VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 10/30/10

October 30, 2010

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And now, a message from the top contender for Most Awesomely Bad Song of 2010: “You’re gonna catch a cold, from the ice inside your soul.”

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
2. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
3. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
4. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
5. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
6. Rihanna – “Only Girl (in the World)”
7. Daughtry – “September”
8. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
9. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
10. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
11. Mike Posner – “Please Don’t Go”
12. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
13. Linkin Park – “Waiting for the End”
14. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts”
15. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
16. Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”
17. Bret Michaels – “Riding Against the Wind”
18. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
19. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
20. Shakira ft. Dizzee Rascal – “Loca”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Teenage Dream
2. Only Girl (in the World)
3. Radioactive
4. King of Anything
5. F*** You
6. Loca
7. Closer to the Edge
8. Jar of Hearts
9. Waiting for the End
10. Just the Way You Are
11. Little Lion Man
12. Club Can’t Handle Me
13. Please Don’t Go
14. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
15. At or With Me
16. Bottoms Up
17. Mine
18. Rhythm of Love
19. Riding Against the Wind
20. September

SNL Recap October 23, 2010: Emma Stone/Kings of Leon

October 25, 2010

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Cold Opening – Harry Reid for Senate Press Conference
The impressions are decent enough, so how about somebody comes up with some actual jokes for these guys? C

Emma Stone’s Monologue
Kenan, Bill, and Andy all had a good thing going with their nerd characters, but they were cut off prematurely, so there was no momentum. Andy’s violent shaking while trying to read his prepared statement was a high point. Meanwhile, Bobby’s Jonah Hill was a physical marvel, and Taran’s Michael Cera was freakishly spot-on. B

Babyspanx
Ultimately distressing. At there was Bill was his ever-reliable spokesman character. C+

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 10/23/10

October 25, 2010

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RiRi is back (though she was hardly ever gone), and that’ s all you need to know this week.

Original Version
1. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
2. Daughtry – “September”
3. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
4. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
5. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
6. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
7. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
8. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
9. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
10. Rihanna – “Only Girl (in the World)”
11. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
12. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
13. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
14. Mike Posner – “Please Don’t Go”
15. Linkin Park – “Waiting for the End”
16. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
17. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
18. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
19. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
20. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Teenage Dream
2. Only Girl (in the World)
3. Radioactive
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. F*** You
7. Closer to the Edge
8. Waiting for the End
9. Jar of Hearts
10. Just the Way You Are
11. Little Lion Man
12. Club Can’t Handle Me
13. Please Don’t Go
14. At or With Me
15. Home
16. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
17. Rhythm of Love
18. I Run to You
19. Mine
20. September

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 10/16/10

October 16, 2010

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How is “Rhythm of Love” that high? I don’t think I’ve once heard that song on the radio.

Original Version
1. Daughtry – “September”
2. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
3. Usher ft. Pitbull “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
4. Katy Perry- “Teenage Dream”
5. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
6. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
7. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
8. B.o.B ft. Rives Cuomo – “Magic”
9. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
10. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
11. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
12. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
13. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
14. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
15. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
16. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
17. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
18. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
19. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
20. OK Go – “White Knuckles”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Teenage Dream
2. Radioactive
3. The Catalyst
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. F*** You
7. White Knuckles
8. Closer to the Edge
9. Just the Way You Are
10. Little Lion Man
11. Club Can’t Handle Me
12. Magic
13. Home
14. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
15. At or With Me
16. Rhythm of Love
17. I Run to You
18. Wake Up Everybody
19. Mine
20. September

SNL Recap October 9, 2010: Jane Lynch/Bruno Mars

October 10, 2010

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Cold Opening – Ask Gloria Allred
I didn’t realize that Gloria Allred has represented that many “victims” (though I assume there was some exaggeration), so it was amusing to discover that. Otherwise, this sketch was just an exercise in coming up with a bunch of ways to describe someone as the worst person alive, which proved to be bland and repetitive. C+

