Radio Disney Justice: A Teen-Pop Extravaganza - (Results: WINNER)

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Now for the song that was in last place the longest.

I'd agree some of the songs we've eliminated already are rather polarizing, so I'm glad this harmless bop was able to climb out of the basement..


































































































































#98. Olivia Holt - Generous - 5.485

Highest: 10 (@iheartpoptarts)

Lowest: 0 (@Mina) 1 (@Sally_Harper) <--- The 'bloc' has spoken.

My Score: 7

Voting Bloc 1: #96
Voting Bloc 2: #101
Voting Bloc 3: #101
Voting Bloc 4: #101
Voting Bloc 5: #101

Final Bloc: #98

Charts: #1 (U.S. Dance)

Info: This was the newest song to grace our rate (Sept 2017). Once I realized I couldn't just force personal favorite "Had Me @ Hello" in as a non-single, I replaced it with this one once I heard it for the first time. Songwriters include MoZella, who co-wrote "Wrecking Ball" and did a lot of work on Madonna's Rebel Heart. Get that credibility.

Hazey's Focus: I have our 10-giver @iheartpoptarts to thank for bringing this to my attention. When I first heard it, I wasn't sure it was actually Olivia since this was such a new direction for her. The slinky way she delivers "I’ma taker, not a giver, but I'm into to you. And the way you lookin' at me got me in the mood" had me interested right off.

@Mina (0) you really need to clean out your ears if you're making this stab at the lyrics: "I'm feeling jack-and-fries?". It was WhitneyPointAndLaugh.gif with @Sally_Harper (1) chiming in like "This is really irritating." Oh we'll get to what is truly irritating when I present some of your scores later.

I've never quite understood why "Caught in a Moment" gets the title, so I'm sure as hell not understanding now from @Martyn (3.5): "Is this song about her offering to have bum sex? Cause that is the vibe I got. Very odd vocal on this." She was trying to sound sexy, but I guess you'd leave her feeling cold. Anyhow, @livefrommelbs (4) must not realize that this would be talent stanning talent, not a mistake on Olivia's part: "I wanted to like this, but I just couldn't. I blame Selena's 'Bad Liar'."

@unnameable (6) was feeling generous themselves as they uttered "OK I suppose?". While @Sprockrooster (7) applauds queen for trying something new: "Quirky but I like it."

I knew @iheartpoptarts (10) would be stanning for this one by her lonesome and I also knew she stans for Halloween costume ideas, but this reads more like some kind of role-playing game in my head. (Sorry but Martyn's comments have sent us full speed ahead into 'the gutter' zone): "I’ve never had a maid costume but I kind of want one. Let me add it to my Halloween to-do list."



I have to also re-post my all-time favorite Olivia song that we almost rated, because I can. Would you have ranked it lower?

 
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Now one of my lowest scores in the rate goes..





















































































Curious which era will be the last to lose a song. I'm guessing the Wizards era as I see Vanessa Hudgens losing something soon.

Correct.






#97. Vanessa Hudgens - Sneakernight - 5.650

Highest: 10 x 2 (@aniraz, @Sally_Harper)

Lowest: 0 x 2 (@GhettoPrincess, @iheartpoptarts) 2 x 2 (@Mina, @livefrommelbs)

My Score: 3

Voter Bloc 1: #101
Voter Bloc 2: #86
Voter Bloc 3: #80
Voter Bloc 4: #99
Voter Bloc 5: #97

Final Bloc: #97

Charts: #88 (U.S.) #164 (UK) #95 (Canada) #94 (Australia)

Info: Sneakernight was the only single for Vanessa's second album Identified and the song and music video were used for an Ecko Unlimited commercial (unsurprisingly a brand of sneakers). Writing credits include J.R. Totem, who's notable work includes Rihanna's "SOS", Leona Lewis's "Better In Time", Fefe Dobson's "Stuttering", and Gwen Stefani's most recent album.

Hazey's Focus: I didn't know what this song was all about until the rate, if we're being honest. I just know I saw the video posted all over the forum or the title of it mentioned, so I knew it had to be added. I'm also not the biggest fan of her music. I bought her first album years ago and only have a couple of songs in my library from it (are they in this rate?). This is a scary combination of some kind of weird jazzy/R&B thing with a ultra repetitive "basically what we're going to do is dance", so basically what I'm going to do is move on.

@GhettoPrincess (0) doesn't want the song, doesn't want the Ecko Unlimiteds, doesn't want nothing: "Vanessa, keep your sneakers to yourself cos this is so bad." In fact, @iheartpoptarts (0) asserts how much she wouldn't even need Vanessa's sneakers because she's already a pro at this: "This is so laughably bad. (And on an unrelated note, trust me—it’s not at all hard to last a whole night in heels!)." While @Mina (2) is either begging to know why the song is in the rate, why it was composed the way it was, or why it even existed altogether by shouting "whyyyyy". Ddd, I'm not even sure @livefrommelbs (2) made it through the whole song: "I'm sorry, I can't."

