i hope this is fisrt

well Todd that was a good top ten i do not put comments in the past because i think you or the other reviews will not get to it but i do not have bad things to say so i do not mind but i'm off track here but i hope so see more new stuff from you and old or new it's all good

It's really interesting on what songs drive to the point of nearly ramming your head into a wall. I think you should do a top ten of the most underrated songs of the 2011. some songs deserve more credit than some of the bland crap that comes out.

"The Hanna Montana movie. Yeah I watched it...shuddup." lol

No disagreements here; these are even worse than your worst of 2011.

I like the VIDEO for Boom Boom Boom, & the guy with long hair is kinda cute, but I could sleep to the song.

Yup, I was right..."If you like it, then you should put a ring on it" still reminds me of the cock ring story from WTFWYT.

If you were a deticated hater, you'd pronounce Beyonce "baywuns."

I am not suprised "The Climb" was on his top ten. I have nothing personally against it, I thought it was one of Miley's best songs. But when you hear about a dozen little girls singing it over and over and over up in front of the church pew EVERY SUNDAY! It gets to be tiring to listen to after a while. T____T


I mean, I get it, it was meant to be a inspirational song. But geeze girls, it kinda looses its novelty after hearing it about a dozen times.

Beyonce makes man hating "cool" but she has always been that way.. I mean back with destiny's child she demanded that men "pay my bills", then she was an "independent woman", that would "cater to you" only if you "put a ring on it." Its not cheating when she points you "to the left" if she tells you before he gets to the house....anyway i could do that all day lol. Beyonce is great to listen to when you want to be reminded that you suck at life

I hardly listen to the radio anymore. (I prefer the Classic Rock station.) However when I'm in the car with my mother running errands when we channel-surf... Oh, boy...

I once recognized "The Climb" last year, and I told my mother to change the station, fast! No one can mistake that kid-with-a-tummy-ache warbling.

To me, Justin Bieber has always come off as just plain pathetic. He's like if Scrappy Doo were trying to be like Pepe Le Pew. Whereas Pepe's problem can be remedied with a potent deodorant, Scrappy/Bieber has A LOT of growing up to do before he can be the next cartoon Rudolph Valentino.

My mother actually LIKES listening to "I'm Yours" on the radio. Whenever it's on, all I can do is pray that the other station is playing Queen or Bon Jovi...

My sister and I looked at the "Boom Boom Pow" video with no sound, and we actually think the visuals in that are pretty cool. Yes, the song sucks, but you have to give credit to the designers and animators who worked on the video.

I wouldn't worry too much about looking like some kind of woman-hater because you don't like Beyonce. I'm a woman and I'm not a big fan either.
Besides, you're not just being a troll and just saying "Beyonce Sux!", you actually present sound arguments to why you don't like her attitude presented in her music. As a casual comic book-reader, I don't like Frank Miller's work, not even "The Dark Knight Returns", but that doesn't mean I'm a man-hating psycho-feminist. It just means I think Alan Moore is a far superior writer.

By the way, if you want to hear a less painful rendition of "Single Ladies", I recommend that everyone check out the cover by Pomplamoose on Youtube. For that matter they also made a really pretty-sounding version of Lady Gaga's "Telephone".

i had to listen to birthday sex for 2 hours while on a college couch to wales, i hated this song the first time i heard it let alone the other times i had to listen.
id have to agree with you on all of these songs just these clips made me feel horrible.

That scene where you go insane from put a ring on it, oscar gold

Todd you are so two thousand and late

The last part makes me want to take 3 shots of tequila and spin around in circle. Wish me luck!

Listening to Diva actually makes my *teeth* hurt, it's so nauseously awful.

I thought the point of Top 10s were that were EASY to do.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one who started feeling chills and looking behind me when "Single Ladies" came on. The shouty lyrics and the absense of the melody earlier on just make it all the more unsettling and creepy when that horror-movie background inches up on you.

I'm a feminist, and I think that "If I was a boy" is a crude piece of gender essentialism trying to sound deep and insightful.

This was on Blip for a while, so I forgot that you hadn't yet posted it on the site. I like I'm Yours, but I see your point.

But I also couldn't stand those Beyonce songs, and don't get me started on The Climb- everyone at school was singing it. ARRRRGGGHHHH!

"Psychotic elves" still cracks me up.

It's extremely hard for me to understand what will make Todd like a song or not. I got a feeling was the worst piece of shit I had to suffer during that year and yet you find it awesome. On the other hand you bash on Jack Johnson or put Jason Marz in a worst position than a serious version of the "dick in a box".
Beyonce sexism doesn't bother me as much as her voice and terrible music. She can bash guys all she wants what I know is that she hangs with the stars of what became one of the most misogynistic genres of music.

On the other hand, and although I like Todd's reviews,I wonder why there is no Rock/alternative music reviewer in this website?
We have B-movie reviewers, retrogamers, adults over analytical (and I mean it the best way) of cartoons and yet the two music reviewers on the site spend their time talking about modern pop/hip hop music.
What about bashing on terrible Metal songs? Indie songs? I mean something that would create some sort of debate since a lot of persons here could be enjoying those songs.

Hope someone somewhere will show up to take on the job!

