Call me a flop loon and all but I haven't even heard Safe & Sound! :o

 

Pound The Alarm above Starships? http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx240/MarthaJonesFan/MSN%20Smilies/srs.gif

Call me a flop loon and all but I haven't even heard Safe & Sound! :o

 

You're lucky we're even still friends right now.

You're lucky we're even still friends right now.

 

You're lucky WE'RE still friends after you didn't vote for me in the Clique awards. -_- :kink:

 

And Joseph, Safe And Sound is boring. I wouldn't bother listening to it. :D

 

(even though I enjoy listening to the song how does that make any sense)

Edited December 28, 201212 yr by ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Listen to Safe & Sound NOW or I will make you regret it. :D

 

And we NEED some video/audio recording of you on the clarinet.

 

Not going to happen. I don't play to audiences.

 

The last 10 is fairly decent. I like the Poppy... song but like their others, it's easy to love and go off quickly. It would be the lowest placed of every song that made my top 10 this year. Listening to the Keane on now, quite like it actually, agree it's probably better than 'Silenced...'

 

Every now and then I do get a good listen out of Poppy.. but you need to space it out and not do repeat listens or it becomes a little tiring.

 

SINGLES: 100-96

 

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

Chart Peak: #10

Weeks on Chart:

'the sun has fallen, and i've become, the lonely one'

 

Lena Ph's cover of Laleh's song Live Tomorrow is a beast of a tune to kick off the top 100. Making the chorus sound longing is not an easy achievement but it really works. I tend to prefer the STHLM mix as it seems like it'll never end and the production is ramped up a bit on it. I'm absolutely fine with listening to Lena's 'original' however, she has a talent. Fantastic Scandipop song.

 

Chart Peak: #7

'this is it boys, this is war'

 

Unlike We Are Young, this never got overplayed or boring and I hope this is fun's more natural sound, kooky strange hipster-ish indie as I would be happier with that. The lead singer sounds FAR FAR more engaged on this than We Are Young, where at times it seems like he is droning. Some Nights has so many more drums and interesting sounds, and I love the colonial-themed video. So yeah that was a paragraph about how this is better in every way than We Are Young. Based on the former, I'd have never expected them to have a song like the latter, it's a pleasant surprise.

 

Chart Peak: #10

'Looks strikes I got them, get out the door'

 

I'm never speaking to John again, am I (at least it made the top 100, eh?)? :( Hero was a lot better than all I've heard this era. Little Braveheart is the best Perelli song since that however. The opening instrumental and warm drop is FANTASTIC (as it is when it comes back in the bridges). Not so much a fan of the dubstep thing, the lyrics are a little basic and it sounds a lot like On The Floor, but then what self-respecting female-voxed club-banger doesn't nowadays. I STILL can't tell which voice is which but I enjoy both of them so I'm not judging. Also the first time Kate Ryan has made a song that I've heard and liked. Perelli is doing slightly better - now she's on 4, her two ESC entries and the two in my countdown. I'm really going to alienate the Eurogais with this commentary, aren't I? http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/grin.gif

 

Chart Peak: #7

'Boyeojulge wanjeonhi dallajin na'

 

One of the best offerings of K-Pop I've heard this year, Ailee has one good set of pipes on her. Earlier in the year, Heaven wasn't too inspiring, but this, her sadness-tinged vocals leading up to a perfectly euphoric chorus bringing to life an absolutely fantastic song, is near life-changing. Spiritually this year's Good Day, it does exactly what that one does and gives me a warm feeling to help with the winter. I have no clue what she's saying but I'm sure it must be empowering to someone, somewhere. It has that FEELING. Thank you for the discovery, Oricon, you do have your uses.

 

Chart Peak: #24

'you forgot in your wisdom the window to the ladies room'

 

It's a rather old song but it's 2012 to me and yeah, one of the songs from the first BJSC this year that's stayed with me right through to the end. Featuring some really weird vocals and a plain beat, it is those vocals that make it what it is. It only occurred to me while writing this commentary what it's actually about and I can't believe I didn't see it before, those wacky bouncers.. (what kind of nightclub has a window you can get in by anyway?). It is refreshing to see a dance song relying on quirky vocals rather than a quirky beat and that might be why it's been so successful with me (ignore that low peak, I've played it to death).

