rolling pop 2011

holy shit those are some of the worst lyrics i've ever read

I dunno if anyone else here will like this besides me, but it's the new song by Dash & Will who I've been tracking since 2008 (their first batch of singles was really good, and the album wasn't too spotty). This is the first new music since, and they're reportedly working on the second record for later this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu9QLWIhXlU

It's probably "heavier" (?) than most of what gets play in here, but it's not indie and it's not rock, so I don't have any idea where else to slot it.

"Black and Yellow" at #3 ^_______^

Gaga has too much of the 'craftsman' instinct presently to release more than one outright dog at a time.

The GaGa song is interesting because it seems like the most explicit and self-conscious attempt by a big star to make some bwwig universal "generational anthem" (her words) since errr, Madonna's "Vogue"/"Like A Prayer"?

*big

This song is dope imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Z3YrHJ1sU

yessssss i love stereo love. i was crossing my fingers for it to go top 10 in america (basically the only place where it hasn't) but sadly that is not going to happen.

the avril is awesome!

the drums in the bridge are awesome! also the acoustic guitar in the chorus! and the organ sound!

very fun hooky song, not a chore at all

yeah i was thinking about mounting a defense of it but i was surprised to not be the only one that really liked it on Singles Jukebox

i really wish "what the hell" was a pink song

I'll try the Dash & Will hype again now that it has a real video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGysiDbueeo

i like the song and i like Pink more than Avril but i can't hear Pink singing it

pink's other single from her greatest hits has a fair chance of going #1 next week. strange how this has become her most commercially relevant phase of her career

i feel like the top of the Hot 100 these days has more to do with the artist than the record in the way the albums chart traditionally has been, and Pink is one of that handful of artists in the Gaga/Katy/Rihanna/Ke$ha/Eminem rotation that just shoots to the top of the chart with almost every big single release now.

If this ends up singlehandedly blocking Wiz from #1 I will be >:O

yeah i don't even really like the wiz song much but a regular-ass rap song hitting #1 would be pretty cool, especially that song the week of the super bowl

strange how this has become her most commercially relevant phase of her career

it makes sense, really: Pink has a kind of weathered, been-there, cool-big-sister appeal that gets better the longer she's around -- put her next to a bunch of young new stars and she sticks out as seeming wiser and more down-to-earth. "raise your glass" was perfect at grabbing the good will that creates -- all supportive and encouraging, like we'll all gather at Pink's feet and she'll, like, give us motherly advice about being awesome

yeah she's definitely a bit older than pretty much all her contemporaries (even with Britney there's a 2 year age gap) but she wears it well, still kind of bratty defiant but not increasingly ridiculous about as she gets older like Avril.

cool-big-sister

That's easily the most succinct, accurate description of her appeal I've seen.

my wife pointed out to me recently that my eldest female cousin looks/sounds slightly like Pink and i was like wow you're right, so that especially rings true for me

Jessie J "Price Tag" went to #1 in Britain its first week, I don't think it will chart well here in America, it has this lazy and slow feeling that I don't think will translate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxX-QOV9tI

you sure about that? it's basically the same feel as "Billionaire," which was inescapable, plus it has B.o.B, and it'll probably do well in the "alternative to club songs" niche

aw man this might be massive

train, jason mraz, bruno mars etc have had plenty of hits recently that sound like this

do the smeezingtons have anything to do with this? probably

oh it's dr. luke? fuck it this is gonna be massive

somehow this is worse than "do it like a dude" & i really didn't think that was possible

this chick is utterly & completely the worst

I'll still stan for "Do it Like a Dude," but this is zzzzzzzz

It could go massive, but I don't think its success will fully translate to America. To me the song has this weird feel that doesn't match the tempo, it's trying to be a laid-back song but there's this relentless pulse that seems to be trying to make everything speed up. In Price Tag the bass and guitar suggest this languorous feeling that the vocals don't match. In comparison, Billionaire and similar songs seem more cohesive and at peace with the chill feeling.

oh god PRs please don't pitch mike posner to me :(

am i going to end up tolerating and even occasionally liking jessie j somewhere down the line like i now do with lady gaga? god i really hope not

no

yeah even when i didn't care for gaga (ca. first album) i still recognized a kernel of something that could be really great down the line

jessie j just flat-out sucks

heard "price tag" on the radio just now

Pink Friday just pulled ahead of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in total sales this week.

makes sense -- still hear those songs all over the radio

also Nicki's at #1 and Kanye's at #22, gap's just gonna get wider.

Ladies and gentlemen, a rappin'-ass rap song is #1 on the pop charts.

:/ at fucking "I Need a Doctor" going top 5 tho.

Ladies and gentlemen, a rappin'-ass rap song is #1 on the pop charts.

"black & yellow"? billboard site says it's bruno mars, maybe it hasn't updated yet?

Pink Friday just pulled ahead of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in total sales this week.

i find this hilarious btw - and surprising, even if pink friday is a way better album than most dismissed it as.

and also, its entire "inspire the teenage girls" ethos really works, and lends uninspiring production choices an extra frisson of meaning - eg "moment 4 life" is only ok but it feels like there's something at stake in it.

"Moment 4 Life" is good precisely because of the prodcution!

(http://www.billboard.com/news/wiz-khalifa-s-black-and-yellow-tops-hot-1005029612.story)

Cee Lo Green's former top 10 "F**k You (Forget You)" claims the Hot 100's Airplay Gainer Award, jumping 19-16. The song, which, as previously reported, reaches a new peak on the Pop Songs chart five months after its release, also rockets to a new highpoint (42-23) on Radio Songs (44 million, up 42%). Green is expected to perform the song with Gwyneth Paltrow Sunday (Feb. 13) at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Among its four nominations, "F**k You (Forget You)" is up for coveted record and song of the year honors.

this song is gonna go #1 here isn't it :'(

very happy to see "black and yellow" get as high as it deserved though... but srsly get that horrible dre/eminem song off the charts now

We are all the subjects of stargate

ok so katy perry's new single "e.t." was just released and it has a kanye west feature

i remember that song sucking when i heard the album but maybe i'm misremembering

b/w this & the "pretty girl rock" remix getting mad radio play i guess kanye is back in the remix rotation