Songs that spend more than a month at number 1 are usually a bit more special than the usual ones. This could be said for "Umbrella" as it features the line "'Ella, ella...", only this song has now spent two months atop the official UK Singles Chart.

POLL: So, do you like this choon? Have you bought it/downloaded it? I think it's okay, not great or rubbish, just okay. :)


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proves that women have shity musical tastes

I heard it for the first time the other day, i rarely hear whats going on in the charts these days and have to admit im a little out of touch. I have to say though that if this pile of crap has anything to do with current music i can happily say i am missing out on absolutely nothing.

Instantly forgettable drivel

Irritatingly obnoxious, my two cents.

I don't understand why its #1 for so long, it doesn't even have a bandwagon like Gnarls Barkley did last year. Its a completely average song for Rihanna, what gives?

The fact is she released it at the perfect time, Jay-Z has a part on it and its a club song. 3 things needed to get to number 1 in the UK not to mention the fact the British like to make a statement. Americans are following us too. Seems its on the top over there aswell now for te 2nd week.

Obviously Im fed up of it now, but not to the point where it gets on my nerves. What annoys me most about it is thick radio DJs like edith bowman after the song taking digs at it. The rain is clearly a metaphor for hard times, other people must be able to see that? Surely?

Deffinitely preferable to the 100,000 band wagon indie bands out now. Better than "omg this song makes me cry" slow formulated snow patrol wank.

horrible song.
goes on my nerves. Im not watching MTV but everytime I zapp through it there is this song on the telly.

I've never heard it. That's why I'm angry with the Beeb for scrapping Top Of The Pops. As I can't stand listening to Radio 1, it was the only way I had of keeping up with what the "young people" were listening to.

I've got to take my hat off to her clearly vast lyrical ability, she manages to get 5 syllables out of the word 'Umbrella' ('Um-ber-er-ell-a') and they say there's no talent in the charts these days :ohno:

never heard it. dont listen to radio or watch music tv. it sounds like you guys would be best to do the same :)

I wouldn't usually give this kind of pop music - certainly RnB - the light of day but the songs I find myself singing in my head never lie. Um-ber-ella-ella-ella-eh is sickeningly catchy in my head anyway.

And I agree with twiz, a nice pop song now and again can be refreshing after the same indie song played over and over again by different bands with slightly different lyrics.

Oh and don't try to make sense of Edith Bowman - shes a cunt.

Deffinitely preferable to the 100,000 band wagon indie bands out now. Better than "omg this song makes me cry" slow formulated snow patrol wank.

:D True, but of all the indie bands around at the moment Snow Patrol are probably one of the better ones. When I first heard umbrella I liked it for a few days because it's catchy but now it's just been overplayed to the extreme. I'm suprised Timbaland's new song hasn't knocked her off yet..

Can't stand SnowPatrol, soppy wankers.

:D True, but of all the indie bands around at the moment Snow Patrol are probably one of the better ones. When I first heard umbrella I liked it for a few days because it's catchy but now it's just been overplayed to the extreme. I'm suprised Timbaland's new song hasn't knocked her off yet..

I really like that new Timberland song with Beverly Knight(?).

Snow Patrol get on my tats to be honest, they could talk about eating beans for dinner, but because they sing it all slow and soggy all the muppet fans would still sit and cry to it.

Im not saying i like any of these new wave indie "the" bands, but what is currently referred to as "R'n'B" drives me insane. R 'n B stands for rhythm and blues, think early Eric Clapton, it is not this contrived shite with the same bloody rhythm in every single song and no sense of blues at all. What happened to good old fashioned cheesy pop, i miss the S club 7s and B*Witched, at least they dont pretend to be anything other than cheesy happy pop.

I loved Rihanna's Unfaithful song but this one is a bit dull. The video is great though - especially Rihanna in silver. :)

I like this song, but as I don't really listen to the radio it's not been overplayed to me.

And while we're talking about Snow Patrol, I decided they were crap as soon as they bought out a song about chocolate. :bash: It was one of their first ones out.. (I think it was Snow Patrol anyway. Can't really remember).

I really like that new Timberland song with Beverly Knight(?).

Snow Patrol get on my tats to be honest, they could talk about eating beans for dinner, but because they sing it all slow and soggy all the muppet fans would still sit and cry to it.

Keri Hilson, who's also American. But the video was shot in Salford, Manchester.

