Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Katy Perry - Week of December 24, 2011


Inevitably, disappointment sets in.  There was just nothing stopping Katy Perry.  Before we get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week:
  • Jason Derulo - It Girl
  • Dev - In the Dark
  • Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath
The Countdown: (Source - Wikipedia)


1. Katy Perry- The One That Got Away (#2) [New #1]
2. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love (#3)
3. Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz- I Like It Like That (#7)
4. Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine- Stereo Hearts (#6)
5. Breathe Carolina- Blackout (#12)
6. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#6)
7. Selena Gomez & the Scene- Love You Like a Love Song (#5)
8. David Guetta feat. Usher- Without You (#10)
9. The Downtown Fiction- Thanks for Nothing (#9)
10. LMFAO- Sexy and I Know It (#14)
11. Nickelback- When We Stand Together (#15)
12. Lady Gaga- Marry the Night (#29)
13. Bruno Mars- It Will Rain (#11)
14. Jessie J- Domino (#17)
15. Foster the People- Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) (#28)
16. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#21)
17. Sean Kingston- Party All Night (Sleep All Day) (#25)
18. Adele- Someone Like You (#4)
19. Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna- Fly (#23)
20. Outasight- Tonight Is the Night (#19)
21. Lenny Kravitz- Stand (#18)
22. Cobra Starship feat. Sabi- You Make Me Feel... (#8) [Biggest Drop]
23. Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera- Moves Like Jagger (#13)
24. Matt & Kim feat. Soulja Boy & Andrew W.K.- I'm a Goner (#24)
25. Patrick Stump feat. Lupe Fiasco- This City (#16)
26. The Fray- Heartbeat (#22)
27. Wiz Khalifa feat. Snoop Dogg & Bruno Mars- Young, Wild & Free (#31)
28. Bush- The Sound of Winter (#30)
29. Justin Bieber- Mistletoe (#27)
30. Young the Giant- Cough Syrup (#20)
31. Avril Lavigne- Wish You Were Here (#38)
32. LMFAO- Sorry for Party Rocking (DEBUT)
33. The Script- Nothing (#34)
34. T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen- 5 O'clock (#41)
35. The Cab- Bad (#26)
36. Coldplay & Rihanna- Princess of China (#37)
37. Cobra Starship feat. Plastiscines- Fool Like Me (#32)
38. Katy Perry- Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (#36)
39. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (DEBUT)
40. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#44)
41. Lady Gaga- You and I (#42)
42. Toby Keith- Red Solo Cup (DEBUT)
43. Nicki Minaj- Super Bass (#45)
44. Kelly Clarkson- Mr. Know It All (#40)
45. LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock- Party Rock Anthem (#35)


Biggest DDDDDRRRRROOOOOPPPPP!!!!!!......of the week: Tie between Adele - Someone Like You and Cobra Starship - You Make Me Feel (-14)
Biggest Jump of the week: Lady Gaga - Marry the Night (+17)

Jumping on to the countdown are a trio of graduates from Hit-Bound.  First up is LMFAO - Sorry for Party Rocking.  I touched on this song a little bit last week.  I've changed my tune on it somewhat.  It's not a worthless piece of crap.  The beat is pretty sick.  The rest of the song, however, is worthless crap.  Gavin DeGraw - Not Over You is a solid tune and is certainly in the upper half of the current countdown songs.  And finally Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup jumped on.  The premise of the song is pretty amusing….it's all about why a red solo cup is preferable to all other drink containers at parties.  It's pretty catchy and certainly creative enough to be worthy of a thumbs-up from this guy.

So now we sit at a situation where there's a lot of good stuff on the countdown, but really nothing interesting anywhere near the top.  Of the top 10, #2, #3, and #10 are crap, #1, #6, and #9 are kind of mediocre, and #4, #5, #7, and #8 are old-ish songs that are really starting to wear out their welcome.  So nothing exciting going on there.  This makes me afraid that Katy Perry and Rihanna are going to have an extended stay in the top couple of spots, which would be pretty undesirable.

