yeah i think "Otis" had a strong shot at the top 5 over the summer but now that there's been a more popular follow-up i think it'll get knocked down, maybe slightly out of the top 10.
but yeah last year was a disgrace (and i took so much shit for saying so!)
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
i have no idea what the top ten will look like but it will be irredeemable garbage
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
"we found love" becoming the most critically embraced rihanna song since "umbrella" is so nuts but probably really is happening
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
xpost - "look at me now" will def be in the top 10 and higher than "i'm on one"
Eh, maybe I'm out of the loop, but I had to google "Look at Me Now." Hard for me to imagine that being ahead of anything by Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Jay-Z/Kanye.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
two b.o.b singles in the top 40 last year, i always forget how squarely pop the singles list can get
is there any under the radar pop that only indie fans like this year like "tightrope" or "shutterbugg"? i can't think of anything except... "212"?
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
i'll also call "six foot seven foot" a darkhorse for the top 10, tho it might've fallen out of people's memory by now
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
jaymc how have you not heard "look at me now," i know you're not real up on mersh radio but that's insane
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
I wouldn't exactly call it under the radar, since it's off a platinum-selling record, but "Countdown," which has been getting a lot of end-of-year attention, charted no higher than #71.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
rolling in the deepholocenecountdowni'm on onesuper bassnas in parisotisvideo gameswe found loveedge of glory
(not in that order)
i'm prob way off, forgetting about a destroyer song or something
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
Starting in 2004 with Franz Ferdinand, I've only liked two singles winners ("Gold Digger" and "Paper Planes"); many I've really disliked. "Rolling in the Deep" will be the latest.
― clemenza, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
haha yes "i'm on one" will be the 2nd highest top 10 hit on the poll, sure
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
i really think "Pumped Up Kicks" could be Adele's biggest competition tbh
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
Just asking, but despite "Look at me Now" getting lots of radio play, will some P & joppers not pick it because Chris Brown's name is on it?
― Another Suburbanite, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:20 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
i'm w/ jaymc that i think "i'm on one" will beat out "look at me now"
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
Listening now. Yeah, I don't recognize it. It's possible I've heard it on the radio, but it would've been WAY WAY less than "Party Rock Anthem" or "Give Me Everything" or "Super Bass" or "Moves Like Jagger" or "Last Friday Night" or "We Found Love" or "Grenade," etc. (Fwiw, I also hadn't heard "I'm on One" until it showed up on the P4k list.)
Anyway, kind of cool song, maybe it'll get some votes, although I have to think there are a lot of critics who still wouldn't vote for Chris Brown on principle.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
"video games" didn't chart in the US at all?! did not know that
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't actually say that. Both are essentially question marks for me.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
i routinely forget that ppl like new britney songs, "till the world ends" could be a top 10 contender
"teenage dream" was the one KP song that ppl were going to rally around, right?
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
oh, well then i'm w/ myself
I had Chris Brown at #2 for "Beautiful People." Not really reluctantly, as I try not to censor my tastes. Queasily would be the more accurate word.
― clemenza, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i hope "give me everything" does really well
yes but "Look At Me Now" has a higher critical profile than most of those songs except "Super Bass" and maybe one other
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
"Give Me Everything" is on my ballot but i've kinda given up hope on it having any kind of dent
there is really a huge cross section of both hipsters and lamestreamers for whom "look at me now" was the token rap song of the year
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
Not all that surprising: "Video Games" doesn't really fit into any of the major radio formats. (Although I'm not sure "Pumped Up Kicks" does, either, and it was huge.)
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
xp that's true -- i think i'm underrating it cuz it was such an early year hit
think "party rock anthem" will do pretty well, too
you're prob right about "pumped up kicks" + i might be overrating "video games", but it could be the "dancing on my own" of 2011
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
are these all the ppl that voted for nixon??
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
i have never heard of this "pumped up kicks" before now
"video games" was top 10 here, still hanging around the top 40 and will likely do so for a while. proper crossover hit.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
That's why I inserted the disclaimer about being out of the loop; I have no idea what the "critical profile" for Chris Brown songs is. Much of the time my sense of which mainstream pop songs have the potential to appeal to a wider audience comes from listening to my wife and friends.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
― jaymc, Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:24 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
also, diplo 'produced' it
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
People have been talking about it here (and even in my real life world) all year. That's not an endorsement.
― Occidental Rudipherous, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
i just googled - oh it's that band. the only place i've heard people talk about foster the people is ilx. i don't really think i need to hear this until it's forced on me.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
It got nommed and received a couple votes in last year's ILM poll too (track's been around for FOREVER).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like "Video Games" hit #16 on Billboard's Hot Singles Sales chart, which measures sales of non-digital singles. Supposedly that chart data is used in compiling the Hot 100 -- however, there are so few CD singles released or purchased these days that an artist can perform fairly well on that chart without even making a dent in the bigger chart.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Foster the People are def some d-baggey looking white dudes. I fully expect the bass player's face to be haunting my nightmares tonight
― ~connecticut~ (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
there's literally no correlation between billboard and what dbag critics vote into pazz and jop
― uncle bannmee who can recall his past logins (dealwithit.gif), Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
nah the connecting thread is 'terrible'
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
I'd probably go:
Album: Bon IverSingle: Super Bass
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
I will figuratively cry fiery tears of rage when Bon Iver inevitably tops P&J. I'll even say that as a fan of his first album. The new on is so boring and the love for it all over the place is just.....do not want.
