"Call Me" vs. "Call Me Maybe"

xp haha what? p sure there is a big overlap bw ppl who like jepsen and gaga/guetta

(Wow I totally fucked up those first four words! Xxp)

for another month and a half, Alfred. But I'm voting for Blondie, mind you

I was unfamiliar with Tweet's "Call Me" before this thread, but damn. That song makes me feel all icky. Cheating is bad behavior and desparate and aggressive cheating is even worse. So imo Tweet's song isn't better than either of these, and is in fact something I'll probably never listen to again if I can help it.

how about that beat though

dope beat.

I disagree respectfully even, frog; I think Lex is a great writere who's made a career out of loving this stuff (and getting others to love it too) and I think he has nailed how the song's appeal works rather masterfully

Well you can see whatever you want to see in the tune. I mean, 26 is old for this kind of music (she's older than me!), and I don't feel like it's being marketed that way. Would you know how old she was if you didn't look it up? What would you have guessed if you hadn't? Also "Call Me Baby" wouldn't really work, but yes that part is interesting. I mean theres plenty to like about the tune but I would be careful ascribing it that kind of meaning

haha what? p sure there is a big overlap bw ppl who like jepsen and gaga/guetta

Of course, but there's also going to be a chunk of that fanbase who don't, because Call Me Maybe is considerably more 00s or even late 90s teenpop than it is 10s teenpop.

why do you care so much about the proper age at which you listen to shit?

youthful appeal a liability, says They Might Be Giants fan

in the eighties frogbs would have been stanning for Steve Winwood albums

i don't hear any '90s in it, it's a very mid-'00s Veronicas-via-Vanessa Carlton thing imo

speaking of which, i remember how shocked people were at Carlton being 21 when "A Thousand Miles" dropped

yeaaahhhh that Tweet song. just, no.

I liked 'Oops, Oh My' - 'Call Me', not so much.

TMBG is a totally different thing, dunno what you're on about there

"The proper age" - to me it feels a lot more like Bieber than say Lady Gaga or even "Toxic", there's just a certain type of wide-eyed romantic idealism that hits so much harder for a teenager than it does somene who's 15 years removed from puberty, if you are and you still love the song, more power to ya. I mean I do appreciate this for being the biggest earworm since "Born This Way", at least

feel like only the strings are giving it the Vanessa Carlton feel and the vocal affectations give it a sort of juvenile quality a la Barbie girl but everything else about this song to me is dr. luke/Katy perry type joint

There's no obvious use of autotune or massive rave clouds or thudding house beats. It's got a completely different feel.

yeah it's by no means an anti-Katy/Luke but it's got a pretty distinct sensibility from that stuff

it's definitely a breath of fresh air in the era of Lady Gaga/Katy Perry/Black Eyed Peas/Guetta, I don't think the strings quite give it a vibe like Vanessa Carlton, I think they're just there because that's what makes the song the catchiest, simple as that

Katy Perry and Carly Rae Jepsen are doing the same things musically, imo

yes. you can sing p much all of "teenage dream" to the instrumental of "call me maybe"

Call Me Maybe strikes me as being more in the Michelle Branch/Sara Bareilles axis of Vanessa Carlton type stuff.

Katy Perry and Carly Rae Jepsen are doing the same things musically, imo

not that i know any CRJ outside of this song but the hallmark of Katy Perry is her Jeff Mangum style of singing everything is LOUDLY AS FUCKING POSSIBLE while "Call Me Maybe" at least has the option of being ignored

please, nobody listen to the Slate Culture Gabfest discussing Call Me Maybe this week.

done and done

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

you're still talking about "call me" nearly 30 years later. I'm pretty sure everyone will have forgotten "Call me maybe" by this time next year. utterly forgettable.

I'm prettty everyone won't.

pretty sure

yeah i hate when people say that. people remember EVERYTHING now, especially things that have reached a certain level of ubiquity.

what evidence have you that critics and listeners thought Blondie's "Call Me" would vanish after summer '80?

xpost

If people still remember "French Kissing in the USA" (and they do) then they will certainly remember "Call Me Maybe".

is that the original title of "Party In The USA"?

In Love With Love (SAW) mix >>>>>> French Kissin

All-time classic disco-rock epic vs agreeably perky disco-rock trifle. Debbie Harry founded the school that CRJ is wait-listed for.

here's my number, so call me in 30 years if you're still listening to this song

flopson can i get your sister number why because she look intersting

lol

hung up on a word. sheesh. only time will tell. I can't even remember what "call me maybe" sounds like 30 secs after hearing it. I'm in the minority:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/06/why-call-me-maybe-is-so-catchy/

I find the prospect of the citizens of 2042 all agreeing with my opinions to be quite a boring-seeming future which I would not want to come true.

heard this first time in forever out the other night, never knew it had a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYpNQXK6lpM

DiscoveredCall Me Maybe after that Kate Perry Youtube tribute thingie. Goes to show how sad I have become. lol Like the song a LOT but I'd pick Blondie. But I won't. Instead I prefer Tweet.

CMM isn't very good really is it. Yr all kidding yourselves.

I find the prospect of the citizens of 2042 all agreeing with my opinions to be quite a boring-seeming future which I would not want to come true.

― Tim F, Monday, June 25, 2012 6:57 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM response to the pointless appealing-to-posterity argument.

Ah, imagine todays world where everyone is still talking about ELP and have forgotten the Sex Pistols.

i love the lyrics on call me maybe. i can barely remember anything from "call me" except "anyplace, anywhere any tiiiime".

for instance:

it's hard to look right
at you, baby

the way she pauses after "right" makes you think that's the end - "it's hard to look right". well, it fucking is, isn't it, especially when you've got a crush on somebody. it's practically impossible to look right, even when you've had 20 minutes to put together your outfit. but hang on - "at you baby" oof, in even deeper into this crush! it's not just "what do i look like" but "what do i look AT?" - such a simple line, but one which pulls the rug from under you halfway through, which is just such a perfect sort of RHYME for what it's talking about, that whole flustered feeling of just not feeling grounded, not knowing what to do around a crush.

before you came into my life
i missed you so bad

is this really what she says?? i mean, it's such a paradox i'm willing to believe i'm mishearing it, but come on people, that is genius.

I would just like to know if in Canada it is really considered crazy to give someone your phone number after you meet them and find them attractive. That's pretty normal dating behavior here in the States, but I am unfamiliar with your more circumspect northern courtship practices.

"Where you think you're going, baby?" is the genius line, some slight menace in it. Like, "baby" could have been replaced by "fuckface"...

tipsy that's the genius of call me maybe - it captures the ways that "normal dating behavior" feels reckless and exciting and a little nuts

Oh I guess. I just like imaging some Canadian boy being all like, "She gave me her NUMBER. What the hell? Where are the months of discreet, lightly perfumed letters followed by a formal interview with her father?"

Imagining