kinda feel like she should've just done the inevitable country album already
yeah she keeps going on about country and country performers and it'd totally suit her
kind of agree stronger is a bit autopilot but otoh it has more keepers than all i ever wanted
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 February 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really think the whole album is awesome. Except "you can't win". "Hello" will be my summer jam 4 sure. Like I don't get why people don't talk about it more! It's so gorgeous. And obvs "let me down" is 10/10 perfection
― nowadays suckers seem to be so fucking naïve (uberweiss), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
"you can't win" is the best!
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think the drop in Canadian #1's after 2007 might be attributed to Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 replacing the Canadian singles chart. Now the Canadian Singles Chart, which came into effect in 2001 replacing RPM Chart, wasn't that great of a measurement either because I think it mostly dealt with the sales of singles and since Canada was never much of a singles market, it usually meant that the number one went to something that was exclusively a single like the song from the latest Canadian/American Idol winner. Of course for the longest time, I didn't know of the existnce of the RPM chart or singles chart and so my perception of hits came from what was topping the Muchmusic Countdown, and I'm not sure what they used as the basis for that.
― MarkoP, Friday, 24 February 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i've been curious about how canadian charts differ from american charts for a while so this is super interesting to me
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
RPM was awesome. And they have the entire archive of it from 1963 - 2000 online courtesy of the government.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 25 February 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
MusicMusic Coundown was pretty much based on video request to the MuchMusic tv channel, iirc. Comparing that and RPM/Singles Chart it had a bit more of the Canadian 'urban' stuff - Shawn Desman, Keshia Chanté, Rascalz, far too much Swollen Members, etc. and less of the Amanda Marshall, Sarah McLachlin, etc. Lilith Fair type stuff that was a mainstay on the RPM Charts. But Much also put out the annual MuchDance compilations, the soundtrack of a million 8th grade house parties.
RPM was a mix of sales and radioplay but was pre-digital sales mostly. There was still a fair amount of Canadian content on the charts as a whole though.
Canadian Singles Chart from 2000 - 2007 was, as MarkoP says, a pretty iffy means of measuring things.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 25 February 2012 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was obsessed with mr know it all for a hot minute (maybe still am), even tho it sounded like a bedingfield
― surm, Saturday, 25 February 2012 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
"mr. know it all/ you think you know it all/ but you don't really know it all/ ain't it something, y'all?" is a sleeper contender for worst lyric from a 2011 chart hit
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^
― Tim F, Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
In a crowded and competitive field, too.
― Tim F, Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
guys, i kind of really like that jessie j song "domino"
>_<
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's one of those songs that would be so easily improved by a less talented singer if only to take the whole thing down a huge notch
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah her vocal is a bit over the top but that's part of the appeal for me tbh
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
At long last! Someone on ILM who likes Jessie J besides lonely old me.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
MuchDance '93 still haunts my dreams.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Sunday, 26 February 2012 05:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like "Domino", too. Lots of self-hatred over this.
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Sunday, 26 February 2012 09:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i really like this remix of it
― nowadays suckers seem to be so fucking naïve (uberweiss), Sunday, 26 February 2012 10:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
My hatred of Jessie J's first two singles has eroded any goodwill I had from "Party In The USA", and her performance on Top Of The Pops over Xmas made me want to give on music as a whole, so I haven't knowingly/willingly listened to Domino and I probably won't.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 26 February 2012 11:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
tom ewing on jessie j:
Speaking of forced and artificial, as the UK ambassador on this panel I'd like to publically apologise for Jessie J, a tin-eared Bizarro to Gaga's Superwoman who the British music industry (or what's left of it) seems cruelly determined to make happen overseas. She's a caricature of the modern pop star—ever ready with a platitude, peddling lumbering self-empowerment but still obsessed with long-gone haters.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 26 February 2012 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've been tracking Little Jinder (then just Jinder, and now Little Jinder again) since 2008 maybe? A few stray demos and one or two singles and now this (an album is supposedly finally due). Dunno if this fits squarely in the pop thread's domain, but it's the closest I've got:
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 February 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol i did not really realize those are the lyrics to mr know it all
i just think there's something powerful there -- especially in the chorus, but granted the production/lyrical work on a lot of the song could stand to be drastically improved
― surm, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Who is Conor Maynard and why do I like this despite knowing I shouldn't?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=4965
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is massively annoying, except for the bass which is great
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think i was the only one that liked it. apparently he's a punching bag in the uk which makes sense
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanks, Lithuania!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 March 2012 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow. thanks lithuania indeed.
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 4 March 2012 05:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
not bad
― drop these whiners on a island (Surviver style) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kymberley Kennedy -
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 09:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like "Blackout" better but I can't find it online anywhere
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 09:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Here's a snippet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTiPzlUv_fg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 10:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
hey dudes upthread, "call me maybe" is a totally astounding song, i agree
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
def
sorta get a veronicas vibe off it?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 March 2012 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i kinda get that too.
the single song it reminds me most of is "teenage dream" - first the fact that it heavily uses teen pop themes despite being performed by someone well out of her teens, but especially its structure and the fact that the syncopated string stabs during the chorus are just like the synths on katy perry's chorus
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
MIND CHECK BODY CHECK MY SENSUALITY CHECK
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 11:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
man the top 40 is really dire right now
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
can al ship give me a report on young the giant's "cough syrup"
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
the flo rida joint "good feeling" is kinda my shit
"cough syrup" is one of those songs that won't seem to die if for no other reason than they refuse to release a follow-up single (and it's only their 2nd single). i don't really like it but their first hit "my body" was kind of a guilty pleasure joint for me.
― HalfNelson (some dude), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
is it about drank or what
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
afaict it's just a dumb rock song about having a cold and drinking cough syrup? but i only realize now that it is kind of funny that 'Cough Syrup by Young The Giant' sounds like a description of a southern rap hit about getting throwed and not a wussy power ballad by a faux indie band.
― HalfNelson (some dude), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
good feeling!
― surm, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
― J0rdan S., Thursday, March 8, 2012 9:21 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― The Reverend, Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
is young the giant good at all?
― Pup Shalom Dog Costume (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 March 2012 03:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like their two singles. i had heard their song "cough syrup" back when they had another name so i was surprised to hear it on the radio like two years later. i have no idea if they have any other good songs.
― teledyldonix, Friday, 9 March 2012 05:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol i had to check and see what band name could possibly so bad that they'd have to change it to 'young the giant' and yup, 'the jakes' is even worse
― HalfNelson (some dude), Friday, 9 March 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
mildy obsessed with "call me maybe"
BEFORE YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE I MISSED YOU SO BADI MISSED YOU SO BADI MISSED YOU SO SO BAD
― nowadays suckers seem to be so fucking naïve (uberweiss), Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
so why did the teenpop posters get run off the board again?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
dom and chaki
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:54 (1 year ago) Permalink