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Poll: Most forgettable blocked song of the 2010s?
View Poll Results: Most forgettable #2 of the 2010s?
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Iyaz, "Replay"
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51 |
15.41% |
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
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28 |
8.46% |
Taylor Swift, "Today Was A Fairytale"
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88 |
26.59% |
Artists For Haiti, "We Are The World 25"
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44 |
13.29% |
Young Money f/ Lloyd, "BedRock"
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39 |
11.78% |
Lady Antebellum, "Need You Now"
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2 |
0.60% |
B.o.B. f/ Hayley Williams, "Airplanes"
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2 |
0.60% |
Taio Cruz, "Dynamite"
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4 |
1.21% |
P!nk, "F**kin' Perfect"
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0 |
0% |
Cee Lo Green, "F**k You!"
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2 |
0.60% |
Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
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16 |
4.83% |
Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"
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1 |
0.30% |
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
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17 |
5.14% |
PSY, "Gangnam Style"
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6 |
1.81% |
Ke$ha, "Die Young"
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5 |
1.51% |
Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble."
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2 |
0.60% |
Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
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0 |
0% |
Ellie Goulding - "Lights"
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2 |
0.60% |
Daft Punk f/ Pharrell Williams - "Get Lucky"
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0 |
0% |
Miley Cyrus - "We Can't Stop"
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2 |
0.60% |
One Direction - "Best Song Ever"
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13 |
3.93% |
Katy Perry - "Roar"
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7 |
2.11% |
Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Clocked.
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Member Since: 10/31/2011
Posts: 16,937
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Originally posted by Chill Bill
"Literally worn to the bone" and "literally rocked the bed" also work, because those phrases alone can often be taken as hyperbolic. By using 'literally', Dickens clarifies that the man was so worn that he actually could see his bone.
Austen uses the word the same way. Without it, "the storm rocked the bed" could just be taken to mean, "the storm was really loud and violent." The word 'literally' tells the reader that the bed was actually shaking.
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Yeah, except Jane Austen DOES use it to emphasise the intensity of the storm ('we had been literally rocked in our bed', not 'rocked the bed'') and Dickens did not mean that the man was actually worn to the bone, he too was using it as an intensifier. In the same book, Dickens writes: "Lift him out," said Squeers, after he had literally feasted his eyes in silence upon the culprit. This is meant as hyperbole.
In case you're not understanding, the meaning of 'literally' has expanded over time and it is perfectly acceptable to use it as an intensifier, as I just did. And you should probably stop being so concerned about it, because you're not as superior as you wish you were, sorry.
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'**** You' is a novelty hit that isn't even slightly remembered.
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Member Since: 9/22/2011
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It feels too soon to judge as only time will tell. But for now, I'd vote: Die Young, Payphone, Replay (never even heard it), Dynamite and Wide Awake. They all felt like afterthoughts or filler.
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Posts: 52,761
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This should be retitled "which song makes you more pressed?"
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Member Since: 3/10/2012
Posts: 1,408
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Originally posted by Great Username
'**** You' is a novelty hit that isn't even slightly remembered.
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I'm more surprised as to why it took so long to peak... I'm pretty sure that song was around ages before then.
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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Originally posted by Great Username
Yeah, except Jane Austen DOES use it to emphasise the intensity of the storm ('we had been literally rocked in our bed', not 'rocked the bed'') and Dickens did not mean that the man was actually worn to the bone, he too was using it as an intensifier.
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And they work as intensifiers because the literal meanings of the phrases are more intense than the figurative ones.
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In case you're not understanding, the meaning of 'literally' has expanded over time and it is perfectly acceptable to use it as an intensifier, as I just did.
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'Acceptable' doesn't mean 'good'. I'm not trying to argue that it's incorrect writing, I'm arguing that it's weak writing. The word 'literally' didn't really work as an intensifier in the context that you used it. If you said, "I literally cannot believe that," then the word would have added something to the sentence. But 'I doubt that' is a weak sentence on its own, and the word 'literally' doesn't do much to intensify it.
The meanings of 'literally' and 'really' can overlap, but that doesn't mean that they should just be used interchangeably. Context is important.
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And you should probably stop being so concerned about it, because you're not as superior as you wish you were, sorry.
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Excuse me? You've been talking down to me ever since we started this conversation, and now you have the nerve to accuse me of having undeserved feelings of superiority?
