@medz I actually can’t call that song to my mind, I voted it because I like Imagine Dragons. I listen to mp3s, not the radio, so I never know what’s popular.
@moondrake I’ll link it, but I take no responsibility. I pasted the lyrics below. The 2nd half of the song is total garbage. They just needed some filler to make it longer instead of writing a 3rd verse.
/youtube thunder imagine dragons
@medz Ah, yes, I remember hearing this once. I remember thinking “I like this” when it started then the strange babylike voice turned me completely off of it. I can forgive redundant lyrics if the music and beat are good, but between the baby voice and the shrill whatever noise I don’t like this one.
@woodhouse I’ll give you that one. Didn’t notice it on the list. But most of those i’d rather have a root canal without the nitrous instead of listening to it.
@djslack@DVDBZN I think they did a great job of picking choices to at least give us old dudes a sporting chance. I am north of 50 and I actually knew more than half of these songs (and exactly half of the artists). If they had gone with 100, I speculate my percentage would be in the single digits.
If I happen to run across a top 10 listing (e.g. a magazine in the dentist’s waiting room or a USA Today in my hotel room) , I will typically go through it and see how many I know, and it is usually only one or zero.
@DrWorm
I haven’t heard any of these songs, and recognize only two of the artists names, and I am only 20. Age is mostly irrelevant; it’s mostly about tastes.
@DrWorm I’m almost 50 and the parent of a teen, so I’ve either heard these songs or will hear them soon. Just yesterday my child was explaining that Khalid and DJ Khaled are two different people.
Whether or not the song speaks to you, 1-800-273-8255 is a good number to know and share. You never who needs a lifeline in a dark moment. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
At least a song poll hasn’t been around too many times lately. I hate these. Also, it was nice to have an option to not select a random song “I’ll tell you in the comments why music was best when I was in college”
It’s not really my jam, but I did vote for Thunder because I actually have heard it a few times. I keep one pop hits radio station in my dial just so I can keep up with the kids these days.
@Fuzzalini The actual “lyrics” to that song: (spoiler, it’s only 2 verses and saying “thunder” a shit ton of times with a few “lightnings” sprinkled in)
Just a young gun with a quick fuse
I was uptight, wanna let loose
I was dreaming of bigger things
And wanna leave my own life behind
Not a yes sir, not a follower
Fit the box, fit the mold
Have a seat in the foyer, take a number
I was lightning before the thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder
Thunder, thunder
Thunder
Kids were laughing in my classes
While I was scheming for the masses
Who do you think you are?
Dreaming 'bout being a big star
You say you’re basic, you say you’re easy
You’re always riding in the back seat
Now I’m smiling from the stage while
You were clapping in the nose bleeds
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder
Thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
She’s pretty astonishing. I hope she has a long and creative career.
I was not familiar with improvisation in a classical idiom. But, why not? Of course, some classically oriented musicians must develop their sensibilities and gifts that way.
I know a bit about jazz improvisation (as a casual listener).
Keith Jarrett supposedly starts with a single musical phrase in his mind.
Here is one of his more famous ones.
About 1 hour. To me, sublime.
I am worried by how many of these artists I can’t tell gender of. Heck, I can’t for sure tell which are groups and which are solo for most of the names. I know Taylor swift is a country pop girl, and I believe imagine dragons is a group. I see Beyonce in there. She did a superbowl halftime I watched. It was awful. They’re always awful. But lost a coin toss, so I was left to pause if the rest of us didn’t make it back from the pizza run in time. Google says that was 50, so at least the Broncos won. Something good happened that day.
@binaryhermit69 It was a good superbowl half time show, but it’s also some of Tom Petty’s worst work. Seriously, football fields are just a mess for big performance like that. Marching bands, sure, but a mini rock concert is just a bad choice.
The only reason I know of these artists/songs is because I watch YouTube and the React channel. They have episodes where they have adults trying to guess current music or they have people react to music videos that are popular. The stuff that’s popular, is not normally what I listen to if you couldn’t guess from my music choices when I posted in October.
Not only was music better when I was in college, but “college music” was better back then too. But, this is probably because I had time to piss away just listening to and talking about music. To remember how “busy” I thought I was back then…
It’s my impression that much of today’s HOT 100 topper music is entirely forgettable.
Overly corporate music and glamour-promo music takes all the top spots. What’s out there that’s good hardly gets any air or notice, unless the listener is a truly dedicated fan.
With some notable exceptions, I can’t imagine that most top-chart music of the last decade will get any listens in 20 years. It will just be replaced by something else from the same “soulless pop hook, younger of-the-moment performer” vein.
Other than Biggie’s “Hypnotize” and Elton John re-recording one of his 1970s hits, it’s a pretty forgettable list, full of Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Puff Daddy and Hanson. I suspect today’s stars like Drake, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift will still be listenable in 20 years. (Maybe Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd and Bieber, too.)
@f00l If I’m still alive in 20 years, I’ll still be listening to the contemporary songs I like now, along with all the songs I’ve come to love from different decades and styles. A few contemporary songs have made it into my mp3 favorites list, and I rarely end up dropping songs I like. My tastes haven’t significantly changed since I was 10. If a piece of music pleases me or moves me today, that’s unlikely to change.
Swift composes and plays. She has native talent, works hard, and she looks great.
/Rant
But, to me, she became (musically) a complete sell-out to corporate music, and is increasingly so as she goes.
I barely encounter her stuff. Only when there is a link to it or it plays in a public place.
Some people who grew to with her may listen to her in a few decades. It’s listenable stuff. So why not?
But in 20 years there will have been many similar to her. “Engineered” pop performers, created by suits to juice the market. Even if TS want created by suits, her current hits could as well have been.
In 100 years the great rock, punk/street, reggae, sis, world, jazz, rap artists will be studied, played, will have their justifiable fanatics.
And almost all these current hot pop acts will be something forgotten. (There will be exceptions, but I doubt TS will be one of them.)
What she could have been …
The thought of what she chose to throw away …
/Rant complete
Sorry for going on. My beef is not so much about her and other performers, as about the taste and directions of pop and hit music. They seem to be marketing to very young kids who just go along because something has a “hook” or a decent overproduced dance video, or a good looking performer.
i wish she had taken another path. If she had, more people who are not simply young, and who care about music, might care about her music.
I had no biz going off that way about Taylor Swift. I do find her music to be listenable. And she has performance skills.
I (speaking personally) would have preferred that someone who started out with her talent and drive had found a different artistic direction.
But that’s me. If audiences like her as she is, I understand that. She and her music are likeable.
And I don’t know what her musical ambitions are or were in the first place.
For some reason, this morning, I allowed her to symbolize to me much that I don’t like about the current music industry. She didn’t create the problems I claim to perceive. So why am I ranting about her?
I was simply irrational.
And at least she gets paid. Way too many musicians barely make money. So good for her.
I’m definitely old, but was so glad to see some other “old farts” come out with a really great album about 2 weeks ago. The band is Sons of Apollo, and their album is “Psychotic Symphony”. Features Mike Portnoy & Derek Sherinian of Dream Theater (drums & keyboards respectively), Jeff Scott Soto (Journey, Talisman, Y. Malmsteen) on vocals, Billy Sheehan on bass (Mr. Big, Steve Vai band), Ron Thall (Guns N Roses) on guitars. They have a very progressive metal sound (think Dream Theater) but at the same time a super-approachable sound that I just love!
As a matter of fact, they charted in several Billboard Categories which I think is super cool to see…
#1 Heatseaker Album Chart
#10 Rock Chart
#33 Top Current Albums
Check out COMING HOME for a taste of Sons Of Apollo if you please…
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@tohar1 I like that, thanks. I’ll have to check more their stuff out. BTW, if you want to share YouTube videos just use the copy link button and then you won’t get those weird extra bits around the video.
@OldCatLady@RiotDemon You should also check out Black Country Communion. Another Super-group made up of Blues great Joe Bonamassa (Guitars/Vocals), Deep Purple’s Glen Hughes (Vocals/Bass), Led Zeppelin’s Jason Bonham (Drums) & same keyboard player as Sons of Apollo, Derek Sherinian.
@f00l Honestly, I cringed when I typed those words…pretty sure I was going to catch heck!
To make it worse (& prove how old I really am) my first car had an 8 track player in it…Now THAT is OLD SCHOOL!
@dannybeans I had a couple of married friends that used to go swing dancing together, full costumes. They were quite good at it, and looked great at it. It seemed so romantic to me.
I only recognized Imagine Dragons and Taylor Swift from that list… and I only recognize Imagine Dragons from the Playstation 4 commercials.
