Filed under: design of a decade, lists, music | Tags: 2002, christina aguilera, design of a decade, nelly
[My recap of my favorite singles of 2002 continues with a look at the year's two best spelling mistakes.]
#3. Christina Aguilera, Dirrty, and Nelly, Hot In Herre
Christina Aguilera never came across as a particularly innocent girl, but the world wasn’t especially prepared for something as in-your-face crazy as Dirrty when the singer returned in late 2002 after a two-year solo absence from the charts.* Bearing almost no resemblance to any of her earlier singles, Dirrty was a completely batshit mixture of hip-hop sounds with divalike wailing and messy pop production.
Aguilera had little interest in placing herself as Britney Spears’ rival, which is probably why she waited three years to follow-up on her debut. Spears had already released five singles off her third album before Aguilera dropped Dirrty, the lead single from her second. Based on Redman’s Let’s Get Dirty (I Can’t Get In Da Club), Aguilera’s anthem is all about plopping layers of vocals atop one another, seemingly with little regard for the music. (more…)
Filed under: music, Norwegians, tv | Tags: cyprus, esctoday, eurovision, greece, sertab erener, turkey
Over at ESCtoday they’ve been running polls to figure out what the best Eurovision song of the decade is. They’ve narrowed it down to 24 finalists. After watching every performance yet again on Youtube, here’s how I’ve decided to cast my ballot (as soon as the polls open up):
12 points: Turkey (Sertab Erener, Every Way That I Can, 2003)
10 points: Estonia (Urban Symphony, Rändajad, 2009)
8 points: Belgium (Kate Ryan, Je t’adore, 2006)
7 points: Portugal (Vânia Fernandes, Senhora do mar, 2008)
6 points: Germany (Texas Lightning, No No Never, 2006)
5 points: Greece (Helena Paparizou, My Number One, 2005)
4 points: Finland (Lordi, Hard Rock Hallelujah, 2006)
3 points: France (Patricia Kaas, Et s’il fallait le faire, 2009)
2 points: Spain (Beth, Dime, 2003)
1 point: Hungary (NOX, Forogj, világ!, 2005)
honorable mention: Switzerland (Vanilla Ninja, Cool Vibes, 2005)
-6000 points: Iceland (Johanna, Is It You?, 2009)
After the jump, some of my favorite Eurovision songs of the decade:
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Today:
sophie ellis bextor summer rain
hookers in armenia
take your cigarette and kiss me
zetterberg girlfriend
fuck craigslist
western retro sex
Yesterday:
hookers snowy streets video
george michael naked
anki bagger where were you last night
101 90s hits wiki
naked pics of gabe saporta
