Top 5/Bottom 5 singles/tracks of 2004
Jan 7, 2005 3:35:36 GMT -5
Post by freeek04 on Jan 7, 2005 3:35:36 GMT -5
TOP 5
1. Beverley Knight - Come As You Are
If you don't have this track, get it. Best fusion of rock and pure belting R&B i've heard since Tina Turner. Beverley goes for gold and scores this round.
2. Holly Valance - State Of Mind
Ok, this came out late in 2003, but it still managed to hold my attention the entire year. I still have this song on loop from time to time. Awesome song by a much maligned singer/songwriter. Get this if you like "What You Waiting For" by Gwen Stefani.
3. Christina Milian - Dip It Low
Masterful record. Shame it was so easily bested by crap like Ciara's "Goodies". This track has a tune and good lyrics and it's catchy. Imagine that. Great track, undermined success.
4. Ashanti - Only U
Crap lyrics are what keep this song off the top. The wicked blaring guitar hook (that really evokes mystery and a touch of gloom. Totally sets a great mood and is very distinctive) really makes this song great. What kills it is Ashanti's fusing it with lyrics that are about as deep as a nearly-evaporated puddle. Only U can make me feel and only u can take me there. Wow, I could've written that at the age of two. At least this song has no "baby" in it
;)
5. K-OS - Crabbuckit
Wow. Fuse jazz and hip-hop and get this. Awesome. No need for further explanation.
Bottom 5
5. Usher - Yeah!
Ok, maybe i'm just missing the point on this one, but this seems to me to just be a tuneless version of No Doubt's "Hella Good" with no bassline or beat.
Kudos to whoever came up with the keyboard hook though, it stands out far more than anything else on this record. Still haven't figured out how one can dance to this other than Usher's choreography. So much for a dance track.
4. Juvenile - Slo Motion
One of those songs that you hate but have trapped in your head forever and ever and ever and ever just because the chorus is so ridiculously simple and dumb. I guess that's the genius of it, but if people complain about Eric Prydz's "Call On Me" being repetitive, I can't see how this is any better.
3. Snow Patrol - Chocolate
Pretentious, boring, and limp. Worst Brit-Rock act of the year if not the decade. Stop ripping off Coldplay and lay off the sleeping pills.
2. Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me
First, let's have an english lesson
Pieces is pronounced 'pee-says'. If you say it 'pee-suz' once more, expect knives to be thrown at your head. Other than that, this song isn't that awful, but I hate knowing that 3 months before this song came out, Ashlee Simpson was a blonde valley girl who most likely talked s*** about Avril Lavigne with her friends while driving down the street in her parents' Mercedes. Suddenly, look! She's Avril-lite? Give me a break.
1. Ciara - Goodies
If R&B gets any more boring than this they might as well start putting four minutes of "soulful pot banging" on high rotation on the radio. At least that'll keep our attention. No hook, no tune, no sensical lyrics, no beat, no bassline, NOTHING. Can I even call this a SONG?
Thankfully, Ciara got better and put out "1,2 Step". Sadly, this means I cannot knock her as an artist because she actually can dance if her video has actual music in it.
Say what you want. That's my opinion and i'm sticking to it.
1. Beverley Knight - Come As You Are
If you don't have this track, get it. Best fusion of rock and pure belting R&B i've heard since Tina Turner. Beverley goes for gold and scores this round.
2. Holly Valance - State Of Mind
Ok, this came out late in 2003, but it still managed to hold my attention the entire year. I still have this song on loop from time to time. Awesome song by a much maligned singer/songwriter. Get this if you like "What You Waiting For" by Gwen Stefani.
3. Christina Milian - Dip It Low
Masterful record. Shame it was so easily bested by crap like Ciara's "Goodies". This track has a tune and good lyrics and it's catchy. Imagine that. Great track, undermined success.
4. Ashanti - Only U
Crap lyrics are what keep this song off the top. The wicked blaring guitar hook (that really evokes mystery and a touch of gloom. Totally sets a great mood and is very distinctive) really makes this song great. What kills it is Ashanti's fusing it with lyrics that are about as deep as a nearly-evaporated puddle. Only U can make me feel and only u can take me there. Wow, I could've written that at the age of two. At least this song has no "baby" in it
;)5. K-OS - Crabbuckit
Wow. Fuse jazz and hip-hop and get this. Awesome. No need for further explanation.
Bottom 5
5. Usher - Yeah!
Ok, maybe i'm just missing the point on this one, but this seems to me to just be a tuneless version of No Doubt's "Hella Good" with no bassline or beat.
Kudos to whoever came up with the keyboard hook though, it stands out far more than anything else on this record. Still haven't figured out how one can dance to this other than Usher's choreography. So much for a dance track.
4. Juvenile - Slo Motion
One of those songs that you hate but have trapped in your head forever and ever and ever and ever just because the chorus is so ridiculously simple and dumb. I guess that's the genius of it, but if people complain about Eric Prydz's "Call On Me" being repetitive, I can't see how this is any better.
3. Snow Patrol - Chocolate
Pretentious, boring, and limp. Worst Brit-Rock act of the year if not the decade. Stop ripping off Coldplay and lay off the sleeping pills.
2. Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me
First, let's have an english lesson
Pieces is pronounced 'pee-says'. If you say it 'pee-suz' once more, expect knives to be thrown at your head. Other than that, this song isn't that awful, but I hate knowing that 3 months before this song came out, Ashlee Simpson was a blonde valley girl who most likely talked s*** about Avril Lavigne with her friends while driving down the street in her parents' Mercedes. Suddenly, look! She's Avril-lite? Give me a break.1. Ciara - Goodies
If R&B gets any more boring than this they might as well start putting four minutes of "soulful pot banging" on high rotation on the radio. At least that'll keep our attention. No hook, no tune, no sensical lyrics, no beat, no bassline, NOTHING. Can I even call this a SONG?
Thankfully, Ciara got better and put out "1,2 Step". Sadly, this means I cannot knock her as an artist because she actually can dance if her video has actual music in it.
Say what you want. That's my opinion and i'm sticking to it.
