The Number 1 Song in the Country this Week!

[marv2]

This folks is the number one record in the nation this week...............


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

[jobeterob]

Too bad.

We had Tiptoe Through the Tulips but I don't think it made it to #1.

[honest man]

This folks is the number one record in the nation this week...............


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk Maybe Riobin Thicke will sue for royalties,what a load of ---- .

[splanky]

You know what? So what....It's a perfect pop song for this era's target audience. It's not
something I would buy or follow but it's better than a lot of what I heard from a lot of the top selling artists of the last say, 15 years or so. Lyrically it addresses a subject that a lot of
people would do good to consider, common prejudices against women who don't look like
Kate Moss or even further back, Twiggy. It's not my time anymore; I accept that. I had my
Temptations, my Delfonics, my Marvelettes, Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone. Most
young people today wouldn't dig their sounds and I don't care. I might not like what their
listening to but it is their time and their right. So what?....

[marv2]

You know what? So what....It's a perfect pop song for this era's target audience. It's not
something I would buy or follow but it's better than a lot of what I heard from a lot of the top selling artists of the last say, 15 years or so. Lyrically it addresses a subject that a lot of
people would do good to consider, common prejudices against women who don't look like
Kate Moss or even further back, Twiggy. It's not my time anymore; I accept that. I had my
Temptations, my Delfonics, my Marvelettes, Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone. Most
young people today wouldn't dig their sounds and I don't care. I might not like what their
listening to but it is their time and their right. So what?....

That is a very mature and intelligent response. My curiousity is what led me to start this thread. I realized that I had no idea what the number one song was this week, so I looked it up. Years and years ago, it was kind of a big deal to me you with Casey's Top 40, local stations hit lists, Billboard ,etc etc. When I found out what the number one song was for this week of course I wanted to hear it [[ I had never heard it or the artist before). I was not pleased to be honest ,but as you said Splanky, I realize that this music was not made with me and my tastes in mind.

[smark21]

The song is annoyingly catchy. And the message is both positive [[not everyone can be a size 0 an shouldn't be put down for not being a stick) and negative [[given the growing obesity epidemic in the US, perhaps fat asses shouldn't be celebrated in song?).

[splanky]

[QUOTE=smark21;25482[[given the growing obesity epidemic in the US, perhaps fat asses shouldn't be celebrated in song?).[/QUOTE]

I totally get your point, but maybe you forget fat asses and big legged women have been
celebrated in song since way back in 50's R&B, 40's jazz and 30's blues...BTW, I like big butts
and I cannot lie as someone once famously said:)....
Anyway, thanks marv for both the link and getting my point...

[soulballad]

I agree with some of the things said here. This song follows the K.I.S.S method, simple, catchy and with a message. I like it! It reminds me of the early 90's song "I'm Beautiful Dammit" by Uncanny Alliance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHTrDR49O_8
While not meant for my generation, I do understand why it's # 1. The kids who are downloading to their I-Pods are eating it up. We had Ella, Billie, Motown,Philly, Stax and The Stones etc, to name a few. This is what's catching their ears now.

[marv2]

BTW, I like big butts
and I cannot lie as someone once famously said:)....
...

hehehehehehehe......... "Say Joe, you can have her, the lady with the skinny legs"....."but I ain't goin' bump no mo' with a big fat woman!" LOL!!!!

[soulster]

Hey...I just paid attention to the lyrics of "All About The Bass" this time instead of just playing along with what you all are posting. I don't care for the song's lyrics any more than I care about Anaconda's lyrics. It's like it's an answer song for the ladies. But, I can identify with "Anaconda's lyrics".

What I don't like about "Anaconda" is the beats it uses. There's nothing to latch on to. But, I like a nice ass on a woman. :)

[Jerry Oz]

I like it better than Nicki Manaj's 'Anaconda' which has the same theme but much more unnecessary profanity in it.

