you're the shit yeah baby you're the bomb!
― uberweiss, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
Most of the stuff i'll be voting for has been nominated anyway and i do like that track
― Number None, Friday, 9 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
I think people have the right to perform under their given names whether they share it with some metal band or whatever.
― furnace mane, Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink
a) Tell this to actors. Really, you are not aware of the fact that it is almost impossible to make a case for performing under your given name if there is a previously existing member of Equity who uses it?
b) I have no idea why you associate me with metal bands. That's a bit weird.
c) On the other hand, this is more acceptable of an answer:
Not really sure internet penetration in Jamaica is that great (a quick google search says not really, no), esp. among the poor, but OK.
There is a casual assumption that *everyone* has the internet now, and yes, it's fair enough that you challenge that.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Friday, 9 December 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
talking about originality and names in a Jamaican context is different than in other places. Ninjaman gets big, so you get Ninja Kid and Ninja Ford. Horace Hinds changed his name to Horace Andy because Bob Andy was popular; etc. It would be going well against the grain to worry about sharing a name with a late 80s psych band.
― rob (night house), Thursday, December 8, 2011 9:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink
Okay, I'm not au fait enough with the artists to be entirely sure what point you're making, so if I'm misunderstanding you feel free to correct me. But, on a surface level, you seem to be equating making a name in tribute to another act with taking the name of another act entirely. Which is so different as to be ridiculous that you'd even suggest that they were the same. It's perfectly reasonably to call yourselves a pun, a tribute, a nod or whatever, as long as the name itself is different.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Friday, 9 December 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
As in, there is no way that 'Horace Andy' and 'Bob Andy' are the same. How do you make that distinction between 'Opal' and 'Opal'?
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Friday, 9 December 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
There are loads of examples of bands accidentally taking on the same names as other bands, Nirvana being perhaps the most prominent example. When I was scanning around for more music by Sully, I ended up coming across a Canadian indie band, an Irish producer and ended up buying something off Boomkat I'm pretty sure is by none of those three artists.
― dog latin, Friday, 9 December 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, and you know what? One of my bands googled, we found an obscure defunct band had already taken the name we were going to use, and WE CHANGED IT. Because we weren't a bunch of dicks.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Friday, 9 December 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
btw, my #1 album is by the 18,000th group named King.
― furnace mane, Friday, 9 December 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
As I say, rev, I think your point about internet penetration stands, and I fully cop to that assumption, but your other points I disagree with.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Friday, 9 December 2011 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I think are main disagreement is over whether this even slightly matters.
― furnace mane, Friday, 9 December 2011 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
brb getting started on my new side project called the Beatles
They're not really done in tribute to the established artists, they're essentially done so the new artist can jump on the bandwagon of the bigger artist's popularity. Like if in the late 50s a new rock singer had come out named Elvis Peterson and no one batted an eye. But yes, you're right, those examples are not the same as Opal not checking for the existence of a band called Opal.
This is a big generalization, but my point was that in Jamaican music culture there is much less of a perceived ethical harm in copying--there, I believe, this wouldn't be seen as a dickish thing to do. OTOH since the band Opal have been defunct for two decades, I'm not sure what the harm is anyway? You make a good point about actors and Equity, but I see lots of (I) and (II)s behind actors' names on the imdb all the time.
― rob (night house), Friday, 9 December 2011 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone want to nominate the Zombi album? I only have two noms left, need to save them for a while.
― thread of missing brony (sean doily), Thursday, December 8, 2011 3:50 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
i say this every year, but seriously: if you want something nominated, you should do it yourself. and if you won't or haven't for some reason, and noone else does, then it probably wasn't going to get votes anyway, so either way there's no point in asking someone else to nominate something.
