Soundtrack Of The Day: "Girl Talk" - Ultraviolet Sound

Ultraviolet Sound is a electropop duo that has been trying to break out for over a year. After touring with Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, you would think a hot single would be the next logical step, but alas instant fame has eluded these crazy kids.

But they have an almost year old single getting minor rotation on Sirius/XM so all hope is not lost. "Girl Talk" is delightfully trashy with a real infectious hook and a touch of a J-pop sound. Exactly what we've proven is what's in vogue in this post-Rebecca Black world.

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.

Trashy Thursdays: Daniel Bedingfield - "If You're Not The One"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

Remember the days when Natasha Bedingfield was "Daniel's little sister"? Now the tables have flipped and Natasha has had more hits in the US than her brother. But those heady days in 2003 when he was a sexy little Brit-popper with a lovely falsetto and a ballad so earnest it goes right past cheesy, past trashy and right into amazing. "If You're Not The One" pulls all the right heartstrings, is there any lyric more inspirational/stalkery than "and I pray you're the one I build my home with"?

He wants you to be the one he dies with! Gah, it's so cute I wanna vomit up tears. Or get a restraining order.

Trashy Thursday: Chris Crocker - "Freak Of Nature"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

Remember when a extremely distraught teenage twink told us all to "LEEEEEEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!"? I do. Chris Crocker was an web superstar, even before then, and he's released a few singles along the way. Like all interweb personalities tend to do (see also Tila Tequila.) He has a new single called "Freak Of Nature" and the video is freaky. Probably not safe for work, but worth watching at home...

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Trashy Thursday: R. Kelly & Celine Dion - "I'm Your Angel"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

I love Celine Dion. Her music is extremely cheesy, but a lot of it is really pretty. She's so dramatic when she sings, it's truly a spectacle to watch. She has an amazing voice.

R.Kelly is an R&B icon, both for his music and his personal troubles. His music switches between the ultra spiritual and the ultra dirty.

When the two got together for the smashingly cheesy duet (featured on Celine's incredibly entertaining Christmas album) I was in trashy heaven. Just listening to the two trade runs is a masterclass in overkill. But I love it!

Trashy Thursdays: Selena Gomez And The Scene - "Naturally"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

This song is totally my jam right now. But just because I love it, doesn't mean that it's good. It could be... trashy.

It's by a Disney Channel star. Point one for trashy. It's got a slamming beat. Point for pop goodness. But the beat is jacked from a Miley Cyrus single. Trashy x2. It's got a good message. Pop Goodness. But the lyrics are little silly. Trashy. The video features a cute fifteen year old in a series of borderline age inappropriate designer duds while dancing against green-screened black and white zigzags and quick cuts. Yeah, it's deliciously trashy. Here you are, world: Selena Gomez & The Scene singing "Naturally"

Trashy Thursdays: "Invisible" - Clay Aiken

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

Oh, Clay Aiken! Very few Idol contestants have been the source of such swirling controversy as the one-time red-headed geek with the voice of an angel. From the rumors, since confirmed, that he was homosexual to the rumors, still unconfirmed, that he was a backstage diva, Clay was once beloved by housewives and is still a great source of humor for Kathy Griffin.

I missed the first two seasons of American Idol, so never caught the epic battle between Clay and Reuben. But Clay's lone radio hit, "Invisible" was a totally horrible and semi-creepy jam. I loved every bit if it's sugar-coated stalker-ness and it's pre-Fall Out Boy emo-ness. The tale of an unrequited crush is nothing new, but Clay takes it to super hero heights when he wishes he could be invisible so he could watch his crush in their room. Yeah, creepy! The video is total shit, and the song is pure cheese but Aiken sells that shit! His enthusiasm for stalking this person is infectious. And that's what makes it so totally trashy.

Trashy Thursdays: Sean Kingston & Justin Beiber - "Eenie Meenie"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

I hate Sean Kingston. His voice annoys me so much. Justin Beiber is a little insufferable in interviews, but his music can be catchy. The two are beloved by tweens and teens, and just about unknown to everyone else.

But when two young and obnoxious teen singers get together, the sum is greater than it's parts. "Eenie Meenie" is annoyingly catchy, the beat is hot and the chorus gets stuck in the head. It's based on a nursery rhyme, so it should. I kinda hate that I love it!

Trashy Thursday: "Nothing In This World" - Paris Hilton

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

Paris Hilton is pretty much useless as a singer, but she's not the first girl to make up for it by surrounding herself with top-notch songwriters and producers to make a half-way decent record. Well, half-way decent trash-pop record.

"Nothing In This World" is co-written and produced by Dr. Luke, who is a pop genius. The song is similar to some of his other contemporaneous productions, like "Since U Been Gone" and "Girlfriend" The video is what puts it over the top, it stars a high-school geek who is obsessed with Paris and fantasizes about her. When she moves in next door, he gets her to pretend she's his girlfriend. It's cute, in a slightly pervy kinda way.

Trashy Thrusdays: "One In A Million" - Bosson

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

In 200, the film Miss Congeniality reintroduced us to the screwball comedy side of Sandra Bullock. The soundtrack introduced me to Bosson and his Backstreet Boys rip off/trash pop classic "One In A Million"

Bosson is a Swedish pop singer who wrote the smaltzy lyrics for his girlfriend at the time, a Miss Sweden winner. It only seems fair it would be a song for the Miss United States pageant. "One In A Million" starts off with a soft falsetto over songs strings and a gently plucked guitar. The first verse is soft electro-pop, the chorus soars with the bizarre lyrics only Swedish songwriters can write. Then the rap bridge take sit over the top - even rhyming "possible" with "impossible." It's so trashy, and I love it.

Trashy Thursdays: "Evacuate The Dancefloor" - Cascada

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works that are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

Remember when Cascada came out of nowhere (actually, Germany) to take over pop radio with the trashiest euro-pop single ever? "Everytime We Touch" was the slickest, most synthetic and crazy-dancable single to hit the airwaves in 2006. The band squeezed out another hit, a cover of country ballad "What Hurts The Most", in 2008.

Now they are back with another bit of trash for the disco ducks in the clubs. "Evacuate The Dancefloor" is the title track of their recent release and it rips off the beat, style and melodic sequence of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" so perfectly I could swear that a copyright claim should have been filed. The only reason I don't hate it? Because the chorus is catchy as fuck!

After a few listens I find myself randomly singing out "Evacuate The Dancefloor!" at inappropriate times. Also, "stop, this beat is killing me!" You'd think I was being murdered by club kids after an ElectroQueer show.

Trashy Thursdays: Miley Cyrus - "Party In The USA"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

Ok, I'mma be honest here. I HATED this song when it first came out. I still kinda do, but after the flaccid melody and trite lyrics of "The Climb" any Miley Cyrus single is bound to be an improvement.

Miley was born to make trashy pop, the spawn of country flash-in-the-pan Billy Ray Cyrus has been a child star for a few years before churning out of trash-pop's greatest songs "See You Again." Every crap-tastic single that has followed has paled before that piece of surf-guitar-meets-Kylie-electro-pop brilliance that crashed over me in spring '08. And "Party In The USA" was destined to be merely an annoyingly catchy follow-up to the horrors of "Fly On The Wall."

That is, until the gays got a hold of it. Once a couple of Fire Island boys pop your CD in and start lipsynching on the beach, you have arrived. You are a goddess of trashy pop music; the paragon of all things tacky, yet refined. Miley, I salute you. And to the uninitiated, I present the masterpiece of YouTube: "Party In The FIP"

Trashy Thursday: Vanessa Williams - "Save The Best For Last"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

OK, I love me some divas. And Vanessa Williams is a goddess of feirceness with lovely vocal skills and decent acting chops. But can we talk about her post-Miss America scandal pop breakthrough? I love it so, it's one of my all time favorite songs. But the lyrics, especially on the chorus, are so laughable I have to call Trashy on it!

"Sometimes the snow comes down in June" OK, I'll give you that. Maybe you're in Australia. "Sometimes the sun goes round the moon" Yeah, I'm not a astronaut or anything but I'm pretty sure that's impossible. "Just when I thought our chance had passed, you go and save the best for last" Aww, it's sweet and a little resigned. Add in some seriously dramatic strings and a sad piano line underneath some seriously emotive vocals and it's a master class in cheesy pop balladry. Which is why I frakkin' love it!

