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Post by degen on Feb 4, 2021 14:43:07 GMT -5
That's ridiculous if The Grammy's didn't nominate the biggest song of the year for anything because their performing at The Super Bowl. It's not like this was a Tik Tok viral hit. It was a commercial and critically acclaimed smash. I don't even care about "BL"'s all that much. I much prefer "In Your Eyes" and possibly "Save Your Tears" even more. However I know it was a good song that was liked by MANY including critics. The Grammy's should have just not let him perform if they were that annoyed with him accepting the Super bowl performance... I never understood why the Grammys would care if he’s performing at the super bowl? They were both airing on the same network so there was no reason for them to get mad. I think that was just a rumor to throw off from the real problem with the Grammys, which is the “secret voting committee” that oversees the nomination process and makes the final decisions.
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Post by atg on Feb 5, 2021 1:30:38 GMT -5
This new album might be his best. I never heard a blend of all his projects put together like this. After Hours could never touch this masterpiece music.apple.com/ca/album/the-highlights/1550875218All jokes aside, literally can’t wait for the performance
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Post by aussie1 on Feb 5, 2021 3:03:14 GMT -5
The Grammy's are corrupt who would of thought.
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Post by aussie1 on Feb 7, 2021 21:21:53 GMT -5
And we're back to #1 on iTunes.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Feb 7, 2021 21:30:53 GMT -5
And we're back to #1 on iTunes. It made a huge jump seeing the #2 was at .66%
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Post by कामसूत्र on Feb 8, 2021 6:02:21 GMT -5
The story how Weeknd became top artist right now is rather amazing. At first his parents were still living in Ethiopia in the beginning of the 80ies. And then he started making this kind of alternative soul music that did not suit even Urban radio. He sounded like total weirdo, in a good way though. Now he is not suited for Urban radio as well, "Blinding Lights" did not reach even top 40 on Urban radio. I guess he does not need Urban radio anyway, so it is their loss rather. But he could have been unknown farmer in Ethiopia right now...
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Post by kcdawg13 on Feb 8, 2021 18:07:44 GMT -5
Everyone is in agreement that Blinding Lights was the best part of the show, at least that's the general consensus from what I've seen/read online.
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Post by Top 40 Tracker on Feb 10, 2021 4:38:48 GMT -5
Blinding Lights is perhaps the first song that I would consider perfect. The song's record chart longevity speaks volumes. First song ever to span three years on the "Drake 100" (Hot 100). The most weeks ever on the Billboard Mainstream chart. The highest ranking song ever so late in a chart run in Mediabase history. The longest lasting song ever to chart on Rock On The Net's Top 40 chart history and ranked #1 song of all time on their site. This is just a few I can think of off the top of my head.
The song sounds like it is from the 80's. It has a tight bass track, mesmerizing synthesizer sounds, a "Take On Me" beat mix, vocals that flow perfectly with the track.
Everytime I hear it play, it's like the first time all over again. It truly is an intoxicating masterpiece of pop music.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 4:52:52 GMT -5
It might be perfect pop song, but so there are thousand others(at least thousand come from the 80ies), in that sense it is mediocre perfect pop song, there is nothing special about it and especially the lyrics are total cliche. It has charted so long, because there are so few perfect pop songs nowadays released and because of how the chart is constructed, and of course these streaming programs.
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Post by Au$tin on Feb 10, 2021 5:15:27 GMT -5
I'm sure the fact that he narrowly avoided being a random Ethiopian farmer also contributed to it being a mediocre perfect pop song.
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Post by कामसूत्र on Feb 10, 2021 5:16:23 GMT -5
It might be perfect pop song, but so there are thousand others(at least thousand come from the 80ies), in that sense it is mediocre perfect pop song, there is nothing special about it and especially the lyrics are total cliche. It has charted so long, because there are so few perfect pop songs nowadays released and because of how the chart is constructed, and of course these streaming programs. IT CAN'T BE MEDIOCRE AND PERFECT AT THE SAME TIME.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 6:35:04 GMT -5
It might be perfect pop song, but so there are thousand others(at least thousand come from the 80ies), in that sense it is mediocre perfect pop song, there is nothing special about it and especially the lyrics are total cliche. It has charted so long, because there are so few perfect pop songs nowadays released and because of how the chart is constructed, and of course these streaming programs. IT CAN'T BE MEDIOCRE AND PERFECT AT THE SAME TIME. Perfect by pop standards, otherwise it is a mediocre song. Like 40 Tracker said "It has a tight bass track, mesmerizing synthesizer sounds, a "Take On Me" beat mix, vocals that flow perfectly with the track", but for me the perfect song is actually "This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush or "Fourth Of July" bu sufjan Stevens, but these never charted on top 40, because these were not commercial enough, even The Weeknd has perfect songs, but not perfect for pop charts. Even his collaboration with Calvin was better than BL for me.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Feb 10, 2021 9:38:52 GMT -5
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Post by Choco on Feb 10, 2021 10:16:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 11:13:15 GMT -5
Even his collaboration with Calvin was better than BL for me. This is just trolling lmao Do you mean trolls of Norway? Jötnar!!!!!!!
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Post by Choco on Feb 10, 2021 11:34:56 GMT -5
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Post by divasummer on Feb 10, 2021 12:21:33 GMT -5
"Blinding Lights" brings me back to my 80's youth a little. (does it sample or have an interpolation through out it, I forget)? Maybe other's around my age feel the same way about it. A lot of my age group is on the fence with new music so it takes them longer to find new songs. I find like music listeners around my age never let a song die so perhaps that's another reason this has lasted so long. Many different age groups can get into it.
