EDIT: It seems like report card topics tend to just be a trio of Michael, Nick & I. Where's everyone else to speak of the songs these days?
Final papers/exams, followed by a drive home through snow and ice, followed by cramming all my Christmas shopping into 3 days, followed by Christmas. As for the last few days, I have no excuse to give you, sorry.
"Top 40"JASON MRAZ I'm Yours:
CKATY PERRY Hot N Cold:
C+T.I. Live Your Life f/Rihanna:
B (didn't like the way the sample was used at all at first, but it's grown on me a lot.)PINK So What:
F-[/color]
(horrible, even for her.)BRITNEY SPEARS Womanizer:
A-T.I. Whatever You Like:
D+KEVIN RUDOLF Let It Rock f/Lil Wayne:
B (another song I like that didn't impress me at all initially.)LADY GAGA Just Dance f/Colby O'Donis:
B+BEYONCE If I Were A Boy:
C (I loathe her music, but yeah, I guess this one's pretty harmless.)NE-YO Miss Independent:
B- SAVING ABEL Addicted:
D-AKON Right Now (Na Na Na):
C+NICKELBACK Gotta Be Somebody:
C (Already over a million copies of the latest album sold in the U.S. I can't believe such strong interest is still around.)KANYE WEST Love Lockdown:
B+TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story:
B- (sounds a lot like a Vanessa Carlton song.)LEONA LEWIS Better In Time:
B+RIHANNA Disturbia:
C- (I even charted this at one point, but BUM BUM BEE-DUM BUM BUM DEE DUM BUM gets really annoying after the trillionth time.)RIHANNA Rehab:
B- (I keep waiting for her to say "what goes around goes around goes around comes all the way back around" in the chorus.)GAVIN ROSSDALE Love Remains The Same:
BBEYONCE Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It):
F+ (I knew she couldn't release two tolerable singles in a row.)BRANDY Right Here (Departed):
BSHONTELLE T-Shirt:
CFALL OUT BOY I Don't Care:
B-HINDER Without You:
C- (it'd be lower if it wasn't so forgettable.)CHRISTINA AGUILERA Keeps Gettin' Better:
C+METRO STATION Seventeen Forever:
B+DAVID ARCHULETA Crush:
C+DAVID COOK Light On:
CT-PAIN Can't Believe It f/Lil Wayne:
n/a (and I doubt I want to.)VERONICAS Untouched:
B-O.A.R. Shattered (Turn The Car Around):
A[/color]
SAVAGE Swing:
DLIL WAYNE Mrs. Officer f/Bobby Valentino:
DTHRIVING IVORY Angels On The Moon:
B-KANYE WEST Heartless:
B+PUSSYCAT DOLLS I Hate This Part:
CPINK Sober:
DALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell:
B-LESLEY ROY Unbeautiful:
D+ (Slightly better than "I'm Gone, I'm Going", but still bad. That husky voice sounds so fake/forced.)COLDPLAY Lovers In Japan:
B (a little too forgettable.)REHAB Bartender Song:
B-FRAY You Found Me:
B (very typical Fray sound, but it'll probably grow on me nonetheless.)LUDACRIS f/ T-PAIN One More Drink:
n/aM.I.A. Paper Planes:
A+KILLERS Human:
A-PITBULL f/ LIL JON Krazy:
n/aLIL WAYNE f/ T-PAIN Got Money:
FPARAMORE Decode:
C+MATT NATHANSON Come On Get Higher:
A+MILEY CYRUS Fly on the Wall:
C-JOHN LEGEND Green Light f/Andre3000:
ABRITNEY SPEARS Circus:
BAlternativeKINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire:
B-OFFSPRING You're Gonna Go Far, Kid:
B-APOCALYPTICA I Don't Care f/Adam Gontier:
CRISE AGAINST ReEducation (Through Labor):
C+INCUBUS Love Hurts:
A-SHINEDOWN Second Chance:
B-WEEZER Troublemaker:
B+ SEETHER Breakdown:
CDEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Cath:
A[/color]
COLDPLAY Lost!:
A-ANBERLIN Feel Good Drag:
A-AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT Sometime Around Midnight:
ATHEORY OF A DEADMAN Bad Girlfriend:
C-STAIND Believe:
C (I feel like I graded over half of these songs on the last report card, and that was back in August.)SMASHING PUMPKINS - G.L.O.W.:
B-HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD Undead:
F (this seems like way too much of a novelty song to be having such longevity.)SAVING ABEL 18 Days:
C+METALLICA The Day That Never Comes:
B-MUDVAYNE Do What You Do:
C-RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS You Better Pray:
B-DISTURBED Indestructible:
n/aHOOBASTANK My Turn:
B FRAMING HANLEY Lollipop:
C+ THE TING TINGS That's Not My Name:
C- (but I should take off another 1/3 letter grade for basically taking the video for "Great DJ", removing all the brightly-clashing colors and trying to pass it off as a brand new video.)CAROLINA LIAR Show Me What I'm Looking For:
B+JACK'S MANNEQUIN The Resolution:
B+ (but "The Mixed Tape" FTW.)FRANZ FERDINAND Ulysses:
B+SCOTT WEILAND Missing Cleveland:
BMGMT Kids:
AGUNS N' ROSES Chinese Democracy:
n/a INNERPARTYSYSTEM Don't Stop:
B PENDULUM Propane Nightmares:
n/a OFFSPRING Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?:
n/aSLIPKNOT Dead Memories:
n/aAC/DC Rock 'n Roll Train:
CSHINY TOY GUNS Ghost Town:
B+EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Wannabe in LA:
n/aLINKIN PARK Leave Out All the Rest:
B-SHINY TOY GUNS Ricochet:
B+3OH!3 Don't Trust Me:
B-NICKELBACK Something in Your Mouth:
n/a STAIND All I Want:
n/a GASLIGHT ANTHEM The '59 Sound:
ASNOW PATROL Crack the Shutters:
A-LUDO Go-Getter Greg:
B-AC[/u]
FAITH HILL A Baby Changes Everything:
C+JOSH GROBAN I'll Be Home For Christmas:
B+COLDPLAY Viva La Vida:
ANATASHA BEDINGFIELD Pocketful of Sunshine:
B-LEONA LEWIS Bleeding Love:
B+CARRIE UNDERWOOD Do You Hear What I Hear:
B-DAUGHTRY Feels Like Tonight:
C+COLBIE CAILLAT Mistletoe:
A-[/color]
KIMBERLY LOCKE Frosty the Snowman:
B-JOHN MAYER Say:
B-HARRY CONNICK, JR. It's the Most Wonderful Time...:
n/aLIONEL RICHIE Come All Ye Faithful
n/aJORDIN SPARKS No Air f/ Chris Brown:
BLIFEHOUSE Whatever It Takes:
BENYA White Is In The Winter Night:
n/aTRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Wizards In Winter:
n/aBARRY MANILOW Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas '07:
n/aJOURNEY After All These Years:
B-CARRIE UNDERWOOD Hark! The Herald Angels Sing:
n/aSTRAIGHT NO CHASER 12 Days of Christmas (Live):
B+BARRY MANILOW: Christmas Is Just Around The Corner:
n/aMAROON 5 Won't Go Home Without You:
B+DAUGHTRY What About Now:
C+Hot AC[/u]
SECONDHAND SERENADE Fall For You:
D+3 DOORS DOWN Let Me Be Myself:
n/aJOHN MCLAUGHLIN Beating My Heart:
B-ADELE Chasing Pavements:
n/aJORDIN SPARKS One Step At A Time:
C+MISSY HIGGINS Where I Stood:
n/aLENKA The Show:
n/a(that's it? only 7 Hot AC songs that haven't appeared already?)Active Rock[/u]
SALIVA Family Reunion:
C-AVENGED SEVENFOLD Scream:
C+TRAPT Who's Going Home With You Tonight:
C(haven't heard anything else)Rock[/u]
FOO FIGHTERS Let It Die:
B+TESLA I Wanna Live:
n/aMOTLEY CRUE Mutherf***er Of The Year:
C-Triple ASNOW PATROL Take Back The City:
A-ERIC HUTCHINSON Rock & Roll:
n/aBRETT DENNEN Make You Crazy f/ Femi Kuti:
n/aRAY LAMONTAGE You're The Best Thing:
n/aRYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS Fix It:
n/aBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Working On A Dream:
n/aJAMES MORRISON Nothing Ever Hurt Like You:
n/aAMOS LEE What's Been Going On:
n/aSARAH MCLACHLAN U Want Me 2:
B+INGRID MICHAELSON Be Ok:
n/aMICHAEL SPEARHEAD & FRANTI Say Hey (I Love You):
n/aTRACY CHAPMAN Sing For You:
n/aPRETENDERS Boots Of Chinese Plastic:
n/aDAVID BYRNE/BRIAN ENO Strange Overtones:
n/aAUGUSTANA I Still Ain't Over You:
n/aERIN MCCARLEY Pony (It's OK):
n/aJOHN MELLENCAMP Troubled Land:
n/aADELE Right As Rain:
n/aMEIKO Boys With Girlfriends:
n/aSHERYL CROW Detours:
n/aLUCINDA WILLIAMS Real Love:
n/a