Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-29512888-20180409210219

Hi everybody! If you follow my "New Songs of the Week" and "New K-Pop Songs of the Week" series, you might know that I have a public playlist called "Random music I should listen to when I have time" (feel free to call it "Work in progress" if it's more comfortable for you :P), and I share my thoughts on some of the songs I had time to check out in my NSotW threads (as well as other discoveries).

Well, I decided to change this habit a little bit by moving this section to a separate thread series! I think it's much more comfortable this way, and I can talk about older songs without overshadowing the new ones.

Three other notes:
 * This is different from my "Recommendations" sections, because this series features both good and bad songs
 * Unlike my two weekly threads, this series features both Western pop and K-Pop
 * The songs are placed in reversed chronological order of listen
 * I don't think I will do an Episode 2 because this one took me a lot of time to make

So, let's start!

Dalshabet - Bling Bling I think it sounds a bit too modernized to be a 70's throwback, but it's still very fun.

Chaness - SeSeSe It may sound pretty bland as a sex song, but at least it keeps its relaxing atmosphere without going straight to "generic K-Pop ballad" territory.

D.I.P. - A Likely Night Not a fan of this one. It sounds a bit over-the-top for my taste.

GreatGuys - Ganda

This one is pretty good, on the other hand.

Big Marvel - Call Me Boss Uhmmmm... nope. I'm sorry, but I can't picture him as a swaggy boss. I understand that squishing rubber chicken puppets or emulating instruments with his mouth wouldn't have been taken seriously, but this song is just a disappointment for me. Another problem I have with this song is that his voice is barely audible, both because he whispers instead of singing and because his English pronunciation isn't that good.

TWICE - What Is Love? Meh. It may grow on me in the future, but now it sounds pretty bland to my ears.

CLC - Black Dress That synth line in the chorus is actually a bit annoying, but the entire song has some mysterious charm I can't explain.

The Black Eyed Pease - Shut Up Pretty meh. I also have a hard time trying to figure out who's wrong: Fergie is too jealous but will.i.am says "That's why you don't believe my lies" (good job at shooting yourself in the foot). I might sound overanalytical, but I don't want to like a song and then realize that it has bad lyrics :P :V

David Bowie - Lazarus Wow, this is really touching. Rest in peace, you will be missed.

Ne-Yo, Bebe Rexha and Stefflon Don - Push Back Nice beat but the singers are too autotuned. I would have expected from Stefflon Don but not from the other two. Also... Julia Michaels - Issues Pretty bland, both in terms of instrumental and vocals.
 * "Baby, push back when I jump behind it" (does that refer to sex? Because it sounds questionable even as a sex reference... ok, maybe I should stop bothering too much about lyrics, but still...)

The Chainsmokers ft. ROZES - Roses Without doubt the only good thing these guys have ever done (along with Something Just Like This). Kiiara - Gold I didn't know one could make a song by recording a leaking faucet.

Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger I had already listened to it before and I couldn't remember how it sounds like. And there's a reason for that.

Bob Dylan - When The Ship Comes In Here's some more meanungful music to wash your ears with. My Italian teacher gave me a lyrics analysis of the Italian version by Vinicio Capossela as homework, and I fell in love for it immediately.

Lee Hyori - U Go Girl Meh. Also, why is there a burlesque breakdown?

Sonamoo - I (knew it) I really love the flamenco influences here. UZA - Suitable This one, instead, has a great atmosphere thanks to its 80s-inspired sound.

GreatGuys - Last Men I don't remember how it sounds like... sorry :/

Hitchhiker - Ding Dong Pretty underwhelming compared to Hitchhiker's previous material, such as...

Hitchhiker X Taeyong - Around ...this one. There are som questionable lyrics here and there but the beat is much more exciting here. Superorganism - Everybody Wants To Be Famous This one's OK.

Jason Derulo - Colors His singing sounds weird, but at least he doesn't talk about having sex.

Nina Nesbitt - Somebody Special I have such a bad memory that I didn't even remember I checked out the lyrics to this song. Maybe I should stop listening to music while doing other things.

Wa$$up - Nom Nom Nom Meh. I prefer WA$$UP.

T-ara - Like The First Time Good.

J-Hope - Daydream Pretty good, I must say. I also like J-Hope's charisma in the song.

BTS - Don't Leave Me My first impression is positive overall, although there are some elements I didn't like.

Katy Perry - Roulette One of the better tracks from Witness. I hardly believe this and Bon appetit are in the same album.

'''Heiakim - Hey! (Chotto Chotto Ne)''' This guy is on Spotify so I consider this an actual song. And I'm glad he's there, because Google Translate needs more recognition.

Enriquie Iglesias - Bailamos This is great! It's sad that his latest songs are all generic modern Latin pop (although I like Bailando), because we need more of this kind of Latin music.

Red Velvet - Rookie The lyrics are actually very shallow, but that instrumental is fantastic.

Taeyong - Cure This SM station project is pretty interesting. Most tracks are generic ballads, but there are also some better works.

Miss A - Touch A timeless K-Pop classic everyone should know.

EXO - History This one is less "timeless" but still worth a listen.

Super Junior M - Swing This one is also good.

Super Junior - Spy And this one isn't. The chorus is great but it's wasted on some childish pre-choruses.

TWICE - KNOCK KNOCK Not a fan of TWICE, but this song is very good.

Steve Aoki X Lauren Jauregui - All Night OK, I'm done with K-Pop. This one's alright.

X Ambassadors - Don't Stay It has potential but the lyrics seem vague and the falsetto ruins it.

Lights - Skydiving Another good song courtesy of Lights. I think I should stan this girl.

Cardi B - Get Up 10 Not used to trap, but Cardi B has a lot of presence (and she doesn't talk about sex, money and drugs), so I'll give it a pass.

Calvin Harris ft. Dua Lipa - One Kiss This one is even better than New Rules and IDGA*. I see a lot of potential in her.

Lim Kim - Awoo It has potential but the instrumental ruins it. Also, Charlie Puth ft. Kehlani - Done For Me Good production with inaccurate lyrics.
 * "I’ll touch you like it’s nothing"/"That doesn’t mean I wanna do something" (what do you want to do then? Do you need to squish something to ease the stress?)

Jinsoul (LOONA) - Singing in the Rain Wow, these girls definitely slay. I think they haven't released any bad song so far.

Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You Sorry but this one is not my cup of tea. It's just boredom all the way, and the lyrics are extremely generic and lazy.

Berry Good - Don't Believe One of the few tropical house K-Pop songs that stand out from the crowd.

Wa$$up - WA$$UP

OK so before you start throwing knives at me for liking this song and not Lovin' You, clikc on both Play buttons and judge for yourselves.

Eminem - F**k

... O_O. I refuse to put the video here because 1) it's extremely vulgar and 2) no one deserves to be traumatized by such an unpleasant experience.

Kailee Morgue - Ghost of Mine Another song I don't remember anyting of.

Bipolar Sunshine - Daydreamer I don't remember much about this one either, but at least I remember I had a good impression of it. 