BIG POP GIRLS 2022 - THE END
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I'm Good rules. It's basic and it's brilliant. You know that story about how Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs And Ham to win a bet that you couldn't write a children's book with only 50 different words? I'm Good has 27.
'Cause (used x2 times)
I'm (x20 times)
good (x8 times)
yeah (x8 times)
feelin' (x8 times)
alright (x8 times)
Baby (x8 times)
I'ma (x4 times)
have (x4 times)
the (x8 times)
best (x4 times)
fuckin' (x4 times)
night (x4 times)
of (x4 times)
my (x4 times)
life (x4 times)
And (x4 times)
wherever (x4 times)
it (x4 times)
takes (x4 times)
me (x4 times)
down (x4 times)
for (x4 times)
ride (x4 times)
don't (x4 times)
you (x4 times)
know (x4 times)
I'm (x20 times)
good (x8 times)
yeah (x8 times)
feelin' (x8 times)
alright (x8 times)
Baby (x8 times)
I'ma (x4 times)
have (x4 times)
the (x8 times)
best (x4 times)
fuckin' (x4 times)
night (x4 times)
of (x4 times)
my (x4 times)
life (x4 times)
And (x4 times)
wherever (x4 times)
it (x4 times)
takes (x4 times)
me (x4 times)
down (x4 times)
for (x4 times)
ride (x4 times)
don't (x4 times)
you (x4 times)
know (x4 times)
He/Him/His
My favorite thing about I'm Good is during the recent twitter discourse, where someone sincerely complained that all her songs just rip off 80s and 90s songs and specifically referenced Kings and Queens
It IS giving Amanda Koci
It IS giving Amanda Koci
she/her
This is basically Eiffel 65 but slightly worse so yes I am offended!!!!!
At least Guetta made nearly no changes on this one because I would not feel alright if he ruined another eurodance/eurotrance classic. Yes I am talking about Alice Deejay it still hurts!!!!
At least Guetta made nearly no changes on this one because I would not feel alright if he ruined another eurodance/eurotrance classic. Yes I am talking about Alice Deejay it still hurts!!!!
85
5.093
HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 4 (@Conan, @Remorque, @TéléDex, @Laurence)
LOWEST SCORE: 0 x 2 (@fatyoshi, @Cutlery)
MY SCORE: 4.5
And the extras cull just doesn't seem to stop!
Lady Gaga's "Hold My Hand" is one of the most forgettable songs of the year, sounding exactly as you expect it from that title bar one thing. The only unexpected thing in the song is the intro which... makes no fucking sense and is really grating. I don't particularly mind "You and I", but I know this forum has some haters for that song; this song reads like "You and I" to me. It's the type of straight-pandering song, but I guess it totally suits the film it's attached to.
The visuals are great, I won't lie. I really like the parts in the music video where it's just Gaga and not scenes from Top Gun: Maverick. The cover art is incredibly striking and really suits the entire package. It's just a shame that's it is for one of my least favourite Gaga songs. I'm a sucker for black and white photoshoots and the shots with that style in the music video are brilliant.
I just find the song to be really limp and doesn't get any interest from me. I think I listened to it once before the rate, when it came out, and it just left me completely whelmed. And I know what the girls will say, "but it was a moment in The Chromatica Ball" and I guess that is somewhat correct, but it still felt like a bizarre choice for the encore.
I sincerely hope that the future if brighter for Miss Gaga. The Chromatica Ball reminded me exactly why I loved her. I wept the entire night from the moment she came on stage and I'm still unsure why. It hit me intensely, so much so that I bought tickets for the second night and saw her twice. I want more of those moments - the ones that reminded me of the Gaga I fell in love with nearly fifteen years ago.
To close us off, I leave you with @Cutlery, who comments "Another addenda, rather than a surprising anomaly, on the growing list of Gaga's musical disappointments in the last 5 years. I find no life in this song."
88
4.0523
HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 1 (@TéléDex)
LOWEST SCORE: 0 x 4 (@Conan, @Mushroom, @papatrick, @happiestgirl)
MY SCORE: 4
How do you successfully comeback after six years being gone? It's not an easy task by any means. It's even more difficult when your previous release, was a clear shift in your catalogue. ANTI, by all intents and purposes, is a landmark album in Rihanna's career. At least for me, it felt like the first time that I wasn't browsing for the best songs on the album among filler, but instead, felt like a record.
All of this is to say, the expectations for Rihanna's comeback were sky high solely based on ANTI. Pair this with constant false starts (some coming from herself) and constant rumours from insiders alleging of a double album, a reggae album, a documentary, etc. The list goes on. The hype and speculation was just at its peak.
It felt very weird that all that hype was wasted on this. I don't think anyone was gagging at Rihanna making a comeback with this single; if anything, I feel everyone was mostly underwhelmed or just... didn't care enough at this point. "Lift Me Up" is largely fine, but it just feels like an entire waste of the hype for Rihanna's comeback. Obviously, this, paired with her antics, including supporting an abuser and making him model for her clothing line, has completely killed any interest I really had left.
My biggest issue here is, the song is just... okay. It really just goes in one and ear and out the other. Absolutely nothing sticks, despite the message of the song and its context in the film. Oh yeah, that is the other bit, this song was for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's soundtrack. This also felt off for me, since, Rihanna has been billing herself as a clear entrepreneur, so of course, her comeback single is part of a soundtrack since I assume the cheque was good.
She has yet to perform this song - but I expect it to show up somehow during the Super Bowl - so I leave you with a little behind the scenes video.
Both of these songs just got nominated for Oscars.
Really? I think this is an instance of a song that's better than the song it samples. They might be dubiously iconic at this point, but the lyrics of Blue (Da Ba Dee) are atrociously corny and awful. Bebe's lyrics may be basic, but at least they are relatable...even aspirational in a Just Dance, "I just want to party tonight" kind of way. To each their own. Imma have the best fucking night of my life with Bebe but I'm glad you have fun too with the little blue guy, being blue, looking out of blue windows and stuff.
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The original works because it’s ridiculous. I’m not even a particular fan of it, but it’s silly and goofy and unique in that sense. It’s a novelty track at heart.
The update is just bland as hell. Takes a pretty unremarkable Eurodance sound and strips it of its character entirely. Snooze.
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I'd say the original "works" in-spite-of it's ridiculousness, simply because the beat is an earworm. It came out when similar repetitive-beat earwormy tracks were inescapably popular (All Around The World, Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Better Off Alone...etc). Except (imo) unlike most of it's peers, the beat is all it has and the rest is a kitschy, 10,000 da ba dees, kidz bopz, non-sensical mess. But hey, some enjoy a fox says, baby shark moment and I'm happy for them, but I'm Good.
More than OK, I'm bopping along! I'll save my tears for when a Taylor album track I adore gets cruelly booted.
he/him
83
5.8198
HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 7 (@Solenciennes, @AllGagaLike, @GimmeWork, @Jersey, @Daniel_O, @Laurence, @Music Is Death,
LOWEST SCORE: 0 x 3 (@BEST FICTION, @thommyh, @Phonetics Girl)
MY SCORE: 2
Boot!
I'm actually finding writing about this song difficult because it does not inspire anything over me. This is, by definition, radio catnip that goes in one ear and out the other. It's pleasant enough to listen in the background, when you're frantically looking for the reduced section in the Tesco Express on your way back from work, and... that's it. It sounds like lift music. It's just there.
I guess the comparison is going to be immediate with "Cold Heart" which I do think is better, but I think that's partly because "Cold Heart" has Dua Lipa selling the shit out of the song. Britney just sounds lifeless - and I don't think that's her fault - but rather because she's essentially doing backing vocals for Elton John's old ass recording. The mixing feels really off, where I barely notice her and the times I do, she doesn't sound too great and sticks out a bit much. It's just a weird collaboration all around.
