Professor Beef
Banned
I'm still FUMING about Gaga losing to Bjork, of all people. People not voting for one of the best albums in the past 10 years, and instead voting for a rambling, warbling, screeching harpy in Bjork
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BEYONCÉ RETURNS: POPGAF OT XIII
- Thread starter Garrett Hawke
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I cannot!Audrey from the Nintendo Stream
OMG
PHEW
I CANT BREATHE
MARRY ME
Audrey from the Nintendo Stream
OMG
PHEW
I CANT BREATHE
MARRY ME
Banned again? I thought you said you would be good. RIP... Come back soon.
Audrey from the Nintendo Stream
OMG
PHEW
I CANT BREATHE
MARRY ME
I cannot!
This community always treats me like trash.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
He couldn't hold himself back from commenting on some girl's boobs in the Nintendo E3 thread
rip
You Know Nothing
Member
Speaking of vapid theatrics. Don't you have Real Music tm to listen to?
💅🏽
Professor Beef
Banned
But vapid theatrics DID win. Bjork won, remember?
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Wait I just realised Mother Dumpster losT. Good 
also rip the good sis Vazra come back soon
also rip the good sis Vazra come back soon
Vote for Born This Way, because it's subject matter is more relevant than ever considering the current events in the US.
Y'all should really watch her speech about the Orlando attack.
Y'all should really watch her speech about the Orlando attack.
Wait I just realised Mother Dumpster losT. Good
also rip the good sis Vazra come back soon
Fitting a Lana Stan used dumpster. I imagine you're used to seeing her albums there.
Garrett Hawke
Member
the fame monster losing just shows this comm has no taste.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
You don't really expect to believe you're unfamiliar with dumpsters, do you? How else would you dispose of all those condoms smeared with feces you're left with after a night of sex? :^)
You know there doesn't have to be right?
Blood Diamonds
Banned
There probably is if you're a Little Monster lbr
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
Voted for BTW and TVR. I expect the others to win, because that's how this whole thing seems to be going.
Garrett Hawke
Member
this post is trying way too hard tbh.
That's pretty much every post of his, lbr.
Looking forward to E•MO•TION winning the tourney
I cant see any lies here.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Seriously Bjork and Emotion? I listened to Homogenic and it was so fucking bland. Her voice is so boring and you can't understand her half the time, plus the actual music sounds like it should be from a movie soundtrack. Also Emotion sounds so samey on every single track...seriousky fucking garbage...
At least vote Lemonade. AOTY 2016.
At least vote Lemonade. AOTY 2016.
Soulscribe
Member
Okay bitches, here's the real. I didn't post this the first time because I was confident that it would make it to the next round, but now that The Fame Monster (the Marcia Brady of pop albums you worship) just lost to a racist woman who speaks whale, I'm a little less certain. I can forgive, but I won't forget.
So to help offer some much-needed guidance, here are my TOP 4 REASONS YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR BORN THIS WAY. Read on and inform yourself.
1) It's the last pop album to sound like it was made by the world's biggest megastar. Think about all the recent string of albums from huge pop artists and notice that none of them dared take on the massive hype that preceded their release. ANTi went small and unassuming, 25 and Prism went expediently safe, and Lemonade was such a left-field project (with extra-curricular content) that it skirted around reviewers' criticism. Pop stars do this because their albums would otherwise crash under the weight of our expectations. Born This Way was the last album by a major pop star that dared to face those expectations and try to meet them. Granted, we say she didn't meet them, but the truth is that no one in the world would have either. But Gaga gets credit for having the brass balls to declare, "oh, you want an album made by the biggest popstar in the world? Here's what it sounds like."
2) It perfectly encapsulates the Gaga brand and sound. The Fame, as likable as it was, was made by a Lady Gaga who wanted to get on the radio. The Fame Monster was a step further down this path, and even with its more mature undertones, it was still heavily in queue with radio trends. Born This Way sounded virtually nothing like its contemporaries; fusing classic 80s dance music with hyper 90s house vibes, and throwing in some 70s glam rock sensibilities. It encompasses every reference, era, legacy artist, and political point of view that Gaga's expressed since she hit the scene. It celebrates artifice and unattainable celebrity while also maintaining a very personal reflection. It's stupidly eclectic, and with the 8,000 bells and whistles thrown in it all manages to be effectively cohesive. This is as Gaga as Gaga could get, but not in a bad way. It's brutally grounded in her reality while also sounding eight miles high. NO ONE ELSE HAS PULLED THIS OFF.
3) Many of Born This Way's criticisms are unfair. When your brand (and sound) is larger than life, the criteria by which people can judge you with grows as well. As I mentioned, had Lemonade been anticipated longer than a week, or wasn't accompanied by a film, then it would have collapsed under critique as well. Context is everything, and with Born This Way the context was "the world's most anticipated album by the world's biggest, loudest pop star is coming out. This better be good." By those expectations, Gaga could only have avoided backlash if she pulled a Lemonade; as in, roll out your music with a gimmick so unexpected that it disables a conventional review. Take away the expectations and the context, and you're left with a brilliant pop album.
4) The songs are great. I know, this is an obvious one for me to include, but it deserves to be said. Shave off a couple of album tracks if you want (Highway Unicorn, The Queen, Bad Kids) and you're left with over a dozen fantastic pop songs. Aside from one or two redundant moments, the album manages to change hats at every turn, which is impressive for a 17-track EDM release that never takes it down to a 1. Marry The Night and The Edge of Glory have that familiar Gaga flavor with the obvious hooks, but she turns them into soaring anthems as well. Think about how progressively bizarre Government Hooker and Scheisse are as pop songs. Or Judas with its schizophrenic production, or the fact that Gaga had the balls to make something as stupidly hammy as Hair. Electric Chapel is oozing synth-rock sensibilities, and Heavy Metal Lover is literally insane. We don't even have to talk about Gaga perfectly nailing 70s classic arena rock with You and I, or simultaneously weaving Madonna with RuPaul in Black Jesus/Amen Fashion. Nevermind the fact that Bloody Mary is a total subversive mindfuck and is probably the most smartly focused song she ever made. Even when Born This Way takes occasional dips, no song truly sounds under-thought or carelessly thrown together. And for an album of this size and scope, that's a goddamn feat.
