Well their upcoming album, due in March, is called "Forever 1999".
― MarkoP, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
wow 2017 shaping up to be worse than last year
wonder if that arthur brown shit is to poor for tom waits to sue
― niels, Thursday, 9 February 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
alternate titles: "Sia Continues To Not Do Subtext"; "I Didn't Expect Melanie Martinez To Be Where Katy Perry Is Being Positioned, Huh"; "If You Told Me Katy Perry Was Doing 'Pleasantville' I Would Have Expected Pinup Shit"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gsGhdZDC-0
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
"stumbling around like a wasted zombie" is a great description of whatever the chorus is trying to do
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
there's something so awkward about how capitalism/mainstream pop absorbed counterculture in the way it's expressed here - it's like when Dr. Evil does the "i'm hip" routine
worst indeed
― niels, Sunday, 12 February 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
the thing is, it isn't really counterculture at all. it's Sia writing a Sia song that is essentially "Chandelier"
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 12 February 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
I only meant to suggest that criticizing popular culture within a pop framework is awkward when the content of the critique is so banal/superficial/"without any subtext"
it isn't really counterculture - but doesn't it rely on misconstrued countercultural aesthetics?
― niels, Sunday, 12 February 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
imo a song that tells people they are zombies and have to find real purpose in such vague terms is virtually insidistinguishable from telling people to get real jobs and stop watching reality tv
― mh 😏, Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
30 years agohttp://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/35-incredible-things-that-mtv-gave-us-w431175/the-words-promo-w431566
― maura, Monday, 13 February 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
Fuck, Sia has really dropped off in quality since We are Born - not sure if it's related to her sobering up and doing music 24/7 or the money. Happy for her health-wise I guess.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Monday, 13 February 2017 03:04 (seven years ago) link
xp promo otm and a self-indictment
― mh 😏, Monday, 13 February 2017 03:44 (seven years ago) link
am I horrible if I say sia's best bits were zero 7 vocals
― mh 😏, Monday, 13 February 2017 03:45 (seven years ago) link
Nope.
― how's life, Monday, 13 February 2017 09:51 (seven years ago) link
Otoh, "I'm watching porn in my hotel dressing gown" is v Rolling Worst Music 2002.
― how's life, Monday, 13 February 2017 12:11 (seven years ago) link
(picture of Trump in bathrobe)
― mh 😏, Monday, 13 February 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRhZFNHrT6c
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 22 February 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Bryson Morris sings that song / so i don't even bother
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
I like that he has braces.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Dare I stick my head out and admit that I sort of like the Katy Perry song, just a bit put off by the rubbish lyrics and scansion
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
I cannot get past that Cocorosie/ANHONI song
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
The best thing that I will say about that Perry song is that, after hearing it maybe twice, it doesn't actively annoy me in any way. Other than that, I can't right now recall a single thing about it.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Filed under "Machine-gunning fish in a barrel":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hlSgENWCcU
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dcmovies/images/b/ba/1966_Batsignal.jpg/revision/latest%3Fcb%3D20120909125345
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Thursday, 23 February 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
Jessie Ware co-wrote this. I'm horrified
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwzD8U4u76k
― monotony, Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link
Go fuck yourself, Ed.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
wow, fuck this guy so much
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
Gross
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 5 March 2017 01:03 (seven years ago) link
I know you're lonelyPlease remember you're still freeTo make the choice and leaveDon't call me up, you need to show me
another very strong contender indeed
― niels, Sunday, 5 March 2017 09:06 (seven years ago) link
"New Man" is bad but "Galway Girl" is jaw-droppingly awful - terrible lyrics, too many words for its melody, awful performance, patronising sentiment, kill it with fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL-WVjvzu34
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 10:07 (seven years ago) link
i think ed wants to fuck the new man tbh
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 10:12 (seven years ago) link
I guess there had to be a first time that someone rhymed "asshole bleached" with "every single Ministry CD". The guy they're describing doesn't really sound like your average Ministry fan though.
― how's life, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link
blu raytrue say
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 13:25 (seven years ago) link
So the Ed Sheeran album is definitely the worst album of the year? Or is Sun Kil Moon still the one to beat?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 13:36 (seven years ago) link
Some brief moments on the Koz record are at least legitimately funny. Then again, it's also 7,000 years long.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 13:37 (seven years ago) link
and he has yet to sully the good name of Jessie Ware
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link
― Frederik B, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 8:36 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Didn't you say the new SKM "is the most I've ever liked Mark Kozelek"?
― Evan, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
That's a low bar, and I'd only made it through three tracks at that point...
But the sad truth is probably that I'd prefer abysmal failure to competent and boring... I also kinda like the first Sheeran single, am fascinated by the rest.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link
🤷 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Highly insulting in regards to the first 3 SKM records! Though not sure if you've ever tried them.