But the video is pure early-1990s. The faux-fur coat, the sparkly champagne colored turtleneck with matching gold leggings, the nude shoulders shot tastefully in black-and-white, the string group playing under a projected video of Vanessa. It's "classy" - quotes included.

I hope no one thinks I dislike the song or Vanessa. I love this song, but I also understand it's kinda trashy. Enjoy it anyway...

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Trashy Thursday: Jump5 - "Spinning Around"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

Back in the day, when I was a good boy who only listened to Christian music and attended church every time the doors were open, there was a Christian teen pop market. It was filled with wholesome alternatives to Britney and S Club 7 and a lot of it was pretty good. Racheal Lampa had a beautiful voice and Stacie Orrico was the funky girl-next-door who wrote piano ballads about friends with anorexia. But when a group of kids a couple years younger than myself joined forces for Jump5 (the gospel answer to S Club 7) even I knew it was gloriously trashy.

Of course, I was a closet case so I couldn't figure out why I thought Chris was so darn attractive. It's not as pervy as it sounds, he's only two years younger than me. OK, kinda pervy. But the song is pure cheese with a layer of smaltz (and braces!) Plus, the lyrics are vauge enough that parents would assume that God was the ones spinning them around, but I'm pretty sure the Disney Channel crowd assumed that it was some cute young thing turnin' it upside down. Either way, complete trash you need to see to believe!




If that's not trashy enough, here's a link to a cover of "Beauty & The Beast" from the DVD release of that Disney film.

Trashy Thursday: Vanessa Hudgens - "Come Back To Me"

Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

You may know Vanessa Hudgens from the High School Musical series of films for Disney. Or you may know her from her inability to keep her clothes on while texting pictures to her guyfriends. Either way, you should know her from her ridiculously trashy single "Come Back To Me."

In this bouncy string-laden hip-pop confection, "Baby V" samples the Player smooth rock/soul classic "Baby Come Back" to open the chorus and play behind her own verses. It works really well in context, for one it isn't the backbone of the song, just a vocal flourish. And the beat is really kinda fun, just because the girl doesn't have a fabulous voice doesn't mean she can't give us a fabulously trashy song.

The video is so basic, but I love the bit when she's dancing under the blinking chandeliers. I want a room full of blinking chandeliers!

Trashy Thursdays: "8th World Wonder" - Kimberly Locke

It's time to unveil a new feature at Pictures & Conversations! Trashy Thursdays will be happening every Thursday (duh) and will feature the trashy pop songs I kinda love. Don't get it twisted, I think pop music is an art form. But like all art, there are brilliant artistic works are fresh and dynamic and new as well as less inspired pieces of art. Sometimes those less inspired bits are as much fun as the "good" stuff, that's why we're getting trashy!

It was in 2003 that a sassy gal nicknamed K.Lo would come behind Clay Aiken (her future roommate) and Reuben Studdard on American Idol. I never saw that season, so my first taste of Kimberly Locke was this delightfully trashy pop single, "8th World Wonder."

It's really awful. Kimberly's vocals are good, she tries very hard to make lines like "seven days and seven nights of thunder/water's rising and I'm slipping under" seem anything but laughable. The music is generic teeny-pop sounds, which makes sense since producer Guy Roche also produced early Christina Aguilera hits like "What A Girl Wants." But it's catchy as hell, and you kinda root for this whirlwind romance to work out.

The video is hilariously trashy, we see the week long courtship going backwards with the date in the corner in really big, ugly Windows 95 fonts. Plus, the lame attempt at fashion forward outfits. The black jacket with the zippers on the sleeves is pretty cool, but the weird blouse with the missing shoulders that she answers the phone with on day 2 is just bad "plus size couture." And how about the dramatic page a day calander tear away? Hilar! Watch it here.

Despite being a trashy pop song, it was a huge hit in the Adult Contemporay market as well as in the dance clubs in a remixed format. Kimberly Locke has had many holiday hits since then, but as for a regular pop hit she's still looking for that followup to "8th World Wonder" Girlfriend needs to hook up with Max Martin, only he could make something equally trash-tastic.

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