I'm thinking @Martyn (3) took the fact that the sneakers light up in the video literally: "I used to think this song was called Sneakerlight. Why is Snearkernight one word?" We have a lot of questions about this song, but I think that is far down the list. Though @WhenTheSunGoesDown (7.75) thinks the messiness of it all could translate into some iconic extraness with this missed opportunity: "I was deeply offended when she was a guest judge on Drag Race and nobody lip synced to Sneakernight!" She was on Project Runway once and they didn't do a sneaker challenge, though I wasn't as offended.

Nobody should be surprised at this point when @Sprockrooster (9) can find the bright side of any song: "OOH. I love the flow of this one." I'll take it because your open-mindedness came in handy plenty of times in this rate. I don't know, but it sounds like @31entrance (9) must have fond memories of how their Mom prepped them for a night out: "“so are you ready? did you eat? do you have the energyyyy? are you reloaded? are you able to stay on your feeeeet?” might be the best pre-chorus in pop history."

I'm not going to fault @Sally_Harper (10) too much because let's admit it, we've all been here. Likely we're all going to be there in this very rate, so let the girl stan for her life:

"No, I’m not kidding. This is really quite tragic and I can’t believe she was actually made to record this (I remember reading somewhere that it was done as a brand deal of some sort with a shoe company?) but at the same time I absolutely love it, purely for how crap it is. It’s given me years of joy. From the “Put your sneakers awwwwwn, PUT YA SNEAKERS AWWWWWN” intro, to the cackling at the end, it’s amazing for all the wrong reasons. I love the hilariously shite lyrics which for some reason have Vanessa turning into the average mum “Are you ready? Did you eat? Do you have the energy?” Remember to take a jacket in case you get cold, phone if you’re going to be late! Not to mention the ultimate classic chorus of “Basically what we’re gonna do is dance” x100. Outstanding imagery there. I could quote the whole thing but this is already too long. I also love that it’s crammed full of weird adlibs and whatnot – she’s trying so hard to sell it! I think my favourite weird adlib is “WHAT? We’re gonna daa-ahnce” near the end, but there are so many. Also, how HILARIOUSLY TERRIBLE is it that she’s in front of a giant shoe - excuse me, sneaker – with flashing pink laces in roughly half the video?! How could they do that to her? Enjoy your sneakernight, Baby V – you’ve earned it!"


 
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Hooray, good riddance etc.

I like Vanessa's voice in some of the High School Musical songs but Ashley is queen.
 
"No, I’m not kidding. This is really quite tragic and I can’t believe she was actually made to record this (I remember reading somewhere that it was done as a brand deal of some sort with a shoe company?) but at the same time I absolutely love it, purely for how crap it is. It’s given me years of joy. From the “Put your sneakers awwwwwn, PUT YA SNEAKERS AWWWWWN” intro, to the cackling at the end, it’s amazing for all the wrong reasons. I love the hilariously shite lyrics which for some reason have Vanessa turning into the average mum “Are you ready? Did you eat? Do you have the energy?” Remember to take a jacket in case you get cold, phone if you’re going to be late! Not to mention the ultimate classic chorus of “Basically what we’re gonna do is dance” x100. Outstanding imagery there. I could quote the whole thing but this is already too long. I also love that it’s crammed full of weird adlibs and whatnot – she’s trying so hard to sell it! I think my favourite weird adlib is “WHAT? We’re gonna daa-ahnce” near the end, but there are so many. Also, how HILARIOUSLY TERRIBLE is it that she’s in front of a giant shoe - excuse me, sneaker – with flashing pink laces in roughly half the video?! How could they do that to her? Enjoy your sneakernight, Baby V – you’ve earned it!"

Amazing.

(And good riddance.)
 
Ddd when I saw @DJHazey had quoted me and there was a new elimination I just knew it was going to be that. I was literally humming "put your sneakers awwwwn".

Sneakernight is... funny and memorable, which is not something you can say about either of the other Vanessa tracks, so it could have stayed a while longer.
 
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Now we have the first artist to take two eliminations..


























































































#96. The Cheetah Girls - Step Up - 5.700

Highest: 9 (@31entrance)

Lowest: 0 (@Sally_Harper) <--- quick revenge. // 1 (@Blond)

My Score: 7

Voter Bloc 1: #46
Voter Bloc 2: #87
Voter Bloc 3: #88
Voter Bloc 4: #93
Voter Bloc 5: #95

Final Bloc: #96

Charts: #6 (U.S. Bubbling Under)

Info: This was the third single from The Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack. It was premiered on Live with Regis and Kelly two weeks prior to its Disney Channel premiere. The song written by Matthew Gerard and Robbie Nevil. The song is mainly sung by Raven, but since she couldn't tour with the rest of the girls, her parts were spread out among the rest of the band.

