Fuse Top 40 of 2013

December 29, 2013

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Look, FUSE is weird.  But, hey, that’s one of the reasons I watch it.  If you’re going to be insane like me and regularly watch more than one music countdown show, then it helps if at least one of them is a little weird.  So it’s no surprise that a lot of the song placements on this list are incomprehensible.  I’m pretty sure a few of them never once appeared on the top 20 countdown at all this year.  But whatever.  I’m still going to post the results, followed by my ordering of my personal particular estimation of the quality of these songs.

Original Version
1. Katy Perry – “Roar”
2. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
3. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
4. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us”
5. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
6. Eminem – “Berzerk”
7. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
8. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
9. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – “Stay”
10. Lorde – “Royals”
11. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
12. Ed Sheeran – “Lego House”
13. Kendrick Lamar – “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”
14. Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
15. Paramore – “Still Into You”
16. Britney Spears – “Work Bitch”
17. Chris Brown – “Fine China”
18. Demi Lovato – “Heart Attack”
19. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
20. Justin Bieber ft. Nicki Minaj – “Beauty and a Beat”
21. Kanye West – “BLKKK SKKKN HEAD”
22. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – “Wake Me Up”
23. Ciara – “Body Party”
24. Drake ft. Majid Jordan – “Hold On, We’re Going Home”
25. Selena Gomez – “Come and Get It”
26. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
27. will.i.am ft. Justin Bieber – “#thatPOWER”
28. A$AP Rocky ft. Drake, 2 Chainz, and Kendrick Lamar – “F***in’ Problems”
29. Icona Pop – “I Love It”
30. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
31. J. Cole ft. Miguel – “Power Trip”
32. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
33. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
34. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
35. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
36. 2 Chainz ft. Pharrell – “Feds Watching”
37. One Direction – “Best Song Ever”
38. Miguel ft. Kendrick Lamar – “How Many Drinks”
39. Ace Hood ft. Future and Rick Ross – “Bugatti”
40. fun. – “Carry On”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. We Can’t Stop
2. Wake Me Up
3. Royals
4. Clarity
5. BLKKK SKKKN HEAD
6. I Love It
7. Radioactive
8. Work Bitch
9. Blurred Lines
10. Stay
11. Come and Get It
12. F***in’ Problems
13. Berzerk
14. I Need Your Love
15. Suit & Tie
16. Heart Attack
17. Hold On, We’re Going Home
18. Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe
19. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
20. Power Trip
21. Safe and Sound
22. I Knew You Were Trouble
23. Can’t Hold Us
24. Just Give Me a Reason
25. Carry On
26. Applause
27. Roar
28. Still Into You
29. Body Party
30. Bugatti
31. Love Somebody
32. The Other Side
33. Treasure
34. Feds Watching
35. How Many Drinks?
36. Beauty and a Beat
37. Best Song Ever
38. #thatPOWER
39. Fine China
40. Lego House

SNL Video Recap December 21, 2013: Jimmy Fallon/Justin Timberlake

December 24, 2013

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What Won TV? – December 15-December 21, 2013

December 22, 2013

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Bob’s Burgers in a Duel.
Monday – Rick and Morty
Tuesday – Awkward. ends Season 3 on a strong note.
Wednesday – Key & Peele
Thursday – Jeopardy!
Friday – Santa gives us an early Christmas present with the Comedy Bang! Bang! season finale.
Saturday – The “Twin Bed” sketch from SNL.

SNL Recap December 21, 2013: Jimmy Fallon/Justin Timberlake

December 22, 2013

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Wrappinville
I’m fine that we’re seeing JT again in less than a year, but not so much that we’re seeing another -ville sketch again so soon. I would have been fine with it if this edition were really good, but it wasn’t so much.  I had trouble making out all the lyrics.  Although maybe that was because I was tired. B-

Jimmy Fallon’s Monologue
Oh boy, here comes another musical monologue.  At least Jimmy is up to the task.  I liked the concept, but I think I would have preferred it if Jimmy had kept going on with his impressions in an increasingly difficult manner.  It was fine that Paul showed up, I suppose, but I think it would have worked better if that appearance had come later. B

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Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 12/17/13

December 19, 2013

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Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
2. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
3. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
4. Lorde – “Royals”
5. One Direction – “Story of My Life”
6. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
7. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
8. Katy Perry – “Roar”
9. Avicii – “Wake Me Up”
10. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
11. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
12. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
13. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
14. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
15. Drake ft. Majid Jordan – “Hold On, We’re Going Home”
16. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
17. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. ScHoolboy Q and Hollis – “White Walls”
18. Jason Derulo – “Marry Me”
19. Mike WiLL Made It ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J – “23”
20. Bastille – “Pompeii”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Wake Me Up
2. Royals
3. Demons
4. Wrecking Ball
5. Pompeii
6. Hold On, We’re Going Home
7. Sweater Weather
8. Burn
9. Stay the Night
10. Applause
11. Roar
12. Timber
13. White Walls
14. Let Her Go
15. 23
16. Brave
17. Counting Stars
18. Say Something
19. Story of My Life
20. Marry Me

SNL Video Recap 12/14/13 John Goodman/Kings of Leon

December 17, 2013

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VH1 Top 40 Music Videos of 2013

December 15, 2013

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Yay, back to 40 for the year!  VH1, you’re excused for not including “Get Lucky,” as Daft Punk never made a video for it.  But you are not excused for excluding “We Can’t Stop,” which was a bigger hit than “Wrecking Ball” and indeed a bigger hit than just about every song on this list.

As per usual, my estimation of the quality of the songs follows the original version.

Original Version
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
2. Lorde – “Royals”
3. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us”
4. Katy Perry – “Roar”
5. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
6. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
7. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
8. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
9. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
10. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
11. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
12. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – “Wake Me Up”
13. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
14. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
15. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – “Stay”
16. fun. – “Carry On”
17. Phillip Phillips – “Gone, Gone, Gone”
18. Icona Pop – “I Love It”
19. Paramore – “Still Into You”
20. Demi Lovato – “Heart Attack”
21. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
22. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
23. P!nk – “Try”
24. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
25. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
26. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
27. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me”
28. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
29. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
30. Haim – “The Wire”
31. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
32. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
33. Anna Kendrick – “Cups”
34. Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais – “Summertime Sadness (Remix)”
35. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
36. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
37. Tegan and Sara – “Closer”
38. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
39. Johnnyswim – “Heart Beats”
40. Ed Sheeran – “Lego House”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Wake Me Up
2. Royals
3. Clarity
4. The Wire
5. I Love It
6. Radioactive
7. Closer
8. Mirrors
9. Thrift Shop
10. Try
11. Blurred Lines
12. Stay
13. Summertime Sadness (Remix)
14. I Need Your Love
15. Demons
16. Wrecking Ball
17. Gone, Gone, Gone
18. Suit & Tie
19. Heart Attack
20. Safe and Sound
21. Can’t Hold Us
22. Troublemaker
23. Just Give Me a Reason
24. Carry On
25. Heart Beats
26. Cups
27. Applause
28. Roar
29. I Knew You Were Trouble
30. Still Into You
31. Let Her Go
32. Next to Me
33. Love Somebody
34. Counting Stars
35. When I Was Your Man
36. The Other Side
37. Brave
38. Treasure
39. Lego House
40. Daylight

SNL Recap December 14, 2013: John Goodman/Kings of Leon

December 15, 2013

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If Drunk Uncle says it, I guess we never will be royals.

A Message from the President
This sketch was exemplary of how SNL really hasn’t had much of a satirical edge towards politics lately.  But that wasn’t exactly what this was going for, and you should really judge sketches on what they’re attempting, so that’s what I’ll do.  This was kind of a funny idea, but it was obvious what it was right away, and then it wasn’t anything more.  Doing the “Thriller” dance to mean “thrilled” was amusing, but other than that, not much of note happened. C+

John Goodman’s Monologue
Another musical monologue can be worth it if you do something unusual, and this was somewhat different, indeed different enough to not be predicted.  But it was reminiscent of David Alan Grier singing “let’s get butt naked in the White House,” which this wasn’t as good as. B-

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What Won TV? – December 8-December 14, 2013

December 15, 2013

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Masters of Sex
Monday – Rick and Morty is looking good.
Tuesday – Awkward.
Wednesday – Arrow!
Thursday – The Eric André Show
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang!, but again, The Neighbors and The Birthday Boys were great, too.
Saturday – Since SNL is winning this night by default nowadays, I feel compelled to point out something specific: so Drunk Uncle came back, and he’ll never be a royal.

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 12/14/13

December 14, 2013

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Schedules be kooky.

Original Version
1. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
2. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
3. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
4. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
5. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
6. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
7. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – “Wake Me Up”
8. Katy Perry – “Unconditionally”
9. Lorde – “Royals”
10. Jason Derulo – “Marry Me”
11. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
12. Fall Out Boy – “Alone Together”
13. Emeli Sandé – “My Kind of Love”
14. Goo Goo Dolls – “Come to Me”
15. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
16. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
17. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
18. Tegan and Sara – “Closer”
19. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
20. The Fray – “Love Don’t Die”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Wake Me Up
2. Royals
3. Closer
4. Demons
5. Wrecking Ball
6. Sweater Weather
7. Burn
8. Applause
9. Best Day of My Life
10. Timber
11. Stay the Night
12. Let Her Go
13. Alone Together
14. Love Don’t Die
15. Counting Stars
16. Unconditionally
17. My Kind of Love
18. Say Something
19. Come to Me
20. Marry Me

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