Top of The Charts 6/4

1) Carly Rae Jepsen - Call me Maybe
2) Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
3) Maroon 5 - Payphone
4) Pitbull - Back In Time
5) Justin Bieber - Boyfriend
6) Fun. - We Are Young
7) Rihanna - Where Have You Been?
8) One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
9) Katy Perry - Wide Awake
10) Flo Rida - Wild Ones

Still on the iTunes top 10 for the time being, I think it'll stay that way for the foreseeable future.

 That Pitbull song from Men In Black catches my eye here. It's all the way down at 14 on the Billboard charts, but seems to be lighting it up on iTunes. I've never been a fan of Pitbull, even thinking up the horrible nickname "Shitbull" (get it?) as a way to deflect his popularity. His music is annoying, repetitive and boring as all hell. There's no catchy melodies, the beats are uninventive and frankly, I have no idea why people like him. His insistence on the name "Mr. Worldwide" is awful too. Here, he samples Mickey And Sylvia's "Love Is Strange" which, in itself, is strange. Most people know that song from Dirty Dancing so to co-opt it for another movie seems like an odd choice. Hell, pop rapper B.o.B. used the song as part of his B.o.B. vs. Bobby Ray mixtape in 2009, so it's not like it's even new to hip hop. So, you know, Pitbull is uninventive. Not really news to anyone.

A notable absence from the top 10 is that Phillip Phillips song, the American Idol one. You can never judge an Idol winner's career from their first single, though. It's always an awful song, a contest winner if I'm not mistaken. Again, I don't follow the show at all, so I don't even know what his style is. It's fairly safe to say that with the lack of fervor over the contestants and the declining viewership, that Phillips isn't going to be the megastar that some winners are (Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood) but only time will tell if he will be a big a flameout as, say, Taylor Hicks who can't give tickets to his shows away in some cases.

That Katy Perry song is sorta interesting too. It's not her usual pop bombast. It's a slower, much quieter song. It's a song you've probably heard a thousand times before, but it's weird to hear her try something different. Different from her usual, not from what's usually on the radio. That said, I tend to like what Katy Perry does, her songs are fun and catchy. This is mostly boring and generic. Without the singalong melody, it really brings to the forefront how horrible her lyrics usually are. I guess I'll just go back to having "T.G.I.F." stuck in my head for the next few months until she releases another single.