 

 

 

http://img.ohkpop.com/2012/10/16/Me37xA28.jpg

Safe And Sound is boring. I wouldn't bother listening to it. :D

 

You're on thin ice mister. :hitler:

SINGLES: 95-91

 

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/78955225/Ruby%20Frost%20Ruby7.jpg

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

Chart Peak: #2

'how'd I'd get so jaded at only 22'

 

By FAR the best song named Young to exist for this year at least, it's a dreamy entry for Ruby Frost's most recent single and although I knew it existed before it got made a single with a 'good effort' vid, it was only after that that I began to listen to it over and over again. This most of all out of all her singles reminds me why she is my favourite new artist to come to my attention in 2012 - it's joyful yet her shimmering vocals make it feel inspiring. Inspiring is good. One more Ruby Frost song to come, and you should all know what it is.

 

Chart Peak: #17

'you shot me with your love gun now I'm falling to the ground'

 

Who can't love a bit of Latino-influenced pop? In the absence of Shakira and Jennifer Lopez (I have really ignored Dance Again as it was basic and such a flop) I have turned to Paulina Rubio for these needs and Boys Will Be Boys fills the criteria perfectly for hot summer days by the pool.

 

Chart Peak: #10

'you ruin my flow'

 

The better of the Redlight singles. I swear I put this on my longlist for BJSC but it became a hit too quickly, fantastic production skills and similarly to Lost In Your Love, the singing of the title line is superbly well done - one of the best hits in January. Especially the bopping beat.

 

92. Eivor - Undo Your Mind

Chart Peak: #14

'do you believe in the golden gates'

 

Ghosty, you'll be pleased. This is so PERFECT. I can never find anything wrong with this song, which is why it's so high, despite me not really playing that much (I should more, although I'm afraid if I do it'll lose its magic). Her vocal delivery is not too far off Jonna Lee's best, but more 'normal' than that - even though it's not generic at all, in fact it's just right for my ears. The whole record is alive with passion, sensuality and dramatic aural assaults, all I ever wanted from indie-pop. (It's also quite a bit better than Rain so I'm glad Caerfyrddia ended up entering this)

 

Chart Peak: #10

'open your eyes'

 

Much like Boys Will Be Boys, this is perfect for hot summer lounging - it is literally sunny Mediterranean days contained within a dance song. Plus it shares a name with a song I'm known for liking and therefore it shares that sentiment - happy songs are almost always good with me. The little tinkling sounds going underneath the main track really make this stand out among a load of similar Eurodance songs - great work.

 

Some of these songs are from last year but I have no qualms with including them if I first discovered them in a 2012 context (in this case BJSC).

 

 

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Chart Peak: #16

'my team said to me, you're the one'

 

Straight back to obscure songs from BJSC and it's Irish (?) band The Wonder Villains. The song's about Zola, a footballer (I don't know any more, shoot me at dawn). It's so catchy and light to listen to, and it got me obsessed in the first week of BJSC XLI. Bré didn't vote and it didn't qualify (part 2 on from Sea Of Stars on just how the hell that happened, but at least this one made it to the Rejects). This sort of indie-pop is the sort that I'm in the genre for. It had better win the Rejects if Saint Saviour can't.

 

 

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Absolutely love these guys. Nice to see them make it into your end-of-year list, even if it's with a song released in 2011. They released 2 other singles in 2012, Ferrari and TV, which are well worth checking out if you haven't already.

 

And they're from Derry.

 

And yes, I am searching everybody's end-of-year lists to see if they've featured.

You're lucky WE'RE still friends after you didn't vote for me in the Clique awards. -_- :kink:

 

And Joseph, Safe And Sound is boring. I wouldn't bother listening to it. :D

 

(even though I enjoy listening to the song how does that make any sense)

 

What are these clique award people are going on about?

Just how much Ruby Frost is there going to be in this countdown, exactly?

Edited December 29, 201212 yr by Umi

Absolutely love these guys. Nice to see them make it into your end-of-year list, even if it's with a song released in 2011. They released 2 other singles in 2012, Ferrari and TV, which are well worth checking out if you haven't already.

 

And they're from Derry.

 

And yes, I am searching everybody's end-of-year lists to see if they've featured.

 

I have heard TV (it wasn't quite as good as Zola unforch) but I do love their energy.

 

 

Just how much Ruby frost is there going to be in this countdown, exactly?

 

20 songs, with full commentary and an invitation for her to fly over from New Zealand and do a concert for me.

 

(3 songs only, the rest stay on the album - Come To Life is absolutely fab though and would be in here had I charted it)

MY CHART STILL SLAYING.

 

Safe & Sound is nothing less than FANTASTIC :wub:

cows

Edited December 29, 201212 yr by Bré

Sheep.

How the hell have you and me gained 10,000 views while I was sleeping? Was it spambots or did one of you stay up all night refreshing both of our threads?

#98 is acceptable given what happened to The Girl, though obviously it's absolutely nothing on that pop behemoth.

 

Lots of very good songs in here too, unsurprisingly.

Chart Peak: #31

'da bi ti je vratio'

 

ZWEI PUNKT. Using an opening instrumental that sounds very similar to Coldplay's Paradise and in places reminding me of Nightwish, it isn't Chris Martin's vocals that bring this song to life, nor the operatic sounds of Tarja/Anette, but the dulcet Serbian tones of Zejlko Joksimovic. I know he entered Eurovision once before this but I don't know the song, this however is fairly lovely.

Sort your life out, Lane moje is one of the best entries of the last decade!

 

 

FLAWLESS

Sort your life out, Lane moje is one of the best entries of the last decade!

 

 

FLAWLESS

 

Not bad, not bad at all. Might need some growing room.

SINGLES: 90-86

 

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

Chart Peak: #19

'i'm patching up my heart again every time it explodes'

 

The followup to my INCREDIBLY AMAZING BJSC entry

at the tail end of last year which you should all check out right now and realise how silly of you were to make this finish higher up the scoreboard, I didn't think to enter this into BJSC until someone else did. Hmmph. The title makes little grammatical sense and is fairly awful but the song itself is very enjoyable. Real emotion yeah (and it's not just generic pop, even if it is quite bubblegum). I love this girl and will continue following her.

 

Chart Peak: #21

'boom boom boom'

 

FÜNF PUNKT. After a good while, the Italian entry turned out to be rather wonderful. Absolutely should not have challenged for any sort of title but Nina is a pretty great singer and did well for Italy. Given the horror they successfully turned out in 2011 it was quite a relief, even if it did turn out to be just another pop song swept away by the Loreen juggernaut after some positive predictions. A lot of those pop songs are the ones above (for shame Iz).

 

Chart Peak: #8

'you see me running but you can't keep up'

 

One of the first songs to appear in 2012 was the Scissor Sisters' comeback single featuring new hot singer Azealia Banks. One f***-up of a release later, along with a LOT of crediting confusion and a different lead single being chosen and it was all a rather amusing start to an era for one of my favourite acts. It's a shame because this is genuinely one of my favourite of their songs ever - only 4 (I Don't Feel Like Dancing, Fire With Fire, Any Which Way and Only The Horses) rank above it. The verses are so wonderfully weird, unsettling and awkward, and along with a highlight of a chorus by the one and only Azealia leading the Scissors in, it's a triumph in unconventional songs, if only this had been tried commercially.

 

Chart Peak: #1

'my whole world crashes when you're not around'

 

Ladies and gentlemen, it's my first #1 to show up on the list (not counting Princess Of China as that was #1 last year) - that of my third greatest success ever in BJSC, the beautiful Sepideh and her Galaxy. An emotional pop song sounding not too unlike the infamous Water Against The Rocks in terms of verse progression and chorus delivery, it's SEP's debut single and probably the best she'll do (although as she's done nothing else of note in her solo career yet the jury's out). The chorus is stunningly beautiful and longing and the time just flies by when you're listening to it. A bit of a one and a half month thing but what a thing while I was looning for it.

 

86. Maria Mena & Mads Langer - Habits

Chart Peak: #2

'but this time it's different, the rules don't apply'

 

Trying to shed XLVII as soon as possible here (one more song to come, but it was a better contest than I give it credit for) - it's my original 12 points, given to the always reliable Maria Mena and her duet partner Mads Langer on the stunning Habits. A slow, breathy ballad, it really evokes beautiful emotions inside of me - and I really didn't want to put it this low, like Galaxy, actually. Yes I do have 85 songs which are better, stop singing to me like that Maria! :cry: Really beautiful, as is a LOT of Maria's music, which is why I really love her as a popstar.

 

 

http://www.scandipop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mariamena.jpg

Missed a bit of this, but great to see Some Nights here and FULLY agree with your description of it compared to WAY. One of my favourite songs of the year :wub:

Edited December 29, 201212 yr by HausofBalls

Nina! Still an incredible song, one of my favourite entries of recent years. Can't for the life of me understand why the public hated it so. Nice to see someone give her love :wub: Maria Mena is quite alright too, but 'You're The Only One' slays everything.

Edited December 29, 201212 yr by Umi

Eivør! :wub: