Ouch. But expected as people were calling for it. Rooting for Buttons now!
The Pussycat Dolls Discography Rate
- Thread starter LA Hallucinations
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#4
(had to resort to Coverlandia because a lead single deserves so much better than the official cover art)
When I Grow Up
Average: 9.241
Highest: 12 x 10 (@DJHazey, @Alouder98, @evilsin, @ohnostalgia, @Pecans, @tylerc904, @GhettoPrincess, @Terminus, @lemonsqueezyy, @Serg., @Slice of Life, @Robsolete)
Lowest: 1 x 7.5 (@HollyDunnSomething)
It’s time for Doll Domination’s lead single to leave, which means that Don’t Cha has been crowned as the superior lead single. It’s such a fucking banger and what a way to start off an era. It’s very Nicole-y, which was discussed a lot in the comments. It was one of the many tracks for her debut, but after her underperforming solo career, she thought the song would better suit the dolls. It was also their first song without Carmit, but it’s not like any of the others are audibly present ddd. But more on that in the commentary. WHAT A SONG.
Tylerc904 opens the can of worms, ‘The "boobies" debate. The "they're back!" of this release. The iconic video. Such a brilliant tune.’ Slice of Life does not know, ‘Is it "I wanna have boobies" or "I wanna have groupies"? Please let me know. xoxo’, to which Filler answers, ‘Remember when the title was announced and everyone was scared it would be a ballad? This is about as far from a ballad as it is possible for pop to get. What a racket. What a relief. (Addendum: "groupies" doesn't sound anything like "boobies". Why was that ever a thing?)’. GhettoPrincess brings up an interesting topic, ‘Didn’t Nicole record all the backing vocals and then fans were pissed off so they had to re-record it actually using the girls? Iconic. I barely listen to this now but it’s so much fun. I adore the music video too and the dance breakdown is a MOMENT!’ Hmm, I’ve tried looking for any data on that and I can’t seem to find anything? However, the ha ha ha/la la la parts in the video version and in the album version do seem to differ, with the video version sounding like it includes the rest of the girls, which PCDPG talks about, ‘A good pop song but I wished they replaced this with the album version with the other girls’ vocals, like they did with Don’t Cha. The dancebreak is amazing. I do feel like it’s a bit overproduced.’
Remorque shades Nicole, ‘Even though I always bop along, I’m still way too salty… The bitter taste comes from realizing that they weren’t letting the girls shine a little bit more and that it was blatantly obvious that this was a solo Nicole song. Justice for everyone but Whatever Her Name Is…!’ Dddd. Weslicious is also missing the rest of the girls, ‘Fantastic lead. My only gripe is they must have been aware of vocal share critisisms so to not even have Melody OooooOOoooOohh-ing and angrily yelling When I Grow Up over the final chorus is a choice.’ Pecans thinks it would have been good to jumpstart Nicole, ‘Nicole probably could have launched her solo career off of this. When I Grow Up is genuinely amazing; it's definitely one of their best. I'm getting camp from this.’ I agree, but I do think that it fits The Pussycat Dolls better than a solo artist. Maybe it’s because I can’t imagine a world without the video.
Evilsin shows off his Darkchild stan card again, ‘Boys call you sexy (whatsupsexy). This is probably their ultimate bop for me. And you know me, I love me some Darkchild.’ and Epic Chocolat agrees, ‘Another irresistible Darkchild banger.’ Maybe this is your match, evilsin unnie?? Reboot finds it a bit juvenile, ‘Good song. I always thought it sounded a bit too “kiddy” compared to their previous singles, though.’ and Sprockrooster stans for the best part of the song, ‘That beat is not aging well, but that is completed eclipsed by that vocal delivery and heavenly middle-8.’ It truly is. What a middle-8, what a song, what a video.
