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Rihanna's "Disturbia" finally knocks Katy Perry off the top spot, M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" jumps into the top five, both "Disturbia" and "Paper Planes" charting on the basis of huge downloads - "Disturbia" gets relatively few airplay points, as radio is still high on Rihanna's previous track, "Take A Bow"; probably pulls extra download numbers, however, since there are over a million people who bought the alb before "Disturbia" became a bonus track, and I can't imagine a lot of them are going to shell out for the alb all over again. "Paper Planes" has a small amount of airplay on the Top 40 and alternative rock stations, and almost nothing anywhere else - except of course on the TV commercials for Pineapple Express. All of which is more interesting than this week's new crop.

The Jonas Brothers "A Little Bit Longer": Reasonably OK melody, sung with the usual ache 'n' agony and the occasional clonking moment of sensitive restraint; more listenable than last week's dreadful "Tonight," but still no adventure in sound. NO TICK.

The Game f. Lil Wayne "My Life": The Game is doggedly weary, which I suppose is appropriate since the rap adds a suicide threat to the standard thuggery, but is still a drag. Wayne does the melody slow and pretty, and is prettied up further with shimmering autotune. This doesn't prevent slowness from being dullness. NO TICK.

Leona Lewis "Better In Time": Bright piano repetitions at the start build some tension that the track resolves too quickly. The singing is nu-Mariah (single-syllable notes outnumbering the old-time melisma), but w/ the young people's sugar glaze, which substitutes for any kind of convincing passion. Negligible but consistently pretty. BORDERLINE TICK.

As a bonus for Year In America's intrepid readers, here's the trailer for Pineapple Express:

Date: 2008-08-14 06:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com
Yeah, but the thing is, I'll take that.

Date: 2008-08-14 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
I'm passing on the movie (as usual, not an Apatow fan) but if this means 'Paper Planes' gets bumped back here (enough to at least make top 30) then that'll be nice and credit to them.

Date: 2008-08-15 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
Yeah good music taste on the part of whoever decided this doesn't excuse Apatow for, like, his existence. He needs to die.

Date: 2008-08-15 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skyecaptain.livejournal.com
The place to start with Apatow is definitely the "Freaks and Geeks" series. His movies are pretty hit and miss, though I did really like "Superbad." Other than that I can take or leave it -- but James Franco is one of the best F&G alums, unfortunately hasn't done a whole lot since (though he was an inconsequential presence in the Spiderman movies).

Date: 2008-08-19 12:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poptasticuk.livejournal.com
MIA is in the top 5 in the singles chart? That's a shocker! I thought she was just famous with indie people.

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