Re: Best Songs by 21st Century Women+
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:28 am
Skipping ahead to next loser's round. Here's who have been ousted:
Icona Pop - I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) (lost to Soy Yo)
Don't know how to desribe how much I enjoy this song without just writing out all the lyrics to it, because it's how I feel about it. There might be some issues with the song, it might be just one verse and one chorus, it might encourage bad behavior, it might have been overplayed (though I missed that era, this song was completely new to me this year) but... "I don't care, I love it."
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (lost to The Story)
Gaga, ooo la la! It's great. Does it sound like Madonna half the time? Sure, but what's wrong with wanting to be Madonna. And just like the best of Madonna, this song is full of attitude and hooks. Hooks here, hooks everywhere!
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=StVN2 ... ture=share
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On (lost to Let it Go)
Cool and breezy, calm and sweet. Pop and soul. Fits perfectly in top 40 at any point in the last 40 years, or on any wedding CD. Surprised that 1. this song isn't from the 90s and 2. that it was a one-hit wonder. Corinne has assembled all the elements of a long career- beautiful voice, great lyrics, top-notch backing band - but maybe she's still out there making great music. I should probably check some out...
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=20WaV ... ture=share
Margo Price - Hands of Time (lost to Paper Planes)
A wonderful epic song, sung in the Loretta/Dolly autobiographical style, though I'm not so sure if every line is true. If so, it adds more, but even if it's a fictionalized version of the Life of Margo, it's still great. Many of these finalists are in the pop genre, and pride themselves on being quick little jam-packed songs, and this features endless verses and a slick but cool instrumentation. It's a wonder.
Beyoncé - Formation (lost to Back in Black)
When you put a banger as the last song on your album, instead of something inspirational or whimsical or relaxing, you gotta know what you're doing, and she did. The thematic conclusion to the Lemonade saga features the Queen back and better than ever, with super strength and purpose. Every little line here could be endlessly commented on. I bet the genius article is a gazillion lines long. A lot have been mentioned elsewhere -- "I take his ass to Red Lobster" "I got hot sauce in my bag", though I'm disappointed that that I a line I thought I heard in it actually isn't. "Beyon-slay" is never said.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9q5 ... ture=share
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (lost to Royals)
Super silly. Super catchy. Wikipedia calls it "bubblegum pop" but that's usually a derisive term, and this song is much smarter than what that implies. Sure there's sillyness, sure there's "ripped jeans skin was showing", but this is more a singer-songwriter in the Taylor Swift mode hitting pure gold on her first try. It's super-produced, but it's not soulless, it's an earworm, but it's not malicious.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jmV9Q ... ture=share
First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining (lost to Blue Lights)
If Abba went country this may have been their sound. High production values, sure, but a country soul feel that I eat up. The lyrics are very good too, epecially "ooo ooo o o o ooooo oooo oooo, oh oh"
Kesha - Praying (lost to Cranes in the Sky)
Praying is one of those songs that makes me cry MORE the more I hear it. It didn't really hit me hard until listen 10. I mean I got it, it's about the producer-who-shall-not-be-named-here-because-that's-the-point-of-the-song, and about her overcoming it all and becoming more powerful than ever. A lot of songs on here is about coming out the other-side with the strength of a super hero....... okay most might be by Beyonce.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk5p3 ... ture=share
Icona Pop - I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) (lost to Soy Yo)
Don't know how to desribe how much I enjoy this song without just writing out all the lyrics to it, because it's how I feel about it. There might be some issues with the song, it might be just one verse and one chorus, it might encourage bad behavior, it might have been overplayed (though I missed that era, this song was completely new to me this year) but... "I don't care, I love it."
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (lost to The Story)
Gaga, ooo la la! It's great. Does it sound like Madonna half the time? Sure, but what's wrong with wanting to be Madonna. And just like the best of Madonna, this song is full of attitude and hooks. Hooks here, hooks everywhere!
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=StVN2 ... ture=share
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On (lost to Let it Go)
Cool and breezy, calm and sweet. Pop and soul. Fits perfectly in top 40 at any point in the last 40 years, or on any wedding CD. Surprised that 1. this song isn't from the 90s and 2. that it was a one-hit wonder. Corinne has assembled all the elements of a long career- beautiful voice, great lyrics, top-notch backing band - but maybe she's still out there making great music. I should probably check some out...
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=20WaV ... ture=share
Margo Price - Hands of Time (lost to Paper Planes)
A wonderful epic song, sung in the Loretta/Dolly autobiographical style, though I'm not so sure if every line is true. If so, it adds more, but even if it's a fictionalized version of the Life of Margo, it's still great. Many of these finalists are in the pop genre, and pride themselves on being quick little jam-packed songs, and this features endless verses and a slick but cool instrumentation. It's a wonder.
Beyoncé - Formation (lost to Back in Black)
When you put a banger as the last song on your album, instead of something inspirational or whimsical or relaxing, you gotta know what you're doing, and she did. The thematic conclusion to the Lemonade saga features the Queen back and better than ever, with super strength and purpose. Every little line here could be endlessly commented on. I bet the genius article is a gazillion lines long. A lot have been mentioned elsewhere -- "I take his ass to Red Lobster" "I got hot sauce in my bag", though I'm disappointed that that I a line I thought I heard in it actually isn't. "Beyon-slay" is never said.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9q5 ... ture=share
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (lost to Royals)
Super silly. Super catchy. Wikipedia calls it "bubblegum pop" but that's usually a derisive term, and this song is much smarter than what that implies. Sure there's sillyness, sure there's "ripped jeans skin was showing", but this is more a singer-songwriter in the Taylor Swift mode hitting pure gold on her first try. It's super-produced, but it's not soulless, it's an earworm, but it's not malicious.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jmV9Q ... ture=share
First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining (lost to Blue Lights)
If Abba went country this may have been their sound. High production values, sure, but a country soul feel that I eat up. The lyrics are very good too, epecially "ooo ooo o o o ooooo oooo oooo, oh oh"
Kesha - Praying (lost to Cranes in the Sky)
Praying is one of those songs that makes me cry MORE the more I hear it. It didn't really hit me hard until listen 10. I mean I got it, it's about the producer-who-shall-not-be-named-here-because-that's-the-point-of-the-song, and about her overcoming it all and becoming more powerful than ever. A lot of songs on here is about coming out the other-side with the strength of a super hero....... okay most might be by Beyonce.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk5p3 ... ture=share