Now That's What I Call A Music Poll! Vol. 43(U.S.)

lol m83

― big-mammed punisher (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:35 (8 months ago) Permalink

m83!

people love that song

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:35 (8 months ago) Permalink

this edition is pretty bad -- voted CRJ slightly over bieber

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:36 (8 months ago) Permalink

that song has just been on alt-rock radio constantly for a year now. i always hear it and think 'can you guys just play a real depeche mode song please, this is boring.'

― some dude, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:36 (8 months ago) Permalink

"Want U Back" has really grown on me big time the last few weeks, like it better than "Call Me Maybe" tbh

― some dude, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:37 (8 months ago) Permalink

cher lloyd having an american hit is still weird to me -- that song's aight

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:38 (8 months ago) Permalink

M83's career is basically just the sound of side-chain compression innit

― Gurdas Mane (crüt), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

I liked M83 better when he reminded me of that suspended ballet scene in The Company.

― Eric H., Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

I haven't heard most of these

― Gurdas Mane (crüt), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:44 (8 months ago) Permalink

I kinda dig this Ellie Goulding song

― Gurdas Mane (crüt), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:44 (8 months ago) Permalink

God help me, I just voted David Guetta.

― Eric H., Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:47 (8 months ago) Permalink

"Drunk On You" because my university campus life has "adapted" "Call Me Maybe" for its back to school theme song.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 17:51 (8 months ago) Permalink

i think i actually like the m83 track best here

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 18:30 (8 months ago) Permalink

yeah that song is good

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 18:32 (8 months ago) Permalink

cher lloyd having an american hit is still weird to me -- that song's aight

i kept telling you all you'd need to pay attention to her at some point!

wow, actually quite tough, this one. "call me maybe" is the single of the year but i feel like it'll sweep the poll and so i should give "want u back" or "boyfriend" some love.

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 18:48 (8 months ago) Permalink

when i first heard the cher lloyd album "want u back" didn't even strike me as the obvious hit

(they still haven't released "superhero" as a single wtf)

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 18:50 (8 months ago) Permalink

I first heard Want U Back about a month and a half ago in the patio of a Mexican restaurant and just sort of froze mid-chip realizing I'd found my song of the summer, soaking it in... and then didn't hear it again for weeks! Glad it's making heavier rotation now, it totally cheers me up.

― Spectrist, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 19:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

This looks like the best edition in a long time? I like all of these:

1. "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen 3:12
2. "Part of Me" Katy Perry 3:32
4. "Titanium" David Guetta featuring Sia 3:30
5. "Lights" Ellie Goulding 3:29
6. "Boyfriend" Justin Bieber 2:50
7. "Scream" Usher 3:54
8. "Let's Go" Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo 3:44
10. "Want U Back" Cher Lloyd 3:32
13. "Too Close" Alex Clare 4:11
14. "Midnight City" M83 4:00

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 19:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

voting for Cher Lloyd cause I've overloaded on CRJ and it's the only other one that produced the same immediate "wow this is great pop" response

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 19:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

heh i just defended dance Ne-Yo to you the other day but "Let's Go" is terrible

can't believe people have begun to accept Mike Posner, and because of Bieber no less

― some dude, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 19:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

only two songs here that I both know and actively dislike (Maroons, Pitbull - that one's shameless even for him) is some kind of benchmark.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 19:44 (8 months ago) Permalink

did Posner write "Boyfriend"? I had no idea.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 19:45 (8 months ago) Permalink

It's neither here nor there tho if he did.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 19:46 (8 months ago) Permalink

WANT U BACK

― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Thursday, 23 August 2012 03:38 (8 months ago) Permalink

The Ellie Goulding song is at least two years old, right?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 August 2012 03:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

i am voting for "give your heart a break" even tho i am not sure if i actually like it better than "call me maybe"

― teledyldonix, Thursday, 23 August 2012 05:31 (8 months ago) Permalink

Cher Lloyd.

Bieber and Usher both have Boucher better singles off of their new albums than the ones they're represented with here.

― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Thursday, 23 August 2012 14:24 (8 months ago) Permalink

Pretty good batch. Cher Lloyd grew on me unexpectedly (hated it on first listen, though the "UNGH!" was just comically lame, etc), the M83 is pretty groovy... CRJ will win this handily so I'm gonna throw a vote to "Payphone" which is kinda annoying but for me personally the most earwormy thing on here - - - seriously woke up with that in my head every day for seemingly weeks at one point. Not to say that makes "Even the sun sets in paradise" forgivable, but it's a pretty decent piece of work.

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 23 August 2012 14:28 (8 months ago) Permalink

yeah the goofy little Avril grunt in "Want U Back" cracks me up, should turn me against the song but totally doesn't. i actually decided to count how many there are in the song and came up with 18, at the end of every 4th bar except during the bridge.

i think "Payphone" has a little kernel of a good song tucked away in all the bad ideas.

― some dude, Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:38 (8 months ago) Permalink

that grunt is the hook

― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

her enunciation of "res-tau-raaaant" <3

― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 August 2012 21:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

Oh Jesus, this is what Cher Lloyd is? Katy Perry's over-acting little sister? This song is like a JC Penny back to school commercial that refuses to end

― Evan R, Thursday, 23 August 2012 21:10 (8 months ago) Permalink

i know, it's great

― some dude, Thursday, 23 August 2012 21:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

This version seems really good to me. Gonna go with either Bieber or CRJ. Not sure which one yet.

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 23 August 2012 21:53 (8 months ago) Permalink

Bieber's only real contribution to the pop canon so far is his A&R work with Jepsen imo

― some dude, Thursday, 23 August 2012 21:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

Nah, "Boyfriend" is real good.

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 23 August 2012 22:10 (8 months ago) Permalink

The whole album is. Bieber's album > Usher's

― The Reverend, Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:31 (8 months ago) Permalink

i'm glad someone else thinks that!

― lex pretend, Friday, 24 August 2012 08:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

not that i'd rep for the whole bieber album but i go back to its high points far more than i go back to usher's

― lex pretend, Friday, 24 August 2012 08:42 (8 months ago) Permalink

whoa i actually know 4 of these and i enjoy all 4 of them...

― billstevejim, Saturday, 25 August 2012 07:18 (8 months ago) Permalink

also if "Call Me Maybe" ends up in pitchfork's year-end tracks, there is no hope for humanity

― billstevejim, Saturday, 25 August 2012 07:20 (8 months ago) Permalink

there is no hope for humanity

― breastcrawl, Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

but thank god for "Call M Maybe"

― breastcrawl, Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

M? Me!

― breastcrawl, Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:18 (8 months ago) Permalink

cher lloyd sounds like katy perry covering dmx so THAT

― balls, Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:22 (8 months ago) Permalink

lol

― some dude, Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:32 (8 months ago) Permalink

Call Me Maybe is now lodged in my brain because my youngest son did a dance workshop at a festival, and they kept playing it over and over. Can anyone make it stop?

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 26 August 2012 21:52 (8 months ago) Permalink

No one can make it stop.

― The Reverend, Sunday, 26 August 2012 22:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

cher lloyd sounds like katy perry covering dmx

stroke of genius!

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 August 2012 00:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

ha, when I first heard it I was just like.....this is *sooooooo* british

― The Reverend, Monday, 27 August 2012 01:04 (8 months ago) Permalink

you all know that her debut in the public consciousness was doing "turn my swag on" in her x factor audition?

couple of highlights from her x factor run

― lex pretend, Monday, 27 August 2012 08:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

yes, we know. you and 5 other britishers posted about it literally a billion times.

― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 10:51 (8 months ago) Permalink

lol

― teledyldonix, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:57 (8 months ago) Permalink

audition clip is like seeing an irl andy kaufman foreign guy/elvis routine. such a self-conscious little fidget and then boom! for real as if there's a switch that literally turns her swag on.

also love that you can pinpoint the exact moment simon gets dollar sign (pound note) eyes like a tex avery cartoon character.