It's a shame this had to be Britney's comeback single, especially after the triumph of 2021 and achieving her freedom, I hoped her return to music would have more... of her. She's barely in this song. I know that she apparently loves Elton and is probably happy to have collaborated with him, so that's one of the good things about this song. I just wish it was better.
@BEST FICTION drags the shit of Elton John, writing "This song was created in a lab to antagonise me. Elton John is a stain on this earth and the less said about Britney’s “contribution” to this abomination the better. Yeah I’m a hater, I don’t care."
@thommyh compares this to the worst song of last year, writing "This is actually worse than "Unholy" in terms of... well just about everything."
Closing us off, @Phonetics Girl writes "Okay, there might be worse "songs" here but Hold Me Closer just fits my definition of nothing. It does not even register as it plays. Like, my consciousness recognises this as static. I also resent Elton John trying to reheat this stone cold dead corpse of his once again. Sorry to single out Brit like this, but it is what it is."
5.8198
HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 7 (@Solenciennes, @AllGagaLike, @GimmeWork, @Jersey, @Daniel_O, @Laurence, @Music Is Death,
LOWEST SCORE: 0 x 3 (@BEST FICTION, @thommyh, @Phonetics Girl)
MY SCORE: 2
Boot!
I'm actually finding writing about this song difficult because it does not inspire anything over me. This is, by definition, radio catnip that goes in one ear and out the other. It's pleasant enough to listen in the background, when you're frantically looking for the reduced section in the Tesco Express on your way back from work, and... that's it. It sounds like lift music. It's just there.
I guess the comparison is going to be immediate with "Cold Heart" which I do think is better, but I think that's partly because "Cold Heart" has Dua Lipa selling the shit out of the song. Britney just sounds lifeless - and I don't think that's her fault - but rather because she's essentially doing backing vocals for Elton John's old ass recording. The mixing feels really off, where I barely notice her and the times I do, she doesn't sound too great and sticks out a bit much. It's just a weird collaboration all around.
It's a shame this had to be Britney's comeback single, especially after the triumph of 2021 and achieving her freedom, I hoped her return to music would have more... of her. She's barely in this song. I know that she apparently loves Elton and is probably happy to have collaborated with him, so that's one of the good things about this song. I just wish it was better.
@BEST FICTION drags the shit of Elton John, writing "This song was created in a lab to antagonise me. Elton John is a stain on this earth and the less said about Britney’s “contribution” to this abomination the better. Yeah I’m a hater, I don’t care."
@thommyh compares this to the worst song of last year, writing "This is actually worse than "Unholy" in terms of... well just about everything."
Closing us off, @Phonetics Girl writes "Okay, there might be worse "songs" here but Hold Me Closer just fits my definition of nothing. It does not even register as it plays. Like, my consciousness recognises this as static. I also resent Elton John trying to reheat this stone cold dead corpse of his once again. Sorry to single out Brit like this, but it is what it is."
Solenciennes
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Wow! I’d go as far as saying Hold Me Closer is more enjoyable than Tiny Dancer, I’m surprised people gave this 0.
she/her
Ah, I rarely care about lyrics in songs unless they are outright offensive (and even in some cases I still enjoy the song despite the problematic lyrics). So the corniness doesn't affect me in the end, plus I've heard worse in techno music, anyway. dd
he/him
Truly godsmackingly bad, and I’m glad that we as a collective voting pool did not allow any of these abominations to last longer than they should have. Everything is going quite well so far.
This could have lasted a little longer, it's easy breezy fare.
I don't even like the original "Tiny Dancer." A poorly mastered and mixed update--yet ANOTHER example of the creatively bankrupt interpolation/sampling trend--just doesn't work. I didn't give it a zero, but even sweet Britney couldn't save this.
she/her
We're good and we're feeling alright, unlike the miserable low scorers xx
You hit the nail on the head here, I gave it a 5 because it's perfectly fine and inoffensive, but also completely unremarkable.