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I've only seen or even HEARD of Bad Romance. And that is just for the incredible alien shoes she wears. And Massive Attack? As far as I'm concerned, they are a band. They do the song Butterfly which is the opening song for House.
*lamenting the fact that I am out of touch*
-not really...

They still make music videos? Really?

In truth I've seen that Katy Perry video from a Youtube browse at some point, but in my defense only because she has a really fantastic rack.

What, I'm being honest.

-Frob

As I know it's not a song that plays 400 times a day from my boss's radio as she plays the local Top 40 Bullshit station, I would imagine that Florence + The Machine — "Dog Days Are Over" song is this year's annual "Actual Good Video That None Of Our Audience Has Ever Heard Of Or Will Enjoy."

Look, I don't want to get into it, but poor life decisions have often lead to me watching Full House at 4am on The N and so I've seen that Jason Derulo video. It is him hanging out in a convenience store. It's the most standard thing I've ever seen. But it was a popular song. "Please lavish it with awards and accolades, and let Snooki present it," cry the tweens. And we weep in its wake.

1. That Broken Bells video is the one with Christina Hendricks. I like that one.

2. That "Airplanes" song deserves to lose everything for two reasons:
a) It's a terrible, terrible song.
b) "Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars" is a stupid question. Are LIKE shooting stars? Just say you want to pretend they ARE shooting stars. You don't have to pretend they're LIKE shooting starts. Bad writing is unforgivable.

3. The Ludacris rap section in "Baby" is phenomenal. I encourage everyone to look up the lyrics. Even though the song will become lodged in your brain and you will curse the day you ever went to that stupid party where they played Justin Beiber. The lyrics. They're just worth it.

This is the first time in a decade I know the majority of the videos nominated. The only reason is because in April I was "stranded" in Italy amidst the Icelandic Ejilylllsdfkiwerfvn volcano "crisis" and spent a lot of time on the phone with the airlines with the videos on teevee in the background at my flat.

Them Europeans have them video channels that actually show videos - whodathunkit? Now get off my lawn before I throw my Geritol bottle at you, you damned whippersnappers.

Is it weird that I've seen the video or at least heard the song for all the nominated female artists, but haven't for any of the male artists?

Why does anyone nominate/celebrate/let Ke*(&*(&ha do ANYTHING ever? I hate her... so much... it's like flames, flames, flames...

♪ Oh, oh, evacuate the dancefloor
OH! OH! something something else ♫

WHAT?! You try to stop your ass from shaking to this shit after 6 vodka shots.

I can't stop my ass from shaking regardless of vodka shots.

I actually like the Airplanes song, or at least the second version featuring Eminem.
Not Afraid sucks though. The song, the video, just everything. I have no idea why people like that song when it's one of the worst on his album.

I wish I could put Ke-dollar sign-ha as we call her, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Justin Beiber and Paramore into a blender and feed it to all these artists until they decide to come up with actual music.

I've seen all of these videos. The best song, by far, is "Airplanes." One, Hayley Williams has a beautiful, expressive voice with just a little bit of edge. I've honestly told my students to work on their pitch and breath support with Paramore homework because of her skills. Two, B.O.B. puts some serious thoughts down in his rapping parts and it works. It's not this over the top, pedantic rhetoric that happens when rappers go serious. The whole thing works. I'm waiting to see if B.O.B. can overcome the rap bias and get nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys over Justin Bieber.

The video is shit, but the song is wonderful. Obviously, every category is Gaga's category to lose.

I really enjoy that Florence + the Machine song and it goes pretty well with all the lady-oriented trailers its being paired with (EatPrayLove, Covert Affairs), but I would give anything to UN-see that damn video.

This list pretty much represents why I stay away from pop music. Occasionally something interesting pops up but mostly not so I'll just stay in the shadows, thanks!

And Broken Bells is on that list, HELL YES. I take it back, Dustin, check out that song/video instead. Pure fabulous.

I was recently visiting a friend of mine who owns a televison and watched the entire UK Top 40. It was traumatizing. But it was worth it for now I am relevant! I am cool! I am hip! I am home with the downies!

Haven't seen the videos, haven't heard any of the songs, haven't heard of a sizable number of the songs, though I've seen the "Empire State Of Mind" revision about Newport, Wales, which is wonderful. Besides, who the hell wants to hear about New York yet again?

Pfffft and Feh, you can keep all this.

Bad Romance is the ONLY one I have seen, and ONLY because of you SICK FUCKS on HERE that waved it in front of me. I wave my ignorance proudly as a BANNER.

So Nashville Pussy didn't make any videos?

Don't know, but I hope Blaine stopped singing. I bought their first album after reading all this press about what a kickass outfit they supposedly were...and the music was good, there was just this very angry cat with a sore throat making a bunch of noise on top of it.

OHHHHH Jesus, I once had the misfortune of watching him commit karaoke murder of "She's A Lady". My ears and eyes bled. It. Was. HORRIBLE. For the sake of Tom's honor I had to sing "Thunderball" to help cleanse the universe.

I WIN!

Does anyone really win when it comes to her?

Fuck, fuck, fuck that fucking Taylor Fucking Swift song.

From December through March I had to listen to it EVERY FUCKING DAY from my next door neighbour, the underage alcoholic domestic abuse girl. At 10:10 on the dot every morning, she'd crank it on at volume level 11 and hit repeat 5 or 6 times. She'd then switch to the equally offensive and shitty Lady Antebellum for a few turns and then go back to Taylor Fucking Swift.

By the time the 17 year old moved out of her 50-ish something boyfriends' place I was about ready to smack them both around myself. God, they sucked.

Who cares?

I've seen quite a few of these, Time Warner has Fuse on their channels which has some decent programming and actually shows videos (gasp!). I do really, REALLY wish Kesha would go the fuck away though. Her autotuning is at 11 and she still blows.

I've seen "Broken Bells."

The rest is S.H.I.T., which, of course, spells flaming dookey being stomped on to a hip-hop beat...

Let he/she who didn't own a CD of Backstreet Boys/N'Sync/blink-182/Third Eye Blind/The Wallflowers/J-Kwon/Shop Boyz/Tag Team/the Armageddon soundtrack/the Garden State soundtrack/Toby Keith/50 Cent throw the first stone.

Well, I already threw 'em, but...

Let he/she who didn't own a CD of Backstreet Boys/N'Sync/blink-182/Third Eye Blind/The Wallflowers/J-Kwon/Shop Boyz/Tag Team/the Armageddon soundtrack/the Garden State soundtrack/Toby Keith/50 Cent throw the first stone.

Posted by: Fredo at August 4, 2010 6:15 PM

I am 3 months shy of 31 and grew up in the midst of the aforementioned era. I had Garbage and Fiona Apple and Beck, among others, but I never owned any of the ones Fredo listed. If I were not honest enough to admit my first record was Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth (yes, they still had them back in third or fourth grade), I might be tempted to throw a stone. :-)

Jay: we ALL win with Gaga.

I am just so mad that I'm forced to think about that tedious asshole every day.

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"umm, usually i don't post here, but after this discussion it seems pretty apparent that no one over 30 should be allowed to express their opinion on music ever."

Ummm. Its pretty apparent that regardless of age anyone who knows anything about music knows that those acts listed above are nothing more than whores for major corporations. Whores that have nothing to do with music or talent or entertainment and everything to do with quarterly earnings. Whores whose job it is to relieve parents of their cash by appealing to 9 year old daughters.

The end.

Let he/she who didn't own a CD of Backstreet Boys/N'Sync/blink-182/Third Eye Blind/The Wallflowers/J-Kwon/Shop Boyz/Tag Team/the Armageddon soundtrack/the Garden State soundtrack/Toby Keith/50 Cent throw the first stone.

Posted by: Fredo at August 4, 2010 6:15 PM

Better duck.

I owned all the Backstreet Boys albums. I don't feel I have a stable enough following yet around here to get into exactly how recent the word "all" includes, but maybe someday.

We all have our demons. For some it's coke and heroin, for some it's Nick and AJ.

Wow, you guys have never seemed like such a bunch of geezers before. I know almost all the songs on that list. Maybe I should pay more attention to my master's thesis instead of the radio.

I've only seen the Gaga videos on YouTube because of the hype. Thanks for giving me more procrastination tools! Good grief that Airplanes one is lame. Why is it nominated in every category?

I've never seen any of these videos, nor have I heard 90% of the songs.

And I third schrome.

Oh! And the Florence + The Machine video! That's actually a good one.

Its pretty apparent that regardless of age anyone who knows anything about music knows that those acts listed above are nothing more than whores for major corporations.

and the difference between them, and say micheal jackson, or madonna or kiss in their prime is? my point was that music, for pretty much all time has been about money, like everything else, now though it's no longer targeted to your demographic which makes you decry it for being inane. when really it's never changed its now better or worse, or less fun for those its intended than it ever was. so why the pride in saying you're above it?

Who said anything about Michael Jackson, Madonna or KISS being any different than the crap listed above? Just because there used to be money grubbing whores in decades past doesn't mean there wasn't quality music at the same time. Your whole age-appropriate demographic theory goes out the window. It wouldn't matter what era or what age someone was if they appreciated quality music.

And if you really want to get into it, music used to be about tribal bonding and passing on stories. So I'd hardly say it was about money for all time. It has been a pretty integral part of human development. Not to mention the impact that different styles or complexities of music have on the brain. Music does change and what people get out of it certainly does too. There's a hell of a lot more to it than just profit.

Saw all the Gagas and the Jay z. Who cares? MTV sucks...

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Good LORD.

I'll be in the bath. DRINKING.

Music is no longer a thing.

...I do like Florence + The Machine...

Kanye West is trying to benefit from his bad talk toward a white "lil girl".... kanye just needs to give Taylor Swift a rest. This rapper KW even embrassed Beyonce by what he did.