lol "record by a black person"
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, yeah, Kele is black and all, but...
anyway FINALLY A RECORD BY A BLACK PERSON COMING UP NEXT HERE
i KNEW this was horribly ominous
ugh kele okereke really has the worst voice in all of contemporary music
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
bloc party was in the top 20 for a lot of the voting, then they kinda slipped down as the ballots rushed in, but i was probably happier about them placing near the top 30 than any other development in the poll
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
wowwwww. forgot all about them. this seems like it came out forever ago.
― gman59, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
*actually cleaves own head off*
RIP RIP la petite mort
― goth (crüt), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
strangely enough the corny indie album from this time period that's held up the best for me is the Menomena album, which i'd imagine will be hanging out down in the 101-300s for all you spreadsheet navigators later
― ciderpress, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm so pissed off at him calling his solo record "tenderoni". only awesome musicians should be allowed to use that word. michael jackson and/or kp & envyi basically.
bloc party sucks, let's be real
― call all destroyer, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah all of bloc party's recordings after album 2 were completely destroyed by the use of kele's voice
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
first album is the #1 rock banger of this time period
did his first album bomb in the uk? i have to imagine so
I like that hold steady album, the 1st 3 are great, but I didn't vote for any of them.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Bloc Party was robbed in tracks voting, btw. I mean, every album after the first suffered from various degrees of suck, but only one Bloc Party track was nominated. And none of them made the 2000-04 tracks poll, probably because it was held in AUGUST OF 2004. They were truly the band who got lost in the gap between the two polls.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
did not vote bloc party fyi
I mean for all that I invoked the Indie Hailstorm, the only one I voted for was Mountain Goats, well before anyone except JS had any inkling this might happen
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
(and JF)
so do not care about the Hold Steady or Bloc Party. this list is weird
― gordon lishification (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Silent Alarm is perfect and has so many memories, buying it the day we went to Paris and jamming it the whole journey there :DDDDD
and then they sucked. yeah jordan noone gave a shit about his solo album.
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
"Helicopter" is still a jam, tho. "Banquet" too.
This wasn't on my radar tho
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
― gordon lishification (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:19 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah so weird that ppl would vote for stuff they like, and not what you care about!
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Bloc party *yawn*
― emil.y, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
any poll taken from a small specialized sample of the population is gonna be weird
― goth (crüt), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I never rly got Bloc Party but w/e each to their own
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I will forever and always stan for that Bloc Party debut. At the time I thought they were going to be one of my favorite bands, unfortunately they continued to release music and ruined that for me. The debut still stands very tall, imho.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
^ cosign.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
jon pretty much completely otm -- def still love 'silent alarm' to pieces
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I used to love that Bloc Party album but can't listen to it now. Every time those cheesy dual guitars come up on shuffle I reach for the fast-forward button. Pretty cool that the lead singer is openly gay though.
― skip, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Little Thoughts is the song I like by Bloc Party and they didn't even put it on the album.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty cool that the lead singer is openly gay though.
Is that really still a thing? Not being gay, I mean. Being a big deal.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
"Little Thoughts" is on the US version xp
I liked 'Banquet' at the time, 'Little Thoughts' still sounds good... Yeah, that's about it for me.
― Gavin in Leeds, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
31. T.I. King (2006) [352.5 votes, 16 points]
http://40versions.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/king.jpg
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Arctic Monkeys are going to show up soon aren't they?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Silent Alarm is totally the album that redeems Bloc Party, everything else they've done since has been atrocious but this one has some fantastic moments, especially the middle section.
Saint Dymphna - just totally awesome all the way through.
Boys & Girls In America is the best Hold Steady album because it's the most pop. It's all getting a bit Pitchfork though.
(xpost hah thank god for T.I)
― Matt DC, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
THANK GOD FOR THAT
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
literally verbatim - Matt's post was an 0 seconds ago xpost
T.I. shoulda been higher but what can u do
― goth (crüt), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
one day like the phoenix rose from the ashes...
― hobbes, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i wish lj hadnt been xposted
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
352.5 votes, 16 points
t.i. also super fell off after king... it's almost weird to think that he's even the same guy -- i don't think there's been as musically rich a rap album to come out since king
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Monday, July 12, 2010 4:24 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I wouldn't use the words "big deal" but it's nice to see.
― skip, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
― goth (crüt), Monday, July 12, 2010 4:28 PM (42 seconds ago) Bookmark
second time i've done this
awesome. they put on a hell of a live show too― gman59, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:55 (29 minutes ago) Bookmark
― gman59, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:55 (29 minutes ago) Bookmark
I thought they were utter shite live.
Put me off the album altogether. The girl was so outtsynch with the rest of the band, it looked as though she couldn't hold back her own laughter at her fuckups on the tom=tom drum.
Almost made me wonder if that fire at their tour opening amsterdam show wasn't some kinda excuse to try get more practise in before they toured.
― du mein bestie (micarl), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
practice to legally smoke weed morelike
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Xpost I think I disliked Kele after he punched Eddie Argos. I realise that probably makes him go up in some peoples estimations.
Their dance direction on the third is one of the least convincing things I've heard in modern music. I remember seeing them perform Mercury on Jools Holland, it was really embarrassing.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost agree with all the people saying Silent Arm feels like eons ago.
― Cunga, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
like blaqkout, king should be WAY higher! i think it's the pinnacle of tip's career so far tho, just the point where he was at the top of his game in every respect.
this is my favourite deep cut - his southern drawl is absolutely irresistible here, esp on the georgia/water/flo'da rhymes in the first verse. and the way the beat goes nuts in the third verse is O_O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVMVyq4gLoE
you niggas better fall back, 'fore i grab a 'ball battake it to ya skull, that's gon be the end of all thatinsist on having problems? bet this revolver'll solve thathit 'em in the temple then i leave em where they fall at
t.i. and trina will always be my sentimental default answers to the question "who is your favourite rapper"
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
T.I. did fall off after King but "Swagga Like Us" is pretty monstrous IMO
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Hot on the heels of stealing the limelight away from bands like Franz Ferdinand and the Arcade Fire: Bloc Party, everybody!
― Cunga, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link