Good late evening/early morning, everyone, except for a certain someone. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I started writing this entry as May 5 became May 6, but my depression (thanks to said liar) reared its ugly head again, and I put it off until 2am on Mother's Day. As Hayley Williams once pondered, "ain't it fun?"
Today, I thought I would produce one of my flashbacks but to a particular day in my history that only a select few know about. What is that day? Most of you will never know. With that said, these were the Top 40 songs according to ClearChannel Mediabase 24/7 for the week ending May 7, 2010. And of course, I'll give my thoughts on various other things as we go along.
40. Everybody In Love by JLS. Great, a song about love to kick us off. Who created this chart, Delilah? Pardon me while I barf.
39. Heart Heart Heartbreak by Boys Like Girls. Alright, that's more like it. So why am I upset this past week? Well remember around this time LAST year things were going haywire with a love interest as someone else forcing himself into the picture. Same person wound up with her and her mom on Father's Day weekend enjoying themselves, which set me off because I have NEVER ONCE been able to celebrate Father's Day since my daughter was born in 1999 not even as much as received a Father's Day card. As someone who has totally missed out on certain life events (whether it was my own fault or not), it triggered me in a bad way.
38. Cooler Than Me by Mike Posner. Yeah Mike, that's what I'm thinking...
37. We'll Be A Dream by We The Kings. I think their greatest claim to fame was a song they penned for the 2008 AL Championship Tampa Bay Rays. WTK is from Sarasota IIRC.
36. Baby by Justin Bieber
35. Winner by Jaime Foxx f/Justin Timberlake
34. Somebody To Love by Justin Bieber. All this Justin Bieber talk makes wanna 1) puke and 2) talk about hockey, most notably the shortcomings of the Tampa Bay Lightning...again.
33. Heartbreak Warfare by John Mayer. Rather fitting song for what's happening to me currently. Anyway, the Bolts were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs for the FOURTH consecutive year. And I have a few thoughts on that...
32. This Afternoon by Nickelback. Interestingly enough, Nickelback plays a part (in my opinion) as to why the Bolts fell apart again. The Lightning for some unknown reason utilized their hit "Burn It To The Ground" as their goal song this season.
31. If We Meet Again by Timbaland. I think that the use of Nickelback as Tampa's goal song was bad juju. Yes, they had an incredible run leading up to the Olympics, but afterwards the team just wasn't the same.
30. Impossible by Shontelle. They never really got back to form and wound up finishing second in the division to Buffalo (barf, but not as bad as losing the division to the Broward County Pussycats, who thankfully missed the playoffs).
29. Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble. Either way, losing in the first round for the fourth straight year is infuriating. I want to think that there's two hidden factors not related to the players or the game itself that contribute to that.
28. Rock That Body by The Blackeyed Peas. Since the Bolts last reached the Stanley Cup Final, one former friend of mine wound up getting engaged to a Pussycat fan. In my opinion, that's almost the ultimate sin, kind of like sleeping with the enemy. Anyway, afterwards, the Pussycats wound up going to three straight Finals, winning the last two Cups.
27. Halfway Gone by Lifehouse. Speaking of which, another Lightning superfan wound up getting hitched to some guy from Colorado. The Lightning lost to Colorado in the '22 Final. Could these two cases be related? Who knows...
26. I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) by Kevin Rudolf. Oh, and one more thing about the Lightning, as I may have alluded to in a prior entry. Paul Porter, please retire. Your cheerleading act has more than run its course.
25. Billionaire by Travie McCoy f/Bruno Mars. As I recall, this song was supposed to be a diss track to Katy Perry, who dated Travie before she kissed a girl and liked it. Incidentally, the song also opened up a Pandora's Box of sorts in helping launch Bruno Mars's career, and on this blog, we don't talk about Bruno. At least we try not to.
