• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Domino - Jessie J

I'm really liking this song - yes, it's a lot like something Katy Perry would do (reminds me of TGIF and Teenage Dream) but it's pretty good. I like it a whole lot, my favorite by Jessie J so far.
 
Call me old skool but, I had the question regarding Kylie Minouge. Back in 1987 she had two top 10's, "I Should Be So Lucky" (#7) and "Loco Motion" (#1) and then, NEVER hit the U.S. top 40 again until 2002 with "Can't Get You Outta My Head". In between, she had dozens of Number 1's overeas. (which IMO, were way better songs)! Many other artists have had the same situation like: Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Danni Minouge, Erasure, Jimmy Sommerville, Dirty Vegas, Goldfrapp....and so many more. Seems that unless the song has some kind of familiar, American "tie-in" or featured in American commercial advertising then, U.S. radio won't even touch it! (kinda sucks, actually)  ::) 
 
I think "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie didn't even have much luck of charting higher than number 30 in the US.
It was huge in Europe as it had the typical Stock Aitken Watermen production that was all the rage, very similar to the Euro-pop coming out of continental Europe.
BTW, it wasn't in 1987, but more like 88-89
There were instances at the time of British acts who were doing bigger in the US than in their home base of the UK. Def Leppard was a good example. Bush was another good example in the 90s - their songs were huge on Modern Rock radio in America, but less so back in the UK.
 
I feel like most Euro-pop artists that do better overseas than in the U. S. do so cause their lyrics are terrible (i. e. Kylie Minogue, Robyn, etc.)
 
atlantaboy said:
I feel like most Euro-pop artists that do better overseas than in the U. S. do so cause their lyrics are terrible (i. e. Kylie Minogue, Robyn, etc.)
Click to expand...
As opposed to "Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy" or "You've got the mooOOOOoooOOOOvves like Jagger"
 
anthonydt06 said:
atlantaboy said:
I feel like most Euro-pop artists that do better overseas than in the U. S. do so cause their lyrics are terrible (i. e. Kylie Minogue, Robyn, etc.)
Click to expand...
As opposed to "Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy" or "You've got the mooOOOOoooOOOOvves like Jagger"
Click to expand...

Those are masterpieces compared to your average song by Robyn or Kylie Minogue
 
MarioMania said:
And your point is??

She not like Katy Perry
Click to expand...

A bit late with my reply, sorry for that. :)

It's a familiar sound. Since Jessie J did not go top 10 yet in the US before this single (correct me if i'm wrong), it was probably a deliberate choice to make a bit of a Katy Perry soundalike, just to try and go top 10 and keep her in the spotlight.

It's good pop, I'mjust getting a bit bored with this sound personally. Four to the flour and even in the same key. Here in europe, belgian eurohouse-act Cascade also did the same thing with "San Francisco". Total soundalike.
 
Eh.... the song is beginning to grow on me. It's another one of the several chr songs that sound good on radio, but I wouldn't necessarily voluntarily put it in my own personal mp3 player. If I didn't have a love for both radio and music almost equally, I probably wouldn't spend much time and attention paying attention to or caring about a lot of modern hit music. There was once a time when you used to hear certain things on the radio and you would develop that true, passionate love for what you've heard and the best feeling ever was going to the store, holding that cd (or cassette) in your hand and just dying to get home or somewhere to play it. Then all those repeats of playing that album or song would eventually make the music seem to mark a time in your life. I still remember my first cd, New Miserable Experience from Gin Blossoms. My second cd, UB40. I still remember the feeling I had on the way to and from purchasing those records and how I felt playing them. I even remember hearing those songs on the radio I'd fall in love with and just die wondering who sang it and what's the title, hoping it would come on again so I could record it and play it back on the phone to the dj and get the name of it, or hear them announce the info with the song next time. Nowadays, a lot of music sounds good on and for radio... and that's about it. Some songs are also fun for dj'ing with, but if record stores will still around, I would actually purchase maybe 11% of what comes out in a two month chr span, even despite the fact that today's music is more electronic influenced.

But I'm not going to complain too much about Jessie J because at least she leans more on the quality side. There was some level of thought put into the rather simple record. I notice the whole "you gotta smile so bright, you know you could've been a candle" type singing style going on in Jessie's song. It's somewhat like speeding up certain parts of UB40's "the way you do the things you do" verses and changing the words. You passionate music analysts and lovers will understand what I mean.

What if hit music was fun like this, or included more of this sound?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fwWv96kaFyU#!

That sounds more like "pop" to me (or what used to be the fun pop sound).
 
I'm really liking this song the more I hear it. Glad to see it has made it as far up the charts as it has. I like it way more than Katy's "Last Friday Night", which it has been compared to - I also think it resembles "Teenage Dream", as well. Personally, I prefer Jessie's voice over Katy's.
 
I am personally getting very tired of this sound. Turn on Top 40 today and all you hear is Katy Perry and people trying to sound like Katy Perry. I don't see how anybody who is not female and under 15 could like Top 40 today. I was a big fan of CHR through most of the 2000s also, a time when a lot of people hated it.
 
I like this sound more than all of the rap that seemed to dominate the format for so long, but some variety would be nice. The Rihanna/Katy Perry/etc sound is getting old - I think the issue is that there's nothing in there to "break it up", really.
Even the new Nicki Minaj is sounding like it - I swear, I thought "Turn Me On" was Rihanna at first.

Like I've said, though, I like "Domino" more than Katy's more recent hits, like "Part Of Me" or "TGIF." Unfortunately, WFBC has never put this song in to power rotation, despite the fact it's been top 3. :(
 
carolinaradio said:
I like this sound more than all of the rap that seemed to dominate the format for so long, but some variety would be nice.  The Rihanna/Katy Perry/etc sound is getting old - I think the issue is that there's nothing in there to "break it up", really.
Even the new Nicki Minaj is sounding like it - I swear, I thought "Turn Me On" was Rihanna at first.

Like I've said, though, I like "Domino" more than Katy's more recent hits, like "Part Of Me" or "TGIF."  Unfortunately, WFBC has never put this song in to power rotation, despite the fact it's been top 3. :(
Click to expand...

Both Charlotte stations have Domino in power as well as "The One That Got Away" and they still play TGIF quite a bit.  Part of Me sounds no different than any of the other songs.  I agree with you that if there was some other sound to give CHR some variety it wouldn't be near as bad.  As is, I just can't listen to it.  Its just too female-oriented and teenybopper. Rihanna is at least a little more mature.  I have turned to Pandora and Internet radio these days.  I think rhythmic CHR is sounding pretty good right now.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom