|
Discussion: Winner revealed! - Paramore Rate
Member Since: 5/27/2010
Posts: 3,998
|
Decode but top 4 it was already too much
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
BRONZE MEDAL
3 - Ain’t It Fun - 397
Ok, first of all, I'd like to say a massive ha to all of the people (me included ) who had immediately assumed that, because this is the current single, that it would win. Granted,it was only 5 points off, but I guess this goes to show that we don't all blindly follow what's popular, we follow what we like. No shade to this song though, I love it.
This is a song unlike any of the others in their discography. It is one of their most poppy songs, along with the likes of Still Into You and The Only Exception, but features a unique twist - for the second half of the song, it fully embraces a gospel choir. When I first heard the song, I thought it made the song kinda gimmicky, but I came to appreciate it and it is now one of my favourite songs off of self-titled my only real problem with this song is the verses. The melody doesn't seem as strong as it should be, particularly as the parts in the rest of the song are so strong. The pre-chorus, however, is truly flawless, and the small problem is easily overlooked. I love how the gospel choir compliments Hayley's voice, and I applaud the sheer resourcefulness shown by Paramore in embracing a musical element so foreign to them, and using it to such great effect.
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/4/2011
Posts: 10,248
|
omg nooo SlaySlaySlay...
this is a FLOP...
NOT GODcode out of the top 3...
bye y'all !!
I'm doooooone!
**** you
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Xenen
Hihi.
I swear if any song not titled Ain't It Fun wins this...
|
Seeth, bitch
|
|
|
Member Since: 5/27/2010
Posts: 3,998
|
Finally! I love Ain't It Fun, but it's a little overrated
Btw, the top 2 is perfect
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
Quote:
Originally posted by soml
Finally! I love Ain't It Fun, but it's a little overrated
Btw, the top 2 is perfect
|
You're gonna find out the winner when you find out #2 so I'll post them very quickly one after another
For those who don't know it's between Brick By Boring Brick and Misery Business for the #1 slot... who do y'all think will win?
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 2,811
|
AIF is overrated as ****.
It's verses, chorus, pre-chorus are great, as is the first choir section. However, it DRAGS.
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/4/2011
Posts: 10,248
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CountryBritney
AIF is overrated as ****.
It's verses, chorus, pre-chorus are great, as is the first choir section. However, it DRAGS.
|
The outro is a bit overdone
Meanwhile, who edited the title, illuminati teas
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Haus-Of_Mck
|
I honestly don't know but I'm happy regardless.
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 2,811
|
Quote:
Originally posted by hello_world
The outro is a bit overdone
Meanwhile, who edited the title, illuminati teas
|
I presumed it was you?
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
Any guesses or hopes before I crack on?
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CountryBritney
I presumed it was you?
|
Nope
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
No guesses, ok
Let's reveal this then
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
SILVER MEDAL
2 - Misery Business - 397.5
I might as well start this by addressing the elephant in the room - yes, this means that Brick By Boring Brick has somehow won against all odds, taking out the likes of much bigger and well more known songs. I will discuss this at greater detail in my next post though, so bear with me.
I've never really quite understood why fans love this song so much. It's a kind of middle of the road song on Riot!, which means that it's still great but diminished in context. The song is very catchy, but the lyrics pale in comparison to nearly every song on Brand New Eyes, and seem very shallow/immature, two words which I would not usually associate with Paramore. The bridge is, not exactly shockingly, the best part of the song, but it can't really make up for the fact that the intro to the song is awful. The good part of the songs more than balance out the bad, but there are just too many black marks against this song for me that I could not justify this song being #2 if it weren't their breakthrough single - if this were an album track, I'd expect it to just barely scrape the Top 20.
|
|
|
Member Since: 5/27/2010
Posts: 3,998
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
Quote:
Originally posted by soml
Misery Business FTW!
|
Oops
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 39,572
|
GOLD MEDAL
1 - Brick By Boring Brick - 402
Finally, we're at our winner. It's taken us 60 songs, many broken hearts and injustices, and a fair amount of outrage, but we've made it.
And the winner is a song which I have not seen one person say that they hope/think will win. Talk about a ****ing anti-climax.
As I've said, I do not have your rates, but I was told by CountryBritney (#neverforget ) before she left that most of y'all had given it 9s or 10s. I, in shock at how Ain't It Fun another song hadn't won, decided to register to it! and now I think I get it. The lyrics are actually extremely good and many of them have stuck with me - 'it's all about the exposure, the lens I told her', 'she's ripping wings off of butterflies' 'bury the castle' and 'coiled up on the dirty ground' being some of the best. This is a song that was never my favourite, but one which has aged extremely well and has therefore overtaken many songs which I previously used to prefer. It is, after The Only Exception, Brand New Eyes poppiest moment, and manages to keep your attention for a lot longer than the former due to its complex lyrics/melody and much more energetic production. I went back to the Brand New Eyes rate and I found out that, even back then, this song was the favourite, and accordingly own, catching many people off guard, as I'm sure it will now. I guess that this is the ultimate dark horse of a song, and should get more recognition - it deserves it and we all seem to enjoy it, so we should give it as much praise as we do to their other songs.
|
|
|
Member Since: 5/27/2010
Posts: 3,998
|
What
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/2/2008
Posts: 22,610
|
When you said messy after posting ccc, I knew BBBB was gonna be #1 coz nobody really was expecting it
|
|
|
|
|