74. andres - innocuous. odd to imagine people getting really excited about this. ever. makes me think of the soundtrack you would get in those "Minds Eye" early computer graphic film compilations. this would be the one where you were a poorly rendered bird flying over a jungle island landscape.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
be ready to say that about half of the things ppl voted for; the 2010s are really becoming an age where everyone wants the edges sanded off of their music
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
otm :(
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, I love glossy smoothness too but I can't live my entire life on it and the phobic degree some ppl exhibit when something is the least bit messy or aggressive is baffling to me
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
73. javiera mena - what happened i was napping i think a lady might have done a downtempo cover of Bailamos
71. pulp - before i heard this i was really looking forward to making a "haha no one listens to pulp anymore do they". and now i can.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
dropping a dissonant track into an ILM end of year countdown thread is akin to saying something nice about the working class at the dowager countess' table.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
i did post something abt the icona pop song on the main thread, because that seemed less irritating than me showing up with my insights on stuff that showed up 2400 posts ago
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
I find it completely inconceivable that ppl actually dig that song
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
71. g-dragon - this might be ok if this dude would shut the fuck up but i think that is just because then it would basically be pon de floor
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
70. ty dolla $ign - this is boring altho the mix of how hilariously fucking not ok the lyrics are juxtaposed with the bland ass song is fun i guess
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
haha that description actually got me to play the G-Dragon track; I'd been skipping the Youtube-only selections
Ty Dolla $ign is a blight in terms of lack of talent and how thoroughly boring he manages to be despite the egregious misogyny
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
its kind of startling. not good but startling
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
69. future - man idgi, theres nothing going on here that strikes me, and it just sounds so fucking lazy, and its been done better over and over before
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
welcome to hip-hop in 2012, where being fucking boring and ratchet as hell are positives
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
bad call naming yourself future and then delivering by the numbers nothingness. still probably my favorite thing so far. thats not good.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
I was actually kind of blase about "Beez in the Trap" until I heard it come right after Future and was all "oh thank God"
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
i thought g-dragon ranking was funny because ilm hates dubstep but apparently if you put goofy korean rapping on top of it it's suddenly ok
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
double shot of nicki minaj huh
68. - laid back is not nickis forte, and it really shows on this track. please let something happen some time in this song ffs aggh this 2 chainz dude sucks uggghhh
67. - ok i know this song and im not listening to it again, i fucking hate hate hate the chorus, but that is set in stark relief to the totally different way i hate the verses
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha OTM re: "Starships", watching ILM slowly embrace it was my biggest dissapointment of 2012
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
those people scare me too
― the late great, Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
66. dawn richard - ok i remember really liking dawn richard, but i am just not really feeling this song that much? its def not bad, and i could see it being something that might really step up its game listening it more, although i am sick to death of the ascending synth line schtick this year. might need some more time with this.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
is this the "ilm is shitter than ever" enclave?
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Thursday, 24 January 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
haha well it certainly has its moments of that
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
ok i am really happy this thread exists now that people are gnashing their teeth abt the injustice in this miguel track taking third place
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
65. japandroids - sub against me! yowl rock, done a million times better by at least 40 bands that are playing in shitty bars in your hometown right now.
64. guru - at least this is interesting right off the bat, and now that i am aways in, its heads above everything up until now. not in my general wheelhouse but yeah i could see working this into rotation. yep, this is pretty good, will be returning to it for sure.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
see i dont hate everything! just most of this list so far
trivia - guru is the only song that i have been able to get all the way through without skipping ahead
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
ok i know this song and im not listening to it again, i fucking hate hate hate the chorus, but that is set in stark relief to the totally different way i hate the verses
so OTM
― Influential Acid Jazz Pioneer (crüt), Thursday, 24 January 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
Just checked out that song via youtube. Is it on purpose where she looks like Richard D. James in Windowlicker?
― how's life, Friday, 25 January 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
do i really need to listen to a track made by someone who chooses to call themselves donkie punch
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
only if you're down with dumbfounded incredulity at your fellow ilmers
― how's life, Friday, 25 January 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
63. donkie punch & lorenzo - i kept jumping around on youtube thinking i was stumbling onto the same terrible basement remix of this song, but it appears this is actually the original. wtf
62. nick hannam and a bunch of other people - this is an ok meh limp house track i suppose but theres gotta be better stuff in this vein i imagine. ugh who is this second idiot. yck. this dude is awful why is this happening
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
62 could be mediocre ok if it was just the lady and none of this terrible guy
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
61. tame impala - is this another animal collective spin off? its not the worst thing of the day but it is also nearly impossible to imagine people getting excited about it
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
no wait, this is wretched and endless
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
so out of the first days rollout i like exactly one song, which is that guru track
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
I like this rollout better jjjusten. I don't want to slap you and tell you to get a hold of yourself. You should make this a thing.
― how's life, Friday, 25 January 2013 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno he's been pretty much OTM so far
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 25 January 2013 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
I like the Dawn Richard tracks but otherwise yeah, jjj otm
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, 25 January 2013 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
I def don't dislike the dawn Richard tracks, I just like them less than I expected/remembered
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
that's what i was saying!
― how's life, Friday, 25 January 2013 10:14 (eleven years ago) link
For god's sake will ye not shit on yr own doorstep, ilm?
― standard disclaimer applies (darraghmac), Friday, 25 January 2013 10:19 (eleven years ago) link
but if we don't, who will?
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Friday, 25 January 2013 10:27 (eleven years ago) link
I am really anticipating jjj's reaction to Cher Lloyd; I have no idea which way it will go
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, 25 January 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
haha i know that song so i can predict that my response would be
-how is it possible that ILM stops just short of suggesting that jessie j should be stabbed to death in a back alley somewhere and then vote this to spot 54 on its end of year list
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
hahahahaha yesssss
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
its good to finally know the artist name because i honestly spent half the year wondering who had convinced jessie j that a half-assed nicki minaj impression on the chorus was a good move.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
60. keith fullerton whitman - holy crap i love this. a lot.59. haim forever - so this is basically dumbed down bored out tune yards meh hot garbage. booooooring. it brings out sort of a special place of hatred from me. irrational yes but god i really really hate this.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
How does Haim remind you of tuneyards??
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
the same way foster the people reminds me of mgmt, it just seems like the blippy vocal punctuation and the quirky boppy almost subsaharan rhythm and guitar lines have some shared lineage, but done so much less compellingly.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link