The Wanted
Let's hear it for the return of Boy Bands in 2012! Seriously, we were treated to some really great songs and videos thanks to The Wanted.
In any good era of Boy Bands there has to be some competitive rivalry going and in 2012 we had One Direction vs. The Wanted. They each have a collection of sleek and catchy songs, but with One Direction we have a clean cut group of nice boys, while with The Wanted we get some rougher and scruffier young men!
In their first video for Glad You Came, we are introduced to the guys as they vacation in Ibiza. It's more than just some playful fun in the sun with some cute flirty girls. We get to see all of the meeting up on the beach leading to the dancing the night away at the club. Then it wraps up with the morning after all disheveled and sweet.
The second video, Chasing The Sun, finds the guys once again out in the night time club scene. This time they are all giving into the seduction of a group of beautiful young women. It turns into a trip into the dark side as these women turn out to be vampires and one by one the guys get bitten.
The "rough around the edges" image of The Wanted is continued in their video for I Found You. Here we find the guys rescuing a girl who has been kidnapped and tied up. They find her in an old apartment building and have to beat up a group of thugs in order to get to her.
The Wanted may not be showing sales and airplay numbers as high as One Direction, but who cares? These guys are HOT!
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
The Top 10 songs of 2012
The Top 10 songs of 2012!!
2012 has been a great year for fun pop songs getting into the upper portion of the Billboard HOT 100 Singles chart. Here's my Top 10 favorite songs of the year:
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
No other song in 2012 completely saturated social media the way this one did. It's a completely fun and catchy pop jam everyone and their brother felt compelled to video record themselves dancing and singing along with it. While all of the homemade videos were entertaining, the official video was still the best of the bunch. Carly is looking cute daydreaming about her sexy neighbor while he mows the lawn and fixes his car, but it turns out that he ends up giving his number to the cute boy who plays guitar in her band! And to top it off, we learned a super fun line dance to this at Charlie's so it really was everywhere!
Glad You Came - The Wanted
I first heard this song on Glee when the Warblers performed it in a competition. It sounded awesome and it made me want to hear it again. Then when this version started to get radio airplay I started to like it even more. The guys voices harmonize so perfectly to the beat and the lyrics have you singing along.
Titanium - David Guetta
The empowering vocals by Sia combined with the hard driving dance beat deliver the most inspirational and motivating song of the year. This is a must on every work out playlist.
Lights - Ellie Goulding
This is the absolutely perfect song and video for playing loud while grabbing your hairbrush and dancing and singing along. The video is exactly how you would imagine your debut in the spotlight would be as you perform this song for your millions of adoring fans.
Skyfall - Adele
Exactly what a James Bond theme song should be. Lush and sensual strings embrace the mysterious and romantic lyrics. Adele provides the vocals in the grand tradition of Bond girls to perfection.
What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
At first I thought someone was doing a remake of Summer Nights from Grease, but then it turned into a fresh and exuberant gem that is completely new and different. Still, it was an awesome part of many Summer days and nights in 2012.
Part of Me - Katy Perry
What an exciting night it was when Katy performed this song for the first time at the Grammy awards. It was no surprise at all that it shot to #1 the very next week. In 2012 she proved that she is still the master at serving up the perfect combination of a catchy pop song with an amazing video. This time Katy enlisted in the Marines in a sincere tribute to our veterans.
Everybody Talks - Neon Trees
You can't help but tap your feet and sing along with this pop rock slice of musical entertainment. There are a couple of videos for this song, but my favorite one has the zombies attacking the kids at the drive-in movie.
We Are Young - fun.
This is another song that the cast of Glee introduced long before the original became a hit. fun. has a style that completely goes against the current trends in pop music and they make it work with dramatic vocal arrangements and lots of orchestration. It's a welcome addition to the music scene.
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye
When you first heard this you may have thought it was the come-back single from Sting, but honestly, that's never really gonna happen. New artist, Gotye delivers an emotional vocal to go along with the creative performance art video.
