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

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

damn where's Junior Dad

i demand a recount

phew!

Wow.

gahh the order of those gave me FEAR that LDR had beaten az banks johnny!

this is the correct order for these two very good songs.

phew!

thanks for the poll jf and sd!

so close to a tie

yesssssssss, I'm really happy with this turnout

# 1 of '11: 1,111 points.

I'll just say Video Games is horrible based on the music alone, I've not participated in any dialogue about LDR, nor read any of it, or heard her interviews, or seen her perform on TV. It's just a vile performance and song.

Full results!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AumbddEHET5xdDN5YnJvc25Xejg2M1M3M21VTlVpY3c

tho a tie would be a hilarious option!

hahahaha my turning in a track ballot secured the win for 212 over that videogames horseshit

whooooooa

212 was my No.2 of the year.

I actually would have voted for Video Games had the stellar Club Clique remix been nominated. The original is no great shakes. Could see myself voting for Born To Die this year, though.

Yay, after a fairly barren 20 for me I voted for the top 2. 212 was a late addition for me so glad it won.

phew

paging deej and whiney - their hatred of az banks was HILARIOUS

secret of "212": the whole "ayooo" section acts as a massive break, meaning that WHATCHU GON DO WHEN I APPEAR absolutely slays on a dancefloor

also u&k: derrick carter's 212 vs bhq bootleg: http://soundcloud.com/blucu/212-vs-bhq-mp3

can someone whos good at photoshop switch their faces in those jpgs plz

lol i'd have given AZ a bunch more points than LDR

my number 1 didn't place at all. good results btw. Snooze is great. I voted for Lana, though it was pretty low on my ballot iirc. Good song.

I think I prefer A$$ to Super Bass personally.

Hooray, Azealia FTW.

didn't vote for either of these, but 212 is a worthy winner

4 points! Hahaha 212 is the only song of the top 4 that I voted for and I placed it like #20. That's crazy!

yes, thanks!
a great list, and a uniquely ilx one

wow, gaga's highest ranking was 99

6 more voters for LDR though, wow.

so happy that i can pretty much rap along to all of 212 now :)

GREAT JOB JOHNNY FEVER

So glad LDR didn't top it. Though I'm not invested much in any of them, my preferred order would have been Super Bass -> Countdown -> 212 -> Video Games.

i guess i will now listen to 212 for the first time ever

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

I hear ZERO subversion in this song

like seriously, the whole song is her being all "I have on your favorite dress and your favorite perfume, now parade me around like a trophy"

That's not even getting into the soporific music

I'm glad to see my #1 for Disco en Paradiso was better spent than it would have been on Super Bass.

xp the music is actually the big problem, it's really boring

endless lols @ "marvin's room" placings: jojo #13, drake #97. FUCK YOU DRAKE :D

"212" is fun but honestly I would rather listen to the tracks AB picks as backing material rather than the songs she puts over them

Argh, I almost missed the link to the stats! STATS STATS STATS.

that was it?

my preferred order would have been Super Bass -> Countdown -> 212 -> Video Games.

― emil.y, Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:00 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Me too, although I didn't vote for Countdown due to voting for 4. HM.

I like Video Games a lot, though I'm pretty cool on the whole Cult of Lana thing. Having listened to her album now, it cements my opinion that she really only had that one really good song in her. Glad it was #2 here. She was a big part of 2011's second half, for better or for worse.

Did I mention that I LOVE the backing track for Video Games? Because I do. It's not boring. It's not soporific. It's gorgeous.

the 2 people who made "born this way" their #1 need to show themselves right now. is that serious?!