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RECAP:
20. Cobra Starship
19. Adam Lambert
18. Ke$ha
17. Florence + The Machine
16. Paramore  | TOP 5 FAVORITE SONGS (2009):
5) If I Can't Have You / Whyawannabringmedown
4) My Life Would Suck Without You
3) Cry
2) Don't Let Me Stop You
1) Already Gone
MONSTER COUNTDOWN TOP 100 SINGLES:
1) Already Gone - # 21
2) My Life Would Suck Without You - #77
Seven years ago, when Kelly Clarkson triumphed
in the first American Idol competition by blasting
out the high-schlocky inspirational ballad
"A Moment Like This," who could have guessed
that she would become the early 21st century's
exemplary Angry Chick? Everything changed in 2004,
when Clarkson released a little song called
"Since U Been Gone." That exploding stick of
bubblegum pushed Clarkson to the forefront of the
new girl-power pop, establishing her as the leader
of a wave of pugnacious female stars — Avril and
Pink and Katy Perry — who have stormed the
Top of the Pops, bellowing their outrage over bright
hooks and punchy guitars.
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  | TOP 5 FAVORITE SONGS (2009):
5) Earthquake / New In Town
4) Ghosts
3) Remedy
2) Hearts Collide
1) Symmetry
MONSTER COUNTDOWN TOP 100 SINGLES:
1) New In Town - # 11
2) Remedy - # 39
3) Earthquake - # 71
And new pop’s bijou Boadicea? Who else but
Victoria Hesketh, an average northern girl blessed
with the talent to charm the airwaves like a drunk snake,
cursed with the over-exposure of new-year hype hysteria.
Beneath the false-eyelashed perfection of her press shots,
though, there’s a story much more inspiring than the usual
girlband rags-to-riches tale. Having tried it all
(punk, pop, prog, lounge jazz, Pop Idol) and nearly making
it with Dead Disco, Victoria ended up back at square one.
So, she rolled up her sleeves, stripped back to basics and hit gold.
Little Boots gives us an inspiring story of self-realisation
and a brilliant album. Which is better than perfection, anyway.
Perfection’s got great hair, it dances like a animatronic robot.
But it’s not very human.
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  | TOP 5 FAVORITE SONGS (2009):
5) Darling, I Want to Destroy You
4) Medicate
3) Beautiful Thieves
2) Cold Hands
1) Too Shy To Scream
MONSTER COUNTDOWN TOP 100 SINGLES:
1) Medicate - #13
AFI returned in 2009 with "Crash Love" their new album.
“Medicate” (the first single) is awesome and reminds me a lot more
of something from “Sing the Sorrow” & “Beautiful Thieves”
has that over-the-top choral chant that backs Davey up in
the chorus that gives it that huge rock feeling you were
talking about. Am looking forward to getting a better version
of the record than the stream so it can sink in a little more,
but for now, it’s not sounding too bad at all.
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  | TOP 5 FAVORITE SONGS (2009):
5) Uprising
4) Resistance
3) Undisclosed Desires
2) MK Ultra
1) Unnatural Selection
MONSTER COUNTDOWN TOP 100 SINGLES:
1) Uprising - #09
2) Undisclosed Desires - # 62
I love Muse and I am a big fan. This year they
returned with "The Resistance", a great album
charged with tracks out of this world.
It’s symptomatic of ‘The Resistance’ as a whole:
conceptually impressive but musically all too familiar.
And while not their best, it’s decent enough to ensure
there’ll be more – even though the truly off-the-wall
moments are either rare or misguided, meaning
the record feels slightly anonymous. So next time,
guys, can you just go nuts?
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TOP 5 FAVORITE SONGS (2009):
5) Rude Boy
4) Hard
3) Rockstar 101
2) Russian Roulette
1) Fire Bomb
MONSTER COUNTDOWN TOP 100 SINGLES:
1) Russian Roulette - #36
Everyone expected a successful year for Rihanna,
maybe its not happening but at least the girl is back.
The cover of the new Rihanna album features
a severe black-and-white head shot of the star.
She has her hand clapped over her right eye;
her left eye, surrounded by a raccoon ring of mascara,
glares back at the viewer. The context here is no secret:
It is impossible to look at those eyes without
remembering the images of Rihanna's bruised face
in the aftermath of her beating in February by
ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. Until recently, the singer
has been quiet about the incident. Songs like
"Russian Roulette" — a domestic-violence victim's
confession whipped into soaring melodrama — tell us why:
She was busy saying her piece in the studio.
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I adore the color of her hair.
Adam Lambert ◘ Paramore ◘ Ke$ha ◘ Cobra Starship
