The Ashlee Simpson vs. Lindsay Lohan Rate - I Didn't Steal Your Boyfriend
- Thread starter CasuallyCrazed
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And you're not who you used to be...
And I wonder where you've gone...
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Black Hole
7.768
(5th out of 12 from A Little More Personal)
Highest: 10 x 4 (@CasuallyCrazed, @Hurricane Drunk, @Remorque, @unnameable)
Lowest: 3 (@orbison)
CasuallyCrazed - 10
This truly is her December. It's interesting that this was supposed to be assigned to My December because I always thought of A Little More Personal as being so similar stylistically -- triggering this mix of desperation, resign, nostalgia, & depression. "Black Hole" hits those narratives home but wraps it up in a more accessible package.
unnameable - 10
I love the verses of this song and its gentle wistfulness.
Runaway - 9
God, the SCANDALS this song caused…….the audacity of asking Kelly Clarkson record it for My December, after it was already RELEASED by Lindsay. WOW. The song is really great though.
Music is Life - 9
Catchy, good lyrics and great production. I really like this one.
imaduck - 9
One of those songs that really did the rounds, did anyone have the I Nine album with this on, that was a great album.
spillett - 8.5
Quite a dark track, quite the contrast from the material on 'Speak'. Love the chorus.
Sprockrooster - 8
That chorus is fantastic.
pop3blow2 - 8
Much like her last album… track 2 is perfectly placed. It’s a solid rocker. Well written & solid production here.
Seventeen Days - 7
It’s been so long since I listened to this album - I’m pretty sure it was last back in 2005. But I do remember this one standing out, as I feel like the “edgy alt-rock girl” vibe of this really fit Lindsay’s voice well.
niccolo - 7
The big Kelly Clarkson single that never was.
iheartpoptarts - 5
That chorus is a LOT.
DJHazey - 5
Well it definitely fell into a black hole compared to the song before it.
orbison - 3
Yeah... not my kink.
Fun Fact™: Clive Davis tried to get Kelly Clarkson to put "Black Hole" on her 'My December' album, because he felt that she had too many "dark" songs, and this would be more radio-friendly.
Also, the fact that Lindsay's dumpster-fire rendition of "Edge of Seventeen" is still in the running is... a choice.
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Deleted member 5343
Black Hole was really doing the rounds, huh? I had heard about the Kelly Clarkson thing. I'm not sure it would have been any more radio-friendly than the material on My December though?
You make me feel like I'm desperate...
I'm not desperate...
27
Little Miss Obsessive
7.795
(4th out of 14 from Bittersweet World)
Highest: 11 (@Sprockrooster)
10 x 8 (@nebojsa, @Music Is Life, @playboy69, @RUNAWAY,
@soratami, @spillett, @unnameable, @Untouchable Ace)
Lowest: 2 (@Seventeen Days), 3 (@CasuallyCrazed, @iheartpoptarts)
I'm not desperate...
27
Little Miss Obsessive
7.795
(4th out of 14 from Bittersweet World)
Highest: 11 (@Sprockrooster)
10 x 8 (@nebojsa, @Music Is Life, @playboy69, @RUNAWAY,
@soratami, @spillett, @unnameable, @Untouchable Ace)
Lowest: 2 (@Seventeen Days), 3 (@CasuallyCrazed, @iheartpoptarts)
Sprockrooster - 11
Anyone that followed the poprock rate of the zeroes shouldn't be surprised this snatched my 11. And it snatched with a lot of ease also despite the high level of this rate. My God that intro guitar is already winner, but when Ashlee comes in with 'Am I the reason you tossed and turned last night' I am send to heaven. This track is such a triumph. I can be such a doubter before going to sleep at decisions I made earlier that day. Whether they were good decisions or not. Especially if things didn't turn the way I wanted. I am having so many regrets and I am getting more obsessed. There is no other track I know that manages to capsule that feeling so effortlessly. Combine it with the dramatic singing approach from both Simpson and Higginson I am bound to love this song forever and always. It is literally in my top 3 of all-time most played songs (started tracking in 2006) on LAST FM and I would definitely class it in my top 10 of most favourite all-time songs.
spillett - 10
Why wasn't this a global worldwide #1 hit? I actually think the verses here might be my favourite vocal delivery from Ashlee.
Runaway - 10
God this song was gonna be her big comeback and then the video got CANCELLED because she got pregnant and we know what happened next. This song is such a jam.
Music is Life - 10
Catchy, fun, and a little crazy. Perfect.
Untouchable Ace - 10
Their vocals intertwine so well.
unnameable - 10
My angsty anthem.
DJHazey - 9
This overlooked gem. I remember people preaching how it was a favorite and that I kept giving it more chances and it finally clicked. I probably heard the guy providing backing vocals and ran at first, but everything else is way too essential to let a little misandry get in the way of.
niccolo - 7
I’m NOT SURE what to think about this song.