Tylerc904 opens the can of worms, ‘The "boobies" debate. The "they're back!" of this release. The iconic video. Such a brilliant tune.’ Slice of Life does not know, ‘Is it "I wanna have boobies" or "I wanna have groupies"? Please let me know. xoxo’, to which Filler answers, ‘Remember when the title was announced and everyone was scared it would be a ballad? This is about as far from a ballad as it is possible for pop to get. What a racket. What a relief. (Addendum: "groupies" doesn't sound anything like "boobies". Why was that ever a thing?)’. GhettoPrincess brings up an interesting topic, ‘Didn’t Nicole record all the backing vocals and then fans were pissed off so they had to re-record it actually using the girls? Iconic. I barely listen to this now but it’s so much fun. I adore the music video too and the dance breakdown is a MOMENT!’ Hmm, I’ve tried looking for any data on that and I can’t seem to find anything? However, the ha ha ha/la la la parts in the video version and in the album version do seem to differ, with the video version sounding like it includes the rest of the girls, which PCDPG talks about, ‘A good pop song but I wished they replaced this with the album version with the other girls’ vocals, like they did with Don’t Cha. The dancebreak is amazing. I do feel like it’s a bit overproduced.’
Remorque shades Nicole, ‘Even though I always bop along, I’m still way too salty… The bitter taste comes from realizing that they weren’t letting the girls shine a little bit more and that it was blatantly obvious that this was a solo Nicole song. Justice for everyone but Whatever Her Name Is…!’ Dddd. Weslicious is also missing the rest of the girls, ‘Fantastic lead. My only gripe is they must have been aware of vocal share critisisms so to not even have Melody OooooOOoooOohh-ing and angrily yelling When I Grow Up over the final chorus is a choice.’ Pecans thinks it would have been good to jumpstart Nicole, ‘Nicole probably could have launched her solo career off of this. When I Grow Up is genuinely amazing; it's definitely one of their best. I'm getting camp from this.’ I agree, but I do think that it fits The Pussycat Dolls better than a solo artist. Maybe it’s because I can’t imagine a world without the video.
Evilsin shows off his Darkchild stan card again, ‘Boys call you sexy (whatsupsexy). This is probably their ultimate bop for me. And you know me, I love me some Darkchild.’ and Epic Chocolat agrees, ‘Another irresistible Darkchild banger.’ Maybe this is your match, evilsin unnie?? Reboot finds it a bit juvenile, ‘Good song. I always thought it sounded a bit too “kiddy” compared to their previous singles, though.’ and Sprockrooster stans for the best part of the song, ‘That beat is not aging well, but that is completed eclipsed by that vocal delivery and heavenly middle-8.’ It truly is. What a middle-8, what a song, what a video.
TOP 3
DON'T CHA
BUTTONS
I HATE THIS PART
The finale. Tomorrow.
DON'T CHA
BUTTONS
I HATE THIS PART
The finale. Tomorrow.
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Don't Cha wish that track would be el-im-inated? Don't chaaaaaaa.
MollieSwift21
Staff member
I have an 8, 10, and 11 left so overall this rate has been good.
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Deleted member 22682
Nooooo, not I Don't Need A Man getting the chop. Team Don't Cha.
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Deleted member 3416
I think it's a bit obvious what songs my scores are for but I have a 6, 10 and 11 left.
Not sorry at all.
Being the low scorer.
Mr.Arroz
Staff member
he/him/his
It started with this
When the promo CD came out everyone noticed that all vocals...were by Nicole. Obviously this wouldn't fly since they were so obviously her backing vocals that they had the girls record for the video version:
And then the mixing was off when the mics were on here
kii
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MollieSwift21
Staff member
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I forgot Nicole was producing the background vocals. What a legend. Probably tried to drown them out as much as possible. I do find it weird how there was a backlash about the lead single having no one but Nicole on it then they released Doll Domination which was basically just Nicole for the majority of it and had a few unreleased solo tracks from her cancelled album. I guess it would've cost too much to re-record it all.
Mr.Arroz
Staff member
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Awwww, thanks! I lowkey used to run a pretty casual fan blog during college so that's how I remember so much!
I'm screaming I just opened the mediafire account that I used for the blog for the first time in 5 years and all the media is still there dddddddd
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