December 20, 201212 yr Poor Big Hoops. :( One of Nelly's MANY great singles though I did tire of it fairly quickly. "Girl On Fire" is one of my favourite songs of the year but the inferno version is needed, Nicki helps to add a little something.
December 21, 201212 yr Author The changeover is clunky and Nicki is awful. I've been following and I've liked most of what I've known, but glad to see the New Division get a mention at the very least, I can't imagine there'll be much else I've sent in this chart :lol: Poor Room For Happiness. :( That was close. Ish. SINGLES: 180-171 http://www.bkrw-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Linkoban-Like-This-VIDEO-2-630x342.png >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chart Peak: #16 'when i get that motion' Instrumental gloriousness, that's what this is. The chipmunk noises add to it, but it's the crashing instrumentation in a riff that sounds like you've heard it before somewhere that make this so enjoyable. There is only one comment on the Youtube audio clip, written by our very own gooddelta and it sums up my own feelings on this one's hit potential: Struggling to see why this surefire international hit has little over 300 views! Excellently produced song, should've been huge. If it was by Swedish House Mafia or someone similar, it would be. 179. Charlotte Perelli - The Girl Chart Peak: #24 'I WAS THE GIRL THAT GOT LOST' Not really hitting me until after the fact from Melodifestivalen, in fact it was walking down a sunny street in Tenerife with this blasting in my iPod. Pop gloriousness (specifically it's the sort of 'genuinely-feels-like-a-gay-anthem' gloriousness, even though I'm one of those heteros that still inexplicably loves pop music) to the end. It has flaws, I can see what it was that made it fail but its the sort of schlager-pop that Melodifestivalen was built for. This was the first year I actively followed MF so any gaps in my knowledge I will try to fill at some point. 178. Swedish House Mafia vs Knife Party - Antidote Chart Peak :#5 'tear this mother up, start a riot' There's a desperate urgency to this track, an urgency to get on the dancefloor and dance until there is nothing left. It's probably SHM's least good productional work but it's a bit more exciting than Greyhound (which is still fairly fab btw). Doesn't come close to Miami 2 Ibiza or Don't You Worry Child and it sounded far better when it was new but it's still a fantastic dance track. Chart Peak: #10 'I've been searching everywhere and I can't seem to find Molly' Racing through the dance hits of the year and knocking them down one by one, next to fall is Molly. Relying on the gimmick of a computer voice, something quite awesomely unique and fabulous, it has a great instrumental but was big with me for all of one month and then I completely forgot about before going through here so it's done well to get this high. Chart Peak: #31 'Build up from the ground, wipe clean of your frowns' Second appearance for iamamiwhoami - this time with drops. I have two things I think about this song: #1, that it gets more beautiful and yet more unable for me to get a hold of everytime that I listen to it, and #2, that they've taken the music video QUITE literally. Chart Peak: #14 'you could be a master, don't wait for luck' Yeah it's by the numbers The Script, but I always fall for that opening piano riff (probably the only reason it's here). Otherwise it's not the greatest, and that message has been done to death, but will.i.am actually makes it ok and it's one of the more enjoyable (Heart-FM friendly) big hits of the year. Chart Peak: #7 'while I amble up and down between the levels in my head' A crazy Danish-Asian rap track. It is AWESOME. So much cool swagger in one song. And it's better than it sounds, even though her rapping is nothing compared to the likes of Azealia or M.I.A, it's good enough for my tastes. I decided to go all-out risky while hosting UP with this and it grew on me during the contest. I still think getting it to 21st was an achievement as it drew in haters from seemingly all over the shop. Or maybe that was just Grebo. Either way, proud of you Linkoban - maybe I won't try something so overt next time. 3 UP entries down, 1 still to come. In contrast we have 9 BJSC entries oops. 173. Josh Turner - Pallbearer Chart Peak: #17 'travelling to the graveyard, counting down the miles' Very much a Johnny Cash pastiche, at least to my ears, actually, dear god, the vocal resemblance is uncanny, Pallbearer really hit me hard when it was entered into BJSC. Not the sort of thing I'd ever expect to be giving 12 points, I was quite sad when it didn't make it, but then it isn't the sort of thing I'd expect to. Gloomy as hell subject matter to be singing about but props for sounding like you ARE a musical legend. Chart Peak: #6 'Can I make all the moves I'm planning tonight, without risking it all' Ok, how did Kylienips sneak not one but TWO entries in here without me noticing? Body Work is rather fabulous, and while I don't think it deserves my 12 in hindsight, it's still very very good and I'm far too tired to be writing coherently about it. T&S do better throughout the whole song than they do in Closer, their voices work seamlessly with the instrumental and it evokes a few emotions at times. Impressive for what is essentially a dance song. 171. Ruby Goe - Badman Chart Peak: #14 'your words are killing me, killing me, blow by blow' Genuinely very close to entering this for BJSC the same contest Pavel entered her for, Badman is a superb indie-hip-hop track with an infectious beat (seriously, WOW) that leads up to a great chorus. Ruby Goe is amazingly talented. A bit of an awful name for a song but it makes up for it by being so COOL. http://www.eastscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ts-600x369.jpg
December 21, 201212 yr Author Er... Little Braveheart's still in! *attempt to placate John's wrath, likely chance of failure*
December 21, 201212 yr I shall halt the attack dogs for now, but if it falls any time before the top 40 consider yourself DOG FOOD BITCH. (oh and good countdown thus far and all that)
December 21, 201212 yr I really liked Molly when it came out! :D It's a shame that no one else seemed to like it though. :(
December 22, 201212 yr drops :wub: One of my favourite tracks of theirs, pleased to see it going against the grain and being higher than play!
December 22, 201212 yr Author SINGLES: 170-161 http://soundisstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/purity-ring.jpg >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *hastily moves Little Braveheart out of 168th* Chart Peak: #8 'zalelalilahleylaleleyeyeye *romanian instrumental*' #13 on the Eurovision countdown, and we come to Romanian dance number designed to bring the house down, were it not for ropey live vocals and such. It's no Mr Saxobeat or Amazing but it was pleasing to see a textbook example of a currently popular genre get into Eurovision and do reasonably well. After initially finding it wonderful, it didn't really hold up as well as I'd like - compared to much of Eurovision this year it was really basic. 169. Molly Sandén - Why Am I Crying? Chart Peak: #10 'love's so overrated' Back to Melodifestivalen, and it's one of its successes this time, that of very beautiful Swedish singer Molly Sandén, so she's hot and has a great voice, what's not to love? She's clearly singing here about being dumped by the Saade, and no, I don't know why she's crying either. It's quite hard to believe she's only a year older than me, she seems to have so much experience (and a long career from looking at Wiki) and this is the sort of ballad that the likes of Kelly Clarkson would kill to own. The chorus seems so raw and passionate and that is good. Chart Peak: #20 'the wasted years, the wasted youth' One of three Marina tracks to make it in as 'singles', two of them being album tracks in the real world. I never really connected with Power & Control much as a single and I've completely ignored the existence of How To Be A Heartbreaker. This is one of the standouts on Electra,, some really clever lyrics with change-ups into the chorus at just the right moment. It didn't enter my chart until a month or two after getting the album, so a late bloomer, unlike the other album track up in here. It's a masterclass in producing a midtempo sensitive pop song. Chart Peak: #3 'kinda like the way it feels' First of my BJSC entries to show up, and it's quite a lot lower than all the others. It's still an excellent track that I adore, but it hasn't aged gracefully and I think it getting last place in XLII was not unsurprising (although at the time it held the record for most points for a last placer :wub:), in fact I wouldn't have been surprised if it had DNQed, I got lucky there. From the Voice US, Xenia has naturally a great voice and this is a very cool track (by which I notice its tempo being very well-paced). And it's about.. yeah, I don't know nor do I understand the title. Something about stars and bridges and writing on the wall. 166. Loreen - Do We Even Matter Chart Peak: #12 'now nothing going to feel like what it was before' My non-single highlight off Heal, it's a song that has very minimal production, going for a simple beat, and its sole purpose is really to show off Loreen's voice. There's some angst in here, mixed with emotion and longing - all from one voice, and the contrast from the mellow verses to the powerful chorus is lovely. Chart Peak: #23 'The fear has gripped me but here I go' The one reason