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koganbotLooking at the album chart, I see that British folkies Mumford and Sons have climbed into the American top twenty. Does anyone have any insight into that?
Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj "Bottoms Up": Party track about bottles and tush, with appropriately fizzy blips of harmony, fits right into the gleaming mess of today's Top 40. Nicki on her guest spot is even more effortlessly daft than usual: she floats off on helium rhythm, syllables procreating at high speed, gentle dream sequences entering unexpectedly, then a turn into amusedly stumbling puzzlement. Earns more than her rent here, earns this a TICK.
Blake Shelton "All About Tonight": Another party, excellently cheery and living in the moment, but somehow making me feel unintended dissonance: maybe 'cause Blake seems to be hopping too easily on the Chesney and Bentley shtick, so the soundtrack and star seem unmatched; maybe 'cause the line "I got some wild-ass buddies that love spending money, and I see you brought a coupla friends" makes me want this to sound at least a tiny bit desperate (but I suppose the whole point of such pleasant obliviousness is to feel easiness, not desperation). TICK.
Chris Brown ft. Tyga and Kevin McCall "Deuces": Strangely reduced to mid-tempo and mid-volume, this track doesn't signify eeriness but feels eerie anyway. The vocals sound half-committed, which I guess the setting necessitates - I was ready to give this a tick, at least on the borderline, for its subtle uncanniness. And then I heard, "I finally noticed it, it finally hit me, like Tina did Ike in the limo, it finally hit me," and I'm... it's Kevin not Chris doing that rap, and maybe this is all ignorance, no one on board knowing the history of Ike beating up Tina, or maybe they know full well... I've been sanguine and occasionally thrilled by worse shit in r&b and hip-hop, brutality and such that's quite intentional, but... no. UNTICK, NO TICK, ERASE TICK.
Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj "Bottoms Up": Party track about bottles and tush, with appropriately fizzy blips of harmony, fits right into the gleaming mess of today's Top 40. Nicki on her guest spot is even more effortlessly daft than usual: she floats off on helium rhythm, syllables procreating at high speed, gentle dream sequences entering unexpectedly, then a turn into amusedly stumbling puzzlement. Earns more than her rent here, earns this a TICK.
Blake Shelton "All About Tonight": Another party, excellently cheery and living in the moment, but somehow making me feel unintended dissonance: maybe 'cause Blake seems to be hopping too easily on the Chesney and Bentley shtick, so the soundtrack and star seem unmatched; maybe 'cause the line "I got some wild-ass buddies that love spending money, and I see you brought a coupla friends" makes me want this to sound at least a tiny bit desperate (but I suppose the whole point of such pleasant obliviousness is to feel easiness, not desperation). TICK.
Chris Brown ft. Tyga and Kevin McCall "Deuces": Strangely reduced to mid-tempo and mid-volume, this track doesn't signify eeriness but feels eerie anyway. The vocals sound half-committed, which I guess the setting necessitates - I was ready to give this a tick, at least on the borderline, for its subtle uncanniness. And then I heard, "I finally noticed it, it finally hit me, like Tina did Ike in the limo, it finally hit me," and I'm... it's Kevin not Chris doing that rap, and maybe this is all ignorance, no one on board knowing the history of Ike beating up Tina, or maybe they know full well... I've been sanguine and occasionally thrilled by worse shit in r&b and hip-hop, brutality and such that's quite intentional, but... no. UNTICK, NO TICK, ERASE TICK.
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Date: 2010-08-23 02:50 pm (UTC)they're on LOADS over here...
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Date: 2010-08-23 04:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-23 04:36 pm (UTC)someone in the office described them as "celebrities" a couple of weeks back and i had to be taken home in an ambulance nearly
(my boss at the office routinely does the "they're not a celebrity!' dance but he does it about INCREDIBLY FAMOUS PEOPLE EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF)
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Date: 2010-08-23 06:00 pm (UTC)