SO MUCH AWFUL MUSIC.

 

You don't need to promote your own chart in here, I'll look at it eventually x

Edited January 4, 201510 yr by Chez Wombat

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3. Faul & Wad Ad vs PNAU – Changes

Recipient of: Best instrument (for the saxophone)

 

So I might have forgot that Crazy Stupid Love uses a horrible out of tune sax which devalues this award, but still the dance-sax craze was a truly inspiring all the way through and it was great to see the public take to it so well, if very briefly. Changes is definitely the pinnacle of these hits - a brilliantly varied and strangely constructed song. The children's choir singing the sampled verses is brilliantly done as they somehow add a darker sense to the sampled lyrics yet at the same time that of a childlike presence which is quite warming. Of course, it's the sax that takes the credit here, going just about everywhere during the solo and really enhancing the song. It's such a finely and uniquely constructed song that was brilliant to see become a hit. Though I still much prefer the five minute version that radios often hedged away from I first heard in BJSC over a year ago, the build up adds even more to it :heart:

 

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2. Bombay Bicycle Club – Luna

 

I was honestly quite surprised at this when I was compiling this, but I don't think any song (bar one) has stuck with me as much as this one. I had never cared much for Bombay Bicycle Club much before, but this one definitely brought them to my attention. It really is gorgeous, helped no less by the quite stunning (shamefully uncredited) vocals from Rae Morris in the chorus, they are just dripping with emotion, sincerity, the long 'find out' note makes me get goosebumps every time, it's just the perfect mix of vocals and possess all the power a duet chorus should. Ofc. the band here are great, the lead singer's vocals contrast but that makes it all the more better and the electro/guitar combined outro is a perfect ending. It all hits you so hard and is so over so quickly that it's just not long enough really, but it's always worth a repeat. It's the only song in my top 10 I didn't award some sort of accolade to, if just because I couldn't find some vague category I could fit it into, but I'll make up for it by making it only 2nd to what was my song of the year pretty much since I first heard it.

 

(and well done to the eagle eyed amongst you that spotted the lyric from the song in my subtitle)

 

 

-x-

 

TENSION PAUSE

Edited January 4, 201510 yr by Chez Wombat

think that's built enough tension

 

-x-

 

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1. M83 - Un Nouveau Soleil

Recipient of: Best Song & Best Movie Song

 

Translated in English to roughly 'A New Sun', an anagram of this is in the title so really it's been right there all this time ~ (for those wondering what 'Asewnun' meant)

 

From the moment I first heard this, it's one of the few tracks I instantly loved and I was glad I got the chance to send it to BJSC and it become a discovery for many others as well, and it's appeal has never worn off from me throughout the year.

 

The final and clear standout track for the 'You & The Night' soundtrack album, starting out as something bubbling underneath disrupting the atmosphere, and gradually building before exploding into life in the synthy heavenly middle part of the song, the chanting vocals only add to the majestic, unreachable beauty that is being described. It's only short lived , before the come down happens and the strings make a return to the peaceful but now changed atmosphere for the last minute, it doesn't feel boring just subduing you and bringing you safely back down to earth from that moment of release. So many emotions are kickstarted in these pieces of music - breaking out, elation, joy, calming, I could go on. It perfectly sets a picture of a new sun rising really. The emotions it reflects I have felt various times throughout the year so I feel when I listen, I can relate it to a moment of elation, an unreachable feeling you can't quite describe but's just there. I guess that's why I've been coming back to it so much.

