You wouldn't put Gotye below Calvin Harris...
Ok, ok, let m recover from the shock and say how much I like Titanium, Some Nights and KYIO.
I made sure I didn't listen to Some Nights a single time before the video to avoid exactly what happened to you xD.
Thanks for the comments guys, I just made the next set and there's lots of pop in it
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This set is ****ing epic
Havana, Calvin, Titanium, Swedish House Mafia and that Mat Kearney song (I think I heard Mat's song on Sirius XM or something).
And Some Nights actually grew on me too!
Yeah, Mat Kearney is played on some channels there and glad to hear you liked the song, I think it's very underrated.
And what a surprise, that was always the song you hated the most during the summer Well it is a very noisy song so I can see why someone might dislike it at first, glad it could grow on you.
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Actually he announced that before FSC so it was a really great surprise that he decided to sing in that song, that's why I love that song so much and agree with u with Let's Go or Sweet Nothing but you should try the amazing "We'll Be Coming Back", that song is really amazing! better than those 2
I think I listened to WBCB a while ago but I have no recollection of how it goes. I'll check it out and try to get back to you.
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8/10
You wouldn't put Gotye below Calvin Harris...
Ok, ok, let m recover from the shock and say how much I like Titanium, Some Nights and KYIO.
I made sure I didn't listen to Some Nights a single time before the video to avoid exactly what happened to you xD.
I like Feel So Close a tiny bit better than STIUTK, I never really understood why you hate that song so much But as a artist I do prefer Gotye to Calvin, only reason he's in my list with just one song is he never released a proper second single to US
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...bet you didn't expect to see this so low, did you?
*raises hand*
And to top it all off Titanium and Some Night.
I just got so tired of all of those songs. You can expect to see more alternative rock quite a bit higher tho.
At the Top 100 now so time to get out the number graphics.
Evanescence "Lost in Paradise"
We kick off the Top 100 with one of the few-female fronted rock bands left in the music industry. I'll be honest and say that I've never been a huge Evanescence fan, and this era in particular didn't do much for me, but this was the one single that I kind of found myself getting into. When I heard the song start so soft and mellow, I was just waiting for it to take off a la Bring Me to Life, and it never really did, it just built up gradually to a climax near the end. It's an interesting technique that I think worked in a way, I was always interested to hear a more stripped-back sound from them without the aid of so many instruments. And does this song really achieve that? Not quite. But it's probably as close as we're gonna get lol. This is the only song by Evanescence in the list.
Bruno Mars "Locked Out of Heaven"
Another artist that gets too much hate on ATRL and I don't quite know why, I don't find him generic or corny in any way. The fact remains though that he's one of the few currently successful male pop stars. And this song is a great showcase of his talents. It's more upbeat and with more production than Just the Way You Are or Grenade, and even though I love those songs I think it's a good thing that he wandered out of his comfort zone. It was a risk that really paid off, it became one of my favorite singles from him and it just recently reached #1 in the Billboard Hot 100. I wish we could forget about that mess of a video though... This is the only song by Bruno Mars in the list.
Green Day "Oh Love"
The lead single from Green Day's album trilogy that many fans considered a huge disappointment. I agree to an extent, it's nothing epic like Wake Me Up When September Ends or Good Riddance, but I don't think it was intended to be. It was just supposed to be a fun upbeat song to lead off the era, similar to Know Your Enemy. There's something so unique and great about Billie Joe's voice, even if the song he's singing isn't very good I always somehow end up liking it lol. The song underperformed in the charts despite its appeal, which I think should tell Green Day not to do any more of these album trilogies in the future. This is the only song by Green Day in the list.
No Doubt "Settle Down"
2012 was supposed to be No Doubt's big comeback year after 11 years of hiatus, and for some reason I actually had faith in this one. Settle Down was a really good lead single choice, so catchy and appealing and it shot up the iTunes charts upon release, even more than I had expected. Unfortunately pop didn't pick it up so well, and after the customary second-week drop it never really recovered. That basically doomed the rest of the album to flop, since the lead single always receives the most promotion and hype. Which is really unfortunate, because as I mentioned Settle Down is such an infectious song and it sounds like a summer/fall smash. Oh well, I'll be here for them as long as they keep making good music. This is the only song by No Doubt in the list.