They may have quite depressing music but I do like some of their songs, they're catchy and have a good rhythm (and that's from someone who doesn't like indy music generally - although I do like Editors - Smoke outside the hospital doors, at the moment)

i'd jump on rihanna if i saw her. good voice too! not heard this song, don't want to either. pop music and pop culture is a waste of anyone's time and attention.

How is pop music a waste of time? I take it you don't like music at all then? Or is it that you like music until it becomes popular? Which is nonsensical since if you like a song, then you like a song, popular or not.

Pretty average song, nothing special (which describes about 95% of music these days)... certainly doesn't deserve 8 weeks at #1.

"These days".

People say that, but when was chart music last good? The 70s? I hear some of the 80s "hits" now and they're awful, same goes for the 90s. I dont know about the 60s and 70s. People will always hate the music of their era, "not like it used to be", people need to embrace the present maaan. ;)

I like rihanna she looks great but the song is just average.
8 weeks Umbrella no 1,weve had bad weather for 8 weeks and she's singing umbrella.

As my dad fondly points out - a lot of music during the 60's and 70's was astoundingly bad. I think peoples main gripe these days is the lack of passion, soul or emotion in a lot of music, and the way in which some acts behave as if they're the best thing ever because their pathetic rock pap appeals to hoards of mindless teenage girls. I'm talking to you McFly.

I can't believe Nelly Furtado's "Say it right" hasn't reached the top 10 yet. Great song!

"Say It Right" went top ten here. Great song. :yes:

I can't believe Nelly Furtado's "Say it right" hasn't reached the top 10 yet. Great song!

Been and gone. Great song, great album, but didn't really do more than average as a single to the best of my knowledge.

I admit, its a bit obviouse she ran out of lyrics (eh eh eh?).

But its still an amazingly catch song, i cant get it out of my head!

And yes obviously iv downloaded it :)

And i think people have to admit that its original.. i mean, are there any other songs about an umbrella??
(video is great aswell)

I can proudly say I have never heard it. I don't 'do' commercial radio.

Our singles charts are usually the most abysmal collection of US R&B / Hip-hop singles, because the only people who still buy singles are chavettes with their pocket money.

The album charts (where the real money is actually made) have a lot more British acts / quality. The singles chart is a farce, basically.

never heard it. dont listen to radio or watch music tv. it sounds like you guys would be best to do the same :)

Sometimes, no matter how much you scream at the managers to turn off the radio, they're not going to do it. That's why I left the last place I was working at.

You can stand under my umberella, fella, trevor, ella, eh? eh? eh? eh?

:ohno:

And i think people have to admit that its original.. i mean, are there any other songs about an umbrella??
(video is great aswell)

Does the title of a song make it original??? I'd say the fact it sounds like every other song in the genre these days to me makes it one of the least original things ive heard in years

Our singles charts are usually the most abysmal collection of US R&B / Hip-hop singles, because the only people who still buy singles are chavettes with their pocket money.

The album charts (where the real money is actually made) have a lot more British acts / quality. The singles chart is a farce, basically.

not as true anymore because as I understand it a download of an album counts as 10 entries into the singles chart.

I don trecall hearing this either which surprisingly since Ive fallen back into watching shitty eastenders occasionally and that has chart songs on in the background.

Its just pretty shite really, Timbaland has become the Stock, Aitkin and Waterman of r'n'b. And pikey chavettes buy it cos its played on Kiss and is well street innit

I don't like Rihanna's songs at all. They lyrics are cheesy and totally amateur. I just couldn't take that Unfaithful song seriously at all. I just got images of council estate dwelling chavettes singing along to it as if she was the spokesperson for their generation. This song is just a waste of time and money. The subject of the song is ridiculous and mind-numbing. We've had enough rain recently in this country as it is to be constantly reminded by her that umbrellas are making a comeback in the UK this year.

Jay-Z is obviously in some sort of situation if he feels he has to return after retirement and even perform on such a track. Maybe it's his presence that has propelled this to such an undeserved chart position? The girls love her singing, and the lads lav y'ung Ho've because his propa gangsta' (and Rihanna's well fit). Saying that, even my brother who is setting new low standards for gangstarism in the UK finds this song an earbleeding compilation of vocabulary. And I now feel the urge to form a rant consisting of so many different words that I really would not use in my day-to-day life that I feel I need to cut it short before making a mockery of myself for just not using the words correctly or in the perfect ways in which Martin G did of yesteryear.

So, despite saying all that about the unoriginal drivel that she is pouring past her tonsils, I have to say she does have vocal potential and some good looking physical assets ;). How old is she?

My goodness, I never expected such an in-depth review in this thread of said song. :eek:

Rihanna is 19 btw.

