my fav part of "super bass" is def the last bar before the chorus
― v-shasty, Friday, December 9, 2011 1:47 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink
"i am nicki minaj blah blah chuck the deuce up"? why?
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
idk, i like "back coupes up and chunk the deuce up" as a rhyme and on principal i think ending verse w/ the same phrase (either slightly tweaked or not) is fun gimmick
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
it also steps all over the meter of the beginning of the chorus really awkwardly both times around
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
i don't like superbass because it is too similar melodically to teenage dream
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, 9 December 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, party rock anthem >>> all
i like jordan's list
Contrarian!
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 9 December 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
itt people continue to misuse the word "schizophrenic" (unless you really DO mean you like pop music that sounds like it's hearing voices describing intricate patterns and theories that only the song can understand)
and yes, "Give Me Everything" is disjointed in a very similar way, and I like it about as much as I like "Super Bass", ie there were at least ten other songs on that list that I like more than both
― OH NOES, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
people have been conflating and oversimplifying schizo and multiple personality disorder forever and it will never stop obviously
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
"Channeling" or "employing voices" and we got a deal.
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
itt people continue to misuse the word "schizophrenic"
in ilx, people continue to complain about the meaning of words gradually shifting over time and across contexts
― n/a, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
actually I am wrong here, this is apparently the definition of "schizophrenic" in play here:
a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.
I never think of the term "schizophrenic" this way but it makes sense (and explains why it gets used interchangeably with MPD)
― OH NOES, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
I ended up voting for Britney - "I Wanna Go," strangely enough. Sad that Kelly Rowland's "Motivation" didn't make this list.
― Adrien Brony (step hen faps), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
generally speaking, mainstream America does not really care about Kelly Rowland unless she's with Beyonce or Nelly (which is really too bad)
― OH NOES, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
that song was a p big hit though
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
I had assumed that this metaphorical definition developed from the pervasive misuse of "schizophrenical" as a clinical term.
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, beyonce didn't make this list either. did she have a song off this last record as big as 'motivation'?
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
"Best Thing I Never Had" peaked at 16."Motivation" peaked at 17.
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
meanwhile I have still never actually heard Lady Antebellum (and I hope I never do)
― Adrien Brony (step hen faps), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
"Motivation" #1 on the R&B charts for seven weeks. "Best Thing I Never Had" peaked at #4.
― Adrien Brony (step hen faps), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
"Motivation" went platinum, "Best Thing" only went gold. Kelly won this year, singles-wise at least.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
But isn't this Billboard chart determined exclusively by Hot 100 performance?
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
yes. but "Motivation" is higher than "Best" on this list too.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
because chart longevity matters more than peak positions.
(Motivation at #53, Best Thing at #86)
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
btw if you wanna get an idea of just how little influence urban radio has on the Hot 100 these days, the #1 R&B/hip-hop song of the year, Miguel's "Sure Thing," is #92 on the Hot 100 year-end list.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, I know that. I'm responding to deej and Crut who are disappointed/surprised that "Motivation" isn't on the list at all. It was a big R&B hit, apparently (I've never heard it) -- but it only peaked at #17 on the big chart, so it's going to have some trouble landing in the year-end top 50.
I'm not actually sure what point deej was trying to make by pulling in Beyonce.
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't pull her in, dan did when he mentioned that no one cared about kelly unless she was on a song by beyonce or nelly
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
how have you not heard motivation?
the #1 R&B/hip-hop song of the year, Miguel's "Sure Thing," is #92 on the Hot 100 year-end list.
And that's a song I've only heard because ILXors have mentioned it and I've looked it up on YouTube. Doesn't get much airplay on the Top 40 stations here (even the "rhythmic" one).
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Lyrically, Miguel uses analogies to express his love interest, such as "You are the chalk / And I could be your blackboard" and "If I'm the lyric baby / You could be the note".
― Adrien Brony (step hen faps), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
Where would I have heard it?
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVjxjGgdVPg
― Adrien Brony (step hen faps), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, I only really listen to the radio on the weekend when I'm running errands. So the songs that stick are the ones that are played a million times.
xp Yeah, I'm listening to it now, just because I wanted to make sure I really hadn't heard it.
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
And the pop stations I listen to are B96 and Kiss 103.5.
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
rmde
if you couldn't parse that as "Kelly has never made an EOY pop list unless she's in Destiny's Child or on 'Dilemma'" I don't really know what to tell you
― OH NOES, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'm also not as into keeping up with pop music as I used to be, in part b/c I don't love the aesthetic that dominates in 2011 and in part because I'm lol old.
― jaymc, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
"Motivation" is #33 on the 'radio songs' chart, so it's bigger if you're looking purely at airplay and not stuff like itunes sales
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
6 foot 7 foot no hesitation
― PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
ugh son
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
SMH
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
idg 6 foot 7 foot
― dayo, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
like, if you want to talk about trebly, harsh songs that sound like cats having sex
― dayo, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
pretty great rap song while wayne is going but it's not a classic or anything
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
also it gets annoying when played on the radio too much
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
weezy sounds like a police siren
― dayo, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's seriously one of the most unpleasantly shrill songs i've ever heard in radio rotation
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 14:50 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
misread this as "i like 'back coupes up and chunk the deuce up' as a rhyme on principal" & was like "otm"
― wil smif, Friday, 9 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
lol did you all hate "A Milli" too?
― OH NOES, Friday, 9 December 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's too twee
― dayo, Friday, 9 December 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
i was kind of an "a milli" detractor at the time but i give it its due respect as a hugely influential song. i don't know why i should extend the same courtesy to one of its most transparent knockoffs, though.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
(Note: I recognize that I may be overstating the case by claiming that he 'loves it so much')
― superstition or schizophrenia? (henrietta lacks), Saturday, 10 December 2011 08:14 (twelve years ago) link
Phosphorescent — Here's to Taking it EasyThird Eye Foundation — The DarkFoetus — HideFaun Fables — Light of a Vaster DarkEnslaved — Axioma Ethica OdiniThe Body — And All the Waters of the Earth Shall Turn to BloodHigh on Fire — Snakes for the DivineShining — BlackjazzTitan — Sweet DreamsOwen Pallett — HeartlandSlough Feg — Animal SpiritsUfomammut — EveAcross Tundras — Old World WandererHarvey Milk — A Small Turn of Human KindnessKanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasySwans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the SkyCharming Hostess — The Bowls ProjectVampire Weekend — ContraAlcest — Écailles De LuneAgalloch — Marrow of the SpiritLiars — SisterworldSchool of Seven Bells — Disconnect From DesireAgainst Me! — White CrossesNels Cline — Dirty Baby
^anything up there that approaches the description 'unpleasant and shrill'?
― superstition or schizophrenia? (henrietta lacks), Saturday, 10 December 2011 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
it's kind of like if your spouse who doesn't know how to sing or dance or play an instrument, learned how to sing/dance/play an instrument and sang you a love song on your birthday
smh i hope no spouse of mine would try this
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
(i remain single)
lex only fucks with real divas
― dayo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
i agree w/ what Sasha said about nicki in his hip-hop roundup
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
which was...?
smh @ you fuckin ke$ha people
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 15 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
esp for picking the wrong song
― OH NOES, Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link