Top 20 Playlist for July 27, 2008

Friss Zene Top 20 for the week ending on Sunday, 07.27.08

The Minnesota-originated power pop band Quietdrive recently leaked their newest single and title track of their album "Deliverance" on their official website. A bit of a departure from When All That's Left Is You from 2006, the song starts out with a mesmerizing synth and takes it up several notches when it explodes in an epic chorus sung by bleach-blond lead singer Kevin Truckenmiller.

01. Quietdrive - Deliverance (#1 for 1 week)
02. Rihanna - Take A Bow
03. Carolina Liar - I'm Not Over
04. Lady GaGa feat. Colby O'Donis & Akon - Just Dance
05. National Product - Love Me (#1 for 1 week)
06. Shontelle - T-Shirt
07. Robin Thicke - Magic
08. Every Avenue - Where Were You
09. Cute Is What We Aim For - Practice Makes Perfect
10. Carolina Liar - Beautiful World
11. Hit The Lights - Stay Out
12. Michelle Williams - We Break The Dawn
13. Ne-Yo - Closer
14. The Maine - Everything I Ask For
15. Ryan Cabrera - Enemies
16. Hawthorne Heights - Rescue Me
17. The Maine - Into Your Arms
18. The Morning Light - Honest
19. Chris Brown - Forever
20. Switchfoot - This Is Home

Falling Off:
O.A.R. - Shattered (Turn The Car Around)
Duffy - Mercy
Jon McLaughlin - Beating My Heart
Colby O'Donis - What You Got
The Spill Canvas - All Over You

Take a listen to this week's #1 song....

Fresh Song: Plain White T's - Natural Disaster

Releasing their hit "Hey There Delilah" last summer, The Plain White T's are currently finishing up their upcoming album currently titled Big Bad World, the anxiously awaited follow-up to 2006's Every Second Counts. The first single is a song titled "Natural Disaster". The first few seconds remind me of old-school TSL (The Starting Line) and didn't know what to make of the rest of it after my first listen. I had to play the song three more times to get the chorus into my head. Bottom line is that unlike their past singles ("Our Time Now" and "Hate...") this song lacks a really strong catchy hook. Perhaps it'll take me another ten listens to finally get it. Listen here. What do you think of the song? Comments are appreciated!

Hit The Lights go G-A-Y on a Whitney classic!

Formed in 2003, Ohio pop punk rock band Hit The Lights returned to the studio last year after their previous front-man quit the band which, in a role reversal, found bassist Nick Thompson taking lead vox. With Nick on the helm, they're sound is stronger and full of youthful energy. The band released their latest CD Skip School, Start Fights on July 7 and their current single is "Won't Stop", however if you order their CD from iTunes, you are able to get a couple of bonus tracks, including a cover of Whitney Houston's 80s hit "How Will I Know"!

So how is does the band kick up the queer factor on this song? By not changing the original song's lyrics whatsoever -- and by keeping the masculine pronouns intact, Nick sounds very gay when he croons, "There's a boy I know, he's the one I'm dreaming of". LMAO!

If you want to get a taste at how amazingly funny this cover is and how great this band is, listen for yourself, and then go buy the album on iTunes!

What do you think of the song? Comment away.

Top 20 Playlist for July 19, 2008

Friss Zene Top 20 for the week ending on Saturday, 07.19.08

Yep, the band formed in Hawaii and now based in SoCal takes the number one spot in the newly formatted chart with this power ballad.

01. National Product - Love Me (#1 for 1 week)
02. Carolina Liar - I'm Not Over
03. The Maine - Everything I Ask For
04. Cute Is What We Aim For - Practice Makes Perfect
05. Lady GaGa feat. Akon & Colby O'Donis - Just Dance
06. Robin Thicke - Magic
07. Shontelle - T-Shirt
08. Every Avenue - Where Were You
09. Ryan Cabrera - Enemies
10. O.A.R. - Shattered (Turn The Car Around)
11. Hawthorne Heights - Rescue Me
12. Duffy - Mercy
13. The Maine - Into Your Arms
14. Carolina Liar - Beautiful World
15. Ne-Yo - Closer
16. Michelle Williams - We Break The Dawn
17. Jon McLaughlin - Beating My Heart
18. Chris Brown - Forever
19. Colby O'Donis - What You Got
20. The Spill Canvas - All Over You

Take a listen to this week's #1 song....

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Yes, thanks to you, my little blog has reached over 11,000 hits since it made its official debut in January. Although things have slowed down a bit, and I do have to apologize for the lack of updates, new content is in store for you. I realized that I need to shorten my weekly song countdowns because, frankly, it takes a large amount of time and is very tedious, so sorry for the lack of continuity, but I will resume a Top 15 (maybe Top 20, but no more!) weekly chart. As always, I'll be sharing new musical discoveries with you.

As for my personal life, I have recently graduated from school (sigh of relief, thank god!) and no longer in the city, so I am incredibly bummed to no longer have access to amazing artists and attend intimate shows (at least for the time being), but hopefully I can bring you some scoops from my little rock in the middle of the ocean, if and when a show of interest comes along. ;)

Currently listening to: "Shattered (Turn The Car Around)" - O.A.R.*

* The current first single from O.A.R.'s newest album All Sides which just hit stores on July 15. If the first single is any indication of how the album will sound, it is going to be a summer hit.

Go buy it @ Amazon.com now!