Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:38 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen - zzzzzzzzzzz

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me - somehow missed all of the previous opportunities to listen to or vote for this--it's great!

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids - unquestionably.

TaylorH · Post by **TaylorH** » Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:00 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

MiltonPlayer47 · Post by **MiltonPlayer47** » Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:11 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
I can't believe that I am voting for Frank Ocean over David Bowie. You have to respect what Bowie was doing with "Lazarus," but I just can't enjoy his songs that aren't upbeat.

nicole. · Post by **nicole.** » Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:54 pm

This one had some really hard matchups
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen
That strings part near the end with the drop gives this one to Let It Happen as one of the most sonically pleasing music moments of the 2010s, but Let It Happen still only wins barely, probably the closest match up here

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
M.A.A.D City has the same problem that DNA has, the first half goes on for a little too long with the better 2nd half not having enough time to truly shine, I'm still bummed Your Best American Girl knocked out Fourth of July though, but it's fine

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals
Royals has this issue where it is often attributed to as the reason for pop music getting so depressing following the club boom of the 2010s, Runaway does not have that problem

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me
Never Catch Me is more eye-catching and at least to me feels more worthy of being immortalized. Archie Marry Me is great, but doesn't reach the same instrumental heights. Alvvays is still great though and I think a different Alvvays song (Atop a Cake mainly) could have won out here.

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City
Listening deeper to Pedestrian at Best has revealed a stunning lack of depth in the sonics of the song, Midnight City does not have that problem

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Lazarus is tighter and cuts to the point better than Pyramids, hard matchup though

Steeve Ho You Fat · Post by **Steeve Ho You Fat** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:37 am

Wow, not a single tough call this round!

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals. Reasonable argument that Royals is more of a song of the decade, but Runaway is still the best song in the bracket.

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me.

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

BenWeiner27 · Post by **BenWeiner27** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:43 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Auroni · Post by **Auroni** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:10 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me this was a tough one; while relistening to “Never Catch Me,” I was fully prepared to vote for the tight pop song... until the fully instrumental part starting at 2:33 hit

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids -

Post by **Smuttynose Island** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:06 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

"Archie, Marry Me" and "Pedestrian at Best" were my two favorite "first listens" in this contest. Unfortunately for Alvvays, they're going up against a wildly underseeded track that features the best rapper of the decade on top of a crazy energetic production. While "Pedestrian at Best" has to face one of the most recognizable tunes of the decade.

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

warum · Post by **warum** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 10:12 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde – Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean – Pyramids

Wartortullian · Post by **Wartortullian** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:00 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

34 + P.J. Dozier · Post by **34 + P.J. Dozier** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:51 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

1.82 · Post by **1.82** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:14 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

ryanrosenberg · Post by **ryanrosenberg** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 10:25 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Thu Dec 19, 2019 12:20 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Bad Girls is nothing compared to the Genius.com annotations of Bad Girls, which very sincerely takes the position that this is a song about cars and driving and nothing else and that includes lines like "My chain hits my chest when I'm banging on the dashboard" that has no other meaning it's just cars okay?

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
I've heard others songs on this album but somehow never m.A.A.d. City itself. It's pretty good, not my favorite, but I'm treating it similar to Hannah Hunt as a stand-in for a bunch of other songs that I like a lot more.

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

CadenPetrosian · Post by **CadenPetrosian** » Thu Dec 19, 2019 2:57 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

These are both fine. Not sure which one I prefer but also neither one captivates me enough even after all these listens to want to figure it out so I'm abstaining.

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

rylltraka · Post by **rylltraka** » Thu Dec 19, 2019 11:06 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen
"Dancing on My Own" continues to be okay, but just okay. The simplicity of the verses struck me this time through. "Queen" doesn't have anything that sticks out to me as appealing, and seems to be happy being weird for the sake of being weird. Not a problem, but not a selling point.

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen
I'm warming up to "dance yourself clean" the more I hear it, although it could still drop the intro and about three minutes and be more appealing to my valuable time. "Let it Happen" is still boring - more like "Lame Impala", am I right?

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls
"Get Lucky" is great; "Bad Girls" is annoying and repetitive. Next.

