Mikal's +/-30
or
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love LMFAO
Presents:
30 Best Singles
I so do hate my internet connection right now.
"Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" by Erykah Badu | | 30
"I Wrote The Book" by Beth Ditto | | 29
"Taken By A Stranger" by Lena Meyer-Landrut | | 28
"I Took A Little Something" by Florrie | | 27
"Howlin' For You" by The Black Keys | | 26
"Jealousy" by Will Young | | 25
"Suck It And See" by Arctic Monkeys | | 24
"Helena Beat" by Foster The People | | 23
"Novacane" by Frank Ocean | | 22
"The Moon And The Sky" by Sade (featuring Jay-Z) | | 21
"The A Team" by Ed Sheeran | | 20
"The Whilheim Scream" by James Blake | | 19
"Shake It Out" by Florence and the Machine | | 18
"Lucky Day" by Nicola Roberts | | 17
"No Light No Light" by Florence and the Machine | | 16
"Till The World Ends" by Britney Spears | | 15
"Broken Record" by Katy B | | 14
"Holocene" by Bon Iver | | 13
"Call It What You Want" by Foster The People | | 12
"Countdown" by Beyonce | | 11
"Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" by Arctic Monkeys | | 10
"Run The World (Girls)" by Beyonce | | 09
"Beat Of My Drum" by Nicola Roberts | | 08
"Words I Never Said" by Lupe Fiasco (featuring Skylar Grey) | | 07
"N... In Paris" by Kanye West and Jay-Z | | 06
"Set Fire To The Rain" by Adele | | 05
"Hellcat Spangled Shalala" by Arctic Monkeys | | 04
"Someone Like You" by Adele | | 03
"Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn | | 02
"All Of The Lights" by Kanye West (featuring Alicia Keys, John Legend, The-Dream, Drake, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John, Ryan Leslie, Charlie Wilson, Tony Williams, Elly Jackson, Alvin Fields, Ken Lewis, and Rihanna) | | 01
How can I comment on the videos list? I mean, there's just SO MANY good videos. I have three things in particular to say, though:
1) Both my favorite and the best videos of 2011 are too low.
2) **** that Coldplay song AND video.
3) WFL is a deserved #1.
And then, the singles list. Hoo boy. "Helena Beat", "Novacane", "Shake It Out", "Lucky Day", "No Light, No Light", TTWE, "Holocene", CIWYW, NIP (NIP), "Set Fire To Your Faves", SLY, CYG, and, of course, the song with a million artists.
Howlin' for You, Suck It and See, Helena Beat, Novacane, Shake It Out, No Light, TTWE, Holocene, CIWYW, Countdown, Don't Sit Down, RTW, Beat of My Drum, WINS, *****s in Paris, SFTTR, Hellcat Spangled Shalalala, SLY, CYG
Mikal's +/-30
or
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love LMFAO
Presents:
My Guilty Pleasures
So i flipped my calendar. I'd rather be fun for Christmas ^_^
"I'm Still Hot" by Luciana | 30
Luciana's sorta taken the token "When I Grow Up" argument I made two years ago and made it more modern: it don't matter what I do cuz I still will be better than you. The who grand posturing of someone with that chin (which I have now seen live twice) is just a tad astounding.
However...
She did do this.
"Tonight Is The Night" by Outasight AND "Blackout" by Breathe Carolina | 29
Since when do we get two pseduo-rock-dance acts and (a) I am neither of them and (b) neither of them are Chromeo? Look, just because Cobra Starship somehow got lucky twice and we still can't get rid of 3OH!3 (wait, have we yet?) doesn't mean we need more. Even if they are both catchy. And I still think they are both Chromeo.
"Big In Japan" by Martin Solveng (freaturing Dragonette) | 28
It's a bit stupid. But fun.
"Love You Like A Love Song" by Selena Gomez and the Scene | 27
Gah, I really don't want to like her, since she's a Disney-built as Miley. But she gets one song that's adorbs and works for her and I'm back to sorta liking her.
"Glad You Came" by The Wanted | 26
I really wanna know why Evan Lysachek, that dude from Glee, the boy version of Shirley Temple and apparently a set of twins from two different mamas got together, discovered they have the same damn voice and recorded a song. Yay the melody, as it hypontizes you into listening to the track over and over.
"I Am The Best" by 2NE1 | 25
Well, with Naime and Ayu and Utada taking a break from my attention span, I went to Korea. You will deal.
