Year In America July 31, 2008
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koganbotSummertime, and the mood is uneasy, which works well among the newbies, I think. Grating catchy Katy stays at number one, "Disturbia" jumps from 15 to 4, "American Boy" from 26 to 16, all propelled more by downloads than airplay.
Big new entry is Shwayze, whose reality show debuted on MTV a couple of weeks ago. And another strong leaper is... well, see below. I was NOT EXPECTING THIS. It's rising on the shoulders of this movie trailer, pulling in the downloads, and I can't find out how much or where, if at all, the song might also be garnering airplay, Mediabase for the moment having reverted to subscriber-only.
Shwayze f. Cisco Adler "Corona and Lime": The big hit of the summer is the clumsy, thumpin', emphatically unsunny and nonidyllic "I Kissed A Girl," yet people still imagine that ease and breeze will reap the summer moolah, and this track might do it. It'd be nice enough except it's not enough. Shwayze's got a friendly sly manner, gives us slinky little clichés, "Girls from Detroit like electro, dance all night until they break their neck, yo," being the extent of the song's wisdom. Nothin' special 'bout the melody either but it works well with the rap. Cisco's singing is the drawback, though, gentle slow tones that manage to grate. I might be coming to like their other hit, "Buzzin'," but this one's NO TICK.
M.I.A. "Paper Planes": Song floats strangely in the summer heat, hooks are gunshots. All she wants to do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG). Some she murders, some she lets go. Will this shimmering fear make it onto the radio? Will the shimmer make it with the fear whited out? Will the record not get played at all? (TICK TICK TICK TICK) (BOOM)
Flobots "Handlebars": Weirdo week continues, with another guy who raps funny. Boy rides bike no hands, dreams of all he can do, that he'll learn the do-si-do, open a thrift store, rise to the presidency, imprison at will, kill some, let some go. Klutzy, obvious, and sophomoric in its foreboding, but I'm inclined to be lenient because of the foreboding and 'cause it ends with a BOOM. (TICK TICK TICK TICK)
Kid Rock "All Summer Long": So distinctively American that it's been stompin' up the European charts while only half getting started here. Still pleasant, still goes weak when I want it to kick, and I still don't care enough to tick it.
Big new entry is Shwayze, whose reality show debuted on MTV a couple of weeks ago. And another strong leaper is... well, see below. I was NOT EXPECTING THIS. It's rising on the shoulders of this movie trailer, pulling in the downloads, and I can't find out how much or where, if at all, the song might also be garnering airplay, Mediabase for the moment having reverted to subscriber-only.
Shwayze f. Cisco Adler "Corona and Lime": The big hit of the summer is the clumsy, thumpin', emphatically unsunny and nonidyllic "I Kissed A Girl," yet people still imagine that ease and breeze will reap the summer moolah, and this track might do it. It'd be nice enough except it's not enough. Shwayze's got a friendly sly manner, gives us slinky little clichés, "Girls from Detroit like electro, dance all night until they break their neck, yo," being the extent of the song's wisdom. Nothin' special 'bout the melody either but it works well with the rap. Cisco's singing is the drawback, though, gentle slow tones that manage to grate. I might be coming to like their other hit, "Buzzin'," but this one's NO TICK.
M.I.A. "Paper Planes": Song floats strangely in the summer heat, hooks are gunshots. All she wants to do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG). Some she murders, some she lets go. Will this shimmering fear make it onto the radio? Will the shimmer make it with the fear whited out? Will the record not get played at all? (TICK TICK TICK TICK) (BOOM)
Flobots "Handlebars": Weirdo week continues, with another guy who raps funny. Boy rides bike no hands, dreams of all he can do, that he'll learn the do-si-do, open a thrift store, rise to the presidency, imprison at will, kill some, let some go. Klutzy, obvious, and sophomoric in its foreboding, but I'm inclined to be lenient because of the foreboding and 'cause it ends with a BOOM. (TICK TICK TICK TICK)
Kid Rock "All Summer Long": So distinctively American that it's been stompin' up the European charts while only half getting started here. Still pleasant, still goes weak when I want it to kick, and I still don't care enough to tick it.