Only a couple things further to add.  Ryan Seacrest posted the Top 40 for the year.  He has Pitbull Ft. Ne-Yo - Give Me Everything at #1, which seems…..pretty wrong.  Stay tuned for next week when we count down the 45 most wutchuwanted songs of 2011!

Editor's Picks - Top 5 Songs
Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg - Young, Wild & Free
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Jessie J - Domino
Bush - The Sound of Winter
Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Gym Class Heroes (6) - Week of December 17, 2011


Geeez….again?  Not the best week in Countdown land, but I don't think I can ever complain when the worst song on the countdown is kicked off.  Before we get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week:

  • Swedish House Mafia - Save the World
  • Britney Spears - Criminal
  • Coldplay - Paradise
The Countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)



Biggest DDDDDRRRRRROOOPPPPP!!!!!!!......of the week: Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (-18)
Biggest Jump of the week: Lenny Kravitz - Stand (+17)

A few interesting new entrants to say the least.  The lone Hit-Bound graduate was Coldplay Ft. Rihanna - Princess of China.  That combination, at first glance, has all the chemistry of oil and water, but the song itself is interesting.  My ongoing Rihanna comment is that her music is a tremendous waste of an excellent voice.  This is not the case regarding her performance in Princess of China.  She's downright impressive in this new song.

Justin Bieber's famous Christmas album has produced a countdown-worthy song in Mistletoe.  It's a good song for the season.  However, I fully expect Hits-1 to give it a swift DTHNOB to the face after we flip the calendar back to January.  And finally, also going from high school to the NBA this week is Lady Gaga - Marry the Night.  I think it's probably the best song off of her newest album besides Born This Way, and I think we are just about ready to close the book on that album.  It feels like she's lost her edge a little bit.  Of Born This Way, Judas, The Edge of Glory, You and I, and Marry the Night, only one of them has hit #1, Marry the Night probably won't, and that's probably the right outcome all around.  A lot of what made her so enticing before this album was how weirdly addicting some of her songs were.  Because they were, you know, weird.  However, you could probably only definitively put Judas in the "weird" column of those listed, and it was easily the worst of the five.

I'm again very frightened of the pretty real possibility that we could see Katy Perry - The One That Got Away at #1 in the near future.  Kind of the opposite of Lady Gaga, all of Katy Perry's songs she's put out EXCEPT one probably have deserved the #1 spot, and this is that one.  Even worse, we could see Rihanna Ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love strike it big, and that would be an absolute nightmare because that song is a total station-changer.  Taking a quick look at the top 10, I don't really see anything but one of those two songs stopping Stereo Hearts from holding the top spot for a 7th time.  Given the alternatives, maybe the status quo is best, even if it puts that song undeservingly in the company of Katy Perry - Last Friday Night with a tie for most wins.

During my customary YouTubing of Hit-Bound songs that have not yet entered the countdown, I discovered that LMFAO has in fact put another song out there called Sorry for Party Rocking.  We can learn two lessons from this.  First, that group has little-to-no creativity, and second, no matter how terrible you are at producing music, you could always get even more awfuler.

Editor's Picks - Top 5 Songs
Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg - Young, Wild, & Free
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Bush - The Sound of Winter
Jessie J - Domino
Cobra Starship - Fool Like Me
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Gym Class Heroes (5) - Week of December 9, 2011


Unfortunately, it appears as though my sources have dried up.  The section on the Wikipedia page showing the countdown list has disappeared.  It was originally partially updated earlier this week, but there was definitely something wrong (somehow, I don't think Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All managed both the biggest jump and the biggest DDDDDDDRRRRRROOOOOOPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!.......of the week.)  However, I remember enough about it to give some quick hits here.  Before we don't get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week:

  • Pixie Lott - All About Tonight
  • JTX - Love In America (DTHNOBx2)
  • Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
  • Bad Meets Evil Ft. Bruno Mars - Lighters

It was a quality-in, quality-out week for the countdown.  Collectively, a good group of songs got kicked off, but the replacements were nothing to sneeze at.  Resurrected was Foster the People - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls), thus ensuring it wouldn't hold the record for most hysterically short countdown tenure in history.  Which is good, because it definitely doesn't deserve that fate.  Long-time Hit-Bound veteran Sean Kingston - Party All Night jumped into the Top 45, and it's a very welcome addition.  Lenny Kravitz - Stand is something of a mediocrity.  But hey, he's famous, right?  And finally, Cobra Starship jumps in with Fool Like Me, which is the best song that they've put out there.  I wish I could say "that's saying something, because they've had 2 #1s out of their 3 historical coundown songs", but unfortunately, You Make Me Feel and (to a lesser extent) Good Girls Go Bad kind of take the power out of that statement.

