Feeling Poptimistic

[John E. Dynamite]

i am reaching a low point in my poptimism

i understand how drum machines work. there's that ability to hold down a pad, and it'll play that sound to the beat it's quantized to or whatever.

i can't handle modern "trap" hi-hat programing. i remember when it became all cool in southern rap, when everybody was working those hi-hat rolls, whether they be 8th or 16th notes

i don't want to hate people who rap in triplets.

everything sounds the fucking same.

[Jiji]

SLAM is the best fucking thing

I've had an affinity for mashups going back to Girl Talk, but these are so perfect. The first one was my jam last summer and right now Tropicana Death Ensemble is my favourite song of all time. Pop needed Slayer this whole time.

[Curt McGirt]

I should despise that so much but it is too fucking funny.

[Jiji]

This one is low key awesome:

"Uh huhuh uh huhuh... YOU MUST DIIIIEEEE!" 

Edited March 21, 2019 by Oyaji

[Curt McGirt]

I always loved the body on Araya's BC Rich there. Anybody know what that model's called?

[RIPPA]

New Pink

(New album out end of April)

[J.H.]

 I never understood why Glass Tiger did so well i nthe US and Honeymoon Suite struggled to breakthrough. In the realm of Canadian imports they were much better and "Feel It Again" is catchy as hell

James

[RIPPA]

FLETCHER - Undrunk

Explicit Version

[RIPPA]

Backstreet Boys - No Place

I fully acknowledge that its weird that I am a bigger Backstreet Boys fan now then at they height of their popularity

[colonial]

 

[RIPPA]

Companion video

Radio Disney was playing that version a bunch a couple of weeks ago during my drive to NY

Apparently the original version was on Umbrella Academy and that is why everyone is now striking while the iron is hot

[Travis Sheldon]

On 3/21/2019 at 8:06 PM, Curt McGirt said:

I always loved the body on Araya's BC Rich there. Anybody know what that model's called?

Not sure which video you're referring to, but the one from the South of Heaven video looks like a BC Rich Wave.

[EdA]

On 4/23/2019 at 9:50 AM, RIPPA said:

Companion video

Radio Disney was playing that version a bunch a couple of weeks ago during my drive to NY

Apparently the original version was on Umbrella Academy and that is why everyone is now striking while the iron is hot

Way out of touch old man here.  But...by original version do you mean the Tommy James and the Shondells version? 

 

[Curt McGirt]

2 hours ago, Travis Sheldon said:

Not sure which video you're referring to, but the one from the South of Heaven video looks like a BC Rich Wave.

That would be it. Never knew what that body style was named.

Seeing Tiffany made me look up Bill Hicks ripping her on Youtube and boy, that is some shit that wouldn't fly today for any reason haha

[RIPPA]

New Taylor Swift single (with the dude from Panic at the Disco)

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

I will refrain from being creepy. I will, however, say she is the queen of the earworms.

[RIPPA]

We are back on the new Taylor Swift train with a very very targeted message

And yes I am cynical enough to say that this was all just so she could show off that her and Katy Perry made up

[RIPPA]

We are back on the new Taylor Swift train with a very very targeted message

And yes I am cynical enough to say that this was all just so she could show off that her and Katy Perry made up

[RIPPA]

And speaking of Katy Perry

Never Really Over

[Matt D]

Beware the earworms. 

[Casey]

Speaking of earworms, and because I love Miley Cyrus (and Black Mirror)...

Head Like A Hole by Nine Inch Nails, reworked into a sugary pop song (with lyrics co-written by Trent Reznor, amazingly enough).

[RIPPA]

Since this was posted by the official Taylor Swift channel I am assuming this is the new single because she can never let any of her songs breath

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

So, ah, yeah, there's a show in this neck of the woods called Love Island in which Instagram guys and gals and social media influencers (literal job title. Whatever the fuck it is) go to an island and ITV manipulate them to have sex on TV or fight or both and it's all very scummy and, yet, it's super popular and a gazillion people watch it and every woman in my workplace discuss each episode in depth every single day. Anyway, I forget what my point is...oh yeah, they played a song by Freya Ridings on one of the episodes a couple of years back and she kinda became semi well known overnight because of it.

Below is her new song. She's pretty and it's kinda a really good pop song and her dad is the voice of Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig (yes, really) and she's pretty and, yeah, settle down and all that.

 

Edited July 28, 2019 by Fuzzy Dunlop

[Matt D]

Mainly, I'm annoyed that Cruel Summer isn't a Bananrama cover, but this one's good stuff.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

My wife (I say, my wife, I do, of course mean my wife and I as I unconvincingly ask if we can listen to Sabbath or some shit instead) has been listening to the shit out of Taylor's new album. It's possibly a little bloated, she could have knocked 3 or 4 of the weaker songs off it and they wouldn't be missed but, that being said, when it hits, it's fucking first class poptastic pop. I mean, has even the queen of the earworms produced anything as poppy as Paper Rings since she released Shake It Off?