why I don't declare Alt-J to be the most overrated, awful band of all time this year. His voice normally annoys me so much and the rest of their songs aren't particularly good. This is lovely though. A catchy hook line with an excellent beat and they have me addicted (I was a little bit addicted to this a few months ago and I had mixed feelings of joy and annoyance because of it). I also like unique videos and the Breezeblocks video is quite inspired (backwards effects WOO) Chart Peak: #6 'One of these days I'll end up tracking you down' Getting through the album tracks with speed now, this was one of a few tracks that instantly stood out on The Midsummer Station. It's a loud pop song about Owl City following a 'bad girl' around town (stalker! :o). That's about all you need to know about it. Oh, and it's the sort of thing I want One Direction to be doing. I wouldn't despise them if they released tracks like this, and I could easily see them doing it. Chart Peak: #18 'and you can blame it on the crazy' Ballad time from Agnes, it's not really as good as Don't Go Breaking My Heart or Release Me - shouldn't really be comparing them though as they're completely different styles of song. I'd almost forgotten that this was this year when it came to counting down, so that's why it's out early, but it's cute. And a bit sad, if you consider the lyrics a bit more. Chart Peak: #5 'Jump in my hooptie hooptie hoop, I own that' First off, this fell a lot of places due to overplay. We Are Young dropped out contention entirely because of it. Starships is just not the same anymore and the video doth not help. Getting slightly sick of Ms Minaj right about now to be perfectly honest. Nevertheless it is a good hit but unless I don't hear it again for a few months I won't really love it again. I loved it originally, the rap is good and catchy like it was on Superbass. Could really do without the breakdowns and the 'higher than a motherfucker' part listening to it now. Chart Peak: #8 'cut open my sternum and pull' On the other end of the spectrum, we have some glorious indie-pop courtesy of Purity Ring. They have another song still in this game and I'll have more to say when we get there I'm sure, I've enjoyed their singles this year a lot. Fineshrines did make my top 10 but like Agnes, I almost forgot it until it came to counting down and then I was like 'Yeah, that was fairly awesome'. http://www.scandipop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mollysandenexpressen-e1330352482693.jpg
December 22, 201212 yr Starships is very overplayed, and that has admittedly hindered my enjoyment of the song. But once you look past that, it's a very solid and pleasant dance pop song. You can see where Tony's coming from when he talks about the song. :D I'm glad that you've got Breezeblocks in there as well, I feel as if that song is very underrated. I hope that a lot more people realise the joys of Alt-J in the new year when they deservedly win all of the awards at the award ceremonies. :kink: Edited December 22, 201212 yr by ★ G R I E F ★
December 22, 201212 yr "Why Am I Crying?" :wub: My 3rd favourite from Melodifestivalen this year, truly heartbreaking with the emotion, especially the final chorus. Yay for Mandinga too, one of the Eurovision 2012 highlights.
December 22, 201212 yr Teen Idle and Do We Even Matter :wub: Starships is still to come on mine, even though i never listen to it anymore :drama: Definitely not aged too well (along with PTA which is also still to come :S)
December 22, 201212 yr Author drops :wub: One of my favourite tracks of theirs, pleased to see it going against the grain and being higher than play! More iamamiwhoami is to come as well, although if you've been following my charts you'd probably guess which ones. Starships is very overplayed, and that has admittedly hindered my enjoyment of the song. But once you look past that, it's a very solid and pleasant dance pop song. You can see where Tony's coming from when he talks about the song. :D I'm glad that you've got Breezeblocks in there as well, I feel as if that song is very underrated. I hope that a lot more people realise the joys of Alt-J in the new year when they deservedly win all of the awards at the award ceremonies. :kink: Alt-J should win NO awards (aside from ones for Breezeblocks). :D "Why Am I Crying?" :wub: My 3rd favourite from Melodifestivalen this year, truly heartbreaking with the emotion, especially the final chorus. Must be my 4th favourite then. Teen Idle and Do We Even Matter :wub: Starships is still to come on mine, even though i never listen to it anymore :drama: Definitely not aged too well (along with PTA which is also still to come :S) Pound The Alarm has aged slightly better but still not amazingly (and yes it is still to come).
