Friday, November 11, 2011

The Wanted Are Totes Wankable, "Glad You Came" Is A Pretty Good Single, Too

The flip side to having Sirius installed in my car is all the hot music I can catch that the local stations ignore. The Wanted is a boyband out of the UK & Ireland and 20 On 20 and Hits One have been playing their single "Glad You Came" pretty regularly. It's a really pretty, yet bouncy pop track with a great accordion break a la "Stereo Love" which is right in my wheel house.

Well, while I was searching for yesterday's shitstorm of suck "Pick Up The Phone" I stumbled across the video for "Glad You Came" and almost had to excuse myself to the loo for a quick wank. (They make me all British sounding, in addition to raising my temp!) These lads are stunning, the one with the striped apron above looks like the love child of Puck from Glee and Robbie Williams (i.e. totes boffable.)

Oh, and the song is still pretty sweet.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

This Is The Worst Song You Will Hear Today

I have been really enjoying the Sirius radio that came free with my new Kia Forte (not product placement!) especially the commercial free pop stations that allow me to catch some new songs that are rocking my world. But with a wider variety of songs to hear comes the possibility that some real shit will slip through.

I didn't know who Meddz was when I heard his awful, faux-Europop single "Pick Up The Phone" on the 20 On 20 pop station. Apparently he's some kind of dancehall/reggae artist, but this song is a shitty rip off of Taio Cruz or Jay Sean with lyrics that are literally about how hasn't bothered calling his chick in two weeks but can't figure out why she won't pick up the phone. So he pokes her on Facebook (people still do that?) and is gonna "Twitter" his love to the world.

The video is even worse. Like the two chicks that are talking about Meddz' terrible behavior are sitting in the most awkward positions ever, the framed picture that he caresses is clearly green screened in. Watch it here, or listen to the half of the song that YouTube allows me to embed. Hilariously embarrassing stuff.


Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Do You "L-U-V" The Leaked Madonna Song?

I love Madonna. One of my all time favorite songs is "Like A Prayer" and I even really enjoyed Hard Candy. So I've been sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for news about her 2012 LP, which meant I couldn't wait to get home from work last night to check out the leaked demo of "Give Me Your Love" that was blowing up my Twitter.

At first I was ready to turn it off. What the fresh hell is this? What is Madge doing ripping off Avril Lavigne Gwen Stefani Toni Basil? That cheerleader sound is not fresh, and with William Orbit and Martin Solveig reported to be involved with the album I was hoping for a modern sound that is also classic, like "Frozen" was.

But the more I listen, the less I hate it. Rumor has it MIA and Nicki Minaj are slated to rap on the finished mix and a more polished sound would elevate it, especially if they have MIA chant the "L-U-V Madonna/Y-O-U wanna?" Her voice would make it less silly, more insane. And it is frakking catchy as hell, I found myself repeating both the chorus and the cheer while housecleaning.

So I recant, Madonna can do no wrong. Except "Hanky Panky."

Check out "Give Me Your Love" from Perez Hilton's blog (one of the few places it hasn't been pulled from yet!) Ad plays before song...