Saturday, February 9, 2013

Billboard Top 100 part 3 (89-85)

Number 89:
Rihanna - You Da One

Yawn... another bland Rihanna track.  A low tempo ode to the guy she is currently having good sex with.  There is a brief dubsteppy breakdown that breaks up the monotony for a moment, but otherwise is a forgettable track in a long list of dull Rihanna singles.  

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Number 88:
Jason Aldean - Take a Little Ride

Again with Mr. Aldean, throwing out country cliches. It's a shame that the song writing and singing aren't better, because the backing band here throws down some decent southern rock/country music.  It's a listenable instrumental track, but you have to get past the dumb lyrics and vocal stylings that I personally have a low tolerance for.

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Number 87:
Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

Before the song even started in Spotify I winced a little bit.  A song from a Twilight movie?  I'm was bracing for overwrought melodrama, and the song delivered in spades!  Middle school poetry, though I'm sure this song will get play at the weddings of Twi-hards for the next couple of years.  It's pretty low on the chart, but the fact this cracked the top 100 is yet another testament to a slipping definition of quality for pop music today.

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Number 86:
T-Pain - 5 O'Clock (feat. Wiz Kahlifa and Lily Allen)

Todd in the Shadows did this song, and his video is well worth your time.  Check it out here.

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Number 85:
Ke$ha - Die Young

Ms. Dollar Sign comes with another track that sounds exactly the same as every other single she's put out, promoting a party hardy, die young and leave a beautiful corpse lifestyle that is followed by too many idiotic kids who scream "YOLO!" while acting a fool.

I know we have an appetite for the familiar, but the sameness of every Ke$ha single.  Check out this Key of Awesome video as an illustration:



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