***Put Ya Hands Up for the 2006 ILX TRACKS POLL RESULTS***

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Nothing says "May" like "previous year in review," amirite?

A total of 315 songs received at least one vote. I'll reveal the vital poll stats at the end. To break ties, I used total number of votes and then highest ranking vote it received. A handful were still tied after that but I just let 'em be after that, I ain't PricewaterhouseCoopers! If you have an actual single cover or otherwise relevant image for a track when I wasn't able to find one, please email ilx2006pollATgmailDOTcom with it.

So, let's do this!

― musically, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link

50. Ahmad Fathi - La Tisafir
(39 points, 2 votes, 1 number one)

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/50.JPG

Thoughts? Streaming link?

― musically, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

49. Ciara - Promise
(39 points, 5 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/49.JPG

There have been plenty of good hit ballads in the past couple years, but none have felt as genuine as "Promise." There's something so amazing about the way Ciara sings here. Rather than trying to asking Polow Da Don to hide her voice, she takes a leading role on the track and coos with real sincerity.

Ok, so "Promise" is not an original track by any means, but for a smooth Ciara single, it's pretty close to perfect. The song itself is pretty simple...It's just a gorgeous beat, complete with some genius vocoder clips, and Ciara, who sounds more powerful here than she ever has.
-Tape Store

Thoughts?

― musically, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link

48. The Field - Over The Ice
(39.5 points, 4 votes)

via Myspace

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/48.JPG

Thoughts?

― musically, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link

47. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
(40 points, 2 votes, 2 number ones)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/47.JPG

When I first heard about this single last year, I didn't expect much. I kind of remembered Lil Wayne from a few solo tracks, but he never left much of an impression. I had heard some Robin Thicke tracks (thanks for the lead, Sprite!), and I definitely enjoyed them. I knew he could be smooth and confident, but this concept sounded like a mess; he'd be talking about guns, the streets, etc.? He'd have to be fronting--I mean, Jesus, he's the song of Alan Thicke! How could he put up a tough guy facade while sounding cool and soulful? And how could Lil Wayne impress when he could barely stand out on his solo tracks? Well, after hearing good reports, I decided to give the track a shot, and OH MY GOD. It turned out to be absolutely mindblowing.

Robin Thicke's vocals are smoother than ever. Lil Wayne drops some of the greatest lines of the year. They work together like a bullet and an AK-47. The timing is perfect. Everything-- the horns, the rhymes, the aaaaaahhhhs--climaxes at just the right moment, and by the end, the best track of the year is the only thing still alive.
-Tape Store

Thoughts?

― musically, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 20:30 (seventeen years ago) link

who is Ahmad Fathi and why did RS vote for him

― abanana, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link

That was my question too.

― musically, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link

46. Arthur Russell - Springfield (DFA Remix)
(40 points, 3 votes)

via Myspace

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/46.JPG

Thoughts?

― musically, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 22:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I found a thirty second sample here: http://www4.fnac.com/Shelf/article.aspx?PRID=1898389

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
(40 points, 2 votes, 2 number ones)

I'm guessing Tape Store was the other person who put "Shooter" at number 1. Yippee.

There used to be a youtube video of weezy and robin doing "shooter" on Leno, and they complemented each other extremely well - timing, putting their hands up (this seemed to be a theme this year), running around the stage, the brrrrrrrrrrrrr... Sadly it no longer exists.

― danzig, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link

What I'm curious about is who the other Fathi voter is.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link

45. Ghostface Killah - The Champ
(41 points, 3 votes)

via Youtube (audio only)

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/45.JPG

Thoughts?

― musically, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 23:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Production is really annoyingly blarey compared to the rest of the album. Good rapping, despite yawnsome snap music-bashing, but one of the weaker tracks on ScaleFish.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, and the Rocky samples are plenty grating.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:02 (seventeen years ago) link

But what do I know, I'm still eatin' bacon.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:03 (seventeen years ago) link

The Leno performance was amazing! Especially the part where Robin sprints from bended-knee to the front of the stage, pushes Lil Wayne to the side and then tears up the bridge.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Ahmed Fathi is a singer and oudist from Yemen (I think it's Yemen) and I voted for him because Sundar nominated him and I figured, okay, what the heck, lets vote for Ahmed Fathi then. But the track in question is just part of this wonderful collection that resulted from an oud festival:

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HT2J94.01._SS400_SCLZZZZZZZ_V59714698_.jpg

It's a good piece though.

(I never expected it to actually make the list. I guess this is the best evidence that this poll needed more participants.)

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I guess this is the best evidence that this poll needed more participants.

Not to mention "Shooter"'s low placement! Promise, too!

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:47 (seventeen years ago) link

I love "La Tisafir" and it probably is my favourite single track of the year but I don't feel like I know enough about oud music that I'm totally comfortable commenting on it. What knocks me out is the oud-only section beginning around 1:35 which alternates rapid strumming of thick chords with melodic commentary, building in intensity. It reminds me of things I love in some South American classical guitar music as well as in some rock music. This is where I start to feel like a dope but the sonority he hits around 2:10 reminds me of early Sonic Youth and post-Branca no wave in a way, just with more going on in the rhythm and intricate melodies. And then he goes back to the memorable main vocal tune (I want to describe the delivery as 'soulful,' heaven help me, and I feel like a dope again) and gorgeous elaborate rippling melodic commentary.

(Why would it be good if the poll had so many more participants that a track like this would get forgotten?)

― Sundar, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I just read that and it seems unsatisfyingly clinical. The track feels yearning, intense, and beautifully intricate.

― Sundar, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:14 (seventeen years ago) link

(So will the albums results come after these? I'll have a lot more time to write blurbs next week.)

― Sundar, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:15 (seventeen years ago) link

(Why would it be good if the poll had so many more participants that a track like this would get forgotten?)

I guess it's just very unrepresentative of ILM taste in general, but maybe that's not such a bad thing anyway. (Also, I have no idea, and I assume neither do you, how new this song is. It's quite possibly an older song of his. I don't know how 2006 it really is in that sense. Great music, nonetheless.)

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll alternate albums and tracks. I did fewer tracks today since I started late in the day, so I'll do a bunch on Thursday. I'll start albums tomorrow morning.

These tracks didn't get a lot of votes, but it picks up.

― musically, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:32 (seventeen years ago) link

By the time this poll is finally over, it'll be 2008.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 08:51 (seventeen years ago) link

ciara at 49 wtf

― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:00 (seventeen years ago) link

only 5 votes for ciara = insanity. i'm proud of my first place for her.

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:13 (seventeen years ago) link

what you know will win

― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Ciara was second place for me.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm confused here,
how is it that Ciara only gets 39 points if it was the Lex's 1st place and Tape Store's 2nd? ( 20 + 19 = 39) What happened to the other 3 votes? I was pretty sure "Promise" was going to place high so I put it at number 19.

― danzig, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 14:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Another 8 points from me, so that's 49 points right there and there's still one other person.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 14:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Who is Ciara?

