rolling pop in 2009 thread

lady gaga needs to fuck right off post-haste

i am grateful for the 'Just Dance' acapella i found on slsk. sounds great over the Kris Menace remix of Moby's 'Ooh Yeah'.

Didn't realize these guys were still around!

they were a pretty solid singles band for a while there but wooooooow that new one is awful...i'm sure you couldn't find an embeddable version of the actual music video but really worth seeking out to see how bad it is

that song's pretty good imo. it's goofy as hell but i like when the crowd comes in on the bridge

I've heard it three times this week, and I haven't even been in the car that much.

hmm you think? i haven't heard it enough to remember more than the chorus but i really hate that chorus.

But not as bad as Lady Gaga's EIGHT plays

The chorus works well blaring in a car, esp. when the crowd kicks in

are you saying...that all you hear is...radio gaga?

xp

haha, yes, we have two pop stations here, and i've heard both stations playing it at the same time TWICE this week.

the radio down here has started to play a "just dance" remix with kardinal offishal. his verse is awesome. i always kind of liked that dude but i was pretty turned off by his akon single

gaga is inescapable here too - every station is playing her except the hardcore rap/r&b one

re the rejects song. i don't think it's their best song by any means but i like it cuz of its goofiness. im not usually a proponent of championing a song cuz it's "fun, man!" but it really is a fun song, from the "gives you hell" instead of "give you hell" part to the stadium singing part to the weird for the rejects instrumentation. im not buying it form itunes any time soon but i like it

oh, btw jordan, this week, i heard our dude say, "That was Secondhand-uh Ser-EN-ADE, keep it hear locked, we gott Plain White TEEZ and Nickelback. Coldplay kicks it off after tha break"

I'm going to call in tonight and request "Put On."

i think part of my problem is that i don't even understand the phrase "when you see my face I hope it gives you hell" enough to process it as a chorus that repeats over and over and over

haha i hope he cried during the break after saying that

the hip-hop/r&b station i listen to actually played "poker face," which was even weirder.

kelly clarkson song out now

phew, def. not katy perry

ok, fine, maybe a little katy perry, but kelly's delivery is really great. shame about the song--nice, but not blowing me away on third listen

it's solid enough but not that distinct or BIG. I should wait until i can listen to it at high volume, though.

lazy zing-- my life doesn't suck without this song

it's really pedestrian - im pretty sure it's a max martin joint so im sure it will get better as it gets drilled into our heads

ok, it is a little bit 'Pink leftover.'

they said that on idolator too - it's kind of insulting to pink imo cuz her songs are so full of emotion and life. that sometimes makes her shit really cloying and unlistenable i think but this clarkson song is so flat

idolator? whatever! i get my idol news from rickey.org! lol

dude's kind of a creep it seems like

oh boy, look back at sanjaya's season

link

everything on the first page is from 2008 - im pretty sure sanjaya doesn't even think that he deserves 'media' coverage in 2008

I love the Lily Allen song ("The Fear") and it's really only made better by the fact that I wasn't expecting another good track from her ever.

All-American Rejects doing a version of Womanizer that is, IMHO, not half the song that Britney sings:
http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--205785935

what does their lead singer have against blinking?

whoa what the hell happened to that dude. he used to be so cute.

Kelly Clarkson will make history on this week's Billboard Hot 100, to be posted tomorrow (Jan. 29) on Billboard.com, with the largest leap to No. 1 in the chart's 50-year history.

team kelly!

I was a bit surprised by the lukewarm reception on blogs/the thread on here (isn't there one?). It sounded like a smash hit to me.

it does sound like a smash hit, but more in the sense of "it sounds like 12 other Max Martin/Dr. Luke tracks that were already smash hits" than being really immediately irresistible.

Agreed.

to me it's kinda the same sitch as "Single Ladies"...online chatter among people like, well, me focused on it being like "Got Me Bodied" but ultimately it didn't matter because radio loved it and it was huge.

that ne-yo/jamie foxx/plies song is #3 on hot hip-hop/r&b and i swear to go i've never heard it

- hilson in at 12 and dream in at 13 which is dope

I'm guessing the ne-yo/foxx/plies is not the same as the ne-yo/foxx/fabolous?

yeah, he means that slow jam version of "miss independent" with fab

between that and "love in this club part 2" it's looking more and more like a smart move to give remixes different titles so they can get their own chart entry.

