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Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:44 am ] |
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"But you make me wanna act like a girl Paint my nails and wear high heels" 22. Heart Attack by Demi Lovato |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:47 am ] |
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"It's like murder she wrote Once I get you out them clothes" 21. Ignition (Remix) by R Kelly |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:06 pm ] |
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It was a tough call leaving Baby One More Time off the list. It is such an iconic pop song and video. But I just feel like Toxic, with its Faint-like violins and Alias-like video, has held up a little better. Leona Lewis was on the British American Idol and crossed over into the states for this one monster hit. Simon didn't always know how to pick em, but the ones he got right made all his nonsense worth it. Raise your hand if you remember Dream? Not to be confused with R&B singer The Dream or NXT wrestler Velveteen Dream. This song was kinda huge back in the day, and their follow up single This Is Me was very good as well, but then they just kinda disappeared. Like most girl/boy groups, the load is mostly carried by one person, in this case Diana Ortiz. Diddy should have seen her as a star, broke up the group, and given her Nicole Scherzinger's career. Atleast we have a few great songs about being confident enough in yourself to not lose it every time some other hot bitch comes around. Demi becomes the first (though not last) artist to get multiple songs on the countdown. This time she is on the opposite end of the Heart A Break spectrum. Instead of convincing someone to lower their defenses, she is putting hers up. Maybe she should have learned from this, but she is young and hot and can do whatever she wants unless it kills her. Keep glowing. Ignition was a grower for me. Back then, I just couldn't take R Kelly seriously. It sounded like he was saying give me that poo poo. And then the sex video came out, followed by Dave Chappele's eviscerating "Piss On You" and "Piss On You (Remix)" where he was asking for a little poo poo and pee pee. And now Kell might be a master of some sex slave ring? Rough look for the guy. But this song is eternal no matter how many women or men he wrongs. Cause after the party comes the after party and then the hotel lobby. Bounce! |
Author: | stuffp [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:56 pm ] |
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Your 25-21 is my favorite stretch yet, Toxic and Heart Attack are solid entries, Bleeding Love is fantastic, well #45 on my own all-time list, and Ignition always loved it. Look forward to this top 20 here. |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:38 pm ] |
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stuffp wrote: Your 25-21 is my favorite stretch yet, Toxic and Heart Attack are solid entries, Bleeding Love is fantastic, well #45 on my own all-time list, and Ignition always loved it. Look forward to this top 20 here. Next set incoming |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:40 pm ] |
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"I only wanna die alive Never by the hands of a broken heart" 20. Break Free by Ariana Grande and Zedd |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:42 pm ] |
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"And everything went from wrong to right And the stars came out to fill up the sky" 19. Love At First Sight by Kylie Minogue |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:45 pm ] |
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"They say some things are better left unsaid But it wasn't like you only talked to him" 18. Cry Me A River by Justin Timberlake |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:49 pm ] |
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"Change a hawk to a little white dove More than a feeling..." 17. The Power Of Love by Huey Lewis & The News |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:53 pm ] |
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"I heard you goin' round playin' the victim now But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame" 16. Fighter by Christina Aguilera |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:10 pm ] |
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This set really goes up and down. Ariana is breaking free, Kylie is falling in love, Justin is out, Huey is in and Christina is turning her heartbreak to anger. Break Free is the song that won me over for Ariana. That beat could have made a good song with anyone, but Ariana sets it over the top. That hook simultaneously gives me comfort and adrenaline. The summer of 2001 had everyone obsessed with Cant Get You Out Of My Head, and that is indeed a great song. But it was her follow up single that got me, 80s throwback style before people became nostalgic for the 80s. This song could be rereleased today and nobody would even be able to tell. The FutureSex may have been peak Timberlake, but this break out smash is also the best song. He went from the NSYNC guy to the future of Pop and then fulfilled the prophecy by following this up with Rock Your Body (which should be a close call). He shreds his ex (probably Britney Spears) on this and won over even the most skeptical of doubters. The Power of Love is a terrific time on its own, but its connection to the movie really cements it as an all timer. Back In Time is pretty great too. It's a shame Xtina never followed up her best song with a like-minded side project. Get this girl a band dammit! It is kind of amazing how diverse the singles for this album are. The "You can fuck me now" sleeziness of Dirrty, the civil rights anthem Beautiful, a song that could have been at home on rock radio and a Lil Kim song. She was always an experimenter and had the voice to get away with it. And I suppose their is still time for The Bottled Genies to happen. |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:26 pm ] |
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More soon! |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:28 pm ] |
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"I guess he's Xbox and I'm more Atari But the way you playing your game ain't fair" 15. Fuck You by Cee-Lo Green |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:32 pm ] |
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"So it's gonna be forever Or it's gonna go down in flames or Burning paradise" 14. Blank Space and Style by Taylor Swift |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:34 pm ] |
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"What's cooler than being cool? ICE COLD!" 13. Hey Ya! by OutKast |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:37 pm ] |
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"I didn't know it was so cold And you needed someone to show you the way" 12. All You Wanted by Michelle Branch |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:39 pm ] |
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"Dreaming bout the day that you'll wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time" 11. You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:51 pm ] |
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So it turns out I couldn't keep it to 3 Taylor songs after all so I cheated. But if I hadn't made the rule there might have been 6-7 of them. And at least all but one of her songs was held outside the top ten (though they all were in the first version of the list). I chose these 2 (3) over State of Grace because they are just more pop really. Nobody seems to love SoG besides me and I've already honored it on the all-time songs list anyways. Fuck You is the Live Free or Die Hard of songs. It is fine with the PG-13 rating, but the uncensored version makes it a classic. Hey Ya is billed as Outkast, but it was really on Andre's half of their seperate but equal album concept. I'd have preferred a normal Kast album, then or ever since, but this obviously had some excellent tracks on it and won them the album of the year grammy. Michelle Branch was everywhere in the early 2000s. Then she did a spread in Maxim magazine, revealed herself to really hot, and was never the same after. She did country music and One Tree Hill. The first two albums, especially All You Wanted, still live on in my heart and is now immortalized in the Flava'd Fifty. |
Author: | Shack [ Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:52 am ] |
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You Belong With Me and Blank Space are great obviously, I was never as big on Style I loved Michelle Branch's two big songs and her Maxim cover. This message board meltdown helps explain things since Spoiler: show |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:59 am ] |
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I never even knew about that. Talk about wrecking your career... I will do the whole top ten today, preferably before I go out. Normally I would wait till tomorrow to post #1 to increase the drama, but I don't think there will be any drama either way. It's pretty obvious. |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:12 am ] |
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"For forty days and forty nights the law was on her side But who can stand when she's in demand?" 10. Billie Jean by Michael Jackson |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:13 am ] |
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"Ain't got a care in the world But got plenty of beer" 9. Tik Tok by Kesha |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:21 am ] |
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"Gina dreams of running away When she cries in the night Tommy whispers baby it's ok … someday" 8. Livin On A Prayer by Bon Jovi |
Author: | Shack [ Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:24 am ] |
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Three great picks to start the top 10! |
Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:24 am ] |
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"Like the legend of the phoenix All ends with beginning" 7. Get Lucky by Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams |
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