2012 has been a great year for fun pop songs getting into the upper portion of the Billboard HOT 100 Singles chart. Here's my Top 10 favorite songs of the year:
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
No other song in 2012 completely saturated social media the way this one did. It's a completely fun and catchy pop jam everyone and their brother felt compelled to video record themselves dancing and singing along with it. While all of the homemade videos were entertaining, the official video was still the best of the bunch. Carly is looking cute daydreaming about her sexy neighbor while he mows the lawn and fixes his car, but it turns out that he ends up giving his number to the cute boy who plays guitar in her band! And to top it off, we learned a super fun line dance to this at Charlie's so it really was everywhere!
Glad You Came - The Wanted
I first heard this song on Glee when the Warblers performed it in a competition. It sounded awesome and it made me want to hear it again. Then when this version started to get radio airplay I started to like it even more. The guys voices harmonize so perfectly to the beat and the lyrics have you singing along.
Titanium - David Guetta
The empowering vocals by Sia combined with the hard driving dance beat deliver the most inspirational and motivating song of the year. This is a must on every work out playlist.
Lights - Ellie Goulding
This is the absolutely perfect song and video for playing loud while grabbing your hairbrush and dancing and singing along. The video is exactly how you would imagine your debut in the spotlight would be as you perform this song for your millions of adoring fans.
Skyfall - Adele
Exactly what a James Bond theme song should be. Lush and sensual strings embrace the mysterious and romantic lyrics. Adele provides the vocals in the grand tradition of Bond girls to perfection.
What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
At first I thought someone was doing a remake of Summer Nights from Grease, but then it turned into a fresh and exuberant gem that is completely new and different. Still, it was an awesome part of many Summer days and nights in 2012.
Part of Me - Katy Perry
What an exciting night it was when Katy performed this song for the first time at the Grammy awards. It was no surprise at all that it shot to #1 the very next week. In 2012 she proved that she is still the master at serving up the perfect combination of a catchy pop song with an amazing video. This time Katy enlisted in the Marines in a sincere tribute to our veterans.
Everybody Talks - Neon Trees
You can't help but tap your feet and sing along with this pop rock slice of musical entertainment. There are a couple of videos for this song, but my favorite one has the zombies attacking the kids at the drive-in movie.
We Are Young - fun.
This is another song that the cast of Glee introduced long before the original became a hit. fun. has a style that completely goes against the current trends in pop music and they make it work with dramatic vocal arrangements and lots of orchestration. It's a welcome addition to the music scene.
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye
When you first heard this you may have thought it was the come-back single from Sting, but honestly, that's never really gonna happen. New artist, Gotye delivers an emotional vocal to go along with the creative performance art video.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Results - 80's
Jessica and Joshua were the first to hear that they are both safely coming back next week.
It's been quite a few years since Boy Bands ruled the charts, but it looks like 2012 is the year that they will be making a big comeback. Leading the wave is The Wanted who caused loud screams and squeals of joy as they performed their current hit Glad You Came.
Then Colton and Skylar also got the news that they are safe while Hollie and Deandre had to take the first two seats in the bottom three.
Season 5 Miss American Idol finalist, Kellie Pickler, made a return trip to the stage to perform her latest single called Where's Tammy Wynette. She continues to show off a wonderful personality while serving up fun and entertaining songs.
Phillip is safe leaving Elise to take the final seat in the bottom three with Hollie and Deandre. Unfortunately, it was the fantastic young Deandre who had to sing for his life in the hopes that the judges would save him. Even his great performance couldn't convince them so he is going home from the competition too soon.
I only correctly predicted that Elise would be in the bottom three. She should have been the one to go home.
It's been quite a few years since Boy Bands ruled the charts, but it looks like 2012 is the year that they will be making a big comeback. Leading the wave is The Wanted who caused loud screams and squeals of joy as they performed their current hit Glad You Came.
Then Colton and Skylar also got the news that they are safe while Hollie and Deandre had to take the first two seats in the bottom three.
Season 5 Miss American Idol finalist, Kellie Pickler, made a return trip to the stage to perform her latest single called Where's Tammy Wynette. She continues to show off a wonderful personality while serving up fun and entertaining songs.
Phillip is safe leaving Elise to take the final seat in the bottom three with Hollie and Deandre. Unfortunately, it was the fantastic young Deandre who had to sing for his life in the hopes that the judges would save him. Even his great performance couldn't convince them so he is going home from the competition too soon.
I only correctly predicted that Elise would be in the bottom three. She should have been the one to go home.
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