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link

same question here

― peepee, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

never diss me for not knowing who david byrne is again, ilm

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link

It's not as if there isn't a link to the song right there.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:06 (seventeen years ago) link

i had "promise" in the top ten.

― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, I messed 'Promise' up, I really have been checking (I promise! hahahaha), now I'll be double checking. Now 'Promise' will make a surprise appearance later in the poll.

― musically, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link

IM THE CHAMP

― gman, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link

"Yeah, I messed 'Promise' up, I really have been checking (I promise! hahahaha), now I'll be double checking. Now 'Promise' will make a surprise appearance later in the poll."

This is all a conspiracy to keep hannah montana off the list.

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link

(but the sonority he hits around 2:10 reminds me of early Sonic Youth and post-Branca no wave in a way Ha, now that I listen to that bit I know exactly what you're talking about.)

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 23:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Thanks, RS! "La Tasifir" is quite beautiful.

― The Reverend, Thursday, 3 May 2007 03:47 (seventeen years ago) link

wow...lil wayne shooter is amazing....if i knew about it before this list i would definately have voted for it...it's incredible

― gman, Thursday, 3 May 2007 05:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Five songs in and only one made it onto the Rolling 2006 Best Singles Thread

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 3 May 2007 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Way xpost--

Who put out that Oud collection? I need it.

― Jon Lewis, Thursday, 3 May 2007 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I think it's Enja Records. I had to order it from a German distributor.

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 3 May 2007 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link

To recap, with corrections:

50. Ahmed Fathi - La Tisafir
49. The Field - Over The Ice
48. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
47. Arthur Russell - Springfield (DFA Remix
46. Ghostface Killah - The Champ

Okay...

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

45. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
(41.5 points, 4 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/45.JPG

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

44. Islands - Swans (Life After Death)
(43 points, 3 votes)

via Myspace

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/swans.jpg

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link

43. TV On the Radio - I Was a Lover
(43 points, 4 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/wasalover.jpg

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link

42. Grizzly Bear - Knife
(43.5 points, 3 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/knife.jpg

Other ILXors said...

All this to say nothing of "Knife". Of which, if I were to say something, I'd probably say, HOLY CRAP, THAT'S GREAT!!! (But I'd make it more literate-sounding, and use fewer exclamation points.) Anyway, it's up there with the best songs of the year.
-fuckfuckingfuckedfucker

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 19:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I got their first two albums around the same time and for a week or so I was telling people that "I really like the new album, but there's one song off their first album that I like a lot called 'the knife'"

Besides just basic confusion/incompetence, I think this might be because it sounds just a little bit different from the rest of the record to me, what with the doo wop and all (though it sounds even less like the first album to be sure).

Anyway, if by "thoughts" you meant "pointless anecdotes" . . .

― Billy Pilgrim, Thursday, 3 May 2007 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link

41. Scott Walker - Jesse
(43.5 points, 4 votes)

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/jesse.jpg

Other ILXors said...

Its almost like he's reaching for a point of sublime horror, "in the dream i'm crawling around on my hands and knees..."
-gek-opel

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

45. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country

Like most of the album, the music here is relentlessly sunny Motown-inspired guitar pop with lyrics that hint of darkness and occasional awkwardnesses that redeem themselves by revealing unvarnished emotions.

― o. nate, Thursday, 3 May 2007 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link

40. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
(44 points, 4 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/supermassive.jpg

Who would have thought fusing together 80s Queen, Ennio Morricone in his spaghetti Western mode, and surf rock guitar would have produced one of the most jaw-dropping rock singles in years? Muse, apparently. It's probably best experienced with the crazy futuristic western video, but the song conjures up enough imagery and grandeur on its own even without visual accompaniment. Don't waste your time, or time will waste you.
-Jeff Treppel

Radiohead were never able to do sexy. The songs here are already their own JLC remixes in of themselves.
-danzig

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Sigh, pretend you don't see those blurbs.

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link

oh wow... I guess that means 2 muse singles in the top 40. who would've thought?

― danzig, Thursday, 3 May 2007 21:55 (seventeen years ago) link

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP pretend you never saw it!!

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link

39. Belle & Sebastian - The Blues are Still Blue
(45 points, 3 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/blues.jpg

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link

38. My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
(46.5 points, 4 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/welcome.jpg

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

37. Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me
(47.5 points, 3 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/dontsaveme.jpg

And... ta da!... the first single from the forthcoming MARIT LARSEN album is now out in Norway, and the video is streamed on her Website. And I don't immediately have the words to describe it, really. It's cute and fun, probably more cute than anything we've talked about yet on this thread. But it's not teenpop. It's... I don't know... pop carnival young woman cabaret? Jingle? The song is called "Don't Save Me" and the words seem to be about ending a relationship, but the mood isn't "I'll break you" but rather "I'll wash that relationship right out of my hair." I like it. Maybe a lot.
-Frank Kogan

"Don't Save Me" is awesome and I'd put it all on Marit's shoulders. The way she sings it, phrases it - I'm willing to contemplate the possibility that "Don't turn the truth around/It reads the same way upside down" isn't the greatest lyric ever, but the way she sort of... there's not a word for it, but if there was it'd be in between snarl and smirk and snigger and sneer - the way she does that anyway, her voice gets redoubled for the punchline - fuckin' awesome. "House! Of! Cards!" And the way she lets "Don't you dare" out of her mouth, the last little "r" sound, I swear that when I sing along to that it makes the taste buds on the tongue ripple apart like velcro hooks gently unlacing themselves... it's rather bloody remarkable, really.
-William Bloody Swygart[/quote]

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

36. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
(47.5 points, 4 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/lloyd.jpg

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link

A crazy girlpoptastic block of songs to round out the day coming later.

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry Mary. Can't wait for crazygirlpoptastic block to save us from the camera obscura overload.

― danzig, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link

"If we too simple, then y'all don't get the basics."

See, the problem with checking these things out is that I might find out that I like something I wouldn't expect to like. (How can I not like all those Revolver-esque sounds on that track though? But I don't mind the rapping either, really.)

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Another thing I like about the video itself is that it seems a lot more genuinely fun than 99% of the recent rap videos of seen.

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 3 May 2007 22:50 (seventeen years ago) link

okay, here we go:

35. Amy Winehouse - Rehab
(48.5 points, 5 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/rehab.jpg

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link

34. Sugababes - Red Dress
(49.5 points, 4 votes)

via Youtube

[img][Removed Illegal Link]

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:12 (seventeen years ago) link

and again...

34. Sugababes - Red Dress
(49.5 points, 4 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/reddress.jpg

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:13 (seventeen years ago) link

33. Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Ooooh
(49.5 points, 5 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/somethingkinda.jpg

ILXors said...

