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You are released - The Agnes Discography Rate (Finished)
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Well, you've identified the best song on it, so at least we can agree on that much!
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londonrain
Staff member
What is that you are pointing at me?
It’s interesting but a little scary
Is that thing loaded?
Queen of directness.
This descriptor.
What is that you are pointing at me?
It’s interesting but a little scary
Is that thing loaded?
Queen of directness.
I've... realised that now. The pun was not intended.
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Agnes found reading the GAY thread.
Don't Pull Your Love Out is surely another phallic reference?
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Welcome to the Results portion of the Agnes Carlsson Discography Rate.
While I had merely hoped to be a supportive co-host for @Empty Shoebox, never did I imagine that I’d have the honor, the privilege, the good fortune to be entrusted with the unveiling of the first song to leave the rate.
All I Want For Christmas Is You (med Måns Zelmerlöw)
Average: 3.896
High scores: 8 x 3 (@Charley, @iheartpoptarts, @Sprockrooster)
Low scores: 0 x 3 (@Empty Shoebox, @Robsolete, @Untouchable Ace)
Chart Positions: #3 Sverigetopplistan
As someone who loves the festive season (and loves Måns Zelmerlöw possibly even more), this should be right up my alley. And yet… it’s not.
Almost a quarter-century ago, “AIWFCIY” sprang to life after reportedly 15 minutes of songwriting by Mariah Carey and her co-writer Walter Afanasieff, who first worked together on her 1990 single “Love Takes Time.” With this song, they were hoping to capture the oeuvre of the Phil Spector/Wall of Sound-era Christmas songs by artists like Darlene Love and the Ronettes.
Despite its popularity, Billboard magazine policies prevented the charts from accurately reflecting it (first because it had not been released as a single, then later because it was a recurrent single and not permitted to chart again). However, once the rules changed to allow any song from any point in time to chart on the Hot 100, “AIWFCIY” became a seasonal force. In fact, in January 2019, it reached a new peak position of #3, marking only the second time that a holiday single had reached the top 3 of the singles chart—the only other time being “The Chipmunk Song” by David Seville & The Chipmunks IN 1958. Needless to say, most songs do not reach new peak positions after two decades. With that kind of longevity, it should come as no surprise that it is reportedly on the list of the top 10 selling singles of all time.
But... in the 24+ years since the song was initially released, approximately 24 million cover versions have been made. And this is where the Grinch in me starts to emerge. I have no need for a cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” I already have Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Why would I ever need any other version? (I especially don’t need one with Justin Bieber...)
Nevertheless, in 2007, Our Agnes joined forces with her Idol counterpart Måns Zelmerlöw (she won, he came 5th, nbd) for a special rendition of the song, along with a promotional video, to celebrate the Swedish clothing store MQ’s holiday sale.
Here are some of the highlights from an Expressen webchat with Agnes and Måns held in honor of the campaign:
Måns’ girlfriend didn’t mind that he kissed Agnes in the video. “She knows that a stage-kiss is not the same as a regular kiss.”
Agnes prefers a quiet evening in than a night out on the town. “When you have worked a lot, it is best to stay home with friends.”
Måns’ favorite Christmas song is Triad’s “Tänd ett ljus” and he prefers ketchup to mustard.
Agnes revealed she is 1.64m tall and that her favorite song to sing on Idol was “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.”
Fascinating!!!!
I gave the song a 2 -- one point for each of the artists and that’s about it. @danmharrow (2) agrees with me a bitsy: “This is a song that doesn’t really need to be covered, 99% of the time.” One of our lowest scorers, @Untouchable Ace (0), is also annoyed: “I have been punished by this song far too many times and by Mariah so it’s the easiest zero ever for the dirge that won’t die.”
Most of our voters fell somewhere in the middle. @berserkboi (7.1) is skeptical: “Nice? But Mariah’s is much livelier and thus better?” @abael (4) points out that the Lambily has recently been through the ringer on Popjustice: “A Christmas song cover remade into a duet! Having just finished the Mariah Carey rate makes this even rougher.”
@DJHazey (5) sets the stage for me to tell another no1curr story: “Oh this is that Måns guy I always see all the Eurovision fans losing their minds over (probably not for the music alone ddd). Anyways, this Christmas song has never really been a major favorite, probably because I have heard it one too many times. So this is as good as the score is going to get.” (A couple of years ago, I had to bring my laptop to the Genius Bar because it decided to brick during an update. In what might be one of my lowest moments, I had to suggest to the very nice gentleman at the Apple Store that they might not want to work on my computer in full view of the customers, in case it suddenly sprang back to life and displayed my background, which was a photo of a guy parodying the “Wrecking Ball” video. Of course, that guy was MZW.)
Anyway... let’s cleanse our palates with two of our top scorers, both of whom felt that “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was worthy of 8 points. @iheartpoptarts: “This song is perfect and very difficult not to throw points at no matter what they’ve done to it.” And @Sprockrooster calls attention to the less-than-festive nature of our rate: “Not entirely sure if this works as a duet and not sure why in this title Christmas is blurred out. Let me do some shameless plugging. Christmas rate coming October on this pink rate heaven, hosted by me!”
While I had merely hoped to be a supportive co-host for @Empty Shoebox, never did I imagine that I’d have the honor, the privilege, the good fortune to be entrusted with the unveiling of the first song to leave the rate.
