yeah there's a lot of stuff here i can't fault anyone for hating tbh, half these are songs that my wife will look at me sideways if she catches me listening to them
had Coldplay on the rock list since they still get played on alt stations a fair amount, unlike Maroon 5, etc. (xpost to Lamp)
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah "smooth" ! xp
matchbox 20 - "bent"
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
jordin sparks - tattoo
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
la roux - bulletproof
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:15 (thirteen years ago) link
alright come on
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"Smooth" was '99 and also ew
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
lol "bulletproof" is an anthem
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
damn those santana singles are so sick
haha i meant to mention santana as a big exclusion in terms of old ppl pop but i figured that some dude just wasnt into those songs (lol xps)
kanye & coldplay are essentially pop acts imo but thats an ilm tediousfest id prefer to skip out on so
id put the cover of 'its my life' over 'hella good' or any gwen solo singles
― Lamp, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
having no overlap in lists was more about being able to max out how many songs i could cover than anything else fwiw -- obviously there are gray areas but i just figured out the best single place to put a song and stuck with it
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
"the remedy" was one of those songs in high school where i consciously made the decision to rep for the song from the jump, zings be damned
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm down w/ "the remedy" (see Jason Mraz - C/D?)
― markers, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i like it well enough in a 2nd-tier-Matrix-productions way -- it's kind of hilarious how obvious it is where his shitty funk rock song ends and where their big pop chorus begins. preferred the follow-up "You And I Both".
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
stacir orrico - more to life
OMG yes!
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Also totally forgot "See You Again".
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
now Miley was a deliberate omission
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
akon - right now (na na na)
love this song
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i like to pretend akon died in a plane crash after he stopped doing sad gangsta rap songs with young jeezy and styles p.
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
r.i.p. akon :///
― Lamp, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
where is 'can't get you out of my head'
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't dislike it, i just like "Love At First Sight" way more
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
32. John Mayer - "Clarity"31. Pink - "So What"30. Fergie f/ will.i.am - "Fergalicious"
fuck you
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
haha this is the thanks i get for being the only other person in the world that loves "Clarity"!
heard it in the supermarket the other day btw, sounded so great
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but it's no "so what"
voting clarity because fuck you
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
is nelly furtado - "promiscuous" a pop song?
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
xp the "so what" that was snubbed was the field mob/ciara in the crossover list
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
"Promiscuous" is a pop song that i think sucks balls
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I realize I don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to batshit pop farts in the Top Ten Best Of Anything, but "A Thousand Miles"...do you write poetry in Lisa Frank notebooks or something what the hell
That said, there's a lot of good stuff here among the songs where somebody shits on a baby
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
elle oh elle
― Lamp, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link
"promiscuous" is still the shit
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Personal Top Ten:ClarityPopMakes Me WonderToxicDon't Tell MeButtonsWhen It's OverHella GoodBad RomanceMove Along
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:12 (thirteen years ago) link
If you gotta have Vanessa Carlton, give me "White Houses"
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Personal Top Ten:
from this list, just in case someone gets it twisted
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:17 (thirteen years ago) link
YOU SUCK BALLS
that beat is the shit
― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
it's no pink's "so what"
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, May 7, 2011 2:54 AM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is otm all is forgiven
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah also as far as jonas bros singles go "burnin up" >>>>>>>>>>>> "lovebug"
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:36 (thirteen years ago) link
how was the one jonas w/ the long hair the lead singer
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I prefer "White Houses" too but I guess it doesn't have quite the same universalist sweep as "A Thousand Miles".
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Somewhat inevitably, with lyrics like "My first time: hard to explain. Rush of blood, and a little bit of pain..."
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 May 2011 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
thats another 1 where im like, well, those both kinda suck
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Saturday, 7 May 2011 04:05 (thirteen years ago) link
not to be defensive, but i am curious what exactly this means -- in comparison to the other lists i've done for other genres, in comparison to what your personal top 50 would be, etc.?
― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, May 7, 2011 1:29 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
No complains in terms of broadness. And, yes it is al precisely what I would call pop. I would just have picked different songs, even from the same artists. So yes, very few of these would be in my own top 50.
Some tracks that would be on my list (aside from some that people have mentioned already)
Nelly Furtado - ManeaterKylie - I Believe In You, Giving You UpBeyonce - Crazy In Love
At least one Sugababes track, at least one Girls Aloud track can't decide now.
― daavid, Saturday, 7 May 2011 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh and Jordin Sparks - No Air
― daavid, Saturday, 7 May 2011 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
"more to life" is okay but c'mon if you're gonna give orrico a place there's no way it can't be "stuck" (which is SO AMAZING)
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 May 2011 06:49 (thirteen years ago) link
"Stuck" seems clunky to me, I see how it's supposed to work but I don't think it does. "More To Life" has that whole bittersweet anthemism going.
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 May 2011 06:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i kind of feel "more to life" is a bit trite and i'm not interested in the xtianity of it all - "stuck" pretty much exactly captures that high school crush feel that's the linchpin of the genre
different singles by the same artists i'd have picked instead -
kelly clarkson - "behind these hazel eyes" and "never again"xtina aguilera - "can't hold us down" and "ain't no other man" (i do really like "fighter" and "beautiful" though)avril lavigne - "i'm with you"ashlee simpson - "boyfriend"!!!!!! or "little miss obsessive". though those aside it's just struck me that all my favourite ashlee cuts are deep tracks ("love me for me", "coming back for more", "i am me" etc)and it wasn't a single but "don't talk" by vanessa hudgens is so far above the rest of her discography - i think i've repped it here before but anyone with even vague #cassiefanclub predilections needs to hear it asap
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 May 2011 06:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i might vote for "come clean" here. hilary had several total classics in that decade, "beat of my heart" and "wake up" are amazing too
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 May 2011 06:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Fergalicious is outstanding - probably the best thing Will.i.am has ever done. Never really liked Glamorous until the Space Cowboy remix.
Top ten from the list:
1. Toxic2. Fergalicious3. Untouched4. Pop5. La Tortura6. Bad Romance7. Sk8er Boi8. Hot 'n' Cold9. London Bridge10. La La
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Saturday, 7 May 2011 07:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Voted for "He Loves You Not" because it's the perfect blend time of that early Max Martin early 00s sound (with the dramatic stabs etc) and lyrical content/performance of a song. The girls in Dream encapsulate the required aggressive and possessive teenage girl voice brilliantly with the right mix of confidence, anger and sexuality.
"Love At First Sight" is just pop's take on all those Stardust/Modjo style one hit wonders and that's a sound I'll never tire of it, so it was a close call.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Saturday, 7 May 2011 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
SOMEWHERE WE WENT WRONGWE WERE ONCE SO STRONG
― uberweiss, Saturday, 7 May 2011 07:59 (thirteen years ago) link