Your 2008 Music Report Card!

[Ammer]

Continuing an annual tradition here at PPT, here is your 2008 Music Report Card!

So what songs made your eyes water? Made your ears bleed? And what video could you watch over a million times or turn off the minute it comes on? Well, now's your time to express your feelings with the use of this trendy form,

Code:

[b]Best Song:[/b]
[b]Best Artist:[/b]
[b]Best Band:[/b]
[b]Best Album:[/b]
[b]Best I-Wanna-Cry Song:[/b]
[b]Best I Love You Song:[/b]
[b]Best I Hate You So Much! Song:[/b]
[b]Best Shake Your Booty Song:[/b]
[b]Best Feel Good Song:[/b]
[b]Best Good Song, But Forgettable:[/b]
[b]The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song:[/b]
[b]Best Video:[/b]
[b]Worst Video:[/b]
[b]Best Musical Film Adaption:[/b]
[b]Worst Musical Film Adaption:[/b]
[b]Most Detestable Artist:[/b]
[b]Most Detestable Band:[/b]
[b]Worst Song:[/b]
[b]I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...):[/b]
[b]Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...):[/b]
[b]What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...):[/b]

[b]Overall Grade[/b]:

Here's mine!

Best Song: "Disturbia" - Rihanna
Best Artist: Rihanna / Britney Spears
Best Band: Paramore / The Pussycat Dolls
Best Album: "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded" - Rihanna
Best Comeback: New Kids On The Block
Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: "Just A Dream" - Carrie Underwood
Best I Love You Song: "Unusual You" - Britney Spears
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: "Breakin' Dishes" - Rihanna
Best Shake Your Booty Song: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" - Beyoncé / "They Said I Said" - SugaRush Beat Company / "Womanizer" - Britney Spears / "Just Dance" - Lady Gaga Feat. Colby O'Donis / "The Fame" - Lady Gaga / "Give Me The Music" - Eva Avila / "Tide Is High" - Kardinall Offishall Feat. Keri Hilson
Best Feel Good Song: "Give Me The Music" - Eva Avila
Best Good Song, But Forgettable: "Decode" - Paramore
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: "Gotta Be Somebody" - Nickelback / "If I Were A Boy" - Beyoncé / "Bleeding Love/Better In Time/I Will Be" - Leona Lewis / "Human" - The Killers / "Keeps Gettin' Better" - Christina Aguilera
Best Video: "Womanizer" - Britney Spears
Worst Video: Anything by Leona Lewis
Best Musical Film Adaption: Mamma Mia!
Worst Musical Film Adaption: N/A
Most Detestable Artist: Jesse McCartney / David Cook
Most Detestable Band: The Killers
Worst Song: "Keeps Gettin' Better" - Christina Aguilera
I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...): Ha, nothing!
Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...): Beyoncé's new album.
What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...): Giving a record deal to anyone from Disney.

Overall Grade: B+

[Siniri]

Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: Crystal Shawanda's "You Can Let Go" (it's hard to drive when I hear this one)
Best I Love You Song: Julianne Hough's "That Song in my Head" (I hate the overly sentimental ones, and this is the only one I can remember that I kind of enjoyed)
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: Taylor Swift's "Picture to Burn" (not really a great one, but I can't think of any great ones that were released this year -- nothing like Underwood's "Before He Cheats")
Best Feel Good Song: Shinedown's (okay, really Lynyrd Skynyrd's) "Simple Man"
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" (seriously, when you're still playing it in late November, it's just time to stop), followed closely by Taylor Swift's "Love Story"
Worst Video: Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl"
Most Detestable Artist: Katy Perry (too bad the song's so catchy)
Overall Grade: C

Honestly, I can't really remember that many songs that came out this year. Maybe it's just because I have a bad memory and only listen to music while driving (which I only spend ~1 hour doing per week). And I haven't really found an awesome radio station here in Atlanta, so I spend more time flipping stations than listening to any particular one.

