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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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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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