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tabular_rasa

Top 100 Songs of 2012

Feb 02, 2013 15:04

So finally I'm getting up my annual Top 100 Pop Songs list! I don't know if anybody waits with baited breath for these or anything, but I enjoy doing them as a sort of for-posterity thing.

Anyway, after two years of nonstop In Da Club Dancing Until The World Ends hyper-sampled party hits, I thought the music of 2012 was really refreshing. With my ( Read more... )

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tabular_rasa February 3 2013, 01:06:10 UTC

It might be easier if I just went through these lists and picked my top songs of the year-- easier for me, and easier for anyone who trusts my taste in pop music. But I do like bitching about the songs I hate so much, too :P

just_you_wait February 3 2013, 00:57:30 UTC

If you wait with baited breath, you might smell kinda fishy.

tabular_rasa February 3 2013, 01:04:54 UTC

Huh, I honestly never noticed it wasn't "baited" until now; "baited" always made sense to me, like your taste for the bait was what made you wait so devotedly. Learn something new everything day.

_toni February 3 2013, 03:50:32 UTC

Oh my goodness, I had no idea Cher Lloyd had invaded US ears as well. Britain is sorry :(

tabular_rasa February 3 2013, 06:48:08 UTC

Ha! Well we've given Ke$ha to the world so I suppose it all balances out (:

howeverbrief February 3 2013, 06:09:40 UTC

I still love Gangnam style too. I saw a pistachio display with Psy on it that said "Crack 'em gangnam style" in the grocery store yesterday and laughed my ass off.

tabular_rasa February 3 2013, 06:49:08 UTC

LOL! I wonder how people in Gangnam crack their pistachios-- in a special conspicuously consumptive way?

cactus_rs February 3 2013, 17:37:13 UTC

I like these posts! I only listen to NPR, my mp3 player, or one of the three classic rock stations in the area (not to mention that for 2012 I was not even in the country), so it's interesting to see all these songs and artists I don't know.

Everybody’s watching and hoping you’ll fall on your face? Really?

I know I am! It's awful but I wish T Swift would go away. I am so tired of her. Which I feel shitty saying because ~feminism~ or whatever, but it's the truth.

Working at the cave more often than not I am a captive audience for a Mom station. They are the worst fucking thing on the airwaves. Every time I go to a store or waiting room that has a Mom station on my heart goes out to all the employees because I KNOW THEIR PAIN.

But I fucking love Gangnam Style. I love the song, I love the video, I love the dance, I love the dance craze. No, I’m not tired of it yet.

Never tired of Gangnam Style. Never. I'm so glad I was in Korea for that.

56 Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side

tabular_rasa February 4 2013, 20:45:48 UTC

Yea! I'm glad you like them.

I know I am! It's awful but I wish T Swift would go away. I am so tired of her. Which I feel shitty saying because ~feminism~ or whatever, but it's the truth.Ha! Well, I don’t think it’s un-feminist to dislike someone for objective non-gender reasons. Presumably you don’t hate her because she’s female, you hate her because you don’t like her music or what she stands for ( ... )

cactus_rs February 5 2013, 00:55:51 UTC

Yeah, I really don't like that her whole ~thing~ is "whiny songs about my relationships with men." Like, sometimes a good relationship ends, or your man cheats on you, or whatever, and you totally have the right to OWN those feelings, but when they're the only ones you choose to express creatively it's a little ehhhhhh. Granted, I don't own any of her albums; there may be perfectly good, not-about-a-man songs that don't get released as singles that I don't know about. In fact, I ASSUME there are, because comparing the hits of other female singers I like (Janis Joplin, Lady Gaga) to the stuff on albums that never hits the airwaves, it's astounding what gets left out. I hope there are, anyway ( ... )