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. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
2. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
3. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
4. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
5. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
6. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
7. Lorde – “Team”
8. Beyoncé – “XO”
9. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
10. Bastille – “Pompeii”
11. John Newman – “Love Me Again”
12. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
13. Fall Out Boy – “Alone Together”
14. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
15. The Fray – “Love Don’t Die”
16. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
17. Goo Goo Dolls – “Come to Me”
18. John Mayer ft. Katy Perry – “Who You Love”
19. Daughtry – “Waiting for Superman”
20. Christina Perri – “Human”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Team
2. Who You Love
3. The Monster
4. Demons
5. Pompeii
6. XO
7. Love Me Again
8. Timber
9. Burn
10. Sweater Weather
11. Counting Stars
12. Let Her Go
13. Stay the Night
14. Alone Together
15. Love Don’t Die
16. Best Day of My Life
17. Human
18. Say Something
19. Waiting for Superman
20. Come to Me
Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
2. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
3. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
4. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
5. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
6. Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z – “Drunk in Love”
7. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
8. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
9. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
10. Avicii – “Wake Me Up”
11. Bastille – “Pompeii”
12. Lorde – “Team”
13. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
14. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. ScHoolboy Q and Hollis – “White Walls”
15. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
16. Katy Perry – “Unconditionally”
17. Mike WiLL Made It ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J – “23”
18. Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown – “Show Me”
19. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
20. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Wake Me Up
2. Team
3. The Monster
4. Demons
5. Pompeii
6. Wrecking Ball
7. Timber
8. Drunk in Love
9. Burn
10. Sweater Weather
11. Counting Stars
12. Stay the Night
13. Applause
14. Let Her Go
15. White Walls
16. Best Day of My Life
17. 23
18. Show Me
19. Unconditionally
20. Say Something
Best Episodes 1. #109 – “The Beef Off 2” – “The Beef Off 2” holds a special place in my heart because it was the first episode that I brought friends along to. And it was probably the best possible introductory episode, as this celebration of the lathered-up, beefy male form in all its glory had them instantly hooked. I may be a bit biased here, as my brother is the two-time Beef Off champion, but I am also a fan of bizarre physical contests (as long as all the participants are fully committed to the ridiculousness). What was up with Hot Dog’s hesitation at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge? Oh, the mysteries of Andrew Parrish.
2. #112 – “TCGS Half-Hour and Saddle-Bee Neigh-t Hive” – Comedy that makes fun of comedy is one of the best forms of comedy, even if the comedy being made fun of is already pretty funny. I love SNL, but it can get annoyingly hacky. Interestingly enough, its transformation into full-hacky mode by TCGS looked good.
3. #99 – “Lookin’ at Dicks in the Dark: A New Low” – This episode also holds a special place in my heart as it was the first one I attended live at MNN. A celebration about sexual openness and plowing on through technical difficulties – a couple of Gethard hallmarks.
4. #95 – “The Hour Long Song” – The John Coltrane of TCGS episodes, with perhaps the best “it was all a dream” ending in entertainment history.
5. #115 – “Open for Delivery” – If surprise is the most essential element of comedy, then how about a whole night of surprises? It is all wrapped up with some b-boying, and surprise b-boying is the best form of b-boying.
Best Musical Guests 1. Zs – Described as “post-no wave, death prog” (apparently Zane the music booker was joking, but that is a perfect description), Zs deserved the praise from Gethard having “literally never seen anything like that in [his] entire life.” A wild, but beautifully contained, free jazz fusion, the music of Zs is impossible not to get affected by. No surprise that Rob Malone, the World’s Greatest Dancer, was inspired by them unlike anything else in a while.
What did Bananaman think of them? “Spiritual!”
2. Quitzow – Quitzow’s first song was “Cats Are People Too,” and her brand of synthpop is probably what the cat pictures of the Internet would be if they were to turn into a musician.
What did Bananaman think of her? “Equal rights message!”
3. Ceramic Dog – Perhaps the most lyrically thoughtful of TCGS’ 2013 musical lineup, Ceramic Dog provided a headbanger that got you thinking about copyright law, as well as an instrumental piece perfectly tuned for getting you into a groove.
What did Bananaman think of them? “I’ll admit I haven’t heard them before. They’re amazing, I’m gonna buy all their stuff.”
4. The World/Inferno Friendship Society – Wikipedia genre-izes The World/Inferno Friendship Society as “punk cabaret,” “circus punk,” and “anarcho-punk.” Indeed, their brand of fancy, fiddling rocking is a carnival of the high and the low.
What did Bananaman think of them? “FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!”
5. Ghost & Goblin – The most elaborate act of 2013, Ghost & Goblin was the first musical guest to die on The Chris Gethard Show.
What did Bananaman think of them? “The shit that Gimghoul will play at their castle, but in a good way.”
6. Crazy & the Brains – The most playfully demanding band of the year, insisting that the audience take a nice nap break in the middle of the song.
What did Bananaman think of them? “The best episode of Saturday Night Live I’m gonna watch!”
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. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
2. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
3. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
4. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
5. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
6. Beyoncé – “XO”
7. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
8. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
9. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
10. Lorde – “Team”
11. Bastille – “Pompeii”
12. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
13. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
14. Fall Out Boy – “Sweater Weather”
15. John Newman – “Love Me Again”
16. The Fray – “Love Don’t Die”
17. Fitz and the Tantrums – “Out of My League”
18. Goo Goo Dolls – “Come to Me”
19. John Mayer ft. Katy Perry – “Who You Love”
20. Daughtry – “Waiting for Superman”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Team
2. The Monster
3. Who You Love
4. Demons
5. XO
6. Pompeii
7. Timber
8. Love Me Again
9. Out of My League
10. Burn
11. Sweater Weather
12. Counting Stars
13. Best Day of My Life
14. Stay the Night
15. Let Her Go
16. Alone Together
17. Love Don’t Die
18. Say Something
19. Waiting for Superman
20. Come to Me
Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
2. Pitbull ft. Ke$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
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
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
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
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
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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