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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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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Gym Class Heroes -- Week of October 22, 2011

I fought myself very hard to make the title above "Adam Levine", who is having some kind of a success run between Maroon 5's rise to the top and his various successful "featuring" roles.  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.
  • Matt Nathanson - Faster
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
The countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)
Biggest DDRRRRRROOOOOPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!...........of the week: LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
Biggest Jump of the week: Tie between Lady Gaga - You and I and OneRepublic - Good Life


It was a VERY exciting weekend on the countdown. The suspense was incredible. With only the top 2 songs left to be played, last week's top 10 had already been accounted for. So we knew that there was going to be a couple of big jumps into the top two spots. One of them was fairly predictable, Adele - Someone Like You. I felt like this was overdue because of it's prominence on the iTunes Most Downloaded rankings, and certainly NOT because it is a good song of any kind. Unfortunately, it will probably hit #1 on this countdown in the near future. Gym Class Heroes Ft. Adam Levine - Stereo Hearts feels a little bit like a long shot to hold on to the top spot for a 2nd week in a row. I was pretty shocked that it topped the list, but unlike Someone Like You, it is a pretty solid song, and at least deserved to crack the top 5 at some point.

Lots of purging of former top-10 mainstays this week. In addition to Party Rock Anthem dropping, we also saw Pitbull Ft. Ne-Yo - Give Me Everything take a big dive, and Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight continue to fade. Welcome was the ascension of The Script - Nothing into the Top 5. I don't think that song has a great chance at #1, but it's the best song on the countdown right now that hasn't already been #1 seven times.

The new entrants this week came in at #43 (Britney Spears - Criminal) and #42 Nickelback - When We Stand Together. Criminal seems average-ish, but in any case, Britney Spears's newest album has been a pretty big disappointment, churning out this as well as two mediocrities (Hold it Against Me, Till The World Ends) and the sub-par I Wanna Go. When We Stand Together is another solid tune from Nickelback, whose talents are neither representative of the millions of fans they have, nor the billions of people who think it's a huge hilarious joke to hate on them. Particularly in the past 3 years, they have churned out a few pretty solid tunes. I feel like the Black Eyed Peas should probably be absorbing a lot of that hatred instead, as they've become entrenched in the recent spotlight and are unquestionably far less talented than Nickelback.


Next week we'll see if One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful and Sean Kingston - Party All Night can make the leap from Hit-Bound to the countdown, as they're the two best songs looking to graduate.

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