Saturday, December 31, 2011

IBS's Best of 2011: Best of the Rest

Well, this brings us to the final list of the year. Looks like I squeaked in just under the buzzer. Maybe I shouldn't have put this off for 365 days... Try not to take this hodgepodge too seriously, and have a great 2012!


Top Ten Moments That Had Something To Do With Music:
10) Coming to the realization that "Pumped Up Kicks" and "Cleveland Rocks" are the same song.
9) Justin Vernon covering Bonnie Raitt on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
8) People finding out who Tyler, The Creator is. Then finding out he's really homophobic. Then not caring.
7) Lana Del Rey's lips.
6) When "Midnight City" was on that Victoria's Secret commercial. Or just that Victoria's Secret commercial...
5) When Fitz and the Tantrums played "Steady As She Goes" at the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival.
4) When Julia Bush played "Santa Baby" on the ukelele at the Christmas party (had to be there).
3) @robdelaney: "The title of the new Coldplay album is the noise Gwyneth Paltrow makes every morning when she sits on her sapphire bidet. #MYLOXYLOTO"
2) When our president killed Osama bin Laden with his bare hands and then wrote a rap about it.
1) "Is it too soon for Japanese girls? Too tsunami?"

Ten Worst Moments That Had Something To Do With Music:
10) When Jack Black covered Mozart with Insane Clown Posse.
9) When people were mean to Rebecca Black.
8) When Lupe Fiasco thought it was OK to rip off Modest Mouse.
7) When the Grammys thought giving Arcade Fire an award would make up for how much the rest of the Grammys suck.
6) When the guy who sings "Teach Me How To Dougie" died.
5) Born This Way
4) Why exactly were we shufflin'?
3) And what the hell was Mick Jagger doing on a will.i.am song?
2) That part of the year when the Black Eyed Peas hadn't broken up yet.
1) What do you mean they're only on hiatus?!

Other Album Titles Considered By Kate Bush Before '50 Words For Snow' (right):

Frenched by Frosty
Two Words for Schadenfreude
Why Do Snowwomen Have So Much More Realistic Figures Than Snowmen?




Nine More Album Covers You Can Print Out If Your Color Ink Cartridge Is Empty:
Kaputt by Destroyer
LiveLoveA$AP by A$AP Rocky
Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never
Awake EP by Trash Talk
Tomboy by Panda Bear
"House of Balloons" by The Weeknd 
Smoke Ring for My Halo by Kurt Vile
Wounded Rhymes by Lykke Li



One Album Cover You Can Recreate If You Have Microsoft Word:
Father, Son, Holy Ghost by Girls 

Favorite EPs:
Freaking Out by Toro Y Moi
Just Once EP by How To Dress Well
Family of Love by Dom
James Drake by Bombé and Mr. Caribbean



I Asked Some People On Omegle What Their Album Of The Year Was. Top Five Responses:
5) "Ceremonials" by Florence + The Machine
4) "Tha Carter IV" by Lil Wayne

3) "Under the Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber 
2) "21" by Adele
1) "ASL?" by 17 M Looking For Horny F

Eight Songs That Start With The Letter "L," Arranged On A Scale From Aziz Ansari's Impression of Kanye Saying 'These beats are dope!' to This Song Is Actually A Cappella And Has No Beat Whatsoever:
"Lord Knows" by Drake feat. Rick Ross

"Lift Off" by JAY Z and Kanye West feat. Beyoncé

"Life on the Nickel" by Foster the People

"The Liftaway" (preferably live) by Walk the Moon

"Lights" (preferably non-dubstep) by Ellie Goulding

"Let England Shake" by PJ Harvey

"Lovesong" by Adele

"Lindisfarne I" by James Blake


Three Girl Power Moments That Drove Me Crazy:
When Madeline from Cults sings, "So fuck you," at the end of "Never Heal Myself." Yeah!
When Annie Clark asks, "What is so pressing you can't dress me, anyway?" in "Dilettante." Gah.
When Merrill Garbus hits those high notes in "Powa." Wow.

RIP:
Clarence Clemons 
Gerard Smith (bassist, TV on the Radio)
Amy Winehouse
LCD Soundsystem


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