VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/23/11

April 23, 2011

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“Big Bang” reminded me of the Joe Don Baker-starring Final Justice.

Original Version
1. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
2. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
3. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
4. Hanson – “Give a Little”
5. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – “E.T.”
6. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
7. Ke$ha – “Blow”
8. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
9. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
10. Britney Spears – “Till the World Ends”
11. Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”
12. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
13. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
14. Jennifer Hudson – “Where You At”
15. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”
16. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
17. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
18. The Script – “For the First Time”
19. Rock Mafia – “Big Bang”
20. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Rope
3. Blow
4. The Cave
5. F*** You
6. Barton Hollow
7. Big Bang
8. Born This Way
9. What You Know
10. Give a Little
11. E.T.
12. Uncharted
13. The Lazy Song
14. Till the World Ends
15. Closer to the Edge
16. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17. Where You At
18. F****** Perfect
19. For the First Time
20. I Do

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/16/11

April 16, 2011

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Teenage Dream is an album with four hit singles, but I hear the rest of it is crap. Also, my number 1 matches up with the original number 1.

Original Version
1. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
2. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
3. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
4. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
5. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
6. Ke$ha – “Blow”
7. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
8. Jennifer Hudson – “Where You At”
9. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
10. Hanson – “Give a Little”
11. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – “E.T.”
12. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
13. Britney Spears – “Till the World Ends”
14. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
15. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
16. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”
17. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
18. Arcade Fire – “Ready to Start”
19. The Script – “For the First Time”
20. Freelance Whales – “Hannah”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Ready to Start
3. Rope
4. Blow
5. The Cave
6. F*** You
7. Barton Hollow
8. Born This Way
9. What You Know
10. Give a Little
11. E.T.
12. Uncharted
13. Hannah
14. Till the World Ends
15. Closer to the Edge
16. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17. Where You At
18. F****** Perfect
19. For the First Time
20. I Do

SNL Recap April 9, 2011: Helen Mirren/Foo Fighters

April 11, 2011

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Cold Opening – A Message from the President of the United States
There were several jokes that worked in this opening, even if it wasn’t clear how accurate the jibes were.  (Is Dale Humphries really trapped in a loveless marriage?   Perhaps, perhaps not.  Either way, I laughed).   But then it was so short.   It was as if everyone was so pleased that a positive percentage of the jokes worked that they didn’t want to ruin it by taking a chance on having any more jokes at all. B

Helen Mirren’s Monologue
This wasn’t exactly funny, but it did perfectly capture Dame Helen’s uncanny ability to remain classy while showing off her unbelievably-sexy-for-her-age side. B

Mort Mort Feingold: Accountant for the Stars
The impressions were nothing to write home about, and the jokes were second-rate versions of those from the first Mort Mort sketch. C+

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown 4/9/11

April 9, 2011

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It’s another case of an indie band’s song debuting on the countdown a year or so after it’s been released!

Original Version
1. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
2. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
3. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
4. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
5. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
6. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
7. Ke$ha – “Blow”
8. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
9. Jennifer Hudson – “Where You At”
10. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
11. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
12. Avril Lavigne – “What the Hell”
13. Hanson – “Give a Little”
14. Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris and DJ Frank E – “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”
15. The Script – “For the First Time”
16. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
17. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
18. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”
19. My Chemical Romance – “SING”
20. Arcade Fire – “Ready to Start”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Ready to Start
3. Rope
4. Blow
5. The Cave
6. F*** You
7. SING
8. What the Hell
9. Barton Hollow
10. Born This Way
11. What You Know
12. Give a Little
13. Uncharted
14. Closer to the Edge
15. Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)
16. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17. Where You At
18. F****** Perfect
19. For the First Time
20. I Do

SNL Recap April 2, 2011: Elton John/…and Leon Russell

April 4, 2011

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It combines time travel with screaming.

Cold Opening – The Lawrence Welk Show
Lawrence Welk Show sketches are generally successful according to how funkily outrageous Dooneese’s confessions are, and this time, unfortunately, she flailed around a bit.  The guest can add an important element, as Will Ferrell and Betty White did particularly, but Elton did not have much to offer other than his piano skills.  But let’s not forget Lawrence himself.  With everyone else disappointing, this sketch served to emphasize that Fred is quite valuable as Mr. Welk, with his bit about seasons pulling it off this time. B-

Elton John’s Monologue
Elton talks about being a new father, and we are happy to have him show off his personality by way of his home life, and we are confident that he understands that he is responsible for putting on a show. B

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/2/11

April 2, 2011

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Hey, remember the nineties?  Remember that magical time?

Original Version
1. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
2. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
3. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
4. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
5. Avril Lavigne – “What the Hell”
6. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
7. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
8. Ke$ha – “Blow”
9. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
10. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
11. Jennifer Hudson – “Where You At”
12. The Script – “For the First Time”
13. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
14. My Chemical Romance – “SING”
15. Hanson – “Give a Little”
16. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
17. Britney Spears – “Hold It Against Me”
18. Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris and DJ Frank E – “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”
19. Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
20. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Rope
3. Blow
4. The Cave
5. F*** You
6. SING
7. What the Hell
8. Born This Way
9. What You Know
10. Give a Little
11. Grenade
12. Uncharted
13. Hold It Against Me
14. Closer to the Edge
15. Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)
16. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17. Where You At
18. F****** Perfect
19. For the First Time
20. I Do