ne-yo singles poll

both are really fun to play air-keyboard to (although i haven't tried to figure out how to play on an actual keyboard)

oh man repoll

"mirror" really should have been a single

He's no Chris Brown tbh

― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:18 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

if i had to pick one of these snogs i jsut couldnt live without, it would have to be 'mad', though i would never want to be put in that situation

lol snogs

The keyboard riffs on "Flashing Lights" and "Miss Independent" have a similar syncopation that's much different and more complex than the more straightforward 8th-8th-quarter note rhythm on "My Love".

love the stuttering keyboards on "Miss Indepenent". didn't vote in this pole, but would have voted for "Mad".

:D

poll, sorry

heard "hate that i love you" on the radio tonight and realized it's probably in my top 5 ne-yo singles. it shouldnt really be much but its really great - sounds like a backstreet boys song to me, which i dig

It's a great song!

it is, but i prefer 'good girl gone bad', which is essentially the same song but more complex and conflicted

mad 0

This is absolutely nuts.

that is nuts, it should've gotten 1 vote since you're apparently crazy enough to think it's his best single

Very funny. I wouldn't say it's his best but I might be willing to call it his most endearing. Great tune, regardless.

so we're back to 0 votes then.

i was surprised that it had no votes too tbh when i looked back at this last night, but it had only been a single for barely a month when this poll was made -- it's a strong #6 for me after the big top 5

it would be no better than #8 for me

Yup.

in "one in a million" he quotes aaliyah, drake and dj khaled

the only one that's an unambiguous reference to a phrase coined by a specific song is "all we do is win," the others are just garden variety phrases that happen to be titles of other songs. unless you think Ne-Yo has created a rich tapestry of quotes from songs by Dr. Dre ("been there, done that"), Lisa Stansfield ("all around the world"), The Spinners ("one of a kind"), The Postal Service ("nothing better") and Brian McKnight ("the only one for me") and isn't just spouting cliches.

well yeah -- i mean clearly those other two are a bit more ambiguous but any r&b singer naming their song "one in a million" is gonna bring ppl directly back to aaliyah & idk "best i ever had" is pretty recent enough that it seems like slightly lazy songwriting idk

xp damn son, let the kid have his dreams

lol

i honestly think the title of the song could have been "best i ever had" OR "one in a million" and they only went with the latter because the former had been the name of a hit more recently

also there are prob like 30 songs named "one in a million" so what's one more

j0rdan's gift for hilariously microbanal musing apropos of nothing and no one in particular is honestly one of my fave ilx things - let us all cherish that fleeting shit

otoh they would make a superb series of philosoraptor jpegs

haha i drive (a lot) in a car that only has FM radio so microbanal musings on overplayed radio songs are unavoidable on my end

haha @ this

some of them can be p unpredictably fruitful in case you ever feel self-conscious from hereon btw

in "one in a million" he quotes aaliyah, drake and dj khaled

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 3, 2011 2:58 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the only one that's an unambiguous reference to a phrase coined by a specific song is "all we do is win," the others are just garden variety phrases that happen to be titles of other songs. unless you think Ne-Yo has created a rich tapestry of quotes from songs by Dr. Dre ("been there, done that"), Lisa Stansfield ("all around the world"), The Spinners ("one of a kind"), The Postal Service ("nothing better") and Brian McKnight ("the only one for me") and isn't just spouting cliches.

― bernard so icey (some dude), Sunday, April 3, 2011 12:39 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well yeah -- i mean clearly those other two are a bit more ambiguous but any r&b singer naming their song "one in a million" is gonna bring ppl directly back to aaliyah & idk "best i ever had" is pretty recent enough that it seems like slightly lazy songwriting idk

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 3, 2011 12:50 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

xp damn son, let the kid have his dreams

― r|t|c, Sunday, April 3, 2011 12:51 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

― bernard so icey (some dude), Sunday, April 3, 2011 12:51 PM (five years ago)

hehehe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vhhtsLoR4k

feel like this youtube channel could be the tapemasters inc of the pivot to video era

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

wish this had 'decisions' on it

still one of my faves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2kdxQEcSY

this version has brandy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=key9U0_T2eo

He's no Chris Brown tbh

― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:18 PM (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that post has aged well huh

dont love me is nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkfskJtF80