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A Year In America December 18, 2008
Beyoncé and T.I. trade places at 1 and 2, up a spot into third is the undeniably catchy Lady GaGa track the catchiness of which the rest of you want to deny, and the Veronicas enter the American Top 40 for the first time with the tenth-best song on Hook Me Up.
Brandy "Right Here (Departed)": Lyrics speak the power of Brandy love: "When you're trapped and there's no key and you can't breathe, I'll breathe for you." She makes such extremity seem a normal thing in her world of song. TICK.
All-American Rejects "Gives You Hell": Toy keybs at the start and a half-emo half-ruefulness in the singing give this a pleasant demeanor, though brief bits of guitar crunch suggest some heavy weaponry to come. And it does come, of course, without undoing the pleasantness, or the dullness. NO TICK.
The Veronicas "Untouched": Deep guitar throbs, while the V's sing with their usual end-of-the-world desperation tied to their usual cheery sing-song. TICK.
As a bonus to my stalwart readers, here's the Miss Universe Swimsuit Competition from last summer; note the charmingly inept dancing from the contestants near the start, especially Miss Norway at 1:15:
[Aw, YouTube killed the account of the person who posted this. I think the contestants were dancing to "Just Dance."]
Brandy "Right Here (Departed)": Lyrics speak the power of Brandy love: "When you're trapped and there's no key and you can't breathe, I'll breathe for you." She makes such extremity seem a normal thing in her world of song. TICK.
All-American Rejects "Gives You Hell": Toy keybs at the start and a half-emo half-ruefulness in the singing give this a pleasant demeanor, though brief bits of guitar crunch suggest some heavy weaponry to come. And it does come, of course, without undoing the pleasantness, or the dullness. NO TICK.
The Veronicas "Untouched": Deep guitar throbs, while the V's sing with their usual end-of-the-world desperation tied to their usual cheery sing-song. TICK.
As a bonus to my stalwart readers, here's the Miss Universe Swimsuit Competition from last summer; note the charmingly inept dancing from the contestants near the start, especially Miss Norway at 1:15:
[Aw, YouTube killed the account of the person who posted this. I think the contestants were dancing to "Just Dance."]