We might go on hiatus or become a bit more sporadic in the coming weeks until a more reliable source of information is found.  Until then, keep wutchuwanting everyone!

Editor's Picks: Top 5 Songs
Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg - Young, Wild & Free
OneDirection - What Makes You Beautiful
Jessie J - Domino
Cobra Starship - Fool Like Me
Foster the People - Don't Stop

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Gym Class Heroes (4) -- Week of December 2, 2011

Blogger deleted my post from last week.  Thanks dudes!


A true underdog to do it four times, but here we are.  No songs leavin' the countdown this week.

The Countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)




Biggest DDDDRRRRRROOOOOOPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!.....of the week: Coldplay - Paradise (-15)
Biggest Jump of the week: Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (+36)

Honestly, this might be one of the least interesting weeks in countdown history, and this late on a Friday, I don't really want to go any further into it.  We'll update for realskies next week.  And I'm thinking that there's going to be a decent amount of purging.  You can go ahead and feel cheated now if you want.

Editor's Picks: Top 5 songs
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars - Young, Wild & Free
Bush - The Sound of Winter
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Patrick Stump Ft. Lupe Fiasco - This City
Outasight - Tonight Is the Night
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Gym Class Heroes (2) -- Week of November 19, 2011

Time to clean some house!!!! I'm really hoping this is the end of Someone Like You's run at the top of the countdown. And this DTHNOBbing is going to be fun, because a lot of these songs were overdue for a kick-out. Before we get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week.
  • OneRepublic - Good Life
  • Pitbull Ft. Ne-Yo - Give Me Everything
  • Plug In Stereo - Oh Darling
  • Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight
  • Bruno Mars - Marry You
  • Rihanna - Cheers (Drink to That)
  • Lloyd feat Lil' Wayne - Dedication to my Ex (Miss That)
The Countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)
Biggest DDDDDRRRRRROOOPPP!!!!.....of the week: Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks (-32)
Biggest Jump of the Week: Nickelback - When We Stand Together (+22)

Exciting stuff. The countdown was beginning to get stale, but then last week was very good, and now we have a great infusion of fresh blood. And luckily, though there's no single super-awesome new entrant, I would put the majority of them in the "good-to-pretty-good" category. Leading the charge at #33 is Pixie Lott - All About Tonight. It's pretty much the definition of "decent, but unspectacular", which believe me, is a welcome sight compared to most of the crap that's been in the Top 45 lately. The best of the new entrants is Foster the People - Don't Stop. For those whose first knowledge of Foster the People was Pumped Up Kicks (myself included), it continues their trend of putting together a weird and oddly catchy song. I don't figure to get sick of this one quickly. Next up is a resurrection of Swedish House Mafia - Save the World. Just about the only good thing about this song coming back is that I get to DTHNOB(x2) it in a future installment. It is an awful song that had no business on the Top 45 in the first place, let alone coming back for a farewell tour. If you like painfully dull songs, that one's for you.

Outasight - Tonight is the Night takes home the crown for having the best beat of any of the new songs to jump in. I'm definitely liking this one so far. Nicki Minaj Ft. Rihanna - Fly seems decent-ish as of right now, but I'm holding out judgement, as I could see it going in either direction after about 10-15 listens. I was a little concerned to see a song by The Fray on Hit-Bound, because I was sure it would make the countdown regardless of the quality of the song. Luckily, Heartbeat is a bit more of an up-tempo tune than we're accustomed to hear from them, and it definitely works. And finally, long-time Hit-Bound veteran Bush - The Sound of Winter jumps on in at #43. I like this song a good deal. It's a bit more hard-alternative and minor-chord-y than most songs you'll see in the Top 45.

