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koganbotHi Rob - My top ten:
1. Lloyd f. Lil Wayne "You" - An OK singer just doing the emotive bit, guest rapper Lil Wayne amusing himself by tossing lines at the carnival barker, while an obvious sample from Spandau Ballet provides pretty scenery. Why is this totally beautiful? Plush sadness, and Wayne strolls along making shit up: funny seduction, comic irrelevancies, against a backdrop of sad yearning.
2. Miley Cyrus, "See You Again" - Teen nice girl puts a rag of petrol in her voice. A reverbed guitar bends ominously, yet the girl retains her sweet eagerness. This voice could turn into a weapon, as it gets older.
3. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons "Beggin' (Pilooski Edit)" - Little editorial tweaks from the remixer make a monomaniacally desperate soul song (this is Frankie having discovered the Four Tops) even more monomaniacally desperate.
4. Ashley Tisdale "Not Like That" - Ashley's an actress who hasn't yet figured out that in music you have to let the music take you. She's too busy delivering the psychology of the character. So her voice seems explanatory. And the music is this round bounding thing, and it takes her anyway.
5. JoJo "Anything" - The opposite of Tisdale: JoJo is pure music, to such an extent that that I wish she would insert more personality. So, a beautiful voice atop an obvious but beautiful sample.
6. Britney Spears "Gimme More" - I still feel totally fucked-with by this song. I've written about it so much. Britney's voice is hedonistically warm, entirely self-contained, the warmth directed inward; meanwhile the surrounding sound contains snake-tongues and hisses. I'm listening to something dangerous.
7. Yung Berg "Sexy Lady" - Back to a mood of butter. Berg can veer in two ways, can sound hard and can sound pleading. The lyrics are foul, a standard kiss-off. So what's all this emotion doing in the air?
8. Paula DeAnda f. Lil Wayne "Easy" - She knows she's a hot hot shawty, wears an ache in her voice lent to her by the costume department, while she demands something more meaningful from the boys than sex and admiration. Lil Wayne drops in, tips his hat, plays card tracks, twirls his cane, skips off into the sunset.
9. Linda Sundblad "Lose You" - The voice is helpless with feeling, but Linda is one of those clear-eyed Scandinavian bombshells, and you know she's got claws in reserve. Beauty with bite.
10. Keak Da Sneak "That Go" - The man of a thousand rasps. A specter in the foreground, ghosts in the back.
1. Lloyd f. Lil Wayne "You" - An OK singer just doing the emotive bit, guest rapper Lil Wayne amusing himself by tossing lines at the carnival barker, while an obvious sample from Spandau Ballet provides pretty scenery. Why is this totally beautiful? Plush sadness, and Wayne strolls along making shit up: funny seduction, comic irrelevancies, against a backdrop of sad yearning.
2. Miley Cyrus, "See You Again" - Teen nice girl puts a rag of petrol in her voice. A reverbed guitar bends ominously, yet the girl retains her sweet eagerness. This voice could turn into a weapon, as it gets older.
3. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons "Beggin' (Pilooski Edit)" - Little editorial tweaks from the remixer make a monomaniacally desperate soul song (this is Frankie having discovered the Four Tops) even more monomaniacally desperate.
4. Ashley Tisdale "Not Like That" - Ashley's an actress who hasn't yet figured out that in music you have to let the music take you. She's too busy delivering the psychology of the character. So her voice seems explanatory. And the music is this round bounding thing, and it takes her anyway.
5. JoJo "Anything" - The opposite of Tisdale: JoJo is pure music, to such an extent that that I wish she would insert more personality. So, a beautiful voice atop an obvious but beautiful sample.
6. Britney Spears "Gimme More" - I still feel totally fucked-with by this song. I've written about it so much. Britney's voice is hedonistically warm, entirely self-contained, the warmth directed inward; meanwhile the surrounding sound contains snake-tongues and hisses. I'm listening to something dangerous.
7. Yung Berg "Sexy Lady" - Back to a mood of butter. Berg can veer in two ways, can sound hard and can sound pleading. The lyrics are foul, a standard kiss-off. So what's all this emotion doing in the air?
8. Paula DeAnda f. Lil Wayne "Easy" - She knows she's a hot hot shawty, wears an ache in her voice lent to her by the costume department, while she demands something more meaningful from the boys than sex and admiration. Lil Wayne drops in, tips his hat, plays card tracks, twirls his cane, skips off into the sunset.
9. Linda Sundblad "Lose You" - The voice is helpless with feeling, but Linda is one of those clear-eyed Scandinavian bombshells, and you know she's got claws in reserve. Beauty with bite.
10. Keak Da Sneak "That Go" - The man of a thousand rasps. A specter in the foreground, ghosts in the back.
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