Personally, I ignore top 100 music, and just random-walk different bands on Last.FM and Spotify. I have a list of music I listen to going from the 50’s to very modern indie music.
As a chart nerd, here’s a quick primer for those who don’t know any of these songs (it was the top ten songs on the Hot 100 last week.). Billboard also releases a weekly video here: [][1]
A white rapper, the song is sort of currently taking advantage of a loophole, the YouTube video is simply a loop of the song’s hook/chorus and contains no verses nor the guest’s performance. It’s a pretty terrible song, and is partially responsible for Billboard to announce they were recalculating how streaming is factored into the chart (free streams like YouTube will have less weight as opposed to those that are subscribed to).
One of the worst rap songs I’ve ever heard, notable in that when she hit #1 a few weeks ago, that was the first #1 hit by an unaccompanied female rapper since Lauryn Hill of the Fugees in 1998.
A rap song with a really positive message that’s a terrible mess of a song, especially in the second half. It jumped to the upper echelons of the chart after being performed at the MTV VMA’s a few weeks back.
Indie alternative band with a mainstream pop breakthrough. The song’s hook is a sample of “Please Mr. Postman.” The #1 song on the radio the last few weeks. Your mom has probably heard this one and liked it.
The most successful rock band of the 2010’s. After generally flopping with their second album, they came back with two top tens from their third album. “Believer” went to #4 a few months ago. I didn’t think this one would have any legs on the pop chart but they threw it in a bunch of advertisements, which is where you’ve probably heard it.
A mostly Spanish dance/rap song that got a big bump a few weeks ago when it released a remix with Beyonce.
The biggest hit by the girl from shows on the Disney Channel that’s not Selena Gomez.
The return hit by the soul singer. Your mom probably thinks he has a nice voice.
Another rap song. The hook is kind of a guilty pleasure, even if it’s a bit dirty.
While it was #1 for 3 weeks, it’s already departed from the top ten, making this one of the weaker hits of Taylor Swift’s career. This album is shaping up to be her “I’m Keith Hernandez” moment.
Anyone who voted thunder should be banned.
@medz anyone who vote for any of these should be banned.
@regnowsin I like Logic fight me
@medz I actually can’t call that song to my mind, I voted it because I like Imagine Dragons. I listen to mp3s, not the radio, so I never know what’s popular.
@moondrake I’ll link it, but I take no responsibility. I pasted the lyrics below. The 2nd half of the song is total garbage. They just needed some filler to make it longer instead of writing a 3rd verse.
/youtube thunder imagine dragons
@medz Ah, yes, I remember hearing this once. I remember thinking “I like this” when it started then the strange babylike voice turned me completely off of it. I can forgive redundant lyrics if the music and beat are good, but between the baby voice and the shrill whatever noise I don’t like this one.
@woodhouse I’ll give you that one. Didn’t notice it on the list. But most of those i’d rather have a root canal without the nitrous instead of listening to it.
@regnowsin It’s weird seeing Portugal. The Man on here - last I heard of them was in 2011 and they were a niche indie group
We’ve been over this, Meh- you’re gonna have to hum a bit of each one if you want any sorta answer that’s not a guess.
@nogoodwithnames Wrong site for hummers. I think you were looking for pornhub.
@ruouttaurmind https://meh.com/forum/topics/mini-compact-travel-massager
@alphapeaches Fair point. I guess it’s only a matter of time.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I voted that I’m old, but Portugal the Man is my wife’s new jam, unless she’s picked up a new one already. I think it has a kind of Pharrell vibe.
This had the perfect opportunity to be the first poll with 100+ choices. Why didn’t you?
@djslack
I thought for sure they would do that. I guess they are just to chicken or lazy to try.
@djslack
Man … I’m old
still would have lapped the field.
@djslack @DVDBZN I think they did a great job of picking choices to at least give us old dudes a sporting chance. I am north of 50 and I actually knew more than half of these songs (and exactly half of the artists). If they had gone with 100, I speculate my percentage would be in the single digits.
If I happen to run across a top 10 listing (e.g. a magazine in the dentist’s waiting room or a USA Today in my hotel room) , I will typically go through it and see how many I know, and it is usually only one or zero.
@DrWorm
I haven’t heard any of these songs, and recognize only two of the artists names, and I am only 20. Age is mostly irrelevant; it’s mostly about tastes.
