Multiple Mariah and Britney

Nov. 21, from voice recording #114.
Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody", 2009, 3,950.
Christina Aguilera, "Ain't No Other Man", '06, maybe '07. It seems that she's a little bit out of her comfort zone with this kind of R&B song, but she pulls it off pretty well. 4,100
Mario, I forget the title, from sometime in '04. Essentially, they laid a rhythm track underneath him, and he and a backup singer or singers sang some words. The person who was shortchanged on this was whoever wrote the lyrics because who would know if they were any good. They're not going to hear them. 4,700 seems generous.
Fallout Boy, "Sugar We're Going Down" from '05. 4,550.
Norah Jones, "Don't Know Why", '02. She certainly has a pleasant singing voice. It's mellow, the kind of thing you might have heard in a piano bar in the '60s -- it does have a piano in it -- or maybe heard on the radio in the '50s. It's kind of a love song, a little more up tempo. I would have liked to have heard more ambitious drumming. It's a comfortable song. 3,600.
Britney Spears, "Every Time", '04. I've got to hand it to Britney; she's had some staying power. This is an OK song, nothing special and not her best. 4,500.
Matchbox 20, "Unwell" 2003. 4,400.
Shaggy, "Angel" from 2001. Part of it is to the tune of "Angel of the Morning". Another part is kind of reggae rap. An interesting approach. 4,250.
Papa Roach, "Last Resort", 2000. I made a comment about a week ago on what I think was another Papa Roach song. 4,300.
Rihanna and Jay-Z, "Umbrella", but it's pronounced in the song as Umberella. 2007. This was one we heard a lot on one of our end-of-year trips to Pittsburgh to be with Diana and the family, possibly late in 2006. The whole family had a good time singing and making fun of the song. 3,100.
Linkin Park, "In the End", I don't remember the year. Some singing, some rapping. It's OK. 3,850, after first thinking 3,800.
Melissa Etheridge, "I Want to Come Over". I don't know the year because the title was too long to fit on the display in Samantha's car. 4,650.
The songs I listed above were probably from my trip home from the American Airlines Center, because the next recording was also on Nov. 21 but it has '90s songs from Sirius XM Channel 9.
Ini Kamoze, "Here Comes the Hot St ...", which was I got from the display, so I don't know what year it was. I would have guessed it was named "Turn Around" or "Burn Her Up" or whatever it was that was repeated ... repeatedly. Part of it sounds like Asian rap. It also has a section of "na na na na na," as if it was from "Land of 1,000 Dances." It was another confused song, but a little bit catchy despite the confusion. 4,450. I apparently was very confused. It's "Here Comes the Hotstepper" from 1994, and the repeated phrase is "murderer."
Britney Spears, "Sometimes" from '99. Again, she uses a little-girl voice, but then she was almost a little girl in 1999. Comparing it to Ini before it, I'd say 4,350.
Third Eye Blind, "Semi-Charmed Life". It's from the late '90s, 1995 or later. I think I heard this the other night and gave it a rating near 1,500, I'll say between 1,400 and 1,700.
Technotronic, "Get Up and ..." do something that starts with an N. I'm not a big techno fan, but I have heard this one. 4,650. I guess this was "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)".
Proclaimers, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". 2,400. It's definitely a catchy one. It has a bit of an Irish music vibe.
Mariah Carey, "Always Be My Baby", don't know the year. It's typical Mariah -- safe, nothing very interesting. 4,500.
Jesus Jones, "Right Here Right Now". 4,300.
Mariah Carey, "Fantasy", '95 maybe. 4,400. I think I've done it before and it's about 4,500.
Backstreet Boys, "Larger Than Life", '99. 4,350. I think the Backstreet Boys jumped the shark or had it jumped for them about the time Howard Stern began calling them the Backside Boys.
Blind Melon, "No Rain". I forget the year, late '90s. I think I've done this one before and it was about 4,000. 4,100 more likely than 3,900, but around 4,000.
Biz Markie, "Just a Friend", forgot the year again. I do remember it's the worst singing this side of a third-grade chorus. He could talk, so 4,900 at best.
Lenny Kravitz, "Are You Going to Go My ...". I'm thinking the last word is Way, but I don't know the year. 4,200. It is "Are You Going to Go My Way".
Prince, "Cream", '91. I'd like it better if it was a song called "Prince" by Cream or even "Two Princes". 4,350.