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GoneHome: #4-#1 Song of 2014 Revealed!!!
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Your 2013 list was great!
Anticipating!
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Updating starts tonight hopefully. Finished my last exam
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I like your 2013 list, I did enjoy Gone, Gone, Gone quite a lot
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This looks good, can't wait to see it
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I will perch only to see how Raging Fire did lol
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Been really busy lately. Just finished with the list of my Top 75 songs and I'm going over the list again and again to see if I missed a song, or if I feel a song is in the wrong place.
Hopefully by the start of the weekend, I will be able to begin this finally
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Can't wait for this
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75. Lana Del Rey - "West Coast"
Starting off the Top 75 songs of 2014, we have Lana Del Rey's "West Coast", which is off her studio album, 'Ultraviolence". I've never been a fan of Lana's work. However, the song's got a nice hypnotic feeling to it. I don't understand how to describe her voice, but it goes so well with the production of the song. Hope she can produce more gems like this, because her other work was very lacklustre.
74. NEEDTOBREATHE - "Wasteland"
At 74, NEEDTOBREATHE comes in with their song "Wasteland", off their album, 'Rivers in the Wasteland'. I think I'm pretty sure this is the first Christian artist/group that I've listened to. Their music is amazing . I can listen to their album on repeat for days. This is just one of many songs that will be in this countdown
Favorite lyrics:
"All of these people I meet
It seems like they're fine
Yeah in some ways I hope that they're not
And their hearts are like mine
It's wrong when it seems like work
To belong all I feel is hurt"
73. KONGOS - "I'm Only Joking"
KONGOS comes in at #73, with their song, "I'm Only Joking", from their album, 'Lunatic'. Some of their work is absolutely amazing off this album, especially this song. The funny thing is that I got addicted to this song, because I saw it was a free download on iTunes, and downloaded it because I remembered them from "Come With Me Now".
Love the chorus the most. So fun to sing with. Great little song
Favorite lyrics:
"I'm only joking
I don't believe a thing i said
What are you smoking
I'm just ****ing with your head
Only a crazy
Little thing I read"
72. Shakira - "Dare (La La La)"
Coming in at #72 is Shakira's "Dare (La La La)", which is off her self-titled album. The anthem of FIFA (and the much better song compared to Pitbull's anthem), Shakira delivers in this song a great dance track. The drums and everything over her singing loudly, "LA LA LALALA LA LA LALALA LA LA LALA LA I dare you". Gets so addicting for a while.
Perfect song for FIFA, and one of the highlights off her album.
71. Calvin Harris f/ Gwen Stefani - "Together"
Coming in at 71 is one of many songs by Calvin Harris, featuring Gwen Stefani. The song is titled "Together" and is off his new album, 'Motion'. The song is a safe sound, however I've missed Gwen a lot, and this song really brought back why I love Gwen. Her voice is so unique, and I like the beat of the song. Especially the second verse where Gwen lengthens the words. LOVE that part.
The pre-chorus, and especially when that chorus kicks in. All in all, it's a great dance track. I hope he releases this as a single down the line, because I feel like this will do great.
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West Coast is good! probably my favorite track from Ultraviolence
KONGOS & Shakira! and good for Calvin, but I don't like "Together" along with "Pray To God" that's my least favorite song from "Motion"
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West Coast
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Needtobreathe, Kongos
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You had a great year-end countdown last year even though the #1 was a sure bet.
Good words about West Coast. The lyrics for I’m Only Joking are funny. I like the song. Dare (la la la) is a good one and was the better WC anthem than the official one by Pitbull and co. Got to listen to Calvin’s new songs. Nice job so far.
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Together and of course Dare!!!
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Dare sounds good.
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70. Yelawolf - "Till It's Gone"
Coming in at #70 is Yelawolf with "Till It's Gone". This year I really wanted to branch out with my artists, and discover artists that deserve more mainstream success. Yelawolf's music is a prime example I feel. This will be a future alternative smash in 2015, but for now since I discovered it a few weeks ago, it's ranked this year
Lyrically wise, it's very creative and I hope to see this song smash.
Favorite Lyrics:
"I'm not the table you can come and lay your cup down on, now
I'm not the shoulder for a bag. The one that carried a heavy load
I'm not the road that you take when you looking for a short cut, uh
I ain't the stepping stone to be stepping on
I ain't nobodies crutch
I ain't the money man, with your money, man
You ain't looking at me
I'm not the cheap one, looking at me son
You ain't looking at free
I ain't the dish rag to come clean up all the **** that you dish out
Ain't got no check for em'
If you checking in, motha****a, check this out"
69. Echosmith - "Cool Kids"
Coming in at #69 is Echosmith with their hit, "Cool Kids", off their album 'Talking Dreams'. Love the song just because of it's simplicity. It's a song that's not annoying to the ear after a while. It just soothes you. The chorus is a great sing-a-long as, well; "I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.".
68. Iggy Azalea f/ MO - "Beg For It"
Iggy Azalea enters in at #68 with Beg For It, featuring MO with the weird *** O symbol replacing the "O". This is off her 'Reclassified' album.
This song had so much more potential. However, after the first few live performances, I kinda was turned off by the song, which is why it rates a lot lower than it should. I like songs better when the artists themselves are able to showcase the song, and MO couldn't. Also, following the same formula gets tiring after a while. First time was great, second time was good. Third time? No thanks.
However, even with MO's inability to perform, you cannot stop yourself from singing the chorus, as with every Iggy song, so for that, it passes.
67. Flo Rida f/ Sage The Gemini, Lookas - "GDFR"
Since many people won't be reading this, I can reveal that I secretly love every Flo Rida single, and that I have every single downloaded and I bop to each and every song.
This is no different. Following Jason Derulo's formula, Flo Rida delivers a banger with a killer chorus in my opinion. The trumpets blaring loud and him announcing "It's GOING DOWN FOR REALLL", it's just such a good song.
Not as good as his previous works, but still this is a really great song.
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West Coast and Cool Kids are my faves so far.
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Yelawolf I like some of his music, need to check out that one!
I love COol Kids, my favorite from this set
Beg For It is finally growing on me
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Yaaas! Dare! My girl! Also glad to see Lana and Gwen!
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