@djslack This had the perfect opportunity to be the first poll with 100+ choices. Why didn’t you?
Just who are you blaming for that failing?
@DrWorm I’m almost 50 and the parent of a teen, so I’ve either heard these songs or will hear them soon. Just yesterday my child was explaining that Khalid and DJ Khaled are two different people.
Whether or not the song speaks to you, 1-800-273-8255 is a good number to know and share. You never who needs a lifeline in a dark moment.
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
I have only heard of two of these artists. I’m 36. there is a lot of new good music, but pop music is garbage
@spacemart Todd? Todd from Todd In The Shadows?
@spacemart Not just garbage. It is disposable.
At least a song poll hasn’t been around too many times lately. I hate these. Also, it was nice to have an option to not select a random song “I’ll tell you in the comments why music was best when I was in college”
It’s not really my jam, but I did vote for Thunder because I actually have heard it a few times. I keep one pop hits radio station in my dial just so I can keep up with the kids these days.
@Fuzzalini The actual “lyrics” to that song: (spoiler, it’s only 2 verses and saying “thunder” a shit ton of times with a few “lightnings” sprinkled in)
Just a young gun with a quick fuse
I was uptight, wanna let loose
I was dreaming of bigger things
And wanna leave my own life behind
Not a yes sir, not a follower
Fit the box, fit the mold
Have a seat in the foyer, take a number
I was lightning before the thunder
Thunder, thunder
Thunder, thun’, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thun’, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder
Thunder, thunder
Thunder
Kids were laughing in my classes
While I was scheming for the masses
Who do you think you are?
Dreaming 'bout being a big star
You say you’re basic, you say you’re easy
You’re always riding in the back seat
Now I’m smiling from the stage while
You were clapping in the nose bleeds
Thunder
Thunder, thun’, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thun’, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder
Thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning and the thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
@medz That song is awful. This Passion Pit remix of “It’s Time” turned me from an Imagine Dragons hater to, um, someone who hates them slightly less…
@medz But the way they’ve recorded “Thunder” is so cute!
@Fuzzalini
@medz That needs to be the animated puking emoji.
@Fuzzalini
/image violently ill animated
I’ve only been listening to progressive metal lately.
/youtube animals tooth and claw
This is my kind of music.
@Shrdlu
She’s pretty astonishing. I hope she has a long and creative career.
I was not familiar with improvisation in a classical idiom. But, why not? Of course, some classically oriented musicians must develop their sensibilities and gifts that way.
I know a bit about jazz improvisation (as a casual listener).
Keith Jarrett supposedly starts with a single musical phrase in his mind.
Here is one of his more famous ones.
About 1 hour. To me, sublime.
@f00l
/youtube scat improvisation
@Shrdlu
I am worried by how many of these artists I can’t tell gender of. Heck, I can’t for sure tell which are groups and which are solo for most of the names. I know Taylor swift is a country pop girl, and I believe imagine dragons is a group. I see Beyonce in there. She did a superbowl halftime I watched. It was awful. They’re always awful. But lost a coin toss, so I was left to pause if the rest of us didn’t make it back from the pizza run in time. Google says that was 50, so at least the Broncos won. Something good happened that day.
@simplersimon The Tom Petty superb owl halftime show wasn’t bad… Superb Owl XLII I believe.
@binaryhermit69 It was a good superbowl half time show, but it’s also some of Tom Petty’s worst work. Seriously, football fields are just a mess for big performance like that. Marching bands, sure, but a mini rock concert is just a bad choice.
@simplersimon
Price delivered the goods there.
That day, the NFL people warned him the weather was just gonna get worse.
He supposedly asked them if they could promise that. "Could they
make it rain a lot harder?"
12 min
@f00l
Gad. Effing kb. Let’s blame the kb.
Prince.
Not “price”.
@f00l And here I thought you were talking about Vincent Price. I really loved him in the halftime show of Super Bowl II.
@DrWorm
I thought it was Vince Lombardi in costume as Price leading the Grambling State Band?
(I think pix is actually from SB I? Not sure)
The only reason I know of these artists/songs is because I watch YouTube and the React channel. They have episodes where they have adults trying to guess current music or they have people react to music videos that are popular. The stuff that’s popular, is not normally what I listen to if you couldn’t guess from my music choices when I posted in October.