 

M83 have produced some beauties, but this just tops them all and I can't really say anything more about it, other than the fact you really should listen and just revel in that special emotion for seven minutes:

 

 

(I hope I didn't sound like a preacher in that commentary, it's awesome like)

Edited January 5, 201510 yr by Chez Wombat

Recap:

 

Top 100 Songs

 

1. M83 – Un Nouveau Soleil

2. Bombay Bicycle Club – Luna

3. Faul & Wad Ad & PNAU – Changes

4. HAERTS – Wings

5. Coldplay – Magic

6. Sigma – Nobody To Love

7. Natural Animal – Who You Are

8. We Are All Astronauts feat. Ellena Soule – Wolves

9. Duke Dumont – I Got U

10. Clean Bandit – Mozart’s House

11. Jay Dabhi & Moises Modesto – Cry For Freedom

12. Max Richter – Spring 1 (Ade Laugee Remix)

13. Fickle Friends – SWIM

14. Coldplay – A Sky Full of Stars

15. SOHN - Artifice

16. Robin Schulz vs Lilly Wood – Prayer in C

17. Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne – Rather Be

18. Tove Lo – Stay High (Hippy Sabotage Remix)

19. Momofoko – We Know

20. DrugznDreamz – Higher (Is Tropical Remix)

21. Henry Saiz – All The Evil In This World

22. Connan Mackosin - Forever Dolphin Love

23. The Magician feat. Years & Years - Sunlight

24. Sia - Chandelier

25. Christopher Tin feat. The Soweto Gospel Choir – Baba Yetu

26. Kaiser Chiefs – Coming Home

27. Ella Henderson – Ghost

28. Nils Noa – Fade Away

29. Glass Candy – Warm In The Winter

30. Vance Joy – Riptide

31. Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar

32. Idina Menzel – Let It Go

33. Broken Bells – Holding On For Life

34. Ella Henderson – Glow

35. Taylor Swift – Blank Space

36. Kiesza – Hideaway

37. Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Flaws

38. Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants

39. Indiana – Solo Dancing

40. M83 – Ali & Matthias

41. Ariana & The Rose – In Your Bed (Oliver Nelson Remix)

42. Matrix & Futurebound feat. Max Marshall - Control

43. Klingande - Jubel

44. Cosmonaut Grechko – Anytime

45. Kids of the Apocalypse – Empire

46. Nick Mulvey – Cucurucu

47. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

48. Emmelie Du Forest – Rainmaker

49. Sigma feat. Paloma Faith - Changing

50. Hang The DJ – Dark Dark In The Night

51. Porter Robinson – Sea of Voices

52. Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong

53. Kye Kye – Honest Affection

54. Bok Bok feat. Kelela – Melba’s Call

55. Coldplay – Midnight

56. Vermont – Majestat

57. Paradis – Garde Le Pour Toi

58. Pharrel Williams - Happy

59. Highasakite – Darth Vader

60. Miami Horror – Colours In The Sky

61. American Authors – Best Day of my Life

62. Ephera – Alaska

63. One Direction – Night Changes

64. MAGIC! - Rude

65. Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding – Outside

66. Vanic x Machineheart - Circles

67. Flight Facilities feat. Elizabeth Rose – I Didn’t Believe

68. George Ezra – Budapest

69. Verite – Strange Enough

70. Haim – If I Could Change Your Mind

71. Azure Blue – Time is on Our Side

72. Calvin Harris – Summer

73. Kasabian – Eez-eh

74. Lushington – Settle Down

75. Justin Timberlake – Not a Bad Thing

76. George Ezra – Blame it on Me

77. Laurel – Fire Breather (Nexity Remix)

78. Aquilo – You There

79. Ejecta – Afraid of the Dark

80. Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne – Real Love

81. Yumi & The Weather – All We Can

82. KYA vs London Noise – What I Live For

83. Chase & Status feat. Jacob Banks – Alive

84. David E Sugar – Pushing to be First

85. ZHU – Faded

86. Hozier – Take Me To Church

87. The Midnight – The Years (Prologue)

88. Summer Heart – I Wanna Go/U Got All I’m Looking For

89. Danny L Harle – Broken Flowers

90. Erkka – Plastic Flamingoes

91. Kero Kero Bonito – Sick Beat

92. Bakermat – One Day (Vandaag)

93. Sax – Pipedream

94. Haiku Salut – Los Elefantes

95. The Lonely Island feat. Tegan & Sara – Everything is AWESOME!!

96. Imagine Dragons - Demons

97. Bloodgroup – Cut Out Your Tongue (Girl Unit Remix)

98. Ellie Goulding – Goodness Gracious

99. Foxes – Let Go For Tonight

100. TASSEOMANCY – Reality

 