Hazey's Focus: Hmm, I'm having the reverse feeling I had with "Girl Power" where I would've downgraded that to a 7, I'm thinking this could've been bumped up to an 8. I like their style of having those ascending notes in their chorus. It seems to be their signature thing and I'm enjoying it.

Fatigue had definitely gotten the best @Sally_Harper (0) at this point: "Oh thank god, this is the last Cheetah Girls song. It’s also the worst, which I suppose is quite impressive." But @Martyn (5) had the opposite reaction to it: "The least offensive Cheetah Girls song I had to listen to." @Remorque (7) takes that thought to another level: "The first song of theirs on display here that's even remotely listenable. You can tell it was probably written with them in mind and not some demo laying around on one of the producers' cutting room floor. Having said that, it still ain't all that special."

Oh @Mina (4) you actually have to turn the speakers on for you to hear the song: "The dancing is energetic but the song is...not." There's no way the couldn't be categorized as energetic. Maybe you should get with @31entrance (9) and have a fun evening or maybe you were the sister?: "I remember the times me and my sister try to copy their dance steps like the movie and thought we're such talented dancers."

I like @iheartpoptarts's (6) line of thinking, but that's not a new thing: "I'd like to see Disney revisit the fake girl group thing now that they're better at this stuff!" Hell yes, in fact we have already discussed this...give me Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, and Olivia Holt as a group please. But I don't think @GhettoPrincess's (8) idea is going to go over as well: "This is banging but I feel like the chorus kinda stops it from being the perfect bop. Strut and The Party’s Just Begun deserved to be included. Also their actual non-film related album had some bops. We need a Cheetah Girls rate one day, anyone up for that?"


 
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Cheetah Girls rate is cancelled. I am honestly offended at the trash that's been kept in over this though.
 
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And we end the day's eliminations with one of my 10s and this artist's first cut..














































































































#95. Miley Cyrus - Start All Over - 5.737

Highest: 10 (DJHazey)

Lowest: 0 (@Mina) 3 x 3 (@GhettoPrincess, @Sally_Harper, @Sprocky's BF)

Voter Bloc 1: #74
Voter Bloc 2: #97
Voter Bloc 3: #98
Voter Bloc 4: #96
Voter Bloc 5: #98

Final Bloc: #95

Charts: #68 (U.S.) #57 (Europe) #73 (Canada) #41 (Australia)

Info: "Start All Over" was the second and final single from Miley's debut album Meet Miley Cyrus. After the huge success of "See You Again" commercially, this was deemed a major flop in comparison. Along with "Fly on the Wall" and "Who Owns My Heart", this is still the only single not to have gone Platinum for Miley, so we'll see how those other two do. It was written by Fefe Dobson, who was originally going to have it on her album Sunday Love, but didn't think it would fit in and passed it on to Miley, though Fefe still has backing vocals on the song. Fefe liked how it turned out with Miley performing it instead, and she performed it on both her Best of Both Worlds Tour and Wonder World Tour. Miley said the song about re-starting a romantic relationship sounds so random in its delivery, so that's why the music video ends up being very random.

Hazey's Focus: This is just pure perfection as far as teen pop/rock goes, I don't know what everyone else is listening to. It's absolutely relentless and just keeps coming at you in waves. "Out of the fire and into the fire again, you-make-me-want-to-forget..." leads into a double-barreled chorus that gives me goosebumps because "another chance to get buuurned" sounds equally flawless. My best memories with early-Miley was the fact that I loved "See You Again" and started listened to this and Breakout back when I played a lot of Forza Motorsport, so I instantly go back to that setting. That video game involved a lot of time-consuming races so often times I'll imagine how enjoyable a song would be in that kind of situation when I'm first accessing how much I like a new song. This "Good and Broken", "Right Here", and especially "East Northumberland High" were my go-to songs back then. What an amazing group of underrated teen-pop hidden gems.

But Meet @Mina Cyrus (0), she's the heartless one: "Nooooo." While @Sally_Harper said all that about freakin' Sneakernight and then has this to say?, hmmm: "This isn’t my sort of thing, and the video is just bloody weird."



@unnameable (5) tried shading it with "derivate pop rock" but didn't know that yes it was derived right from Fefe Dobson's hands to Miley's and you can try to go after Fefe but she's got her share of fans around here.

@iheartpoptarts (8) must have forgotten that time that she also couldn't stop commenting on how weird the video was: "Hehe, I realized at the last second that I forgot to comment on this one. It’s definitely solid but just kind of there." At least @WhenTheSunGoesDown (9.75) lets the song take him over a bitsy like you all should, what an anthem: "I’ll get “it’s so easy, you disrupt me, can’t complain” stuck in my head from time to time and, honestly, can’t complain about that." Who would? That's what we called being blessed.



Might as well post "East Northumberland High" now and just know that I actually rate this one even higher than "Start All Over".

 

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