rolling pop 2011

people still freak out if the first thing they hear isn't an obvious hit. it's Beyonce, she'll have her hits.

Who is freaking out and thinks she won't have her hits? Just saying this song is not an obvious hit is not the same thing. Who is saying "this song is not at the top of the charts and therefore she won't have more hits from this upcoming album." Some Dude, you may have read more than I have about this single and maybe there are people freaking re the hit potential for the whole album, but I haven't read that.

As for the merits of the song, I kinda agree with Maura in the Voice who likes it but adds:

there's also something exhausting about it that goes beyond its cheer-team beats. It doesn't seem so much like a song as it does a collection of movements, of snippets that can be broken down into iTunes previews.

when i'm referring to you, i quote your post or address you specifically. when i say "people" i mean...people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KagvExF-ijc

nice chorus

Maura OTM.

http://i.imgur.com/TKeiD.jpg

official artwork for the single

heinous

that shit needs to bump "e.t." the fuck off the radio

taylor knew how to do nerdy, so did avril, ugh at katy

idk i think it's pretty hilarious

she could have at least had the decency to choose different frames

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gimBjT3C9jk/SvJGGwrLiNI/AAAAAAAAAIU/-B_5hU2n6xY/s400/taylorswift_glasses.jpg

i'm assuming it's more of a Rebecca Black homage than a generic "omg glamorous pop star pretending to be a nerd"

I didn't really get a 'nerd' sense from rebecca black at all

and the song predates rebecca black's memedom

looking at the lyrics I'm judging there's gonna be a 'nerd lets her hair down and has a wild night' music vid

i was saying the awkward teen thing seemed Rebecca Black-ish AS OPPOSED TO Taylor wearing glasses in a video and being all omg nerd. also duh single artwork (and video) can have inspiration more recent than the song's original release.

there are many diff shades of awkward teens & nerds, guess youre too far removed from that time to have a good feel gramps

i like that artwork

also great title

dayo i can't even tell what you're "arguing" and it's not because of any removal from the world of young ppl, it's because you're harping on something completely irrelevant for the sake of arguing

i just hope the song is as good as the title

guess I'm failing to see how ott caricature conforming to every nerd stereotype scans as rebecca black, sorry some dad

the song has "Friday" in the title and Katy Perry is not exactly one to shy away from an obvious or played out joke, is all i'm saying.

let's not make it more complicated than it actually is

I mean, did you even watch the rebecca black video

Didn't Katy Perry sing a cover of "Friday" or something? I dunno- that single cover immediately made me think of Rebecca Black too, fwiw.

Yes, Katy Perry had a recent video floating around the Internet of herself covering "Friday" at one of her concerts.

do keep up, dayo

(lol)

sometimes I just can't believe you people

*upends table*

just had to post this remix of the Dev single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZdh13_bijo

EXTREMELY DOPE... especially the switch-up in the middle.

Oh, damn. I was hella skeptical when I pressed play but this is dope.

OMG that switchup.

I hope dubstep with female vocals and lightness of touch like this and "Katy on a Mission" becomes a thing. With all the UK post-dubstep stuff splintering off into own thing entirely, something has to counterbalance the rampant macho idiocy within dubstep now.

both Drake and Mike Posner have said some kind of variation of "you said you wanna leave but I know you're gonna stay" on hit songs in the last few months, which leads me to the conclusion that that is the douchiest phrase in the English language

lol

i wonder if dev will score a big solo hit and save herself from the fate of becoming an eternal hook-girl

if ur a criminal
kill it on the floor

omg this video is good!

What do we think of Wynter Gordon's "Til Death"??

All the people saying it's no "Dirty Talk" are kinda right, I can't imagine this controlling my life at 2am in a gay club really, but I want to like it.

i heard it the other day, i didn't think much of it either way. i resisted "dirty talk" hard b/c of its borderline cringe-inducing verses but the chorus proved irresistible.

jason aldean's "dirt road anthem" seems to have something of a chance of becoming a crossover pop hit -- on the heels of its recent cmt awards performance, the main version of the song AND a new remix featuring ludacris are both selling very strongly.

on a related note, how rare are country star + rapper collabs? only one i can think of off the top of my head is nelly and tim mcgraw

I heard a joint by "the band perry" yesterday that I thoughbwas pretty dope

"Give me everything" is kinda killing tho

i think the only the band perry song i've heard is "you lie" and it's pretty great

i've had the band perry on my display name pun to-do list for like 6 months now

Ha

yeah "you lie" is pretty good, their first single was ok too even though it was basically a colbie caillat song

Oh, man. Delving back into the realm of Canadian pop music, both for Jukebox and for interest/lolz. Forgot how strange and awesome it is.

First: Simple Plan - did you guys ever get them? French-Canadian final wave of Sum41 pop punk who normally sing in English. But their lead single was released bilingually! One featuring Natasha Bedingfield, and the other featuring some Quebecois Idol chick. And I'm kind of digging it?

English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSBKPkk4m4

Franglais

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

Also, Raghav, Indo-Canadian R&B singer, whose new album is 75% Jim Beanz jams like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2OYROJAVD0

and 25% Hindi songs, including a refix of Hold Yuh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HidjXVIew&feature=related

All of this stuff has/is charting in the Hot 100, and most of it in the Billboard Canadian Top 40.

Simple Plan's first couple albums got a pretty big push from MTV, were moderately successful. amazing that they still exist!