 

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Best song: M83 - Un Nouveau Soleil

Best New Artist: George Ezra

Most Unexpected gem: Ella Henderson

Most unexpected gem considering the artist: One Direction

Best music video: Vance Joy - Riptide

Best grower: HAERTS - Wings

Favourite Buzzjack related discovery: Natural Animal - Who You Are

Favourite UK number 1: Sigma - Nobody To Love

Best song title: 'Forever Dolphin Love'

Biggest turnaround for an artist: Taylor Swift

Best Movie song: M83 - Un Nouveau Soleil

Most inspired use of an instrument: Duke Dumont - I Got U (Steel drums *.*)

Most refreshing surprise hit: Clean Bandit - Mozart's House

Gloriously atmospheric song: We Are All Astronauts feat. Ellena Soule - Wolves

Song So bad but so good at the same time: Tegan & Sara & The Lonely Island - Everything is AWESOME!!

Greatest concept artist: Kids of the Apocalypse

Best song with the most indecipherable lyrics ever: Tove Lo - Stay High

Best instrument: Saxophone

Best foreign language song: Paradis - Garde Le Pour Toi

'No words needed...' award for best instrumental: Jay Dabhi & Moises Modesto - Cry For Freedom

Most weird but wonderful song: TASSEOMANCY - Reality

Lifetime achievement award for most beauties released within the artists career: Coldplay

 

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Worst song: The Chainsmokers - #SELFIE

Worst new artist: Elyar Fox

Most disappointing new artist: Sam Smith

Most useless artist: Tinie Tempah

Worst lyricist: Jason Derulo

Worst instrument: Trumpet

Worst attempt at cultural commentary ever: M.A.D - Fame & TV

Biggest mess of a song: Beyonce - 7/11

Most vile yet desperate video/song combination: Jennifer Lopez - Booty

'Well you fucked that up' award for most irritating/disappointing execution of comeback: U2

Most cringingly desperate artist ever: Jessie J

Lifetime achievement award for most turds released within the artists career: Chris Brown

 

-x-

 

and that's that for another year lol

 

Thank you very much to all who read and commented :wub: All were greatly appreciated and it does make things like this that whole lot better to know that people are reading, it's a lot of effort for sure but a great one <3

 

And with that we let the sun set on 2014, will I find a song as good in 2015, will I be forever regretting I didn't include Uptown Funk here when it's all over the radio? Tune back next December and maybe find out~

Very very amazing #1, can't believe I didn't work that out but even the simplest of anagrams baffle me. Took a listen to Luna too, I have the album but I haven't really listened to any of it (this is something I do often), it sounds really good, could be one to rival Shuffle as my favourite by them already.

 

In general: SO MUCH GOOD MUSIC. And commentary, it's been lovely to read.

Lovely to see such good commentary regarding Changes, kind of hoping the sax-dance songs come back because they were all fantastic, definitely one of the best crazes :wub:

 

Luna is fantastic too, my favourite BBC track for sure. It's probably one of my relaxation anthems because it never fails to make me feel calm and at ease. I agree that Rae's vocals are great and they kind of steal the show for me but Jack's a very able vocalist too.

I hate magic :puke2:

Nobody to love is a great dance song and I adore changes :wub:

 

Great countdown Chez :wub:

Soz for late replies guys~

 

Very very amazing #1, can't believe I didn't work that out but even the simplest of anagrams baffle me. Took a listen to Luna too, I have the album but I haven't really listened to any of it (this is something I do often), it sounds really good, could be one to rival Shuffle as my favourite by them already.

