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My Top 100 Songs of the Year!
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Wow, pretty nice list! Seriously, O'Sailor, Sleeps with Butterflies and Cable Car (Over My Head)? GO BART! KEEP UP THE TOP SONGS COMING! ^_^
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I've decided to split the next seven songs up, so here are 7 and 6!
Sugababes - Push the Button
Push the button [x4]
I'm busy throwing hints that he keeps missing
Don't have to think about it
I Wanna kiss and
Everything around it but he's too distant
I wanna feel his body
I can't resist it
I know my hidden looks can be deceiving
How obvious should a girl be?
I was taken by the early conversation piece
And I really like the way that he respected me
I've been waiting patiently for him to come and get it
I wonder if he knows that he can say it and I'm with it
I knew I had my mind made up from the very beginning
Catch this opportunity so you and me could feel it 'cos
If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control
I'm busy showing him what he's been missing
I'm kind of showing off for his full attention
My sexy ass has got him in the new dimension
I'm ready to do something to relieve this mission
After waiting patiently for him to come and get it
He came on through and asked me if I wanted to get with him
I knew I had my mind made up from the very beginning
Won't miss this opportunity so you and me could feel it 'cos
If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control
If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control
I've been dropping so many hints
You’re still not getting it
Now that you’ve heard everything I have to say
Where we gonna go from here?
After waiting patiently for him to come and get it
He came on through and asked me if I wanted to get with him
I knew I had my mind made up from the very beginning
Won't miss this opportunity so you and me could feel it 'cos
If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control
If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control
(Come on)
If you're ready for me boy
(For me boy)
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control
On the surface, Push the Button feels like a letdown and seems like a regression on the Babes part. It sounds like a kiddie anthem of sort and it really doesn't feel like a record twentysomething adults should be making on their fourth album. But then its' brilliance hits. By making a record that is so unabashedly flamboyant in its poppish excesses, The Sugababes have made yet another classic that breaks boundaries. It is the most boisteriously pop song they've ever done and yet it's been their biggest hit. It's one of the most popular songs of the year (in the U.K.) even with its ascending melodies and off-kilter vocal arrangements. It's electro yet happy - a very difficult combination to pull off. In a word, it's amazing. It's the best track Dallas Austin produced this year, but in spite of all of its highpoints, it's not the best song by a girl group this year. What is? If you keep reading, you'll find out.
Amerie - 1 Thing
Na, na, na, na, na, oh
Na, na, na, na, na, oh
Na, na, na, na, na, oh
Na, na, na, na, na
Oh, been trying to let it go
Trying to keep my eyes closed
Trying to keep it just like before
The times we never even thought to speak
Don’t wanna tell you what it is
Oh wee it felt so serious
Got me thinking just too much
I wanna set it off, but
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin (you did)
This 1 thing my soul may be feeling
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
It’s this 1 thing that caught me slippin
It’s this 1 thing I want to admit it (you did)
This 1 thing and I was so with it
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
Hey, we don’t know each other well
so why I keep pickin' up my cell?
Memories just keep ringing bells
Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh
Hear voices I don’t want to understan
My car keys are jingling in my han
My high heels are clicking towards your door.
Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin (you did)
This 1 thing my soul may be feeling
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
It’s this 1 thing that’s caught me slippin
It’s this 1 thing I want to admit it (you did)
This 1 thing and I was so with it
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
Maybe I just can’t believe it
It’s this one thing you did oh oh
I can’t deny, tired of trying
Open up the door, but just keep on seeing you
I’m hoping you can keep a secret
For me, for me, for me
But what you did, yeah
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin (you did)
This 1 thing my soul may be feeling
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
It’s this 1 thing that’s caught me slippin
It’s this 1 thing I want to admit it (you did)
This 1 thing and I was so with it
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
Oh oh oh [4 times]
Na, na, na, na, na, oh
Oh
Na, na, na, na, na, oh
Na, na, na, na, na, oh
Na, na, na, na, na, oh
Na, na, na, na, na
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin (you did)
This 1 thing my soul may be feeling
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
It’s this 1 thing that’s caught me slippin
It’s this 1 thing I want to admit it (you did)
This 1 thing and I was so with it
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin
It’s this 1 thing that’s got me trippin (you did)
This 1 thing my soul may be feeling
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
It’s this 1 thing that’s caught me slippin
It’s this 1 thing I want to admit it (you did)
This 1 thing and I was so with it
It’s this 1 thing you did oh oh
A song that was released in February but is still loved almost a year later is loved because of all the ingredients that compose it. One would be the beat, a rollicking go-go that is so hot that all the rappers were trying to lay a verse on it. Two - those na-na-na-nas, determined to crawl into your head and stay there until they're ready to leave. But they're so catchy, you don't mind. But perhaps the biggest ingredient that makes 1 Thing unforgettable is Amerie herself. Giving a performance full of confidence, self-doubt, strength and subtle sexiness, 1 Thing would be nothing without her. But all of these ingredients came together, and we're all the luckier for it.