'something kinda ooooh' is a total monster, i really underrated it at the time because it seemed like retreading old ground, when in actual fact it was the equivalent of britney's 'stronger' - the same template but harder faster stronger better.
-lex pretend

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:14 (seventeen years ago) link

32. Lily Allen - Smile
(49.5 points, 7 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/smile.jpg

ILXors said...

I think that "Smile" song on the mixtape is even better, a lovely summer jam. Old bluebeat tune plus cheeky cockernee singing works for me.
-Jeff W

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link

And finally...

31. Kleerup (feat. Robyn) - With Every Heartbeat
(50 points, 5 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/withevery.jpg

ILXors said...

"With Every Heartbeat" is a chilly electro-ballad on which Robyn sounds scarily like Kate Bush - and I mean scarily. Musically it's in Anneli Drecker territory, lachrymose string sections and squeaky clean zoloft synthesiser arpeggios, it sounds large and emotional more than tuneful.
-Tim Finney

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:17 (seventeen years ago) link

32. Lily Allen - Smile

Perhaps the best "Pass the Dutchie" rip-off ever. She makes it look so easy.

― o. nate, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link

So far, this list is really indicative of how eh 2006 was for music.

― peepee, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:38 (seventeen years ago) link

i agree

― lfam, Friday, 4 May 2007 01:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Thirded. This is a pretty bad list so far.

― Matt DC, Friday, 4 May 2007 11:27 (seventeen years ago) link

it's a bad list but this i put down to ilm's increasingly shit taste and willingness to give eg camera obscura, grizzly bear, tv on the radio, my comical romance the time of day as opposed to CASTING THEM OUT

― lex pretend, Friday, 4 May 2007 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't think you can generalizationalize too much from this list, giving the circumstances of the poll.

― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 4 May 2007 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link

my comical romance

haha!

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 4 May 2007 13:54 (seventeen years ago) link

36-31 all great tracks

― blueski, Friday, 4 May 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link

aw, thanks for the quote, m.

I'll stand by what I said about "Smile" way back then, although at that point I hadn't really focused on the lyrics of the song. In retrospect I don't care too much for its schadenfreude, although I still love the way Lily sings the lyric (and the music obv).

Also there are several better Lallen songs than this.

Still, an '06 tracks chart sans Lily would be just wrong.

Nice to see Marit made it too.

― Jeff W, Friday, 4 May 2007 14:11 (seventeen years ago) link

34-31 you mean

xpost

― groovemaaan, Friday, 4 May 2007 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I am freaked the fuck out that The Champ didn't place higher. It was in my Top Ten for the year.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 4 May 2007 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link

There's wasn't enough consensus to do worst of for albums, but enough for a few tracks.

In no particular order:

Fergie - London Bridge

link via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/londonbridge.jpg

The production isn't terrible; it's actually quite fun, if a bit trite. But what makes "London Bridge" so terrible is pee-stained Fergie, who tries sooooo hard and fails soooooo horribly. While the Gwen Stefani imitation is frustrating, I must admit that the background vocalists are ace; it's as if they're knowingly answering the question, "What is this?"
-Tape Store

― musically, Sunday, 6 May 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link

(since the video is edited, my ending sentence doesn't make sense (instead of 'oh snap,' it's 'oh, shit'))

― Tape Store, Sunday, 6 May 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I think I gave "London Bridge" my #2 spot and it deserves considerable acclaim IMO. I definitely hated on it on first listen (see the "check out the new MIA single" thread) but it grew on me rapidly. We've certainly heard songs by talentless lushes before, but I've never heard a song that so captured the experience of being a talentless lush - "London Bridge" perfectly captures the confidence, moodiness, and impenetrable certainty in one's own rightness that we've all seen in the faces of a thousand people at clubs yelling in cell phones that they're totally wasted and wish they didn't wear these shoes. There's something completely pure in the performance - possibly something quite unintentional, as the stabs at legitimate sex symbolism elsewhere in her career would suggest. But Fergie is much more "pissed jeans" than she is "Glamorous", and "London Bridge" seems to suggest that, hell, that's enough for a Thursday night on the town. Magnificent.

― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 May 2007 02:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I had the exact same experience with London Bridge as I did with Rudebox:

-hated it on first listen (really, really, really hated)
-really liked next single (Lovelight and Fergalicious)
-went back and realized their first single was actually ace

― musically, Monday, 7 May 2007 03:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Incidentally, if anyone hasn't clicked on that link for the Ghostface song, you're missing out on the chance to see a bunch of teenaged anime boys playing tennis to Ghostface, with great vigor.

― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 May 2007 11:56 (seventeen years ago) link

"London Bridge" isn't my thing but no way is it anywhere near as horrible/annoying as any given Pussycat Dolls song

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 7 May 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

If you ignore the whole idea of the Pussycat Dolls, they really have some amazing songs.

― musically, Monday, 7 May 2007 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link

i was disappointed by 'london bridge' at first, it seemed like such a pale version 2.0 of HUMPS! love it now obv but 'glamorous' is my fave ferg - gorgeous harmonies, whodathunkit?

i love the idea of the pussycat dolls and at their best they are awesome ('BUTTONZ', Y'ALL), though their album gets a bit awful when they start with the dodgy cabaret covers.

― lex pretend, Monday, 7 May 2007 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I dislike "Buttons." That voice grates.

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 7 May 2007 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

nicole's a really good singer i think, a bit dead-souled in her delivery but we all like fembots don't we...the others barely sing.

― lex pretend, Monday, 7 May 2007 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

am i the only one eagerly anticipating nicole's solo career? the song with rihanna is really good.

― lex pretend, Monday, 7 May 2007 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

buttonz is the shit. london bridge I didn't quite rate, I don't expect anything other than sloppiness from Fergie and I'm ok with that but the song's kind of tired. My beef is with those two awful girls aloud songs -- I even like GA but those must have been like, lifetime achievement noms. GET REAL.

― tremendoid, Monday, 7 May 2007 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link

what happened to you, musically?

― danzig, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 23:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I've been super busy the last couple days, but I'm going to update both the tracks and albums tomorrow.

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 04:10 (seventeen years ago) link

please do!

― zaxxon25, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link

30. Sally Shapiro - I'll Be By Your Side
(51 points, 5 votes)

Via last.fm

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/illbeby.jpg

Other ILXors said...

An italo-disco Annie is so obviously what the world has always needed that it amazes me no one has thought of it before. The single, I'll Be By Your Side is on Bigstereo right now, and it's been a long time since I've loved a song this much on first listening.

If it does sound like Annie (yeah, it's a lazy comparison), it's the wistful Annie of Heartbeat or My Best Friend. But the backing is proper italo, straight out of 1983, no question.
-Matt DC

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link

29. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
(53.5 points, 6 votes)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZ1tygRaVw">via Youtube</a>

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/dontfeel.jpg

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link

via Youtube

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link

28. Midlake - Roscoe
(54.5 votes, 5 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/roscoe.jpg

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Other ILXors said...

