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THE TOP TEN BEST HIT SONGS OF 2020

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We're doing Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" vs. Paramore's "Misery Business." 2021-01-16 17:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post

FREE RAMBLE ON ESSAY (plus vote in the Song vs. Song poll)

First off, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll on the other Patreon, we've got a big one this week! "Freak on a Leash" vs. "Nookie"!!! You must vote in this!! 2020-12-31 20:18:21 +0000 UTC View Post

RAMBLE ON: "Alive with the Glory of Love" by Say Anything

“i have a really long, beautiful infatuation about this song. so i've been grounded. for about two months. and this boy i've been snekaing out wiht sends me snippet sof this song in texts rather ...

THE TOP TEN WORST HIT SONGS OF 2020

As always, you guys are my eyes and ears, because my actual eyes and ears and bleeding and broken. Let me know if you catch any mistakes. Merry Christmas.

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

I am putting the finishing touches on the Worst List as we speak, it should be done within the next couple days. But! In the meantime, if you care about music released this year, we need some more ...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses

I know what boys like. They like a nap. I'm so tired.

As always, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. It's our Christmas episode!! We take on "Do They Know It's Xmas" vs. "We Are the World"...

RAMBLE ON: "We Shall Be Free" by Garth Brooks

“This ain’t comin’ from no prophet… just an ordinary man…”

This might seem like false humility; Garth Brooks can think of himself as an ordinary man but he’s certainly not an av...

POP SONG REVIEW: "I Hope" by Gabby Barrett

"I Hope" you guys catch any mistakes on here, as always.

Also, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! This week we're doing "Celebration" vs. "All Night Long." A wedding DJ showdown! 2020-11-20 07:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Timothy" by The Buoys

Happy Halloween, everyone! 

As always, help me out and look for errors, and as always, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! This one will be a lot more indie than usual, it's "In the A...

RAMBLE ON: "5 dollars" by Christine and the Queens

I have a strangely large number of trans friends and acquaintances – more than a straight man as asocial and boring as me should be expected to have, at least. I don’t claim to be educated abou...

TRAINWRECKORDS: "Funstyle" by Liz Phair

I think I started this series just to eventually get to this episode.

Anyway, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll, we're doing a Halloween episode, "Ghostbusters" vs. "Men in Black"! 2020-10-21 09:29:01 +0000 UTC View Post

RAMBLE ON: "Getcha Back" by The Beach Boys

I live in California now and it’s fucking great! Love it. So long, New York City!

So yeah, that’s what I was doing my month off. Time well spent! And to prepare for my ...

POP SONG REVIEW: "WAP" by Cardi B ft. Megan thee Stallion

Just an obscure song I'm into right now. 

As always, please vote in the poll. It's "Dirt Road Anthem" vs. "Cruise" and it's almost certainly going to get less votes than normal so I need...

POP SONG REVIEW: "death bed (coffee for your head)" by powfu ft. beabadoobee

Been a long time, shouldna left you

Well anyway, I'm back! Let us not forget to vote on the Song vs. Song poll, where we are doing "Mo Money Mo Problems" vs. "California Love"! 2020-09-19 05:27:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Vote in the Song vs. Song poll! (Also normal service resuming soon)

I am done with my hiatus  and it has been an *extremely expensive* month and I seriously need to get right back to work, hard at it, so don't worry, I'll be making new videos soon. But in any ...

Still on vacation but please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

Just a quick plug for my other project, which is still operating. This week: "Crazy Train" vs. "Back in Black"! Vote away!   2020-08-22 01:04:57 +0000 UTC View Post

I'm taking the month off!

• Now that it's the 1st, I may as well tell everyone that I'm taking the month of August off. I've got life stuff going on and I haven't had a hiatus since I started doing this oh ...
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RAMBLE ON: "Drug Ballad" by Eminem

I don’t talk much about the alcohol. I don’t really need to, it ramped down a long time ago, I never needed to go to AA or anything. I’ve been kickin’ back with a cold on...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "I Melt with You" by Modern English

This one's not going up on YouTube right away while the sponsors approve the ad (you Patrons get it ad-free). As always you guys are my editors and fact-checkers so let me know if you caught any pr...

POP SONG REVIEW: "Trollz" by 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj

This one was difficult. If you have any corrections, please let me know.

Oh and of course please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! "867-5309" vs. "Centerfold," that one's more fun to talk about...

RAMBLE ON: "Code Monkey" by Jonathan Coulton

One of Weird Al Yankovic’s late-career masterpieces is “Skipper Dan,” a power-pop portrait of a once-promising acting prodigy reduced to telling bad jokes as a guide for a ...

TRAINWRECKORDS: "Two the Hard Way" by Gregg Allman and Cher

Oh man, this took me so long that I didn't have time to put up the poll link! Please vote in the poll, it's real last-minute and we're way too low on votes! Better blaxploitatoin theme: "Theme from...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Are You Jimmy Ray?" by Jimmy Ray

As always, don't forget to vote in the poll, this week it's "Bye Bye Bye" vs. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)".  2020-06-01 03:10:50 +0000 UTC View Post

RAMBLE ON: "1999" by Charli XCX feat. Troye Sivan

I really ought to like Charli more than I do. 

It’s cool to like Charli XCX, cooler than not liking Charli, at least. Charli is cool. She exudes coolness from her po...

POP SONG REVIEW: "Toosie Slide" by Drake

Two hops this time.

As always, lemme know if you spot any problems with the video.

As always, vote in the Song vs. Song poll! Tal Bachman's "She's So High" vs. Wheatus's "Teenage Dirtba...

RAMBLE ON: "United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)" by DJ Earworm

A clarification: This is April's Ramble On. I got so overwhelmed with finishing the last video that I forgot to post it, but I swear I had it done on time. That's two deadlines missed now but oh we...

TRAINWRECKORDS: "Zingalamaduni" by Arrested Development

Yes, I'm posting this at 4:30 a.m. The sleep schedule (and work schedule) has taken a hit these past weeks (shocking!). As always: Please lemme know if you see any errors, especially since I'm post...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona

As always, don't forget to vote in the poll! This week's matchup, Pharrell's "Happy" vs. Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling!"  2020-04-18 00:13:48 +0000 UTC View Post

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Oh Yeah" by Yello

Normal service continues! OHHHHHH YEAHHHHHH. Chicka chickahhh.

And as always don't forget to vote in the Song vs. Song poll! "We Didn't Start the Fire" vs. "It's the End of the World As We Kn...

RAMBLE ON: "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow

Liza Minnelli once performed “Copacabana” on an episode of “The Muppet Show.” The pairing is almost too perfect; Liza, like Lola, was a woman out of time. Eternally linke...