i mean even by that more specific measure though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfu-2PNjIOY
― some dude, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
dude i don't bring up nrbq to suggest she's a visionary
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
she's part of a long line of yocky novelty slang slingers, therefore not someone i'd be quick to assume invented anything. i was just curious which person brought in the novelty hooks
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
this has already inspired thinkpieces from the expected corners
― maura, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
Her other songs are somehow even worse.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Friday, 5 September 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
This song is impossible to dance to with any joy.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 6 September 2014 09:46 (nine years ago) link
Yeah...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp7qWfDANrU
― MarkoP, Saturday, 6 September 2014 14:02 (nine years ago) link
ha, apparently I have a friend of a friend named Meghan Trainor and was v confused for a sec when I saw her like my friend's fb post
― The Reverend, Sunday, 7 September 2014 03:16 (nine years ago) link
I've mercifully avoided All About That Bass until just now, and then I subjected myself to Dear Future Husband. In short, Meghan Trainor is now the person I hate the most in the world.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:23 (nine years ago) link
the backing track of dear future husband reminds me of jive bunny
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:42 (nine years ago) link
now that nicki minaj has given this generation the "baby got back" it deserves meghan trainor can be this generation's lou bega
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:46 (nine years ago) link
Megan Trainor dont have a Mambo #5 in her...at best she has a "how bizarre"
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:29 (nine years ago) link
not even
"how bizarre" >>>>
― dyl, Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:32 (nine years ago) link
Who the fuck rates mambo no 5 over how bizarre I mean who the FUCK
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:41 (nine years ago) link
gonna take a while to rebuild that trust neanderthal
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:47 (nine years ago) link
This is "Cotton Eye Joe" quality AT BEST.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:52 (nine years ago) link
i should have made clear i was making a connection between meghan's soca fixation and ol mr mambo, and avoided everybody smearing their shit on the walls talking about irrelevant novelties
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:00 (nine years ago) link
cotton eye joe is classic you pos
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:06 (nine years ago) link
http://emojipedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/160x160x91-pile-of-poo.png.pagespeed.ic.N6iNfrs6Op.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:10 (nine years ago) link
is she a great big fat person?
― salthigh, Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:13 (nine years ago) link
― da croupier, Saturday, September 6, 2014 11:41 PM Bookmark
srsly
― The Reverend, Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:15 (nine years ago) link
Lol sry i hate both songs. Also in my defense..nah gonna end with that.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 7 September 2014 12:28 (nine years ago) link
nah
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 September 2014 12:37 (nine years ago) link
you srsly underestimate ILM's love for "How Bizarre"
― The Reverend, Sunday, 7 September 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
every time i look around, it's in my face
― some dude, Sunday, 7 September 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link
BUY THE RIGHTS
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 September 2014 00:37 (nine years ago) link
Every song is worse than the last.
― Greer, Monday, 8 September 2014 02:59 (nine years ago) link
oh god that "Dear Future Husband" thing, jesus
it's like they were trying to make a Winehouse 2.0 car-insurance-ad-ready version of a 50s/60s sockhop vibe but had only ever heard a karaoke version of "Runaround Sue"
― the tune was space, Monday, 8 September 2014 03:28 (nine years ago) link
Srsly! That shit is straight "swing the mood".
― da croupier, Monday, 8 September 2014 03:29 (nine years ago) link
mass appeal facebook meme the song
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 8 September 2014 03:31 (nine years ago) link
her next single will prob be called "...said no one ever!!" or something
― dyl, Monday, 8 September 2014 04:52 (nine years ago) link
I actually liked the "bass" song and the video. It is fun and catchy pop, and the video didn't suffer from the cringeworthy racial issues of Lily Allen or that Miley performance.
I also like "Baby Got Back" ... dunno how much it has to do with being a woman who is "endowed," but it feels a bit creepy seeing mostly dudes being dismissive.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 09:27 (nine years ago) link
#notalldudes
― Daphnis Celesta, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:27 (nine years ago) link
my main problem with this is her awful vocal affect, perfectly fine pop song otherwise.
― 'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
nah actually not really, it's pretty weak
― 'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
im all about that flange, that flangeno garu
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link
oh come on can a man not support confidence in curves and still suggest the teen going "da booty booty da booty booty" over chintzy retro-pop may be a flash in the pan
as a pop singer, i mean. i'm sure she'll continue to get to write for rascal flatts and whoever. might even sing country too.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
the "buyin' groceries / buy, buyin' what you need" bit from "Dear Future Husband" would be great as the pitched-down hook for a mid-00s coke-rap banger
― Speaking of the inaccessible summit, here's (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
the video didn't suffer from the cringeworthy racial issues of Lily Allen or that Miley performance.