"I Hate My Job" by JbDubs | 24
Admit it. You want their legs. Or other things, I guess. See, this is why you learn to do ballet, you get to be one of the stars of the Boston stage, then take the internet by storm since you're apparently a part-time voguer.
"Everybody Dance" by Gravitonas and Roma Kenga | 23
at least the Christina clones from "Not Myself Tonight" found a new video to prance around in! It's just a strange dance song with two boys featuring horrible hair but the video more than makes up for it.
"Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes (featuring Adam Levine)| 22
I actually don't think I like it, since it's stupid and on principle I dislike GCH. Plus, I like "Ass Back Home" more. But this has a charming quality that even Adam Levine can't kill off with his slime.
"In The Dark" by Dev | 21
Once again a song I didn't like a first which grew on me more when the video (and it's own separate Lady Gaga insanity) showed up.
"Bubble Pop" by HyunA | 20
Yes it's horrible. But it's a fun horrible.
"For The First Time" by The Script | 19
AKA the drinking song. Which I think violates my own rules on airplay but I'm listing it anyways since it was played nonstop in Tampa this year. Boo.
"Novacane" by Frank Ocean | 18
Considering I think this is one of the best songs of the year, I dunno why I feel so bad about liking it. Maybe because it's still just a tad on the stupid side.
"Right There (Wideboys Remix)" by Nicole Scherzinger | 17
Don't be too comfortable over here young lady, you better be glad the Wideboys (last seen mixing the hell out of the glorious Saturdays song "Up") know how to make a dancebeat.
"Give Me Everythings (Tonight)" by Pitbull (featuring Ne-yo, Afrojack and Naver) | 16
Yes, we know Pitbull has been everywhere. But from the blatant name-dropping of Kodak to the Lohan dig it's sort of clever. And Ne-yo is rather good on the bridge and Afrojack did some good beats for the track. Huzzah!
"Nothing" by The Script | 15
AKA the OTHER drinking song. Damn it The Script, we know it's a recession. Lets put on a happy face!!
"Starlight" by Kaya | 14
While the world was crying due to Rebecca Black I stumbled upon her label-mate and her Paris Hilton-esque voice and song. And instantly fell in love with the remix. Apparently I really am a 13 year old girl.
"Lipstick" by Jedward | 13
Shut it.
"Dance (A$$)" by Big Sean (featuring Nicki Minaj) | 12
Seriously, who thought to bring back the whole "oooh" section from "U Can't Touch This"? And while Sean's rapping skills are...um...well, slow, Nicki sounds probably her most ferocious here. And personally, as someone who likes their Nicki as a featured artist (exception obviously being "Super Bass") since she seems far far more engaged in the song than on her own material, she lifts an extremely stupid track to something a bit less stupid.
"Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 (featuring Christina Aguilera) | 11
It's extremely stupid and useless pop drivel. So of course it gets stuck in my head.
"Changed The Way You Kiss Me" by Example | 10
Considering my strong dislike for Example, I'm shocked I like this as much as I do.
"Candy Music" by Candy | 09
Juniorvision winners. It's as cheesy as you'd think.
"Cheers (Drink To That)" by Rihanna | 08
I actually despise the song and the whole using Avril's "yeah yeah"s thing, but when drunk it's just a needed drinking song.
"The Story Of Us" by Taylor Swift | 07
Yes she is, once again, some more, like always, being a passive-agressive bitca to the guy for not playing by her set of rules. But unlike most of her annoying offerings this one works well with the music and who she is. It feels more like here she doesn't care as much if she's judged as the bad guy as long as she's considered right. And I think to a great extent that's pretty much how she is. Well, that and shocked faces of shock.
"More" by Usher | 06
I'm a bit shocked Usher's gone full dance diva now but it works really well for him.
"Rabiosa" by Shakira (featuring El Cata) | 05
**** Pitbull on this, leave El Cata on this and let Shakira swing on the pole.
"Yonkers" by Tyler, The Creator | 04
I should hate him since he can't not run his mouth and has no qualms about using gay and gender slurs in his music. But "Yonkers" is still a rather brill song. If he'd calm his head maybe he won't alienate anyone that could push the full Odd Futures forward.
"Hold It Against Me" by Britney Spears | 03
I won't lie. I want to hate it. I want to hate the sloppy dubstep, the poor lyrical usage, the fact that Britney is finally a robot. But it's amazing.
