"midnight city"
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 March 2012 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
o god i love that song
― surm, Friday, 16 March 2012 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
like a lot. it was also the victoria's secret campaign song.
yeah the victoria's secret thing was the song's big mainstream breakthrough but i think it's been in a ton of shows and stuff since then, gets a lot of airplay on alt-rock radio too
― some dude, Friday, 16 March 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
The gay dance station here has been giving it blanket play for like 2 months at least.
― The Reverend, Friday, 16 March 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw, i finally figured out what that song i like that i hear on the radio all the time but i could never make out the lyrics to google them cause she has horrible diction is:
― The Reverend, Friday, 16 March 2012 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
isn't that song forever old? maybe it isn't, i haven't really payed her any attn. what is the expiration date for songs to become hits in america after they've already done their thing overseas? like a year?
― teledyldonix, Friday, 16 March 2012 22:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was also wondering about midnight city. i heard it in commercials and stuff but that was a while ago. i also heard it on an alternative station a few days ago so i guess its airplay must be picking up -- it still isn't selling super well, at least as far as i can tell, so airplay is probably the only way it could have debuted all the way up at 74.
― teledyldonix, Friday, 16 March 2012 22:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
the reason for Midnight City entering the Billboard Hot 100 is the inclusion of streaming data (plays on Spotify and the like) in the chart tracings as of this week.
from Billboard.com (not sure I can make the link, hmmm...):"Other notable titles on the On-Demand Songs chart that are outperforming their sales rankings and airplay placements on the Hot 100's main component charts (Digital Songs and Radio Songs) include Tyga's "Rack City," Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" and Avicii's "Levels." The addition of streaming data to the Hot 100 thusly boosts these songs' standings on that chart, as evidenced by the No. 15 rank for Tyga (instead of No. 18), the No. 40 rank for Big Sean (instead of No. 52) and the No. 66 rank for Avicii (instead of No. 80). Moreover, artists such as M83 at No. 74 (with "Midnight City"), and Skrillex at No. 83 (with "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"), debut and re-enter, respectively, on the Hot 100 primarily due to the influx of data from the newly incorporated streaming services. Also, a prior established hit, "You Da One" by Rihanna (No. 31 on On-Demand Songs), moves 97-76 on this week's Hot 100, whereas it would have fallen off the chart if the list's methodology had not been changed."
― breastcrawl, Friday, 16 March 2012 23:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool, thanks, breastcrawl
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 March 2012 23:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
make that "chart rankings"...so who knows, if you play your favorite song on endless repeat on Spotify (US), it might actually end up in the Hot 100...
― breastcrawl, Friday, 16 March 2012 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha, i would like to see what billboard's internal threshold for when something would get flagged on suspicion of hacking is
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 March 2012 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha... record labels opening up thousands of Spotify accounts all playing their own tracks 24/7...
― breastcrawl, Friday, 16 March 2012 23:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
that link:
http://www.billboard.com/#/news/hot-100-impacted-by-new-on-demand-songs-1006453952.story
― breastcrawl, Friday, 16 March 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
thank you! that's very cool, had no idea billboard had started incorporating new data. the article also says drake/rihanna's "take care" wouldn't have been in the top 10 this week without it (even though it is top 5 in airplay), so evidently this is making quite a difference (as opposed to when they started incorporating only aol/yahoo music streams or something like that, which barely did anything afaik)
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 17 March 2012 07:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
interesting; i'm sure the stats will be much more juked even than normal moving forward
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 17 March 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
i really like "glad you came" btw... i didn't realize it was the song it was -- always assumed some shit by a band called "the wanted" was gonna sound like onerepublic
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's sorta lush... at least compared to most house stuff that ends up on the radio nowadays
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
still not sure what the five ppl in that group do tho
gotye is actually indier than foster the people, somehow
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
also i'm really angry that jessie j finally made a good song
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
nicki sounds so much like rihanna on this david guetta song... it's REALLY drab tho, which is kind of a shame cuz the guetta/nicki/flo rida song is pretty underrated imo
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
didn't realize this calvin harris joint was calvin harris either
i really wanted to love this song cuz i think the verses are pretty great but you're gonna need to write a chorus, son
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
the reverence that some rap fans give j. cole as a REAL LYRICIST is still hilarious and kinda bizarre to me but dude puts out pretty consistently enjoyable pop singles
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
that said the lack of chemistry b/w him and missy in this video is so funny
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, March 17, 2012 3:10 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm to rong in 0-60
― The Reverend, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't mind his singles; they're like Harold Ramis films in their guaranteed inoffensiveness or something
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, March 17, 2012 5:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
the chorus of "turn me on" sounds like chipmunks screaming as they're disemboweled, 'drab' is not really the word i'd use for it
jord is otm all the way on j. cole though, "nobody's perfect" is a great radio jam, "who dat" and "workout" aight too
― some dude, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Decent new yorker profile of esther dean and stargate in this week's issue.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/03/26/120326fa_fact_seabrook
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 March 2012 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
dope
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 March 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
not enthused about the prospect of Ester Dean making another run at being an artist, her voice is so annoying
― some dude, Monday, 19 March 2012 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Man, i LOVED drop
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 March 2012 19:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Best Ester Dean performance is still the first thing I ever heard her on, Gucci Mane's White Girl. WELL MY NAME IS SUSIE AND GUCCI THINK I LOVE HIM / THAT SUCKA THINK I'M LOYAL BUT I FUX WITH ALL THE HUSTLAS. She's so in-your-face grating and obnoxious on it and it totally works cuz she's rapping as the personification of cocaine
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 March 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh god that's her? i didn't think it was possible to hate her voice more
― some dude, Monday, 19 March 2012 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
i had no idea either, have a newfound respect though. they tried that same trick with "safe sex" by bo deal but its not the same without those annoying vocals
― chilli, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 01:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
does that song feature a verse by a screaming condom?
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Late as per, but just wanted to say I like 'Call Me Maybe' a lot. Old school teen pop that sounds fresh on the radio at the moment.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like how in my Jukebox review from November that I claimed that the Jepsen single didn't stand a chance on current pop radio, and yet here we are still talking about it four months later.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh wow, looks like TSJ got it totally wrong
― dayo, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
New Kerli track. SHUT UP, I LIKE IT!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
She's completely ridiculous. I like it a lot too.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
enjoyed that article about ester dean, belatedly. always interesting to get a peek into the nuts & bolts of how things happen
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
this unnamed song that is the 'smash' of the recording session:
“Do you do it like this, do you do it like that, if you do it like this can I do it right back.”
sounds to almost exactly like a direct rip off of metro station's "shake it"
Now, if she does it like thisWill you do it like that?Now, if she touches like thisWill you touch her right back?
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 22:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm not surprised, given how rudimentary ester dean's songwriting technique seems to be. disconnected words from tabloid magazines, of course.
the article does a good job at portraying dean as someone who's good at her job despite, or perhaps because of, her limitations, rather than her immense talent.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
there was an article about the matrix that contained similar descriptions of the pop songwriting process, can't remember where I read the article tho
― dayo, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
the demos of billie jean are mostly michael mumbling and making stream of consciousness words too
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 March 2012 02:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
rudimentary compared to who?
― dayo, Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
you're right, no literate or even coherent songwriters exist, ester dean is the ceiling
― internet somebody (some dude), Monday, 26 March 2012 13:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just wanna know about the mozart of top 40 songwriters tbh
― dayo, Monday, 26 March 2012 13:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have v mixed feelings about the members of hitmaking teams who specialize in lyrics and have less involvement in the production or arrangement -- the 'platinum hit' show on bravo last year was very instructive because you had kara dioguardi, who's written some incredibily insipid lyrics on huge hits, lecturing kids on good lyrics whereas it matters a little less to me if beyonce or timbaland pens a boneheaded lyric because they've obviously got other skills that matter more overall
― internet somebody (some dude), Monday, 26 March 2012 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink