Agree with me or not (or feel guilty about it or not), but I think the latest single by The Veronicas is actually sorta kinda addicting. And while I’m not ashamed to admit that I like the catchy string loop, the dance beat, or the Kelly Clarkson stylized delivery I still possess too much pride to actually research this track, post about the entire album, or generally admit anything other than I listened to the radio this past weekend, heard this track, and thought I should post it.
mp3 : The Veronicas - Untouched
Enjoy it or don’t. It’s your call. No one will think less of you. (Ok, I can’t promise that last bit).
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So I was debating in my head which artist to chose for the final installment in Confessions Week. There were quite a few of songs/artists I could have chosen from, but my mind was made up last night as I surfed back and forth between Conan and Ferguson. Honestly, Pink’s performance on Conan last night was worth staying up until 1:30 in the morning. It was that good. Now for those of you who are just showing up to these posts here on TWF let me explain a bit. Normally I post about music that I really love and artists that I support. While that is true of every post I write here on TWF it does seem that most artists I choose to write about could fit into a small subset of music. With Confessions Week I was aiming to finally admit that I listen to other music, yes even top 40 music, in an effort to show that good music can be found in almost every genre {except country}. If you’d like to read all my confessions click here. Next week I’ll be returning to my regularly scheduled broadcast.
mp3 : Pink - So What
Pink has a brand new attitude, she’s still entirely hot {minus the face piercings, I mean seriously, is it still 1998?}, she’s newly single, and she might be making the best music of her career. I must admit, I’ve listened to this single, off her new album Funhouse (amazon) (itunes), at least three times in a row and I’m not sick of it. I actually enjoy it quite a bit. Does it remind anyone else of Kelly Clarkson’s Since U Been Gone. Oh no, I’ve said too much. Happy Halloween.
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Wow, so just the title of this post and the picture already have me regretting starting this week. Goodbye loyal fans, goodbye rss subscribers, goodbye page views and advertisements, hello integrity. I said it five years ago, and today I’ll say it again. Of Hilary’s particular generation of lady cross over kinda stars she has the most potential for great things. Yes I was young when I said it the first time. Yes I was probably stupid and impressionable, but compared to Lohan, Spears, Aguilera, Lavigne and company, Ms. Duff, in my mind, has the most potential {still} of doing something truly great.
mp3 : Hilary Duff - Come Clean
I honestly don’t know why I used to like this song. Maybe it was the sweet music video? Maybe it was the fact that in 2003 when Metamorphosis (amazon) (itunes) was released I was still learning what I wanted in a good song? I’m not sure, but I’ve finally come out and come clean about Hilary Duff. I still think she shows a lot of potential, well, at least more than those she could be easily compared to.
I promised this series is almost over. In fact this might be the last post as I’m travelling over the weekend. Don’t fret, next week {or sooner} regular and awesome posts will resume. Most notably with something about Snow Patrol’s brilliant new album.
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I’ll be honest, I’m not your typical white kid from the suburbs. And by that I do mean I don’t listen to copious amounts of hip hop, rap, and r&b. Now don’t get me wrong, while I was in university I definitely went through a phase where I couldn’t get enough of BET and everything surrounding the east coast vs west coast rap drama/comedy. At some point during my undergrad days I just stopped listening to everything with a clever rhyme. Now don’t read too much into what I’m saying here. I still love the occaisional album by Nas, Clef, or The Streets, but I’m done digesting everything on that scene.
All those words aside I actually do like Chris Brown’s latest single {and not just because I caught him showing Tyra some dance moves, oh snap!}. I’m even overlooking the fact that this track was recently coopted as a Double Mint Gum jingle and appears regularly on the top 40 show Ryan Seacrest hosts.
mp3 : Chris Brown - Forever
Let’s look back at this one post and count up all the confessions I made. You should be proud, young reader, that you’ve stumbled upon a blogger who, for at least one week of confessions, possesses this much integrity. Here’s a quick list. 1: I used to love watching BET. 2: I’m a white kid from the suburbs. 3: I’ve occaisionally been caught watching Tyra. 4: Sometimes I listen to top 40 radio, even when it’s Ryan Seacrest doing the voiceovers. 5. I do, in fact, enjoy this track by Chris Brown.
Now for those of you wondering out there, and I know almost all of you are, this track from Mr. Brown appears on a special edition reissue of his album Exclusive. The new reissue is called Exclusive : The Forever Edition (amazon) (itunes) and this track pops off as track number seventeen. Just to be absolutely clear Chris Brown has about eleven versions of this album currently in worldwide circulation, but the reissued ‘forever edition’ is the only one that has this track.
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For pretty much his entire career I’ve been a big not fan of Jason Mraz. His music, especially his lyrics, have always come across to me as false, boring, or just plain vanilla. Give me something new Jason, give me something I don’t mind admitting to my friends that I kinda, sorta, in a backwards way like to hear on the radio. It’s not so much to ask for. Maybe what I really wanted {or still want} was for Mr. Mraz to man up a bit and not sound so much like a lovestruck junior high drop out. But that’s just me.
My confession today is that there is a song by Jason Mraz that I must admit I really like. This track hails from Jason’s latest disc We Sing, We Laugh, We Steal Things (amazon) (itunes) and I can say in all honesty that I genuinely like listening to this song.
mp3 : Jason Mraz - I’m Yours
I’m thoroughly convinced that I have a crush on this song due to the fact that it sounds exactly like something Jack Johnson would lay down. In my opinion aping Jack would be a good route to go if my name was Jason Mraz. Oh, one other thing, his website is mildly amusing. Check it out {and make sure you have sound turned on}.
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Here on The World Forgot, in an effort to stay ever pithy and, as the youngsters call it, ‘hip’ I sometimes in an oblique way allude to the idea that I don’t like certain artists. In the past such artists have included John Mayer, Rihanna, and more recently Katy Perry. And while in a general sense my objections to Katy Perry still hold true I must confess that her latest single has caught my ear on more than one occasion. I could have kept this information to myself and only listened to Hot n’ Cold with headphones on, pretending all along I was nodding my head to new tracks by The Killers or some sweet Radiohead bootlegs, but at some point the lies would have caught up with me. And a liar is just not the type of blogger that I want to be.
mp3 : Katy Perry - Hot n’ Cold
This track hails from Katy’s album One of the Boys (amazon) (itunes) none of which I can really recommend beyond this single. Sorry Katy, but if I’m attempting to come clean about my affection for Hot n’ Cold I need to have integrity in not endorsing the rest of your work.
Random questions. Are there some photos out there that make you double check the internet to reassure yourself that Katy Perry is in no way related to Zooey Deschanel? Does this track remind anyone else of Cher’s late nineties track Believe? Does anyone else now need to admit they liked the track Believe as well?
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