A Year In Pop: 20

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I brought this poll forward from tomorrow because I think it'll get quite a few ticks.*

[Poll #988684]

*and because I didn't want to harangue you with only game-based posts today.

Comments

Re: Real Actual Pop Injustice

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on this. There's just not much to it. The lyrical idea is fine, and she carries the song on basically her vocal alone, so more power to her. But there's virtually no melody there, just those hard beats and lots of her going "elluh elluh eaa eaa eaa." There's this strength there, but its only in the words and the muscle behind her vocal -- you don't really feel any luv. Maybe if there'd been a video with her standing strong to protect her four-year-old daughter and shots of a husband who'd abandoned them or something, but... well, I just don't think it's nearly as good as Bouncy's last batch of singles (and I'm not a fan of hers at all).

Re: Real Actual Pop Injustice

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There's those lovely crunching sounds though and some great blocky chords underneath too - there may not be much of a vocal melody but there's enough hookiness in the music to draw me back again and again.

Re: Real Actual Pop Injustice

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Try the Lil' Mama remix for (1) more big blocky synths, (2) less Rihanna melody (except they cut the nice bridge, which Mama now raps over), (3) NO JAY-Z!!!, (4) the words "umbuberella" and "peroxicide." Much prefer it to the orig. version...drives home the musical hook, pares down the vocal hooks, greatly improves the rap section -- which doesn't feel so awkward tacked on right at the damn beginning like a false start or something. Reminds me too much of...I dunno, something forgettable like the semi-wtf first intro track on the Fall Out Boy album shoutout/tie-in-wise and doesn't do the song any good at all.

Re: Real Actual Pop Injustice

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Umbuberella (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vvQLZ0vB-T8)