Another Year In America January 8, 2009

[koganbot]

"Just Dance" is at number one. TAKE THAT, SUCKERS!

Beyond that, the happening news is...

Nothing. For the second week in a row, no new tracks crack the U.S. Top 40. Only a re-entry from Taylor Swift and a re-entry from O.A.R. In fact, only two new tracks in the Top 50, Ne-Yo's "Mad" and Miranda Cosgrove's "About You Now," the latter being a nasally dull sing-songy cover of the Sugababes tune. Cosgrove's previous single was an inferior version of Amy Diamond's "Stay My Baby." She's the star of Nickelodeon's tweeny sitcom iCarly, and I guess she's found her niche in draining the pleasure out of good European pop music.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Before I read Tom's tantalising hint I was going to put that I agreed with 5 of your 10 for sure (your top 5 but with 'A Milli' instead of 'A&E'). Thought 'Gonna Be Mine' and 'Closer' would also be certs, and 'A&E' a high probability.

Two spaces left - think it's between 'Official Girl' (which I know has at least one very high score), 'Blind' (though this might suffer a 'F Ur X'-style result) and 'Put On' (a pipe dream but Tom did hint tantalisingly about "more than one" Kanye guest spot in the top 10, and if enough hip-hop heads voted it would've been high on all their lists...). And of course the nasty MGMT-shaped surprise ughhh.

[koganbot]

But Carsmile, who seems to have inside info, says that one of the remaining tracks is one I'm not likely to have heard. And now that we've had Tom's hint and assuming my top seven are right (which I guess you're not, since you don't think "Forever" will make it), that'll mean that "Official Girl" and MGMT can't have both made it or else I'd have nine correct, not eight (unless it's a MGMT other than "Time To Pretend" and Tom's not giving me credit for it). Anyway, fearing the worst, I'll say that MGMT is my number eight, that "Forever" gets in, "Official Girl" and "F Ur X" don't, "Blind" does (though I really hope it's "Closer"), and then there's The Mystery Song I'm Not Likely To Have Heard.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

MGMT other than "Time To Pretend"

I think Slipknot's chances are better than this, frankly!