All I Want For Christmas Is You (med Måns Zelmerlöw)
Average: 3.896
High scores: 8 x 3 (@Charley, @iheartpoptarts, @Sprockrooster)
Low scores: 0 x 3 (@Empty Shoebox, @Robsolete, @Untouchable Ace)
Chart Positions: #3 Sverigetopplistan
As someone who loves the festive season (and loves Måns Zelmerlöw possibly even more), this should be right up my alley. And yet… it’s not.
Almost a quarter-century ago, “AIWFCIY” sprang to life after reportedly 15 minutes of songwriting by Mariah Carey and her co-writer Walter Afanasieff, who first worked together on her 1990 single “Love Takes Time.” With this song, they were hoping to capture the oeuvre of the Phil Spector/Wall of Sound-era Christmas songs by artists like Darlene Love and the Ronettes.
Despite its popularity, Billboard magazine policies prevented the charts from accurately reflecting it (first because it had not been released as a single, then later because it was a recurrent single and not permitted to chart again). However, once the rules changed to allow any song from any point in time to chart on the Hot 100, “AIWFCIY” became a seasonal force. In fact, in January 2019, it reached a new peak position of #3, marking only the second time that a holiday single had reached the top 3 of the singles chart—the only other time being “The Chipmunk Song” by David Seville & The Chipmunks IN 1958. Needless to say, most songs do not reach new peak positions after two decades. With that kind of longevity, it should come as no surprise that it is reportedly on the list of the top 10 selling singles of all time.
But... in the 24+ years since the song was initially released, approximately 24 million cover versions have been made. And this is where the Grinch in me starts to emerge. I have no need for a cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” I already have Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Why would I ever need any other version? (I especially don’t need one with Justin Bieber...)
Nevertheless, in 2007, Our Agnes joined forces with her Idol counterpart Måns Zelmerlöw (she won, he came 5th, nbd) for a special rendition of the song, along with a promotional video, to celebrate the Swedish clothing store MQ’s holiday sale.
Here are some of the highlights from an Expressen webchat with Agnes and Måns held in honor of the campaign:
Måns’ girlfriend didn’t mind that he kissed Agnes in the video. “She knows that a stage-kiss is not the same as a regular kiss.”
Agnes prefers a quiet evening in than a night out on the town. “When you have worked a lot, it is best to stay home with friends.”
Måns’ favorite Christmas song is Triad’s “Tänd ett ljus” and he prefers ketchup to mustard.
Agnes revealed she is 1.64m tall and that her favorite song to sing on Idol was “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.”
Fascinating!!!!
I gave the song a 2 -- one point for each of the artists and that’s about it. @danmharrow (2) agrees with me a bitsy: “This is a song that doesn’t really need to be covered, 99% of the time.” One of our lowest scorers, @Untouchable Ace (0), is also annoyed: “I have been punished by this song far too many times and by Mariah so it’s the easiest zero ever for the dirge that won’t die.”
Most of our voters fell somewhere in the middle. @berserkboi (7.1) is skeptical: “Nice? But Mariah’s is much livelier and thus better?” @abael (4) points out that the Lambily has recently been through the ringer on Popjustice: “A Christmas song cover remade into a duet! Having just finished the Mariah Carey rate makes this even rougher.”
@DJHazey (5) sets the stage for me to tell another no1curr story: “Oh this is that Måns guy I always see all the Eurovision fans losing their minds over (probably not for the music alone ddd). Anyways, this Christmas song has never really been a major favorite, probably because I have heard it one too many times. So this is as good as the score is going to get.” (A couple of years ago, I had to bring my laptop to the Genius Bar because it decided to brick during an update. In what might be one of my lowest moments, I had to suggest to the very nice gentleman at the Apple Store that they might not want to work on my computer in full view of the customers, in case it suddenly sprang back to life and displayed my background, which was a photo of a guy parodying the “Wrecking Ball” video. Of course, that guy was MZW.)
Anyway... let’s cleanse our palates with two of our top scorers, both of whom felt that “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was worthy of 8 points. @iheartpoptarts: “This song is perfect and very difficult not to throw points at no matter what they’ve done to it.” And @Sprockrooster calls attention to the less-than-festive nature of our rate: “Not entirely sure if this works as a duet and not sure why in this title Christmas is blurred out. Let me do some shameless plugging. Christmas rate coming October on this pink rate heaven, hosted by me!”
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I didn't think that would flop quite so hard! I mean, those melodies are still there, and it's got Mans in it.
This is a good story.
This is a good story.
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If it had been up to me, the other customers in the store would have considered themselves lucky to have their eyes blessed to witness such glorious sights.
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Spoiler: this morning at 08:00 it wasn't last.
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Oh it was just a photo from that event where he came in like a wrecking ball. (Thereby confirming your assertion that there are people who lose their minds over him not just about the music.)
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I figured that. So I'm assuming this is some kind of semi-nude/nude photo.
Oh well. Not entirely unexpected.
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If anyone wanted commentary from me on this, it would be somewhere along the lines of:
C*****mas?
C*****mas?
londonrain
Staff member
I don’t hate this, but it’s highly unnecessary. I love the original and genuinely don’t need anyone - not even Agnes and Måns, who have produced plenty of 10/10 songs - to ever cover it. I just barely accept the Samantha Mumba cover and that’s it.
Every time I see you write it censored, I read it as “Cuntmas” in my head, which is... presumably your intention?If anyone wanted commentary from me on this, it would be somewhere along the lines of:
C*****mas?
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Didn't we have a whole PJSC full of half naked Mans pictures or did that only happen in my head?