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
Count "Your Best American Girl" among the 'better upon second listen' pile; I like the lack of formal song structure and the underlying fragility behind both the initial vocals and the noise-rock explosions. I think I've figured out my problem with "m.a.a.d City", which is that I find the timbre of the main vocalist's voice annoying, and it overrides my ability to enjoy the lyrics. Also, the chorus has a real lazy rhyme to it.

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals
Kudos to Kanye for making all the elements of "Runaway" compelling, even his meta-laced self-takedown which doesn't quite excuse or condemn himself for his megalomania, narcissism, and erratic id. But damn,"Royals" is such a gem, without a wasted moment or a hint of sprawl. Tough call right here, but Royals is just so sharp.

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me
"Never Catch Me" is weird and schizoid and disjointed in ways that are interesting, but not really engaging. This Alvays song, though, has some legs, and some measured production design which I really appreciate.

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City
"Pedestrian at Best" is a worse version of "Archie, Marry Me". "Midnight City" is a worse version of "dance yrself clean". It sounds like the theme song to a CW show stretched beyond 30 seconds. Abstain.

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
"Lazarus", what a painfully earnest meditation on the meaning of making art. There are plenty of things I like about "Pyramids", but I started checking the clock on it about three minutes in.

wjg · Post by **wjg** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 1:49 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

The Unbearable Lightness of Negging · Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:36 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me

I cant bring myself to vote against either of these songs, so I won't

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Quinctilius Varus · Post by **Quinctilius Varus** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:49 am

Results!

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen (23-5)

LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen (15-14)

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls (19-11)

Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City (14-16)

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Lorde - Royals (21-9)

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me (20-9)

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. M83 - Midnight City (16-13)

David Bowie - Lazarus vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids (13-17)

Despite what I said in my last post, these are the actual quarterfinals. Since there are less songs in contention, there will be 48 hours to vote. The deadline is Saturday night at 11:59 p.m. central.

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

A Dim-Witted Saboteur · Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:15 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
At this point I just want to see how far this song can go

Wartortullian · Post by **Wartortullian** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:37 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean
"Dancing on My Own" is the best song of this weak-ass bracket by a pretty healthy margin. I hope it wins so I can see it go up against some real competition.

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
This was a hard decision, and I still love "m.A.A.d city," but Get Lucky is just way too catchy to pass up.

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
OK, I realize that taste is subjective, but I'm very annoyed that the Alvvays song managed to win out in a bracket of 7 significantly better songs. insert rant about how bracketed head-to-head matchups are still constrained by Arrow's impossibility theorem "Runaway" is my second-favorite hip hop song (after "Never Catch Me," coincidentally), so this was an easy choice.

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
The Courtney Barnett song has really grown on me over the course of this bracket.

Tippy Martinez · Post by **Tippy Martinez** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:49 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean
stop voting for dance yrself clean it’s not that good

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
Still the best song left in this bracket. And if it loses to “Get Lucky” that will be especially upsetting.

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
“Runaway’s” matchups so far have been comically easy.

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Great run by Courtney, and I’m so glad this bracket introduced me to this album and song. Unfortunately, “Pyramids” is an all time great song and the second best one left in this bracket.

women, fire and dangerous things · Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:14 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

34 + P.J. Dozier · Post by **34 + P.J. Dozier** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:42 am

women, fire and dangerous things wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:14 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

I, too, cast these votes.

tpmorrison · Post by **tpmorrison** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:57 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:21 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean
In terms of lyrics, I like "dance yrself clean" more, and yet...nine minutes...

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Asterias Wrathbunny · Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:47 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

VSCOelasticity · Post by **VSCOelasticity** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:54 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

wjg · Post by **wjg** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 1:12 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

nicole. · Post by **nicole.** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 3:26 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Auroni · Post by **Auroni** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:05 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Apocolocyntora · Post by **Apocolocyntora** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:32 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

MiltonPlayer47 · Post by **MiltonPlayer47** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:19 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

rylltraka · Post by **rylltraka** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:08 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean
"Dancing on My Own" has gotten boring on the sixth listen; can't say the same for "dance yrself clean" - which is something I didn't imagine I would ever say at the start of this bracket, but here we are! Songs can surprise you.

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
"Get Lucky" and "Runaway", to me, have to be the final matchup; most everyone else is just spinning their wheels.