December 23, 201212 yr Author SINGLES: 160-151 http://societeperrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eli-and-fur-2012-600x400.jpg >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chart Peak: #19 'Perdóname si no supe amarte amor' #12 for the Spanish entry this year, an unusually serious and good try from them this time round. I know some people around here love this more than me, for most people on here, your favourite entry was this if it wasn't Euphoria. It does build and build throughout the track quite gracefully and while I don't find it AS interesting as some other entries this year, a) whatta voice and b) just glad to like Spain's attempt for once. Should really have finished higher within the top 10 to be honest. Could have knocked those awful Turkish and German songs down for a start. Chart Peak: #11 'You took away all our love and trust' A dance-pop song that's kinda been bubbling under my love throughout the year, I know it's not that great a construct of a song but it's extremely addictive and enjoyable regardless. Rosette's chorus and verses are a highlight of the song and even Brasco's verse is good. The element of the song that lets it down is Timbaland. After the third chorus, the song is just screaming to go back into a fourth chorus to finish the whole thing off in a euphoric finale - instead we get 30 seconds of Timbaland repeating a line he did earlier in the song while Rosette tries to maintain SOMETHING. It's a letdown really. It could be about... 40 places higher with that implemented. Chart Peak: #6 'through my rise and fall, you've been my only friend' It's often the collabs that look awful that are the best (prominent example: International Love), and while I do like Bruno to an extent, this isn't exactly a collab that fills me with anticipation. Thankfully, Lil Wayne is on form for once, his slower, more thoughtful rapping is appreciated here and Bruno does a killer hip-hop chorus as per for him on these sort of songs. Not a song I expected to like but was pleased that I did - although I barely remember that it was this year it seems so long ago. Chart Peak: #17 'ottokhan kotnare beil geot gata' This one has such a good sense of RHYTHM. Weird/slightly hot table tennis video notwithstanding, it's very enjoyable to listen to because you feel there's been effort put into this song to make it sound so pleasingly rhythmic. It's also very addictive, once you listen once you do have to listen again, especially as it won't get out of your head. Hmm, maybe I finally do understand why Oricon gets ridiculous play count numbers. K-Pop at its finest. I think this actually may be the highest a K-Pop group has gotten in my chart - often I do find the groups a little over the top, large and full of sound effects that aren't so good. There are a few exceptions. I Am The Best is one of them. Lipstick is another. Chart Peak: #3 'lost my mind and lost my goal' Rudimental's second single lasted nowhere near as long as the first in my chart. Alex Clare is used to good effect, he sounds very similar to Too Close, a song I never got fully on board with. This time his voice really works for me. Like with a lot of songs, it's all about the jump to the chorus, and this time it's rather subtle, a piano whispering of the title before going into a familiar Rudimental chorus. It's not quite as good as Feel The Love but it was enjoyable for a month or so during October/November. Chart Peak: #8 wtf I love this kind of novelty record and I don't care how silly it is, I will bop along every single time. Chart Peak: #6 'I don't need you, but something's wrong' Similar to Rudimental, Redlight's second single peaked higher with me, but didn't last as long in my affections, or at the higher end anyway, it spent a lot of time in my chart regardless. Lost In Your Love is fairly inoffensive to listen to and there are some rather fun production things going on but it's never gotten me raving like Get Out My