― shakur rump (I left my login in El Sandboxo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
shakur/rest
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
I just can't wrap my head around the appeal, except maybe that last song that sounds like a Gayngs cast-off.
― shakur rump (I left my login in El Sandboxo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
indie listeners who prefer vowels to consonants?
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
If this is in response to my previous post, I had looked up the chart performance of "Video Games" out of idle curiosity, after the Lex expressed surprise that it hadn't charted in the US. I agree that its failure to chart here has little bearing on whether it will get P&J votes, since she's become something of a darling among bloggers/critics anyway.
However, in general, I don't think it's fair to say that there's "literally no correlation" between Billboard and P&J. While a low-charting song can certainly do well on P&J, wide mainstream popularity obviously confers certain advantages.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's not the only factor but it is definitely a factor.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
I hope "Pumped Up Kicks" voters watched this video before emailing their ballots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlAgHt92lqE
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
being at z100's jingle ball for an arena-wide 'pumped up kicks' singalong was definitely one of 2011's most surreal personal pop moments
― maura, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
i remembering pulling some alt-rock airplay stats once that basically showed Sublime's "Santeria" to be the most popular rock song of the '90s, and that was one of the first things i was reminded of when i heard "Pumped Up Kicks" and may be the reason i haven't been especially surprised by how successful it has become.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Yes. Those two songs will outlive us all.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
I was surprised though that the album is quite not-bad.
santeria played at my senior prom
so did get low, actually
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
like uh lex drake was worthless ringtone soap opera quasi-rap myspace top 8-oh8s-and-cheesecake for a solid three years and now is making dubquake hipstamatic dank-ocean screwpop aw man cuz man we in your face ay
― uncle bannmee who can recall his past logins (dealwithit.gif), Friday, 30 December 2011 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
#hashtag
― uncle bannmee who can recall his past logins (dealwithit.gif), Friday, 30 December 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
ಠ_ಠ
― (9ò_ó)=@ (є(٥_ ٥)э), Friday, 30 December 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
dubquake hipstamatic dank-ocean screwpop
so now it's MELLOW worthless ringtone soap opera quasi-rap myspace top 8-oh8s-and-cheesecake
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 30 December 2011 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
may be a neon murkmellow flashing-ing-ing lights iunno
― uncle bannmee who can recall his past logins (dealwithit.gif), Friday, 30 December 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
whiney turned into luriqua so gradually I didn't even notice
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 30 December 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
synths of suburban swampland get dark and kings in gold sports cars ride yesterday over echo drums
― (9ò_ó)=@ (є(٥_ ٥)э), Friday, 30 December 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
synths of suburban swampland
kinda think this should be somebody's memoir
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 30 December 2011 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
what is adventurous or surprising about wispy clouds of ~moody~ nothing?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, 30 December 2011 08:39 (twelve years ago) link
^word, +1 to lex
― Jai Alai, Friday, 30 December 2011 09:27 (twelve years ago) link
whenever i see ballots that are 90% one genre, whether that's rap or techno or indie, i always think, um, do you listen to other genres? there is so much good music out there and it is (almost) everywhere.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, 30 December 2011 09:54 (twelve years ago) link
ok, well, to answer that question, yes i do, but i liked these albums more than what i heard from those genres
now u know
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, 30 December 2011 10:32 (twelve years ago) link
90% one genre, whether that's rap or techno or indie, i always think, um, do you listen to other genres? there is so much good music out there and it is (almost) everywhere.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, 30 December 2011
Kind of an interesting one this. Definitely 90%+ of..newly released music I listen to is broadly house music related. But this probably drops to about maybe 60% of all music old or new. When it comes to older music (both new to me and already known to me) the spectrum is a lot wider. I'm not all that sure why it should be so narrow in one aspect and so wide in another - perhaps could make a possibly spurious argument that the period of "old music" is a larger and wider time period than the period of 2011 which is just one year - not sure
― april wowak, Friday, 30 December 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
so wait, deej if 90% of the new music you listen to isn't rap, what is the percentage? srs question
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 30 December 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
at the beginning of the year it seemed like a foregone conclusion that the Tyler, The Creator album would do well in year-end lists and that seems to has pretty much dissolved, but "Yonkers" is still a lock to be maybe the highest rap song on the singles poll right?
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 30 December 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
no doubt
― uncle bannmee who can recall his past logins (dealwithit.gif), Friday, 30 December 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, December 30, 2011 6:59 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
this year it was probably close to that. in years previous, dance music & R&B probably made up a combined 40%
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, 30 December 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
single genre ballots are the best ones this shld be obv
― tumblr wights (є(٥_ ٥)э), Friday, 30 December 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah they're more fun/useful to look at, like the genre lists spin did this year were cool
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 30 December 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
i last year & this year i've make my ilx trax ballot exclusively charting singles & notable rap youtubes. i find that otherwise the process is too intellectually jarring & the result not as satisfying
― wil smif, Friday, 30 December 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link