The lowdown: Taylor has said this big-chorused country-pop jam is about her tendency to run from love. Serving as the lead single from Speak Now, it launched the album in a huge way. Despite receiving some criticism for its similarities to "Love Story," it reached #1 on iTunes in five hours, debuting at #3 on the Hot 100. It would go on to peak at #2 on country radio and win the 2011 CMT Music Award for Video of the Year.
The vote: We're splitting hairs at this point on the countdown, since all the remaining songs did very well. While "Mine" received seventeen 9's and 10's, that 1 (and a couple more last-minute low scores) cost it a spot in the top ten.
Best line: "I was a flight risk with a fear of falling/wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts"
Noooooooooooo. One of her best songs. SUCH a rush, from beginning to end. Taylor's songwriting craft on full display. Such confident, generous melodies running into more melodies with the chorus being added to each time it comes around, a euphoric middle 8 and then she gives us even MORE with that "HOLD ON MAKE IT LAST HOLD ON NEVER TURN BACK".
And of course "you made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter" is a far better lyric than any of your fave's have ever come up with.
The lowdown: This orchestral ballad about a regretted break-up, allegedly with Taylor Lautner, represents the first time that Taylor has ever apologized to anyone in song. Probably her rawest single to date, it was the second release from Speak Now and became a crossover success, reaching the top fifteen of pop, adult pop and adult contemporary radio, as well as #3 on the country chart.
The vote: A somewhat surprising omission from the top ten, "Back to December" had a slow start and found itself outside the top thirty after the first ten votes. A run of fourteen 9's and 10's helped elevate the song nearly to the top tier, but two of its three sub-5 scores came in the last four ballots, sealing its fate.
Best line: "It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you"
Robyn has a small but devoted group of stans. Her high placing in this rate is most likely due to pop music fans having a lot of respect for her excellent music (which is better than any other pop girl).
Hahahahhahahahahha NO. She sucks, sad but true!
Quote:
ANNOUNCEMENT
Great Username brought it to my attention that I screwed up some of his scores when I was putting them in to Excel. Those corrections changed some of the results, including the following that were already revealed:
"The Story of Us" has dropped from #34 to #36, raising "Cry When You Get Older" and "Include Me Out" one spot each.
"Better Than Revenge" has dropped from #43 to #46, raising "In My Eyes," "Save Me" and "Fly" one spot each.
There are two additional changes still to come. One of those affects the top ten, and subsequently, one lady is no longer part of it. Sorry in advance to her fans!
Aww, I was hoping Ke$ha would make top 10. I genuinely feel like she's the only artist that actually shines through in Dr. Luke's work. No matter how hard Katy tries with those writing credits it will still always sound like a song that was written for her.
Sure Ke$ha and Luke's work together isn't always great, or even decent (and none of it comes close to his trinity - SUBG, Who Knew and Hot N Cold), but I can always feel at least some of Ke$ha in it.
Also, Roman's Revenge should still be in and Robyn should NOT have over half of the top 10.
They show that many people think her music is quality, which is the point you were trying to make with Robyn dominating the top 10 here - your point being that people think Robyn's music is quality, therefore it is so. I was using your line of thinking However 5 million people WW > 15 people on ATRL, sorry!
They show that many people think her music is quality, which is the point you were trying to make with Robyn dominating the top 10 here - your point being that people think Robyn's music is quality, therefore it is so. I was using your line of thinking However 5 million people WW > 15 people on ATRL, sorry!
Sales are not equal to quality. Have you seen some of the trashy singles and albums in the top 10 right now that are selling?
Taylor sells more than Robyn because she appeals more to the general public (young girls seem to love her). Many people don't even know who Robyn is because she is an act that is largely based in Europe.
Now I'm not saying that either of them are superior than the other because that comes down to music taste. But don't try to tell me that Robyn is bad because she doesn't have the sales that Taylor does. That's simply ridiculous.
Sales are not equal to quality. Have you seen some of the trashy singles and albums in the top 10 right now that are selling?
Taylor sells more than Robyn because she appeals more to the general public (young girls seem to love her). Many people don't even know who Robyn is because she is an act that is largely based in Europe.
Now I'm not saying that either of them are superior than the other because that comes down to music taste. But don't try to tell me that Robyn is bad because she doesn't have the sales that Taylor does. That's simply ridiculous.
...
Quote:
If she sucked that bad she wouldn't be dominating the top 10 with double the amount of songs as your fave. Sad but true!
Keep exposing yourself. Do I even need to explain why this quote is dumb (at first I at least thought you were being ironic or kidding, but your subsequent p0sts clearly tell me you're being straight-faced)? And take a joke, because I clearly wasn't serious about the sales thing. I mean, Jesus.
Keep exposing yourself. Do I even need to explain why this quote is dumb (at first I at least thought you were being ironic or kidding, but your subsequent p0sts clearly tell me you're being straight-faced)? And take a joke, because I clearly wasn't serious about the sales thing. I mean, Jesus.
Keep exposing your horrible taste. The only dumb comments I'm seeing are from you. 46 people participated and Robyn dominates the top 10. That means the majority had to like her. You may not like it, but if you think her music is atrocious then you need to get your ears checked. That's all I'm saying. You'll stay polluting rates with your ridiculous scores.
I never knew you could "suck" and still get to consecutive 86's on metacritic!
EDIT: wait, are you trying to argue that robyn's music sucks because she isn't commercially successful? your rates were a joke but that doesn't mean all your posts have to be.
Why is BS like "Blow" above it?
I always forget about this thread...
However 5 million people WW > 15 people on ATRL, sorry!
