rolling US charts 2008/talk about "pop" here

joint with Amerie is good but almost too slick for Chingy, like if Zac Efron did a romantic comedy without corny song interludes.

damn Jordan, I wouldn't say Flo Rida is above criticism, but it's weird when someone who gives a pass to Plies turns around and goes THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN HERE about two inches over.

Plies aounds enough like T.I. that I'm cool with him.

yeah it's not like i won't ride for mediocre rappers (or at least songs by mediocre rappers) but flo rida popularity baffles me. i mean obv i know it's bcuz he has a decent song w/ t-pain on the hook (hello plies) but still i'm surprisde more people aren't calling flo rida out for being a chucklehead. i guess ppl don't care?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjnFdeuW7sY

Have we talked about "Rock With U"? Oh shit oh shit oh holy shit this is awesome.

Janet, u r forgiven.

Q - who was the last French artist to have any kind of hit in the US before Yael Naim? I'm struggling to think of anyone...

j0rdan's pretty otm, plies is way more defensible

Q - who was the last French artist to have any kind of hit in the US before Yael Naim? I'm struggling to think of anyone...

Best I can come up with: Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'Aime ... Mon Non Plus" reached #58 in 1970. Claudine Longet had five songs in the Hot 100 between 1966-68, though none reached higher than #30. Edith Piaf's "Milord" hit #88 in 1961.

I'd have thought that there'd have been a new-wave band from France, but I guess they were all British and German. And Technotronic was Belgian.

Don't forget Daft Punk. Both "Around the World" and "One More Time" reached #61 on the Hot 100. Although, I'm not sure those really qualify as hits. I'm actually surprised they got that high.

Wait, really? I didn't even look them up because I assumed they wouldn't have placed at all. Wow.

dude "Around The World" was pretty big

That was during my dark period, admittedly.

Yeah, it really was, but to me it seemed like it was something I would've expect to be number one on the Club chart but maybe not on the Billboard 100.

Okay, whenever I heard the "it's too late to apologize" line I immediately want to sing "and I can't beeeeee without you babe".

haha woah that is a little uncanny.

hahaha wooooahaha

Don't forget Daft Punk. Both "Around the World" and "One More Time" reached #61 on the Hot 100. Although, I'm not sure those really qualify as hits. I'm actually surprised they got that high.

-- matt2, Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:00 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link

...and "Music Sounds Better With You" reached #62. Daft Punk be placin' in the low 60s.

warning track power

Crazy. I seriously thought for a long time that "Music Sounds Better With You" was like blog-house or something; I didn't hear it until 2004 (probably via an ILX poll) and had no idea it was from the '90s, much less a semi-popular song.

Wow, I really can't believe that about "Music Sound Better With You." I don't ever recall seeing that anywhere on MTV or even late night radio mix shows (the only place you really heard dance music in NC). I mean I saw the video to "Around the World" many times and would hear it around occasionally, but never "Music Sound Better With You." This reminds me that I had "Around the World" on a Virgin label sampler record store cassette freebie thing. On of my roomie's hated it, but two of us loved it so it saw many rewinds. As a college student, I collected those free in store cassette/cd things like crazy. Okay, I'll stop now.

Yeah I never heard it until well after the fact, either.

you guys are weird as fuck!!!

the song got played the hell out from the time it dropped for like the next three years

Rev isnt weird he's just young
but the rest of you ...!

xp Well, let's be honest, Rodney was like 5 years old at the time, and I was only listening to records on Matador and Thrill Jockey.

this felt kind of ubiquitous at parties i was going to tho

I was about 12 at the time, and that didn't stop me from hearing "Around the World" when it came out.

Deej, I have always had a feeling that your parties have been v. different from mine. Most of the parties I went to in college involved putting on Moby's Play at midnight and Pinkerton at 2 AM.

oof Moby!! i mean they played the strokes at every indie kid party i went to my fresh. year but msbwy still seemed pretty ubiquitous

i couldn't imagine hearing one more time or around the world on the radio but i assumed they were both pretty ubiquitous

i heard "one more time" quite frequently..."around the world" not so much

werent you like 7 years old when 'around the world' came out

Recently I heard "One More Time" followed by "I Believe I Can Fly" on the radio. That was pretty wtf.

yes, but i grew up watching MTV.

Your missing piece of the puzzle, Modjo's 'Lady', got to number 81.

Recently I heard "One More Time" followed by "I Believe I Can Fly" on the radio. That was pretty wtf.

-- The Reverend, Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:06 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

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wow @ that, not to mention it being in washington

I had no idea, either.

BROmerton

lol Grammy effect

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

Janet's Discipline is kicking my ass! There are really only 2 duds as I see it--"Never Letchu Go" and "Greatest X". Otherwise I've been listening to this straight through over and over. Even the skits are hilarious, especially "Good Morning Janet" where she sounds like she's emerging from some sort of embryonic cocoon before some counseling from Keoko. The Missy track is maybe a bit lacking (with Missy insisting that "This is crazy!"), but I think it's growing on me.

Overall I had very low expectations for this so I'm pleasantly surprised. I hope it's received well. I feel like if this had come out before her last two relative duds, it would be welcomed with open arms.

WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THE BUCKCHERRY SINGLE?

i really like it

alex how do you feel about it?

sub-"Delilah"

yeah, "Sorry" does nothing for me. "Everything" was about as wussy a song as I'm interested in hearing from Buckcherry, and I didn't even like that one that much. can't believe they're working the 5th single from a 2-year-old album.

^^plain white t's strategy