English CC by Charles Baluyot
Hey, didn't that song just play?
Welcome to WatchMojo.com,
and today we'll be counting down our choices for the "Top 10 Pop Song Clichés".
Who says you have to have perfect pitch to be a pop star?
With today's technological innovations,
we're looking at you Auto-Tune...
Aspiring singers don't have to let the inability to carry a tune,
or even just an off date,
stop them from expressing themselves musically.
Sometimes it's used to create interesting vocal effects,
or serve as an occasionally necessary safety net,
but other times, technology like Auto-Tune is used to compensate for a lack of ability.
Whatever the case, has been running rampant and pop music.
Over 50 years ago,
British pop group, The Beatles,
innocently announced that they wanted to hold your hand.
Just a few years later,
The Rolling Stones are the disapproval of media sensors with the title of the song,
"Let's Spend The Night Together".
Nowadays,
many pop singers want to do a lot more than hold hands,
and they aren't shy about going into detail about what they want to do all night.
As a result:
Songs describing "raunchy sex" are common to the point of being clichéd.
Once more...
with feeling.
Or if a singer can't manage to ring any more emotion out of his or her vocals,
there's always the option to sing higher,
lower,
or in a different key.
Sometimes called the "truck drivers gear change",
this shift is usually vocal and is most prevalent and ballads,
such as those sung by Kelly Clarkson or boy bands.
But it can also be accomplished with musical instruments.
It's a hit-or-miss technique that has been used by artists, ranging from Michael Jackson,
to Britney Spears.
No one ever said that musicians don't know how to cut loose and have a good time.
Artists like Kesha, Pitbull, Katy Perry,
and even the one's innocent Miley Cyrus are no exception.
Although some performers may choose to keep business and pleasure separate,
many like to share the fun with their fans.
At any rate,
it's such an overexposed topic some fans probably have hangovers just from listening.
Words can hurt,
and bad rhymes can hurt even more.
Common couple of crimes include rhyming "girl" with "world".
However,
some songs take bad rhyming practices to new lows,
by discarding even basic grammar rules,
like one pop star who wants everyone to know who she really "are".
Others go too far by writing a whole string of words,
like J Lo's "I'm Into You".
By forcing rhymes that present a negative impression,
how'll a one apparently "hellish" singer.
Who knew that modern pop stars were such hopeless romantics?
Mirroring a common trope in popular romantic comedies,
pop musicians have adopted this theme into the genre,
and dug into the ground.
Like a Harlequin paper bag,
many pop stars apparently believed that love always wins out,
and that there's no obstacle it can't conquer.
Selena Gomez asserts "That The Heart Wants What It Wants",
while Jason Mraz, and the band One Republic,
both proclaim to possess an endless supply of love,
and refusal to abandon hope regarding love.
Songs chronically love loss for example,
seem to be so common,
they could practically be considered a musician's rite of passage.
While heartbreak may be a universal experience,
there's no denying that nearly every song about the subject,
has the same melancholy sound to it.
Passengers saying about regret.
Bruno Mars also saying about regret.
And what a surprise,
Gavin DeGraw saying about some cliched topic.
If your significant other special enough to warrant writing a song about them,
try making it a little unique.
When a pop singer is considered to be lacking in edginess,
nothing says "I'm tough" like having a rap interlude suddenly materialized
about 75% of the way through a pop song.
Madonna has done it, Maroon 5 has done it...
even Lady Gaga has done it once or twice.
It's been done so many times,
a lot of listeners have probably stop falling for it.
But, we can't be entirely mad at the idea,
as he gave us the awesome visual of Snoop Dogg surrounded by an army of gummy bears.
One of the most commonly used tropes in pop music,
this phrase is whipped off so often,
you would think the entire pop music industry would be mentally insane.
One of the most famous instances of this cliché,
is Justin Bieber's "Baby",
where he utters the particular word 55 times in the span of three and a half minutes.
Justin isn't the only one guilty of this,
as Britney Spears, Ariana Grande and Sam Adams,
have all used the phrase similar to this in their songs.
Before we reveal our top pick,
here are a few honorable mentions.
Did you know?
That once you learn a particular for basic chords on the guitar,
you're probably close to being able to play almost all of your favorite pop songs?
Whether you like Train, Avicii Carly Rae Jepsen, Taylor Swift,
or an almost infinite number of other artists...
this popular chord progression put some all uncommon ground.
In fact,
this particular profession is so overused
comedy group "Axis of Awesome" jokingly perform a medley of songs that use this trope.
So do you agree with our list?
What do you find most cliché in music?
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