ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2011 (Los resultados!)

still don't get what's so great about this song

Glad Azealia and Lana are gonna be at the top. Mostly because I've heard of and voted for these records. And also cos they're new artists.

smdh kmft rmde

those are the actual lyrics xp

can't imagine listening to those verses and not just grinning from ear to ear

xp kind of feel like what's great about this song is EVERYTHING ABOUT IT and if you don't get that there's nothing that can be said to you to make you get it

1,023 points would have won last year's poll btw (admittedly we had a few more voters this time)

i love how t-swift repped for it before it became big

wasn't this the thing that actually kickstarted it being big? as nicki herself has said. it was certainly v impt

the t-swift/nicki "super bass" duet was so perfect.

how is this "amazing"?

― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP)

That she felt the viral aftermath of that contribution was so big that she basically gave her credit for its success.

what's great about it: it's HARD AS FUCK and it's also BUBBLEGUM CANDY SWOON and it is all about having a massive crush on an amazing person and how that makes you feel even more of yourself and also totally powerless ALL IN ONE SONG

It is kind of weird and gross that the Year Of The Woman was spearheaded by a bunch of songs about women bending over backwards to change themselves into whatever the guy they were chasing wanted... and Azealia Banks talking about cunts

bonus points: seeing nicki having to pretend that one of the lines isn't "he might sell coke" whenever she performed it in front of kids or mainstream audiences

it's only flaw is its bridge but w/e everything else is so unfuckwithable and the greatest example of public pop in years that I can overlook it.

yeah I'm liking both Super Bass and Countdown way more than when I did my traxx ballot; def kind of wishing I put them on there

well with countdown and super bass placing i guess i just saw my last two to make it

also "and yes you'll get slapped if you lookin ho"! xp

it's HARD AS FUCK and it's also BUBBLEGUM CANDY SWOON

Yeah, that's a powerful combination.

Super Bass seems kinda Katy Perry at first blush; that was my objection with it, and I wonder if that's also crut's stumbling block

^^ this

bitch you ain't no barbie
i see you work at arby's
video gaaaaames

what lex and jaymc said is why the bridge works for me

oops that was for this

it's HARD AS FUCK and it's also BUBBLEGUM CANDY SWOON

Yeah, that's a powerful combination.

nothing wrong with selling coca-cola, soda jerk is respectable employment

I love Superbass. It had been a while since a pop song grabbed my attention on first listen. I only overheard it on a bar the first time and found myself with the chorus stuck in my head all night. It's stupidly perfect.

like, say whatever you want about "Rolling In The Deep", but that song is about how he fucked up and how she's not taking him back; compare that to almost every song on Beyonce's album, which is all "if you asked me to, I would tear the skin off my legs and wear it like a coat, whatever you think is sexy"

and it's not even like I think that type of narrative is invalid or anything, but when it's so ridiculously prevalent with very few contrasting viewpoints, it's kind of wearying

When the credits roll on the imaginary film of my 2011 they should be playing Super Bass. So many happy memories of this song.

well to be fair a human flesh coat might be the only kind of coat that jayz doesnt have yet

Super Bass has genuinely buoyed my spirits on multiple occasions.

haha! xp

oh yeah and I do like "Super Bass" a lot but I think it ended up just missing my ballot

xp: lol

ha LL being one of my best space-metal pals, it's a distinct pleasure watching her be all happy about Kreayshawn/Beyonce/Nicki Minaj

Oh I hadn't even considered Adele is not placing at all in the poll. I guess I'm not the only one who finds her annoying. Or... is she really the second spot?

how is super bass not at least top 2? hmph.

xp It was mentioned upthread that she finished at #78.

Super Bass seems kinda Katy Perry at first blush; that was my objection with it, and I wonder if that's also crut's stumbling block

naw it's not because it reminds me of Katy Perry(???). I just don't like the beat on "Super Bass," or the hook, or the rapping, or the anything really. I accept that this is a personal problem.

It is kind of weird and gross that the Year Of The Woman was spearheaded by a bunch of songs about women bending over backwards to change themselves into whatever the guy they were chasing wanted

i don't see how this is the case for "super bass". nicki makes it clear that she's the one dictating stuff even as she's being swept off her feet. "yes i did, yes i did, somebody tell him who the eff i is - i am nicki minaj, i mack them dudes up, back coupes up and chuck the deuce up"

I don't really count "Super Bass" in that list

like, say whatever you want about "Rolling In The Deep", but that song is about how he fucked up and how she's not taking him back; compare that to almost every song on Beyonce's album, which is all "if you asked me to, I would tear the skin off my legs and wear it like a coat, whatever you think is sexy"

DJP, I fucking love you mate.

(tbh I was really still thinking about Beyonce and Lana Del Rey)

xp - haha
everyone likes to have fun! even me.

Also No Foster the Peephole or Radiohead? I am dissapoint.

Actually this poll was pretty much perfect ignoring about 10 songs that I have no idea what's so special about them.

I don't think VG really counts in the same way the Beyonce one does either - it's not like she sounds super stoked about the limits of the relationship

naw it's not because it reminds me of Katy Perry(???).

sorry it does have that cotton candy fluffiness in the chorus that I associate with "California Girls" or something...

smdh kmft rmde

Oh please, I gave COuntdown and Super Bass their dues and enjoy them both. No need to get so acronymious.

oh okay

i think "video games" does that but it's more nuanced than just presenting that as how things should be - the song kinda conveys how fucked-up that situation is too

and beyoncé spends half the album chastising her partner for not WORKING as hard as she does at the relationship

yeah i thought 'video games' was a tongue in cheek subversion of the trope you're talking about

maybe i'm just reading too far into it?

if you asked me to, I would tear the skin off my legs and wear it like a coat, whatever you think is sexy"

looooooooool
i would add "you you it's all about you everything i say and do you you you tootle oodle oodle ooo have i mentioned you you you you"

i am honestly pretty shocked that this didnt end up as #1 countdown #2 superbass actually

I kind of love VG simply for the fake lyrics it has spawned.

I like "California Gurls" btw

#1 is gonna be "Junior Dad"

4 POINTS!

http://i.imgur.com/rFuSX.jpg

01 - AZEALIA BANKS ft. LAZY JAY "212" (1,111 Points, 34 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
P&J - 6
Pitchfork - 9

http://youtu.be/i3Jv9fNPjgk

http://i.imgur.com/4xhGS.jpg

02 - LANA DEL REY "Video Games" (1,107 Points, 40 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
P&J - 7
Pitchfork - 19

http://youtu.be/HO1OV5B_JDw