― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Indeed it is--anything that confuses and fascinates me enough to make me always watch to the end must be doing something right (or something so wrong that the difference is fairly negligible). I call it the Carrot Top factor.
Still, it's these mildly positive reactions to IWSNT that I find so bizarre. Nobody says "Hey, I saw Gigli yesterday, pretty good movie." If for some reason someone was to find artistic merit in Gigli, they'd say something like "wow, Gigli, what a glorious trainwreck of a movie" or at least "wow, Gigli, I'm shocked to say, but I actually really liked that movie." These "Panic = pretty good" comments somehow manage to exist in a world where there is no unspoken base assumption that IWSNT is going to be awful. And that I can't comprehend.
Still, I suppoose it's better to listen to music for the first time with a sense of poise and rationality.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link
Seriously, watch the videos for "Helena" and IWSNT back to back and witness wit, style and pathos be transformed ever so subtly into immaturity, garishness and camp.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Ha, so the funny thing is, the easiest way to hear a pop song these days without downloading anything is just by going to YouTube and watching the video. So that's how I've been listening to IWSNT -- except I'm at work, so I've not actually been watching the video, just minimizing the window and keeping my headphones on. Also, the few glimpses I've seen do look pretty stupid.
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Friday, 23 June 2006 22:28 (eighteen years ago) link
uh, maybe I'm biased because of I have a cable system with MTV Hits and all those other all-video channels, but seriously, what the fuck is wrong with that sentence, nevermind the matter of listening to the radio.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Saturday, 24 June 2006 01:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Saturday, 24 June 2006 05:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― CDDB (Dan Deluca), Saturday, 24 June 2006 07:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 29 June 2006 13:44 (eighteen years ago) link
for a few confused seconds I thought you were saying that "Over & Over" had jumped back up the charts a year later.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 29 June 2006 14:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 29 June 2006 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― musically (musically), Thursday, 29 June 2006 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Both were 2004, actually.
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link
All three of these songs are brilliant! (and Lumidee is 2003) What's this talk about empty vacuums?
Pussycat Dolls score their fourth Top 20 hit from their debut, which I'm not sure anyone has done since Exposé (any chart fiends want to weigh in on this?).
Wanksta, In Da Club, 21 Questions, P.I.M.P.
― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 29 June 2006 16:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Al's also right about Cassie being the odd woman out in that trio. To me, "Me & U" sounds more like Teairra Mari's "Make Her Feel Good" or the original Tori Alamaze version of "Don' Cha."
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Nope. No word yet on a digital release date. She's already top 10, however, at R&B (up 12-9).
― Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
Does Beyonce count, since it's a solo debut? (If so, "Crazy in Love," "Baby Boy," "Me, Myself, and I," and "Naughty Girl" all went top 5.)
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
So what's a bigger Nelly & Tim hit, "Promiscuous" or "Over and Over"? (I forget; did that go number one?)
― xhuxk (xheddy), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk (xheddy), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link
(So now I'm trying to think if I had one of these last year, and the only thing that comes to mind is Natalie's "Goin' Crazy," which was hideous but in a different way.)
Thanks for reminding me about 50 (I'd forgotten about "Wanksta") and Beyoncé (though since she'd had so many group hits it's kinda hard to count her). Wilson Phillips went top 10 with three songs ("Hold On," "Release Me," and "You're in Love") but didn't go top 20 with "The Dream Is Still Alive." And now that I think about it, I think the Nelson twins charted four singles from their debut, but I can't think of their positions, or even their titles.
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link
NELSON(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection 1 After the Rain 6 More Than Ever 14 Only Time Will Tell 28
TIMBERLAKELike I Love You 11Cry Me a River 3Rock Your Body 5Senorita 27
BRITNEY...Baby One More Time 1(You Drive Me) Crazy 10Sometimes 21From the Bottom of My Broken Heart 14
GWEN STEFANIRich Girl 7Hollaback Girl 1Cool 13Luxurious 21
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Hold On 1Impulsive 4Release Me 1The Dream is Still Alive 12
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
x-post to McCombs
― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Genie in a bottle #1What a girl wants #1I turn to you #3Come on Over Baby #1
― danzig (danzig), Thursday, 29 June 2006 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 29 June 2006 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
but the last group before PCD to accomplish 4 top 20 hits from their debut album wasHOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH! hold my hand #10let her cry #9only wanna be with you #6time #14
maroon 5 did give them a good run for the money.
― danzig (danzig), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Friday, 30 June 2006 03:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Below that... Kath McPhee's take on 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' (in this day and age? Good grief) debuts at #12, along with a sudden sense of dread that I'm going to have to put it in the Jukebox. Urgh. On a similar note - 'Shoulder Lean' is #31. Uck. Jessica Simpson's 'A Public Affair' debuts on the 100 at 39, and 'Sexy Love' is Ne-Yo's third hit this year at #50.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 6 July 2006 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 6 July 2006 14:32 (eighteen years ago) link
glancing at the chart - did 'why you wanna' really peak at 29? dixie chicks still hanging in there which surprises me a bit actually. pearl jam not haning in there - no surprise. interesting debut @ 34 on the albums chart.
yung joc + shakira >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gnarls barkley + nelly flirtado btw
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 6 July 2006 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link