 

In general: SO MUCH GOOD MUSIC. And commentary, it's been lovely to read.

 

I wouldn't have expected anyone to guess it, it quite an obscure reference! Thank you very much, could echo that back at your own chart!

 

Lovely to see such good commentary regarding Changes, kind of hoping the sax-dance songs come back because they were all fantastic, definitely one of the best crazes :wub:

 

Luna is fantastic too, my favourite BBC track for sure. It's probably one of my relaxation anthems because it never fails to make me feel calm and at ease. I agree that Rae's vocals are great and they kind of steal the show for me but Jack's a very able vocalist too.

 

It really is great. I really hope we have another phase like it too. S'pose it was merely coincidental that they all crossed over here at the same time rather than a trend but even so. At least deep house is still looking dominant.

 

It is calming, but so emotional at the same time, think I need to check out more of their material. Thanks for your quite insightful comments throughout!

 

I hate magic :puke2:

Nobody to love is a great dance song and I adore changes :wub:

 

Great countdown Chez :wub:

 

Thank you for your comments throughout UV, you get the gold star for that for sure :P Coldplay hate tho :nono:

Oh if you like Luna I'd definitely recommend their most recent album, it's quite similar and all very calm/relaxed but just lacking in Rae's soft vocals I suppose :( Maybe they should recruit her into the band.

Amazing countdown and I loved the awards :D

 

I did enjoy the winner when it was entered into BJSC but I wouldn't say it was my favourite from you this year! Although I was confused over what the title of the thread meant :o

 

Lovely to see 'Luna' so high although I guessed it might be from the subtitle!

Hello Chezbat :hi:

 

A few i don't particularly know in the top 10 unfortunately, but i will give them a listen because i do like using EOY threads for new music :P

 

From what i do know, 'Changes' and 'Somebody to Love are still incredible. I wasn't as invested in Coldplay this era compared to what i am usually like but i did grow to enjoy the singles eventually.

 

Very clever anagram/title/winner thing going on :o i would never have got that so again THUMBS UP for creativity and thought ~ always enjoy reading your stuff for reasons like this :heart:

Oh if you like Luna I'd definitely recommend their most recent album, it's quite similar and all very calm/relaxed but just lacking in Rae's soft vocals I suppose :( Maybe they should recruit her into the band.

 

Oh, that's good news, I'll definitely have a look into that, I wouldn't mind so much about Rae if she was at least CREDITED on Luna :cry:

 

Amazing countdown and I loved the awards :D

 

I did enjoy the winner when it was entered into BJSC but I wouldn't say it was my favourite from you this year! Although I was confused over what the title of the thread meant :o

 

Lovely to see 'Luna' so high although I guessed it might be from the subtitle!

 

Thanks very much! That lyric felt quite appropriate for the subtitle, I don't know why, but something about it felt like trying to say something and just waiting for the perfect moment...essentially what I was trying to do here!

 

Hello Chezbat :hi:

 

A few i don't particularly know in the top 10 unfortunately, but i will give them a listen because i do like using EOY threads for new music :P

 

From what i do know, 'Changes' and 'Somebody to Love are still incredible. I wasn't as invested in Coldplay this era compared to what i am usually like but i did grow to enjoy the singles eventually.

 

Very clever anagram/title/winner thing going on :o i would never have got that so again THUMBS UP for creativity and thought ~ always enjoy reading your stuff for reasons like this :heart:

 

Thank youuu Bal! I think you'd find something to like in most of the obscure ones in my top 10, best get on it :hitler:

 

It wasn't Coldplay's strongest era I'd agree and I'd struggle to pick out any obvious highlights on the album that would impress non-fans that aren't the singles, but the three singles were all brilliant and three different styles done excellently. I like Somebody to Love too, it's a classic, not that it's actually in my top 10 :unsure: (:kink:)

Edited January 8, 201510 yr by Chez Wombat