Next we crack the top 5, and the next two songs will be sure to cause the most controversy. Especially number 4, because some people will never stop hating!
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One Thing ^_____^
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I seriously think i'm the only person on this ****ing planet that hates 1 Thing.
And you know how I feel about the Sugas.
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Yeah Ryan....
You absolutely love Push The Button....lol, j/k.
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wow i'm lovin your top 10 so far except for Push The Button
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Where's the top 5? Now I don't know who will be #1....
If it's Anna Nalick, i'll smile...that won't happen though
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the only video that I like from the top 10 is Madonna - Hung Up
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Quote:
Originally posted by World Police Actor
I seriously think i'm the only person on this ****ing planet that hates 1 Thing.
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Don't worry, you're not alone
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Quote:
Originally posted by World Police Actor
I seriously think i'm the only person on this ****ing planet that hates 1 Thing.
And you know how I feel about the Sugas.
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I hate it too
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Why dont you fool me,
feed me, say you need me
without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
hug me, say you love me,
and not my dirty brain
Girls Aloud - Biology
I got one Alabama return
that'll take me far away from you
cause when you take me in your arms I turn to slave but I cant be saved
So I got my cappuchino to go
and I’m heading for the hills again
Cause if we party anymore
we'll start a fire of pure desire
Closer, your minds firing blind
With your head in your face getting
red in your heart beats, closer
you fall on your knees and the
geek at your feet says your neat
and the beat gets closer
You dive for the thrill at
the kill but your heart’s at its fill
But it still creeps closer
You wanted to freeze but your
weak in too deep and the beat and the beat gets closer
Closer Closer Closer Closer Closer Closer Closer
We give it up and then they take it away
A girl’s got to zip it up
And get her head in the shade
Baby we give it up
Its just a matter of time
before all the heavy stuff
Comes back to bite your behind
You can’t mistake my Biology
(The way that we talk
The way that we walk
its there in our thoughts)
The magic number is in front of me
(The way that we talk
The way that we walk
so easily caught)
You can’t mistake my Biology
(The way that we talk
The way that we walk
its there in our thoughts)
We’re gonna cause a controversy
(The way that we talk
The way that we walk
so easily caught)
Why don't you fool me,
feed me say, you need me without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
hug me, say you love me,
and not my dirty brain
[repeat]
You can’t mistake my Biology
(The way that we talk
The way that we walk
its there in our thoughts)
The magic number is in front of me
(The way that we talk
The way that we walk
so easily caught)
You can’t mistake my Biology
(The way that we talk
The way that we walk
its there in our thoughts)
We’re gonna cause a controversy
(The way that we talk
The way that we walk
so easily caught.)
So it's come to this. With the best member leaving the Sugababes, TLC and DC3 being over and PCD being a cynical vanity project (but not nearly as good as Vanity 6!), Girls Aloud have somehow found themselves being the best girl group in the world. But with a track like Biology, the Girls show that their new-found position is wholly deserved. In less than four minutes, Biology mananges to reshape the barometers of modern popular music and defies all expectations put upon it. It is one of the most structurally complex songs you're likely to here from the year 2005, and one of the most fun tracks as well. Opening with a riff that would make the White Stripes bang their heads against the wall (because they haven't done anything as good in years), the listener is not more than 40 seconds into the song before it changes - for the better. It magically turns into a all-out stormer of a dance track, but the soul of rockabilly is still a part of it. Sure, the lyrics may make no sense at all, but that adds to the coolness of the song. The Queens of Girl Pop are dead - Long Live the Queens!
Hilary Duff - Wake Up
Wake up, wake up.
There's people talking.
They talk about me.
They know my name; they think they know everything.
But they don't know anything about me. (about me)
Give me a dance floor.
Give me a DJ.
play me a record,
Forget what they say.
'Cause I need to go, need to getaway tonight. (tonight)
I put my make-up on a Saturday night.
I try to make it happen.
Try to make it all right.
I know I make mistakes.
I'm living life day to day.
It's never really easy but it's OK. (it's OK)
Wake up, wake up on a Saturday night.
Could be New York.
Maybe Hollywood and Vine.
London. Paris. Maybe Tokyo.
There's something going on anywhere I go tonight.
Tonight, yeah tonight.
The city's restless.
It's all around me.