Erebus I reckon you like it but are in denial...nothing else could explain such a long explanation of why you dislike a song ;)

I love this song at the moment

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4UhLvEUt-YE

I can proudly say I have never heard it. I don't 'do' commercial radio.

Our singles charts are usually the most abysmal collection of US R&B / Hip-hop singles, because the only people who still buy singles are chavettes with their pocket money.

The album charts (where the real money is actually made) have a lot more British acts / quality. The singles chart is a farce, basically.

Thankfully, in the US, rap and hip-hop is in a decline, which means you will be seeing less of it.

^^Not a good thing for the hip hop fans outside the US. Though I hate most of the mainstream rap coming from the US at present, there are only a few artists who I feel are worthy of getting airplay.

Erebus I reckon you like it but are in denial...nothing else could explain such a long explanation of why you dislike a song ;)

I love this song at the moment

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4UhLvEUt-YE

I am actually yet to hear the song throughout. I've managed to listen to the Cheeky Song, the Fast Food Song, Gareth Gate's version of Unchained Melody and even an NSYNC album all the way through but I am yet to listen to Umbrella throughout. Alot of my opinion in that post was based upon my thoughts on her other songs.

Just listen to "Pon De Replay" and you can see that her lyrics are of the same standard you'd read in the Daily Mirror. She's maintained that throughout her career...:bash:

Have a nice day, sir :)

Thankfully, in the US, rap and hip-hop is in a decline, which means you will be seeing less of it.

About time too, I used to be a big fan but it's gotten boring now. Most of the UK stuff is shit as well, boring American clones with a chavvy London accent..

Thankfully, in the US, rap and hip-hop is in a decline, which means you will be seeing less of it.


Also in the UK too. I read in the sun that hiphop/R&B sales have fallen by a third this year.

hopefully Naz's 'Hiphop Is Dead' album should put the final nail in the coffin.

So what genre of music will be next? Please be dance music! Please be dance music! :master:

Anything but Indie anyway. :bash:

So what genre of music will be next? Please be dance music! Please be dance music! :master:

Anything but Indie anyway. :bash:

Indie people are much more likely to purchase albums than singles, hence the popularity of indie albums.

As to what the next music craze will be, maybe Europop will make a comeback? I always found that music quite good to dance to and didn't require much thought in regards to lyrics or emotional content :dunno:

Also in the UK too. I read in the sun that hiphop/R&B sales have fallen by a third this year.

hopefully Naz's 'Hiphop Is Dead' album should put the final nail in the coffin.

I doubt that. There's shitloads of theories to why he created that album. Some say it was an attack at his rivals, an attack at Southern rap or just an attack at mainstream hip hop as it is. But don't expect that album alone to stop hip hop.

I would take that thing from The Sun with a pinch of salt, as it is The Sun... ;)

So what genre of music will be next? Please be dance music! Please be dance music! :master:

Anything but Indie anyway. :bash:

Please BE Indie, and take myspace with it.:bash:

How is pop music a waste of time? I take it you don't like music at all then? Or is it that you like music until it becomes popular? Which is nonsensical since if you like a song, then you like a song, popular or not.

none of those things! ive just got a hnd in music tech so i doubt there are many people out there who care more than i do about music.

i just hate pop music these days, with very few exceptions. i don't bother listening to the radio or pay any attention to pop culture because it's a complete waste of time. i'll just get irritated by it.

i do listen to radio 1 late at night, and 1xtra every now and then also, because it's nice to hear new music that's actually good. radio 3 has too much talking.

bloody hell of course it is a good pop song, you bunch of old farts. You dont have to like it to be able to see that. To my is it is the same vein as Britney Spears 'Hit me Baby one more time' and 'Crazy'. Incredibly endearing, a touch of innocence/lack of cynicism but with a punch and an emotional tang that makes you want to hear the chorus again and again. If you really cant stand pop that much then you shouldnt even be bothering to comment on the song. I heard a remix version in a throbbing outdoor party in Soho during the pride weekend and everyone was riding along with the tune in the rain... now that is pop!

^bollox its not a patch on britney spears, b*witched or S Club, its bland and dull

Please BE Indie, and take myspace with it.:bash:

i agree.

not realy fussed about r&b but indie is just a load of pretentious tight trouser wearing dross.

long live house!!!

yeah, anything but indie, emo or dance music.

Rihanna strikes again!

Her new music video; a rock song. Sounds like a B52's song.

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This girl is a hit making machine.

9 weeks now, by the way.