Jane Lynch’s Monologue
“Classically trained guitarist Fred Armisen,” eh? I like it. As for the Glee “theme song” premise, it was a little predictable and that sort of thing has been done before (see Jack Black’s King Kong theme song), but Jane Lynch did perform serviceably. B

Damn It, My Mom is on Facebook Filter
Ah, mom humor. It appears to be endless (cf. the Mom Celbrity Translator). To work, it requires solid performances, which we had with Andy as the frustrated son and Jane as the concerned and mommishly kooky mom. B+

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 10/9/10

October 9, 2010

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Flo Rida makes a debut, with a video that features clips from … Step Up 3D!

Original Version
1. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
2. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
3. Daughtry – “September”
4. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
5. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
6. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
7. B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo – “Magic”
8. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
9. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
10. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
11. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
12. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
13. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
14. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
15. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
16. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
17. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
18. Maroon 5 – “Misery”
19. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
20. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Teenage Dream
2. Radioactive
3. The Catalyst
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. F*** You
7. Closer to the Edge
8. Just the Way You Are
9. Little Lion Man
10. Club Can’t Handle Me
11. Misery
11. Magic
13. Home
14. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
15. At or With Me
16. Rhythm of Love
17. I Run to You
18. Wake Up Everybody
19. Mine
20. September

SNL Recap October 2, 2010: Bryan Cranston/Kanye West

October 4, 2010

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Live from New York, it’s 93-year old sex machine Ernest Borgnine!

Cold Opening – Rahm Emanuel Hands the Chief of Staff Reins to Peter Rouse
Andy’s Rahm Emanuel impression is fun enough, but this was o better than your standard crazy/scary person act. Bobby had little to as Peter Rouse. B-

Bryan Cranston’s Monologue
The premise of the back-up singers getting Cranston’s name wrong was a good idea, but they didn’t stick with it long enough.  That is a premise that can take you far, but for some inexplicable reason, they got his name right by the end of it. B

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Tom Petty is Freaking Me Out

October 4, 2010

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On my way to work on Saturday, I was listening to 93.3 WMMR (“Everything That Rocks”). They were playing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “I Should Have Known It,” off their new album, Mojo.  After that played, I switched to 94.1 WYSP (“the Rock You Grew Up With”), and they were playing “Free Fallin’.”  I decided that I wasn’t in the mood for that, so I switched to 102.9 WMGK (“Philadelphia’s Classic Rock”), which was playing “Refugee.”  I then wondered if there were any other stations currently playing a Tom Petty song, so I checked 105.7 The Hawk (“Classic Rock for the Jersey Shore”), and, sure enough, they were playing “Don’t Come Around Here No More.”  Then on my way home, MGK was playing “Free Fallin’,” and when I turned on my radio in my room (tuned to MGK) once I got home, the first song I heard was “You Got Lucky.”  Maybe they were celebrating Tom’s birthday a few weeks early?  Human reason insists that such a phenomenon cannot be coincidental!

VH1 Top 20 Countdown 10/2/10

October 2, 2010

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Hey, look!  A Kings of Leon song making its debut around the time it is actually released!

Original Version
1. Daughtry – “September”
2. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
3. B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo – “Magic”
4. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
5. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
6. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
7. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
8. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
9. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
10. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
11. Mike Posner – “Cooler Than Me”
12. Paramore – “The Only Exception”
13. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
14. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
15. Train – “If It’s Love”
16. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
17. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
18. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
19. Adam Lambert – “If I Had You”
20. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. The Only Exception
2. Teenage Dream
3. Radioactive
4. The Catalyst
5. Take It Off
6. King of Anything
7. Cooler Than Me
8. If I Had You
9. Closer to the Edge
10. Just the Way You Are
11. Little Lion Man
12. Magic
13. Rhythm of Love
14. At or With Me
15. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
16. I Run to You
17. If It’s Love
18. Mine
19. Wake Up Everybody
20. September