I've often wondered and occasionally commented on the same thing you mentioned on the second part of your comment. If I had comedic talent and time, I would do it myself, being as big a fan of rock and metal as I am. Off the top of my head, Morbid Angel's last album, Illud Divinum Insanus, would warrant review, as would Lulu by Metallica or the newest Cryptopsy.

Hm, might be a little *too* niche though. I would end up doing a lot of extreme metal and completely overlook crappy releases from the likes of metalcore and nu metal.

Great video! I'll be catching up on your reviews soon :D

Glad to see I'm not the only one annoyed by Beyonce's constant songs about man hating.

Funny enough, that was my reaction to The Ring

I despise all the songs on the list except "I'm yours." As unoriginal, generic piece of shit as it may be, it's still catchy as hell. The melody is so lighthearted and lively. The only thing I dislike about it is the Do dee doo crap near the end with the douche laugh after it.

I find it quite silly that the advertisement is of a hooded young man fiddling with a musical instrument. Grey hoodie and all. XD

But yes, 2009 wasn't so hot in the music business anyhow, was it?

Todd's apparently taken to being in the commercials that come on before his show.

Isn't a female pimp a "madam"? Ha! Yes, vindication from dictionary.com

Mad·am (mdm)
n. Abbr. Mdm.
1. pl. Mes·dames (m-dm, -däm) Used formerly as a courtesy title before a woman's given name but now used only before a surname or title indicating rank or office: Madam Ambassador.
2. Used as a salutation in a letter: Dear Madam or Sir.
3. madam Used as a form of polite address for a woman: Right this way, madam.
4. madam The mistress of a household.
5. madam A woman who manages a brothel.

Madam has the same amount of syllables as "diva", but I doubt that would have saved that awful song. Also it would make her sound old and not stroke her ego.

the weird part about boom boom pow is that it seems to be influenced partly by 'boing boom tshak' by kraftwerk. Even some shots in the music videos for the two songs are similar. they also mention cybotron, an electro pioneer.

I doubt any of the fans of the song noticed that.

Your bashing of Beyonce was completely justified. She proves that women can be just as if not more sexist and vile than men, which completely contradicts the message of her songs.

Sexy And I Know It Is A Giant Rip Off Of Steve Angello's Teasing Mr Charlie :3

Diva was a hit song!? I basically stopped watching music videos (for awhile) after seeing the first minute.

I watched this on TGWTG already? I saw it on the menu.

Jeremih sounds like the name of a Will.I.Am parody — "Jer.Am.I".

And what ARE those "psychotic elves" in "Diva" saying, anyway?

They are saying "I'm a a diva, I'm a I'm a a diva." I'm stupid and annoying is more like it.

I remember everyone was like 'Oh, Single Ladies is the best music video ever!' and I always had thought that it was kinda lazy. Yeah, she danced in one take, but a lot of other dancers and performers can dance in one take too. It's not that hard to do. The concept was just lazy, because you tend to rely on the music video to understand what the song is about, and if the singer is just dancing, well, it kinda loses my attention because it's boring.

Oh, and I am not a Taylor Swift fan, but at least her music video was somewhat entertaining when she won. I think I wanted 'Womanizer' to win that year if I remember correctly. Britney is my guilty pleasure.

Still a big performer doing it just cause she wants to is a risk, especially if people just find it boring. I think it has some sexiness to it.

Plus minimalism sometimes work, ala O.K Go's Here it comes again. I don't like it when rock bands just show themselves performing but alot of videos for rockers have become either that or just really lame guy running to girl type things.

I actually liked "I'm Yours" (Forgive me, O wrathful gods of music), but I laughed out loud with the "No, I don't want to do a second take" line.

I'd forgotten a lot of these terrible songs, but it's sometimes fun to remember the crap songs of the past.

10 - The Climb.
This actually became an X Factor winner's single in the UK. Now, being honest, as cliched as the lyrics are I think this is could potentially have been a nice enough song if it was given to someone with a good, interesting voice, but Miley Cyrus simply cannot sing.

9 - If I Were A Boy
This has the opposite problem. Beyonce sings it well enough, but the problem with this song is everything else. I hate this song! It's sexist man-hating garbage. But even if it wasn't, I loathe how humourless and pretentious it is, how a song with such downright stupid lyrics can take itself so seriously is beyond me.

8 - One Time
Arrgh, few things are as repulsive as Justin Bieber saying "shawty".

7 - Birthday Sex
I always thought this was creepy as well, and it's a crap song that didn't deserve to be a hit.

6 - Kiss Me Thru The Phone
This was a chav anthem over here, so I hated it. People outside the UK might not know what 'chav' means, but you can imagine the sort of people who'd like this song.

5 - I'm Yours
I'm glad I haven't heard this song for a while, it seemed to be never off the radio. It actually infuriates me how boring it is.

4 - Boom Boom Pow
I don't mind this song, but it isn't a great song by any means.

3 - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Again, I didn't hate this, but it is annoying, and I was baffled at how popular it was.

2 - Break Up
I think I've heard this, but it obviously didn't leave an impression as I've forgotten everything about it.

1 - Diva
This is dreadful, unlistenable and awful. I actually like Beyonce sometimes, when she's good she's excellent, but she has done some terrible songs in her time, all three of these (plus Irreplacable, IMO) are good examples of how bad she can get.