[Kitten Medli]

Didn't we just do this? Omg. D:

Best Song: Hmm..
The Disease & The Cure - Kutless
Freedom; Captives Come Home - Run Kid Run
Closer Than We Think - The Classic Crime
Disaster; My Heart; Live to Die - Since October
Best Artist: idk.
Best Band: Since October, Kutless
Best Album: To Know That You're Alive - Kutless, This Is My Heart - Since October
Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: Carry Me Down - Demon Hunter
Best I Love You Song: One In a Million - Run Kid Run
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: n/a
Best Shake Your Booty Song: Radiator - Family Force 5 (OH YEAAAA)
Best Feel Good Song: You Are Everything - Matthew West (idk, it makes me happy)
Best Good Song, But Forgettable: I don't know, I probably forgot it.
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: Rescue - Seabird and Love is Here - Tenth Avenue North. Great songs but constantly playing them is RUINING THEM.
Best Video: Disaster - Since October since I can't think of any other ones
Worst Video: um..
Best Musical Film Adaption: n/a
Worst Musical Film Adaption: Rick Astley.
Most Detestable Artist: Rick Astley.
Most Detestable Band: Rick Astley.
Worst Song: Rick Astley.
I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...): Rick Astley.
Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...): Rick Astley.
What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...): Rick Astley.
Overall Grade: A+++++++++++++++

I think I might have put in a song or two from 2007 but I can't find which so idc anymore.

(YES, Rick Astley was a joke.)

[DM was on fire!]

Most Detestable Artist: Rick Astley.
Most Detestable Band: Rick Astley.

BLASPHEMY.

Best Song: Whispers in the Dark - Skillet OR The Lining is Silver - Relient K (I don't believe it got formally released to be the next single of the Nashville Tennis EP, but then I do. XD) OR Love Lockdown - Kanye West OR Love Remains the Same - Gavin Rossdale OR We Need Each Other - Sanctus Real
Best Artist: Gavin Rossdale OR Krystal Meyers OR...somebody. XD
Best Band: Family Force 5 OR Skillet OR Sanctus Real
Best Album: Family Force 5's Dance or Die OR Relient K's The Nashville Tennis EP/The Birds and the Bee Sides OR Skillet's Comatose, but I think that ended up coming out in '06 or '07.
Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: *shrug*
Best I Love You Song: Love Remains the Same - Gavin Rossdale
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: Picture to Burn - Taylor Swift
Best Shake Your Booty Song: Fever - Family Force 5 OR Radiator - Family Force 5 OR Love Lockdown - Kanye West
Best Feel Good Song: Black Coal - Sanctus Real
Best Good Song, But Forgettable: Go On - B. Reith. So forgettable I had to google the title. XD (I like B. Reith though. XD
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: Whatever You Like - T.I., Disturbia - Rihanna, ANY SONG BY KATY PERRY. *self-impale*
Best Video: Radiator - Family Force 5 OR Love Remains the Same - Gavin Rossdale OR I Don't Care - Fall Out Boy (strictly because of Spaghetti Cat)
Worst Video: Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyonce -- ALL IT IS IS DANCING! n_n
Best Musical Film Adaption: uh.
Worst Musical Film Adaption: uh.
Most Detestable Artist: Katy Perry -- not because of the "OMG SHE'S BI" thing, but...for reasons I can't say. XD AND SOULJA BOY.
Most Detestable Band: I almost want to say the Jonas Brothers, but they (sadly) came up with some songs I liked this year.
Worst Song: I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry
I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...): Nothign I can think of.
Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...): Fall Out Boy's Folie a Deux (I've grown tired of them over the years. But I still gotta love Spaghetti Cat. < 33)
What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...): Katy Perry, and ASHLEY DUPRE SINGING. My god. ;_;

Overall Grade: A-

[Siniri]

Most Detestable Artist: Katy Perry -- not because of the "OMG SHE'S BI" thing, but...for reasons I can't say.

Same here. It's funny, she got attacked by homophobes and gay people alike for that song. But I don't think she's actually bi -- she didn't even kiss a girl in the video...

[DM was on fire!]

Most Detestable Artist: Katy Perry -- not because of the "OMG SHE'S BI" thing, but...for reasons I can't say.

Same here. It's funny, she got attacked by homophobes and gay people alike for that song. But I don't think she's actually bi -- she didn't even kiss a girl in the video...

Well, she says she is, but one can say a lot of things.
Her name's not even Katy Perry! n_n

[Siniri]

Most Detestable Artist: Katy Perry -- not because of the "OMG SHE'S BI" thing, but...for reasons I can't say.

Same here. It's funny, she got attacked by homophobes and gay people alike for that song. But I don't think she's actually bi -- she didn't even kiss a girl in the video...

Well, she says she is, but one can say a lot of things.
Her name's not even Katy Perry! n_n

Oh, I read a number of things saying she said she wasn't (but without direct quotes) -- and I really didn't want to spend more time looking it up.

Back on topic, I see by everyone else's lists that I need to listen to the radio more. I think I've heard "Love Remains the Same," but I can't think how it goes -- which I guess makes it a "good but forgettable" one for me.

[WIS]

Best Song: Parachute - Shugo Tokumaru / White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Best Artist: Shugo Tokumaru
Best Band: Fleet Foxes
Best Album: Exit - Shugo Tokumaru
Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: IDK
Best I Love You Song: IDK
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: IDK
Best Shake Your Booty Song: A-Punk, I guess
Best Feel Good Song: Parachute - Shugo Tokumaru
Best Good Song, But Forgettable: Something by Glasvegas, I forget.
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: Hot & Cold - Katy Perry
Best Video: IDK
Worst Video: IDK
Best Musical Film Adaption: Mamma Mia!
Worst Musical Film Adaption: Mamma Mia! (I think it was the only one this year that I remember).
Most Detestable Artist: Katy Perry
Most Detestable Band: IDK
Worst Song: Hot & Cold - Katy Perry
I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...): Nothing really
Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...): Nothing
What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...): Kanye West's 808 & Heartbreak

Wow! Katy Perry knows what Antonyms are. Yay lets write a song about it.

Also watch Kanye West perform live on SNL with "Love Lockdown" and "Heartless". So bad.

Overall Grade: B+

[Ammer]

Well, she says she is, but one can say a lot of things.
Her name's not even Katy Perry! n_n

Oh, I read a number of things saying she said she wasn't (but without direct quotes) -- and I really didn't want to spend more time looking it up.

Back on topic, I see by everyone else's lists that I need to listen to the radio more. I think I've heard "Love Remains the Same," but I can't think how it goes -- which I guess makes it a "good but forgettable" one for me.

She isn't bisexual.

She says she's straight but she wouldn't turn down a kiss from Angelina Jolie.

[Fiddelysquat]

Best Song: Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
Best Artist: Andrew Bird
Best Band: Vampire Weekend
Best Album: Beirut - The Flying Cub Cup
Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: Antony and the Johnsons - Another World
Best I Love You Song: Elbow - Starlings
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: Menomena - The Pelican
Best Shake Your Booty Song: Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (The whole album, ahaha)
Best Feel Good Song: Like it or Not - Architecture in Helsinki
Best Good Song, But Forgettable: Jason Mraz- I'm Yours
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl
Best Video: Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Worst Video: Taylor Swift- Teardrops On My Guitar
Best Musical Film Adaption: Mamma Mia!
Worst Musical Film Adaption: Does High School Musical 3 count?
Most Detestable Artist: Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Katy Perry are really duking it out for this one. Though I suspect that if they actually met in real life, the sheer magnitude of their suckiness would cause a black hole to be born, or something.
Most Detestable Band: Nickelback. They will continue to be The Most Detestable band until they split up or God smites them all with a thunderbolt.
Worst Song: Buckcherry - I'm Sorry. They SHOULD be sorry. This song is dreadful.
I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...): I illegally dl all my music, lawl.
Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...): Was dragged to see Motion City Soundtrack. They were mediocre and repetetive, but it wasn't TOO bad, as Margot and the Nuclear So-And-So's were there.
What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...): WHAT WERE THEY THINKING GIVING TAYLOR SWIFT A RECORD DEAL? I MEAN, HONESTLY!

Overall Grade:
Music I found myself: A++
The Crap on the Radio: F--

But then again, every year is like that.

[Katherine]

I have a bad memory so...


Best Song: Virtual Life by I-Can't-remember-who
Best Artist: IDK
Best Band: Lady Annabellum (I know I spelt that wrong)
Best Album: Rascal Flatts Greatest Hits Album Vol. 1
Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: Everyday by Rascal Flatts, even though that's from 2007
Best I Love You Song: Love Story by Taylor Swift
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: Picture to Burn by Taylor Swift
Best Shake Your Booty Song: IDK
Best Feel Good Song: IDK
Best Good Song, But Forgettable: IDK. I forgot it.
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: Anything Christmas-like.
Best Video: IDK
Worst Video: IDK
Best Musical Film Adaption: Mamma Mia!
Worst Musical Film Adaption: Mamma Mia! (I'm like WIS)
Most Detestable Artist: Solja Boi
Most Detestable Band: IDK
Worst Song: Crank Dat. Hands Down.
I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...): Rascal Flatts' new CD
Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...): IDK
What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...): Katy Perry?!?!?!?!?!?!?! what the heck!!!

Overall Grade: B+

[Byakuya San]

Best Song: Yes - Coldplay
Best Song I Heard On A TV Show I Usually Don't Watch and Probably Wasn't Released This Year: The Garden - Mirah
Best Artist: THEY'RE ALL WINNERS
Best Band: Coldplay
Best Album: Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: Curl Up and Die - Relient k
Best I Love You Song: Lovers in Japan - Coldplay
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: I'm not really sure, actually
Best Shake Your Booty Song: I don't shake my booty. So, moving on...
Best Feel Good Song: Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
Best Good Song, But Forgettable: Forgot it.
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: Paper Planes - M.I.A. (I like 20 dollar though)
Best Video: N/A
Worst Video: N/A
Best Musical Film Adaption: Mamma Mia
Worst Musical Film Adaption: Mamma Mia?
Most Detestable Artist: KATY. PERRY.
Most Detestable Band: Nickelback (And the sad part is, I USED to like them. Those days are behind me now)
Worst Song: TOO MANY. I Kissed A Girl, 7 Things...others I can't remember...
I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...): Random songs I don't listen to.
Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...): Random songs I wouldn't listen to.
What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...): Four words: If U Seek Amy

Overall Grade: B+

[May]

Best Song: Death and All His Friends by Coldplay
Best Artist: Hmm... Not sure...
Best Band: Coldplay
Best Album: Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Best I-Wanna-Cry Song: Hmm... Not sure...
Best I Love You Song: Hmm... Not sure...
Best I Hate You So Much! Song: Hmm... Not sure...
Best Shake Your Booty Song: Hmm... Not sure...
Best Feel Good Song: Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Best Good Song, But Forgettable: Well, I've forgotten it by this point in time
The OMG-If-I-Hear-This-Song-On-The-Radio-Again-I'll-Kill-A-Cat Song: Pretty much all the crap on the radio.
Best Video: I don't watch videos.
Worst Video: I don't watch videos.
Best Musical Film Adaption: There hasn't been a good one this year.
Worst Musical Film Adaption: I didn't see Mamma Mia, though I probably would not be impressed by it.
Most Detestable Artist: Most of them...
Most Detestable Band: Again, most of them...
Worst Song: Hmm... Not sure...
I did waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Etc...): Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Glad I didn't waste my time and money on (CD's/Records/Concerts/Etc...): Pretty much everything else.
What were they thinking? (Events/Albums/etc...): Allowing Britany to make a record again?!?!

Overall Grade: A+ for Coldplay, F for pretty much everything else.

[Fiddelysquat]

Hey, May, do you like Coldplay? I couldn't be sure.

[May]

Hey, May, do you like Coldplay? I couldn't be sure.

LOL - They were in all honesty, the only good thing I heard this year....