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Post by Limited Edition on Feb 10, 2021 14:09:15 GMT -5
IT CAN'T BE MEDIOCRE AND PERFECT AT THE SAME TIME. Perfect by pop standards, otherwise it is a mediocre song. Like 40 Tracker said "It has a tight bass track, mesmerizing synthesizer sounds, a "Take On Me" beat mix, vocals that flow perfectly with the track", but for me the perfect song is actually "This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush or "Fourth Of July" bu sufjan Stevens, but these never charted on top 40, because these were not commercial enough, even The Weeknd has perfect songs, but not perfect for pop charts. Even his collaboration with Calvin was better than BL for me. The snoozefest Over Now was better than Blinding Lights? Lmao
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 14:33:45 GMT -5
Perfect by pop standards, otherwise it is a mediocre song. Like 40 Tracker said "It has a tight bass track, mesmerizing synthesizer sounds, a "Take On Me" beat mix, vocals that flow perfectly with the track", but for me the perfect song is actually "This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush or "Fourth Of July" bu sufjan Stevens, but these never charted on top 40, because these were not commercial enough, even The Weeknd has perfect songs, but not perfect for pop charts. Even his collaboration with Calvin was better than BL for me. The snoozefest Over Now was better than Blinding Lights? Lmao People have different tastes, I especially like Over Now music with video, very cool!
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Post by Hervard on Feb 10, 2021 15:21:17 GMT -5
"Blinding Lights" keeps on breaking its own record. The song has just logged its 60th week on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart! Two songs above it go recurrent this week! (Neither of them were really close, though, as they lost many spins. "Kings And Queens" by Ava Max was 434 points away from the song at #15 and as for "Diamonds" - nowhere near! The song lost 2694 plays and would be out of the Top 20 had it stayed on the chart). "Blinding Lights" loses 183 spins and actually moves up a position due to the two above songs falling faster. This could be the song's last week on, though, as the three songs below it, including The Weeknd's latest song, are coming up pretty fast and could overtake it. But that's cool; 60 is a good round number.
To think that before now, the Top 40 longevity record was somewhere in the 40s! Now it jumps right over the 50-something weeks zone! Amazing, indeed!
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Feb 10, 2021 16:04:17 GMT -5
"Blinding Lights" keeps on breaking its own record. The song has just logged its 60th week on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart! Two songs above it go recurrent this week! (Neither of them were really close, though, as they lost many spins. "Kings And Queens" by Ava Max was 434 points away from the song at #15 and as for "Diamonds" - nowhere near! The song lost 2694 plays and would be out of the Top 20 had it stayed on the chart). "Blinding Lights" loses 183 spins and actually moves up a position due to the two above songs falling faster. This could be the song's last week on, though, as the three songs below it, including The Weeknd's latest song, are coming up pretty fast and could overtake it. But that's cool; 60 is a good round number. To think that before now, the Top 40 longevity record was somewhere in the 40s! Now it jumps right over the 50-something weeks zone! Amazing, indeed! what was the record before? Circles?
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Post by Hervard on Feb 10, 2021 16:54:55 GMT -5
"Blinding Lights" keeps on breaking its own record. The song has just logged its 60th week on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart! Two songs above it go recurrent this week! (Neither of them were really close, though, as they lost many spins. "Kings And Queens" by Ava Max was 434 points away from the song at #15 and as for "Diamonds" - nowhere near! The song lost 2694 plays and would be out of the Top 20 had it stayed on the chart). "Blinding Lights" loses 183 spins and actually moves up a position due to the two above songs falling faster. This could be the song's last week on, though, as the three songs below it, including The Weeknd's latest song, are coming up pretty fast and could overtake it. But that's cool; 60 is a good round number. To think that before now, the Top 40 longevity record was somewhere in the 40s! Now it jumps right over the 50-something weeks zone! Amazing, indeed! what was the record before? Circles? I believe it was a tie between that and "New Rules" by Dua Lipa, at 45 weeks each.
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Post by Au$tin on Feb 11, 2021 1:01:04 GMT -5
Imagine thinking Ethiopian farmer anthem "Blinding Lights" is mediocre, but "Over Now" isn't.
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Post by leonagwen on Feb 11, 2021 1:59:09 GMT -5
I'm beginning to wonder if Sigur works for the Grammy awards voting committee. Lol.
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Post by Zach on Feb 11, 2021 2:39:22 GMT -5
Do you mean trolls of Norway? Jötnar!!!!!!! This is honestly one of the funniest things I've seen all year.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Feb 11, 2021 5:22:26 GMT -5
I'm beginning to wonder if Sigur works for the Grammy awards voting committee. Lol. The Grammys won't have any nominees in any category if that was the case :kii:
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Post by dovahduck on Feb 11, 2021 21:04:20 GMT -5
Signed digital versions out now:
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Post by Limited Edition on Feb 12, 2021 3:33:27 GMT -5
Signed digital versions out now: This should have been done days ago. I don't think number one is possible anymore. Bad planning by his team
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Post by dovahduck on Feb 12, 2021 8:57:24 GMT -5
Signed digital versions out now: This should have been done days ago. I don't think number one is possible anymore. Bad planning by his team According to some estimates he needed just 3K more sales for the number one but yeah I agree.
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Post by BlueSwan on Feb 14, 2021 16:24:15 GMT -5
"Blinding Lights" brings me back to my 80's youth a little. (does it sample or have an interpolation through out it, I forget)? Maybe other's around my age feel the same way about it. A lot of my age group is on the fence with new music so it takes them longer to find new songs. I find like music listeners around my age never let a song die so perhaps that's another reason this has lasted so long. Many different age groups can get into it. No samples or interpolations. Max Martin barely ever does that. However, it is pretty obviously inspired by Take On Me by A-Ha, arrangement-wise.
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