Comments on: The Black Eyed Peas, With Art Direction By Lisa Frank

By: BC

BC — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:49:18 +0000

the hook you refer to is also straight from Time After Time (between the first chorus and the second verse of Cyndi's original version)

By: solanine

solanine — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:57:14 +0000

As for the Cyndi Lauper insinuations, this song has the sa,e chord progression as “Time After Time” in the verses. But the chorus also lifts, I think, a short but memorable hook from “When You Were Young” by the Killers.

By: ObtuseIntolerant

ObtuseIntolerant — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:22:17 +0000

WHO exactly are these radio programmers who seem to have such overwhelming impact on big singles?? Are they the ones driving the choices or is the audience really demanding this sort of thing?

I would love to know: Why do they do what they do and pick what they pick? I can’t tolerate the radio, but at the same time, I think those singles that everyone and their dog knows and are forced to feel connected to (whether they love it or not) are pretty important…and I would love to understand better where Top 40 is coming from, because I am very, very lost.

Just a suggestion if any of you guys have the material to do a deep write up on that, I would devour it with great interest.

By: BradNelson

BradNelson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:11:06 +0000

@chachwitablog: Rodney J. Greene from The Singles Jukebox calls it a "Cyndi Lauper-quoting melody," but I can't find any internet evidence for this. I love the hell out of this chorus, regardless.

By: chachwitablog

chachwitablog — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:37:33 +0000

@BradNelson: It references being on the “borderline” but I don’t think it has any connection to the Madonna song – does it? I’m too lazy to check right now.

Anyway, the rapping really is god-awful, but the chorus is fairly amazing and so I won’t mind hearing this song for a while (even though I already played it a lot when the album leaked a while back).

By: BradNelson

BradNelson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:51:40 +0000

Is the hook from this song based on some song from the past that I fail to remember? Because I swear I’ve never heard this Black Eyed Peas song or its awful rapping before, and yet that chorus lit up several lamplights in my memory.

By: Varina

Varina — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:46:00 +0000

Oh, it’s going to be inescapable isn’t it? I heard the song for the first time over the weekend, due to the numerous Direct-TV commercials shown during NFL games, and I think it sounds quite disco, and not in the “’00s ironic disco comeback” sort of way. Also, in the cap above, it looks like Fergie bounded onto the old set of Jennifer Lopez’s “Waiting for Tonight” video.