Talent on the Top 40

       A celebratory post is needed! ONE MORE NIGHT HAS FALLEN! Unfortunately it fell to ‘Diamonds’, which I talked about last week, but its better then nothing! This week, I will post on ‘Locked Out of Heaven’ by Bruno Mars.

       I personally have been a fan from this song since day one. I am a huge Bruno Mars fan and this is another song that I don’t feel like mocking. I personally feel that it belongs in the Top 40. Bruno Mars is a very talented performer who sings higher then any male since the 80’s Rock years.  Unlike most of the other songs on the top 40, you can actually tell that Bruno is not auto tuned. The chorus is catchy and there are more then 10 words repeated for 2 minutes of the song. His song rose to number 3 from number 18 in one week.. This just proves how popular a song can get in one week if someone shows talent in their vocals.

       I love almost everything about the song except for one thing. The funky sounds in the background ruin the vibe of this song in my opinion! This newfound noise making in the background in every song is not needed. This song had the “brilliant” idea of putting these ‘oh’ noises that sound like awful sirens. I don’t understand why these artists, or record produces feel to add obnoxious noises in the background.

       With that being said, Bruno’s voice, in my mind, brings justice to the fact that his song is in the top 40. However all I can say is cut the obnoxious noise and just sing the song without the special effects!! IF i have to listen to one more song with weird noises or crazy 'oh's' in the background, i'll just stop listening to music in general
Where has all the good music gone? 

This song is not a Diamond......A pebble at most

Okay America, or the population who enjoy my blog……please, we cannot let the Maroon Five song ‘One More Night’ be number one again. If it is I will pull my hair out and move to Canada! I mean what is so appealing? I can sing to you  ‘Oo’s’ over and over again to you all if that will make you happy. I truly don’t understand it. Again, I am not trying to bash Maroon Five. Like I said in my previous post I like them, I just don’t understand how that song continues to do so well. I promise, this will be the last time I rant about this song. I just hope people understand that anyone can go into a studio and produce the song the Maroon Five currently has at number one!

This post, I’ve had the pleasure of listening to this song almost wherever I go. I swear this song is played at least once while I’m in the car. It’s being over played and has risen to the top 5 in no time. The song I’m referring to is ‘Diamonds’ by Rihanna.  Personally, I believe Rihanna is a very talented artist. She has a stunning voice, and always seems to throw out top hits. However her writers, for me, are taking effectiveness away from her voice. When I hear one of her songs, I seem to get trapped in the obnoxious similarity in each song she produces.

After listening to it a few times, I had to see how many times Rihanna would repeat herself, The first time I heard it I asked myself “how many times will I hear shine bright like a diamond?” When I finished listening, I had counted twenty two times that the phrase ‘shine bright like a diamond’ was sung throughout the song. Twenty-two!! Can her writers not produce a song that has more then thirty words in it? Do they really need to repeat a phrase twenty times? Rihanna is talented! Why waste that on lyrics that a four year old could write. The song is 4:47 long and in that time, there is another phrase ‘beautiful like diamonds in the sky’ is sung sixteen times. My last fact, I promise, is that from 2:48 to 4:47 those two phrases that I have discussed, are the only two that entire 2 minutes.

 I understand what has happened to music, and why we are hearing songs that have repeated lyrics that are heard for 50% of the song.

Where has all the good music gone?

A plus side on the TOP 40

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Again America? One more night is back at the top this week. I I’m just as sad as I was last week, if not my sadness is deeper. I could continue to rant on this song, however I feel that talking about another song will help me recover from this sad site.

      This week I would like to talk about a song I’m actually happy to see on the Top 40. ‘Some Nights’ by the band FUN was a song I wasn’t to fond of at first. However after listening to it several times, I can’t help but enjoy it. What originally threw me off of the track was the auto-tuned nonsense that plagued the middle of the song. The use of auto-tune always turns me away at first and I never give the song a chance. I also found the lyrics to not make much sense and hard to hear at certain points.

      However with that being said the skill of this lead sing trumps every criticism I have. The harmonies in this peace are truly so creative and give me chill every time I hear it. The way they are placed throughout the song catches me off-guard each time. It’s one of those songs I picture just pumping a team or on at the beginning of a sporting event. It’s also one I feel movies will eventually use. It has that nice upbeat background that gets the listener excited.

      I also really enjoy the indie, rock feel the track gives, its not like the new poppy feel each song seems to have. I still feel like the lyrics don’t make sense, or at least I can’t hear them, however the musicality of this song is really intriguing.

      After listening to FUN’s entire album, it wasn’t just this song that caught my attention and the band proved the keep a consistent feel of their music and didn’t veer into a pop track. I think this band can stay successful if they stay on this track with out getting into the stereotypical ‘Mock 40’ sound.

It looks like FUN may have been able to answer my question:
Where has all the good music gone?