― slugbuggy, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:44 (8 months ago) Permalink

although she and her original material are obviously better, let's be real Cher Lloyd's path to fame is at most half a rung up from Karmin's

― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:20 (8 months ago) Permalink

^ yes yes yes

― Evan R, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:25 (8 months ago) Permalink

But at least the Karmin singer has the good sense to roll with her dumb little songs. She doesn't, like, grunt and stuff

― Evan R, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:26 (8 months ago) Permalink

no Karmin lady definitely makes more embarrassing noises than CL's grunt. she also has a more prominent British accent, despite being American.

― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:29 (8 months ago) Permalink

hahaha

― Evan R, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:31 (8 months ago) Permalink

At work yesterday, where the interminable speaker system has both Want U Back and Brokenhearted on frequent rotation, I was trying to make a case to my coworkers in favor of the former and anti the latter (my coworkers: "they both suck"). Turns out "but i think Cher's UGHs and BOO HOO HOOs are cute and Karmin's CHEERIOs are annoying" isn't very convincing.

― this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:35 (8 months ago) Permalink

haha i just did a "cheerio" count to match the CL grunt count, 6 times in that one song

― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:36 (8 months ago) Permalink

One of my coworkers had his last day this week and claimed that Cher Lloyd's grunts are high among the things he will miss the least about the job.

― this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:39 (8 months ago) Permalink

They're obviously both stagey and annoying, but I guess I give Karmin a pass for the "I'm just trying to entertain" lightness of it all. Cher Lloyd grunts in a way more overbearing, post-Katy Perry "ARG, GIVE ME YOUR ATTENTION" sort of way that just feels desperate

― Evan R, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

I really like "Want U Back" but I don't know we got this far without a single Jessie J comparison in this thread.

― Tim F, Monday, 27 August 2012 21:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

well i was focusing on the white girl raps for lols aspect, if i was talking about the overly mannered vocals i might've brought her up, but maybe not because basically nobody in the US has given Jessie J a second thought since her song scraped the top 10 for a few weeks and then plummeted 6 months ago.

― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 21:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 00:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

"Domino" was kind of quietly a big hit and I still hear it a lot on top 40 radio tho?

the grunts are one of the best things about "Want U Back", obv.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 00:42 (8 months ago) Permalink

the grunts are one of the best things about "Want U Back", obv.

otm

― crüt, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 00:44 (8 months ago) Permalink

yeah "Domino" was a hit, i'm sure some stations still play it, it just seems like in a larger sense nobody in the US has a vested interest in her or cares if she has a follow-up hit (and virtually every UK act has some kind of fervent, visible anglophile following here)

― some dude, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:06 (8 months ago) Permalink

Only because she's awful.

― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:12 (8 months ago) Permalink

i suspect a lot of people really do care that she DOESN'T have another hit

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:15 (8 months ago) Permalink

well yeah, obviously

― some dude, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

I really have no problem with "Domino" tbh. It always takes me half a minute to figure out that it isn't just some half-decent Katy Perry twelfth single or something. Obv this doesn't make up for the pain inflicted by "Price Tag".

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:20 (8 months ago) Permalink

Actually, come to think of it she totally has Katy Perry syndrome, where she's completely capable of making ok songs, but she's still worthy of our collective hatred because here bad songs are just the fucking worst.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:21 (8 months ago) Permalink

(and virtually every UK act has some kind of fervent, visible anglophile following here)

i've learned via my high school acting friends that her following is made up of musical theatre geeks who apparently care more about her technical singing ability than her propensity to sabotage it at every turn

― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 07:15 (8 months ago) Permalink

i was surprised how strokesy that neon trees hit is

― da croupier, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 07:20 (8 months ago) Permalink

i've learned via my high school acting friends that her following is made up of musical theatre geeks who apparently care more about her technical singing ability than her propensity to sabotage it at every turn

i've always wondered who actually likes jessie j: i know a wide variety of pop fans who'll rep for anything across the spectrum but not one feels remotely kindly towards her. i can't think of any other nominally pop artist as despised by self-declared pop fans.

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 10:07 (8 months ago) Permalink

"Price Tag" feels like a real casual radio fan tune to me, a contemporary equivalent of Meredith Brooks' "Bitch" perhaps.

― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 10:31 (8 months ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 00:01 (8 months ago) Permalink