Most weird/unusual songs of 2014?

Started by Pendraflare September 7th, 2014 10:29 AM
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I've seen a few older threads that discussed best, worst or most annoying music from years like 2012 or 2013, so I figured i'd do something. Even though 2014 is still only 2/3 done i'm sure many have gotten their share of music, enough to answer this question. So, what are songs you've heard this year that are just really weird to you? They don't have to be songs you consider "bad" per se, just unusual like you have no clue what you were just listening to.

I'll start this with a prime example: Anaconda by Nicki Minaj. I saw that song advertised by Vevo, with the main beat of Baby Got Back with adjustments. And I heard some girls at a tennis court on campus playing it while I was passing by, so I checked it out for myself. As soon as I saw the video - almost 1.1 million ratings, with over a third of the like/dislike bar being dislikes, I wondered what the heck am I getting myself into. And I was not expecting a full-fledged Baby Got Back take. Seriously, it felt like almost the same thing in so many ways.

How about you? What have you heard this year that was just crazy or odd to you? Discuss.
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Chinese Children by Devendra Banhart

It's.. very unusual. Catchy and fun to listen to, but unusual.
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#Selfie by The Chainsmokers is by far the weirdest and worst song this year imo
Booooo no that song is a classic, it's the song of our generation! Hahaha
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The song by itself isn't so weird, but the video... (I recommend watching the uncensored version which you'll have to google for but only if you are desensitised to like everything).
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From the same album clppng., the time signature changes in this track are insane and so out-there. Definitely one of my favorite tracks of this year so far.

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Anaconda by Nicki Minaj is definitely up there. The video and lyrics both pretty much explain why it is both weird and unusual. Having said that I do like the song. 8)

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Kind of confused why Anaconda is mentioned so much. I think the only part of Anaconda that's really strange is Nicki Minaj's laugh in it around the middle of the song. But the rest of the song? There's been soooo many Top 40 songs about sex in just this year alone. What makes Anaconda anymore strange than those?

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Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

It's so... obnoxious
The video seriously freaks me out
Not to mention, WHAT IS HER OBSESSION WITH BASS?

This better not start a bass-heavy trend >_>


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Anaconda by Nicki Minaj is definitely up there. The video and lyrics both pretty much explain why it is both weird and unusual. Having said that I do like the song. 8)

This is pretty much my least fave Nicki Minaj song ever, period. The butt shaking was enough to make me hate it. Still I think this year has brought out some interesting stuff.
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Kind of confused why Anaconda is mentioned so much. I think the only part of Anaconda that's really strange is Nicki Minaj's laugh in it around the middle of the song. But the rest of the song? There's been soooo many Top 40 songs about sex in just this year alone. What makes Anaconda anymore strange than those?
I'm willing to guess the fact that the song rips off of a well known 90's hit with both the main beat and one of its lyrics (well, two) to a music video with Nicki Minaj and a bunch of other ladies in a tropical setting shaking their butts (not to mention the end where she gives Drake a lap dance) has something to do with it.

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

It's so... obnoxious
The video seriously freaks me out
Not to mention, WHAT IS HER OBSESSION WITH BASS?

This better not start a bass-heavy trend >_>
That's not my problem with the song, for me it's her insanely high pitched voice that kills it for me.

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I'm forced to listen to bad music whenever I'm at mum's salon, so yeah. The video's just weird as ****.
Yeah I will agree I wasn't the biggest fan of the video for that song, but I find the song cool on its own at least.

This is pretty much my least fave Nicki Minaj song ever, period. The butt shaking was enough to make me hate it. Still I think this year has brought out some interesting stuff.
As cheesy as the song is, I dare say that I don't think the same (that it's my least favorite of hers). For me that would go to "BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS LOTTA BOOBS" (read: I Endorse These Strippers), but that's irrelevant to this thread.
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I never said I hated Anaconda by any means, I just found it insanely cheesy. Also, I watched the Rap Critic's review where he said this:

"It's interesting that it samples 'Baby Got Back', however, I don't like when people sample songs that were already proven to be number one hits, especially so liberally. Now, I've heard a lot of feminists championing the sample of this song, claiming that Nicki's 'taking back the song for women', but… dude, no, She just ripped off a well-known "shake your booty" song to make her own 'shake your booty' song. And I'm not usually one to call a song a rip-off when it's sampling another song, because a lot of songs use sampling to enhance a certain sound that they liked in the original work, and I can get with that. With this? Nothing is done with the beatwork that enhances the music, they just layer annoying, unnecessary sounds over the sample so much, it makes you just want to go listen to the original."

I may have said "rip-off" in a loose sense of the word, but that was where I came to that claim. Also, I haven't heard Wiggle myself but that talk about it is kinda making me not want to, haha.
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I'm willing to guess the fact that the song rips off of a well known 90's hit with both the main beat and one of its lyrics (well, two) to a music video with Nicki Minaj and a bunch of other ladies in a tropical setting shaking their butts (not to mention the end where she gives Drake a lap dance) has something to do with it.



That's not my problem with the song, for me it's her insanely high pitched voice that kills it for me.



Yeah I will agree I wasn't the biggest fan of the video for that song, but I find the song cool on its own at least.



As cheesy as the song is, I dare say that I don't think the same (that it's my least favorite of hers). For me that would go to "BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS LOTTA BOOBS" (read: I Endorse These Strippers), but that's irrelevant to this thread.
I endorse these strippers is an anthem!