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POP SONG REVIEW: "The Fate of Ophelia" by Taylor Swift

Here's a video.

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. Tiny bit more obscure, "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" by Paula Cole vs. "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin. "https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-sunny-141986224

Please correct my errors.

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

We are doing "Werewolves of London" vs. "Godzilla." Because they're monsters! And it's Halloween! https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-of-vs-141047968

TRAINWRECKORDS: John Fogerty's "Eye of the Zombie"

Please go to the Song vs. Song and vote on our spooooooky matchup: Uh, "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" by Kenny Chesney vs. "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" by Big & Rich. https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-she-my-139745871

This video is almost certainly riddled with errors, I wanted to get it done before I had to put up the reminder to vote for Song vs. Song. So please catch them. I'm so...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! "Hanging by a Moment" vs. "Kryptonite"

Link at the bottom of the page, please vote on these two songs that you, undoubtedly, love with all your heart.

Anyway, a little update on the next video: 1) it is a trainwreckords episode, 2) it is a sequel to a video i've done in the past (not necessarily a trainwreckords episode. maybe it is, maybe it isn't)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-hanging-138611244

Guess who forgot to charge for the THIRD TIME THIS YEAR

Why not watch the video again?! Seeing as I'm WASTING YOUR TIME with a STUPID NOTIFICATION because I FORGOT TO CHARGE FOR THE DAMN VIDEO.

Just so we're not wasting everyone's time completely, gimme your suggestions for Trainwreckords

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Pop Muzik" by M

The last request, unless I forgot one. Please check my errors!

RAMBLE ON: "Bleed It Out" by Linkin Park

Steven Hyden once wrote something he called the “Winner’s History of Rock,” arguing that rock history tends to be written by (and for) the losers; critics lionize the outsiders, the marginalized, the rebels and outcasts, and they neglect rock’s “winners,” the commercial juggernauts beloved by the masses. One of the “winners” he profiled, alongside such luminaries as KISS and Bon Jovi, was Linkin Park, which didn’t feel right to me – if any band is the “winner” of that ...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "In a Big Country" by Big Country

Another one down. Please check my errors!

And please vote in the Song vs. Song about two other '80s alt-rock bands, "The Whole of the Moon" by the Waterboys vs. "Under the Milky Way" by The Church! You don't know those, please learn them (and we glance a little off them in the episode above). https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-under-134008433

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "In a Big Country" by Big Country

Another one down! Please check my errors!

Also, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll where we are covering two more '80s alt-rock songs, The Waterboys' "The Whole of the Moon" vs. The Church's "Under the Milky Way." If you don't know them, we glance at one of them in the video above. Enjoy! https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-under-134008433

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll, also guess who forgot to charge for the last video

watch it again if you want! I think I forgot to charge for an earlier one too, i'm-a go check https://www.patreon.com/posts/pop-song-review-131430014

anyway, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll, we're doing a modern one, Chappell Roan's "The Giver" vs. Sabrina Carpenter's "Manchild": https://www.patreon....

POP SONG REVIEW: "Ordinary" by Alex Warren

It's the biggest song of the year and it sucks!

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We are doing "Old Town Road" vs. "Tipsy (A Bar Song)." https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-old-vs-131338449

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! We are doing Jay-Z's "Takeover" vs. Nas's "Ether." It was the biggest hip-hop feud of all time, try to have an opinion on it you nerds

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-vs-130300405

RAMBLE ON: "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

I read Will Smith’s memoir “Will” for my Trainwreckords episode on him to get a feel for his creative process, but he doesn’t talk about it as much as I’d have liked. Mostly he talks about the arc of his life – his accidental entry into showbiz, his drive for superstardom, his turbulent marriage, his strained relationship with his abusive father. He does talk about his process a couple times; he talks about going so deep into character for his first movie “Six Degrees of Separat...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

We're doing "Let's Stay Together" vs. "Let's Get It On!" https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-lets-vs-129031446

RAMBLE ON: "Like a Rock" by Bob Seger

Since my pop-deprived childhood left me so far behind, my introduction to a whole lot of music was Weird Al parodies, and since Weird Al only had so many records, I went looking for more radio DJ parodies online, once I had the internet, which expanded my knowledge base exponentially. (I first learned of the OMC song “How Bizarre” via a song parody about Mike Tyson called “I Bit His Ear.” I laughed at a song called “Middle Aged Waistline” which I would later become more familiar w...

