Todd In The Shadows Thread

I actually kind of recognized that one original work of Meco's that Todd "gracefully" highlighted there. Didn't remember the chipmunks in the background, though.

When Todd mentioned modern versions of this song likely just pasting a backbeat over the original song, I was instantly reminded of this:

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Is that song original to the game or is it a Sonic something? (It is not any of the multiple John Williams Olympic themes which would have been topical...)

The other link was Todd admitting on Twitter that he'd been trying to reassemble his room inconspicuously and yet somehow missed he'd turned everything to face to the right instead of the left.

I did not notice that at all. But I'm probably not the best person to figure out that shift.

@Elle: The original song is from Sonic Unleashed. This version literally just takes the original track and puts a really lazy drumloop behind it.

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Ahkey, I figured that was the joke but of the things it could have been, Sonic was the third of the options I have no knowledge of.

It's kind of a deep cut in the series anyway, so no worries.

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Out of curiosity, here's DJ Earworm's latest United States of Pop though Todd will probably go with DJ Drybones again this year.

I actually caught myself listening to DJ Earworm's United States of Pop series the other night. They're catchy.

I thought he couldn't do Musical samples during the Top Ten Lists anymore?

A corpse should be left well enough alone...

That was under last year's Blip rules, but since there's no more Blip...

...then that means even more stringent rules on You Tube :D

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Vimeo?

I mean, they had arabian oil lamp up for a while there.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

In regards to the "Adele x Drake" thing, I'm just surprised Drake is actually a bit older than Adele, and age-wise they'd fit perfectly.

Yeah, a part of me sort of knew that Todd wouldn't like "Hello" as much as any of her other songs. Especially with the presence of The Four Chords of Pop.

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I certainly haven't been a fan of "Hello" since I first heard it. It's extremely trite musically. Honestly, it sounds more like a D-grade Kelly Clarkson song than even a C-grade Adele song.

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I don't dislike Hello, but yeah, it is a retread and a lesser one at that.

edited 25th Dec '15 3:24:52 PM by TheEvilDrBolty

Anyone here listen to 25 yet? I've considered picking it up, but if its lead single is that weak...well, I just don't think it bodes well for the album. I've been proven wrong on that front before. I did enjoy 21 when it came out, though I'll admit I don't think I've really listened to it since I first got it.

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I rather liked 25. Top 25 album this year for me for sure, no pun intended.

Though I like "Hello" as well, so my opinion might not resonate with yours too much.

edited 25th Dec '15 5:50:03 PM by Xeroop

I have 25 and rather like it. "Hello" is one of the weaker songs, but also a pretty good gauge for the sound of the album. "Send My Love To Your New Love" is probably the best song, with "River Lea" also being fairly strong. "When We Were Young," the other one that's already a single, is a better sample than "Hello," if that matters.

I found that I like it as an album more than I like any given song - a whole greater than the sum of its parts. There's nothing bad, but also nothing like "Rolling in the Deep," "Someone Like You," and "Set Fire to the Rain" that really perks me up and makes me notice. 21 has more variety and depth.

Todd on Twitter: "It is a lot harder to find ten truly awful hit songs this year than to find ten I like."

Which means he's both working on the lists and that the stretch of miserable lists appears to have faded. Both good things.

Regarding "Hello", I'm getting hit more by Hype Backlash than by the song itself. It wouldn't be as groan-inducing as it currently is for me if people didn't love the shit out of it and thus didn't overplay it to death.

I didn't realize just how dumb "Hotline Bling" was until the vid (I blame Drake slurring the crap out of everything he says), but the beat's at least decent enough for a chill club song.

I like that Hotling Bling's beat makes it easy to remix.

Really? I could probably think of quite a few from this year'so list if I were to look at it.

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Even if the songs have nothing to do with each other ("Hotline Bling" actually samples up Timmy Thomas's "Why Can't We Live Together"), I'm not so sure I can listen to one song without hearing the other in there. Mostly because I think that mashup is awesome.

Yeah, I'm surprised Todd really liked this year, especially when there still seem to be plenty of candidates for the worst list. This year he's already discussed dislike for "Stitches," "Bad Blood," "Elastic Heart," "Dear Future Husband," and "Fight Song." And those are just five songs off the top of my head that I know he dislikes, but I guess for a year dominated by "Uptown Funk" during its first half, while it does make the crap look crappier he can't really stay disgusted for too long.

Anyway, in other news, DJ Drybones just released his 2015 mashup. I've heard some positive things about Earworm's mashup as well since he changed his formula a bit, but I'm sure Todd will still choose Drybones's mashup since "Uptown Funk" is a backing track in it.

Sidenote: I'll be shocked if Todd doesn't point out in either of his lists how much of a sausage fest 2015 was for Billboard. With pop princesses like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry between albums, much of the hits this year were provided by men. Instead of Rihanna having hit after hit like, say, in 2012, The Weeknd did just the same thing with three of the biggest hits of 2015. At the same time, we had songs like "Shut Up and Dance," "Watch Me," a few of Fetty Wap's songs, and "Cheerleader" become huge hits as well. The only major female presences we seemed to have this year were Taylor Swift and Adele. Sure, we had artists like Fifth Harmony and Selena Gomez occupy the airwaves with a few songs, but their hits didn't even compare. Adele will likely carry her 25 success onto next year just like Taylor Swift did with 1989, but the big pop divas weren't all that active this year. For instance, the only thing of note Katy Perry did this year was her Super Bowl performance.

edited 30th Dec '15 12:34:35 AM by BurntMario

Call me Willy Whistle 'cause I can't speak, baby. Something in TV Tropes really drove me crazy.