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Special "Glee Against The Music" edition of Yet Another Year In America, though in good and unrelated news, Far East Movement's "Like A G6" rises to number 2.

( Glee Cast )

I coin a new term in this comment thread on Tom's Tumblr: "I was sick and tired of the way soul ballads had been dismissed as romantic escapist drivel."*

*Warning: some might find my comment unintelligible.

If you want to join in there or here, I'm in an interesting convo with someone named Petra over on a comment thread on one of Tom's Tumblrs in regard to how or even whether angry songs by women are perceived (convo inspired by an incompetent and incoherent Jude Rogers trend piece in the Guardian).

Let's take a look over at Britain, for a second. Says our pal Wikipedia, "Chipmunk also makes a reference to The Saturdays in ['Oopsy Daisy'] with the line 'And now I feel like The Saturdays are all week, cos me and my heart got crazy issues'. The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 11 October 2009, coincidentally beating The ( Read more... )

Made a couple comments on Dave's tumblr in regard to a post by abbyjean.

( What's left to sell? )

"Blame" rises, "Climb" falls, and some radio stations are willing to !$@# "Amy," presumably in modified form.

( Rascal Flatts )

New Britney jumps into the top five, surprise ( Read more... )

Britney jumps to number one, Carrie and Abel make the long trek to the Top 40, and Akon and Weezy finally have a week where no one invites them in as guests, so they invite each other.

( Britney Spears )

Stream of new Britney track, "Womanizer."

(I'd say it's like a lower-tier Blackout track, an "Ooh Ooh Baby" that's poppier and stronger but not necessarily better. But that still makes it good.)

EDIT: For some reason when you go to the link you have to click on one of the stations, and that'll take you to the track link. See if this gets you ( Read more... )