Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Trax Poll Results: TOP TEN TODAY)

after seeing her perform for the first time on these videos, the one thing that strikes me is that she must be really short... all her outfits try to draw out the illusion that she has longer legs (which doesn't work if you're accustomed to seeing it).

ok, just googled her height... she claims 5'1" which must mean 5 foot nothing or shorter.

I guess I don't get why "Poker Face" is supposedly so much worse than "Bad Romance." They're very similar songs, structurally. The only reason I probably like "Bad Romance" better is that it has two hooks: the "rah-rah-ah-ah-ah" bit and the chorus.

i'm telling you guys, her and snooki (4'10") would be a good duo.

yeah, she's tiny. caught a little of her live once, shrugged and left and have been confused ever since as to how big she got.

tbh, i would likely be a lot more forgiving if she were part of a four girl group or wasn't so damn ubiquitous

the dancing is pretty amateurish, though, don't you think? esp. compared with the performances of other pop stars. I also don't find the (intended) comical aspect of her performances to be very funny.

I guess I don't get why "Poker Face" is supposedly so much worse than "Bad Romance."

Read the lyrics to "Poker Face" and compare them to the lyrics to "Bad Romance".

I would much rather listen to a pop song that says "I want your ugly/I want your disease" tan a pop song that says "When I'm bluffin'/With my muffin"

Gaga = the anti-Fever Ray

― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 29, 2010 1:35 PM Bookmark

just about the only two artists to place (along with the dubsteppers and AnCo) who do nothing for me

occurs to me that the cruelest thing u can do to those dupstep picks is shout HERE COME THE DUBSTEPPA (MURRRDERAA) then compare ur energy and enjoyment to theirs

During last year's rundown I thought 'Just Dance' was a lock for the top five, before it turned out to be a load of records I'd never heard of, with Gaga nowhere. What's changed this year?

It took time for people to submit to the Gaga machine.

"Paparazzi" came out and a whole bunch of people went "wait, I actually kind of dig this"

xp xxx://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5wJj4i9JqQ

Gaga didn't explode until January-February of this year, if it had been a month or two earlier she may have been in more people's minds around voting time

23 -- Girls - Lust for Life (12 votes, 131 points) (8 in P&J, 9 in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoTjYYqe4c

so this would be my first time hearing girls finally. Is this indicative of the kind of >coff< work they do?

okay 10 seconds in and this Girls song is a total dick

Yeah, Girls being widely-loved is more WTF to me than even Fleet Foxes or whatever because there's nothing to the songs. At least Fleet Foxes have harmonies that required forethought, and Animal Collective create musical layers. Girls just take garage pop and strip it of all character.

never heard this before and it sounds really unremarkable if not actually banal. a super 8 videos renaissance would be welcome though.

wow, 8th rate K records toss-off is now the rage?

they must live near me (or the people who do their videos)...

like seriously, this song is making me wish I had the ability to cause a nuclear incident

it is so bad that it is making me wish innocent people would die horrible, painful deaths, which is pretty fucking bad if you ask me

lmao @ first reactions

yeah, i was trying to be fair und balanced but this kinda sucks

This got 12 votes, so I want people to start fessin' up.

and shasta otm

I voted for this. this song still makes me smile, even after many listens. which is more than I can say for Lady Gaga

I would much rather listen to a pop song that says "I want your ugly/I want your disease"

The inner Cure/Depeche fan in HI DERE cries out for attention.

these guys are on Matador??????????????

I suppose I should feel happy for you that something this wretched and pitiful and totally lacking in any sort of redeeming quality brings you joy but really all I can imagine is the Manson family tearing these douchebags to shreds with their bare hands while thousands of children cheer them on.

yeah i mean this isn't my thing generally but i really like the thermals first record so i've got no problems with guitars soudning like recorded in a used toilet. this just seems to suck. like, stop singing.

xp time to refill that prescription

and zvookster are you newish here or did you change your name recently?

Don't compare this to the Thermals. That is not nice to the Thermals.

the sound on this record is actually kind of great, actually. It has a miles-deep quality with lots of stuff in the background.

sorry, two actuallies ;)

wow, 8th rate K records toss-off is now the rage?

― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, January 29, 2010 4:15 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

hahahah like k records ever put out anything original enough that something could be a "k records toss-off." what makes the song special is mostly his voice, imo

when did "special" become a pejorative

k records put out lots of special original records

der hurr hurr

K was capable of being the best or worst label ever depending on the band (and there were plenty of terrible K releases, most of them Calvin-related).

I would smash the bassist from the Thermals. And they put on a good live show. That is the extent of my thoughts on the Thermals.

pretty new, i was here for nominations but didn't take part, hope it's okay to comment so much.

hahahah like k records ever put out anything original enough that something could be a "k records toss-off." what makes the song special is mostly his voice, imo

― een, Friday, January 29, 2010 2:24 PM (1 minute ago)

that's just it, i HATED all that K Records crap (with a couple exceptions) so that's my sentiment behind my original statement... there was no defense implied, sorry if it came off that way.

the girls record doesn't offend me or excite me, it just kind of sits there. (his voice doesn't annoy me as much as ezra koenig's, say, but we all have our own meters for when indie intolerableness enters the red zone.)

this girls things is really bad

oh sorry misinterpreted that. and yeah i never even made it all the way through the girls album but i like that song and "hellhole ratrace" a lot. *shrug

I mean, this is basically the 2009 version Dodgy, isn't it?