The Pop World Cup: Group Stage Roundup

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's HALF TIME in the pop world cup. Well not really, the competition is going on until June, but we've now heard half the songs we're going to hear. Here's a post to round up the stuff we've heard so far and see how it's gone. Have you enjoyed it? Has the standard met your expectations? Any really amazing discoveries? Notice any trends?

I'd like you to vote in this poll if you've been taking part in the PWC - you don't have to have voted in all 8 groups or anything like that. I want you to pick your EIGHT favourites of the thirty-two tracks we've heard in the group stage. This has two functions - firstly it helps me sort out the tracklisting for the special souvenir PWC CD that I'm giving away at the pop quiz on Thursday. And also the top 8 in the poll will go through to the eventual Player Of The Tournament vote at the end of it all. (I know this involves a certain amount of memory stretching but it really would be useful!)




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All tracks available at: http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/popworldcup/

I've had lots of fun so far and I hope you have too.

(PS: If you have enjoyed the PWC, feel free to promote it on yr LJ or elsewhere online!)

Comments

[dorsalstop.livejournal.com]

I voted for Tunisia, definitely. Love the song, play it all the time. In fact, Arab pop has come to dominate my listening habits over the past few weeks.

I'm still sad I won't be able to let you hear the other good stuff I dug up. or will there also be a Losers' Round-Up Week, in which we can hear a sample of what was left on the bench in the first round?
(Otherwise I might just post the Amina and HAS Toxic tracks I had in waiting)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I posted a few of the other good Holland tracks, and there's been some tracks posted on sukrat too.

It's interesting (to me) that arab pop seemed a harder sell than African stuff, I guess people are more 'used' to the latter even if they don't listen much to it.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I think it was just that the Spain and Ukraine tracks were relatively strong. In other groups Tunisia probably would've fared better. Maybe even Saudi Arabia too.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

b-but saudi wz better than spain or tunisia!

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i must get my upgrade and renewal of s!sk sorted -- i meant to turn sukrat into a loser's paradise!!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

there should def. be some sort of redux thing where everyone shares what else they found, other recommendations etc.

[dorsalstop.livejournal.com]

I think stevem78 will like HAS Toxic very much, in fact.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I insist you treat us to more Tunis-pop, dorsalstop, on either sukrat or poptimists as you see fit. I thought Tunisia were the best team in Group H, FWIW.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I'm not letting ANY of them hear the other good stuff I dug up. They don't DESERVE it.