If there's one thing "Roscoe" doesn't seem to be, it's straightforward. The vocal turns in this song are consistently slippery and unique. More so than on the rest of the album. Probably the most memorable phrasing I've heard this year comes from this song: "Whenever I was I child I wondered what if my name had changed into something more productive like Roscoe, been born in 1891, waiting with my aunt Rosaline". That line repeats in my head for days. And I like it.
-cosmo vitelli

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link

26. Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
(54.5 points, 5 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/standing.jpg

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link

26. Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer
(54.5 points, 5 votes, 1 number one)

Via Youtube (great video)

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/fizheuer.jpg

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Sorry for missing the last few days. Unfortunately events in my life tend to get in the way of ILXing. My plan is to post 10 in each today, 10 in each tomorrow, and finish on Friday.

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link

yay sally shapiro!

― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I heart the Gossip, but despite my best efforts, I just could never quite get into the song "Standing In The Way Of Control." There was something herky-jerky about it, or just not hooky enough. Felt like a huge departure from their sound without really getting anywhere.

More importantly, it came out in 2005, so I call DISQUALIFIED.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I am delighted that Sally Shapiro placed so high and sort of amazed The Gossip placed so low - I had that penned as a top five entry easy.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

apologies, on a shit PC right now & everything is hard but can someone tell me where the 2006 albums thread is, seeing as the new answers page is way too fucking short now... so much stuff keeps slipping off before getting search/google indexed. Unless you're on here watching 24/7 it's a bit of an arse to keep up with honestly...

― fandango, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Albums poll

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Why doesn't that link work?

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=57588

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

thank you! :)

― fandango, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

25. Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
(57 points, 4 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/knights.jpg

Who would have thought fusing together 80s Queen, Ennio Morricone in his spaghetti Western mode, and surf rock guitar would have produced one of the most jaw-dropping rock singles in years? Muse, apparently. It's probably best experienced with the crazy futuristic western video, but the song conjures up enough imagery and grandeur on its own even without visual accompaniment. Don't waste your time, or time will waste you.
-Jeff Treppel

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 00:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I love the crap out of that Midlake song and its accompanying remix. I'm glad to see it getting props

― Morley Timmons, Thursday, 10 May 2007 00:07 (seventeen years ago) link

seconded. yay Roscoe!

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 10 May 2007 00:12 (seventeen years ago) link

24. Clipse - Wamp Wamp (What It Do) (Feat. Slim Thug)
(59 points, 5 votes)

Via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/wamp.jpg

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 00:18 (seventeen years ago) link

23. Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love and Listen To Death From Above
(59 points, 7 votes, 1 number one)

via Myspace

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/letsmakelove.jpg

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah, we meet again!

22. Ciara - Promise
(62 points, 5 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/49.JPG

There have been plenty of good hit ballads in the past couple years, but none have felt as genuine as "Promise." There's something so amazing about the way Ciara sings here. Rather than trying to asking Polow Da Don to hide her voice, she takes a leading role on the track and coos with real sincerity.

Ok, so "Promise" is not an original track by any means, but for a smooth Ciara single, it's pretty close to perfect. The song itself is pretty simple...It's just a gorgeous beat, complete with some genius vocoder clips, and Ciara, who sounds more powerful here than she ever has.
-Tape Store

A curveball, at first: what's this, the thin-voiced Princess of Crunk leading her second album off with an opulent ballad? 'Promise' was an ambitious undertaking triumphantly executed: there was its epic structure (two intros! two middle eights, one of them spoken word!), there were the sumptuous layers of multi-tracked voices, the wonderfully tactile drum pads, the soft gasps of breaths used as extra percussion, the echoing longing of the vocodered backing vocals, the devotional romance of the lyrics (with added reference to the sources: you can be my Prince, my Knight indeed) - and above all, there was Ciara, replete with emotion, singing her heart out. And, even better, the video was a dancing video! By my count, this is the third of Ciara's singles which is a genius pinnacle of human achievement: a record which brooks no argument as to who, exactly, is the greatest pop star in the world right now.
-lex pretend

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:17 (seventeen years ago) link

And the last track of the day...

21. Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends
(62.5 points, 5 votes)

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/weareyour.jpg

~~via Youtube~~ via Youtube

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:20 (seventeen years ago) link

22 songs voted better than "LMLALTDFA" (my #1)? I hope I missed out on a lot.

― abanana, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:23 (seventeen years ago) link

This is taking too long.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Wait, 49 and 22? WTF?

― I eat cannibals, Thursday, 10 May 2007 03:00 (seventeen years ago) link

#49 was a fuckup.

― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 03:02 (seventeen years ago) link

though if 'promise' took up each and every one of the top 50 spots it would be more than deserved!

shocked that CSS was so low. i ended up not voting for it but assumed it was a lock for the top 5 or so.

who are the closet muse fans? and why?

― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 06:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I am an out and proud Muse fan kthx

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 06:43 (seventeen years ago) link

I am a muse fan and I am not in the closet about it. I have a lot of goodwill towards them left over from my days when I only listened to indie. And they deserve all of it. Black Holes And Revelations was a great step forward for them and they went even more over the top - The massive opening track about burning in hell sets the pace for what is a hypnotic, crazy, yet compulsively danceable and singalongable album. And I am glad I have some common ground with the metalists.

― danzig, Thursday, 10 May 2007 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, I'm a little surprised by "Roscoe"'s low placing. Everyone here seems to be praising it to the high heavens. Deservedly so.

And can someone please explain why they voted for "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'." I went to see them recently and sang along to every word as only a gay boy can but practically everything on new album is very disappointing.

― danzig, Thursday, 10 May 2007 06:59 (seventeen years ago) link

I voted for Head Home rather than Roscoe.

I saw the Scissor Sisters and I Don't Feel Like Dancin' was mental fun, as it is on record. I'll agree about the other new album tracks (live, at least - haven't got the product), but I Don't Feel Like Dancin' is immense.

― Alba, Thursday, 10 May 2007 07:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Shocked SPEECHLESS that Let's Make Love And Listen Death From Above placed so low.

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:46 (seventeen years ago) link

If Crazy doesn't win this I will buy every single person who voted a pint.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link

who are the closet muse fans?

I voted for "Knights of Cydonia". My #3, actually.

and why?

Having a headbang section > Not having a headbang section.

― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't really understand why people like to headbang. dancing is better!

― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Both have their merits.

― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link

And having a specific headbang section >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being entirely headbangable. It's the anticipation, you see.

― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:22 (seventeen years ago) link

'knights of cydonia' is one muse's better tracks but i don't like 'starlight' at all.

― blueski, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link

As should be readily apparent, I am a Muse fan. Mostly/entirely due to Knights of Cydonia, in fact. And I like to head bang because I can't dance, nor do I have much interest in it. Speed, aggression, and an incredibly catchy chorus do more for me than a groovy beat or whatever you kids call it.

― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Before I start posting the results, here are the other "Worst Tracks":

Beyonce - Ring the Alarm

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/ringthealarm.jpg

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnmRekHHEp4">Freemasons Mix</a> is soooo good though.

