(xposts) the James Arthur song is terrible. I work in an office where there's a radio playing the local station all day and that song gets played at least twice a day. The lyrics are super crepe, including a line that implies that he's taking advantage of the drunk-to-the-point-of-throwing-up listener even though he just told them he wouldn't.As to why he's been able to make a comeback, I've no idea. After winning X Factor, he made a lot of bigoted homophobic comments and a homophobic diss track, but instead of dropping him for that behaviour, Syco dropped him because he wasn't selling enough records. Now for some unfathomable reason they've re-signed him. It's been said over on the X Factor 2016 thread, but of all the former XF contestants who could have made a comeback in 2016 (Leona, Burke, hell even Aiden) it's this fucking guy.
― let it go let it go let it go (snoball), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:25 (seven years ago) link
i generally approve of Little Mix but i'm not sure "minor Hannah Montana album track" was a good move
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:27 (seven years ago) link
i know everybody hates Zayn's solo stuff but i think i might like "Pillow Talk" best on this list
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:28 (seven years ago) link
It's the best song on this list but that's not saying much. Also it really highlights the problem with Little Mix, in that it's difficult to tell their singing voices apart. Although they can obviously sing, unlike the many many tone-deaf X Factor boybands over the years.
― let it go let it go let it go (snoball), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:30 (seven years ago) link
xpost often I think that Zayn's been rather unfairly made into a punching bag, but then I look at pictures of him like in the OP and think "yeah actually he's a cock".
fuck it gonna ignore my anti Clean Bandit prejudice and vote for Sean Paul anyway
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:33 (seven years ago) link
mind you that Anne-Marie is maybe even more toe-curlingly bad than the band
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:34 (seven years ago) link
What does Sean Paul actually do on that track apart from say "Sean Paul, it's Sean Paul" (like he does on every song he appears on) and then repeat the title (also like he does on every song he appears on)?
― let it go let it go let it go (snoball), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:35 (seven years ago) link
he does a lazy throwaway verse and he is Sean Paul and that'll do me tbh
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:40 (seven years ago) link
Always thought he was shouting-out to the Windies' grittiest batsman
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:44 (seven years ago) link
"shout out to my ex" is like a comedy replica of grl's "ugly heart"
until i hear clean bandit i'm prob on course to vote for "cold water" or "pillowtalk" as songs i merely find boring rather than actively unpleasant
― lex pretend, Saturday, 31 December 2016 10:48 (seven years ago) link
Obviously we're through the looking glass now where only old gits actually care about what's number one (as shown by the handwringing over Clean Bandit's Christmas number one) but it seems obvious that streaming has profoundly changed the charts. Kinda interested in whether anyone's actually sat down and worked out what it takes to get a number one these days, just the dead eyed analysis of it. Like, why Mike Posner or the Chainsmokers? How much money did these records even make?
― Matt DC, Saturday, 31 December 2016 11:42 (seven years ago) link
I'd also be interested in that! The particular streaming rules are skewing things as well - I suspect that "One Dance" not being on YouTube, which is chart ineligible, was a significant factor in its 15 week run and the lyric video/YouTube audio upload is pretty much dead for British pop acts.
― Iain Mew (if), Saturday, 31 December 2016 13:09 (seven years ago) link
oh lol i had no idea "rockabye" was an update of city high's "what would you do"
― lex pretend, Saturday, 31 December 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
sean paul's phoned-in verse is easily the most enjoyable portion of any of these songs
― lex pretend, Saturday, 31 December 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link
^^^
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 31 December 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
They're doubling the number of streams needed to equate to one purchase. Don't think it'll make any diff though.
Voted Zayn without a second's thought.
― Jeff W, Saturday, 31 December 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
Oh god, none of these. Absolute bollocks, each and every one of 'em.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Saturday, 31 December 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 6 January 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
clean bandit coco jambo for me 2 i guess, despite relative certainty that the succubine cellist probably only originally wrote it to startle the lower classes out of the reeds for her to shoot
― r|t|c, Friday, 6 January 2017 13:12 (seven years ago) link
tbh it sounds more like Ace of Base feat. Sean Paul than anything else
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 January 2017 13:13 (seven years ago) link
I think this is the first time in my life I've pondered why they spelled it "Base"
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 January 2017 13:15 (seven years ago) link
it does sound just like aob, but i desperately needed the referencing coco jambo cool points
― r|t|c, Friday, 6 January 2017 13:21 (seven years ago) link
deeply offensive comparisons itt
― nashwan, Friday, 6 January 2017 13:23 (seven years ago) link
whatever do u mean nashwan
http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-90s-pop-band-secretly-sold-nazism-to-america/
I think I can explain not only why they went with "base," but also why it sounds so warlike. The name is most likely a reference to the Keroman Submarine Base, a massive U-boat launching and docking facility constructed by the Nazis in the French town of Loriant.
― r|t|c, Friday, 6 January 2017 13:28 (seven years ago) link
Any excuse to jump in with the bizarre fact that the AOB single "Always Have Always Will" was originally titled "Killer On The Rampage" and demos of it do exist
― boxedjoy, Friday, 6 January 2017 13:31 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 7 January 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
i believe the 'base' in ace of base's name is a reference to how they first started recording in a basement studio
― dyl, Saturday, 7 January 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
3 homophobes in the house, crazy times
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 7 January 2017 09:03 (seven years ago) link
lmao can't believe some of y'all love "pillowtalk" that song is hot flaming garbage
― josh, Sunday, 8 January 2017 11:39 (seven years ago) link
― Jeff W, Saturday, 31 December 2016 15:51 Bookmark
zAyN fAnBaSe iN A nUtShElL
― r|t|c, Sunday, 8 January 2017 11:46 (seven years ago) link
zayn fans not the problem here afaict
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 8 January 2017 11:51 (seven years ago) link
who knows though how much mischief went into those votes for our danish friends and that charming arthur fellow
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 8 January 2017 11:53 (seven years ago) link
lmao that all of these bad songs got a vote
― lex pretend, Sunday, 8 January 2017 12:20 (seven years ago) link
2 clarify wrt zayn i mean like i'm not mad at ppl enjoying a woke bimbo like at all but yeesh even robbie williams made a better edgy solo go of it
the album is (maybe aptly) not simply mediocre but almost mysteriously 'off' iirc
― r|t|c, Sunday, 8 January 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link
10 little mix votes is completely creepy imo but what else is new
― r|t|c, Sunday, 8 January 2017 12:51 (seven years ago) link
as i said upthread it's more a question of Zayn's single in the context of this terrible list being much nearer the top than the bottom
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 January 2017 12:52 (seven years ago) link
Zayn Malik's cousin CONFIRMS Little Mix's Shout Out To My Ex was about him and apologises for listening to it
lol
― r|t|c, Sunday, 8 January 2017 12:52 (seven years ago) link
Apparently enjoying a well-crafted but fairly throwaway pop song (or at least enjoying it slightly more than some other, mostly terrible pop songs) makes me "completely creepy" now, not sure why but w/e, maybe you would like to explain exactly how that works. And fairly sure calling the voters for James Arthur "homophobes" is bullshit too. I can't stand the man or his songs, but come the fuck on now.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 8 January 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link
little mix here, if voting them over bieber or the chainsmokers or lukas posner makes me creepy then I accept that
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 8 January 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
celtic fans mobilisedhttps://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/unpacking-the-culture-war-between-little-mix-and-glasgow-rangers-fc
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