BTW: Here's a cover version some of you might prefer. They did it as a jazz song.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyTTX6Wlf1Y

[smark21]

This pop /faux reggae sound seems to be in at the moment as one of the most popular songs this past summer was "Rude" by the band Magic which had a lightweight pop reggae feel to it and was annoying catchy to boot.

[soulster]

I like it better than Nicki Manaj's 'Anaconda' which has the same theme but much more unnecessary profanity in it.

I don't mind profanity, but "Anaconda" just a lousy song.

[splanky]

Anaconda is pure pornography. I'm not by a long shot anti-porn but when it comes to pop
music exposure to kids I do prefer some restraint. I can reconcile the lyrics of All About That
Bass much more easily to my nieces far more easily than Anaconda. "Bitches" as bad or
mean girls, "booty" simply butt and "shit" simply adult talk for garbage or trash. Anaconda
talks very graphically about "fu*k*ng" and performing oral sex and that is not a conversation
I want to hear the kids in my life involved in. Simple as that. Never mind that the video for
Anaconda is nastier than anything the 2 Live Crew ever shot....

[Jerry Oz]

It's a ripoff of 2 Live Crew without any of the fun of Luke's songs. It's like the producer used the sampling of 'Me So Horny' as a template and filled in the blanks. It's a very lazy effort that became popular because of how crude and shocking it is, in my opinion.

[stephanie]

We had Afternoon Delight, and some novelties by Ray Stevens, and of course Napoleons They are Coming to Take me Away. In the fifties [[before my time) Frankie Avalon..De De Dinah.

Compared to some of the crap I have heard this is a pretty catchy song and it does deliver a message. Better than most I have heard in the last couple of years. Seems or looks like a pop Adele for the young folks.

[soulster]

Anaconda is pure pornography.

I guess you haven't heard many contemporary songs, have you? "Anaconda" is very mild compared to the uncensored rap part in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", the uncensored Nicki Minaj' rap in Big Sean's "Dance [[Ass)", or the uncensored Eminem's "Shake That".

And, to be honest with you, I like those ^ songs.

[antceleb12]

This pop /faux reggae sound seems to be in at the moment as one of the most popular songs this past summer was "Rude" by the band Magic which had a lightweight pop reggae feel to it and was annoying catchy to boot.

"Bass" and "Rude" are, musically, two of the better pop songs on the chart. Lyrically, the take somewhat different approaches to musical content. "Bass" deals with body image [[many argue, however, that it is a slight backhand slap to skinny people), and "Rude" deals with the somewhat-archaic tradition of asking the father for his daughter's hand. "Bass" takes on a slight vintage vibe while "Rude" harkens the sounds of reggae fusion. While I would not call either song 'historic' or 'era-defining' like the hits of Motown, they are extremely catchy and provide a little bit of substance to the Hit Parade of Blandness currently dominating the charts.

[Jerry Oz]

I like 'Rude'. The bass line would be legitimate for a good reggae song and the verses are constructed well. And let's be honest: The reason Motown was Hitsville USA was not because the songs were constructed progressively, but because they were formulaic and extremely catchy. I'm sure many from Memphis and Muscle Shoals found the Detroit output to be 'annoyingly catchy' as well.

[jillfoster]

The song is annoyingly catchy. And the message is both positive [[not everyone can be a size 0 an shouldn't be put down for not being a stick) and negative [[given the growing obesity epidemic in the US, perhaps fat asses shouldn't be celebrated in song?).

The song is catchy because is has a great hook in the chorus. It's catchy in SPITE of that horrible wench singing it, certainly not because of it. If you'd put that song in the hands of a decent producer and vocalist, it would be damn listenable.

[jillfoster]

hehehehehehehe......... "Say Joe, you can have her, the lady with the skinny legs"....."but I ain't goin' bump no mo' with a big fat woman!" LOL!!!!

You said it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWNJwSJh_WY

[marv2]

You said it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWNJwSJh_WY

Whoa......! What a great memory from the 70s!

[marv2]

Now here's one from the 60s!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sdib6gd190