April 14, 2012
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Have Katy Perry gone too far?
Original Version
1. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
2. Train – “Drive By”
3. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
4. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
5. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
6. Graffiti6 – “Free”
7. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
8. B.o.B – “So Good”
9. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
10. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
11. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
12. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
13. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
14. Usher – “Climax”
15. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
16. Madonna – “Girl Gone Wild”
17. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
18. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
19. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
20. Christina Perri – “A Thousand Years”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. A Thousand Years
5. Free
6. Brokenhearted
7. Part of Me
8. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
9. Sweeter
10. Everybody Talks
11. So Good
12. Ass Back Home
13. Girl Gone Wild
14. Is Anybody Out There
15. Drive By
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up
April 11, 2012
jmunney
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television
Never before has a boy band sounded as exotic as The Wanted, or, whatever.
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
3. Flo Rida ft. Sia – “Wild Ones”
4. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
5. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
6. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
7. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
8. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
9. Train – “Drive By”
10. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
11. Usher – “Climax”
12. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
13. B.o.B – “So Good”
14. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
15. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
16. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
17. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
18. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
19. Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
20. Tyga – “Rack City”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. We Are Young
4. Set Fire to the Rain
5. Turn Me On
6. Wild Ones
7. Call Me Maybe
8. Brokenhearted
9. Everybody Talks
10. Part of Me
11. So Good
12. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
13. Rack City
14. The Motto (Remix)
15. What Makes You Beautiful
16. Glad You Came
17. Turn Up the Music
18. Drive By
19. Young, Wild & Free
20. Climax
April 8, 2012
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
One Direction, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 37, SNL, SNL Season 37, Sofia Vergara
eBay of Pigs!
Cold Opening – Road to the White House
The best part of all those cookie-cutter Mitt Romney sketches from this season has been Mitt attempting to sound like an actual human with actual human interests, so a compilation of those bits was an apt choice. B
Sofia Vergara’s Monologue
Rather lightweight, but the joke about how Hispanic people age fast initially and then stop aging completely was funny, despite being based on a very small portion of reality. B
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April 7, 2012
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
It’s particularly disheartening to see Train at #1 when folks as unusual as fun. and Gotye are right behind at 2 and 3.
Original Version
1. Train – “Drive By”
2. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
3. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
4. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
5. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
6. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
7. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
8. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
9. Graffiti6 – “Free”
10. B.o.B – “So Good”
11. Jessie J – “Domino”
12. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
13. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
14. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
15. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
16. Usher – “Climax”
17. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
18. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
19. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
20. Madonna – “Girl Gone Wild”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. We Are Young
3. Domino
4. Free
5. Brokenhearted
6. Part of Me
7. Everybody Talks
8. So Good
9. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
10. Girl Gone Wild
11. Ass Back Home
12. Is Anybody Out There
13. Breathing
14. Drive By
15. International Love
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up
April 5, 2012
jmunney
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television
I guess the emerging boy bands are further evidence that the 90’s are back. But Carly Rae Jepsen – who totally sounds like she’s been transported from another time – may be the strongest evidence yet.
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
3. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
4. Flo Rida ft. Sia – “Wild Ones”
5. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
6. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
7. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
8. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
9. Train – “Drive By”
10. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
11. Far East Movement ft. Justin Bieber and Redfoo – “Live My Life” (Party Rock Remix)
12. B.o.B – “So Good”
13. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
14. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
15. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
16. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
17. Tyga – “Rack City”
18. J. Cole ft. Missy Elliott – “Nobody’s Perfect”
19. Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
20. LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Sexy and I Know It
3. Feel So Close
4. We Are Young
5. Set Fire to the Rain
6. Turn Me On
7. Wild Ones
8. Call Me Maybe
9. Part of Me
10. So Good
11. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
12. Rack City
13. Live My Life
14. Nobody’s Perfect
15. The Motto (Remix)
16. What Makes You Beautiful
17. Turn Up the Music
18. Drive By
19. Glad You Came
20. Young, Wild & Free
March 31, 2012
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Our #1’s match up – first time since November (Adele – “Someone Like You”).
Original Version
1. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2. Train – “Drive By”
3. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
4. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
5. fun. ft Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
6. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
7. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
8. Jessie J – “Domino”
9. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
10. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
11. Graffiti6 – “Free”
12. Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”
13. B.o.B – “So Good”
14. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
15. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
16. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
17. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
18. Adam Lambert – “Better Than I Know Myself”
19. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
20. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. Domino
5. Cough Syrup
6. Set Fire to the Rain
7. Free
8. Brokenhearted
9. Part of Me
10. Everybody Talks
11. So Good
12. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
13. Ass Back Home
14. Breathing
15. Drive By
16. International Love
17. Better Than I Know Myself
18. If You Ever Come Back
19. Fine By Me
20. I Won’t Give Up
March 29, 2012
jmunney
30 Rock, Archer, Awake, Beavis and Butt-Head, Billy on the Street, Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Parks and Recreation, Television, The Big Bang Theory, The Office, The Secret Circle, Up All Night
Year after year, Thursday continually proves itself to be the most loaded, most rewarding night of television, and I feel like singing that out in a blog post. Here are all the shows that I have regularly watched on Thursdays this season (September 2011-now), ranked in ascending order of quality (of the current season). And, for your entertainment, I have also included a memorable quote from several of these shows from their current seasons.
12. The Secret Circle
11. The Office (“I haven’t had this much fun since seeing Zoo E Desk Channel at the Cocarella Music Festival.”)
10. The Big Bang Theory
9. Up All Night
8. Awake
7. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (“Dennis is asshole. Why Charlie hate?”)
6. 30 Rock (“I finally understand the ending of The Sixth Sense. Those names are the people who worked on the movie!”)
5. Billy on the Street (“I LOVE MERYL STREEP!”)
4. Archer (“Thanks, Holly Hindsight.”)
3. Beavis and Butt-Head (“Masturbation frequency dialed in.”)
2. Parks and Recreation (“Anyone want to go to JJ’s for some after-dinner omelettes?”)
1. Community (“Boopy doopy doop boop sex!”)
March 28, 2012
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Guest Announcements Reactions, Television
4/14/12: Josh Brolin/Gotye: You all may have forgotten that Josh Brolin has already hosted once before. What with Sarah Palin and Mark Wahlberg stopping by, as well Brolin’s W director Oliver Stone commandeering his monologue, as well as musical guest Adele having her first big break, there wasn’t much memorable from that episode that actually featured the host (except for that “I’m No Angel” sketch with a very pregnant Amy Poehler that keeps inexplicably being included in SNL clip shows). Brolin seems like a nice guy, and he’s a fine actor, but, in my estimation, he doesn’t quite have the the temperament for sketch comedy. Hopefully, the writing will be solid.
“Who’s Gotye,” some of you may be asking. Well, his parents gave him the Dutch name “Wouter,” whose French version is “Gaultier,” for which “Gotye” is a fairly close phonetic approximation. Anyway, you may have heard his song “Somebody That I Used to Know,” featuring Kiwi chanteuse Kimbra. And you may be surprised that a tune that sounds like an art-rock piece from Peter Gabriel in his heyday has, as of this posting, charted as high as 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video is a brilliant piece of visual accompaniment, and hopefully Gotye will present something like it on the SNL stage. (Also, Kimbra’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/kimbramusic) implies that she will be there to join Gotye, so that’s good.)
March 28, 2012
jmunney
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television
My top 2 videos of the moment were back-to-back. I call them “Bliss” and “Hot.”
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
3. Flo Rida ft. Sia – “Wild Ones”
4. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
5. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
6. Train – “Drive By”
7. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
8. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
9. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
10. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
11. Neon Hitch – “Love U Betta” (or “F U Betta,” or … “F*** U Betta)
12. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
13. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
14. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
15. LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It”
16. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
17. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
18. Madonna – “Girl Gone Wild”
19. Tyga – “Rack City”
20. Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Sexy and I Know It
3. Feel So Close
4. We Are Young
5. Love U Betta
6. Set Fire to the Rain
7. Turn Me On
8. Wild Ones
9. Call Me Maybe
10. Everybody Talks
11. Girl Gone Wild
12. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
13. Rack City
14. The Motto (Remix)
15. Ass Back Home
16. What Makes You Beautiful
17. Turn Up the Music
18. Drive By
19. Glad You Came
20. Young, Wild & Free
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