Another Year In Pop: 36

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

For once there's a reasonable number of new entries this week, phew. Who'd have thought we'd be nostalgic for the turbulent charts of the early 2000s? But are any of these fresh new hits good enough to quench the pop thirst we developed over the summer drought?

[Poll #1255714]
Rest of chart news: Katy Perry's still at number one, and look - what's this? Paper Planes has popped up at no.69! About blimmin' time if you ask me.

Congratulations are also in order to THE TING TINGS who won this year's Lex 20p Indie Prize by a clear margin of 5 whole votes. Why not go and watch their most recent video? I think it's pretty good!

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Paper Planes' is being re-released in October so...omg, an actual proper-sized hit for MIA is imminent. LOLZ. I guess those trailers for that film are being shown here now?

Pussycat Dolls - yes, this is excellent and unstoppable, I love the way it gets even heavier in the chorus.

Gym Class Heroes - The-Dream's production and his contributions are really gorgeous: his production seems to be a washed-out electro haze and really full-sounding at the same time. Sadly the Gym Class Heroes totally ruin it by being SO RUBBISH AT EVERYTHING ESPECIALLY RAPPING, seeing their horrible smug faces in the video didn't help matters. Makes me want to listen to The-Dream's album instead.

Steve Mac - wtf no, gross

Duffy - still not even the slightest semblance of a personality here

Bryn Christopher - horrid bellowing voice/boring song

NKOTB - omg they are SO OLD, they're even too old for me to remember them the first time round :o Still, pleasant enough summer jam, works in the same way as the Jesse McCartney album from earlier this year except from the otjer end of the age spectrum

Flobots - wtf no, gross. Why does this sort of hip-hop chart here and not Young Jeezy? I wish backpackers and students would die

STAND UP TO CANCER - hahahahahahaaaa such a divafest. Why does Fergie of all people get so many lines? Also, love how Beyoncé never stops acting like she's the lead singer. Best bit = Mary J on the bridge, worst bit = TashBed totally fucking up her line. Sadly the song is no good, barely even a song, and really it's not ENOUGH of a diva-off: I was anticipating all of them trying to out-bellow each other at the climax, and that didn't happen. Not even any kettle sounds from Mariah :(

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

*MJB on the middle eight not bridge, duh. no one does a middle eight quite like Mary J!

also I'd probably really love 'Summertime' if there was any of it left :(

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

yes, the pineapple express trailer is on over here now, i saw it about 8 times the other night (i was watching back to back south parks on paramount 2 which i guess is the film's core demo...)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Also re: Gym Class Bobbins, I don't understand why this particular The-Dream collab has charted highly, when LL Cool J's superior 'Baby' languishes in the nether reaches of the charts. 'Baby' is basically a rewrite of The-Dream's own (excellent) 'Shawty Is Da Shit' with a (much) lazier chorus (two words! over and over again! well done The-Dream) but this is OK because LL turns in a rather wonderfully confused performance with a GREAT twist in the final line. The line "I'm really not sure if her breasts are fake/Cuz wit whipped cream on 'em, they taste just like cake" makes me go UHHH WHAT?

[koganbot]

Wow, on the basis of those lyrics I'm searchin' for the LL.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why this particular The-Dream collab has charted highly, when LL Cool J's superior 'Baby' languishes in the nether reaches of the charts

Travis McCoy = much, much fitter than LL Cool J these days, sry2say. Also there's something kind of more likeable about him, despite the fact he's dating Katy Perry.