What about bob bumps Rihanna

Rihanna's "Rude Boy" has been bumped by some unknown rapper/R&B/smoothvocalslikeneyo butstraighterthanhim named "B.o.B."  There is SO much I could say here... your name is an acronym and one is lowercased... WTF would have been a much better acronym for you BoB.  How dare you rudely bump Rihanna to #2 on the charts?  All kidding aside, B.o.B. is aka Bobby Ray aka Brandy's little brother aka onlyknownbecauseoflameassVH1show....  Rihanna, take it back girl, you deserve #1.  Take a listen to this shiteous song here if you dare.  Honestly, not a #1...

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Thirsty Thursday's Video of the Day

There are millions of music videos out on YouTube and other various websites... but truth be told, a lot of them are just "eh."  Sometimes you fall in love with a certain song and then you see the video and it just ruins it...or seeing the artist live in concert, can do just the same.  Well, that isn't the case for our "Thirsty Thursday" videos.  Thirsty Thursday videos will be the Cream of the Crop, my favorite music videos of all time.  And to start it all off, I've got Natalie Imbruglia's "Smoke." Though Natalie did release her latest album "Come to Life" in October of 2009 (and I freakin' love it!) it hasn't really made a mark here in the States. Just last month, the UK released "Scars" on the radio and she also filmed the music video in February of this year... no word on when it will be released or hit the internet. Natalie's definitely known for her imfamous "Torn" from 1997 (which was actually a cover song from the band Ednaswap, did you know that?) and her many makeup commercials.  Maybe she'll never be a huge pop star, but that's ok by me.  She's still got skills.

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Chunk's Daily Truffle Shuffle

Chunk's daily shuffle for today is none other than Rascal Flatt's "Bless the Broken Road."  Yes, we DO support Country music here at Wonky Pop.  Don't let the name fool ya, we do enjoy a good shit-kickin' tune from time to time.  Five weeks at Number 1 on the Billboards back in 2004, it's still a great song.

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The ONLY American Idol Episode We Will Watch

Christina Aguilera is to appear on the Season Finale of American Idol on May 26th.  Though Wonky Pop has never been a huge fan of American Idol (since the days of Kelly Clarkson & Carrie Underwood, whom let us remind you are the only continuing successful winners from the show to date).  We were sad to miss Alicia Keys on the show this week, but it's hard for us to watch such a show that we just don't believe in (and if you've watched it at all this season, you'd noticed that Simon Cowell is clearly over it too!).  X Factor is a show we can get behind, but not AI.  Though, being die-hard Xtina fans, we will be there to watch her sing on May 26th.  In other news, Xtina will be debuting her first video from her upcoming "Bionic" album for "Not Myself Tonight" in the UK at 10am on Sunday, May 1st.

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REplay

Cary Brothers quickly became a favorite of ours when we first heard his "Blue Eyes" on the platinum selling, Grammy-winning Garden State soundtrack. There's something about the Nashville's mixture of New Wave and Folk music that really grabs our attention and forces us to listen. He has a unique voice and sound and we have his current album "Under Control" on constant repeat. On his latest album, he did a cover of World Machine's "Something About You" (which was the band's only single to hit the top 10 in America). It is an excellent rendition of this 1985 classic hit. We expect great things for Cary Brothers. "Under Control" is available on both iTunes and Legalsounds.com (We prefer Legalsounds!).

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The Tube

Although the TV Show "Glee" started last fall, I never allowed myself to start watching the show... to be honest, the idea of a "musical" show really didn't appeal to me. You'd think as someone who is a music fanatic, that I'd be all over it. Well, I caved in and began watching this season and I have to say I am hooked! The characters are well developed and their voices (for most of them) are incredible. Last night they showed the "Sue Sylvester 'Vogue'" video again (premiered it the week before) and it is such a great redone version of Madonna's. The video below shows the compare/contrast of the original and the Glee version. Spot on Glee, spot on! We'll keep watching!

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Chunk's Daily Truffle Shuffle

Everyday, Chunk, the famous "Truffle Shuffler" from Goonies will help Wonky Pop choose a random song from its 20,000+ (and growing) iTunes library.  Wonky Pop is not embarrassed by its eclectic taste in music, but sometimes we should be.  Chunk will not allow us to skip ahead if it's a song we don't really like or wish to share with you, our viewers... he's threatened to sit on us if we do that.  You just never know what the Shuffle will bring!

Today's Truffle Shuffle of the day is Sugar Ray's "Girls Were Made to Love (ft. Collie Buddz)"... for those of you who don't even remember this song, it was on their album "Music for Cougars."  It wasn't a well received album to say the least.

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