new Cadillac, and you share in your friend's triumph. "Shit, dude, you should throw some D's on this bitch! The world is your oyster - why not?" It's very well done.

The production backs this up perfectly - it's exultant, but there's an added fuzz or tinniness, giving the veneer of homemade-ness; it's the perfect soundtrack for a rising underdog.

And yes, bravo to musically!

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:20 (sixteen years ago) link

Well said.

The Reverend, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:21 (sixteen years ago) link

Reverend - I wrote a few blurbs as well.

Reckoner = BEST SONG ON RADIOHEAD'S 'IN RAINBOWS'.

Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:16 (sixteen years ago) link

Videotape is better, imhfo.

W4LTER, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:20 (sixteen years ago) link

I just realized I wrote "friends" in my Rich Boy blurb where I meant to write "fiends". Oops, oh well.

The Reverend, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:24 (sixteen years ago) link

haha v. curious now what the brilliant throw some ds comment was b/c i like what you wrote in summary

johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link

also hope that results arent just 3+ trax off of mia/spoon/radiohead

johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link

I've never even heard of a band called Spoon, what's it like?

Tuomas, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link

32. White Stripes - Icky Thump (79 points, 8 votes) (link)

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/527/862530xe2.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link

31. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (79 points, 10 votes) (link)

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1329/musiccatalog5cr5croisingh5.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link

30. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (82 points, 8 votes) (link)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/LCD_Soundsystem_-_Sound_of_Silver.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link

^didn't vote for this but happy to see it get some shine

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link

29. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me (83 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes) (link)

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7066/britneypieceofmecoverxz2.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link

I hope "gimme more" also makes it.

daavid, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link

I am going to be devastated if T.I. doesn't make this list.

Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link

What T.I. from this year you think gon make it? "Big Shit Poppin"?

maciej recognizing trill, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link

^didn't vote for this but happy to see it get some shine

-- J0rdan S., Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:13 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

yeah thank god someone's voting for lcd soundsystem

deej, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link

"Big Shit Poppin'" was the only thing by T.I. that was nominated, besides "I'm A Flirt": http://ilx2007poll.googlepages.com/home

Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link

28. Gwen Stefani Ft Akon - The Sweet Escape (84 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote) (link)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Gwen_Stefani_-_The_Sweet_Escape.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link

27. Radiohead - 15 Step (84 points, 8 votes) (link)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/In_Rainbows_Official_Cover.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link

'sweet escape' seems 3 years old to me

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link

seriously!

Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link

so far only 1 of my trax has been on the list so far (murderer) but i can bet there will be at least 2 more...although im liking this list so far...a few i had never heard before so far like We're All Going To Die and Overpowerd

gman, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link

I could have sworn ILM was too cool for Radiohead.

Gukbe, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link

Radiohead - In Rainbows
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J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link

26. Studio - Out There (87 points, 9 votes, 1 number votes) (link)

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6416/749205bv6.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link

^depending on who voted this could sneak into the top 10 in albums

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link

i forget whether i voted for it now

ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link

this list is ghey

The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link

Thanks Reverend, Johnny Crunch. I think in hindsight that my original post was about the same thing but with more words and hence probably worse. So...here's to screwing things up on the Internet!

"Sweet Escape" is good for A-Kon's hooting and chortling, but everything Gwen, everything Gwen...I don't think so. I like the idea of a song from the perspective of someone who kinda wishes they could be sweet, but can't really be fucked to accomplish it, but it's weirdly at odds with the hook, which seems to be about actually being sweet. That could be a productive tension, but somehow I just don't buy into it on this one.

Count me with those hoping for GIMME MAWR to top the mysterious "Piece of Me," which I've never heard of before. Is it good?

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link

Not really. Al in Bmore used the word "inert" to describe it, and I can't come up with one more accurate. "Gimme More" is the better of the two, at any rate.

The Reverend, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link

Piece of Me is the best thing from Blackout...the remixes are all aces too. The Boz and Lo mix (bascially an alt mix as it's done by the original's producers) is the best, but the Tiesto and Bimbo Jones mixes are worth checking out too.

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link

i'm cool with sweet escape and i esp. love when she comes out of the hook and into the second verse. the melody on those first few lines is fantastic

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link

'radar'>>'gimme more'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>'piece of me'

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link

25. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (88 points, 8 votes) (link)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/WhatGoesAroundSingleCover.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link

Yay "Out There," boo "What Goes Around..."

maciej recognizing trill, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link

24. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (90 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes) (link)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/641/avrillavignegirlfriendsdq6.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link

^this song sucks

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link

'u + ur hand' came out like 3 months before and is infinitely better

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link

Isn't Avril the punk chick supposed to hate girls like the video's protagonist? She's just a bully in the song and especially in the video, and the whole video is incredibly mean-spirited. I'm not familiar enough with Avril's work to cite specific examples from her earlier albums, but it certainly feels as if "Girlfriend Avril" is the girl the old Avril used to hate.

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link

I swear I had just been thinking (after the Timberlake song), "Oh, good, maybe that Avril Lavigne song isn't going to make it after all."

_Rockist__Scientist_, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link

one more for today:

23. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (90 points, 10 votes) (link)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6764/727793xx7.jpg

musically, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link

If you ignore almost everything about it, "Girlfriend" is a fun song the first few times.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link

50. M.I.A. - Jimmy (58 points, 5 votes)
49. Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song (58 points, 5 votes, 1 number one vote)
48. Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah (61 points, 5 votes, 1 number one vote)
47. Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! (61 points, 7 votes)
46. Malcolm Middleton - We're All Going To Die (62 points, 5 votes
45. Björk - Earth Intruders (62 points, 6 votes)
44. Low - Murderer (64 points, 5 votes
43. Kanye West - Stronger (67 points, 5 votes)
42. Von Südenfed - The Rhinohead (68 points, 6 votes, 2 number ones, + 1 vote for Pilooski Remix)
41. Rich Boy - Throw Some D's (69 points, 5 votes)
40. Chromatics - Running Up That Hill (69 points, 6 votes)
39. M.I.A. - Boyz (69 points, 7 votes)
38. National - Fake Empire (69 points, 8 votes)
37. Feist - My Moon My Man (72 points, 5 votes + 2 for Boys Noize Remix)
36. Spoon - The Underdog (72 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote)
35. Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (73 points, 7 votes)
34. Radiohead - Reckoner (74 points, 6 votes)
33. Lil' Mama - Lip Gloss (75 points, 6 votes)
32. White Stripes - Icky Thump (79 points, 8 votes)
31. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (79 points, 10 votes)
30. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (82 points, 8 votes)
29. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me (83 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes)
28. Gwen Stefani Ft Akon - The Sweet Escape (84 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote)
27. Radiohead - 15 Step (84 points, 8 votes)
26. Studio - Out There (87 points, 9 votes, 1 number votes
25. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (88 points, 8 votes)
24. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (90 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes)
23. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (90 points, 10 votes)

J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link

Eclectic.

SeekAltRoute, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link

I know nothing about Studio, but that cover is great, makes me want to listen to it.

daavid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:43 (sixteen years ago) link

It sounds as awesome as the cover looks.

maciej recognizing trill, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link


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