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Friday, 9 December 2011 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
Matt DC i'm lovin your trax on spotify right now, too bad I won't make it through the next 17 hours of this playlist tonight.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Friday, 9 December 2011 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
TRACKS
E-40 feat. T-Pain - SeriousDubb-20 feat. Mistah FAB and The Jacka - All I KnowMob Figaz - Loyal to the MobbHercules and Love Affair - My HouseKate Bush - Wild ManM83 - Claudia LewisSteve Arrington - (I Be) Goin HardThundercat - For Love (I Come Your Friend)
ALBUMS
The Rapture - In the Grace of Your LoveFatima feat. Floating Points - Follow You
(18/25)
― Jai Alai, Friday, 9 December 2011 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
That last one was the 3rd EP I've nominated - Assuming they've always been allowed as "albums" right? Guessing not many people will vote any of them but to me a cohesive 20+ minute EP should be in the same category, can be as much of a complete work as an LP
― Jai Alai, Friday, 9 December 2011 06:36 (twelve years ago) link
EPs are counted in the album category
― furnace mane, Friday, 9 December 2011 06:49 (twelve years ago) link
― furnace mane, Friday, December 9, 2011 12:23 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
lol rev you finally found an album of the year you can live with?
― acid mothers against drunk driving (henrietta lacks), Friday, 9 December 2011 07:53 (twelve years ago) link
"Street Halo" has already been nominated.
Oops, ok, scratch that and replace with:
Angel Haze - Fall For Your Type
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 9 December 2011 08:51 (twelve years ago) link
Love the idea of some Jamaican dancehall dude Googling his proposed name and changing it in order to avoid upsetting some random twee indie band from Glasgow or somewhere. I mean, the very idea is ridiculous.
― Matt DC, Friday, 9 December 2011 09:15 (twelve years ago) link
Albums
East River Pipe - We Live In Rented RoomsAzari & III - s/t
Tracks
metronomy - the lookcass mcccombs - county linedestroyer - song for americaeast river pipe - backroom dealsfucked up - the other shoedestroyer - kaputtdum dum girls - coming downbon iver - beth restking krule - out getting ribsstephen malkmus - no one is (as i are be)death grips - guillotinethe strokes - two kinds of happinesspj harvey - the words that maketh murdercliffie swan - dream chain
16/25
― MikeBee, Friday, 9 December 2011 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
Marcellus Pittman - An Afternoons DelightFloating Points - DangerTom Trago & Young Marco & Awanto 3 - Physical Thrill (Axel Boman remix)Basic Soul Unit - Soulspeak (Shed remix)Flavio Diners - Soulfree
15/25
― april wowak, Friday, 9 December 2011 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
Tracks ^
― april wowak, Friday, 9 December 2011 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
i say this every year, but seriously: if you want something nominated, you should do it yourself. and if you won't or haven't for some reason, and noone else does, then it probably wasn't going to get votes anyway, so either way there's no point in asking someone else to nominate something.― Mr. Stevenson #2, Friday, December 9, 2011 4:07 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Friday, December 9, 2011 4:07 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
Dunno, I figure there's some value in nudging people or at least reminding them an album exists. I mentioned the Zombi album because they're ILM faves and I assume that a good few people here will consider voting for it.
― thread of missing brony (sean doily), Friday, 9 December 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
Ital - Queens
(11/25)
― The Artist Formerly Known As Teh HoBB, Friday, 9 December 2011 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
Will Young-JealousyThe Strokes-Under Cover Of Darkness
23/25
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 9 December 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
Jacaszek - GlimmerStephan Mathieu - A Static Place
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 9 December 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
Perfume - JPN
― abcfsk, Friday, 9 December 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
I've only just discovered it, but just noticed no-one's nominated Perc's Wicker & Steel or anything from it yet.
Just sayin, cos I'd definitely vote.
― dog latin, Friday, 9 December 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
'Some random twee indie band from Glasgow'
Rmde
― acid mothers against drunk driving (henrietta lacks), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
Oh is that who it was?
― Jilted John and Marsha (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
Luciano is (also) a minimal house bloke too, right?
― dog latin, Friday, 9 December 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
FFS Rmde weren't from Glasgow, they were a Thames valley shoegaze band from Banbury.
― OCCUPY DEPRESSION (Fotherington Thomas), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
genuine lols
― acid mothers against drunk driving (henrietta lacks), Friday, 9 December 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Chain & the Gang - Music's Not For EveryoneKemper Norton - Libraries Act EP
(I have been told that EPs count for the albums poll. Also, you can download that KN EP for free, I will put the link in the campaigning thread.)
(Oh, and... 12/25)
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Friday, 9 December 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
This was aaaaages ago in the thread, but
Grimes - Geidi Prime
Was released all the way back in 2009. Was there a re-release or something this soon?