This week was a pretty big deal with regards to the continuing songs as well. It seems like an effort is really being made to turn over the Top 10. Adele - Someone Like You fell all the way to #8, which is uncharacteristic (though not unheard of) for a prior week #1. We saw large (and unfortunate) drops from Katy Perry - Last Friday Night and Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks. However 5 new songs popped into the top 10, and most of them are welcome. Nickelback - When We Stand Together had a large jump to #4. I never expected this song to be a Top 5-er. It's definitely welcome considering the songs that have been occupying the Top 5 as of late. Also in the top 10 is Patrick Stump Ft. Lupe Fiasco - This City, a song that seems to keep getting better the more I hear it. I'm a bit confused as to the success of Katy Perry - The One That Got Away. It's a clear step down from her past 5 songs, and there's no way they'd make this #1, right? Right?

It seems like Jason Derulo - It Girl might actually be getting its due. It's certainly in the "plus" category, and sits at #5 this week. Hot Chelle Rae hosted the countdown. Suprisingly, they had to announce the DTHNOBbing of one of their own songs (Tonight Tonight) but predictably, whenever someone hosts the countdown, one of their songs does really well, explaining I Like it Like That's rise to #2. It's really climbed quickly.

Editor's Picks: Top 5 Songs
JTX - Love In America
Foster the People - Don't Stop
Wiz Khalifa Ft. Snoop Dogg - Young, Wild & Free
Patrick Stump Ft. Lupe Fiasco - This City
Outasight - Tonight is the Night
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Adele (2) - Week of November 12, 2011

Aaaaaaaaaand………..finally some new stuff that isn't mediocre!  Though this countdown still definitely has its share of problems.  Before we get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week.

  • O.A.R. - Heaven
  • Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up (DTHNOBx2)
  • Demi Lovato - Skyscraper
  • Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar

The Countdown: (source: Wikipedia)



Biggest DDDDDRRROOOOPPPP!!!!!!!!.....of the week: Bad Meets Evil Ft. Bruno Mars - Lighters (-24)
Biggest Jump of the Week: Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (+31)

While we mourn the loss of Demi Lovato - Skyscraper, there has finally been an infusion of some good songs that can really help save the quality of the countdown.  First off is a farewell tour from JTX - Love In America.  Unfortunately, due to the current state of things, this is currently my most wutchuwanted song on the countdown.  Next up comes Matt & Kim Ft. Soulja Boy - I'm a Goner, a pretty solid song, and re: Soulja Boy, it was one of those "oh….so THAT's what he's up to these days" moments.  Snoop Dogg Ft. Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free is one of the best rap songs, Non-Eminem Dept. to come out in the past few years.  It is a VERY welcome addition to the countdown.  And finally, Bruno Mars - It Will Rain predictably jumped in, though surprisingly as high as #25.  It has some decent instrumentals, but like much of his music, I will soon be referring to it as "that stupid Bruno Mars song".

I've reconsidered and decided that Criminal is the best song Britney Spears has put out there since If U Seek Amy.  Not saying a ton, but it's something.  There's a few first-timers in the top 10 this week (Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All, Hot Chelle Rae - I Like It Like That, and Dev - In the Dark), and absolutely none of them really deserve it.  Hot Chelle Rae in particular showed after their follow-up to Tonight Tonight that they're one-trick ponies that come up with some weird lyrics that are essentially valueless and sing them in a somewhat catchy fashion.  And I have no idea why anyone likes Dev - In the Dark.  It reminds me of Far East Movement - Like a G6 in a lot of ways….a song that would be mediocre to listen to in a club, and simply not good to listen to on the radio.

The Script is at #3 folks, let's keep those wutchuwants coming!

Editor's Picks - Top 5 Songs
JTX - Love In America
Snoop Dogg Ft. Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night
The Script - Nothing
T-Pain Ft. Wiz Khalifa - 5 O'Clock
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Friday, November 11, 2011

Adele - Week of November 5, 2011

I had to struggle to write this due to the extreme depression I am feeling from the most collectively disappointing #1 and #2 songs in history. Before we get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week:
  • Beyonce - Countdown
The Countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)
Biggest DDDDRRRROOPPPPP!!!!!!!!!............of the week: Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (-13)
Biggest jump of the week: Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks (+30)

The only new entrant is Coldplay - Paradise. I'm not going to review it because you've likely been under a rock for awhile if you haven't heard it. Yes, even those seeking refuge in something as un-Coldplay as Monday Night Football were treated to 5-second clips of this song.

Big, random, and welcome jump back into the top 5 for Foster the People. Is there still hope for a #1 bid? It seems like we've gone a bit back in time with Good Life and Moves Like Jagger jumping back into the top 10, while Stereo Hearts gets the Moves Like Jagger treatment and falls out of the top 10 just 2 weeks removed from a #1 bid.

Honestly, I typically like to write more, but this list just makes me sad. There hasn't been an outstanding new countdown entrant in quite some time. I'm hoping One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful makes the jump from Hit-Bound soon, but that song has been hanging around on Hit-Bound for long enough that it seems like it's destined to not make it. There really hasn't been a week with huge turnover in awhile, and I can see plenty of songs on the countdown that need to go. Here's hoping for some new blood, and soon.

Editor's Picks - Top 5
Demi Lovato - Skyscraper
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night
The Script - Nothing
Jessie J - Domino
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
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Friday, November 4, 2011

Cobra Starship - Week of October 29, 2011

I go away to take one itty-bitty test and I come back, and all of a sudden, mediocrity reigns supreme. Before we get on to this week's Fresh-45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week:
  • Iffy - Do You
  • Adele - Rolling in the Deep
The countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)
Biggest DDDDDDRRRRROOOOPPPPP!!!!!!!!......of the week: Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar (-30)
Biggest Jump of the Week: Pitbull Ft. Ne-Yo - Give Me Everything (+28)

I do not, nor ever will, understand why Cobra Starship is on top of the countdown this week. I had that song pegged for an extreme mediocrity from the start, and there was certainly no hidden value in hearing it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again. So #nothappy. But at least it held off Someone Like You from takin' over the top spot for yet another week. And I'm still holding out hope that The Script - Nothing can move on in. We'll see.

Two new entrants this week. The first is Rihanna Ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love. At the risk of alienating the Rihanna fans, it's a pretty sizable step down from her most recent two songs, but at least it isn't the pre-California King Bed crap. It's not a bad song, but it's indisputably a stupid song. Mind numbing repetition, and that stupid DJ-induced (I'm guessing that's Calvin Harris) squelching noise that building, and building, and building up to……..the exact same beat used in the rest of the song. Anti-climactic. Pass.

The other new entrant is Katy Perry - The One That Got Away. It's just OK. It's finally time for Katy Perry to stop trying to squeeze value out of what is arguably one of the best albums in music history (based on Billboard rankings! Calm down!) and start to produce new music. The song is a significant step down from each of her 5 #1 singles.

I am actually pretty surprised at how far Moves Like Jagger has fallen already. Usually multiple-week #1s stick around in the Top 5 for an annoyingly long period of time before finally going away. This one is fading pretty quick, and I'm kind of surprised by it, because it's a pretty strong song (compared to some of the weaker offerings that have stuck around forever lately, or anything Bruno Mars has ever done). It was pretty evident it would hit #1 at some point after just a few short weeks on the countdown.

The other big news this week is that I'm finally starting to get over Katy Perry - Last Friday Night, and it is no longer #1 on my 5 most wutchuwanted, for the first time in a long time. Also I am making these weekly e-mails into a blog, because my non-work friends have been getting very jealous of how lucky you guys are to have this every week.

Editor's Picks - Top 5 most wutchuwanted
The Script - Nothing
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night
Jessie J - Domino
Nickelback - When We Stand Together
T-Pain Ft. Wiz Khalifa - 5 O'Clock
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