Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
August 16, 2013
Commercials, Television, Watch And/Or Listen to This Leave a comment
It’s my first time spotlighting a commercial in my “Watch And/Or Listen to This” feature. And what has compelled me to break tradition? Well, I think I may be in love: the redhead with the face like Malin Åkerman’s has stolen my heart. (The midriff-baring blonde isn’t too bad, either. [Interestingly enough, most of the YouTube are enamored with the raven-haired donna in the blue dress.]) Also, there’s a T. Rex song.
August 14, 2013
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television Leave a comment
Fuse-VH1 #1 Agreement Alert is back, because you know, Song of the Summer logic and all. It’s official now: http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/your-2013-song-of-summer-is.html
Original Version
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
2. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
3. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
4. One Direction – “Best Song Ever”
5. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
6. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – “Same Love”
7. Anna Kendrick – “Cups”
8. Avicii – “Wake Me Up”
9. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
10. Selena Gomez – “Come & Get It”
11. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
12. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
13. Hunter Hayes – “I Want Crazy”
14. Phillip Phillips – “Gone Gone Gone”
15. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
16. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
17. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
18. Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais – “Summertime Sadness Remix”
19. Karmin – “Acapella”
20. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Clarity
2. We Can’t Stop
3. Radioactive
4. Wake Me Up
5. Come & Get It
6. Mirrors
7. I Need Your Love
8. Blurred Lines
9. Same Love
10. Safe and Sound
11. Summertime Sadness Remix
12. Cups
13. Treasure
14. Just Give Me a Reason
15. Acapella
16. Love Somebody
17. Best Song Ever
18. Gone Gone Gone
19. I Want Crazy
20. The Other Side
August 10, 2013
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown Leave a comment
The real longevity story here is “Radioactive.” Wow.
Original Version
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
2. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
3. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
4. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
5. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
6. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
7. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
8. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
9. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – “Same Love”
10. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
11. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
12. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – “Bruises”
13. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
14. Walk Off the Earth – “Red Hands”
15. Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly – “Cruise (Remix)”
16. Anna Kendrick – “Cups”
17. Paramore – “Still Into You”
18. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – “Everything Has Changed”
19. Johnnyswim – “Heartbeats”
20. P!nk ft. Lily Allen – “True Love”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Clarity
2. We Can’t Stop
3. Radioactive
4. I Need Your Love
5. Blurred Lines
6. Same Love
7. Safe and Sound
8. Red Hands
9. Still Into You
10. Cups
11. Treasure
12. Love Somebody
13. True Love
14. Heartbeats
15. Brave
16. Counting Stars
17. Everything Has Changed
18. Cruise (Remix)
19. The Other Side
20. Bruises
August 7, 2013
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television Leave a comment
Can we have a law that in the future comedy has to be done by comedians?
Original Version
1. One Direction – “Best Song Ever”
2. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
3. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
4. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
5. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
6. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – “Same Love”
7. Selena Gomez – “Come & Get It”
8. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – “Everything Has Changed”
9. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
10. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
11. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
12. Hunter Hayes – “I Want Crazy”
13. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
14. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
15. Ariana Grande ft. Mac Miller – “The Way”
16. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
17. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
18. Phillip Phillips – “Gone Gone Gone”
19. Karmin – “Acapella”
20. Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Clarity
2. We Can’t Stop
3. Radioactive
4. Come & Get It
5. Mirrors
6. I Need Your Love
7. Blurred Lines
8. Same Love
9. Safe and Sound
10. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
11. Treasure
12. Just Give Me a Reason
13. Acapella
14. Love Somebody
15. Best Song Ever
16. Gone Gone Gone
17. Everything Has Changed
18. I Want Crazy
19. The Other Side
20. The Way
August 3, 2013
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown Leave a comment
VH1-Fuse #1 Agreement Alert Have Taken Over My Blog
Original Version
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
2. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
3. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
4. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
5. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
6. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
7. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
8. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
9. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – “Same Love”
10. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
11. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – “Bruises”
12. Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly – “Cruise (Remix)”
13. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
14. Walk Off the Earth – “Red Hands”
15. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us”
16. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
17. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
18. Johnnyswim – “Heartbeats”
19. Kelly Clarkson – “People Like Us”
20. Paramore – “Still Into You”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Clarity
2. We Can’t Stop
3. Radioactive
4. Mirrors
5. Same Love
6. I Need Your Love
7. Blurred Lines
8. Safe and Sound
9. Red Hands
10. Still Into You
11. Can’t Hold Us
12. Treasure
13. People Like Us
14. Love Somebody
15. Heartbeats
16. Brave
17. Counting Stars
18. Cruise (Remix)
19. The Other Side
20. Bruises
July 30, 2013
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television Leave a comment
Fuse-VH1 #1 Agreement Alert Just Can’t Stop.
Original Version
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
2. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
3. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
4. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – “Same Love”
5. Panic! at the Disco ft. Lolo – “Miss Jackson”
6. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
7. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
8. Selena Gomez – “Come & Get It”
9. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
10. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
11. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
12. Ariana Grande ft. Mac Miller – “The Way”
13. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
14. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
15. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
16. Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
17. Phillip Phillips – “Gone Gone Gone”
18. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
19. Icona Pop – “I Love It”
20. Mariah Carey ft. Miguel – “#Beautiful”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Clarity
2. We Can’t Stop
3. Radioactive
4. I Love It
5. Come & Get It
6. Mirrors
7. Same Love
8. I Need Your Love
9. Blurred Lines
10. #Beautiful
11. Safe and Sound
12. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
13. Miss Jackson
14. Treasure
15. Just Give Me a Reason
16. Love Somebody
17. Counting Stars
18. Gone Gone Gone
19. The Other Side
20. The Way
July 28, 2013
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown Leave a comment
VH1-Fuse #1 Agreement Alert, Part 3
Original Version
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
2. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
3. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
4. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
5. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
6. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
7. Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly – “Cruise (Remix)”
8. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
9. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
10. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – “Same Love”
11. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – “Bruises”
12. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us”
13. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
14. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
15. Hanson – “Get the Girl Back”
16. Kelly Clarkson – “People Like Us”
17. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
18. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
19. Johnnyswim – “Heart Beats”
20. Walk Off the Earth – “Red Hands”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Clarity
2. We Can’t Stop
3. Radioactive
4. Mirrors
5. Same Love
6. I Need Your Love
7. Blurred Lines
8. Safe and Sound
9. Red Hands
10. Can’t Hold Us
11. Treasure
12. Get the Girl Back
13. People Like Us
14. Heart Beats
15. Love Somebody
16. Brave
17. Counting Stars
18. Cruise (Remix)
19. The Other Side
20. Bruises
July 24, 2013
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television Leave a comment
Fuse-VH1 #1 Agreement Alert, Cont.
Original Version
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
2. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
3. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
4. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – “Same Love”
5. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
6. Selena Gomez – “Come & Get It”
7. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
8. Ciara ft. Nicki Minaj – “I’m Out”
9. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
10. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
11. Hunter Hayes – “I Want Crazy”
12. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
13. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
14. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
15. Ariana Grande ft. Mac Miller – “The Way”
16. Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
17. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
18. Mariah Carey ft. Miguel – “#Beautiful”
19. Phillip Phillips – “Gone Gone Gone”
20. Icona Pop – “I Love It”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Clarity
2. We Can’t Stop
3. Radioactive
4. I Love It
5. Come & Get It
6. Mirrors
7. Same Love
8. I Need Your Love
9. Blurred Lines
10. #Beautiful
11. Safe and Sound
12. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
13. Treasure
14. Just Give Me a Reason
15. I’m Out
16. Love Somebody
17. Gone Gone Gone
18. I Want Crazy
19. The Way
20. The Other Side
July 22, 2013
Community, Television Leave a comment
In taking stock of Community Season 4 as a whole, I noticed several fans saying that moving forward into Season 5, the show should focus less on its “theme” or “homage” episodes and take a more low-key approach closer in line to Season 1 than any subsequent seasons. Much of this was said before it was announced that Dan Harmon would be returning, so fans were concerned that the show was still going to be run by showrunners who did not seem as capable of successfully pulling off the ambitious outings that had worked under Harmon’s initial tenure. But! – fans declared, the show could still be good even if it backed off the theme episodes. Then Dan was re-hired, and he too has talked about “re-grounding” the characters, seemingly implying that there indeed will be a decreased reliance on theme episodes. It is funny to hear all this, in a way, though, considering that the most well-received Season 4 episode by fans and critics alike was “Basic Human Anatomy” – the homage to body-swap movies. And one of the other consensus stronger Season 4 outings, “Herstory of Dance,” though not a full-on theme episode, did feature an homage to the classic “two dates in one night” sitcom trope in one of its subplots.
The point is, I don’t think Community can, or should, completely abandon its homage elements. This is a show that began with its characters meeting each other as an homage to The Breakfast Club. With a character like Abed Nadir, who views his life and the lives of his friends as movies and TV shows, such homages are practically inescapable. They were present at the show’s beginning, and it would be inorganic for them to disappear. True, even Abed did speak (in “Herstory”) of “making a conscious effort to get away from filtering everything through TV.” But he was not necessarily talking about abandoning those references, but rather, expanding his reference points (to include in this case, the entertainment of ancient Rome).
Thus, I would like Community to expand its reference points, hopefully in line with its characters expanding their reference points, just as any good show should mature and expand as its gets older and its characters get older and mature and expand. Harmon just revealed at Comic-Con plans for an all-animated episode and a second Dungeons & Dragons episode, serving as a counterpoint to his desire for re-grounding. It sounds like the homages are not going away. My hope is that they remain as organic as the best ones have been thus far and that they do not swallow up genuine characterization. That appears to be what Harmon wants as well. Here is word from one fan saying that it sounds like he has the right attitude.
July 20, 2013
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown Leave a comment
VH1-Fuse #1 Agreement Alert
Original Version
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
2. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
3. Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”
4. Maroon 5 – “Love Somebody”
5. Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly – “Cruise (Remix)”
6. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”
7. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us”
8. Zedd ft. Foxes – “Clarity”
9. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
10. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “I Need Your Love”
11. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – “Same Love”
12. Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
13. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
14. Demi Lovato – “Heart Attack”
15. Kelly Clarkson – “People Like Us”
16. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
17. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – “Bruises”
18. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
19. Hanson – “Get the Girl Back”
20. Johnnyswim – “Heart Beats”
Original Version
1. Clarity
2. Radioactive
3. We Can’t Stop
4. Same Love
5. Mirrors
6. I Need Your Love
7. Blurred Lines
8. Can’t Hold Us
9. Heart Attack
10. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
11. Treasure
12. Get the Girl Back
13. People Like Us
14. Heart Beats
15. Brave
16. Love Somebody
17. Counting Stars
18. Cruise (Remix)
19. The Other Side
20. Bruises
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