"I Love Belarus" by Anastasiya Vinnikova | 02
Nope, can't sing. And no one from Belarus really loves it. But there's a dulcimer. And it's a fun stupid schlager number. Huzzah.
"Sexy And I Know It" by LMFAO | 01
As I said, the year I gave in to LMFAO. Honestly, I love "Party Rock Anthem" and never got the internet hate against them. I mean really, if Soulja Boy Tell'em can have a career, why can't they. But this one is so beyond stupid it comes back to being amazing.
Since when do we get two pseduo-rock-dance acts and (a) I am neither of them and (b) neither of them are Chromeo? Look, just because Cobra Starship somehow got lucky twice and we still can't get rid of 3OH!3 (wait, have we yet?) doesn't mean we need more. Even if they are both catchy. And I still think they are both Chromeo.
That was my exact thought process when listening to "Blackout" for the first time. And then I listened to it subsequently about 50,000 times.
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As I said, the year I gave in to LMFAO. Honestly, I love "Party Rock Anthem" and never got the internet hate against them. I mean really, if Soulja Boy Tell'em can have a career, why can't they. But this one is so beyond stupid it comes back to being amazing.
This is exactly how I feel about "Champagne Showers" (AND "Gucci Gucci"), yet I don't feel the same way about SAIKI. Weird, I know.
Mikal's +/-30
or
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love LMFAO
Presents
30 Worst Singles
"Stilettos" by Emii | [img][/img] | 30
It's supposed to be tounge-in-chic I think. But Emii forgets to move her tounge when singing. Or "singing" as the case may be.
"Criminal" by Britney Spears | | 29
So we can't completely win me over this year. *Kanye shrug* After three excellent singles (I know!) she was gonna wiff this one since I hate (Drop Dead) Beatiful as much as this one. But the song is just mad lazy and she sounds like a full robot now.
"Collide" by Leona Lewis/"Fade Into Darkness" by Avicii | | 28
Wow, so Leona so can't sell dance music. To her credit, she got better writers than Tim Berg did for his Avicii number.
"Lighters" by Bad Meets Evil (featuring Bruno Mars) | | 27
Reeeeeeeeeeeally boring rap from Eminem? How not shocking! Tis disappointing.
"Never Say Never" by Justin Bieber (featuring Jaden Smith)| | 26
I do wish Justin would find a nice cloud to float away on, as he ruined a perfectly good inspirational ballad that was perfect for American Idol with his caterwaling. And Jaden should definity not quit his day job.
"Do It Like A Dude" by Jessie J | | 25
Jessie honey, you can't even pose right or keep that hair straight. Why be like a dude, when you seem to mistake "dude" for a "stereotype." The fact she built cred off this song rather than the less horrible "Price Tag" is just a bit shocking.
"Born This Way" by Lady Gaga | | 24
So...do I bash it for ripping off "Express Yourself"? The fact she has no idea when she wrote the song or for who or where it was done? The fact that it's utterly patronizing **** on the level of "Fireworks"? The fact that it sounds like a bad Swedish number from 1986? What?! How do I slam it?!?!?!
"Freedom" by "sugababes" | | 23
If this is the way the "sugababes" die, it's a poor black spot on the legacy that truly besmurches the name Sugababes. It's lazy, tired, too dependent on Jade being sexy (and Heidi being sexy) and never DOES ANYTHING!!
"Hair" by Lady Gaga | | 22
Shut up Gaga.
"What The Hell" by Avril Lavigne | | 21
I see we have fully rejected the whole "rawk grrrrl" persona you started with and have fully moved into Miley Cyrus territory. Congrats!
"Kate Middleton (Taking Over The Dancefloor)" by Nadia Oh | | 20
Renaming the song doesn't make this crass attempt at ****** dance music any better. Neither does trying to rip off a MySpace video. At least do it right.
"Rain Over Me" by Pitbull (featuring Marc Anthony) | | 19
I'm still not sure which one's worse in this song - Pitbull's bad rapping or Marc's out-of-key chorus - but they both put up amazing numbers in suckage.
"5 O'Clock" by T-Pain (featuring Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen) | | 18
I can blame being preggers for Lily releasing the intro to the astounding "Who'd Have Known" to T-Pain. But the booty call lyrics are still bad.