I guess it says something about the racial politics of 2014 that a white girl singing "I'M ALL ABOUT DAT BASS" in an accent that to my ears sounds vaguely imitative of an inexact "black" diction doesn't involve "cringeworthy racial issues" anymore.
― 'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
tbf she apparently learned how to pronounce booty from her mother
― da croupier, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
She was born in Nantucket and grew up in Hyannis, MA.
― 'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
so many alternative ass puns
― Daphnis Celesta, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link
i'm likely to hear this at karaoke night tonight, have to grin and bear it
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
I was totally unaware of this song until last night, when a friend posted this youtube cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyTTX6Wlf1Y
I actually kind of enjoyed the cover, and the original and its video when I tracked them down, in the same way I enjoy most of the referents above (Jive Bunny, Mambo #5, Katy Perry, Glee songs) -- as Sarahell said, fun and catchy pop, which I thought about as long as, say, Rebecca Black, and a good deal more than, say, anything I've seen from Pomplamoose. That said, Hurting2 otm re: racial politics imo.
― Dick Clownload (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
These three:
http://38.media.tumblr.com/09132f3b7ad25d6ac72ff05c2bf2c1c5/tumblr_n8lwm6tb5e1sljr2xo1_500.png
― how's life, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 09:18 (nine years ago) link
I mean, they should get their own spin-off group right? Like, Meghan Trainor had a number two record at the end of summer, but then those three eyeless weirdos really shook things up.
― how's life, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 10:29 (nine years ago) link
I just want to say I love how bizarre and butts
― rap steve (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 10:58 (nine years ago) link
Every Time I Look Around, It's In My Face: The Summer of the Butt
― Euler, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 12:52 (nine years ago) link
Officially #1 in the US.
― Greer, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
putting money down now on at least one thinkpiece about the year's #1 singles being titled "shake it like a white girl"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
lotta dismissive attitudes towards m-train for a message board that was once ground zero for pipettes hyperfandom imo
― james brooks, Sunday, 29 May 2016 06:57 (seven years ago) link
pipettes were so terrible
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Sunday, 29 May 2016 07:54 (seven years ago) link
"pull shapes" was great sorry
― dyl, Sunday, 29 May 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
your disses are wasted on me
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:36 (seven years ago) link
Meghan Trainor is against Photoshop and objectifying women, but she doesn’t give AF who runs the United States of America. The “No” singer told Billboard in a new interview that she’s not only never voted before, but that she’s just not going to be into it … ever.“I should be way more aware,” Trainor told the magazine while talking about politics. “If it was [Hillary Clinton] or [Donald] Trump, I’d definitely vote for her — but I’ve never voted and I don’t have any desire to.”The LGBTQ advocate didn’t expand on her decision to shirk her civic duties, but she did express her disbelief when it comes to the recent shootings across the country. “I think it’s ridiculous that random crazy people can buy guns,” she told Billboard.The songstress also tooted her own horn during the interview.“I always say, ‘I s--t hits,’” Trainor boasted. “Because they come out so quick I can’t even keep up with myself.” (In her defense, the Grammy winner has written chart-toppers for Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony and Rascal Flatts, as well as her own jams.)And while the 22-year-old from Nantucket, Massachusetts, has made a name by embracing her curves, she’s the first to admit that she didn’t set out to be a role model.“I don’t really have a choice,” she said about being a spokesperson for body positivity. “It’s not like I’m trying to go out there and be a famous person who’s all about being a role model for curves. I mean, if it’s helping other people, then that’s amazing and I will be that role model.”Growing up in Massachusetts, Trainor was introduced to musicians such as Bob Marley through her uncle Burton Toney, a Trinidadian soca star.“I’d show [photos to] people in high school, like, ‘That’s my uncle!’ And they’d be like, ‘What?’” she recalled while showing Billboard a photo of her black uncle. “I always say, ‘I’m Trini to the bone,’ which means you have Trini blood. I don’t. I just wish I did.”
“I should be way more aware,” Trainor told the magazine while talking about politics. “If it was [Hillary Clinton] or [Donald] Trump, I’d definitely vote for her — but I’ve never voted and I don’t have any desire to.”
