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Discussion: BoTB '13 Week 6: Great Username, I Tried
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BoTB '13 Week 6: Great Username, I Tried
Probably the most anticipated week of the first round - with good reason, as apart from one artist (a certain Australian), no act this week had a massive consensus pick for the top song. Should be interesting to see what you all make of what you all selected.
Kylie Minogue, performing Can't Get You Out of My Head
Justin Timberlake, performing LoveStoned/I Think She Knows
M.I.A., performing Bad Girls
Ke$ha, performing Tik Tok
Brandy, performing I Tried
Annie, performing The Greatest Hit*
Carrie Underwood, performing Just a Dream
Grizzly Bear, performing While You Wait for the Others
Taylor Swift, performing State of Grace
* WMG won't let The Greatest Hit onto YouTube, probably due to its large sample. It is available on Spotify though!
If you want to join, the rules are simple - listen to all nine songs, comment on them, and rank them; your favorite track gets a nine, your least favorite gets a one, and everything else falls in between. Votes due FRIDAY.
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Some of these picks are SO predictable.
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Wait, yall picked Bad Girls over $20 and 10 Dollar? lol
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YAAASSS to this week. I'm really gonna do this one. Obviously anyone with taste understands that JT deserves the top spot.
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I will do this week. I'm surprised CGYOOMH hasn't been done before.
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Originally posted by Stevie
Some of these picks are SO predictable.
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They're all predictable. I was really disgusted that great tracks that are perhaps more indictative of their respective artists catalogs - Wildest Dreams, Begin Again, Party at a Rich Dude's House - didn't even make their respective artists' top fours.
The less said about Kylie her picks the better; I was the only one to vote for album tracks. 
Looks like I need to bring FYCs back.
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Of course Taylor and Carrie show up in the same week. 
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9. Can't Get You Out of My Head
8. Bad Girls
7. Just a Dream
6. Tik Tok
5. I Tried
4. Love Stoned/I Think She Knows
3. State of Grace
2. Greatest Hit
1. While You Wait For the Others
All great songs though 
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
The less said about Kylie her picks the better; I was the only one to vote for album tracks. |
The lies. I definitely voted for an album track. 
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9 - CGYOOMH - It's perfect, not much else to say about it.
8 - The Greatest Hit - The Madonna sample is EVERYTHING. Plus, it's all around a really compelling song emotionally.
7 - I Tried - WOAH. I had only heard Afrodisiac once and kind of brushed it off as boring. Um, this song is amazing. Love the strings & horns. btw what's with her obsession with Coldplay?
6 - State of Grace - I don't mind this being her pick. It's awesome and fills me with a rush of sentimentality. If it hadn't been for Brandy kind of sneaking up on me surprisingly I would have given this a 7. Very very good though.
5 - Bad Girls - "Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well" seems like such a cliche but she manages to make it sound cool.
4 - Lovestoned - It's a cool song.
3 - While You Wait for the Others - Very, um, stuttery? It's a good song that's not as boring as I would expect from that band.
2 - Tik Tok - It's good, but the bridge is really a waste of time.
1 - Just a Dream - lol
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ace Reject
They're all predictable. I was really disgusted that great tracks that are perhaps more indictative of their respective artists catalogs - Wildest Dreams, Begin Again, Party at a Rich Dude's House - didn't even make their respective artists' top fours.
The less said about Kylie her picks the better; I was the only one to vote for album tracks.
Looks like I need to bring FYCs back. |
Hey I voted for Loving Days! And Loveboat I think!
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State of Unconsciousness is gonna force me to unfairly drag Taylor. Y'all do the worst.
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I forgot your vote for Aphrodite. I meant a GREAT album track. 
Onto next week.
Erykah Badu
(ineligible: Window Seat, Bag Lady)
Outkast
(ineligible: B.O.B., Ms. Jackson, Hey Ya!, Roses)
Girls Aloud
(ineligible: Call the Shots, Black Jacks, The Loving Kind, Untouchable)
Lady Gaga
(ineligible: Poker Face, Bad Romance, Monster, So Happy I Could Die)
Cheryl Cole
(ineligible: Promise This, Waiting)
Khia
Azealia Banks
Roisin Murphy
(ineligible: Let Me Know, You Know Me Better, Movie Star)
Sky Ferreira
Vote for any four post-2000 tracks by as many, or as few, of the above artists as you so choose. Send your votes to me by PM.
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
I forgot your vote for Aphrodite. I meant a GREAT album track. |
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Originally posted by madonnas
Hey I voted for Loving Days! And Loveboat I think!
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Edge of Glory please. 
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Originally posted by madonnas
7 - I Tried - WOAH. I had only heard Afrodisiac once and kind of brushed it off as boring.?
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It's her best album!
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Originally posted by JakeKills
Edge of Glory please. |
No no, "Heavy Metal Lover".
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GA and Gaga's trinity of best songs would be ineligible  Lemme think about doing that.
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Govenrment Hooker,Electric Chapel, and Speechless please
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Originally posted by Stevie
No no, "Heavy Metal Lover".
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An acceptable alternative.
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