24. Bedrock by Young Money f/Lloyd. No, they weren't talking about the Flintstones. Yabba dabba do. There was one chart song from 1994 involved them, but I don't think we want to rehash that now, do we?
23. Bulletproof by LeRoux. One hit wonder, at least here in the US. Not sure about overseas. They were English after all. BTW, Elly Jackson (the lead singer) looks like Rick Astley.
22. Say Aah by Trey Songz. Wow, a doctor on this flashback? Who knew?
...I know he's not really a doctor...
21. Eenie Meenie by Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber. Unfortunately, their supposed follow-up (Miney Mo) didn't chart, then again, it probably would've been an early victim of cancel culture when one realizes the origins of Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Mo.
20. Young Forever by Jay-Z f/Mr. Hudson. Their updated version of a 1984 song from Alphaville that has gotten significantly more run now than it did four decades ago. And yes, I strive to be young forever, which is why I regret not being able to raise my daughter, and probably why I want to be a stepdad. So I can relate stories of my youth...
19. Whattaya Want From Me? by Adam Lambert. What I really want is people to pay attention to what I write and what I say whether it be here, or Facebook, or Twitter, or any other social media platform that I am on. I don't like feeling like chopped liver at times...
18. Solo by Iyaz
17. All The Right Moves by OneRepublic. For which it stands, one Nation (under God) with liberty and justice FOR ALL.
16. Not Myself Tonight by Christina Aguilera. You're not alone Christina, I haven't really felt myself this whole month.
15. TikTok by Ke$ha. I still say that Kesha should get a cut of the profits from the TikTok app. A significant one at that. Oracle, work your magic.
14. Imma Be by Blackeyed Peas. Remember the website ytmnd.com? Still around by the way, though not as popular as it once was. Anyway, there are a couple of memes created from that song.
13. Naturally by Selena Gomez & The Scene
12. OMG by Usher f/Will.I.Am
11. Alejandro by Lady Gaga. The only Alejandros that come to the top of my mind are both MLB players. Alejandro Pena whose career spanned the 80's and 90's culminating in a World Series win with the Florida Marlins, and Alejandro Kirk, who currently plays for the Toronto Blue Jays.
10. Carry Out by Timbaland f/Justin Timberlake
9. Your Love Is My Drug by Ke$ha. I wish someone felt that way about my love. By the way, thanks for the compliment on my beard ;)
8. Telephone by Lady Gaga f/Beyonce. One of the last music videos I remember watching, and probably the one of last ones that was seriously hyped by MTV. Once you kill a cow, you have to build a burger, or whatever Gaga said to Bey in the video.
7. Breakeven by The Script
6. Need You Now by Lady Antebellum. There have been many times in my life that I have felt this way, especially the past couple of months. Wish the feeling were mutual...
5. Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz f/Ludacris. Speaking of Ludacris, have you noticed his hit "Roll Out" is being used by Lowe's home improvement centers? A little bold considering Luda hails from Atlanta (my birthplace by the way) and Lowe's primary rival, Home Depot, is based in Atlanta. Lowe's incidentally is based out of Mooresville, NC. A little north of Charlotte.
4. Hey Soul Sister by Train. I need to listen to that song again...
3. Nothin' On You by B.O.B. f/Bruno Mars. I like B.O.B.'s hit "Magic" better because the Orlando Magic, or should I say Tragic, would play it after a win as of a couple of seasons ago. Now they play their hokey theme song from 1989. No, I'm not linking you to the song.
2. In My Head by Jason Derulo. Yes, yes she is.
and the number one song this week sixteen years ago was...
1. Rude Boy by Rihanna. You know, that may be my whole problem. I'm generally too nice of a guy. However, rude isn't really my style. As The Offspring sang years ago, "your one vice is you're too nice." Nice sure doesn't apply to that motley crew that's running our nation right now.
Anyway, that's this week's flashback. I seriously should consider doing more writing, but my depression (and life) keeps getting in the way. Follow me on my socials for more..,
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