There are all of the songs I've reviewed, and then there's "Believe" by Cher. It's by Cher. I shouldn't have to say any more, you should just know that Cher is incredible. Voice, 10. Instrumentals, 10. And it is so with nearly everything she's written. I love her voice, I love her imagination. I specifically like "Believe" because it has a really good and very unique instrumental. Add to this Cher's amazing contralto singing and you get a platinum record. It's simple addition! And to all the Cher Lloyd fans out there, she was named after Cher, and I don't mean a borrowed name, I mean her parents named their daughter after the real Cher. If you like music that goes, "I want you want you want you back!" then I guess that's fine. I just can't stand how different Cher Lloyd is from Cher.

I like Drake. If he comes on I'll say "Nice," in a distant sort of way. He's not the best, but he's also a long way away from the worst, especially with Marvin's Room. I love how relaxing this song is. Sure it's sad, but could the instrumental be any more relaxing? Without overdoing, I mean. I'm not saying he should go and add beach sound effects, I'm saying that I once fell asleep to this song on a deceptively comfortable pullout couch. At 1:00 in the morning, this song is magic. I like the addition of his ex on the phone with him, giving the listener the idea that the whole song is being sung into the phone.
"Are you drunk right now?"
"I'm just sayin' you could do better."
I'll give his voice a 7/10 and his instrumental an 8/10. I love kickin it to this song. It's a good airplane song too for some reason.

"Animals" by Martin Garrix. Wow. He's a prodigy. He laid out "Animals" in a way that allows me to listen to it over and over again without realizing that I've listened to it 4 or 5 times already. I just realized I did that just now while I was writing this. I'm still not turning it off because it's such a good song. I feel like a lot of DJ's get impatient and put in the drops far too early. Martin has the patience to wait nearly a full 2 minutes into the track to make the drop. I'll give it a very respectable 9/10. He's not Tiesto or Armin Van Buuren. At least, not yet. Keep it up!

After listening to Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart" for the first time in quite a while, I've decided it's a classic pop song. By that I mean that it doesn't really stand out to me. It focuses on love, like so many do. It's very repetitive, as most of the songs on the pop stations are, and it doesn't have much imagination either. He has a decent voice, he just uses it to make bad music. I'd give his vocals a 6/10 and his instrumentals a 4/10.

Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" is really good. This will be a harder review, as I don't really know what exactly I like about it. The catchy beat, maybe? Or perhaps the clever lyrics? There's something I really like about it that the rest of her songs don't have. Maybe it's the drop after, "Now I'm lyin' on the cold hard ground!" The could be it. OHHHHHH! OOOHHHH!! I do know that I like the techno instrumental, and I like that she didn't overdo it, which I think would have been easy to do, so good job on that, Taylor! It has nice drops into the dramatic bits, but it also gets quiet at the right times. She also did a good job layering herself over herself. Some artists have a great deal of difficulty with this; her's flowed very well. Vocals, I'd give 8/10. Why? I can't give 10/10 to everyone or it would be meaningless. Her voice is really good, but not my favorite. I'd give the instrumental a 8/10 as well for the same reason.

I'm assuming 9 out of 10 people have heard of Coldplay? I have a place in my heart for Coldplay. They don't overdo their songs. They have guitars, yes, but to the guitars make the music, or do the artists? This is a very common problem in certain genres, and it is also the main reason for my hatred of Metal and heavy rock music. If I can never understand what you're trying to say, why do I continue to listen?Anyway, that's not the point. I listened to Paradise off Mylo Xyloto and I gave it a 9/10 on vocals and the instrumentals get a 7/10. I'd probably make that the average review of Coldplay, too.

After the last review on Adele, I decided to give Skyfall a shot. Wow. For a movie theme it's ridiculously good. 10/10 on vocals, 10/10 on instrumentals. Adele's voice is incredible as always, but on this one, it was like I was saying in the Rolling in the Deep review, she exploded the instrumental. It has drums (which are in most things anymore), but also violins (which are in very few things). not many pop songs have violins in them. The transitions between the quiet and climactic bits are beautifully orchestrated. Good work, Adele!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeumyOzKqgI

Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' is a pretty decent song as far as pop goes. I've found that much of pop is far too similar. People constantly cover each other's songs and past hits. Adele has managed to create a very good song that is not only extremely popular with 452 million hits on youtube, but also one that isn't really a fashion statement. By that I mean people listen to it because they really like it; they don't like it simply because others do. This is not a yes man song. People don't go with the crowd with this song. I'm sure plenty did, especially with how big it got, but it's not nearly as bad as songs like Justin Bieber's 'Baby'. Baby was a very disappointing song because it didn't say anything apart from, "baby, baby, baby, oooooooohhh!!'. I'd give Rolling in the Deep a 9/10 on vocals and a 6/10 on the instrumental. Adele's voice is wonderful, she just has a very simple instrumental under it. That being said, I don't know how much more she could have done with it before she ended up with just noise, so I won't complain too much.

When I listened to Cake's 'Sick of You', I was left thinking of CCR and The Beatles. Cake seems to adopt the style of both and create a sort of a retro song. Personally, I didn't care for it that much. Alas, that didn't stop it from getting 10th in top 30 most requested songs on B97. I'd give the vocals a 3/10 and the instrumental a 5/10.