Man, that Owl City song 'Fireflies' sucks. I was just taking a look at the current Aria singles chart and it's number 1. Freaking number 1. It's such a blatant rip off of the Postal Service. Maybe not directly in terms of the actual written music or lyrics, but definitely in terms of style. The Postal Service released one album 'Give Up' in 2003, it's a brilliant album that blends Ben Gibbard's distinct vocals with Jimmy Tambarello's stripped back beats. What Owl City have (has?) done is taken that style and simply mimicked it, really badly. The result is the most half-arsed, watered down, syrupy pile of crap, I mean, the dude has actually auto-tuned his vocals to sound more like Ben Gibbard. What annoys me is that this song is number 1 on the charts instead of being condemned to the trash heap for being unoriginal tripe. It's one thing to be influenced by an artist, but it's another thing entirely to take an artist's specific sound and claim it as your own.

And what's with this song at number 5, Jason Derulo - 'Whatcha Say'. I mean, the whole hook of the song is sampled straight from Imogen Heap's 'Hide and Seek'. So what's the point? At least the original was, you know, kind of original. Now it's just been turned into derivative radio-friendly pop nonsense with a killer hook that was already proven a killer hook back in 2005! The song was featured on 'The OC' for fuck's sake. I'm not saying this is as bad as that Owl City rubbish, it's just blah. Maybe I would have less of a problem with this if the song was credited as Jason Derulo featuring Imogen Heap or vice versa. Yeah, probably vice versa.