It's pretty annoying if heard more than once. Seeing a rather repugnant girl dancing (with an umbrella) to it at a college talent show was even more annoying. Number one singles are always aimed at 5 to 16 year old school girls. I'm pretty sure that no one else buys them.

Who buys music these days anyway?

Rihanna strikes again!

Her new music video; a rock song. Sounds like a B52's song.

4WAapKx2TvM

This girl is a hit making machine.

I saw that one the other day, nice arse.

i like her but the song is utter shit.

This song is getting to the point where it will begin to annoy me. I was on a 10 hour overnight shift last night, radio on, this song on at least 6 times. HOWEVER, nowhere near as annoying as that CRAP Maroon 5 song 'Girlfriend'. Grrr... hate that song.

There is something about this song I like. The baseline is pretty cool. The song has such potential to be so annoying, but I dont seem to be tiring of it.

Its better than any Indie shite any day of the week.

^^

I really like the drums in it. :yes:

at first i hated it, but i like it now. i cant listen to it very often because it can get seriously annoying.



Who buys music these days anyway?

i do.
i hate the download culture. i like to get all the cd case artwork and all the special bits like b-sides and remixes i like to be able to see them.

Rihanna strikes again!

Her new music video; a rock song. Sounds like a B52's song.

4WAapKx2TvM

This girl is a hit making machine.Rubbish song but Rihanna is so cute. :)

10 weeks at number 1 now, making it the longest run at number 1 of the decade/century now it's overtaken Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. :shifty:

Its okay, I'm shocked that it has spent 9 weeks at number 1. I think Crazy by Gnarls is far better.

To be honest I thought this would only be number 1 for a couple of weeks. Maybe its the weather giving it more airplay than it really deserves.... or the dearth of any other catchy/decent music nowadays....

Now I'm showing my age!

Does anyone actually care about the charts anymore? I know I don't. In fact, I generally steer clear of chart music because it's usually shit

I do. :yes: To a certain degree anyway. I always did and probably always will. I like charts and statistics, you see. :D

Believe by Cher was always my favourite long-running number 1 (I think that spent 7 weeks at the top)
And I'm now the guy that love rock and indie, but I still have a soft spot for that electronically enhanced song :D

The Bryan Adams song will always mean the most to me, when it first hit the charts my dad was diagnosed with kidney cancer, during its fifth week they decided they were gonna have to remove one of his kidneys, his operation was in the sixth week, by the time it had finished its run in the charts my dad was given the all clear. That song means a huge ammount to me.

I remember when Meatloaf's "I would anything for love (but i won't do that)" was at number one for around 292 weeks (perhaps not that long.....but it felt like it). I was beginning to think it would never be ousted. But alas it was, and the same will happen to Umbrella ella ella

^^

It also didn't help the fact that the actual song lasted for about 292 minutes so everything combined it spent a lifetime at number 1. :|

Really.. 8 weeks? wow... Didn't even know it was #1... proves how much I follow the charts nowadays.. Infact who the hell does follow the charts nowadays? :lol:

I've never heard it, sounds like crap though from the descriptions. I stopped listening to the charts a few years ago when it became clogged up with cynical egotistical US R&B crap all the time, who actually likes that stuff?

Having said that 70% of the music in the charts has always been crap, the only reason people think it was better in the past is that TV and radio only use the good tunes from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s and not the dross.

at first i hated it, but i like it now. i cant listen to it very often because it can get seriously annoying.





i do.
i hate the download culture. i like to get all the cd case artwork and all the special bits like b-sides and remixes i like to be able to see them.

I knew someone would say that.:lol:

If I hear this song on the radio once more I'm gonna punch my stereo....wasn't too bad when I first heard it but not only has it been over-played, there are about 3 different remixes of the damn tune!

never heard it. dont listen to radio or watch music tv. it sounds like you guys would be best to do the same :)

I listen to Radio 4, and don't watch music TV. I try and keep in touch by watching coverage of V Festival, Glastonbury and Leeds/Reading each year rather than Top Of The Pops or listening to the charts - I got into Muse (albeit a few years late) simply by seeing them at Reading via BBC THREE...

I accidentally listened to this song once and it nearly killed me. I hate memorable songs, they play in my mind for days and days. It took me a week to get rid of Umbrella ella ella ey ey out of my head. :ohno:

I'm sick of it. It try's to be really deep and meaningful. And fails.

Its too memorable!! the words keep playing over n over in my head and i only heard the song when this thread was posted first.

P.S to those ppl who aren't reading all post (u know who u are) its now 10 weeks at no. 1.