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Response Top 7 but first a quick mention about a couple
of NZ music happenings on this show last nite (or
yesterday morning NZ Time) is that Steriogram were
mentioned in the Pile of CDs they were giving away and
also that they played the D4s "What I Want" for
the first time which is the 1st single over there so
lotsa (or at least a little bit of) bigupping NZ music
going on in the UK right now #7 - Maximo Park - Graffiti damn good song **** #6 - Athlete - Half Light all good **** #5 - Tears - Refugees more goodness **** #4 - Editors - Munich sure it sounds alot like Interpol but its good **** #3 - Oasis - Lyla still not a big fan of this but its Ok ***½ #2 - Bloc Party - Banquet love it ***** #1 - Hard-Fi - Tied Up Too Tight another awesome song ***** over to American pop and Z100 New York "Interactive 9@9" #9 - Daddy Yankee - Gasolina (w/ N.O.R.E/Lil Jon) go the reggaeton even tho its kinda just a way to get really dirty stuff on air past the censors of course I'm not sure of anything that its actually sayin (except for Lil Jons "YEAH!"'s and some of N.O.R.E's verse) but it is sposed to be really dirty #8 - Killers - Mr Brightside still all good **** #7 - BEP - Don't MESS With My Heart yep its another Retarded/It Started deal not bad @ all ***½ #6 - Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes slower than Since you been gone but still a bit more upbeat than breakaway I don't mind it kinda guilty pleasure *** kinda "awww" song kinda sounds like Avril tho #5 - 50 - Candy Shop and heres a dirty song where they do get away with alot ** #4 - Bowlin' For Soup - Almost its almost making me wish "Pop-Punk/Boy Rock" would die but I still don't mind it, still kinda funny stuff going on *** #3 - Gwen - Hollaback Girl what else do ya need but Gwen & Cheerleaders? *** (and yea theres a bit or 2 in the video that parodies/tributes the "Mickey" video) #2 - Back to the streets - Incomplete DIE! and hey look they were in the first rant almost 5 years ago altho funnily enough I Didn't know it was them until the next day still knew it was a crap song tho (end of next month is the 5th anniversary Gwen was in there with No Doubt, but its not quite the same thing) DUD #1 - Lonely Ol' Akon all good **** and in the "Why the hell not even though 3 pre show stations might be a bit too much" heres west coast pop KIIS Fm In LA's Top 9@9 #9 - Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes #8 - Will Smith - Switch Stick to the Acting ** #7 - Natalie - Goin' Crazy (Spanglish version) yea its not bad but still kinda boring ** #6 - Game/50 - Hate it or Love it of course it seems the big "beef" that was going on for 50/Game was all because they both had new CDs out, still wouldn't mind getting the Game CD tho (definatly not feeling what I've heard of 50 tho, even though they are "pop" singles I guess) but yea like this alot even tho I do kinda wish I could place the sample, on this song theres also a remix out there with Mary J Blige on it that aint bad either but it only has 50s verse there #5 - Backstreets - Incomlete #4 - 50 - Candy Shop #3 - BEP - Don't MESS w/ My Heart #2 - Akons Still mr Lonely and #1 is Gwen - Hollaback Girl anyways, BIIIIIIIIIIIG New music week this week, the new White Stripes is out, and yea its awesome has a disco-like feel to it tho and it also sounds a bit like Beck but its a damn good song, the new Coldplay is kinda "More Of the Same" since its very similar to "Clocks" but within the album it should sound better, new Foo Fighters debuting tonight/early tomorrow morning morning as well and song of the day: Gotta go for The Used AND My Chemical Romance covering Queen and David Bowies "Under Pressure" been complaining a couple of weeks and what do ya know, Kaiser Chiefs album is out as well (Finally, well OK a couple of months to wait aint that bad) damn good stuff, 3rd UK Single "Everyday I Love You Less & Less" haven't really been paying that much attetntion to whats going on in the nation for the last few days and what do ya know NZ Idol is coming back and of course theres the new pope FACE:OFF Time #1 - Snoop/Pharell - Let's Get Blown hey its just the same as "Signs" pretty much but its alright, but then I'm not exactly a fan of the more R&B section of R&G, more G less R haha (not that I've heard the album, just the singles) ** and again its kinda like a song where ya think that I've definatly heard part of that somewhere is the girl who does the "Can I Get My Thrills" part has been lifted from somewhere hasn't it? Challenger - Grinspoooooooooon - Hold On Me as seen on Rove (not) Live (in NZ) and yea all good **** Fresh From The Fridge from Coke its the edge top 20, The most boring place you can be on a Wednesday is at a square dance in Taurunga with the grandparents #20 - Jack Johnson - Sittin' Watin' Wishin' not bad @ all *** #19 - Its Gwens Shit - Hollaback Girl Win your Wheels with Wheelies, bikes to giveaway, reading out some names who have to call to get em, Brads "Wheel of CD's" someone winning 50c #18 - Frankie J - Baby Bash - Obsession (No Es Amor) blah but ok enough ** #17 - SEND THEM BACK TO THE STREETS! Caro would normally be singing along and screaming but she's sick, (they both took laxatives?) Brad had no effect though so Brad gives her a call she's not actually watching Scrubs and is actually in bed also had an interesting day at the doctors getting a specific area (that would have something to do w/ the laxatives) "Examined" #16 - Green Days on Holiday well with all the money they've made from the CD I'm not surprised **** #15 - Snoop/Justin - Signs yea its not really terrible, probably the highest rating I've given a song Justin is involved with since "Where Is The Love" *** Brad pays for your holiday it is actually school holidays thought that would've been just after easter or something but since I'm not at school anymore I don't notice these things as much, people having sex in the movie theater HOOOOOOOOOOOOOKUP Tour (2) still going get your tickets (or just win em) #14 - Ciara /Missy- 1,2 step pretty boring now not bad and the next single "Oh" (with Ludacris does she have any songs by herself? hahah) aint bad either or it could be cuz shes lookin good in the video haha, but hey its got Ludacris on it at least ** again saying this verison was a remix but it is the video version and has always been what I've heard on thed American stations and yea was kinda annoyed with the other version they were playing for a while (why do I get annoyed with that when I don't like the song THAT much ? just was used to this version I guess even if I only listen to about a couple of hours or less of American pop radio a week) anyways movies are getting expensive #13 - Ashlee - La La annoying as hell DUD #12 - He'll never need to be an Usher at a movie theater (no matter how expensive the movies are) - Caught Up whats up with the story about wanting to get his own face on his watch? kinda freaky innit? just get a mirror on there or something Hookup tour win win and a C4 ad for their Hiphop Monday night, Holla Hour/Ride With Funkmaster Flex, #11 - Eminem - Mockingbird STILL Around *** #10 - Will The Killers Kill The Bravery? - Mr Brightside DooM (HA!!!!!) 3 to giveaway (and no the Doom name I had was never related to the game of course in my comic geek ways it was shortened from the earlier Dr Doom, speaking of which Fantastic 4 movie out soon even though most people think its gonna suck) and speaking about the old Chatroom names indeed BRING IT BACK! (forgot to mention that on the Generation Edge form I filled out so hey) looking for Game geeks to win, hmmm Music Geek, Radio Geek, former Comic Geek, and I guess at stages I have been a bit a game geek but I'm not heavily into games plus I don't have an XboX #9 - WEEZER LOVE ROCK & ROLL (no, not the Britney version) wait no, They want to be in Beverly Hills yes it does kinda have that sound to it but I still Love it **** #8 - Since Kellys Still Here its ok *** looking for the bigger game geek, knowing all the cheats to GTA and a guy who just plays the games all day bumps off having a night on the town and all that #7 68.95 cent (go ahead round it up to 69 could it get more dodgier?- something tells me its not about "The Sweet Factory" #6 - Yours Truly, Blindspott hmm why would they sign off there? the rants not over yet, oh wait the song is here and of course it rules ***** #5 - Head Automatica - Beating Heart Baby still all good **** #4 - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAkon (OK it doesn't work in text but whenever Alvin was in trouble of course the guy would yell AAAAAAAAAAALVIN of course now used in the JAAAAAAAAAASON Ads) - Lonely Giving away stuff, winning the holidays paid #3 - Jesse Mccartney - Beautiful Soul ARGH DUD!, on the Madhouse tomorrow huh? guess the TV show is on or will be over here soon or something (I think its Summerland or something dunno if it has been on or anything since hey there isn't very much I find worth watching on TV at the moment or I'll just wait for the DVDs of the shows since I gave up watching them) #2 - Wake Green Day When September Ends of course it would've made perfect sense if this song came out around September since it would sound right (but then its kinda like that with seasons (which are usually the opposite for us since we're in another hemispere and all) or dates mentioned in songs Counting Crows "A Long December" came out around uhhh December all those years ago) lost the winner for guessing #1 but heres someone else getting it #1 - Wheres Savage & Akons Moonshine? maybe the video should've been filmed in Mississippi instead of New York, they'd find plenty of Moonshine there |