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50
1 1 KELLY CLARKSON MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
3 2 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I
4 3 KANYE WEST HEARTLESS
2 4 LADY GAGA/COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE (REMIXES) - EP
5 5 SWIFT*TAYLOR LOVE STORY
6 6 THE ALL-AMERICAN RE GIVES YOU HELL
8 7 THE FRAY YOU FOUND ME
7 8 T.I. LIVE YOUR LIFE
9 9 BRITNEY SPEARS CIRCUS
10 10 JASON MRAZ I'M YOURS
14 11 T.I. FEATURING JUST DEAD AND GONE
11 12 PUSSYCAT DOLLS I HATE THIS PART (REMIX VERSIO
12 13 RUDOLF*KEVIN LET IT ROCK
13 14 PERRY*KATY HOT N COLD
19 15 NE-YO MAD
16 16 PINK SOBER
-- 17 LIL WAYNE PROM QUEEN
15 18 SPEARS*BRITNEY WOMANIZER (REMIX EP)
20 19 NICKELBACK GOTTA BE SOMEBODY
17 20 THE VERONICAS UNTOUCHED
28 21 BEYONCE DIVA
18 22 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE
32 23 LADY GAGA POKER FACE
35 24 KERI HILSON FEATURI TURNIN ME ON
21 25 WEST*KANYE LOVE LOCKDOWN
23 26 PINK SO WHAT
22 27 AKON RIGHT NOW (NA NA NA)
38 28 AKON FEATURING COLB BEAUTIFUL
24 29 JIM JONES & RON BRO POP CHAMPAGNE
26 30 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA
25 31 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT
44 32 SOULJA BOY TELL 'EM KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
31 33 JOHN LEGEND FEATURI GREEN LIGHT
33 34 RIHANNA DISTURBIA
50 35 KATY PERRY THINKING OF YOU
27 36 LUDACRIS ONE MORE DRINK (EXPL
62 37 JAMIE FOXX FEATURIN BLAME IT
36 38 ZAC BROWN BAND CHICKEN FRIED
29 39 DAVID COOK LIGHT ON
39 40 TAYLOR SWIFT WHITE HORSE
41 41 DIERKS BENTLEY FEEL THAT FIRE
42 42 TOBY KEITH GOD LOVE HER
30 43 RIHANNA REHAB
43 44 BLAKE SHELTON SHE WOULDN'T BE GONE
34 45 BEYONCE IF I WERE A BOY
57 46 THE-DREAM ROCKIN' THAT THANG
45 47 LEONA LEWIS BETTER IN TIME
40 48 SAVING ABEL ADDICTED
54 49 KEITH URBAN SWEET THING
49 50 BROOKS & DUNN FEATU COWGIRLS DON'T CRY

INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS
60 57 NE-YO FEATURING JAM SHE GOT HER OWN
93 60 BEYONCE HALO
64 61 FOXX*JAMIE JUST LIKE ME
91 62 PLAIN WHITE T'S 1, 2, 3, 4
73 63 KID CUDI DAY 'N' NITE - EP
-- 64 THE TING TINGS THAT'S NOT MY NAME
82 66 JASON MRAZ & COLBIE LUCKY
96 72 MIMS MOVE (IF YOU 'W'ANNA)
-- 74 FLO RIDA RIGHT ROUND
78 78 EMINEM, DR. DRE & 5 CRACK A BOTTLE
-- 82 T-PAIN FEATURING CH FREEZE
-- 94 LEONA LEWIS I WILL BE
37 96 U2 GET ON YOUR BOOTS
-- 98 JAKE OWEN DON'T THINK I CAN'T LOVE YOU
-- 100 YUNG L.A. FEATURING AIN'T I

BUBBLING UNDER
6 1 KEYSHIA COLE YOU COMPLETE ME
21 2 JAZMINE SULLIVAN LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS
25 6 JESSE MCCARTNEY FEA HOW DO YOU SLEEP?
19 8 USHER HERE I STAND
-- 14 CARRIE UNDERWOOD I TOLD YOU SO
-- 18 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WORKING ON A DREAM
-- 20 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN THE WRESTLER

R&B 100
1 1 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I
2 2 NE-YO FEATURING JAM SHE GOT HER OWN
5 3 BEYONCE DIVA
6 4 KANYE WEST HEARTLESS
3 5 JIM JONES & RON BRO POP CHAMPAGNE
18 6 JAMIE FOXX FEATURIN BLAME IT
12 7 KERI HILSON FEATURI TURNIN ME ON
11 8 FOXX*JAMIE JUST LIKE ME
24 16 NE-YO MAD
30 22 JAZMINE SULLIVAN LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS
25 24 KEYSHIA COLE YOU COMPLETE ME
49 31 SOULJA BOY TELL 'EM KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
39 35 T.I. FEATURING JUST DEAD AND GONE
52 41 JENNIFER HUDSON IF THIS ISN'T LOVE
38 47 BRANDY LONG DISTANCE
70 58 CIARA FEATURING YOU NEVER EVER
85 74 LADY GAGA/COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE (REMIXES) - EP
-- 92 RIHANNA FEATURING C BAD GIRL

Eminem's gonna be #1 next week which is gross

- Keri finally got her hit! I wonder which will reach #1 on R&B first:

18 6 JAMIE FOXX FEATURIN BLAME IT
12 7 KERI HILSON FEATURI TURNIN ME ON

it's crazy to me that single ladies is still #2. not that i'm complaining

did "Just Dance" ever make it to #1?

62 37 JAMIE FOXX FEATURIN BLAME IT

BLAME IT ON THE A-A-A-A-A-A-AAALLLLLCCCCOOOOOHHHHHOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

maybe earlier. it sounds like a bit of "she cant love you"

you're right - 2 years old. it's being released for the first time in the UK in January tho (the Robyn factor, sort of).

my point was that keri hilson isnt on lady gaga's level, as an example

― unicorn strapped with a unabomb (deej), Sunday, December 20, 2009 1:31 PM Bookmark

i dunno, obv keri isn't nearly as good of a pop star-qua as gaga, but please do tell me when gaga does a song nearly as good as "turnin' me on"

― dyao mak'er (The Reverend), Sunday, December 20, 2009 7:40 PM (1 minute ago)

"bad romance" > "turnin me on"

tooootallly

yeah agreed -- but that wasnt even my point, im just talking about in terms of pure popularity, gaga's a superstar

whatever dudes. top ten single of the year vs mediocrity

I mean, it's cool to like lady gaga now and all, but lets not kid ourselves

i guess you'd get more sympathy if you said hilson was a better artist. her shit is consistently decent-to-good; gaga's is either awful or amazing, & imo "bad romance" is a higher high than "turnin me on" (which i like)

i dont think my point had anything to do w/ personal preference. gaga is clearly a 'bigger deal' in pop culture, both artists have had some great songs & forks lumping them in w/ jay sean & flo rida was what i was disagreeing with -- that group of artists was on some apples to oranges to bananas to orangutans shit

I don't think she's generally a very good artist, though. I guess most of her songs are at least decent in isolation (except "Knocks You Down", fuck that song imo), but they all feel so disconnected from each other that it feels like there's no larger point to her. Since her personality is basically completely different on any given song, it all adds up to a personality as indiscernable as if she didn't display any personality anywhere. I've used this phrase elsewhere to describe her, but she's chameleonic to a fault. That said, "Turnin' Me On" just works completely on its own terms.

Lady Gaga, on the other hand, has a consistent persona, and thus seems much easier to latch onto as person. This is a very important thing to superstardom, that fans be able to discern you against your competition and have a set of expectations that can be confirmed or subverted. I just don't like any of her songs as much. ("Paparazzi" is my favorite single of hers so far, and that's more of an "I like it" than an "I love it".)

I like "Turnin' Me On" and was really excited about it when it first dropped, but it really is not that great when you get down to it imo.

I would've agreed with all your points about Gaga before hearing "Bad Romance," kinda have to adjust all my gripes about her to some degree now that she has a song I love.

I intended all my points about Gaga to be more or less neutral (other than not liking her songs as much, but that's just completely my opinion and unimportant to what else I was saying about her), so I'm not sure how liking a song of hers or not affects them.

yeah as much as i'm more predisposed to liking hilson, i kind of have to admit that there's a lot more point to gaga as an artist. and tbh gaga probably has more songs i really love now, what with her upping her game considerably on the fame monster.

"turnin' me on" is still really great though

Get It Girl is her best song tho

before we get into the 2010 thread i just want to reveal that it turns out that i really love "replay" and "evacuate the dancefloor" - in fact let's totally replace sean kingston (is he still around?) with iyaz

Where's the 2010 pop thread?

I figure someone who listens to pop more than me should start the 2010 thread. I listen to r'n'b/rap radio more than pop and only ocassionally read the US Billboard pop chart (and rarely ever the UK one or others).

you guys should do this again, it was a fun read last year.

The Sean Kingston single from last year was okay but I much prefer him in puppy love mode (e.g. "Me Love") to Fire Bun mode, and I felt ambivalent re its unmistakeable Black Eyed Peas influence.

lol what is this song "patron tequila" by paradiso girls

^^ honestly this song is ridiculous

mmmhmm. it was the soundtrack of summer 2009 for the guys i was hanging out with. such a wonderful song for getting/being ridiculously drunk.

by the end of the night imma have you drunk and throwing up
by the end of the night imma have you SO FUCKED UP

that song does "obnoxiously wasted" so much better than ke$ha ever has and yet look who has the career

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTXBDNHJcvQ&feature=player_embedded#!

lol rong thread

what is um, wynter gordon "stop hatin 2.0" i like it

hate to be a pedant but are you bumping this thread on purpose to talk about '09 tracks or do you mean to be on rolling pop 2010 instead?

oh who am i kidding i love to be a pedant :)

no i thought it was from '09 so i thought i'd keep it here so as not to get the "uh you know that was from over a year ago" responses yknowwhatimean

i DON'T KNOW THE PROTOCOL MAN

haha ok i thought maybe they were older songs, which is why i asked. it's all good.

:D but rly this wynter gordon song keeps coming on last fm and it's like my own personal little jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBdck-MtGWA

i come back to this every once in a while and just play it over and over