Head has. Chart Peak: #23 'I like Rihanna, she make me dey go gaga' Does it sound to anyone else like he's saying 'I am a cuttlefish'? No? Just me? Ok, then. I hated this when it first came out but it wrapped itself around my brain and refused to let go until I charted it. So I did. One of the catchier rap tracks of the year, although there are plenty that are more catchy to come. Chart Peak: #39 'Supernatural in your eyes' So yeah, I can't believe I only charted this at #39 originally. That instrumental that just washes over you and keeps going throughout the whole song YES!!! And then there are the duo's vocals that compliment the instrumentation perfectly by being subtle enough that you can still feel it below their voices. Really, really, enjoyable song, I can be in any mood to listen to this. B.a.N.G was robbed. In fact, it's only the first of two incredible BJSC songs in here where the participant did not vote, it turned out they would have been a criminal DNQ had they done so or not, and I was left wondering what people were on to not see it. Chart Peak: 'What you looking at you little rich boy' One of the most politically charged songs of the year, and it did make me briefly interested in Plan B again. Stay Too Long got me interested in him in the first place but his following singles weren't up to much. This brings him right back to the centre of things with a VERY enjoyable rap track and it is the lyrics that help here. They're clever and hard-hitting, and they are pretty much what make the song. It's so unusual for a track like this to get into the charts - even if it was only brief, so it was welcomed. Although probably not that well by the government. Anyway... Plan B up, I did like Lost My Way for a little bit but not enough to make it in here, but continue making great rap tracks like this and I will be so on board with Mr Ballance-Drew and his songs. http://api.tape.tv/images/video/296631.jpg
December 23, 201212 yr 'ill Manors' is a brilliantly confrontational song, and a great sample choice to make it a strong production to match. 'Amnesia' will be much higher for me; I don't usually love this type of song so much, but Rosette's vocals just make it so gorgeous. And good call on 'Sea of Stars', which I think and hope I gave some good pointage to (if I was in that semi!), on of Casey's finer entries of late and as you say, a criminal DNQ. This list is looooong so I can't promise to comment constantly, but I'm definitely keeping an eye on it, especially with such short but careful commentary. THUMPS UP LIKE
December 23, 201212 yr Ill Manors! :wub: I can't listen to it any more though, because I played it a bit too much when it came out. :( I really enjoy all of the other songs from the album though, especially Playing With Fire! :D
December 23, 201212 yr Love ill Manors too. Also Oliver Twist is such a hidden gem. It came on last night, and never fails to get everyone smiling :D
December 24, 201212 yr Author Da Bop above the likes of Pastora? WTF! It's just so GOOD. You need to be converted to the bopping ways. 'ill Manors' is a brilliantly confrontational song, and a great sample choice to make it a strong production to match. 'Amnesia' will be much higher for me; I don't usually love this type of song so much, but Rosette's vocals just make it so gorgeous. And good call on 'Sea of Stars', which I think and hope I gave some good pointage to (if I was in that semi!), on of Casey's finer entries of late and as you say, a criminal DNQ. This list is looooong so I can't promise to comment constantly, but I'm definitely keeping an eye on it, especially with such short but careful commentary. THUMPS UP LIKE Sea Of Stars better be top 10 in the Rejects, it deserves no less. Oh that's fine, just comment when something takes your fancy. I'm surprised this has had so many comments so far actually, but they're all appreciated even I don't reply directly to them so yeah WHENEVER you or anyone else feels like it.
