mtv.com's "contenders for 2011's song of the summer"

LMFAO (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock), "Party Rock Anthem" vs David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida), "Where Them Girls At"

voted for Pitbull over Katy Perry. Gaga and Adele might be better songs but not summery enough.

thread of missing window pain

Gross.

Voted for "Super Bass" but even that's only like a 7/10

loooool @ the name of that maroon 5 song

wtf is a Foster the People?

random-ass LA band that recently had the #1 song on the alternative rock chart w/ some MGMT-sounding bullshit

god so many of these are fucking horrible. thank christ Bruno Mars didn't make the cut

Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" (featuring Bruno Mars), "Lighters"

anyway, KP & pitbull are pretty much the only two of these that i'll bump in the car -- maybe "i'm on one" begrudgingly

idk

yeah ok but I mean the uncut, solo, pure evil shit that is whatever the fuck that whistling bullshit is called.

uh are we backlashing on gaga or something?

"judas" is still the by far the best single off that album

LMFAO edged by Gaga

Gaga, but my god this is a dreary list.

u guys dont like super bass a lot?

Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" (featuring Bruno Mars), "Lighters"

― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 2 July 2011 00:28 (20 hours ago) Bookmark

really?

"super bass" is both the best song and the best summer 2011 jam

like i thought it was a vg song in pink friday context and then this year's warm weather rolled in and it became an UNIMPEACHABLY GREAT song - like the perfect balance between bratty/pretty, aggressive/vulnerable, ruffneck/disneypop, smartass/airhead

super bass = 9/10 (loses a touch of momentum after nicki stops rapping)
the edge of glory = 8/10 (gotta be in the right mood though, unlike "super bass" which can PUT me in the right mood for it)
give me everything = 7/10 (MEMENTO MORI CLUB POP)
i wanna go = 7/10 (not unenjoyable but i cannot get behind this era of britney as a thing to be enthusiastic about in general and would not mind if she just stopped for a while, or even for good)
rolling in the deep = 6/10 (i have grown so sick of this but i did think it was okay when i first heard it, leagues better than anything else adele has put her tedious name to)

the rest are various shades of 0-3/10 gross

oh who am i kidding the amount of times i've put "super bass" obsessively on loop says 10/10 so much more than my ~rational~ assessment ever could

Need to listen to a few more of these before confirming but can't imagine my choice not being "Super Bass".

"Don't Wanna Go Home" has made me laugh pretty hard but I'd only reward a song for awfulness if there was nothing in the list I actually liked.

"Rolling In The Deep" I like most in random club mix derivation, I think.

i like gaga occasionally but edge of glory is one of the most irritating songs i've ever heard, just a really shrill horrible melody.

suuuuuuuuuper baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaass duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhh

that's the kinda poll option i was looking fo
and yes you get slapped if you disagreeing hoe

throw a sidney samson mix of 'where them girls at' in too plz, whichever's fine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvSSgUpCsEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQsQ4-K-OfU

ugh why did i even bother checking 'tgif' again

perry voters burn in hell as ever no argument

"Super Bass" easily, over "I Wanna Go" and the Ne-Yo part of "Give Me Everything."

"Rolling In The Deep" I like most in random club mix derivation, I think.

― Tim F, Sunday, July 3, 2011 10:35 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha yessss

Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" (featuring Bruno Mars), "Lighters"

― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 2 July 2011 00:28 (20 hours ago) Bookmark

really?

― flopson, Saturday, July 2, 2011 9:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol, this was a response to the post above me where the dude said "at least bruno mars didn't make this list"

I was pretty sure that it was On The Floor by Jennifer Lopez. That stupid song was played everywhere in NYC back in May.

uh are we backlashing on gaga or something?

― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Saturday, July 2, 2011 12:38 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

I thought we had been for a while.

I guess it's between Sweat, On The Floor or Saxobeat for biggest summer tune worldwide?

saxobeat is pretty dope -- "on the floor" is really great tho

Was surprised "On The Floor" wasn't in this list actually.

how behind is the US on "danza kuduro" & that afrojack song "i want you to take over control" or w/e

Super Bass is alright, but why not Girls Fall Like Dominoes?

because it's not a single in the US

I really want to like "Danza Kuduro", but it's just too relentlessly up or something, like there's no tension in it.

idk dude

is sweat the snoop song? thats dope imo

Super Bass is alright, but why not Girls Fall Like Dominoes?

because it sucks in comparison to "super bass"?

super bass by a mile, though i do also like a number of other songs on this list

LMFAO (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock), "Party Rock Anthem"

Kind've suprised there hasn't been more discussion of this on ILx - this was #1 in NZ for nearly three months; just fell short of Crazy Frog's "Axel F" stay at the top in terms of chartbusting power, fending off multiple Gaga singles and the like until finally succumbing to Adele. Has enough hooks/segements that I'd thought snatches of it I'd heard out of cars/walking past shops/etc belonged to different songs; seems to sum up that Ke$ha/Kreayshawn L.A. trashthetic (though I'd initially pegged this as incredibly Australian for some reason, both the shuffling and the uh mersh vibe - Tim F, how was this received over yr way?) while working as a novelty dance song cf "The Macarena".

Voting Pitbull ... secretly hoping him'n'Shakira's "Rabiosa" hits the charts.

'segments', not 'segEments', ugh.

Someone needs to record "Party Frock Anthem".

afaict lots of raver kids here do that shuffle dance

I kind of like that song in spite of myself :/

can't believe there's not even a hint of love for this

http://i56.tinypic.com/2zof6hj.gif

song is a solid 7/10

is sweat the snoop song? thats dope imo

― *rolls eyez on me* (D-40), Sunday, July 3, 2011 6:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ha was going to ask the same thing -- been meaning to revive your LA-sleaze cornball rap production thread to admit that i now grudgingly like The Cataracts stuff

can't believe there's not even a hint of love for this

http://i56.tinypic.com/2zof6hj.gif

― bernard snowy, Monday, July 4, 2011 12:58 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

can't even tell what that is

yah 'sweat' is their greatest triumph imo

i kinda like that stupid new boyz song too

"Super Bass" is the easy pick here. Put that on a mix for this weekend with friends at a lake cabin, sounded so great even after multiple replays!

I like the foster the people song

I do too, actually. A better MGMT than anything off their last album. Still nowhere near as good as "Super Bass" though.

can't even tell what that is

― some dude, Monday, July 4, 2011 5:10 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

it takes some real detective skills to figure out which song bernard snowy was referring to with this gif featuring shots of dj khaled & drake

it's a small, dimly lit gif, didn't recognize them

anyway "i'm on one" blows, only thing it really has going for it is that it doesnt sound like the last 8 identical dj khaled singles

super bass = 9/10 (loses a touch of momentum after nicki stops rapping)

I disagree with this actually, just because its whole mallpop vibe is so lush.

Of these "songs of the summer," the Adele may be the only one I literally encounter everywhere I go, and on every station. Most of these I haven't heard in passing yet, but the summer is young! That LMFAO video is pretty good, as is the Guetta.

Matt DC otm re: "Super Bass" and I usually hate when Nicki choose to sing instead of rap, which explains why I've detested a majority of her singles so far. I mean, given the current pop/rnb/rap crossover market, I totally get why people want her to sing like Rihanna (or whoever), but when she's got such a commanding control over a unique instrument like hers when she raps, I get frustrated when she's so reigned in. I feel like "Super Bass" lets Nicki be Nicki AND gives up a radio-ready pop hook.

the bridge is the only part of "Super Bass" that i like at all

R&bullshit like "Right Thru Me" is prob more Nicki Being Nicki than anyone wants to admit

it's a small, dimly lit gif, didn't recognize them

― some dude, Tuesday, July 5, 2011 6:33 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest

i'm not gonna harp on this but calling that gif too small & dimly lit is some grandma shit

i guess i am harping on it, but anyway

NOT GONNA HARP on this either again, but "super bass" could only be called lush in the ringtone era, and even that regard it's not really

it is, though! i looked at it for like 30 seconds thinking Drake's dance moves looked like Pharrell's and i was like wait is this "Frontin'"?

I meant lush in the Britishes sense, ie great.

really? that's a weird one

oh, i thought you meant lush in the textural sense

lush in the british, 90s sense - omg forgot we used to use that word like that

what a lush strike from rooney!

like "it's good, like that shoegaze band Lush"?

voted for katy

^^real heads know the deal

it doesn't have anything to do with the band lush

btw can we tempban everyone who votes for Jason Derülo

this is one of those times when you not understanding the entire human endeavor of humor is a problem (xpost)

HAHA BTW THAT DERULO SONG IS #1 IN THE UK LOL AT ALL BRITS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT

they think it's pretty lush i guess

did we mock you when "et" was billboard no 1

yes, yes you did

also I know I am alone on this board but I like "E.T."; there is absolutely nothing of value about "Don't Wanna Go Home" except maybe the fact that it ends

of course you like "ET," it sounds like Garbage (combined with actual garbage)

ET is one of my favorite songs of the year

::JAWS DROP::

of course you like "ET," it sounds like Garbage (combined with actual garbage)

ow hard belly lol

voted for katy, but nicki is a close second. i love the britney video, too – but the song, i think, is a little overprocessed.

that whole Britney song/video is even more thousand yard stare than her shit usually is, i can barely even tell what it's going for

i know, i mean it's fine but it just sounds like everything else

surm and j0rdan, at what point did you cave and start thinking of katy perry as an acceptable pop star?

for me it started with ET, and then the first time i saw "last friday night" the deal was sealed

she had some interesting things to say in the rolling stone article

that whole Britney song/video is even more thousand yard stare than her shit usually is, i can barely even tell what it's going for

that's what i think is kind of fascinating about it. i can't tell what it's going for. it's the kind of inscrutable waltz i only like when i'm dancing to it.

for me it started with ET, and then the first time i saw "last friday night" the deal was sealed

oh ok i kind of misphrased my qn, i meant what happened to the things you used to think were annoying about her - like i don't think she's changed at all really, what is it that makes her palatable now?

well - i loved "i kissed a girl" from the beginning. for me it's about the music, the image doesn't play such a huge factor. and bc i liked ET so much, i guess i was willing to be more open to her in general - and somehow, looking back, california gurls and teenage dream finally clicked for me, whereas they hadn't before. like i've had a few moments when i remember jordan talking about those songs, and now i get it. i dunno, i guess it was just a timing thing.

altho the TGIF imagery def plays a huge factor.

imo noone in their right mind has a rooting interest in katy perry but you have to pretty stubborn to hate all her singles if you have any kind of fondness for state of the art dr. luke chart bullshit -- for me about half her hits work and half don't

I feel more like 3/4ths of her singles don't work. I hated all of the singles on the first album except for wishing Pink did "Waking Up in Vegas" instead, begrudgingly came to like "California Gurls" after repeated exposure, loved "Teenage Dream", hated "Firework", hated "E.T." more than anything else", and now really love "Last Friday Night".

stray quotation mark in there sry

it"s okay

yeah generally imagining how much better her shit would be w/ Pink or someone else more capable singing it is part and parcel of this cruel bargain of accepting KP

i would not want Pink to sing Katy Perry's songs, i don't really like Pink.

okay that's kind of crazy, Pink is leagues better than Katy

that's our surm though

i generally like Katy Perry's voice - her combination of strong alto and atmospheric falsetto works for me.

i think a lot of people that i know IRL would not say they prefer Pink over KP -- i don't think it's such an obvious choice.

in your world of deaf people

:) yea it's just me and my inner circle of deaf people who appreciate katy perry's voice

i kind of feel KP's songs always pussy out of being quite as good or striking as they could be - "last friday night" is so lazily written, it's a list of dated clichés with a sprinkling of (lol also dated) "epic fail" phrases to make it more au courant - it sounds like dr luke wrote it 5 years ago and only just dug it out of some drawer.

and KP does not have the presence to make it transcend its clichés (usually this is where pop becomes great) because she tries to have her cake and eat it so much w/r/t her persona that it ends up way too nebulous to seize on to - like i hate ke$ha but she at least goes hard at what she does, you know exactly what she's about at all times. and in terms of performance KP's blaring, grating yawp is such that it actively drags down her better tunes, rather than selling them.

still think her best song by far is "california gurls" - "last friday night" is just forgettable and the video is gross. "et" is slightly better but the KP-does-björk styling of the video is tremendously embarrassing.

"atmospheric falsetto" really??? KP's voice makes me flinch.

i'm not a fan of pink either but at least she was good a decade ago ;_;

i get that it doesn't work for you, but last friday night is supposed to be dated and lazy. it's an 80s hangover song.

and tbh any "Kesha does it better" argument is an automatic epic fail in my book.

u know how much i hate ke$ha!

god i hope so

lol

I like a lot of Ke$ha's stuff too

Yeah I don't have much rooting interest in KP... sometimes I think she comes off as fun, other times annoying and try hard. Cali gurls and then teenage dream were the points I first really liked anything by her (I dug waking up in vegas but I could write it off as one good single out of four). Mostly I agree/disagree with her as the singles come and go. Hated hated et, love tgif. The way it goes etc

i accept Ke$ha and Katy as equally terrible with the caveat that KP does the kind of material i find far more tolerable

Btw I heard party rock anthem today and... it's pretty great? I don't even hate the lame lunch on a rick ross single. Actually really dig the crookers/frankenhouse vibe too it and im usually not into it at all

I guess it makes sense that lmfao would strike gold and come up with a unique & identifiable eurohouse single amongst a slop of eurohouse singles

Lol lame lunch

Lame pun...

haha I thought that was slang analogous to "bite"

loll

LMFAO is on some Das Racist 'clever' shit except instead of arch rap nerd meta it's just NO LED IN OUR ZEPPELIN!!!!!!

used to be when Berry Gordy's offspring wanted a little pop notoriety they'd call in a favor from Michael Jackson for a hook, now we just get a douchey Mad TV version of the Black Eyed Peas

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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Unusually spot on poll results.

man that adele song, like at a certain point you can't really front, that is a pop hit for sure. i hear it all the time and i pretty much can't criticize it, catchy as hell

the correct winner!

and the four 0-votes are the four irredeemably awful songs on the list. haven't heard "lighters" yet tho.

I really can't tolerate the way Adele sings at all.

"Rolling In The Deep" is pretty great and still huge in the summer but kinda silly to be on this list in the first place, it's been out since like November

people fronting on "Give Me Everything" itt

i really love "give me everything"

hear that song 5 times a day and i'm still not really sick of it!

the secret best part of that song is pitbull's post-chorus chorus (?)

WE MIGHT! NOT! GET! TOMORROW!

btw i might possibly be in miami next week to talk to pitbull

the secret best part of that song is pitbull's post-chorus chorus (?)

― gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:21 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark

there are basically four parts to the chorus that total 24 bars -- and Pit's verses are only like 12 bars! the song is practically all chorus

i still have no idea who nyer is or what her role in the song is

she's the female voice who sings on 1/4th of the chorus -- afaict she's just some random hot video chick that pitbull gave a part on the song

i still don't understand why all these dance producers like afrojack, guetta, benny benassi etc. get a 'featuring' credit just for doing the beat -- y'all might do that in europe but here in america timbaland has to get in front of the mic and mumble a couple times to get billing on the track

it's a post-khaled world

just another symptom of America's descent into socialism IMO

the funny thing about "give everything to me" is that pitbull shout out ne-yo & nyer on the intro, so clearly afrojack labeled for a credit afterward?

pitbull also says "kodak" twice in one sentence on the intro, so i don't think it was very carefully considered

lol that is true

i wonder if kodak is experiencing a cristal-esque sales bump, i should've bought some stock

like (cherry) chapstick in 08

God, "Where Them Girls At" may have, by a long shot, the worst Nicki verse ever.

Peebee!
Peebee!
Who is Peabo Bryson?
Two years ago I renewed my license.
Anyway why'd I start my verse like that?
You could suck a dick or you could suck on a ballsack
No, no,
I don't endorse that.
Pause that,
abort tha.
Just the other day mi go London, saw dat, kids ina the street
Paparazzi, all dat

not to mention the lazy, obnoxious "DAY DA DAY DAY DAY DAY" babbling. Barf. Sorry, I guess I could have put this on one of the Nicki threads. This poll actually has a decent number of enduring summer jams, mixed in with stuff I heard way too many times at my last restaurant job and would pay money to never hear again e.g. "Lighters," "Rolling In The Deep," "Super Bass," and "TGIF."

Still dig "Party Rock Anthem" though.

haha you didn't even mention that the verse ends with BECKY BECKY BECKY

anyway, KP & pitbull are pretty much the only two of these that i'll bump in the car -- maybe "i'm on one" begrudgingly

idk

― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Saturday, July 2, 2011 12:29 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feeling nostalgic for a time when j0rdan would only bump "i'm on one" begrudgingly

ha, I totally missed that Guetta/Nicki/Flo Rida. what a shitshow.

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