So you have heard these songs, apparently. Which brings forth a mixture of pity and sadness. The Bush administration would claim, "This is not torture!" but seriously we all, in our hearts, know it is.
Like members of the "Proudly, I have never seen Titanic" club, I'm grateful never to have listened to any of these. Though I did see part of a Colbie Caillat video once. I had to listen to some Pink Floyd for a while to cleanse the palate, so to speak. Apparently, I am an elitist. And at the same time bitterly clinging to my religion and my guns.
jefito
· 1 year ago
Oh yes, I've heard them -- and just wait until you hear all the fun stuff Billboard has in store for us in the weeks and months to come!
steed
· 1 year ago
Love it man!
The saddest part about the Lil Wayne song is that he's actually pretty damn talented, so why he needs to go to that vocoder crap is beyond me, but I know - that's a pretty catchy ditty there.
"Love in this Club" is Usher's worst song. Nothing unique about it at all, but it sounds pretty decent on Ukelele.
I'm not a huge fan of the Mariah song - but the video, well...hold up now. Anything that puts Mariah in a bra and panties is my type of party!
And that is quite interesting to see "KOCH/EPIC" as the label for Ray J. Not only is Ray J like C-Level, isn't Koch like D-Level?
jefito
· 1 year ago
About ten years ago, KOCH adopted the major-esque policy of distributing TONS of stuff, investing almost nothing in A&R, and hoping some of their releases would stick. It seems to have worked, at least from the standpoint that I'm pretty sure KOCH is one of the biggest indie distributors left. Not that there are that MANY left...but still.
WHarrisBullzEye
· 1 year ago
As ever, I will watch any Mariah Carey video with the mute on, if only because I think she's freaking HOT. And although Madonna showing her age, well, hell, so am I. And, hey, at least I actually enjoying listening to her music...
rwcass
· 1 year ago
I love how Mariah's video is one big passive-aggressive cocktease: "Why are you staring at me in my underwear? I mean, sure, I answered the door wearing nothing but that, but staring is rude nonetheless." Of course, Jeff informed me that 99 percent of videos from the past ten years operate this way. I guess I've been living under a rock.
kshane
· 1 year ago
Sad really. I haven't listened fully to all of them, but noticeably absent is any evidence of an electric guitar, or real drums.
rwcass
· 1 year ago
I like "Love Song" and Bareilles's album, and I'm not generally a chick-pop fan, but she has some catchy melodies.
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
On Saturday night, for my brother's birthday, we went to late-night bowling. That's when they turn on the black lights and mirror balls and drop the projection screens down. I'm not saying that songs like "Dream On", "Paradise City" or "Wanted Dead Or Alive" are any great shakes. Matter of fact, there's little shaking there at all, but each of those songs sound a little different to each other...
What I find grating is just how much R&B dominates the top 10 and, in that, how much they all sound the same. Mariah steals big from Alicia Keys. Madonna keeps trying to be relevant. Whatever is playing, T-Pain has to slip in with his stupid Auto-Tune trick. And even when we've covered a Billboard chart from eight weeks from now, the voices may change but the sound will stay.
I'm old. I know. I get it. But damn, when did any semblance of individuality become so bad a thing?
allen
· 1 year ago
Billboarding is, officially, my favorite new addition to PopDose. Sometimes variety dilutes the whole. This piece keeps me abreast of what's going on, isn't snarky and is relevant. Thanks, Jeff!
jefito
· 1 year ago
Thanks for saying so, Allen! We're going to be introducing a few new features here over the next several weeks -- I hope you're excited about them all!
All Comments
Like members of the "Proudly, I have never seen Titanic" club, I'm grateful never to have listened to any of these. Though I did see part of a Colbie Caillat video once. I had to listen to some Pink Floyd for a while to cleanse the palate, so to speak. Apparently, I am an elitist. And at the same time bitterly clinging to my religion and my guns.
The saddest part about the Lil Wayne song is that he's actually pretty damn talented, so why he needs to go to that vocoder crap is beyond me, but I know - that's a pretty catchy ditty there.
"Love in this Club" is Usher's worst song. Nothing unique about it at all, but it sounds pretty decent on Ukelele.
I'm not a huge fan of the Mariah song - but the video, well...hold up now. Anything that puts Mariah in a bra and panties is my type of party!
And that is quite interesting to see "KOCH/EPIC" as the label for Ray J. Not only is Ray J like C-Level, isn't Koch like D-Level?
What I find grating is just how much R&B dominates the top 10 and, in that, how much they all sound the same. Mariah steals big from Alicia Keys. Madonna keeps trying to be relevant. Whatever is playing, T-Pain has to slip in with his stupid Auto-Tune trick. And even when we've covered a Billboard chart from eight weeks from now, the voices may change but the sound will stay.
I'm old. I know. I get it. But damn, when did any semblance of individuality become so bad a thing?
Thanks, Jeff!