Adults in the room (real adults)… get ready for your “Man, I’m old” moment…
The Rolling Stones have been performing together for 55 years.
@PocketBrain
Need crutches.
Still rock.
Sam hunt, body like a back road
Are any of these artists opening for Hollywood Undead?
@2many2no
One can always hope.
@f00l
Actually, Butcher Babies are opening for Hollywood Undead.
A good time will be had.
Not only was music better when I was in college, but “college music” was better back then too. But, this is probably because I had time to piss away just listening to and talking about music. To remember how “busy” I thought I was back then…
It’s my impression that much of today’s HOT 100 topper music is entirely forgettable.
Overly corporate music and glamour-promo music takes all the top spots. What’s out there that’s good hardly gets any air or notice, unless the listener is a truly dedicated fan.
With some notable exceptions, I can’t imagine that most top-chart music of the last decade will get any listens in 20 years. It will just be replaced by something else from the same “soulless pop hook, younger of-the-moment performer” vein.
@f00l This post made me check out the Hot 100 from 20 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1997
Other than Biggie’s “Hypnotize” and Elton John re-recording one of his 1970s hits, it’s a pretty forgettable list, full of Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Puff Daddy and Hanson. I suspect today’s stars like Drake, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift will still be listenable in 20 years. (Maybe Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd and Bieber, too.)
@f00l If I’m still alive in 20 years, I’ll still be listening to the contemporary songs I like now, along with all the songs I’ve come to love from different decades and styles. A few contemporary songs have made it into my mp3 favorites list, and I rarely end up dropping songs I like. My tastes haven’t significantly changed since I was 10. If a piece of music pleases me or moves me today, that’s unlikely to change.
@xerdkwa
Swift composes and plays. She has native talent, works hard, and she looks great.
/Rant
But, to me, she became (musically) a complete sell-out to corporate music, and is increasingly so as she goes.
I barely encounter her stuff. Only when there is a link to it or it plays in a public place.
Some people who grew to with her may listen to her in a few decades. It’s listenable stuff. So why not?
But in 20 years there will have been many similar to her. “Engineered” pop performers, created by suits to juice the market. Even if TS want created by suits, her current hits could as well have been.
In 100 years the great rock, punk/street, reggae, sis, world, jazz, rap artists will be studied, played, will have their justifiable fanatics.
And almost all these current hot pop acts will be something forgotten. (There will be exceptions, but I doubt TS will be one of them.)
What she could have been …
The thought of what she chose to throw away …
/Rant complete
Sorry for going on. My beef is not so much about her and other performers, as about the taste and directions of pop and hit music. They seem to be marketing to very young kids who just go along because something has a “hook” or a decent overproduced dance video, or a good looking performer.
i wish she had taken another path. If she had, more people who are not simply young, and who care about music, might care about her music.
@f00l
@xerdkwa
“Sis” was supposed to be “ska”.
I can’t handle the swipe gboard.
Nicholson addressing me (4 seconds):
@xerdkwa
I owe you an apology.
I was off my rocker earlier, so to speak.
I had no biz going off that way about Taylor Swift. I do find her music to be listenable. And she has performance skills.
I (speaking personally) would have preferred that someone who started out with her talent and drive had found a different artistic direction.
But that’s me. If audiences like her as she is, I understand that. She and her music are likeable.
And I don’t know what her musical ambitions are or were in the first place.
For some reason, this morning, I allowed her to symbolize to me much that I don’t like about the current music industry. She didn’t create the problems I claim to perceive. So why am I ranting about her?
I was simply irrational.
And at least she gets paid. Way too many musicians barely make money. So good for her.
Again, apologies.
@f00l No worries!
@xerdkwa
Thx.
I’m definitely old, but was so glad to see some other “old farts” come out with a really great album about 2 weeks ago. The band is Sons of Apollo, and their album is “Psychotic Symphony”. Features Mike Portnoy & Derek Sherinian of Dream Theater (drums & keyboards respectively), Jeff Scott Soto (Journey, Talisman, Y. Malmsteen) on vocals, Billy Sheehan on bass (Mr. Big, Steve Vai band), Ron Thall (Guns N Roses) on guitars. They have a very progressive metal sound (think Dream Theater) but at the same time a super-approachable sound that I just love!
