Sh*t on the radio

I was thinking about the state of pop music. Why oh why is most of the stuff we are forced to listen to by radio a big ole stinking pile of turds. It got me thinking about how people say that the UK has worse music than the US, and visa versa.
I want to once and for all find out which country is better by looking at the top 10’s for each country and comparing them. I will give a mark to the merits of each song, then the melting pot of musical genre’s in each chart. I will be looking at the Billboard Hot 100 and the BBC radio Top 40.

First the Yanks.
10 – Amy Winehouse ‘Rehab”
Brilliant song mates…nice to see some Brit power showing up here even if it is like 6 months behind. 8/10 lost two for being so behind.
9 – Justin Timberlake ‘Summer Love’
Ouch…this hurts a little on the ole ears. Seems he is really running out of track on his album. Surprised to see that this piece of poo has actually been on the chart for so long 3/10
8 – Avril Lavigne ‘Girlfriend’
This was a cute poppy song, but not good enough to last 18 weeks on the chart and make it to number 1. 6/10
7 – Maroon 5 ‘Makes Me Wonder’
I do really like this and am happy to see it on the US charts for so long and making number 1 as well. Good on you 8/10
6 – Timbaland feat Keri Hilson ‘The Way I Are’
No wonder there is such a high illiteracy problem in schools these days. However I do like this, a nice little slice of safe r-n-b. 7/10
5 – T-Pain feat Yung Joc ‘Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)
This makes me want to take an electric drill to my ear drums. Plus people, learn how to spell!!! No wonder our children cannot graduate school! 1/10
4 – Fergie ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’
Yawn! Why is this woman famous. She looks like syphilis on a stick, and that song of hers ‘Fergalicious’ just sounds like a really bad gynecological condition. I guess her purpose in life is to make Carmen Electra look classy. 3/10
3 – Plain White T’s ‘Hey There Delilah’
Ahhh bless. I guess someone needs to fill in the folksy roc ballad spot, and this could be a lot worse. Glad to see a break from all the r-n-b and hip hop though. 6/10
2 – Shop Boyz ‘Party Like A Rockstar’
Please stop this……Oh my god this is the most horrible thing yet….give me back T-Pain feat Yung Joc. Number 2 America…REALLY??? 0/10
1 – Rihanna feat Jay-Z ‘Umbrella’
I basically think everyone likes this one. Even I do, but it can grate after the radio plays it for the 8 time in a day. Still a great summer effort. 7/10

With 70% of your chart some form of R-n-B/Hip Hop and the rest Rock/Pop not very impressive. Over all 6/10 Giving you a grand total of 55/110!

Now the Brits
10 – Kelly Rowland Feat Eve ‘Like This’
See, we are not all about the Beyonce over here in the UK. We give her team mates props, even if the record is not really that good. I expected more from you Kelly 4/10
9 – Lee Mead ‘Any Dream Will Do’
He won some TV competition to be in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph. Enough said. 0/10
8 – Fergie ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’
I said it before 3/10
7 – Natasha Bedingfield ‘Soulmate’
I actually do like this, and the remix is getting equal play on the radio so it’s chart position is fr both the dance version and the ballad. A solid 7/10
6 - Timbaland feat Kari Hilson ‘The Way I Are’
Not again….Is the UK turning into America??? 7/10
5 – The Hoosiers ‘Worried About Ray’
This is a great pile of fun. I love this song with it’s Rock and pop beats. Sounds like the 60’s all over again. 8/10
4 – Enrique Iglesias ‘Do You Know’
Ok, since the man performed at GAY and bought a little screaming queen on stage to sing ‘Hero’ to my tolerance of this song has gone up. Even if he is straining his vocal chords to the limit. 7/10
3 – Avril Lavigne ‘When You’re Gone’
This is a cute song, but not great. See America…we are on the second single already (and it is already old) 6/10
2 – Kate Nash ‘Foundations’
Love Love Love this. 8/10
1 – Rihanna feat Jay-Z ‘Umbrella’
Umba. Rella. Ella. Ella. Eh. Eh. Eh 7/10

Ok 40% is R-n-B/Hip Hop, 40% Pop, 10% Rock and 10% Musical. We have the more embracing chart…. 7/10. With a grand total of 64/110 we beat y’all…but barely. Music that charts today is crap. At least in the UK we have Radio 1, which is national, plays everything and is the most popular station to listen to. Plus the charts over here are based almost entirely on CD single and download sales, which represents what people actually want and not so much radio airplay. And we all know record companies pay radio stations to play the records, so how is that a chart?