People in motion,
sick of all the same routines,
And they need to go; they need to getaway tonight. (tonight)
I put my make-up on a Saturday night.
I try to make it happen.
Try to make it all right.
I know I make mistakes.
I'm living life day to day.
It's never really easy but it's OK.
Wake up, wake up on a Saturday night.
Could be New York.
Maybe Hollywood and Vine.
London. Paris. Maybe Tokyo.
There's something going on anywhere I go tonight.
Tonight, yeah tonight.
People all around you everywhere that you go.
People all around you, they don't really know you.
Everybody's watching like it's some kind of show.
Everybody's watching, they don't really know you now.
(they don't really know you, they don't really know you)
And forever. (and forever)
Wake up, wake up. (wake up, wake up)
Wake up, wake up. (wake up, wake up)
Wake up, wake up on a Saturday night.
Could be New York.
Maybe Hollywood and Vine.
London. Paris. Maybe Tokyo.
There's something going on anywhere I go.
Wake up, wake up on a Saturday night.
Could be New York.
Maybe Hollywood and Vine.
London. Paris. Maybe Tokyo.
There's something going on anywhere I go (anywhere I go) tonight.
Tonight. Yeah, tonight.
Wake up, wake up.
This might be the most underrated song of the year. It seems like a non-event when compared to Hilary's previous classics. It doesn't hate the light teenage wisdoms of a So Yesterday nor the power of a Fly, and it seemingly doesn't even touch the greatness of Come Clean. But with a few more listens, this track's brilliance unveils itself and provides the biggest "A-Ha!" moment of it all. This is where it all is, this is where it all started. The where would be the foundations of grrl-pop. This is a Go-Gos track, filtered through the vocal stylings of today's top teen pop queen. It's at once an homage and a honest reflection of a girl's need for a night to herself, and more than that, a girl's need to be. It's simply amazing.
Which is hard to understand how there could be three songs that were better than it. If I didn't make the list myself, I'd be stumbled too.
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Lets just pretend Chopers is not there (because I don't like living in a world where tripe like that is considered a classic, but que sera sera) and discuss the awesomeness that is having Biology in your top 5 (of course I had it at #1 where it belongs )
YAY GIRLS! And very erratic and chaotic and fun list Bartisan
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And now we get to number 3 with a track we all know and love.
Uh huh, this my ****
All the girls stomp your feet like this
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna happen like that
'cause I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl
ooooo this my shh,this my shh[x4]
I heard that you were talking ****,And you didn't think that I would hear it
People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up
So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
That's right, put your pom-poms down, getting everybody fired up
Few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna happen like that
cause I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl
ooooo this my shh,this my shh[x4]
So that's right dude, meet me at the bleachers
No principals, no student-teachers
Both of us wanna be the winner, but there can only be one
So I'm gonna fight, gonna give it my all
Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you
That's right, I'm the last one standing, and another one bites the dust
Few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna happen like that
'cause I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl
ooooo this my shh,this my shh[x4]
let me hear you say:
the **** is bananas B-A-N-A-N-A-S[x4]
Few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna happen like that
I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl
ooooo this my ****,this my ****[x4]
Really, what can one say about this track that hasn't been said already? It's so perfect that is was made for cheer squads and yet seems to perfect to be touched by those lowly scruffians? Is that even a word? It is a work of art - everything is where it's supposed to be. The beat is heavily constructed and yet it seems completely spontaneous. It might be the best thing the Neptunes have done in years? Well, maybe it's tied with the minimalist swagger of Drop It Like It's Hot, but who's counting? It's a song that you do grow tired of hearing, so you need some time off from it. But then, months later, you hear that first percussive footstep and you're hooked. Dammit Gwen, you've created a pop masterpiece. But it isn't as utterly cathartic as songs 2 and 1 - what can they be? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!
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your top ten is a joke. Your top five so far displays an increasing amount of intense vomit mixed with green colored **** and to go along with the boogers from Adrian Brodeys freakishly oversized jew nose.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tigger
your top ten is a joke. Your top five so far displays an increasing amount of intense vomit mixed with green colored **** and to go along with the boogers from Adrian Brodeys freakishly oversized jew nose.
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Antisemitism only works when it comes from Froggert. Nice try though!
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Tigger is just jealous
I didn't like your #3 song though for some reason.....
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Before I get to the top 2, I want to post the last of the songs that should've made this list.
The Close Class (Part 6)
Robyn - Be Mine!
Gavin Degraw - Follow Through
The Doves - Black & White Town
John Legend - Ordinary People
Annie - Me Plus One (What was I thinking forgetting about this song?)
I hope that is it. Next, the two songs that defined the year.
Edit! LATOYA LONDON, APPRECIATE <333333333
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