Megan & Liz "Bad for Me"
This type of music is not usually part of my taste, but I just couldn't help myself on this one, so catchy and cute and likable. And before you think this duo is just another talentless wannabe pop act, you should know that they are both songwriters who can do great acoustic and live performances. They also have a more ballad-like single with Are You Happy Now released earlier this year, which barely missed the cut for this countdown. I don't think they sold out with this song, they're meant to be a pop-rock duo and this is just showing their poppier side. As I said before the song is as catchy as hell, I jammed to it all the time during this fall and I still keep it in my playlists. I hope this is just a sign of bigger things to come for Megan & Liz. This is the only song by Megan & Liz in the list.
Rita Ora "How We Do (Party)"
This song may be basic and generic but I don't even care, it's just so damn good. Rita's voice is perfect for the song, it flows so smoothly over the lyrics. And it's one of the closest things we've had this year to a perfect pop song, I mean the insanely catchy hook, the gigantic chorus, and the beat...it all combines to create one of my favorite debut pop singles of the year. Unfortunately as we've seen earlier in the list I was disappointed by the follow-up, and as we saw on the Billboard Hot 100 the song flopped. Such a shame Rita won't make it in the States, I think she's a really great artist. This is the last of two songs by Rita Ora in the list.
Conor Maynard "Vegas Girl"
Bieber, take notes. This is how a teenage male artist can release a poppy R&B tinged single and still make it sound fresh and current. At first I thought I wouldn't like the song because it's different from his sound in Can't Say No, but it really ended up growing on me. The production is very unique and it's what sets Vegas Girl apart from all the other soundalike pop songs out there, it's very urban and not something you'd think an artist like Conor would do. The song even reminds me of something Justin Timberlake might sing. Basically, where Bieber failed with Boyfriend, Maynard succeeded with Vegas Girl. His second US single Turn Around, which is just barely eligible to chart this year, is following in the same mold and I'm very happy about that. This is the first of two songs by Conor Maynard in the list.
Sammy Adams "Only One"
One of the few rap songs I really liked this year. Sammy is a rapper from Boston who charted his first song in 2010 and has been trying to make it ever since. Many of these young (and at the risk of sounding racist) white rappers have very little talent in the genre and should just give up because they're never going to make it. However I think Sammy is different. I mean first, he has the looks, this is the kind of guy that I could definitely see the girls going crazy for. He has a great flow when he raps, it really matches the cute playful lyrics of the song. And finally, what really surprises me is that Sammy is also a singer, and a pretty good one at that. I mean, I understand about auto-tune and I know there is some in various parts of the song, but I can tell that he has a good voice and should use to it to his advantage. This is the only song by Sammy Adams in the list.
The Lumineers "Ho Hey"
Most likely the biggest surprise of 2012 for me was seeing this innocent little folk-rock ditty go all the way to the Top 5 on the Hot 100. I mean, folk music reaching the Top 10? Like when was the last time that happened, 10-15 years ago? Even Mumford & Sons couldn't do it with their huge album sales and rabid fanbase. So congratulations are due first to The Lumineers on that. Moving on to the actual song, I find it very interesting. It's a short song, less than three minutes, and while it's built on the normal song structure (verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus), it certainly doesn't feel normal. Maybe it's just the folk instruments or the tone of the singer's voice that's throwing me off, I have no clue. Whatever it may be, I was very intrigued by the song in the later part of 2012 and I came to love it. It should really lose some places just for the title though This is the only song by The Lumineers in the list.
Matt Nathanson f/Sugarland "Run"
Another very cute song from soft-rock artist Matt Nathanson, who some of you might remember as the "Come On Get Higher" guy. This time he teamed up with Sugarland lead singer Jennifer Nettles, and it was a great move, their voices sound perfect together. There's not a whole lot to say about the song itself, I guess it's just a typical soft rock song with the guitar and the piano and the mellow feel. The one thing I did notice about the song is when Matt sings "run right into you", it sounds almost exactly like the way the vocalist of O.A.R. sang "turn the car around". That was one of my favorite songs of 2008 so maybe it's why I like Run so much, lol. This is the only song by Matt Nathanson in the list.