January 2012
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when someone says "to the left".. →
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i automatically start singing “TO THE LEFT TO THE LEFT, EVERYTHING YOU OWN IN THE BOX TO THE LEFT!”
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December 2011
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Playlistin’: Our Five Fave Holiday Pop Songs Of...
Over here at Metrolyrics, we know our pop music. I mean, it’s kind of a requirement to have a thing for pop in the world of song lyrics: it’s a genre that is internationally recognized and adored (secretly by some) to all. Which is why we GOTTA give props to the pop songs that we play every time Christmas rolls around. Since tomorrow is Christmas Eve and you’ll probably be hanging out with your...
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Lady Gaga's Christmas Surprise!
What did you ask for for Christmas this year? Socks? Maybe some nice pajamas? A great new book? That’s all well and good, and we hope that you get just what you asked for this year from your family, friends and Santa — BUT — did you ever think Lady Gaga, the current queen of pop would be gifting you this Christmas? Recently she announced on her Twitter and Facebook what all the LIttle...
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J. Cole Performs "Work Out" On Letterman
J. Cole brought his A-game to Letterman on Wednesday night, and he’s got the varsity jacket to prove it.
The recent Roc-Nation signee performed his first single, “Work Out”, which samples Kanye West’s “New Workout Plan” and Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up”. J.’s performance definitely proved reminiscent of early Kanye with his emphasized...
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Lyric Battle: Bing Crosby vs. Nat King Cole
With only 3 days ‘til Christmas, our last Xmas-themed Lyric Battle just had to be a tribute to the grandfathers of holiday music. People from every generation can appreciate the smooth vocal stylings of yesteryear from classic crooners Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole. Both legends in their own rights, it seemed fitting to put Crosby’s “White Christmas” up against...
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Behind The Scenes: Rihanna - You Da One
Rihanna’s year is ending pretty sweetly. She released an extremely successful album, she’s featured on Drake’s very successful album, and she’s soon to release the video for her upcoming single ‘You Da One’. Ever since her video for ‘We Found Love’ came out, we’ve come to expect stunning visuals, great fashion, and edgy storylines from Rihanna...
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Lyric Of The Week: Kanye West Sings Us Into Winter
You’d be forgiven for thinking that you time traveled today, but no dice; it’s actually just the Winter Solstice—the shortest day of the year.
The Winter Solstice signifies the shortening of days, and the progressive lengthening of nights. So even though the sun may not be out for as long as you’d like, at least you’ll have more time to party into the wee hours of the...
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R. Kelly Continues The "Trapped In The Closet"...
R. Kelly’s 22 chapter “Trapped In The Closet” series ended with all the characters talking about some sort of “package”, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve been biting your nails over it for the past five years. Well it’s time to give those cuticles a rest because R-Kells announced yesterday that he’s written 32 (!) more chapters!
The...
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Justin Bieber Freestyles...Again!
The Biebs is cooking up yet another freestyle, and he’s got the apron to prove it. Shawty Mane dropped into Las Vegas’ HOT 97.5 and spat some game over Biggie’s “Who Shot Ya?” This is Justin’s third massively publicized freestyle this year, after spitting lines at HOT 97 and weaving through the Otis beat pretty darn well over at Power 106.
The “Who Shot...
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Nicki Minaj's "Stupid H**" — A Lyrical Diss To...
It’s a fact: Nicki Minaj is crazy. Crazy beats, crazy rhymes, crazy hair, crazy jumpsuits…crazy’s kiiind of her thing, and she’s proud of it. With word of her second album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded coming out on Valentine’s Day 2012, Nicki’s slowly releasing track by track, and the latest to come out? “Stupid H**”, which is speculated to be a...
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Misheard Lyric Of The Week: Silent Night
Images c/o Grzegorz Łobiński/Flickr, hkase/Flickr, and neachic.blogspot.com
It’s time to dust off ye olde Christmas Carol books and spread joy (or headaches) to your surrounding neighbourhoods. Whether we love to hate, hate to love, or genuinely love to love those Christmas chanteuses floating up and down the sidewalk, one thing we can all agree to appreciate is the lone lyrically...
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deCODED: Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
Christina Perri burst onto the scene as a new artist in a big way; her song ‘A Thousand Years’ was used on the Twilight: Breaking Dawn movie soundtrack. This publicity helped propel her into our Top 100 and into the consciousness of music lovers around the world. ‘A Thousand Years’ was written “for Edward and Bella in their perspective,” Perri says....