"Who Says" by Selena Gomez and the Scene | | 17
I say. The ballad route sucks since it depends on her having some warmth to her voice and that sounds overly processed out. And the whole structure of the song (especially the final bridge) comes off way to jumbled to work right.
"Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" by Luke Bryan | | 16
OK, it's not like country is banned from shamelessly using women as a "walking ass." But this swing at mysogyny is just lazy.
"Wet" by Nicole Scherzinger | | 15
The thing is, Nic...well, Jessica Sutta AKA the random brunette from PCD could maybe sell it. Since she seems to have a sense of what sexuality is. You, on the other hand, come off like a high-powered vibrator who struggles with the key and the meter of the song, thus rendering yourself useless to your own tune.
"I Like It Like That" by Hot Chelle Rae (featuring New Boyz) | | 14
KILL IT! KILL IT ALREADY! New Boyz don't deserve to be slapped with this crappy single and HCR can go the **** away already.
"Friday" by Rebecca Black | | 13
Wait, there are 12 more songs worse that "which seat can I take"?!?!?!?! Uh...yeah. So those 12 to come should be insulted that an off-key, protooled $4000 production was somehow better than them.
"California King Bed" by Rihanna | | 12
Take, for example, this ditty, which requests the listener to assume Rihanna can carry both a key and emotion. She's only done this right once (in "Firebomb") but swings so far past the song it becomes comical. And seriously, who the **** sleeps on a California King anymore?
"Gucci Gucci" by Kreayshawn | | 11
Or Hipster Eminem here, who's so street she don't need no Prada. But if you pay her enough she'll shut up right quick. Gawd woman...women? Is it women or a solo annoyance? Anyways, please learn to rap before trying to get that record deal done.
"E.T." by Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) | | 10
Not that the song is of anything to write home about. Since it's a boring song about Russel Brand and him being all "foreign" and ****. But what the **** besides getting to #1 does Kanye's rap have to do with this? It actually hurts the tepid message of the song and makes me just pissy.
"How To Love" by Lil' Wayne | | 09
While Tha Carter IV is good, this **** is rank. And too sing-songy for someone who's rap skills are a bit impressive. Not so bueno son!
"Right There" by Nicole Scherzinger | | 08
See, told ya. The song itself is beyond stupid, the original melody doesn't even match the song and the "remix" with Fiddy doesn't even make sense. are we done with her now that she's failed about 17 times with her lead single?
"Video Games" by Lana Del Ray | | 07
o.O who the **** signed this? And was she drowning while singing this song? Possibly backwards?
"Facebook Official" by Heart2Heart | [img][/img] | 06
I trust this is a joke but if Rebecca can make it on, having some pseduotrash trying to pick you up via song clearly can be present.
"Swagger Jagger" by Cher Lloyd | | 05
Sorry Bart It's just....it's just stupid. She can't rap, she can't sing and now I have to hear her do both?! I will give her credit that her hair and eyebrows are on point in the video, but I'll be glad when she's done. Plus it sounds like a Fergie reject and we don't need that in life, since all Fergie sings about is her London Bridges and being Fergalicious and I'd be afraid what a Swagger Jagger would be in her lexicon.
"Judas" by Lady Gaga | | 04
KILL THE MELODIFESTIVALEN ENTRY!! KILL IT WITH FIRE! The lyics are fine. The melody is horrible (sans the bridge music when she goes ew (which is the noise I make when the song is on)) and the chorus is beyond attrocious and dated and seriously Gaga, just ask someone in Europe to do Eurovision. I swear they'll let you have whatever you want on stage!
"S&M (Rihmix)" by Rihanna (featuring Britney Spears) | | 03
Why the **** is Britney sounding bored on a sex song? We know she's hopped up on pills, Rih-Rih, so maybe find someone who can fake it better? Besides, no mattter how fun to sing along this number is the whole concept and lyrics are just a major fail and annoyance.
"The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars | | 02
I won't lie, I just want to stabby stab stab whenever the song starts.
"T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" by will.i.am (featuring Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger) | | 01
And slamming their way into the worst list is good ole William and his desire to ruin dance music, Mick Jagger, and whatever the **** he's doing. Talk-sing-rapping? I have no clue. But it somehow shoots it's way to the top by being aggravating, making no sense, making me want to send money to Mick Jagger so he can pay his deal and feel bad for Jennifer Lopez and her inability to sing