Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 1/7/14

January 8, 2014

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

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

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 1/4/13

January 5, 2014

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Each week, I check out VH1’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
2. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
3. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
4. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
5. Beyoncé – “XO”
6. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
7. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
8. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
9. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
10. Fall Out Boy – “Alone Together”
11. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
12. Lorde – “Team”
13. Bastille – “Pompeii”
14. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
15. The Fray – “Love Don’t Die”
16. Goo Goo Dolls – “Come to Me”
17. Fitz and the Tantrums – “Out of My League”
18. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
19. John Newman – “Love Me Again”
20. John Mayer ft. Katy Perry – “Who You Love”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Team
2. The Monster
3. Demons
4. XO
5. Timber
6. Wrecking Ball
7. Out of My League
8. Love Me Again
9. Pompeii
10. Who You Love
11. Sweater Weather
12. Burn
13. Best Day of My Life
14. Stay the Night
15. Let Her Go
16. Counting Stars
17. Alone Together
18. Love Don’t Die
19. Say Something
20. Come to Me

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

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

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

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

Watch And/Or Listen to This: St. Vincent’s “Birth in Reverse”

December 13, 2013

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St. Vincent’s new album is coming out February 24.  Here’s the first single.  “Oh what an ordinary day/Take out the garbage, masturbate” joins “In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey” and “I killed a man cause he killed my goat” among the greatest opening lines of all time.

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 12/10/13

December 12, 2013

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I go to school with this girl who wants to work at FUSE, but she’s never seen an episode of Billy on the Street.

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

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. White Walls
11. Applause
12. Roar
13. Still Into You
14. Timber
15. Let Her Go
16. 23
17. Brave
18. Counting Stars
19. Say Something
20. Story of my Life

Watch And/Or Listen to This: the interview number one

December 11, 2013

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On this edition of “Watch And/Or Listen to This,” I ask that you indulge me and allow me to spotlight some of my own work.  In this video, I interview someone.  Fans of The Chris Gethard Show may recognize the interviewee.

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 12/7/13

December 7, 2013

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Imagen if VH1 Tp 20 modarn.

Original Version
1. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
2. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
3. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
4. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
5. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – “Wake Me Up”
6. Lorde – “Royals”
7. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
8. Jason Derulo – “Marry Me”
9. Emeli Sandé – “My Kind of Love”
10. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
11. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
12. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
13. Katy Perry – “Unconditionally”
14. Travie McCoy ft. Gavin DeGraw – “Rough Water”
15. Goo Goo Dolls – “Come to Me”
16. Fall Out Boy – “Alone Together”
17. Tegan and Sara – “Closer”
18. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
19. Justin Timberlake – “TKO”
20. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Wake Me Up
2. Royals
3. Closer
4. Demons
5. TKO
6. Wrecking Ball
7. Sweater Weather
8. Burn
9. Applause
10. Best Day of My Life
11. Stay the Night
12. Let Her Go
13. Alone Together
14. Counting Stars
15. Unconditionally
16. My Kind of Love
17. Say Something
18. Come to Me
19. Rough Water
20. Marry Me

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