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Posts: 43,126
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Tik Tok blocked so many songs
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Member Since: 2/15/2012
Posts: 15,569
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Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Ale-Alejandro, Great Username, Icannot, Monceau, rihannasbe$tfrnd
Y'all are kidding yourselves.
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Member Since: 4/6/2010
Posts: 505
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Member Since: 7/23/2012
Posts: 3,486
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We Are The World 25, Need You Now or Boyfriend.
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Member Since: 7/3/2011
Posts: 10,425
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Taylor Swift, "Today Was A Fairytale"
Artists For Haiti, "We Are The World 25"
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Member Since: 12/16/2008
Posts: 59,380
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TWAF tbh. I haven't even listened that song in full.
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Member Since: 10/31/2011
Posts: 16,937
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Quote:
Originally posted by Chill Bill
And they work as intensifiers because the literal meanings of the phrases are more intense than the figurative ones.
'Acceptable' doesn't mean 'good'. I'm not trying to argue that it's incorrect writing, I'm arguing that it's weak writing. The word 'literally' didn't really work as an intensifier in the context that you used it. If you said, "I literally cannot believe that," then the word would have added something to the sentence. But 'I doubt that' is a weak sentence on its own, and the word 'literally' doesn't do much to intensify it.
The meanings of 'literally' and 'really' can overlap, but that doesn't mean that they should just be used interchangeably. Context is important.
Excuse me? You've been talking down to me ever since we started this conversation, and now you have the nerve to accuse me of having undeserved feelings of superiority?
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Oh that's because I AM superior to you. Also, you started talking down to me with your oh-so snappy and witty "as opposed to figuratively doubting it?" comment (this made it obvious that you only see 'literal' as an antonym to 'figurative', until I corrected you and you had to come up with some other excuse). You went from implying I was using 'literally' incorrectly (due to your snobbery and inability to realise that language changes and new meanings are attached to words over time) to now arguing it's acceptable and correct but 'weak' writing. Aren't you a "writer"? Please spend more time writing something worthy of getting paid for instead of procrastinating by taking out your feelings of inadequacy and self-loathing on my writing style on a music forum.
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'Today Was A Fairytale' is an iconic movie soundtrack song IMO, and is loved and remembered by the GP!
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Originally posted by Great Username
Oh that's because I AM superior to you.
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Well, I can't say I'm surprised that you think so.
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You went from implying I was using 'literally' incorrectly (due to your snobbery and inability to realise that language changes and new meanings are attached to words over time) to now arguing it's acceptable and correct but 'weak' writing. Aren't you a "writer"? Please spend more time writing something worthy of getting paid for instead of procrastinating by taking out your feels of inadequacy and self-loathing on my writing style on a music forum.
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First of all, you're putting words in my mouth. I never implied that you were using it incorrectly, just that you were using it poorly.
And I'm currently employed as a writing consultant/ ghostwriter, so I AM getting paid for my writing, thank you very much.
Maybe YOU should try doing something worthwhile instead of strutting around the boards with an undeserved sense of accomplishment. The fact that you had the cojones to accuse me of snobbery when you talk down to EVERYONE on this forum is just laughable. I've never seen you write a single post that wasn't dripping with condescension.
Seriously, I'M the snob? I think the servers on this site are constantly crashing because they can't handle the weight of your enormous ego.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Chill Bill
I never implied that you were using it incorrectly
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Yeah, we both know you did.
Quote:
Originally posted by Chill Bill
I think the servers on this site are constantly crashing because they can't handle the weight of your enormous ego.
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Woah woah woah, save these witty comments for your writing consultant gig!
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Just read the list of songs in the poll to a few of my good friends, the ONLY song they recognised was 'Today Was A Fairytale'.
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Member Since: 7/3/2011
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Originally posted by Great Username
Just read the list of songs in the poll to a few of my good friends, the ONLY song they recognised was 'Today Was A Fairytale'.
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That must be embarrassing to call them your friends then...
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Originally posted by Great Username
Yeah, we both know you did.
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If it makes you feel better about yourself, then go ahead and keep telling yourself that.
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Every time I walk into a room and sing the first line of "F*ck You", everyone immediately joins in.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Great Username
Yeah, we both know you did.
Woah woah woah, save these witty comments for your writing consultant gig!
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Just read the list of songs in the poll to a few of my good friends, the ONLY song they recognised was 'Today Was A Fairytale'.
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Posts: 28,833
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We all know that the people voting for Bad Romance are still singing "ra-ra-ah-ah-ah"
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Posts: 5,631
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