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, I always say to myself, "remember to click the Convert to BBcode button," but I NEVER DO.

link again

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link

WHAAAAAAT

― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Panic at the Disco! - I Write Sins Not Tragedies

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/iwritesins.jpg

Thoughts?

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I really should have voted....

― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link

seriously the two so-called "worst" tracks so far are two of the best here! ilm, you vote for camera obscura, tv on the radio, grizzly bear, midlake and justice about half a decade after the fact, and then hate on beyonce and fergie ferg? you fucking chumps.

uh xp i agree panic at the disco are bad

― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I like Beyonce but Ring the Alarm is a sonic shit-missile. And after listening to the Freemasons mix so many times it seems even worse than when I first heard it.

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

omg i totally forgot to mention it - i heard (what i presume was) the freemasons rmx while i was having my hair cut the other day! it is AMAZING.

i heart the original 4eva though.

― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link

While Fergie definitely sucks, Camera Obscura, Grizzly Bear, the Hold Steady, etc. are not much better.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 10 May 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

The two singles I voted for were "Knights of Cydonia" and "Crazy." Tells you just how awesome "Crazy" is, in that it spans such a large range of tastes.

― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Camera Obscura, Grizzly Bear, the Hold Steady, etc. are not much better.

This is 2/3 true. Camera Obscura rule.

― Drooone, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Musically, may I suggest keeping the Worst Tracks in their own thread? It's going to be confusing scanning through this thread and seeing those single covers popping up amidst the list.

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link

but "Ring The Alarm" totally belongs on this list.

― danzig, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:39 (seventeen years ago) link

That was all three of them, actually. And I think I mentioned that they are the "Worst Tracks" right by them so hopefully there won't be too much confusion about it, which wasn't my intention.

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link

20. Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
(63 points, 5 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/stuck.jpg

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link

"And can someone please explain why they voted for "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'." I went to see them recently and sang along to every word as only a gay boy can but practically everything on new album is very disappointing."

It's a fantastic, gorgeous track, #7 on my ballot. The bride, in particular, is excellent. And who can resist the lyrics in the chorus? It's the Sisters at their best.

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:48 (seventeen years ago) link

19. Chamillionaire - Ridin'
(64 points, 4 votes, 2 number ones)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQosZs-cF3U">via Youtube</a>

<img src="http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/ridin.jpg">

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:52 (seventeen years ago) link

19. Chamillionaire - Ridin'
(64 points, 4 votes, 2 number ones)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/ridin.jpg

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:52 (seventeen years ago) link

18. Liars - Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
(64 points, 6 votes, 1 number one)

via mute.com

This might be the year's most beautiful track. It's got these gorgeous 'aahs,' this ebbing and flowing guitar and a reassuring, heartbreaking vocal. Listening to "Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" = a truly cathartic experience
-Tape Store

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:58 (seventeen years ago) link

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/other.jpg

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:59 (seventeen years ago) link

17. Hot Chip - And I Was a Boy From School
(66 points, 4 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/boyfrom.jpg

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:05 (seventeen years ago) link

16. Ghostface Killah - Shakey Dog
(68 points, 7 votes, 1 number one)

Youtube (audio only)

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/shakey.jpg

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:06 (seventeen years ago) link

There's something magical about using Ghostface tracks as background music for Youtube vids.

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:07 (seventeen years ago) link

15. Beyonce – Irreplaceable
(70 points, 6 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/irreplaceable.jpg

Other ILXors said...

the best track is the ballad "Irreplacable" - by far. I think it must be the most emotionally affecting thing she's done, the chorus is amazing:

You must not know bout me
You must not know bout me
I could have another you in a minute
Matter fact he'll be here in a minute

You must not know bout me
You must not know bout me
I could have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a moment
Get to thinking you're irreplacable

Okay so that probably doesn't convey it's brilliance. But the way she performs it, it's total stiff upper lip, lump in yr throat heroic fronting - Beyonce riding off into the sunset, a tear still drying on her cheek.
-Tim Finney

i love "to the left, to the left... everything you own in the box to the left" so much as well - the way you think it's a dance before the hit comes, or how it's like beyonce forcing herself on her hampered march forward.

(...without the er other right leg she was standing on aka the boyfriend! altho haha that would be walking around in a circle, forget i said anything)

it's at once vulnerable as it is resolute, basically, and it kills.
-rtccc

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I bet "Over and Over" will be #2.

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link

"It's a fantastic, gorgeous track, #7 on my ballot. The bride, in particular, is excellent"

erm. or, the bridge.

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 11 May 2007 02:31 (seventeen years ago) link

All moms love "I Don't Feel Like Dancin". Dunno if the mom vote factored much into the poll though.

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 04:20 (seventeen years ago) link

14. TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
(73 points, 7 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/wolf.jpg

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 04:27 (seventeen years ago) link

13. Cassie - Me & U
(74.5 points, 5 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/meandu.jpg

Cassie's voice might be thin, but it's also hard to get out of your head. I've never been to a dance club, but I always picture Cassie being that girl who makes eye contact with you from across the dancefloor. You know? The one who comes over in the middle of "No Diggity" and whispers sweet, seductive phrases in your ear? She's just so addictive and irresistible. And along with this mostly simplistic beat, she's hypnotic.

Because the song is so shy, whenever it wants to climax--whenever Cassie wants to take it to the hotel room, if you will--it's ridiculously effective. And you're left wanting more.
-Tape Store

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 04:48 (seventeen years ago) link

12. Cat Power - The Greatest
(81 points, 6 votes)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/thegreatest.jpg

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link

All three "worst" tracks are better than half the songs on this list. Hell, "I Write Sins..." is one of the best songs in this thread.

― The Reverend, Friday, 11 May 2007 04:57 (seventeen years ago) link

11. Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
(81 points, 8 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://ilx2006music.googlepages.com/sexyback.jpg

Thoughts?

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 05:08 (seventeen years ago) link

"Ridin'" totally deserves higher dammit.

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 11 May 2007 08:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Ridin' was ROBBED.

― Doctor Casino, Friday, 11 May 2007 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, so...

Maneater
Promiscuous Girl
My Love
Crazy
What You Know
Over & Over?
Ain't No Other Man?
Kick Push?
SOS?
Pull Shapes?
Smile?
Bullshmindie?

― The Reverend, Friday, 11 May 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

i really hope for "trill"

― groovemaaan, Friday, 11 May 2007 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm pulling for Zeigeist!!

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 11 May 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link

...and i guess it's too late for relevée now ;(

― groovemaaan, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link

"Ridin'" was my #1 :(

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link

15. Beyonce – Irreplaceable

People actually liked this song?

― milo z, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link

no, but robots on ILX did

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link

9. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
(90.5 points, 8 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/kickpush.jpg

Other ILXors said...

