Top Singles, First Quarter 2010
Here are my top singles for the first quarter of 2010; I ought to have twice as many but I keep getting distracted by the Pop World Cup.*
1. Ke$ha ft. 3OH!3 "Blah Blah Blah"
2. Lloyd "Night & Day" [if it ever gets released]
3. Selena Gomez & the Scene "Naturally"
4. I Blåme Coco ft. Robyn "Caesar"
5. Martina McBride "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"
6. Wiley ft. Emili Sandé "Never Be Your Woman"
7. Dizzee Rascal & Florence + The Machine "You Got The Dirtee Love"
8. Didi Benami "Play With Fire"
9. Sade "Soldier Of Love"
10. Trace Adkins "Ala-Freakin-Bama"
11. Lil Wayne "Drop The World"
12. Wiley & Chew Fu "Take That"
13. Tinie Tempah "Pass Out"
In album news, I think I've listened to three new albums this year; in order of preference they are: Ke$ha Animal, Heidi Montag Superficial, Katharine McPhee Unbroken. McPhee always sings with smarts and technical capacity but connects to the material even less this time than last. I can't figure out what goes wrong with her; have the same problem with Christina Aguilera, but Kat disengages me even more.
Although Heidi Montag is probably delusional in believing she can sing, she is resolute in her love for '80s dance music, which is my favorite decade for dance; often enough she brushes up against a beat or texture in a way that produces feeling, somehow.
Can't say that Ke$ha's voice is much better than ordinary either; "Blah Blah Blah" is a cyclone ride of bounce and beauty but nothing else she's done touches it; overall her album is a flabbergasting combination of crassness and loveliness. She's got a 67% success rate, which is far more than I would have predicted given that I'd fundamentally hated her until one month ago.
*I recommend Portugal versus North Korea in one of the bangingest World Cup matches since El Salvador went against Honduras in the 1969 qualifiers.
1. Ke$ha ft. 3OH!3 "Blah Blah Blah"
2. Lloyd "Night & Day" [if it ever gets released]
3. Selena Gomez & the Scene "Naturally"
4. I Blåme Coco ft. Robyn "Caesar"
5. Martina McBride "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"
6. Wiley ft. Emili Sandé "Never Be Your Woman"
7. Dizzee Rascal & Florence + The Machine "You Got The Dirtee Love"
8. Didi Benami "Play With Fire"
9. Sade "Soldier Of Love"
10. Trace Adkins "Ala-Freakin-Bama"
11. Lil Wayne "Drop The World"
12. Wiley & Chew Fu "Take That"
13. Tinie Tempah "Pass Out"
In album news, I think I've listened to three new albums this year; in order of preference they are: Ke$ha Animal, Heidi Montag Superficial, Katharine McPhee Unbroken. McPhee always sings with smarts and technical capacity but connects to the material even less this time than last. I can't figure out what goes wrong with her; have the same problem with Christina Aguilera, but Kat disengages me even more.
Although Heidi Montag is probably delusional in believing she can sing, she is resolute in her love for '80s dance music, which is my favorite decade for dance; often enough she brushes up against a beat or texture in a way that produces feeling, somehow.
Can't say that Ke$ha's voice is much better than ordinary either; "Blah Blah Blah" is a cyclone ride of bounce and beauty but nothing else she's done touches it; overall her album is a flabbergasting combination of crassness and loveliness. She's got a 67% success rate, which is far more than I would have predicted given that I'd fundamentally hated her until one month ago.
*I recommend Portugal versus North Korea in one of the bangingest World Cup matches since El Salvador went against Honduras in the 1969 qualifiers.