As a matter of fact, they charted in several Billboard Categories which I think is super cool to see…
#1 Heatseaker Album Chart
#10 Rock Chart
#33 Top Current Albums
Check out COMING HOME for a taste of Sons Of Apollo if you please…
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@tohar1 I’ll watch for them on TV. How can they be anything but spectacular, with that lineup?
@tohar1 I like that, thanks. I’ll have to check more their stuff out. BTW, if you want to share YouTube videos just use the copy link button and then you won’t get those weird extra bits around the video.
@RiotDemon @OldCatLady The whole album is phenomenal. I haven’t been able to get it out of my car’s CD player since I received it.
2nd video from the album released…
“Lost In Oblivion”
@OldCatLady @RiotDemon You should also check out Black Country Communion. Another Super-group made up of Blues great Joe Bonamassa (Guitars/Vocals), Deep Purple’s Glen Hughes (Vocals/Bass), Led Zeppelin’s Jason Bonham (Drums) & same keyboard player as Sons of Apollo, Derek Sherinian.
“”
@tohar1
??? What’s that???
Old Skool
@f00l Honestly, I cringed when I typed those words…pretty sure I was going to catch heck!
To make it worse (& prove how old I really am) my first car had an 8 track player in it…Now THAT is OLD SCHOOL!
@tohar1
My first car had a radio.
8-track and cassettes were way in the future.
I rode one of the local pet dinosaurs to elementary school. Right before they went extinct.
Now tell me about being OLD.
The last time I liked something that was currently mainstream was during those eight minutes in the '90s that swing made a comeback.
/youtube Squirrel Nut Zippers
@dannybeans I had a couple of married friends that used to go swing dancing together, full costumes. They were quite good at it, and looked great at it. It seemed so romantic to me.
I only recognized Imagine Dragons and Taylor Swift from that list… and I only recognize Imagine Dragons from the Playstation 4 commercials.
Personally, I ignore top 100 music, and just random-walk different bands on Last.FM and Spotify. I have a list of music I listen to going from the 50’s to very modern indie music.
/youtube the sky is a neighborhood
it doesn’t really sound like their usual stuff, but it’s an earwig.
oh and this 90’s flashback…
I’ve heard a surprising number of these, mostly because they get booked on late night talk shows whenever they have a new album.
Gucci gang Gucci gang Gucci gang
Man’s not hot.
Look what you made me do!
As a chart nerd, here’s a quick primer for those who don’t know any of these songs (it was the top ten songs on the Hot 100 last week.). Billboard also releases a weekly video here: [][1]
A white rapper, the song is sort of currently taking advantage of a loophole, the YouTube video is simply a loop of the song’s hook/chorus and contains no verses nor the guest’s performance. It’s a pretty terrible song, and is partially responsible for Billboard to announce they were recalculating how streaming is factored into the chart (free streams like YouTube will have less weight as opposed to those that are subscribed to).
One of the worst rap songs I’ve ever heard, notable in that when she hit #1 a few weeks ago, that was the first #1 hit by an unaccompanied female rapper since Lauryn Hill of the Fugees in 1998.
A rap song with a really positive message that’s a terrible mess of a song, especially in the second half. It jumped to the upper echelons of the chart after being performed at the MTV VMA’s a few weeks back.
Indie alternative band with a mainstream pop breakthrough. The song’s hook is a sample of “Please Mr. Postman.” The #1 song on the radio the last few weeks. Your mom has probably heard this one and liked it.
The most successful rock band of the 2010’s. After generally flopping with their second album, they came back with two top tens from their third album. “Believer” went to #4 a few months ago. I didn’t think this one would have any legs on the pop chart but they threw it in a bunch of advertisements, which is where you’ve probably heard it.
A mostly Spanish dance/rap song that got a big bump a few weeks ago when it released a remix with Beyonce.
The biggest hit by the girl from shows on the Disney Channel that’s not Selena Gomez.
The return hit by the soul singer. Your mom probably thinks he has a nice voice.
Another rap song. The hook is kind of a guilty pleasure, even if it’s a bit dirty.
While it was #1 for 3 weeks, it’s already departed from the top ten, making this one of the weaker hits of Taylor Swift’s career. This album is shaping up to be her “I’m Keith Hernandez” moment.
I’ve been using Muscadine jam lately.
@cranky1950 Do you smoke it or snort it?
@therealjrn uh, spread it on toast with peanut butter.