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Lady Gaga's Music Influenced By Hip-Hop
It comes as no surprise to learn that Lady Gaga’s music is influenced by hair metal and glam rock, but would it ever cross your mind that hip-hop plays a heavy role in her creative process as well?
Mother Monster recently sat down with author/music aficionado, Steve Stoute, for an interview in which she reveals her love of Watch The Throner’s, Yeezy and Hov (calling them ahead of...
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Heart2Heart: Is Lance Bass Trolling Us?
Image c/o Heart2Heart official website
With a song title like ‘Facebook Official’, it’s only fitting that I first came across the boy-band Heart2Heart on my Facebook timeline today. One of my friends had posted the music video with the caption “WTF?” followed by many of his friends expressing the same level of confusion and disbelief. How does such a song exist?...
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Watch This! Michael Buble + Kelly Rowland's "White...
With only 5 days till Christmas, Michael Buble’s holiday special Michael Buble: Home For Christmas aired Sunday night for young and old to enjoy. After all, he’s got the biggest-selling album in the world right now, simply entitled Christmas: Michael definitely needed his own special! Backed by a full orchestra and a doo-wop group, the special was a perfect addition to a night spent...
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My 3 Songs: Lyrics About Food
Christmas means family, presents (duh), snowmen, and days off from work and/or school, but a totally crucial aspect of the Holiday Season that people often forget is food. Whether it’s your grandma’s sugar cookies, your mom’s casserole, or your uncle’s (clearly store bought) fruitcake, food is a major staple of Christmas.
All of our favorite holiday treats are just around...
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Last.fm/Discover Helps You Find New Music You...
We’ve been big fans of our friends at Last.fm for a long time. To be specific, I have used their scrobbling and music discovery service since 2005! I don’t even remember the internet existing in 2005 (kidding!) but Last.fm was already leading the pack in innovative music services.
This week Last.fm quietly launched another feature that has people talking: their Discover app (which...
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Britney Spears's Greatest Love Lyrics
In celebration of Britney Spears’s engagement to long-time love Jason Trawick, which went down last Thursday night according to Brit’s exciting tweet, we couldn’t help but feel nostalgic and take a trip down memory lane to BritBrit’s classic songs about being head-over-heels in loooove. We know Britney’s the queen of the dancefloor, with songs like “Till The...
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Lyric Battle: Katy Perry vs. Lady Gaga
Two of this year’s biggest artists are battling it out on today’s edition of Lyric Battle! Recently named by MTV as the Artist of the Year, as well as Barbara Walter’s most fascinating person of 2011, Katy Perry is a force to be reckoned with. And then we have Gaga, who Forbes named the Top Earning Woman in Music for 2011: cha ching! Since these two women in pop owned the...
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Playlistin': 5 Christmas (W)raps
If you’re getting a little overwhelmed by the mass aray of Christmas carols ringing through the land, we feel ya. It seems like Christmas music is only done one way: traditional. Thank goodness for these five songs that take Xmas to the street! From Kanye West to Destiny’s Child, the biggest stars in hip-hop/R&B all have holiday hits under their belts, so we thought we’d put together a...
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Katy Perry Is Fascinating
It’s pretty redundant to say that Katy Perry’s had a big year, but some things are worth repeating. Katy Perry’s had a big year. Her California Dreams tour took her to 122 dates worldwide, she voiced a Smurfette, was named MTV’s Artist of The Year, and tied the one and only King of Pop, Michael Jackson, for having the most (5!) #1 singles from one album. As if...
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Glee Christmas: Our Fave Holiday Covers
Let’s face it: Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without covers of classic carols filling our ears. So we’ve got a treat for all you Gleeks out there: Street Date’s Top 10 Christmas Songs from Glee! We thought we’d pick out a handful of our faves from the list, post the lyrics, and relate them to the episode the song aired in:
Last Christmas (with Rachel and Finn)
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Golden Globes 2012 Best Original Song Nominees
The Golden Globes nominees have been announced and the music industry was not left out in the cold: our favorite award category at the Globes is Best Original Song (naturally) and there are some great nominees this year!
Lady Gaga, Elton John, and Madonna are among the list of the honoured. The movies their songs appear in range from super-well-known like The Help to under-the-radar like Albert...
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Lyric of The Week: Kanye West Wants You To See...
Somewhere in the almost half-decade span between 2005-2009 Kanye West became better known for his egomaniacal antics than his actual music. Maybe it was something in his Fiji water, but the Louis Vuitton Don was riding high on a spree of brash political statements, GPOY’s from the Inaugural ball with self-entitled captions, and tantrum-like awards show interruptions.
This is where My...
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Ke$ha's Sleazy 2.0 Remix Features All Star Guests
Ke$ha is back with a brand new remix of her song ‘Sleazy’! As if we weren’t excited enough to hear some new Ke$ha material, she wrangled some amazing guest stars for the remixed track. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, T.I. and Andre 3000 are all featured doing their very own sleazy verses.
Ke$ha kicks off ‘Sleazy 2.0’ saying:
I don’t need you or your brand new...
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Lyric Battle: Adele vs. Rihanna
Have you heard the big news? Rihanna has officially tied “We Found Love” with Adele’s monster hit “Rolling In The Deep” as the longest song to remain #1 on the charts in 2011. What better way to honor this feat than to put the two songs up against one another for today’s Lyric Battle? Whose lyrics do you like better, Adele’s or Rihanna’s? Place...
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Watch This: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die Music Video
We at MetroLyrics have all been hooked on Lana Del Rey since she came out with her first hit Video Games, and then again when she released Blue Jeans. Well, she’s done it again! Her latest single is called Born To Die and she also announced that would be the title of her debut album, out next year.
The video for Born To Die was released today (or rather it leaked, as confirmed by Del Rey...
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Party Rock With LMFAO On The Cherrytree Tour!
If there’s a secret formula for infectious, in-your-face, fist-pumpable music, then LMFAO’s got it. Actually, they probably invented it.
Comprised of SkyBlu and Redfoo (SkyBlu’s uncle), LMFAO have swept the globe with their trifecta of party tunes, “I’m In Miami B*tch”, “Sexy And I Know It”, and of course “Party Rock Anthem”.
Their...
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Misheard Lyric Of The Week: "O Holy Night"
Images c/o Christmas Stock & Wienerblog
Since Christmas time is officially here, we turned to the Deck The Halls With Buddy Holly misheard lyric book by Gavin Edwards to find our MLOW. Which one really tickled our fancy? The following line from the Christmas carol “O Holy Night“…
Misheard Lyric:
“Long-legged worms”
Correction:
“Long lay the...
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Worst Christmas Songs? We Think Not!
NME recently published their top 5 worst Christmas songs ever, and we can’t help but disagree.
While we do agree that Band Aid 20’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is a tad OTT, and that the Biebs’ and Mariah Carey’s collab on “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was a little redundant (did they just use Mariah’s original vocals again?),...
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Lyric Video of the Day: David Guetta feat. Nicki...
This brand new song, called ‘Turn Me On’ features David Guetta doing what he does best (dropping sick beats) and Nicki Minaj doing something a little different (singing instead of rapping!). The result is a pretty hot song that we can totally see being the next big club jam!
David Guetta brings it with some big electronic sounds and, although most of the song features Nicki singing,...
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Mumford And Sons: Interview + Deets On New Album
The guys from UK folk troupe Mumford & Sons have come a long way since their debut AND breakout album, Sigh No More, released in October 2009. They’ve got Billboard Music Awards under their belts, as well as a Brit Award, and they are anxiously awaiting to see if they won the Record Of The Year Grammy nomination they received for “The Cave” (airing in February). During...
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deCODED: Lady Gaga - Yoü and I
The life of the eclectic over-accesorizer we’ve come to know and love as Mother Monster is shrouded by a veil of mystery. Or rather, a veil of meat dresses and Kermit couture.
It’s tough to know much about Lady Gaga’s personal life when she portrays it as being just as dreamlike and surreal as her music videos, but if you look close enough at her songwriting, there are...
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Our Fave Songs That Name-Drop Santa
Can y’all believe that it’s twelve days till Christmas? Only twelve days till Santa Claus takes his annual trip around the world. What better way to start off the Twelve Days Of Christmas countdown than a collection of songs that name-drop good ol’ St. Nick? Here’s our top three songs that mention our favorite man of the moment: Santa!
Come Winter - Drake
“See, she used...
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Not So Silent Night 2011 at LIVE 105!
Images courtesy of LIVE 105
The Not So Silent Night concert recently took place in San Francisco last Friday and it was a party to remember! Radio LIVE 105 brought amazing artists Green Day, Bush, Mumford & Sons, Florence + The Machine, and Young The Giant to the Oracle Arena in San Fran to play a super rocking show for all to enjoy (that is, if you were lucky enough to have tickets)!
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My 3 Songs: Energizing Songs For The Holidays
The holidays are a time of happiness, togetherness, kindness, and peace…OR ARE THEY? Okay so yeah, the holidays are about all those things but all of those things can mean a whole lots of stress, and preparation. They usually entail baking cookies, shopping for gifts, decorating your house and hosting friends and family. All that stuff can seriously tap out your energy supply in a way that...
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Mariah Carey & John Legend Duet: "When Christmas...
The one and only pop diva extraordinaire, Ms. Mariah Carey, is always somebody you can count on hearing during the holidays. With her classic Xmas album Merry Christmas getting played on repeat year after year, she’s kinda the Queen of Christmas music, don’t you think? Last year, Mariah released another collection of holiday tracks, Merry Christmas II You, and decided to give...
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Kelly Clarkson's Favorite Song Off Stronger
In a recent interview with MTV, Breakup Song Queen Kelly Clarkson revealed that her favorite song off her latest album Stronger is “What Doesn’t Kill You”, saying “it’s magnetic, it’s like one of those songs when you first listen to it and you’re drawn to it”.
We couldn’t agree more. The song is completely captivating in its...
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Lyric Battle: Pitbull vs. Chris Brown
With the recent release of Pitbull’s “International Love” featuring Chris Brown, we thought we’d model this edition of Lyric Battle off another Pitbull-themed battle we had in the past. Jennifer Lopez’s “On The Floor” featured the rapper, and we put J.Lo’s verse up against PB’s line. This time around, it’s time to put Pitbull vs. Chris...
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WIN: Signed Selena Gomez & The Scene Album!
Are you a huge Selena Gomez fan like us? Do you put on her ‘Love You Like A Love Song’ video every time you’re partying with your girls? Do you know all the words to ‘Who Says’?
If any of those describes YOU, then you could win a signed Selena Gomez & The Scene CD exclusively from MetroLyrics! We wanted to celebrate the end of this amazing year for Selena by...
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Vanessa Carlton's "Hear The Bells" Holiday EP
Vanessa on the cover of her ICON collection album
Remember when Vanessa Carlton burst into the music scene with her piano-driven “A Thousand Miles”? Almost 10 years later, Vanessa’s still kickin’ it in the music biz with her new holiday EP Hear The Bells. With a cover of “Do You Hear What I Hear?” (one of my favorite Christmas carols), along with the album...
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Karmin Came To Crash Your Party!
You know Karmin, right? They’re the duo consisting of engaged couple Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan who are also YouTube famous! They made a name for themselves by covering the super fast song ‘Look At Me Now’ by Chris Brown (Heidemann NAILS IT on Busta’s verse) and they went on to cover many other pop songs. They were eventually asked to appear on Ellen and they’ve...
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Playlistin’: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
Now that we’re officially on the last page of our calendars, it’s time to say goodbye to 2011 with our top albums of the year. Can you believe it? Wasn’t it 2010, like, yesterday? The four of us over here in the Metrolyrics blogosphere (AH, AL, OS & SJ) put on our thinking caps (or rather, our headphones) and after plenty of extensive musical research, we narrowed down our picks to the 10...
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Lyric of The Week: Beastie Boys Bring Us Back To...
Who would have thought that out of all the talented rappers in the hip-hop world, that it’d be three white Jewish boys from Brooklyn who would eventually master the art of staying relevant?
In case you didn’t notice, The Beastie Boys rule. But believe it or not, there was actually a time when these lyrical geniuses were considered complete clowns. And not in the cool “class...
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Lyric Battle: Justin Bieber vs. The Cast of Glee
Glee image c/o Zap 2 It
It’s that time again…the second round of Xmas Lyric battle! With all the holiday albums that were released this year, we figured we’d better have a battle of the lyrics between two more holiday sensations. We’ve covered Mariah and Buble, so now it’s time for Justin Bieber and the cast of Glee to step up to the plate. Whose lyrics do you...
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Teen Queens Go Hip-Hop: Their Best Moments
Has anybody else noticed all the pop princesses covering hip hop songs lately? It’s been a big year for rap, with giants Jay-Z and Kanye releasing Watch The Throne, Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Bass’ blowing up, and the release of Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV and Drake’s Take Care so it’s no wonder that these gals are hip-hop fans. I’m talking about the...