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)

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?

lol at nobody defending this

It's okay.

i can't remember if i voted for lust for life, but i do like it. the album as a whole is pretty meh, and it took me a while to even give them a chance after seeing them as openers and being bored to tears, but that song does it for me.

i like the girls record ok, but I'm a bit puzzled at how highly its been rated. Call it the Fleet Foxes (or x indie band of year ____) syndrome.

yeah i can't really see a reason for their success other than a good biography

this though: (8 in P&J, 9 in p4k)

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.

Ha, did you know that the dude from Girls grew up in a religious cult?

I guess his voice is an aquired taste, but it has so much resonance. It feels like a lot more is communicated in the songs than the words would suggest.
The more I listen to this record the more it grows on me.

Don't hate it as much as the haters in this thread do, but I was expecting an Iggy Pop cover!

I don't hate it for what it isn't (a song I'd like, for instance), but for what it is (a lot of nothing).

Can we have #22 now?

wow that song is really just... boring!

If you really like the band Girls, I really, really think you should check out The Summer Hits:

What about the Summer Hits!?!

They had a couple of goofy lo-fi "druggy" pop songs that this song essentially apes.

22 -- Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain - Blame It (12 votes, 140.5 points, 2 #1 vote/s) (55 in P&J, DNP in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48P5uAMCjv0

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

― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 29, 2010 4:17 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark

http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/critics/2009/1527499

YES! I actually hated this song for months until one day it forced me to like it. This song is a bully.

I was getting to know the Royksopp & Robyn one at the top of the page instead of Girls - it's really excellent, quite a lot of Depeche and New Order in there but a lot more dynamic.

Oh man i didnt think it would be possible to hear something worse than lady gaga,the xx or fever ray but this is fucking awful. It's something that should bring the Alex In NYC out in everyone.

(that was for girls)

re: Blame It... You can hear it 2x and it's done. one trick pony.

that's so ridiculously wrong

stfu girls @ #2 on jizz pap ballot... u are deaf obvs.

opposite for me...didn't really love it at first but after a few listens I was converted for life

"blame it" is my favorite pop song of the past few years easily -- it's such a great song lyrically, flows so well - the chorus has a gimmicky catchy part as well as equally catchy couplets -- from a production standpoint i think it shamed just about everything else on pop radio this year

(omg @ ron howard btw... vid is funny)

"lust for life" is my 2nd favorite pop song of the past few decades easily -- it's such a great song lyrically, flows so well - the chorus has a gimmicky catchy part as well as equally catchy couplets -- from a production standpoint i think it shamed just about everything else on pop radio this year

― Goon's Anatomy (J0rdan S.), Friday, January 29, 2010 2:55 PM (10 seconds ago)

shasta, you voted for "tik tok" in that other poll

FITE

but seriously re: blame it, i didn't know that a vocoder could work if you can only sing one note...

i'd honestly like to see a chart of his range on this song...

tik tok fucking SLAYS this song for reals.

btw sarge, my #2 was "freaxxx" so don't even trip.

tik tok fucking SLAYS this song for reals.

iawtc (even if I do like Blame It...)

shoulda voted for aidy's girl iirc

i think the autotune is mildly fresh in this context because the beat is also so slurry and whiny -- if you'll allow me, i think the song is very aqueous, it's like an ice luge of vodka as a song so it really works thematically & stylistically on a higher level than a lot of it's pop contemporaries this year -- also "fill another cup up/ feelin on your butt, what"

a a-a-a a-alcohol

FYI: that's a vocoder, son. i hate when people say "autotune" when they mean vocoder.