First of all- inviting Tom Higginson because his band had one hit is just a bad idea. Her voice doesn’t need his in that chorus. ALSO- if we are inviting a one-hit-wonder nobody, why don’t we harmonize with him, or make him harmonize with us? He’s literally taking away from the song. It would be an interesting idea to have a call and response; showing the flip side of her admitting that she’s obsessive versus him accusing her of it.
The lyrics are interesting- I remember people having issues with the repetition of “over”, but I quite like the use of the three different meanings of the one word. This song should have been a moment but it never peaks. Maybe it needs a big note going into the last chorus.
pop3blow2 - 7
I mean this song seems like it was supposed to be ‘a big moment’ on this record, but it just misses for me. It’s not awful, but I feel like it’s out of place sonically on this record.
imaduck - 7
I could do with an album of this slightly unmelodic progressive pop-rock.
orbison - 6
I was never into this song. I get why they chose it as a single, because it does sound exactly like the other Ryan Tedder songs that were big at the time, except... it doesn't quite hit the mark.
CasuallyCrazed - 3
I've always hated this auto-piloted one-note-chorus of a half-single for basically derailing the remains of her career. It feels like a record execs idea of what would get her back on AC radio, but its missing the passion of the early days & the adventure of the uptempo Bittersweet World tracks.
iheartpoptarts - 3
Hazey tells me I'd better run because apparently people enjoy this song. And I’m like, are you sure?
Seventeen Days - 2
What the hell? Who thought it would be a good idea to include this overproduced dreck on the album? This track is a freaking mess.
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Deleted member 5343
A 2? Please.
Better start running. And no headstart.
What the hell? Who thought it would be a good idea to include this trolling batch of scores in te rate? This score is a freaking mess.
he/him
Believe me now?
she/her
Well, clearly I'm not the only one who doesn't. I think our host puts it best!
he/him
Yes, but the way you were talking, a #27 placement seemed out of the question, dddd.
she/her
I think it's about right!
Beware when Over goes I have composed a novel for you all to read.
He/Him
I want both of these in the top 10, and I feel like they're probably going to make it so stop trying.
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he/him
I know I have no place because I ran out of time to vote but Little Miss Obsessive should have been top 5!! Ashlee's second best/sometimes best song (I'm waiting for you all to unjustly give Dancing Alone the chop).
Thank you @Sprockrooster for exhibiting taste.
Thank you @Sprockrooster for exhibiting taste.
he/him
Oh I'm bookmarking this for the day you're wrong, ddd.
He/Him
Fine by me, but I won't be wrong.
she/her
I hope you're both about half wrong. 'Over' can stay but 'Rumors' is all kinds of whatever.
It's time to say goodbye to our last surviving extra.
You don't need a high IQ
To succeed in what you do
You just gotta have no doubt
Just believe in yourself
26
Drama Queen (That Girl)
7.820
(1st out of 6 from Lindsay’s Extras)
*Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen soundtrack song*
Highest: 10 x 2 (@Hurricane Drunk, @Music Is Life)
Lowest: 4 (@CasuallyCrazed, @orbison )
You don't need a high IQ
To succeed in what you do
You just gotta have no doubt
Just believe in yourself
26
Drama Queen (That Girl)
7.820
(1st out of 6 from Lindsay’s Extras)
*Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen soundtrack song*
Highest: 10 x 2 (@Hurricane Drunk, @Music Is Life)
Lowest: 4 (@CasuallyCrazed, @orbison )
Music is Life - 10
Iconic song, iconic video, iconic movie. Loved this growing up, love it now. “That was a classic” gif.
pop3blow2 - 9
I mean, I really love this song. It’s one the handful of songs that give me fond memories of Radio Disney in the nougats. They played this ALOT. It’s actually a sold little rock-bop. I adore this movie so much, that I’m sure it probably taints my perspective. Haha!
DJHazey - 9
That chorus is pure fire. This song is like the 'popular girl' and "Teenage Dirtbag" by Girls Aloud is the 'rebellious girl'. (I'm mentally putting them in the same musical spectrum)
imaduck - 9
This is a nostalgabop.
unnameable - 8.5
Lindsay loves the drama and so do we! Love the white-girl rapping.
Sprockrooster - 9
Such an amazing sugarrush!
iheartpoptarts - 7
The song is better than the movie, trust me.
Seventeen Days - 6
Still a cute fun song, but I could have done without the goofy kind-of-rap in the middle 8. I don’t think I’ve seen this movie since it came out.
CasuallyCrazed - 4
I want to love this because the verse lyrics are cute and the sassy spoken-word middle 8 is very Kimberley 'Kink in Your Steel' Walsh. However, that chorus is giving me budget Hilary Duff and once again Lindsay gets completely drowned out by her backing vocalists.
orbison - 4
I'm not into these soundtrack songs at all, but this is one of the most decent ones. It's catchy.
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