TRAINWRECKORDS: "Results May Vary" by Limp Bizkit

This one got away from me a little. This one's long! Please help me catch errors.

Anyway, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" vs. Adele's "Someone Like You." https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-back-to-127624446

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! Also I'm charging for this post

Okay, first, please vote in this poll, we got a cool guest and I want some votes for it. It's "One Headlight" vs. "The Way" for all you late '90s kids.

Anyway, I'm also charging for this because for some reason Patreon never charged for the "Bad Day" video. I thought maybe I missed the deadline but it didn't charge for this month either. So here it is again if you want to watch it. https://www.yo...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Untouched" by The Veronicas

/edit 10:12 PST 1/1/2025 I have uploaded yet another version with hopefully less errors

Wooo! Finished processing just in time! I get to eat next month.

Anyway, please check errors for me, and of course also please vote in the Song vs. Song poll, we're doing "Wake Me Up" by Avicii vs. "Don't You Worry Child" by Swedish House Mafia. An EDM episode! Hopefully it doesn't suck. https://www.pat...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

We're doing Vogue vs. Rhythm Nation. That's a good one! New video on the way! It's another request! It's one of the most recent I've ever done! What could it beeeeeee

RAMBLE ON: "Can't Catch Me Now" by Olivia Rodrigo

This review contains spoilers for The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games franchise is a story about stories, about narratives – or to put it more cynically, about marketing. Its key innovation to the “deadly competition” genre, the thing that sets it apart from The Running Man, Battle Royale, Squid Game and so on (and one largely botched by the film adaptations), is the audience participation aspect – viewers will pitc...

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter

Ugh, finally. A song I have been avoiding since forever.

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! It is "Machinehead" by Bush vs. "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots. https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-vs-love-123271861

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

"Billie Jean" vs. "When Doves Cry." Booyah. You know them, you love them, please vote. New video in two days, I swear. I haven't forgotten you. I will be back soon. I love you.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-billie-122204310

Please vote in the Song vs. Soll poll (it's a big one!)

We're doing Lorde's "Royals" vs. Billie Eilish's "bad guy". I think we could get the most votes ever for it.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-royals-121227358?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2024

There are many errors in this video. If you find them all by the time I wake up, you win.

/edit couldn't sleep, fixed a bunch of errors, I'm going back to bed. i'm so tired. if it hasn't finished processing yet check back in a half hour at most

Please vote in the Song vs. Song Poll. We are doing George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" vs. Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky." https://www.patreo...

Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-friday-118919099 We're doing "Friday" vs. "Miracles" for a people-we-made-fun-of-in-2010 showdown.

This isn't the Best List! I'm working on it! I'm miserable and my city is on fire.

The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2024

I am dead. I am exhausted. I am so tired. I am sure this video is riddled with errors but I have too much to do today so if you see any please let me know and when I have time later tonight hopefully I can fix them, I did my best. I hate that the holidays coincide with the worst list, I'm so busy.

Anyway, please also go to the Song vs. Song poll where we are voting on "Espresso" vs. "HOT TO GO!" Please vote. 2024-12-22 20:31:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Please vote in the Song vs. Song Christmas poll!

I am working, I swear, on the worst list. Goddamn this year for having such good music! It's hard this year, the best list will be easier.

Anyway, please vote in the Song vs. Song where we're doing "Santa Baby" vs. "Baby It's Cold Outside." Gettin' awkward up in here! Go vote! https://www.patreon.com/posts/117124330

ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora

New episode! Hope it came out well.

Anyway, please also vote in the Song vs. Song poll where we are doing "Fuck the Police" vs. "Fight the Power": https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-fuck-vs-116215569

And as always catch my errors, because I can't catch them alone

We're gonna try that again

I think it might be just my dumb ass forgetting to charge, not Patreon's weird fuckery. At least I hope the issue was me. So here's the same video again! Let's see if this works.

Uh, were any of you charged for that last video?

Because it doesn't look like it.