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.


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Comments

Re: Mostlyconnect's poll answer raises a new question...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it's interesting tho because i don't think anyone complained when De La Soul did 'hippy shit' on their first album. maybe some quarters (West Coast gangsta lovers?) did?

i suppose the difference is that Trugoy didn't pose as a CENTAUR for the CD inlay!

but, that's just a bit of fun surely? i think people, from all sides, have funny ideas about what rappers should and shouldn't do in this regard.

Re: Mostlyconnect's poll answer raises a new question...

[juror8.livejournal.com]

There was a lot of "De La is gay" stuff in the rap press at the time, claims that they were Uncle Toms and the like... mainly from white writers, to be honest.