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I wonder what I would have thought of these songs in 9th grade. A belated update from a recent Tommy2.net Radio Disney time capsule (site's not link-friendly, but mine is and I posted it here). I should email those people.
B*Witched - C'est La Vie: #2 (after "Baby One More Time") with a bullet. This time capsule chart must pre-date "I Want It That Way" by about four minutes.
Midget - Invisible Balloon: I can only imagine what this must have sounded like played ad nauseum between tyke-squeak "WE'RE ALL EARS" (which, despite calling it "now-defunct" in that article, is still in use on cable/on-demand RD. I can't remember ever hearing it on the internet radio station).
Swirl 360 - Hey Now Now: Wow, it's like I stepped into the ruins of a former civilization. And they liked 90s alterna power pop with strained post-boy (not yet a man) vocals -- they nab that high note OK I guess, but I don't recall it happening again on the album, to the album's detriment.
...Why isn't anyone playing "Mandy" anywhere? These kids are going to get pissy and make a Myspace that downplays their one success as a group, instead offering some boring song from Van Wilder OST (as a free download, no thanks) and changing their name to either SWIRL or, even better, KILLING SKY. And before I bring Adam Schlesinger into all of this, I should probably do my research and figure out he co-wrote at least one of their songs. No shit, I was just going to say he should have done that. And hey now now look, twins before it was cool (really, Denny and Kenny?). They should hit more high notes (i.e. try to sound more like girls) and call themselves an anonconfess (confanon, journonymous, suture-rock) unit. Then maybe they wouldn't have such a depressing bio:
Hello Everyone. Just wanted to let you know what is up with us. First, Thank You for being so patient with us. I know we should of had a record out forever ago. You see, this past summer we got picked up by a new American label. They made us go back in and re-record songs from the California Blur sessions. They put us in the studio with Sylvia Massy (Tool, RedHotChiliPeps,...) to make those sessions more rock. They also wanted us to change our name to, Killing Sky. Anyway, it was supposed to come out in 2005. Unfortunately, the label lost $$ and the record was just sat there. Now, we are excited to say that we have been picked up by a new label called, Machine(www.themachineproductions.com). We are putting the finishing touches on some songs that we are writing and will start recording soon with Mark Endert (Maroon5, Gavin Degraw, Tonic, Splender,..). We will take 6 songs from the Sylvia sessions, have Mark remix and add his special touch to it. We plan on having a record out this year. Also, our new label is letting us keep our name. We are just going to drop the 360 and just be, SWIRL. Please stay in touch with us so we can let you know what we are doing. Plus, we should be posting some of those new songs soon! Thanks again for hanging in there with us. We appreciate all your messages! Thank you!
Other thoughts in no particular order while listening to a particularly gruesome stretch of RD tunes:
♥ Looking at that old chart now...hm, they still play "Space Jam" too much (on cable, anyway, where they're a bit slow on the uptake, all kinds of Disney cover version flops that are displaced by HANNAH MONTANA'S NEWEST AND BESTEST TOP 30 CONTENDER SINGLE "WHO SAID" on the RD [Real Deal]). Oh my god I'm going to get so sued when that album comes out and I post the whole thing at once for evaluation purposes only.
♥ I don't know why I'm not getting more into the Ark album. I do like it...I'll stick with it for a bit, "Clamour for Glamour" is pretty awesome (especially when accompanied by this video). Brie Larson would like it.
♥ Skye, a Wal-Mart exclusive soundtrack release? Yer killin' me, first a Target exclusive then Wal-Mart? You know they (Target) can refuse to sell you Plan B if you and Music slip up, right?
♥ Miley Cyrus still gets no name recognition on the Diz...careful, you may want to disown this Hannah crap before you can't get out from under that disguise (everybody on the show knows by now anyway, you suck at keeping secrets).
♥ Do these kids actually like B5's "Big Bad Wolf"? Kids are STUPID. When I was a kid we listened to Green Jelly's version. Because we were STUPID.
♥ It's official, I have NEVER heard "1985" more than three songs away from "Sk8er Boi." Another back-to-back block, yuck.
♥ I can't stop watching the "I Need a House" video. It's as brilliant as I think it is, right? I didn't go crazy or something?
♥ Emily gets her own heart!
♥ It's going to be VERY funny when Rather Ripped gets stuck between the Veronicas and Hannah Montana OST at the tail end of my year-end list. Ha, I'm thinking about it right now.
♥ Did anyone actually purchase Secret Life of the Veronicas? Prove you did in the comments section and I'll send you a FREE burned copy of Secret Life of the Veronicas!
♥ OK, Jessie Daniels - The Noise: She's got the Kelly C rockfessional down pretty well (goddamn it [sorry Jessie] SOMEONE needs to create a hot buzzword/genre for this music! I can't waste all my time blogviating about rock-confessional-confessional-rock-in-a-teen-pop-setting...it takes too long to type. Hey, look at that, troublegum...not quite right, but what a word). Problem is, this is wholesome Christian rock lyrical fare, so Jessie's using the kiss-off voice to...praise. Similar problem in the new Pink single (is "Who Knew" the next single?), these heartbreaking lyrics pasted on top of "Since U Been Gone"...feels wrong. Jessie, whatever you get mad at in this world...hangnails, black licorice jellybeans, liberals...whatever, doesn't matter, WRITE A SONG ABOUT THAT. Of course Jesus is underlying all of this stuff, it's as true for Ashlee and Kelly and Lindsay and Aly and AJ as it is for you, they just don't capitalize their H's and Y's. I WANT TO SEE A WRATHFUL JESSIE. Also, for someone who employs so much guitar noise in her single, you really seem to have it out for noi...oh.
♥ Has anyone coined the word "blogviate" yet? (Yikes, it's been coined by many many other clever people. It's a pretty stupid word.)
♥ I finally sat down in front of our new cable box and watched episodes of "Lizzie McGuire" and "That's So Raven." They both SUCKED...I can't believe I'm wasting my time on this bullshit!!!!
Here's a message from Kara DioGuardi courtesy this guy:
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