"Call Me" vs. "Call Me Maybe"

yeah that's absurd, jepsen looks out of dark crystal somewhat

Yep. She's in the Gelfling club along with the Olsen twins. Not to say that she's not totally hot because she def is but Debbie Harry is just amazing.

Picture I was going to post of DH to prove how otherworldy beautiful she is includes her vagina 0_o

this is still cracking me up btw

yeah i was wondering the other day if 'call me maybe' was the biggest idol related hit yet, 'since u been gone' is the only one that i think was plausibly bigger but it didn't hit #1 and corgi rae did (and knocked out a sting song also so yay canada) and it feels like it's still got some steam in it.

I should clarify I wasn't actually searching for vagina pictures. They just turn up when you search 'Deborah Harry'! The thumbnail was adorable and then the click.. yeah.

this is still cracking me up btw

Of course I googled this. Odd photo; she's porky-piggin' on stage.

As far as Idol hits go, Carrie Underwood would be a player in this argument. (I don't follow the country charts, but it seems like "Before He Cheats" was ENORMOUS during its year.)

She's actually wearing gold tights in that Dr X photo, btw. They look like her legs when processed in b&w though.

yeah i was wondering the other day if 'call me maybe' was the biggest idol related hit yet, 'since u been gone' is the only one that i think was plausibly bigger but it didn't hit #1 and corgi rae did (and knocked out a sting song also so yay canada) and it feels like it's still got some steam in it.

depending on what happens this summer, "Stronger" could make a resurgence (it's hit #1 already)

As far as Idol hits go, Carrie Underwood would be a player in this argument. (I don't follow the country charts, but it seems like "Before He Cheats" was ENORMOUS during its year.)

during its years – it got airplay and new sales for a loooong time

ahhh, makes sense JF. I knew she liked short dresses (I have this live DVD that made me a little gay) but I thought that was a pretty.. bold choice!

there's some totally insane-o stat floating around that, when you start aggregating all of the charts, American Idol finalists have had something like 350 #1 songs and albums since the show started

yeah i could see carrie underwood for biggest idol related star (we'll see how she weathers her dixie chicks moment though) but as big as 'before he cheats' was it didn't have the saturation of 'since u been gone' or 'call me maybe' (at least not in ne ga, which leads me to think probably not in socal or nyc either).

"Before He Cheats" got played 3 times an hour for 2 years in Boston, it was practically "Rolling in the Deep" levels of saturation

peaked at #8

ftr carrie underwood hottest of these 3

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QSV1BR6EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Call Me Maybe is fun and poppy but I guess I don't live on the planet where it's better than Call Me.

*removes spacehelmet*

ftr carrie underwood hottest of these 3

― balls, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:18 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol georgia

someone photoshop Underwood's face on the Koo Koo cover

OMG WAHT IF DEBORAH HARRY HAD BEEN RIPLEY INSTEAD OF SIGOURNEY WEAVER?

lol @ Vgirl

instead she romanced that flabby dude in Heavy

and did a whole video where she french-kissed statues and u_u

As much as I love Blondie, "Call Me" has always felt too cold & clinical; a marker of how remote they briefly became at the apex of their imperial phase. Whereas "Call Me Maybe" is perky and lovable. As I prize perky/lovable over cold/clinical, CRJ it is.

― mike t-diva, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:46 AM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ Totally agree with almost all of this, EXCEPT I find "Call Me Maybe" perky, lovable, and pretty much forgettable the moment it's over. Blondie B+, CRJ B.

perky, lovable, and pretty much forgettable the moment it's over.

otm

is the "I missed you so bad" part that's pretty much indistinct from the chorus the "middle eight"? that part is pretty weak & pandering. I guess pandering is a good thing in pop, though.

This is the section I thought they were referring to.

wish the poll options included al green and the throwing muses

Cold and clinical?! Call Me is a time-tested powerful incantation imo.

not sure how "cold" is a demerit!

wish the poll options included al green and the throwing muses

or Aretha vs Dennis DeYoung

Call Me is seductive and aggressive and desperate, and Call Me Maybe is kinda cute and, idk, passive? It doesn't do a lot for me. Debbie does it for me.

Call Me Maybe is a truly great pop song for 16 year olds, I dunno what you 30-somes are getting out of it

this is tough... but i think i'm going w/ blondie.

ftr i would definitely choose "call me maybe" over "since u been gone"

This is not a hard choice.

Also, Petula Clark

Wow, Carly Rae Jepsen was born in 1985. I totally thought she was younger than that.

when I hear "Call Me" now it kind of makes me want to put on "Children Of The Grave"

Why not both?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy4Y-ttU1KI

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

(There's 2 other ones on youtube, too, but I'll spare you.)

I am not even sure how "Call Me" vs "Call Me Maybe" is a contest, fwiw. But I am dumb.

Call Me Maybe is a truly great pop song for 16 year olds, I dunno what you 30-somes are getting out of it

― frogbs, Wednesday, June 20, 2012

how does it feel to be 31?

I think it might have to do with them both having the words 'call' and 'me' in their titles.

xpost

That's not what I meant, obviously, but they could have at least have included Spagna.

I could've included a whole laundry list of songs with "Call" and "Me" in their titles, but I really just wanted to make people choose between two and Blondie's seems like the most ubiquitiously famous of the "Call Me"'s.

I have never made the musical connection between "Children Of The Grave" and "Call Me" before this moment. LOL, thanks ILM!

you are a terrible person for making this poll fyi, JF

That's not what I meant

Just a dumb joke...

No love for Ringo's song, eh?

Call Me Irresponsible

how does it feel to be 31?

i'm 26....

Already predicting how dessicated your thirties will be?

it's no "I Want it That Way", can I just say

also lol @ saying that not enjoying having "Call me Maybe" drilled into your head every time you go anywhere or do anything = dessication

OMFG

hahahaha I am just now hearing mike t-diva's song, amazing