The LGBTQ advocate didn’t expand on her decision to shirk her civic duties, but she did express her disbelief when it comes to the recent shootings across the country. “I think it’s ridiculous that random crazy people can buy guns,” she told Billboard.
The songstress also tooted her own horn during the interview.
“I always say, ‘I s--t hits,’” Trainor boasted. “Because they come out so quick I can’t even keep up with myself.” (In her defense, the Grammy winner has written chart-toppers for Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony and Rascal Flatts, as well as her own jams.)
And while the 22-year-old from Nantucket, Massachusetts, has made a name by embracing her curves, she’s the first to admit that she didn’t set out to be a role model.
“I don’t really have a choice,” she said about being a spokesperson for body positivity. “It’s not like I’m trying to go out there and be a famous person who’s all about being a role model for curves. I mean, if it’s helping other people, then that’s amazing and I will be that role model.”
Growing up in Massachusetts, Trainor was introduced to musicians such as Bob Marley through her uncle Burton Toney, a Trinidadian soca star.
“I’d show [photos to] people in high school, like, ‘That’s my uncle!’ And they’d be like, ‘What?’” she recalled while showing Billboard a photo of her black uncle. “I always say, ‘I’m Trini to the bone,’ which means you have Trini blood. I don’t. I just wish I did.”
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/meghan-trainor-has-never-voted-has-no-desire-to-w213085
― art baengels (monotony), Friday, 15 July 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
wow, only two pages of google results for "I shit hits", surely some other famous hit-shitter has thought to say this before now, Lionel Richie maybe?
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 15 July 2016 03:58 (seven years ago) link
lol
― dyl, Friday, 15 July 2016 07:54 (seven years ago) link
Is it hard to vote in the US?
― albvivertine, Friday, 15 July 2016 08:00 (seven years ago) link
Things Meghan Trainor always says poll:
° I shit hits° I'm Trini to the bone
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 15 July 2016 08:38 (seven years ago) link
lol this is her aunthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKU8k2TMwOw
― best beloved trumppence (crüt), Friday, 15 July 2016 11:16 (seven years ago) link
That is really gross, Meghan.
― j.o. seasoning (how's life), Friday, 15 July 2016 11:22 (seven years ago) link
it's a family affair
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Friday, 15 July 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
So no "All About That Hill.../No Trumpin'..." jingle then...
Sad!
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 July 2016 18:36 (seven years ago) link
I hope she amasses enough hits that she can release a greatest hits and call it I Shit Hits.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 July 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
I do like her imagining what she'd do in the hypothetical race of Hillary Clinton v. Donald Trump.
― intheblanks, Saturday, 16 July 2016 00:35 (seven years ago) link
in fairness maybe that interview was from before Hillary clinched the race
― intheblanks, Saturday, 16 July 2016 00:38 (seven years ago) link
"Only the Shits"
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Saturday, 16 July 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
I shit hits for this?
― Best Beloved Trumppence (contenderizer), Saturday, 16 July 2016 06:15 (seven years ago) link
Shits & Pisses
― Johnny Cage - 4'33" Fatality (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 16 July 2016 13:08 (seven years ago) link
I feel like we've glazed over the youtoob crüt graciously embeded just upthread;
this track isn't merely a " Trinidadian soca " banger performed by her aunt, this joint is also written and produced my meghan trainor herself. however, it only has ~9000 views on youtube, hardly a hit at all!
so what gives? is it a square/rectangle type thing, where all her hits are shits, but not every shit is a hit? or is the world at large just too dumb to realize that "animal" by meghan trainor's aunt is just as much a hit as "all about that bass" or any other?
for my own part, I must concede that this is probably the first Trinidadian soca song I have ever heard in my life, and therefore must cede the judgement to someone more worldly.
counting on you ILM!
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Sunday, 17 July 2016 07:51 (seven years ago) link
is it a square/rectangle type thing, where all her hits are shits, but not every shit is a hit?
Oh, the Hits You Will Shit
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 17 July 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
She should call it Meghan Trainor's Greatest Shits and the cover should be a parody of that Millie Jackson album sleeve where she's sat on the pot, holding her shoe and pulling her shit face.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Monday, 18 July 2016 23:31 (seven years ago) link
― rap steve (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 6:58 AM bookmarkflaglink
― Euler, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:52 AM bookmarkflaglink
― Greer, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:51 PM bookmarkflaglink
the butt or the song
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 03:57 (three years ago) link