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RAMBLE ON: "Stone Cold Crazy" by Metallica

I don’t know how popular this opinion is but my favorite Metallica album is their first, Kill ‘Em All. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a lot of metal bands whose fans think their best album is their debut. Guns n’ Roses, sure. Van Halen, yeah, though some prefer 1984. But it feels wrong for a metal band to peak with t...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Life Is a Highway"

One down....

Anyway: Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll, which, I guess isn't a poll this time around. It's open ended -- Best Rain Song. Vote! https://www.patreon.com/c/songvssong/home

New tier (also please vote in the Song vs. Song poll)

First off, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll where we are going to be doing "Hotel California" vs. "Don't Fear the Reaper": https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-hotel-113874277

Anyway, the requests. This is going to be disappointing for alm...

Requests.

I auctioned off some One Hit Wonderland requests many years ago because my car broke. My car's fine now. My dog broke though. She needed some stuff done to her eyes and it was expensive. Dogs are expensive! I bought a pooping-and-licking machine with high upkeep costs and malfunctions all the time and chews my garbage.

Anyway, might be tha...

TRAINWRECKORDS: Kid Rock's "Bad Reputation"

Christ, right in time. Anyway, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll where we're doing "Memory" vs. "I Dreamed a Dream." Showtunes!! https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-memory-111725649

Man, I did not mean to have left you for two whole month...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

We're doing James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" vs. Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now." https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-fire-vs-110649870

And I am officially back from vacation and it's time to geeettt baaaack to woooork. I am working on a dooz...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

I am SUPPOSED to be on vacation but me and Lina are gonna have to knock out this one a little early for scheduling reasons so please vote! We are doing REM's "Everybody Hurts" vs. Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train."

RAMBLE ON: "Circus" by Britney Spears

I confess a certain indifference towards Britney Spears, which is probably a character flaw for my line of work – how can you be a pop critic and not be deeply invested in the life and works of Britney Spears? I’m not sure. I was a teenage boy when “Baby One More Time” dropped and I understand what makes her great; I don’t remember lov...

POP SONG REVIEW: "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar

Don't know how this video will go over but we'll see. Lemme know if you see any mistakes!

And as always vote in the Song vs. Song poll where we are doing "Everybody Hurts" vs. "Runaway Train" https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-hurts-108879544...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

We're doing "Jump" by Van Halen vs. "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake! Rock on. Also, I am almost done with the next video, it should be done soon. It's kind of a sequel to another video, no it's not Katy Perry, sorry

https://www.patreon.com/p...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

We are doing "All Along the Watchtower" vs. "Fortunate Son," so get your Nam flashbacks on! https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-son-vs-107069883

RAMBLE ON: "Perfect" by One Direction

“Style” by Taylor Swift still hits me so hard it makes me ill. It might be my favorite song of the decade. It’s Taylor’s hottest song by a substantial margin but Taylor is never going to be entirely comfortable with adult situations or adult language (most notably, she can’t drop an f-bomb properly to save her life). If you want sexy s...

TRAINWRECKORDS: Justin Timberlake's "Man of the Woods"

/edit ugh sorry i don't know why it was on private, NOW it's fixed

/edit I fixed the ending, sorry about that. If you wanted to watch the final few seconds they're there now.

Ugh. It's done. Finally. Finally.

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We're doing "Chop Suey!" vs. "Down with the Sickness." 2024-06-22 00:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-feel-vs-105259118

I am really sorry that it's been quiet around here, I intended to have the video done as much as two weeks ago but life has been kicking my ass, I can't really go into details but basical...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

The next video is coming, and it's one of my most requested. But I'll only do it if you vote in the poll. We're doing "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship vs. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll...

POP SONG REVIEW: Drake and Kendrick's feud to end all feuds

An experiment in trying to be timely. This is going up as quick as I can.

Also, please let me know if you catch any errors.

Also, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We are doing "Brown Eyed Girl" vs. "Happy Together." https://www.patreon.co...

RAMBLE ON: "Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News

Have you ever actually listened to this fucking thing?

