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The Flava'd Fifty 3: the Top of the Pops
Zwackerm made me do it. I was just gonna post it in his thread, but the project ended up being more fulfilling and challenging than I envisioned. So it gets to be the official FF3.
To make things easier for myself I set a few parameters:
1) Nothing released in the last year and a half.
2) Pop music changed and lost most rock affiliation in the late 90s and beyond. So that was my cut off for any borderline pop/rock artists. Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Florence and the Machine, All-American Rejects, Third Eye Blind and Paramore were all discluded but may have had a song place otherwise.
3) Even with that said, if a song leaned towards a genre other than pop I probably cut it, with a few exceptions where the song was clearly the best from an uncuttable artist. There will be some good examples early on and maybe a few surprises later. This is also why all but one of the pop songs in the all time list will be absent.
4) I made a 3 song limit, though this was only an issue with one artist.
5) Because it is the FF3, I will give 3 close calls in the next post.
Will start tonight and finish in 5 days hopefully.
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Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:32 pm
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Re: The Flava'd Fifty 3: the Top of the Pops
Here are the 3 (times 3 plus 1) close calls
"It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith "Take On Me" by Ah-Ha
"Puzzle Pieces" by Saint Motel "Irreplacable" by Beyoncé "Cruel" by Foxes
"Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga "Objection" by Shakira "Bleeding Love" by ASTR
"Faded" by Souldecision
And the first five will come soon, in the same style as the yearly list.
Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:39 pm
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Re: The Flava'd Fifty 3: the Top of the Pops
'We're a thousand miles from comfort"
50. Rather Be by Clean Bandit and Jess Glyne
Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:44 pm
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"But tonight I'm gonna lose it all, Playing with fire I was the first to fall"
49. Something In The Way You Move by Ellie Goulding
Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:49 pm
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Re: The Flava'd Fifty 3: the Top of the Pops
"Hey how long 'till the music drowns you out?"
48. Boyfriend by Ashlee Simpson
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Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:51 pm
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Re: The Flava'd Fifty 3: the Top of the Pops
"See how high the suns shines brightly on the city On the streets where once was pity"
47. Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
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Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:55 pm
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"Shine a light through an open door"
46. We Found Love by Rihanna and Calvin Harris
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Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:57 pm
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Both Rather Be and Something In The Way You Move are both instant mood improvers by incredible singers.
I won't sit here and pretend like Ashlee is a better singer than Jessica, or even good at all. But something about her growling over a ripoff of "Riot Radio" has always worked for me. And that is why she is here and Big Sis is not.
Mr. Blue Sky is my first borderline song. I wouldn't consider Electric Light Orchestra a pop band by any means, but pop was different back then. And then making it onto Starlord's playlist in Guardians 2 cemented it as a pop song in my mind.
I almost left We Found Love off, but then I heard it at work today and saw reason. Aerosmith sure wish I had started the list a day earlier though.
Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:02 pm
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NXT Takeover is over so set 2 will be coming up.
Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:45 pm
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"We've come a long long way together"
45. Praise You by Fatboy Slim
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Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:46 pm
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"She shuts the room down The way she walks and causes a fuss"
44. LoveStoned by Justin Timberlake
Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:50 pm
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"Under the covers My man is a bad motherfucker"
43. L8 CMMR by Lily Allen
Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:54 pm
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"Ticking tocking like a bomb Throws me back to when I had you closer"
42. "Sparks" by Hilary Duff
Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:57 pm
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"I'm just a face without a choice"
41. I Blame Myself by Sky Ferreira
Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:59 pm
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I was initially against Fatboy Slim and his hippie dancing video whilst it was in the midst of a heated VMA battle with "Freak On A Leash" by Korn. They both ended up losing and I ended up really loving this song.
FutureSex era is obviously peak Timberlake and LoveStoned was the best to come out of it. Check out the Justice remix as well.
Siri calls this song "El Eight See Emm Emm Are" and I suppose Lily Allen never considered what future AIs would think of her spelling. She also reflects poorly on the Sheezus era, saying she wasn't in total creative control. While I want her to be happy, she did produce three of her best songs here, including my favorite. And she told her then-rival popstars to "bow down bitch" on the title track. So its an overall plus in my book.
It was tough to pick between Sparks and Come Clean for the Duffster. Sparks is just more fun and more likly to make me move. CC would win a video contest though, as I cannot vouch for Duff's dancing.
Sky Ferreira was already having a tough time with fame and maybe that explains why she still hasn't released the follow up to this album.
Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:07 am
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Re: The Flava'd Fifty 3: the Top of the Pops
I have hardly heard of any of these. Were these popular or are they just by pop artists?
Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:41 am
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zwackerm wrote:
I have hardly heard of any of these. Were these popular or are they just by pop artists?
I'd say only 5 of the 10 were legit hits. Though it does beg the question- can something be pop if it isn't popular? I say yes. And I'd guess that the full list is only 1/3 unpopular pop.
Also must point out that this is the first FF I have done on a laptop instead of my phone. It is much smoother lol. I can just copy/paste youtube links instead of having to quote another post to get the right formula!
40-36 coming up soon.
Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:06 am
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"You're picture perfect blue Sunbathing on the moon"
40. Boom Clap by Charli XCX
Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:15 am
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Re: The Flava'd Fifty 3: the Top of the Pops
Is there only going to be one Taylor song on the list?
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