Grading the iTunes Hits, Again « - Village Voice
Trace Adkins’s transcendently goopy maturity-ballad “You’re Gonna Miss This” had a moment because of something to do with the celebrity version of The Apprentice , and American Idol launched at least one dead Hawaiian ukulele player into the top ten for a week or so, but the top spots have been stuck in a “4 Minutes”/”No Air”/”Lollipop”/”Bleeding Love” stasis for weeks now. A sub-Lachey teenpop late-arrival, trying to stay alive in a post- Summerland world, enlists “Umbrella” writer/producers Tricky and The-Dream to give him a trance-pop song. Jesse McCartney cowrote “Bleedin’ Love,” so he shouldn’t need to pay top dollar for someone who’s going to tell him to rhyme seen with man , but I guess we’re stuck with The-Dream for a little while longer. I haven’t heard nearly enough John Mayer songs to call “Say” the best John Mayer song ever, so I’ll just call it the best one I’ve ever heard, though maybe I just like it because it isn’t trance-pop. Normally this would be a good thing, but we need some actual human beings to counteract the R2D2 blips, and Danity Kane sound like animatronic mannequins even when they’re asking a boyfriend how he’s going to deal with all their baggage. Copyright © 2008 Village Voice LLC, 36 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 The Village Voice and Voice are registered trademarks of Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC. Read more
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