― Evan, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 22:00 (seven years ago) link
youtube is currently having a spirited debate over a) whether there is in fact a bar on grafton street b) whether he meant a cross street c) whether there just USED to be a bar because omg it's about his parents omg so sweet d) whether it doesn't matter because ed's songwriting simply cannot be contained by such matters as facts
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 02:11 (seven years ago) link
...the...song...title.
Just, no.
https://soundcloud.com/thehernies/padawan-of-your-love
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link
Also the more I think about it, doesn't the song title basically mean the equivalent of "Hi, I'm the little kid you used to babysit and I'm all grown up now I think and I wanna do you. I hate sand."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:22 (seven years ago) link
The Stargate single features Sia and P!nk imitating Sia and is very insipid and leans towards the "self-parody" side of the predictability spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08qA-Uy-hmk
― monotony, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 03:50 (seven years ago) link
I still have no idea how Sia is a pop star.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 12:39 (seven years ago) link
wow this is traaaash.
― maura, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 13:47 (seven years ago) link
woooow
I don't mind Sia overall, but whoever first said "Sia doesn't do metaphor" ruined my ability to listen to her lyrics without giggling
also, what if this song is her attempt to do metaphor and... it's just one bad metaphor they keep repeating as a chorus
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/jjM4f-Er8W0
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
fuck that, need the full effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjM4f-Er8W0
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
Fuck that Sia track is awful, it's been all downhill since "1000 Forms of Fear" (her last semi decent album)
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
atlas pain look like the house band for the house party i never want to be invited to
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 22:24 (seven years ago) link
Eminem - Walk On Water
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link
That American Soul song U2 did on SNL this week should be in the mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efi4SCY0TA0
― DJI, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
"refujesus"
― DJI, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:26 (six years ago) link
that smurfette track is very bad
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
lol, i forgot that trainor's debut album was 'title'
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
it's useful at least as a marker for showing why kelly clarkson's 'whole lotta woman' and kesha's 'woman' are really quite good
― maura, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
https://themuse.jezebel.com/the-worst-songs-of-the-year-2017-when-pop-nearly-kille-1821231799
Katy Perry ft. Migos, “Bon Appetít”Maroon 5 f. SZA, “What Lovers Do”Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor SwiftEd Sheeran, “New Man”Louis Tomlinson, “Miss You”Katy Perry, “Swish Swish”Miley Cyrus, “Malibu”Portugal. The Man, “Feel It Still”Branchez & Big Wet, “Turn Up on the Weekend”Chainsmokers f. Florida Georgia Line, “Last Day Alive”
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 11:52 (six years ago) link
why would they include Malibu tho?
also, I know they had to pick a token Sheeran track, but I think they should have clarified in the blurb that every Ed Sheeran track is the worst
― niels, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 12:28 (six years ago) link
is this the shortest a worst-of-the-year thread has ever been, in 2017 of all years
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
too much horrible shit to mind in all other corners of life imo
― Simon H., Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
i was pretty impressed by how awful that branches & big wet song is
― na (NA), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
swish swish is a bad song but it really requires the video to move over into terrible
I don't know what a JMSN is, but this is some garbage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrWVngO2gu8
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Thursday, 28 December 2017 03:49 (six years ago) link
That’s the only worst-songs-of-the-year list from a major publication this year? Come on, ILM writers, you can do better than that! Where’s Whiney?
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 28 December 2017 12:20 (six years ago) link
EW’s five worst songs of the year:5. Katy Perry, “Into Me You See”4. Post Malone feat. 21 Savage, “Rockstar”3. The Chainsmokers, “Break Up Every Night”2. DJ Khaled feat. Chance the Rapper, “I Love You So Much”1. Bhad Bhabie, “These Heaux”Five worst albums:5. Prophets of Rage4. Lil Yachty, Teenage Emotions3. The Chainsmokers, Memories... Do Not Open2. Kid Rock, Sweet Southern Sugar 1. Chris Brown, Heartbreak on a Full Moon
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
kind of a layup there tbh
time puts post malone at #1:http://time.com/5048308/top-10-worst-songs-2017/
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
esquire brings in taylor swift’s powerpoint presentation http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/g14470314/worst-songs-of-2017/
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
not linking uproxx’s because it was poorly written trash
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
young & menace is kind of amazing
― imago, Thursday, 28 December 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
it is! easy to hate though
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
"bhad bhabie" isn't really any worse that a dozen other people doing similar work; picking on her seems unimaginative
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 28 December 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
if you want to be galaxy brain cynical you will likely not piss off any advertisers by shitting on bhad bhabie
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 28 December 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
anyone who didn’t have qveen herby on their list didn’t plumb the depths enough
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
I know 2017 is over, but I'm still plowing through 2017 year-end playlists and just came across this ghastly thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtVFTuIZFYU
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link