One of the movies from the last ten years I’m fascinated with is The Founder, a Social Network­-style biopic about the rise of McDonald’s Corporation founder Ray Kroc. I (and the movie) use those words carefully, because Kroc did not found the restaurant...

POP SONG REVIEW: "Jolene" by Beyonce

I NEED, NEED, NEED you to vote in the Song vs. Song poll, which is Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day" vs. Warren G and Nate Dogg's "Regulate," maybe the most perfectly even matchup I've ever come up with. https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-it-was-10214988...

Please vote in the Akon vs. T-Pain Song vs. Song poll

We're doing "Smack That" by Akon vs. "Buy U a Drank" by T-Pain. https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-smack-u-101240739

TRAINWRECKORDS: "Cry" by Faith Hill

All country music, all the time.

Anyway, please check my errors and also PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote in the Song vs. Song Poll, we are doing some '80s indie rock legends, The Pixies' "Where Is My Mind" vs. "Teen Age Riot" by Sonic Youth. https://www...

Please vote for the Song vs. Song poll, also guess what idiot forgot to charge for his last video

Let's all watch it again! Anyway, here's the poll, we're doing "Last Nite" by The Strokes vs. "Fell in Love with a Girl" by The White Stripes. https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-last-vs-99595933

RAMBLE ON: "The Fighter" by Keith Urban ft. Carrie Underwood

Twenty-three years and some weeks ago, roughly around Valentine’s Day 2001, Nicole Kidman danced her way out of Scientology’s clutches, bouncing out of her lawyer’s offices in triumph after signing the final divorce papers with Tom Cruise. Five years later, she remarried, to a fellow Aussie, country singer Keith Urban. Keith and Nicole are...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Let this wonderful '80s classic soothe you...

Anyway, I needed a decently long break after the top tens but I'm back. Let me know if you see any errors.

And as always: Vote vote vote!! We are doing something a little different this month on Song vs. Song, we're doing "I Kissed a Girl" (Katy Perry) vs. "I Kissed a Girl" (Jill Sobule)....

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

We've got country songs about female justice! We're doing "Goodbye Earl" vs. "Before He Cheats." https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-before-97144369

As for YouTube, good news: After thinking it over, I have at last decided that I'm going to ke...

RAMBLE ON: Fleetwood Mac's "Isn't It Midnight?"

I didn’t really like Christine.

If you’d asked me which Fleetwood Mac member was my favorite, I think I’d probably say Lindsey. I remember being knocked the fuck out the first time I heard “Go Your Own Way”; I’d never heard a guitar sound like it was in physical pain before. And of course Stevie Nicks was ...

The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2023

/edit ugh sorry, didn't realize it was private, it's fixed now

/2nd edit made some alterations based on your feedback

I'm so exhausted. It's done. I'm never working again. I'm going to start working on my retirement video. No, I'm going to retire before I can even make a retirement video. God. 

Anyway, if you see any error...

RAMBLE ON: "1-4-All-4-1" by The East Coast Family

Yvette Nicole Brown, to me, seemed like the odd cast member out in Community – a character actress given the chance to shine, and who didn’t really seem steeped in the world of oddball comedy like Donald Glover or Chevy Chase or much of the Dan Harmon-verse. I guess that was true of all the women on the show, but Gillian Jacobs and ...

The Top Ten Worst Songs of 2023

/edit Okay, I got up from my nap and apparently I had a broken matte layer error that I've fixed now. Sorry about that. I'm still very tired. Also sorry about the random double post. 

I'm so tired. As always, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll: We are doing "Rapture" by Blondie vs. "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club. You know them. <...

My Year with James

First off, guys, before I say anything, I need you to do to something for me. I need you to go to the Song vs. Song Patreon and go vote on our Christmas episode, where we’re doing “Santa Tell Me” vs. “Underneath the Tree.” Thank you. https://www.p...

RAMBLE ON: "How the World Works" by Bo Burnham

So, here’s my question for anyone watching: What do you think “How the World Works” is about? Who is Bo Burnham sympathizing with in this sketch?

For those who haven’t watched it, Bo Burnham’s brilliant and occasionally insufferable comedy special INSIDE was immediately hailed as the defining artwork of the pandemic. Wri...