The History Of Pop Part 49 aka Listen to Iron Maiden baby with me

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A very mixed bag, Now 49 - for every Destiny's Child making a (somewhat delayed) bow in a Now poll, there's a Dido. For every Mis-Teeq, a Marti Pellow. A number of strong candidates should make for an intriguing poll.

The last Now poll was the closest for AGES, with Gorillaz finally beating Shaggy and Nelly F by one vote - "Clint Eastwood" is the lowest-rated winner ever, which makes up slightly for it being the first one I don't actually like.


[Poll #740592]


THE TICKNESS

Comments

Mis-Teeq

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

1) One of the most important AND great pop groups the UK has ever produced, and the high-water mark of the 2-step crossover
2) Lickin' On Both Sides is a terrific album and I highly recommend it to everyone - there is even a GOTH track called 'Secrets Of The Night'
3) Alesha is back with a solo album this year, which will have Richard X doing stuff on it!
4) Alesha was gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous
5) So why are they languishing behind so much?

With a UK FLAVA!

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

5) Erm, prolly cos this is their least well known single?

Re: With a UK FLAVA!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i thought it was their best known!

it was their biggest hit certainly = #2!!!!!

Re: With a UK FLAVA!

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Cor. I don't remember it being that big a hit at all.

Re: With a UK FLAVA!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i know i am surprised too

Re: With a UK FLAVA!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

"Scandalous" surely = biggest?

Re: With a UK FLAVA!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

both peaked at #2 i see. two years between them, i wonder which sold more?

Mis-Teeq with a BUMP 'n' FLEX!

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Scandalous in the charts for aaaaages? I'm sure it sold more.

Re: Mis-Teeq with a BUMP 'n' FLEX!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

could've been lower singles sales generally at that point tho. they're probably roughly the same.

i think 'Scandalous' is just fresher in people's minds as it was more recent.

Re: Mis-Teeq with a BUMP 'n' FLEX!

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Scandalous was the 40th best selling single of 2003 (according to wikipedia), whereas All I want wasn't in the top 40 of its year, so Scandalous was a bigger relative hit. But single sales were much lower in 2003 so you could well be right. They are still both great songs though

Re: With a UK FLAVA!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Surely not! Third most well known I always thought - that brilliant line about "All I need to know is that the world is mine"!

Re: Mis-Teeq

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I don't think they're important really. Why would they be?

Maybe in that they played Glastonbury? Some odd, inexplicable crossover aspect with indie types?

Re: Mis-Teeq

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

My favourite Glasto performance EVER (that wasnt by Seeed)

Re: Mis-Teeq

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know they played Glastonbury! I guess in that they were basically the perfect synthesis of pop project and underground sound, I don't think any other UK act has straddled the pop/cred divide so easily/equally/effortlessly/fantastically.

Re: Mis-Teeq

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

well i would say Basement Jaxx but never mind ;)

Re: Mis-Teeq

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Basement Jaxx aren't a pop group! They're pop, yes, but they're not the kind of faces you'd find in Smash Hits RIP.

Re: Mis-Teeq

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"Romeo" is their most pop track though.

Re: Mis-Teeq

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the Jaxx have appeared in Smash Hits at least once or twice.

your point is good tho re pop/underground. altho i do think Mis-Teeq were less underground than Jaxx are pop group!

Re: Mis-Teeq

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Basement Jaxx AREN'T a pop group though! They're a production duo. Mis-Teeq fulfil the formal requirements of pop (ie girl group/boy band &c, youthful and fresh-faced and 'cool') while at the same time drawing heavily on the underground (also Alesha's MCing = more hardcore than half the grime MCs since). Basement Jaxx are def pop but they're not a Pop Group.

Re: Mis-Teeq

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

It is a great album! WHAT DOES THE TITLE MEAN? 'Why' is my favourite record by an all-girl band, I think, post 1970 anyway, almost impossibly perfect.

Re: Mis-Teeq

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I like to think of the title as Mis-Teeq's take on the Khia dictum of "lick my pussy AND my crack".

'Why?' is exquisite. Who hasn't seen a suited-up young businessman on public transport and wanted to rip all his clothes off there and then?

Re: Mis-Teeq

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

Right.

(After some thought I am reluctantly retracting my statement above, but it is still impossibly wonderful)

Re: Mis-Teeq

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Can you hum a bit of it?

Re: Mis-Teeq

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Sitting looking in the mirror
Like Alice through the looking glass
Life's a never ending journey
Be careful not to go too fast
Sometimes I can't help myself
From falling in too deep
I know it may be hard to tell
Your love is calling me
Oh-ah, all I want to be, oh-ah
And away we go
Oh-ah, all I want is (oh-ah)
Gonna get on the mic
Gonna make you wine

All I want
Is to be with you
But I just got to live
Live my own life too
All I need to know is that the world is mine
I snap my fingers and everything is fine
That's all

Re: Mis-Teeq

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

1) Hear hear
2) Couldn't agree more
3) Really? Wow, I'm SOOO getting that when it comes out
4) Spot on
5) No idea

Mis-Teeq were, frankly, the dog's proverbials. Criminally under-rated. Unfortunately, they've got a lot of very good competition on this Now, including my favourite Destinys Child, Eve's only decent single and my all-time favourite BOSH BOSH song (Ian Van Dahl)