December 24, 201212 yr Author SINGLES: 150-141 http://www.helloonline.com/imagenes/news-in-pics/2011/10/11/amelia-lily.jpg >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Had this all typed up and then lost it because my connection went down. :angry: Commentaries are effectively the same as they were before but maybe a little shorter. :/ 150. Butterfly Boucher – Not Fooling Around Chart Peak: # 18 'I'm not trying to win you back' Beautiful song, Butterfly's vocals merge so well with the production it brings out emotion in some weird twist of the way the world works. This song is literally perfect for cold dark winter nights, although I've been playing it a bit too much recently and it's actually starting to suffer from overplay. 149. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive Chart Peak: #13 'welcome to the new age' One song I've been enjoying a lot recently, even though it's been around the entire year, the current highlight of Imagine Dragon's career. Thankfully they had more in their arsenal than It's Time, as much as that sounded like a hit, it lacks something to push it to the level of amazing. Radioactive has that in spades. Hard hitting chorus, epic hook line marked above and random breathing to add 'atmosphere' to the track, it's very enjoyable, and one of the only good things about the last BJSC. Chart Peak: DNC 'the people in this town, they look straight through me' The only song in here I didn't chart (it's one of the entry requirements but I made an exception), and that's because I forgot Keane were around until their new album literally landed in my lap. From there I began to love them again. Silenced By The Night is the best and most interesting record they've done since Somewhere Only We Know. Sounding not too dissimilar from something Coldplay would do in the chorus, Keane may have got a new fan in me. Chart Peak: #47 'I never questioned my faith, but I can't wipe this smile off my face' An extremely underrated BJSC entry from the Kluminican Republic (excellent choice Klumzee). A massive grower of a song by an indie-pop band, it's a builder of a song – the final chorus is what makes it all worthwhile but it's pretty much all aural bliss up to that point. I like songs that build. Very much so. It was a strong contest as well, so for this to be in my top 5 from XLIV by year's end, that's the hallmark of an excellent entry. Chart Peak: #7 'I'm tryna get a hold on this' No Doubt are a band I like in general (this comeback inspired me to buy their Singles Collection and it is largely fantastic) and so I was eager to hear this. As one might expect, it wasn't quite like the times of old. Looking Hot was good for about a day, Push And Shove I wasn't too keen on, but this was fairly good. Nothing on past glories like Hella Good, Don't Speak and It's My Life, and it does sound a bit dated, however the chorus is something to behold. Not surprised at all at the total failure, because of that dated-ness. I like it, others may not. Chart Peak: #24 'straight to the toil, this mortal coil' The only B-Side in here, and naturally it's from my new obsession Nightwish. It's a cover of a little-known song, so little-known that this version takes up most of the lyrical searches on Google. Anette's voice really suits this ballad and in classic Nightwish style, it becomes operatically awesome towards the climax – I think the only reason it's this low is due to it being the B-side, it's one of the better Nightwish tracks I have. Chart Peak: #22 'everyone that I trusted has walked away from me' This section sponsored by Syndare. Who's Gonna Love Me is a great pop song and just about my favourite of said country's entries, although a lot of them have been rather fab. I'm here for her quirky vocals, always like a few quirky vocals. 143. Electrovamp – I Don't Like The Vibe In The VIP Chart Peak: #15 'You'd better watch out we don't get caughty caughty' Yes it's rather old but I discovered it through Harvey entering it and it's been a wonderful discovery so I wouldn't have it any other way. The ultimate in slutty, dancy pop, I've actually never heard anything else quite like it, it's a crazy track - and so many quotable lines, it was hard picking just one for the italics up above. Chart Peak: #2 'heard about the news whole day went sour' Yeah I'm in this for Bingo Players' sample. Flo Rida, if you can tell the difference between the rapping on this one and on any other of his songs you're doing well, although I must admit he does a good job by his standards here. I loved this for about all of 3 weeks and it spent that time in my top 5, but fell out of my affections pretty quickly afterwards. At least it's better than Good Feeling/Whistle though. Chart Peak: #3 'so forget about the madness' I was incredibly pumped for Amelia Lily material from the moment she performed China In Your Hand on the X Factor, and while I have enjoyed her solo output, it's not quite as good as I was hoping for. Neither this or the followup lasted ages in my affections and the title line really annoys me, however beneath that there is a good song struggling to get out and I like everything in this song that is not the title line. Amelia Lily has been totally eclipsed by Little Mix and another certain pink-haired songstress now. http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/362/electrovamp2ls1.jpg
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