So vote for Born This Way because it's ambitious as fuck, the music is great, and because your criticisms are wrong. Trust me on this.
So to help offer some much-needed guidance, here are my TOP 4 REASONS YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR BORN THIS WAY. Read on and inform yourself.
1) It's the last pop album to sound like it was made by the world's biggest megastar. Think about all the recent string of albums from huge pop artists and notice that none of them dared take on the massive hype that preceded their release. ANTi went small and unassuming, 25 and Prism went expediently safe, and Lemonade was such a left-field project (with extra-curricular content) that it skirted around reviewers' criticism. Pop stars do this because their albums would otherwise crash under the weight of our expectations. Born This Way was the last album by a major pop star that dared to face those expectations and try to meet them. Granted, we say she didn't meet them, but the truth is that no one in the world would have either. But Gaga gets credit for having the brass balls to declare, "oh, you want an album made by the biggest popstar in the world? Here's what it sounds like."
2) It perfectly encapsulates the Gaga brand and sound. The Fame, as likable as it was, was made by a Lady Gaga who wanted to get on the radio. The Fame Monster was a step further down this path, and even with its more mature undertones, it was still heavily in queue with radio trends. Born This Way sounded virtually nothing like its contemporaries; fusing classic 80s dance music with hyper 90s house vibes, and throwing in some 70s glam rock sensibilities. It encompasses every reference, era, legacy artist, and political point of view that Gaga's expressed since she hit the scene. It celebrates artifice and unattainable celebrity while also maintaining a very personal reflection. It's stupidly eclectic, and with the 8,000 bells and whistles thrown in it all manages to be effectively cohesive. This is as Gaga as Gaga could get, but not in a bad way. It's brutally grounded in her reality while also sounding eight miles high. NO ONE ELSE HAS PULLED THIS OFF.
3) Many of Born This Way's criticisms are unfair. When your brand (and sound) is larger than life, the criteria by which people can judge you with grows as well. As I mentioned, had Lemonade been anticipated longer than a week, or wasn't accompanied by a film, then it would have collapsed under critique as well. Context is everything, and with Born This Way the context was "the world's most anticipated album by the world's biggest, loudest pop star is coming out. This better be good." By those expectations, Gaga could only have avoided backlash if she pulled a Lemonade; as in, roll out your music with a gimmick so unexpected that it disables a conventional review. Take away the expectations and the context, and you're left with a brilliant pop album.
4) The songs are great. I know, this is an obvious one for me to include, but it deserves to be said. Shave off a couple of album tracks if you want (Highway Unicorn, The Queen, Bad Kids) and you're left with over a dozen fantastic pop songs. Aside from one or two redundant moments, the album manages to change hats at every turn, which is impressive for a 17-track EDM release that never takes it down to a 1. Marry The Night and The Edge of Glory have that familiar Gaga flavor with the obvious hooks, but she turns them into soaring anthems as well. Think about how progressively bizarre Government Hooker and Scheisse are as pop songs. Or Judas with its schizophrenic production, or the fact that Gaga had the balls to make something as stupidly hammy as Hair. Electric Chapel is oozing synth-rock sensibilities, and Heavy Metal Lover is literally insane. We don't even have to talk about Gaga perfectly nailing 70s classic arena rock with You and I, or simultaneously weaving Madonna with RuPaul in Black Jesus/Amen Fashion. Nevermind the fact that Bloody Mary is a total subversive mindfuck and is probably the most smartly focused song she ever made. Even when Born This Way takes occasional dips, no song truly sounds under-thought or carelessly thrown together. And for an album of this size and scope, that's a goddamn feat.
So vote for Born This Way because it's ambitious as fuck, the music is great, and because your criticisms are wrong. Trust me on this.
Professor Beef
Banned
I'm so disillusioned that I don't think I can vote anymore.
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
trash gaming taste like trash taste in politicians
at least your votes were on point.
Your taste is TRASH.
On what planet was M$ better than Slaystation?
All their shit leaked beforehand and even then none of the games were exciting.
Fucking Nintendo beat them with one game.
Slaystation>>>>Ubisoft>Nintendo>Microtrash>Betatester>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>EA
Last Guardian is trash, it is known.
Have you played it, fat?
And even if it was: Spiderman >>>>> Microsoft's entire lineup
Soulscribe
Member
Damn ya'll really like Florence
Could definitely end up being game of the show tbh.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
voted Lemonade and HBHBHB because I like some of Florence's other stuff like the Drumming Song which slays
Professor Beef
Banned
That's been known for years. The tea is old and stale with that one, but it still gets me laughing lmao
So you voted for HBHBHB because you like other Florence stuff?
This tourney is for albums, not artists sis.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
i wouldn't have voted for btw anyway so i don't know why you're pressed sis
I'm not pressed.
Your post just made it easier for me to come to terms with the fact that you're an idioté.
Leona Lewis
Banned
He's young, let him be
Age is not an excuse for stupidity.
Edit:
Statement for the top of the page:
Vote for whichever artist you like and ignore the actual material you're voting for, since that's apparently what we're doing now.
I'm out.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
don't let the door hit you on the way out sis
I wish this was the BOP that got Iggy out there. This song slays!
