I wish we had big popstar in today's landscape who was as campy as Fergie. Ke$ha has the trashiness down and Nicki has the ridiculousness down but neither of them can effortlessly mix the two qualities together like Fergie did.
Sorry that I haven't updated in the past few days, but this week was crazy for me. I'll try to do the next set tomorrow and then finish on Sunday. Thank you for your patience!
In the meantime, some hints about the five songs that just missed the top ten: One is a cover, another is renowned for its music video, two ladies see their chances snuffed, and a presumed frontrunner bites the dust.
I was not expecting this fist-pumping, guitar-shredding ode to a rocky relationship (does she sing about any other kind?) to be Wynonna's highest-ranking song, but it wasn't even a contest. The third #1 country hit from debut album finished more than half a point above her next closest track, with only three voters awarding it less than an 8.
"Clumsy," on the other hand, always struck me as the obvious choice for Fergie's best chance on this countdown. The fifth single from The Dutchess may not have been her biggest hit, peaking at "only" #5 on the Hot 100, but it seems to be her most universally well-liked. Its classic and classy sound—things we don't normally associate with Fergie—was rewarded with eleven scores of 9 or above. Only BnPac's 1 kept it out of the top ten.
omg imagine how high that would be without BnPac :dedbanana:
Not that much higher. Change BnPac's score to a 10 and "Clumsy" still finishes outside the top five. I told you, the top songs in this rate did REALLY well.
It's a good song but it shouldn't have made top 20.
I hated it when it first was released as a single because I thought it was so boring in comparison to the first four. It's definitely grown on me though.
The second single from Annie's covers album emphasizes the soulful balladry of Procol Harum's Baroque rock classic, a Grammy Hall of Fame inductee and Rolling Stone's 57th greatest song of all time. There seemed to be a distinct stratification between those who loved Annie's version and those who merely liked it, as most of its scores were either a 10 or an 8 and below.