"Kick Push" has just come out over here - achieving the astonishing feat of making me temporarily enthusiastic about the notion of a "golden age" hip hop revival. At least while it's playing, anyway.
-Tim Finney

Call me nostalgic for Native Tongues-style funkiness, but I bought "Kick Push" from iTunes after only very, very randomly catching the video (once) on TV. A lot of so-called backpacker business forgets to engage the "fun" button, but this doesn't.
-Tantrum The Cat

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:45 (seventeen years ago) link

9. Knife - Silent Shout
(90.5 points, 8 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/silent.jpg

Other ILXors said...

I think Silent Shout sounds impressive right away, but it doesn't sound really good until after you get to know it.
-Matthew C Perpetua

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:46 (seventeen years ago) link

8. Lily Allen - LDN
(94.5 points, 9 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/ldn.jpg

Other ILXors said...

LDN is the happiest song about pimps and crack whores and old ladies being mugged ever.
-StanM

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link

7. Junior Boys - In the Morning
(96 points, 8 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/inthemorning.jpg

Other ILXors said...

its the most dramatic track, the most immediate, the most punchy drum wise (meatier) its everything a single ought to be... all the breaths as percussion almost R'n'B allusions, the subtle palm muted rock instrumentation running along with the synth arpeggio... the lyric is a load of nothing, true but it still works brilliantly as some kind of re-imagined 80s pop that actually sounds nothing like anything made in the 80s... a simulacrum that's actually completely contemporaneous...
-gekoppel

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:56 (seventeen years ago) link

wooo

― groovemaaan, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:57 (seventeen years ago) link

6. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
(98 points, 9 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/promiscuous.jpg

Other ILXors said...

i just saw the promiscuous boy video and nelly furtado amazingly looks SEXY in it! i really like the song, neither timbaland nor nelly seem like promiscuous ppl at all, theyre both kind of nerdy and i like them. i have no idea why theyre pretending to be promiscous! is it to downplay the intensity of their attraction?! it is a song worth talking about you dull/bitter clowns - fuck you and your jaded vaudeville act!
...
i shd add that i really like how promiscuous girl keeps the slightly mystical 'world music' rocks & hills vibe of that annoying worthy album that nelly did last time, just enough that it sez 'THIS IS NELLY' but leaves out 'and check out how wholesome i am', and then those synths in the chorus are so melancholy, its so much more of a love song than a promiscuity song.
-karri miback

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:58 (seventeen years ago) link

damn that cover is UGLY... great song though

― groovemaaan, Friday, 11 May 2007 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link

only one #1!!! screw 'ridin'(on my worst list thx to my gym's broken record of a PA system) this was the crime of the century. Promiscuous is the best single of the last two years at least.

I'm done with this list. MUSICALLY! you've been great, hurry up.

― tremendoid, Friday, 11 May 2007 23:48 (seventeen years ago) link

the five spots left can no way in hell save this sorryass list

― peepee, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, I've dragged this out too long. And I want to finish albums today too! I had trouble finding blurbs for some of these so please furnish your thoughts on any/all.

5. Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
(108 points, 9 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/young.jpg

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link

If the rest of the Lily Allen tracks lived up to "LDN" I'd be her #1 fan. "Smile" was great the first time and tarnished fast, but "LDN" will be stuck in my head when I'm forty and I won't mind a bit. The "Steal My Sunshine" of 2006.

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:17 (seventeen years ago) link

4. Hot Chip - Over And Over
(112.5 points, 9 votes)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/overandover.jpg

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:18 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost is this that song where she says "al fresco"? precocious ninnyhead shite, how DARE you bring Len's good name into this. i mean, it was ok.

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:22 (seventeen years ago) link

3. Justin Timberlake - My Love
(168.5 points, 13 points)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/mylove.jpg

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:24 (seventeen years ago) link

you should solicit negative blurbs next time, I've got a million of em'. hatcha!

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:25 (seventeen years ago) link

2. T.I. - What You Know
(172.5, 12 votes, 1 number one)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/whatyouknow.jpg

It's all about the rise and fall of that mammoth synth riff, swaggering lazily along and steamrolling everything in its path without even trying; the rise and fall of TI's unmistakeable flow, those irresistible Georgia inflections alternately tough, amused, silly, deadly serious, and at every point just too damn good to bother with such minor concerns as pausing to breathe; the rise and fall of your feet in time to the beat, convinced for four minutes that they're the feet of a king who owns the whole neighbourhood, just as the supreme 'What You Know' owned 2006. So confidence-instilling that it should be prescribed to neurotics, this is the sound of total triumph.
-lex pretend

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:25 (seventeen years ago) link

WHATEVER WILL BE #1??

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:26 (seventeen years ago) link

1. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
(240 points, 17 vote, 3 number ones)

via Youtube

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z56/ilx2006poll/crazy.jpg

Other ILXors said...

Easy prediction : Crazy will be a massive mainstream hit
-snowballing

no fucking chance whatsoever.
-banana squad

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:28 (seventeen years ago) link

i like the cover

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link

BOOOOOO (and I even started that Gnarls thread out of excitement, but talk about overplaying a song...). (nice work, though, musically!)

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I was hoping one of the Calle 13 singles would make an appearance here somewhere.

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:40 (seventeen years ago) link

results = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

(but, big props to poll-master "musically"!)

― peepee, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:41 (seventeen years ago) link

yes, bad news never felt so good

xxpost thanks for nominating the calle 13, I voted for one of them. Biggest surprise: no Kleerup/Robyn, totally good totally ilm

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:45 (seventeen years ago) link

The Kleerup/Robyn song was #31.

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:53 (seventeen years ago) link

oh yeah, being lazy ctrl f

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:55 (seventeen years ago) link

haha i read that blurb already too i'm losing it

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:56 (seventeen years ago) link

O RLY @ Gnarls

My ballot....

TRACKS:
1 E-40 - Tell Me When To Go
2 Ghostface Killah - Shakey Dog
3 Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
4 Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
5 Killer Mike - That's Life
6 Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned
7 Kleerup feat. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
8 Calle 13 - La Jirafa
9 T.I. - What You Know
10 Beyonce - Irreplaceable
11 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
12 Cassie - Me & U
13 Ciara - Promise
14 Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
15 Beyonce - Get Me Bodied
16 Justin Timberlake - My Love
17 Prodigy - Mac 10 Handle
18 Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House
19 TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
20 panic! at the disco - i write sins not tragedies

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 02:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm pulling for Zeigeist!!

-- Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 11 May 2007 16:18 (Yesterday)

;_;

"What You Know" was totally my #2 though.

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 12 May 2007 02:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Im so f'in sick of that Gnarls Barkley song.

― Trayce, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Search: musically
Destroy: the voters

I mean, seriously - "Crazy"? I realize that in a poll like this you're torn between rating a song based on its initial impact and rating it based on a few months of hindsight, but I tend towards the "hindsight" camp myself and in hindsight "Crazy" is really annoying and thin. Actually, wait. I thought that in the first place. I thought it was overplayed the second time I heard it at the disco, but even on the twentieth such occasion there were throngs of people gleefully exclaiming when they heard that familiar repetitious whomp. I don't really know what else to compare the thing to except some malodorous cross between "Flat Beat" and "Connected" except with a guy doing some sort of keening-mewling atonal crap on top. GUYS. THIS SONG IS ANNOYING. AUGH.