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
"Archie, Marry Me" has been a very pleasant surprise indeed - a breath of fresh air, perfectly plotted - but I don't think it can win this matchup.

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
I've thought that "Pedestrian at Best" has been an apt descriptor for several rounds now. "Pyramids" seems pretty iffy at this point, but I don't make the bracket, I just votes in it.

So is it me, or does the general quality of the "acme" of songs from the 2010s pale in comparison to the 2000s? Is it because of potential blind spots in the selection process? The Balkanization of music even further in the Internet age? Was it just a dreary, fuzzy, mumbly decade? What from our offerings here would make the final four of the 2000s bracket?

BenWeiner27 · Post by **BenWeiner27** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:55 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

mrtyrmystry · Post by **mrtyrmystry** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:59 pm

i really like the 2010s musically. well, mostly the first half, which is what's being represented at this point. i grew up bingeing the music of the 2000s, and the 2010s feel fresher to me. out of the songs that remain, the only one that doesnt really tickle me is Get Lucky, which is a personal bias, because it's certainly the most well-crafted pop song remaining and maybe a sort of rightful winner. maad city is on par with paper planes, whatever wins this bracket is as good as hey ya!, Cash's Hurt is overmythologized though classic - at least half the songs that remain are classic, and literally everything is better than Mr. Brightside (though sure, i can sing it from memory).

Though this bracket might have a glut of long arty bull, i think it's pretty representative of the quality of the music produced this decade. it may have done better with more pop pop songs, or rap songs (in the case of rap songs, i think one-per-artist especially hurts), or punk songs (there was only danny nedelko which i enjoyed very much and died a gruesome death to runaway), or none of those things or other actual genres, but in fairness a lot of popular songs kinda died early and we would have a hard time approving of a, for example, country song that wasnt old town road remix i guess. when it comes down to it, some voters (i do) think Come Down to Us and Pyramids are fine encapsulations of the decade, others not, and that can't be reconciled. which is okay.

tl;dr critical acclaim sucks i suck so i like it

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean
dance yrself clean is that good. it is almost close to being the maggot brain or marquee moon of after 2000. anything that comes anywhere near those 2 songs is like, wtf. it's euphoria. sprawl ii is also kind of like that, but it's not looong. dancing on my own is a little more euphoric.

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
albums artists btw.
these are the two most essential non pop or rap artists of this decade.

kammajos000 · Post by **kammajos000** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:53 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Wynaut · Post by **Wynaut** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:16 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Charm Bison · Post by **Charm Bison** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:25 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

if you hadn't guessed I like long songs

Post by **Smuttynose Island** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:24 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Steeve Ho You Fat · Post by **Steeve Ho You Fat** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:39 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City. I'm not sure which of these songs I prefer, but Get Lucky's popularity and influence make it an obvious choice to continue on a "song of the decade" competition.

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids. Absolutely flummoxed how one of these is a top four song of the decade.

1.82 · Post by **1.82** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:01 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

bolshevik · Post by **bolshevik** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:51 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City.

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids.

Quinctilius Varus · Post by **Quinctilius Varus** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:19 am

Results from the quarterfinals! None of these matches were particularly close.

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean (16-8)

Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City (8-16)

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me (16-8)

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids (7-17)

It is now the semifinals. They will run until Monday night at 11:59 p.m. central. For this round, I encourage everyone voting to link one of your personal favorite songs of the decade.

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

women, fire and dangerous things · Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:28 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

I quite like Colin Stetson's "Fear of the Unknown and the Blazing Sun": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crh8K_kuLQY

A Dim-Witted Saboteur · Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:56 am

women, fire and dangerous things wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:28 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Every song on Ibn El Leil is good but this song is the goodesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4F9zsxYrfE

VSCOelasticity · Post by **VSCOelasticity** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:35 am

Fuddle Duddle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:56 am
women, fire and dangerous things wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:28 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

tpmorrison · Post by **tpmorrison** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:39 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Wynaut · Post by **Wynaut** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:22 pm

tpmorrison wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:39 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Seconding this.

As for my personal pick, here's "My Famed Disappearing Act" by Thank You Scientist: https://youtu.be/8-QM0XP_h3c

MiltonPlayer47 · Post by **MiltonPlayer47** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:26 pm

Robyn

Frank Ocean