i think at the time people were rightfully like "this verse sucks!" cuz it was still sort of at the point where a jay-z guest verse (let alone to open the song) was some sort of event song, but in reality it's pretty much just okay and doesn't affect the song at all
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Its not a terrible verse but it just seems like the first part of his downfall.
Rihanna is ONLY 22? Fucking hell I have done nothing with my life and yet her career is p much perfect
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2177pHMT0
But yeah, apparently "Umbrella" has a wide universal appeal, because this rather crappy cover version was a big hit too (in Finland and Germany at least).
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i think there is some unspoken rule that umbrella has to be considered amazing by everyone on earth (except my father) and that's why it placed so high
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25pfG6j-cuw
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Embedding disabled because Youtube loves us, I'm guessing.
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like if you went 35 seconds forward
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought the jay verse sucked at the time and it kind of does, but i've made my peace with it now, and probably wouldn't choose to listen to any of the jay-less versions of "umbrella" over the original
i liked how rihanna added an extra syllable to umbrella - um-ber-ell-a - and then lil mama added a fifth syllable in her remix - um-bub-er-ell-a - and i kept waiting for someone to add a sixth but no one was man enough :(
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
"umbrella" really is just insanely massive
both "Don't Stop The Music" and "Disturbia" are better; this is basically just as bad as "Unfaithful"
― emo WINNER! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I think "Umbrella" is probably the last super-massive-mega-huge-worldwide single we've seen, and it's three years old now. I really have no idea where (or who) the next one will come from, but it's probably not this year.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Bad Romance felt a bit like that.
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"viva la vida"
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
J Fever otm. "umbrella" was prob the most overplayed radio hit of the last five years, everyone i know got incredibly sick of it.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
terius told me he originally wrote "umbrella" with britney in mind, as a mother singing to her children; though iirc he did tell different stories to different journalists about that song
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm never sick of "umbrella"
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah now that summer is over it is easy to love again, like hey ya or crazy in love are now.
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I never got sick of "Hey Ya!" or "Crazy In Love"
― emo WINNER! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't either. And I could listen to Umbrella, Hey Ya and Crazy In Love another 2,000 times each and still not be sick of them.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
O_o i can't relate
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
it's always the case, after you cane an anthem like that 5m times in one summer you get sick of it and can't listen to it for at least a year, maybe two, and then rediscovering it is always such a joyous moment in your lifelong relationship with that song.
never did rediscover "hey ya" though, think i actively dislike it now
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
No Lindstrom....this is wack
― skip, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Whack?
― skip, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
01. AMERIE "1 Thing" (2005) [1,114.5 points, 43 votes, 5 first place votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbqVg_23otg
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
were there a bunch of lindstrom tracks nominated? i can't believe he didn't make it unless there was massive vote splitting
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
"1 Thing" still brilliant.
― maciej recognizing trill, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
he'll be all over the albums results, i'm sure xp
xxp <3<3<3
― hobbes, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
love those drums
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:50 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
it was post-Kingdom Come fyi
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i really didn't know that ppl like "1 thing" that much!
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
would it beat "crazy in love" in a heads up poll?
Surely everyone can agree on I Feel Space though.
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
ilm dance heads have NOT been representing, in the light of the full results i'm more astonished that "rej" placed than "i feel space", "in white rooms", "ihre persönliche glücksmelodie", "way out" etc didn't - sure you've got dancey sounds all over the place but it seems ilm 2010 needs them presented in pop song form
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i would vote for "1 thing" over "crazy in love"
tho i would also vote for "baby boy" over "crazy in love", which isn't a standout beyoncé single for me
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
― maciej recognizing trill, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 4:06 PM (1 minute ago)
incredibly otm display name
― /\/K/\/\, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
assuming your name is maciej
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 Thing
― Parenthetical Grillz, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
was it? oh, my bad jay-z, you sucked before then.
amerie is a #1 i think everyone can enjoy. even geir if he still exists, maybe.
johnny you are awesome and if we ever meet i will buy you a drink. jordan when does the album one start?
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
so is 'touch' garbage? i don't even think it was nominated (the album)
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I knew this list would be very short on mainstream rock radio hits, but it's kinda cracking me up that alongside the predictable MGMT and Phoenix songs is the Killers' "When You Were Young," love that song.
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
lindstrom fans are very serious abt the feeling of space
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Touch has a few great tracks but it's probably the weakest of Amerie's first 3 albums, or at least definitely the one that flows the least like an album
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
well, i can start the albums one tomorrow
i was gonna wait and see if this thread is still raging tomorrow -- if so i'll wait a day -- if it's died down by tomorrow afternoon (EST) i'll start it
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
touch is an ok album, love "talkin bout", "rolling down my face", "man up" and "all i need". and the t.i. remix of the title track. worth checking out.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Touch is a pretty big let down if you are hoping for 10 1 Things. Ok as just another r&b album. I'd recommened all her others first I think though?
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
woah
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
definitely the one that flows the least like an album
yup agree on this - all i have is her best album qua album, but it has fewer immediate O_O moments (though "why don't we fall in love"...i might prefer that even to "1 thing")
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey, does anyone know how to insert a column in Excel that will serve as an ascending numerical list? I was gonna put up the whole spreadsheet in a few minutes so you can see how close some things got to making it into the top 100, but you'll either have to count yourself or just kind of guess the numbers things were ranked at.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 1:10 PM Bookmark
naw, but it's only her 3rd best album. "Rolling Down My Face" is the other total jam from the album
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
i like "come with me" as well, but it's really low-key.. not really a jam.
― hobbes, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link