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:37 (seventeen years ago) link

^ OTM

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:44 (seventeen years ago) link

the chorus goes absolutely nowhere.

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:45 (seventeen years ago) link

"Crazy" is great, however much people may be sick of it.

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:52 (seventeen years ago) link

47. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
(40 points, 2 votes, 2 number ones)

I think it is significant that "Shooter" wins in the enthusiasm/passion stakes - average points = perfect 20. And it placed pretty low because not many people had heard of it.

― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 04:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, shocking that "Maneater," "SOS," "Pull Shapes" and Escort's "Starlight" are missing from here.

Disappointing that other than the Ahmad Fathi wtf, there are no non-English language tracks. Calle 13 people! You all should go and seek out Snook.

― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 04:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, The Reverend: I heart you for voting for "Get Me Bodied"

― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 04:38 (seventeen years ago) link

watching the video for "Shooter" - I remember seeing this on MTVU, I'd forgotten about it. The little tinkly electric piano part is great, but I'm not sure I'd rank this song.

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 12 May 2007 04:49 (seventeen years ago) link

"crazy" is insipid.

― lfam, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I wonder if my first place vote would have gotten "Mac 10 Handle" into the top-50

― milo z, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:12 (seventeen years ago) link

but i didn't vote

― lfam, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:13 (seventeen years ago) link

"Shooter" is different, I guess.

Could Wayne not get the real JT to guest on his track or something?

― milo z, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:14 (seventeen years ago) link

i heard crazy way after all the 'omg crazy' nonsense so i'll give it the benefit of the doubt and consider it 'tainted'. i don't think it would have cracked my top 25 in any case.

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Milo - Robin Thicke did the original "O Shooter," of which the Wayne track is a reworking.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 08:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Calle 13 probably suffered from a certain amount of vote-splitting.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 09:20 (seventeen years ago) link

My ballot:
1. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
2. Ciara - Promise
3. Cassie - Me & U
4. Justin Timberlake (feat. T.I.) - My Love
5. Beirut - Postcards from Italy
6. Killer Mike - That's Life
7. TV On the Radio - Wolf Like Me
8. The Liars - Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
9. Kleerup (feat. Robyn) - With Every Heartbeat
10. T.I. - What You Know
11. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
12. The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (Soulwax Nite Remix)
13. Shirrelle C. Limes and the Lemons - A Toast to the Month of July
14. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
15. Ghostface - Shakey Dog
16. Ciara - Promise (Quarterbar Remix)
17. Clipse - Mr. Me Too
18. Junior Boys - In the Morning
19. TV On the Radio - I Was a Lover
20. Kidz Bop Kids - Crazy Frog

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha T.I. in there as #2 to Crazy yet again, like in every 2007 list ever.

― Matt DC, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

You know what dude? What the fuck. I figured this was the ONE place where T.I. actually would have had the song of the year. Fuck "Crazy."

― billstevejim, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I want a CD of all of these songs. Who's going to make me one?

― billstevejim, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link

my votes:

1. jt - sexy back
2. all american rejects - move along
3. lil wayne -hustler musik
4. nelly furtado - promiscuous
5. young joc - its goin down
6. beyonce - ring the alarm
7. kelis - bossy
8. simian mobile disco - hustler
9. jt - my love
10. justice vs. simian - we are your friends
11. fray - over my head
12. justice - waters of nazareth
13. panic! at the disco - i write sins not tragedies
14. chamillionaire - ridin'
15. basement jaxx - take me back to your house
16. T.I. - what you know
17. css - lets make love and listen to death from above
18. the field - over the ice
19. jt & andy samberg - dick in a box
20. fall out boy - dance, dance

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

cuz all of y'all are asking, here's mine:

1/ Ellen Allien & Apparat - Way Out
2/ Ratatat - Wildcat
3/ kelis – bossy
4/ lindstrom - the contemporary fix
5/ Junior Boys - In The Morning
6/ Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
7/ Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
8/ Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy - Thunder Road
9/ Yo La Tengo - Beanbag Chair
10/ lindstrom - another station
11/ Cornelius - Gum

― peepee, Saturday, 12 May 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha T.I. in there as #2 to Crazy yet again, like in every 2007 list ever.

so so wrong of everyone!

You know what dude? What the fuck. I figured this was the ONE place where T.I. actually would have had the song of the year. Fuck "Crazy."

dollarstore

anyway here is my list. note lack of shit indie

1. Ciara - Promise
2. Cassie - Me & U
3. Rasheeda - Georgia Peach
4. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Way Out
5. TI - What You Know
6. Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind
7. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
8. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig remix)
9. Booka Shade - In White Rooms
10. Pussycat Dolls ft Snoop Dogg - Buttonz
11. Jenny Wilson - Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward (The Knife remix)
12. Jona - Tizia
13. Amel Larrieux - Gills And Tails
14. The Knife - Silent Shout
15. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
16. Scritti Politti - The Boom Boom Bap
17. Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim remix)
18. Rihanna - Unfaithful
19. Cham - Ghetto Story
20. The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 18:46 (seventeen years ago) link

all of the ballots actually posted so far are pretty good, give or take a tv on the radio here, a panic at the disco there. so why is the overall list so...ugh? the ilm silent majority = chumps & idiots i guess

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link

x-post: note lack of shit indie

Ain't that special. . .

I don't know why I voted for that Christine Aguilera song--I guess it was for the beats. Otherwise, my picks are a list of strategic, absurdist-strategic, and from the heart voting. I probably don't think "Don't Save Me" was the best song from last year, but I wanted it to make a respectable showing, and I do think it's very good.

1. Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me
2. Ahmad Fathi - La Tisafir
3. Andy Montanez/Daddy Yankee - Se Le Ve*
4. Michael Stuart - Mayor Que Yo*
5. Michael Stuart - Yo No Soy Tu Marido*
6. Monchy & Alexandra - No Es Una Novela*
7. Luny Tunes - Noche Entierro*
8. Calle 13 - La Jirafa
9. Calle 13 - !Atrévete Té, Té!
10. El Gran Combo - Arroz con Habichuela*
11. Andy Montanez/Voltio - En Mi Puertorro*
12. Son de Cali – Llorando
13. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
14. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
15. Alexis & Fido – Tiburon*
16. Ayelet Rose Gottlieb – Tapuach*
17. Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
18. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 12 May 2007 18:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Asterisks, RS?

