Yet Another Year In Pop: 9'

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Kelly's jumped a hundred and two places to the top spot; Taylor, Gaga and T.I squeeze in behind her knocking Lily down to 5. Other than that: bvgger all this week, really.

[Poll #1358146]

Lower reaches watch: MY GOD, some new music in the top 100!!!111! Enrique & Ciara, Jennifer Hudson, Ladyhawke and Chase & Status are all sticking their oar in.

Comments

[koganbot]

I really like the central blah on Taylor Swift, "Place In This World" --> "Should've Said No," a lot of which foreshadows "Fearless" ("Cold As You," especially; love the line "I start a fight because I need to feel something").

Fearless has a richer sound that's more swamped in femininity. Not at all surprised that you like it. I do too, though as I implied, I wish its swamp:hook ratio were higher (i.e., want more swamp, fewer hooks).

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah I'm not getting any particular sonic buzz from Taylor yet, bar the hooks, but I suspect this is the kind of thing one appreciates in time. Really, this album is just a trove of Easter eggs though - that line in 'Hey Stephen' (which is brilliant anyway), "All those other girls, well they're beautiful - but would they write a song for you?", and then that wry laugh, and the way she sings the rest of the song with that laugh still caught in her throat. AMAZING.

[koganbot]

Yes. Extraordinary singer. I'd like her to try "Take A Bow" in the studio, since her live versions totally pwn Rihanna's.

[koganbot]

Her live intro to "Should've Said No": "Basically, this is a song I wrote about a guy who cheated on me and shouldn't have because I write songs."