Are We Having Fun Yet? ILM's Top 100 Tracks Of The 00's

There's an evens key to turn

What does this mean?

I've never heard of Johnny Boy before but I kind of love this song.

So happy to see La Ritournelle make it. It was in my top five. When I was travelling in New Zealand and Australia in 2008, I bought an iPod just before I left but didn't get it ready in time. A month in, my mum sent it to me when it was fully loaded. My brother (who posts on here too) helped fill it up with my music and some things he thought I'd enjoy (still remember the first time Arnold Schwarzenegger by Wesley Willis popped up on shuffle!). La Ritournelle was one of the songs he put on there and I fell in love with it instantly. I listened to it over and over as it sound-tracked by time in Australia where I met my wife. When I listen to it now, it takes me right back to that wonderful time. It's such a magical song and the climax with the strings leading into the brief appearance of his vocals is one of my favourite moments in music ever. It's a shame he's so underrated beyond this one song. I gave his album Sexuality a lot of points too.

Love that Johnny Boy single too. I was disappointed that nothing on their album came close to it.

I've never heard of Johnny Boy and I can't work out what kind of music "You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve" could be while also being acceptable to ILM. Gonna preserve the mystery for a bit but will check it out when I get home later.

ilx conditioned to vote for anything with the Be My Baby intro iirc

So I should admit that I never listened to a whole BSS album (although I saw them once). I voted for "7/4 (Shoreline)". This is pretty different; I think I'll need to listen a couple more times.

as negativity is to be encouraged: the bss track is the first thing in the rollout that i really can't get with, but i do understand its anthemic qualities

and now, to return to impassive neutrality

ilx conditioned to vote for anything with the Be My Baby intro iirc

― imago, Monday, October 14, 2019 11:17 AM

lol

Seriously, though, does "evens key" mean something in British English?

Kinda worried that hip-hop is gonna get the shaft in this here poll (bluntly titled track #100 aside)

― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Monday, October 14, 2019 11:30 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

if more people voted for a Joanna Newsom deep cut than for “Knuck If You Buck” then this board is cancelled

xpost apparently it's a type of key used to wind up old clocks, but yeah in the context of the song makes little sense.

i almost voted for la ritournelle as the last song but then i found another track a little closer to my heart which will place as well i suppose. it was clear la ritournelle would place but i would have thought that it made the top 40. besides that nothing from my ballot has been in the countdown yet. if five songs place in the end it will be a lot, i guess.

How is Emily a deep cut?

If you leave it playing too long

Oof

the first cut is the deepest iirc

Can we, for one list year end thread, not shit on other people’s favorite songs? We get it, some of you don’t like ‘indie’.

I apologise, comment retracted!

xpost apparently it's a type of key used to wind up old clocks, but yeah in the context of the song makes little sense.

Ah, thanks

criticism within reason is encouraged

Also if funny.

We get it, some of you don’t like ‘indie’.

I don't like all kinds of stuff, thankyouverymuch!

just to be a pedant, this is the Bay of Pigs in the YT playlist is the Kaputt version, this one is the aughts version. (about 2mins longer than the Kaputt version)

― Simon H., Monday, October 14, 2019 9:50 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Updated with this and all the new entries.

Would anyone care to hear some more nominations shortly? I (like saer) have been granted temporary poll rites in imago’s absence and can roll out a few until he returns at like 10.30pm GMT.

Good work with the YT playlist btw, Camaraderie!

yes, please!

yes please tt ❤️

xxp I would like to, yes.

yt playlist is zero work, we should save the thanks for pollrunners. I was wondering why people liked the images so much yesterday then opened it on desktop this morning and saw that they are animated and v cool, so anyone else who is on flagging, check it.

Thirded TT!

Okay, here goes... Really hope this works

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82. Jimmy Eat World - The Middle - 507 points - 9 votes - 0 FPVs - Y2K+1

I… Jimmy Choob

this is the only song by this band I know but it can't deny it rules ass.

the greatest band of all time

The Middle definitely was on my list. Its corny as hell but I love it.

Thanks to the many poll runners btw, you are doing an amazing job.

I did not vote for Jimmy Eat World on the tracks list because I voted for it on the albums list. Plus which, the best song on the album ("A Praise Chorus") was not nominated.

i’m losing my mind just a little

I like Jimmy Eat World plenty, but this song wore out from overplay for me, so I didn't vote for it in the end. It's still great though.

I loved the theory cooked up a year or two ago (on Twitter) that this was actually a bisexual realization anthem. Even if it wasn't intentional, it fits like a glove.

I loved the theory cooked up a year or two ago (on Twitter) that this was actually a bisexual realization anthem

this is like how the internet is convinced that "mr. brightside" is extremely bisexual. pretty into this form of critical overreach

Also I still remember Pow coming on at the first rave I ever went to, when I was about 16/17. I didnt really get what was going on, people didnt really seem to be enjoying themselves, the DJ was just playing a bland mix of house and the last knocking of garage, losing attention and then POW! Everyone went fucking mental. It was beautiful

this is like how the internet is convinced that "mr. brightside" is extremely bisexual. pretty into this form of critical overreach

Didn't it have something to do with Rufus Wainwright, or am I conflating theories? Anyway, I like that reading of The Middle.

Another one coming up shortly.

Coming out of my cage and I’ve been doing just bi

i never knew "The Middle" was by Jimmy Eat World until today, but have heard it in many places and situations and have always been very into it. it actually makes me weirdly wistful.

Such a perfect song

Best guitar solo of the decade? Probably

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81. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken - 515 points - 8 votes - 1 FPVs - Y2K+6

ChOob

What a glorious thing this track is.

90-81 way more boring than 101-91... I hope the indie batch of the poll is over now.

my number one. does something to my soul. don't really have the words for it

for the most part, i'm with Tuomas. i entered the decade as an indie kid who came to that scene through SY and punk, and by 2004, i was bored and went full noise dude and techno head.

Yasss Lloyd <3