― lexferenda, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
Also, starting to put together my list of nominations and when deep cuts like Angel Haze's Fall For Your Type are already nominated, I feel the need to say that I'm blown away by the awesomeness of Sandbox.
― lexferenda, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to assume that after 400+ nominations w/o anyone putting forth "We Found Love" that it probably wouldn't have the votes to make the top 77. It's a shame, though, because I've found love in that song over the past few days. :(
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 December 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
it's a great song but that album is all about "Cockiness (Love It)"
― OH NOES, Friday, 9 December 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
We Found Love is the one song I've really dug off that album, but there was just too much great stuff re: singles esp. in r&b this year for me to squeeze it into my list. Sorry.
It was an incredibly great closer for this mix, though.
― lexferenda, Friday, 9 December 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
Leyland Kirby - Eager to Tear the Stars ApartDonato Dozzy - KRicardo Donoso - Progress ChanceMirror to Mirror - Here You Leave TodayMist - HouseZombi - Escape VelocityDate Palms - Honey Devash
― son, Saturday, 10 December 2011 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
Cookies - HypnotizeZombi - Time of Troubles
― son, Saturday, 10 December 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
Deptford Goth - Real Love Fantasy
― son, Saturday, 10 December 2011 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
Beyonce - 1+1Chris Brown - No BullshitDJ Quik - Luv of My Life (ft. Gift Reynolds)Ginuwine - Heaven (ft. Tank)Husalah - Da MobLLoyd - StayMaffew Ragazino - Decepts on the L TrainThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart - BelongMr. Lucci - Bout Gone (ft. Bohagon & Twista)R. Kelly - #1 HitThe-Dream - Fuck My Brains OutTimothy Bloom - Til the End of Time (ft. V)Verse Simmonds - Boo Thang (ft. Kelly Rowland)Trey Songz - Love FacesJuvenile - Power (ft. Rick Ross)
Danny Brown - XXXKilla Kyleon - Candy Paint & Texas PlatesMarsha Ambrosius - Late Nights and Early MorningsMouse on tha Track - Swagga Fresh FreddieThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart - BelongRaekwon - Shaolin vs. Wu-TangZ-Ro - Meth
22/25
― k3vin k., Saturday, 10 December 2011 07:29 (twelve years ago) link
ALBUMSblut aus nord - 777current 93 - fact mixdeath in vegas - trans-love energiesg-side - the ONE... cohesivegreen ova undergrounds - chandelierjames blake - james blake (really, people? backlash this hard?)legowelt - the teac lifeprurient - bermuda drainspaceghostpurrp - blackland radio 66.6 (1991)tombs - paths of totalitywaka flocka flame - salute me or shoot me 3wolves in the throne room - celestial lineageyamantaka//sonic titan - yt//st
TRACKSart department - without youchris brown - she ain't youdrake - marvin's roomgang gang dance - mindkillajhene aiko - strangerkreayshawn ft c-bo - bumpin mobbkurt vile - baby's armslil b - bill bellamym83 - splendorspaceghostpurrp - suck a dick for 2011
― spencer zebra, Saturday, 10 December 2011 08:09 (twelve years ago) link
i was regretting leaving Juvenile - Power (ft. Rick Ross) off my noms so thanks k3vin!
― pandemic, Saturday, 10 December 2011 08:12 (twelve years ago) link
I already nommed jhene aiko - stranger
― malcolm the tenth (furnace mane), Saturday, 10 December 2011 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
If you've a week to spare...
http://open.spotify.com/user/unterwasser/playlist/65L4MmAAGVG4u0LFMHlU3s
― Billy Dods, Saturday, 10 December 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Com Truise - Cathode GirlsReal Estate - EasyEleanor Friedberger - Roosevelt IslandBwana - Baby, Let Me FinishM83 - New MapSmith Westerns - WeekendWashed Out - Amor FatiBritney Spears - Trip to Your Heart
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell MeBibio - Mind Bokeh (10/25)
― jaymc, Sunday, 11 December 2011 07:10 (twelve years ago) link
Destroyer - The Laziest River
― jaymc, Sunday, 11 December 2011 07:12 (twelve years ago) link