One Pebble Cab: January 2015

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Lesson from a Fallen Screw

Thanks to the screw for falling and giving me this thought to ponder on.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Chris August, "The Maker" [OPC Hits 2015.1.25]

In 2012, he topped the OPC charts as a featured artist in Group 1 Crew's "He Said." This time, Chris August does it solo, but he doesn't do it on his own — he's got "The Maker" with him at #1:

OPC Hits

January 25-31, 2015

TW	LW	PP	WC	ARTIST	TITLE
POPSOUNDS
1	1	2@1	2	Maroon 5	Sugar
2	-	2	1	Taylor Swift	Style
3	2	2	2	Kelly Clarkson	Heartbeat Song
4	-	4	1	Jess Glynne	Hold My Hand
5	-	5	1	James Reid	Huwag Ka Nang Humirit
6	3	1@1	4	Yeng Constantino	What's Up Ahead [feat. Yan Asuncion]
7	4	2	4	Marianas Trench	Here's to the Zeroes
8	9	8	2	Abra	Diwata [feat. Chito Miranda]
9	5	4	4	Julie Anne San Jose	Tulad Mo
10	8	3	4	John Legend	Glory [feat. Common]
PRAISE PARADE
1	-	1@1	1	Chris August	The Maker
2	-	2	1	Matthew West	Day One
3	-	3	1	Hawk Nelson	Drops in the Ocean
4	1	1@1	2	Unspoken	Good Fight
5	2	2@1	4	Steven Curtis Chapman	Something Beautiful
6	3	3	2	Love and the Outcome	Heart Like You
7	4	2	7	Planetshakers	This Is Our Time
8	6	3	3	Sidewalk Prophets	Save My Life
9	5	5	3	TobyMac	Beyond Me
10	7	4	4	Casting Crowns	Broken Together
PINOY PICKS
1	-	1@1	1	James Reid	Huwag Ka Nang Humirit
2	1	3@1	4	Yeng Constantino	What's Up Ahead [feat. Yan Asuncion]
3	3	3	2	Abra	Diwata [feat. Chito Miranda]
4	2	2	4	Julie Anne San Jose	Tulad Mo
5	4	3	3	Kean & Eunice	Islands in the Stream

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Throw It In: Songs with Extra Audibles

As I was listening to some music, Colbie Caillat's "Bubbly" started playing. And while I have heard this song so many times before, it was just then that it finally occurred to me how her spoken line in the intro makes sense! And immediately, two other songs which also have extra audibles came to mind. So for this OPC Quick List, here are songs with vocals that could have been edited out but were still thrown in on the released recordings.

Bubbly

Colbie Caillat
"Will you count me in?"

Colbie was asking someone (probably the guitarist) to count her in so she knows when to start singing.

[MUSIC VIDEO]

You're Beautiful
James Blunt
"My life is brilliant!"

James's life is so brilliant, he couldn't stop himself from singing even though it's still the intro!

[MUSIC VIDEO]

Raise Your Glass
Pink

"So raise your… what the f—?!"

After the bridge, Pink starts to sing the chorus when there should still be a pause, making her say the expletive.

[MUSIC VIDEO]

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Tick My Breath Away

Originally by Berlin and subsequently covered by Jessica Simpson.
Also works with "Tick a Bow" (Rihanna), "Tick a Chance on Me" (Abba)
and "Till They Tick My Heart Away" (Clair Marlo), among others.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Maroon 5, "Sugar" [OPC Hits 2015.1.18]

We have new leaders on this week's charts: On the Praise Parade, Unspoken debuts on top with "Good Fight," a song which reminds me of The Script's "Hall of Fame" featuring Will.I.Am. Meanwhile, on the Popsounds chart, engaged couple Yeng Constantino and Yan Asuncion pass on their reign to Maroon 5, who went on a roll to gatecrash weddings in their newest music video. Here's "Sugar" at #1: