rolling pop 2011

"The Lazy Song" is terrible but i'm taking some comfort in the arrival of a Bruno Mars single that i can't imagine shooting to #1

btw i'd like to be the first person on ILM to mention Christina Perri's "Jar Of Hearts" since it has yet to be rightfully singled out as one of the most horrible and inexplicable chart hits in recent memory

Oh man! I am not a rolling pop regular, but I wanted to be that person! I've meant to post about that song for at least a month. She seems like she was grown in a petri dish, but the song's not THAT bad. It's not as bad as that song that samples "Old Man".

wouldn't a pop star grown in a petri dish have a good voice and maybe no skunk hair? the song really is THAT bad imo.

agreed re: "roll up." i can see why people might call it a slight song, but to me it sounds perfect for this time of year

heard that bruno mars song on the radio for the first time the other day, cringed at the lyric about having sex in the morning or whatever

good point
still, the song that samples "old man" is worse

even tho i should identify with the bruno mars song there's something that's really smug & repelling about it

well there is or should be a lot more to enjoying music than identifying with it, no worries there

4 straight number ones for KP

also there's a wiz khalifa song that i've never heard of at #6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97bmjNjPi9M

also t-pain can thank #teambreezy for his finally getting a song off 'revolver' into the top 40

I'm so glad that the Guetta dance-pop sound and the ideas of chopped-and-screwed have finally come together, especially with Nadia Oh using this as a vehicle to beat Cassie at her own game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nda8X6sOU

tonight was the first night i heard "e.t." blasting out of a car window -- this is my litmus test for whether i can consider a #1 single 'legitimate' so i guess it was juuuuust in time

i'm not quite sure why ppl bought that particular wiz khalifa song en masse, i don't like it as much as his others

yeah idgi

BEP "Just Can't Get Enough" is v Alex Da Kid, yeah?

i'd like to be the first person on ILM to mention Christina Perri's "Jar Of Hearts" since it has yet to be rightfully singled out as one of the most horrible and inexplicable chart hits in recent memory/

I heard this for the first time the other day and think it is an absolute jam.

BEP "Just Can't Get Enough" is v Alex Da Kid, yeah?

― maybe i'm just gay (Tape Store), Friday, April 1, 2011 12:32 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

not in any way shape or form, literally or figuratively, no

I really like the Nadia Oh song! Probably the best bit of royal wedding paraphernalia there'll be.

Not to derail the thread but this is my favourite bit of royal wedding merch so far:

http://windsorknot.today.com/_news/2011/03/22/6320417-keep-the-royal-romance-fresh-refrigerated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3KEr9R56o

"You know my dirty little secret / I wanna sing like Patti Smith for you / Cos I love you like a punk rock song."

i like the song "grenade" by bruno mars

yeah, it's not too bad

was at my dads yesterday & read the newyorker sfj thing on him, it was really good, kind of abt how he is plain in the most universally palatable way which sounds like a dis but acknowledges thats its somehow kind of undeniable

"look at me now" is officially chris brown's biggest hit in 3 years

the fact that chris brown has a hit makes me too depressed to even finish typi

"she ain't you" is decent for a new chris brown song, but mainly because it's a "right here/human nature" rehash and i've been on a swv tip lately

i probably never would have bothered listening to that song, but i cannot possibly ignore anything related in any way to "right here/human nature"

... and yeah, it is exactly the same. it might as well not exist.

i like "look at me now" so i'm glad that ended up being his first top 10 hit in however long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8

is there a special reason why this song is doing so well in the uk right now

maybe people kept watching the video waiting for Cillian Murphy to show up?

First (official) single from new girlband Soundgirl, out June (I think). Sort of how I wanted the last Rihanna album to sound:

http://x2fr.tumblr.com/post/4695716516/more-info-here

And yes, it is practically a re-production of Carly Simon's "Why"... still dope tho.

think im going to download the bruno mars album

damn @ k'naan having a writing credit on "the lazy song"

i h8 the lazy song do u generally like k'naan tho? waving flag is frontrunner worst song of the decade imo

i've never heard a k'naan song

i hate "the lazy song" too, just pushes the wrong buttons for me -- it's weird cuz i think it's a fine concept for a song & the lyrics are actually kinda funny but idk the celebratory nature of the whole thing really gives me the wrong vibe -- also the faux-reggae train/jason mraz genre is something i really despise

i think "grenade" is really great tho

me 2

lol i thought this had been bumped because of the new beyoncé single - come on people. i'll start a new thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbii3QsmIB4

I kind of like this... a lot? though it sounds like 10 other songs.

That Vendela song is the best pop song I've heard so far this year #postsverymuchincharacter

"down on me" is officially a bigger hit than "birthday sex"

I still (unfairly) think of this guy as a one-hit wonder tho.

Genuine LOL earlier when I spotted that "Fast Car" is set to go top 5 in the UK this weekend, til I realised that was probably just some Britain's Got Talent thing.

Wretch 32 sampling the Stone Roses is also #2 at present.

I was really excited for a moment when I thought that meant The-Dream rather than Tracy Chapman.

Actually, the UK album charts are lots of fun, especially in midweek. Not sure is weirder - Explosions in the Sky in the top 40 or Jamie Woon in the top 10. Metronomy had a top 40 album last week. Men'al.

kinda confused about the wretch 32 single doing so well, i much prefer his last one

this song is kinda fucking massive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHEzDM25W08

^shiplo will HATE this (obv)