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link

My ballot:

1. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
2. Midlake - Roscoe
3. Guillemots - Trains To Brazil
4. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
5. Beyonce - Ring The Alarm (Freemasons Club Mix)
6. Snook - Snook, Svett Och Tårar
7. Calle 13 - !Atrévete Te, Te!
8. Hot Chip - Over And Over
9. Jamelia - Beware Of The Dog
10. Nelly Furtado - No Hay Igual
11. Coldplay - Talk (Thin White Duke Mix)
12. Omarion - Icebox
13. LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself
14. The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
15. Rihanna - Unfaithful
16. Robbie Williams - Lovelight
17. Cham feat. Akon - Ghetto Story, Chapter 3
18. Escort - Starlight
19. Ciara - Promise
20. Amy Winehouse - Rehab

― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

That was for things I was willing to try to write a blurb for. (In the unlikely event. . .)

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not one who loves tons of songs each year, so my list is only the ones I wouldn't want to be without. Lot's of other stuff I enjoy hearing on mixes or on the radio, but wouldn't particularly miss if they weren't around.

1.Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
2.Turbulence - Notorious*
3.Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
4.Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me
5.Muse - Knights of Cydonia
6.Coup - We Are The Ones

* I know it was out earlier in Jamaica (2005?), but became widely available last year which was when I was able to get a copy.

Beyonce's "Ring The Alarm" was my pick for worst single. If it had been a remake of the Tenor Saw song instead of poorly done histrionics things might have been different.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't imagine not being able to fill the songs list. There have to be another 20-50 songs I'm really pissed I couldn't include.

I hated "Ring the Alarm" at first too. You have to listen to it really LOUD for it to make sense.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Can I mention how much I despise "Young Folks"? Yeah, the drumbeat is good, but it's a pure garden variety funk beat. Then I get to thinking that the whistle hook is the most anoying thing ever. But then come the most snively indie boy vocals in the world. Is the girl going to be better? No. She's just as bad, if not worse. And the video confirms my suspicions that everyone involved has Downs Sydrome.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

the reverend dollarstore on 'young folks'; i don't think i voted for a worst song but if i had it would have been that twee retarded piece of shit. and i haven't even seen the video, i'll file that under DO NOT WANT.

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I should play that "Ring The Alarm" really loud (the Tenor Saw song, no problem)? It find it rather grating at low volumes, and can't really picture it getting better louder.

I could have filled my list with other songs I liked, but those were just the ones I truly loved. I find myself obsessing over a smaller selection of things after sampling the great hordes of stuff, and it is that small selection I want to recognize for lists like this.

I also like to impose silly rules; in this case, no singles off albums if I really like more than one track, thus no T.I. or Nelly Furtado.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm agreeing with Lex and The Reverend here - "Young Folks" doesn't coalesce into anything I want to hear. "Amsterdam", on the other hand, totally works for me, though I can't explain why.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

the reverend dollarstore on 'young folks'; i don't think i voted for a worst song but if i had it would have been that twee retarded piece of shit.

OTM

― groovemaaan, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Plz explain your 'dollarstore' usage, because you're totally confusing me...I mean, I get the nature of it, but I don't get why you used it where you used it. THX!

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link

And BTW, I hate the TVOTR album except for those two songs, which both are awesome...In general, TVOTR is better in theory than in practice; those ("I Was a Lover" and "Wolf Like Me") are the only two songs where they really live up to my expectations...off that album, at least

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link

i'd have thought that 'ring the alarm' loud would have just emphasised its screechiness! i loved it on first listen but i suspect that if anything helps one appreciate it, it's the mental video.

"dollarstore" = variant of on the money, right? i dunno.

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, yeah, the video, too.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link

i just rewatched the video. WOW

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link

ahhhhh...I always thought it was an insult (dollar store = place where there's a lot of cheap junk).

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I like the sound of "Reverend Dollarstore", really sleezyish.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link

my list. YES GLAD TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM FUCK OFF

Singles:
1. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
2. Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer
3. Belle & Sebastian - The Blues are Still Blue
4. Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim remix)
5. Beyonce - Check On It
6. Lucky Lucky Pigeons - Who Smells Marshmallows?
7. Field - Over The Ice
8. T.I. - What You Know
9. Kleerup feat. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
10. Divine Comedy - A Lady of A Certain Age
11. Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
12. Teddybears feat. Iggy Pop - Punkrocker
13. Clipse - Trill
14. Sally Shapiro - I'll Be by your Side
15. Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
16. John Legend - Heaven
17. Calle 13 - La Jirafa
18. Pussycat Dolls ft Snoop Dogg - Buttonz
19. El Perro del Mar - God Knows(You Gotta Give to Get)
20. Prodigy - Mac 10 Handle

Top 5 singles I'm sad I forgot to nominate:
Andrew W.K. - I Came For You
Tum Tum - Caprice Muzik
Ercola ft. Annie - Follow Me (RMX)(might be 2007 i dunno)
Darkel - At the End of the Sky
Rose Melberg - The Orchard

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link

oh yeah

Bottom 5 Singles:
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
Chamillionaire - Ridin' Dirty
Clipse - Wamp Wamp
the 2 shit Girl Talk songs on the nominated list.

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Reverend dollarstore does have a nice ring to it.

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Much better than being a "Dollarstore Reverend"; I would say that is an insult, as opposed to sounding like a character in a Flashman novel.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Also can I mention how happy I am that Aint No Other Man didn't make the list? It's a total void of ideas masquerading as a pop song (ie Big Voice plus Big Drums, do we sound like Amerie yet, will this do?)

― Matt DC, Sunday, 13 May 2007 01:10 (seventeen years ago) link

(Okay that argument may undermine my impassioned defence of Earth Intruders, but whatever)

― Matt DC, Sunday, 13 May 2007 01:11 (seventeen years ago) link

i thought she was trying to sound more like Aretha than Amerie. it was okay.

― blueski, Sunday, 13 May 2007 01:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't understand the appeal of "My Love" at ALL. The Ibiza Is Burning mix of it is ace though.

― musically, Sunday, 13 May 2007 02:59 (seventeen years ago) link

4. Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim remix)

Fucking good call.

― Matt DC, Sunday, 13 May 2007 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link

My ballot:

1 Chamillionaire - Ridin'
2 Uffie - Pop the Glock
3 Cassie - Me & U
4 simian mobile disco - hustler
5 Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
6 Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
7 Cat Power - The Greatest
8 Uffie - Ready to Uff
9 Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - My Love
10 Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg - Dick in a Box
11 Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone
12 Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
13 Christian Falk feat Robyn and Ola Salo - Dream On
14 Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
15 Phoenix - Long Distance Call
16 Klaxons - Magick
17 Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
18 Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir
19 Knife - Silent Shout
20 Lily Allen - Knock ‘Em Out

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm kind of mad at myself for not voting for "Dick in a box", but two Timberlake songs was enough.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:02 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't believe Simian Mobile Disco - "Hustler" & Kelis "bossy" didn't place!! actually, i cant believe 'move along' either but I'm less shocked.

I would've voted Beyonce's Irreplaceable as a most hated had it occurred to me.

seems to skew somewhat british to me, esp in the placements 30 and over..

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:17 (seventeen years ago) link

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