The Singles Jukebox

9 Responses to “The Singles Podcast – #4”

1. Will, on May 27th, 2014 at 11:44 pm Said:

   Wonderful work, as usual!

   To answer your question about the Chris Lake remix’s ‘slap of meat’ sound, I’m not totally sure what it is, but seems like a harsh synth that’s given its wub-ness either through a) an LFO (low-frequency oscillator, not the band) or b) some sort of cutoff envelope with a quick attack.

2. Pete, on May 28th, 2014 at 12:59 am Said:

   Can we have a review of the World Cup songs?? We are one (from Pitbull), La la la (Shakira) . Or maybe Waka Waka (We never had a review of that song!).

3. Sonya N, on May 28th, 2014 at 4:23 am Said:

   In the Kpop segment, we talked about the MV director Lupens (sp?) who’s everywhere these days, but we probably should have talked about the songwriting team Duble Sidekick:

   http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/13288590.html

   “Duble Sidekick reigned on the charts of the first half of 2014. From Girls’ Day “Something” to “The Lone Duckling” by g.o.d, songs of various genres grabbed the number 1 spot of the ranking charts. A Pink’s “Mr. Chu”, Junggigo’s “For You”, G.Na’s “Pretty Lingerie”, Jun Hyosung’s “Good-Night Kiss” are songs created by Duble Sidekick. Duble Sidekick is getting song requests by more than half of the singers planning a comeback for the second semester of 2014.”

   (emphasis mine)

4. Sonya N, on May 28th, 2014 at 4:31 am Said:

   Speaking of Jun Hyosung, we mentioned her briefly but then talked about T-ara’s Jiyeon instead because of her controversial music video… but Hyosung’s mini (yes produced by Duble Sidekick just like Jiyeon’s) is stronger, especially the B-side You Don’t Know Women.

   Also, I mentioned Boys Republic as a boyband single I liked that we didn’t cover, but forgot to mention SPEED – Zombie Party, which is the best of Taewoon (i.e. Zico-from-Block-B’s-older-brother)’s self-written songs for them. SPEED are turning into a group who handle their own affairs, from songwriting to stage costumes to choreography (and they’re also resembling Block B more and more).

5. Greer, on May 28th, 2014 at 4:53 am Said:

   “it had a lot of trumpets” Will inadvertantly giving a very definitive statement about early-to-mid 2000s pop.

6. Iain Mew, on May 28th, 2014 at 7:19 am Said:

   Pete: We are planning to do both of those soon, yes.

7. Maddie, on May 28th, 2014 at 1:47 pm Said:

   Sonya: and then I could’ve mentioned how Dublekick is responsible for the worst two singles in MBLAQ’s career (“This Is War” and “Run”) and brought it around to Wheesung! ah well, hindsight

8. Sonya N, on May 28th, 2014 at 2:11 pm Said:

   Dublekick are really hit and miss… in that article I linked they talk about “destroying the structure” of Hyosung’s Good Night Kiss but in practice the whole song is one long chorus and bridge. And not in a good way like Perfume’s Spending All My Time either.

9. edwardo, on May 28th, 2014 at 4:01 pm Said:

   I would like to just admit that in the course of editing this podcast together, I developed something of a fondness for “Problem”.