Jason Derulo - 'Ridin' Solo'
Wait wait wait...what's that you say you're doing, Jason? You're riding "tholo", are you? Really? "THOLO"?
Is that the name of your racehorse? Your skateboard? Your bike? It's your bike, isn't it. That's what all the stuff about you getting on your 'ride' is all about, isn't it? You've got some immaculate 10-speed racer, and an axe to grind.
Hey, we're not here to judge. We've all been there. You've had a bust-up with your girlfriend, probably over the amount of time you spend grooming yourself in the bathroom/wardrobe mirror/hall mirror/kettle reflection, and now you just want some time to get your head together. Why not go for a nice bike ride?
Thee if you can get yourthelf thorted, get thome ecktherthithe.
(. You're not getting in MY car with that jacket on, iPad or not.)
Now, I mean no disrespect to anyone with any form of speech impediment whatsoever. It's just, seeing as Jason's making enough of a fuss about his urge to purge that girl from his life to write a song about it, and release that song as a single, would it not have been a good idea to have written a chorus which uses words that he can actually pronounce?
Jason clearly doesn't have a lisp, his sibilants hiss out from every other word in the song. And he delivers them all perfectly, it's just this one VERY KEY word he seems to struggle with. Which seems kind of strange.
Hell, even spelling it out doesn't help. It may be like "Ess Oh Ell Oh" to him, but to us, it weaves alarmingly from solo to tholo and back again, and always in some kind of elvish robo-yelp. Most odd.
Nice work otherwise, obv...
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(Fraser McAlpine)
"Smack us in the face and tell us to shut up because this song is undeniably catchy."
"Way to work those trends, Jason!"
Comment number 1.
At 8th May 2010, spirit wrote:Jason Derulo - Riding Solo
After the Imogen Heap inspired top five hit of Whatcha Say and the number 1 success of In My Head , Jason's back with another blend of catchy chorus , throtal gymnastics on the auto tune machine , energetic dancing and commercial prowess that is embracing radio and T.V .
Another hit for JD !
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Comment number 2.
At 9th May 2010, jonesybcfc wrote:But does he taste good with coke?
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Comment number 3.
At 9th May 2010, spirit wrote:lol
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Comment number 4.
At 9th May 2010, Haducon2 wrote:I prefer the old demo version, which samples a song of which I can't remember the name of (think it was by blur) and I can't understand why he changed it as this version is not as good in my opinion.
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Comment number 5.
At 9th May 2010, kingshleppy wrote:I believe 'twas Bittersweet Symphony by Ocean Colour Scene. I also prefer that version but both are insanely catchy!! The hits just keep coming with this guy!
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Comment number 6.
At 10th May 2010, jonesybcfc wrote:OCS, now there's a band for ya...
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Comment number 7.
At 10th May 2010, OddOne wrote:I like this song, but you can tell the auto-tune department must've had a field day.
4 stars.
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Comment number 8.
At 10th May 2010, spirit wrote:The Verve got to number 2 in 1997 with Bittersweet Symphony , if this is the song you mean .
:)
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Comment number 9.
At 10th May 2010, jonesybcfc wrote:The Verve, another great band for ya. Both OCS's Moseley Shoals and The Verve's Urban Hymns are stunning albums.
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Comment number 10.
At 10th May 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Jason Derulo's voice sort of annoys me. It takes on a faintly Caribbean sound when he sings certain notes and that's fine but the way he sings it, just doesn't sound great. It sounds like he's actually putting on an accent or something.
I know he has some connection with Haiti but the guy is perfectly capable of singing in a typical R&B croon as evidenced by the start of this song.
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Comment number 11.
At 6th Jun 2010, nicoley wrote:the best song to make you feel good after a relationship, no questions. well done derulo
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Comment number 12.
At 6th Jun 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Never thought a song about self loving would do so well.
Particuarly when it's this bad.
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Comment number 13.
At 7th Jun 2010, kingshleppy wrote:Such embarrassment at my getting The Verve and Ocean Colout Scene mixed up, grr...
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Comment number 14.
At 7th Jun 2010, spirit wrote:Kingsleppy , to redeem yourself , answer these 2 questions :
1) Which song was number 1 on the day Princess Diana sadly died ?
and
2)The Riverboat Song by OCS , was used as a theme tune to which Channel 4 show ?
Redemption is only 2 answers away !
:)
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Comment number 15.
At 7th Jun 2010, U14429597 wrote:The beginning of the video makes me laugh! (not out loud, just a mind-lol!)
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