October 19, 201410 yr The Saturdays- Gentleman I don't understand how The Saturdays are still going to be honest. I really don't think this, out of all their singles, was desperate. Something like What Are You Waiting For? could be seen as that, maybe, but I think Gentleman was them actually taking a risk after a huge #1. Basically the only time in their career where desperation wasn't needed :lol:
October 19, 201410 yr No Saturdays song could really be described as desperate. They have the girls themselves to tick the desperation box.
October 19, 201410 yr I think The Saturdays themselves would admit to quite a few of their releases being a desperate attempt for a number 1 but that's a different story :P For me it's usually odd collaborations that scream desperate. Maybe not for a hit but to stay relevant. Madonna is the most obvious case and it was cringeworthy. Maybe Celine Dion and Ne-to... She had just had a hit but that album seemed to be trying to make her relevant again. By the way, I totally agree that Katy Perry was far from desperate with Roar. More like she was rolling around in all her money from the last album and just wanted to piss about with some tigers. Loved Me Back To Life (album) was a typical Celine album though :lol: with just a slight twist. None of the songs were that desperate. The duet with Ne-Yo was so typically Celine too. Also, she'd worked with him before. Edited October 19, 201410 yr by Regina
October 19, 201410 yr Because she was desperate for a hit after Problem?! Just because she had a successful hit before hand doesn't mean the follow up is not desperate to continue the momentum. Break free is nothing like Ariana has done before and break free is so incredibly current and I can't imagine Ariana releasing a song like that again.
October 19, 201410 yr People don't understand the difference between making a hit and being desperate, annoyingly. Ha, what idiots!! Anything by SCREEEEEECH! :puke: :puke:, especially SCREEEECH :puke2: itself! Anything by Scherzinger. And also Get Sexy by the Sugababes.
October 19, 201410 yr Anything by SCREEEEEECH! :puke: :puke:, especially SCREEEECH :puke2: itself! I was wondering when this would happen. Once again completely bonkers unsupported statement. Yawn.
October 19, 201410 yr Tbf Get Sexy is a good call that I'd totally forgotten about, that desperate moment really was the point where it all went wrong for them. Edited October 19, 201410 yr by Chez Wombat
October 19, 201410 yr Just because she had a successful hit before hand doesn't mean the follow up is not desperate to continue the momentum. Break free is nothing like Ariana has done before and break free is so incredibly current and I can't imagine Ariana releasing a song like that again. I agree with you there I guess, the rest of the album is nothing like Break Free. I think I just have my loon glasses on because I have come around to Break Free being one of the best songs of the year recently :wub:.
October 19, 201410 yr As usual a thread where people have to name a track with a negative trait just turns into morons naming tracks by people they don't like.
October 19, 201410 yr Some more examples: Nelly - Hey Porsche/Just a Dream Sean Paul - Got 2 Luv U/She Doesn't Mind/Other Side of Love Flo Rida - Good Feeling Lumidee - Never Leave You Ciara - Goodies K Koke - Lay Down Your Weapons What? She Doesn't Mind is pretty much the only one here which qualifies as 'desperate', given it's Sean Paul abandoning a previous style to jump on board a pop bandwagon. Hey Porsche and Just A Dream weren't exactly ten a penny tracks or out of line with what Nelly had done before, and I don't even know where to BEGIN with Goodies apparently being desperate - a debut track? From a genre that had only just started breaking out? Desperate? Jesus.
October 19, 201410 yr as if anyone could give ciara props these days but don't evne TRY and tell me goodies wasn;t a trendsetter!
October 19, 201410 yr David Guetta feat. Sia - She Wolf (also chuck in every 'let's do a song IDENTICAL to the hit single' follow-up release) Leona Lewis - Collide Little Boots - Remedy (UTTERLY FABULOUS but god this was an obvious last gasp attempt at getting a hit) Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me (UK Radio Edit) Marina and the Diamonds - Radioactive (literally - you know an attempt at selling out by going EDM was created for that sole purpose when it flops and is then steadfastly not acknowledged from then on) Stooshe - Waterfalls (ditto) Sugababes - Girls Sugababes - Get Sexy (the best shout in this thread so far)
October 19, 201410 yr I agree with you there I guess, the rest of the album is nothing like Break Free. I think I just have my loon glasses on because I have come around to Break Free being one of the best songs of the year recently :wub:. Break Free is by far one of the best pop songs of 2014! I think when reflecting on 'Break Free' next year I will continue to be shocked on how it's not peaked in the top 15.
October 19, 201410 yr Me (UK Radio Edit) Not sure I'm aware of this one. Just NO at 'Goodies' being labelled as desperate.
October 19, 201410 yr What? She Doesn't Mind is pretty much the only one here which qualifies as 'desperate', given it's Sean Paul abandoning a previous style to jump on board a pop bandwagon. Hey Porsche and Just A Dream weren't exactly ten a penny tracks or out of line with what Nelly had done before, and I don't even know where to BEGIN with Goodies apparently being desperate - a debut track? From a genre that had only just started breaking out? Desperate? Jesus. I'm very happy to explain these; in 2010 Nelly had dropped off the radar and needed a hit to regain relevancy. Just a Dream stands apart from his previous music, using safe production and is unquestionably a pop song. Hey Porsche sounds like a rip off of Whistle by Flo Rida, very poppy, radio friendly and angling for a summer hit. If you listen to his most recent album, the sound and collabs are very R&B, while Hey Porsche stands out a mile. Similar principle to Sean Paul, especially as Other Side of Love is a inferior clone to She Doesn't Mind. Goodies is contentious, but hear me out. Six months before it was released, Yeah by Usher smashed around the globe. Lil Jon produced it and championed the new crunk genre, so naturally he also produced Goodies. As an artist starting out, Ciara would have been desperate for a hit and would she have achieved one without jumping on the 'crunk' bandwagon? Its a bit like how Kid Ink and Tinashe got hits mainly thanks to DJ Mustards production.
October 19, 201410 yr Clearly not seeing the difference between being designed as a hit and desperate right there.
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