The History Of Pop Part 50 aka Last night, I had a dream about you

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

OMG in Now 49 we had...a DRAW! And a draw of two songs with great big ticky ratings at that! And poor old "Survivor" one point behind, with a score that would have walked 9 out of the last 10 polls. I feel as overexcited as Davina pretending a phone vote is close! Make yr choice between S Club and Outkast after you've voted in THIS Now poll, which kicks off with perhaps the iconic modern pop song and has a host of other 'talking points' - I expect plenty of Lexular squealing and much HEATED debate. Debut tracks from Sophie E-B, Five (late in the game!), Alihen Ant Farm, So Solid and a couple of French robots you may be familiar with...

EDIT: And how could I forget THE MOST ROMANTIC SONG EVER MADE?


[Poll #742292]


LET'S GO!!

Comments

Things I Had Forgotten

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

- Louise covering the Reservoir Dogs song!!
- Kate Winslet's pop career!!

Re: Things I Had Forgotten

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Louise is one person who you forget how recently her comebacks were.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

MAN ALIVE THIS IS THE BEST NOW EVER

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

featuring real actual singles i bought at the time OMG

BEST 21 SECONDS VERSE

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Did you see me in the video? Oh no.
Did you see me in the video? Oh no.

Re: BEST 21 SECONDS VERSE

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Surely it's

"Did you see me in the video "Oh No""?

In Praise of 5IVE

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

They were great - a crying shame it's only on their last album that they start showing up on Nows.

"Let's Dance" was the one with the cardboard cutout member!

(not that kind of member)

Re: In Praise of 5IVE

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

Keep On Movin' not on a Now?! Was that later. 5ive possibly my fave boyband.

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

This is a great Now! I was, I think, probably about 16 when this came out, and being a late erm starter I had made friends and had a girlfriend and drank beer! Hooray!

Does this make you feel old?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i would have been in my 30s by this point. so yes

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Turn up the base line
I got 21 seconds to chat this Rhyme in time
First of all I'm gonna big up the ladies
Lookin slender an fine
Mmm, mine
Don't gimme no deadline
Gimme some more time
Gimme 29, seconds to chat this Rhyme
Other MC's, wait in line
How old am i 21,
I got 21 seconds till my vocals done
2 multiplied by 10, plus 1
Romeo done.

Unbeatable.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

is it not Romeo Dunn rather than 'Romeo done'? for that was his name. works either way tho - maybe that was the point.

nice meta element to the whole thing but i still hate '21 Seconds'

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

V. high strike-rate here, even if the minnow is a shoo-in.

I will vote for Bohemian Like You as the only thing you should hear by the Dandy Ws, on the grounds that its hipster self-hatred turns it into an irony black hole. Everything else is destroyed at the event horizon.

D12 and Mary J Blige are both ACE here; although Destinys and Eve will do better -- this will be PopInJustice (DYS!!)

Oh and MOST ROMANTIC NOW EVER!!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I agree about Mary J - WHAT A TUNE - but I never 'felt' the D12, or indeed anything by D12.

DAFT PUNK

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

Apart from Jeff, I see, do Poptimists really only like Discovery? For shame! They are very consistent! I do like Human After All, too.

Re: DAFT PUNK

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I like the other two, but it's Discovery which makes me think HEARTS when I hear the name "Daft Punk"

Nigga I know about pain cuz/Me and my sister ran away so our daddy couldn't rape us

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Did CITY HIGH make you THINK about things differently?

Re: Nigga I know about pain cuz/Me and my sister ran away so our daddy couldn't rape us

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Before she was a teenager she'd been through more shit you couldn't even relate to!

BEFORE ANYONE STATES OTHERWISE

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Bootylicious', 'One Night Stand', 'Family Affair', '21 Seconds', 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind' and 'I'm A Slave 4U' >>>>>>>>>>> 'Digital Love'

Re: BEFORE ANYONE STATES OTHERWISE

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Wrong-o!

a plea for supermen lovers, er, love

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it's the happiest most euphoric mainstream pop song i can think of. or that could have been me while dancing to it in a world of my own

it knocked kylie off the top you know. (most over-rated kylie ever. there just blown my plea, innit)

Re: a plea for supermen lovers, er, love

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is great wee song. I'm happy to be reminded of it!

Indie Guilt?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I really should go back and tick that Travis song. It's got the worst lyric EVER, but the chorus is quite catchy.

Re: Indie Guilt?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

catchy != good, though

LEX OUTRAGE PT 927201

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Please, everyone, go back and tick 'Family Affair'. If you truly dislike it you have no soul whatsoever.

Re: LEX OUTRAGE PT 927201

[zenith.livejournal.com]

NO R&B NO CREDIBILITY
NO R&B NO CREDIBILITY
NO R&B NO CREDIBILITY
NO R&B NO CREDIBILITY
NO R&B NO CREDIBILITY

WTfuckingF

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Three measly ticks for 'Ain't It Funny'? Is this the original version, then, not the "IT - MUST - BE THE ASS" remix?

Re: WTfuckingF

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think it is, the Now site is usually v good about crediting remixes and 'featuring's

WHERE IS THE LOVE FOR: Flawless by The Ones?

[juror8.livejournal.com]

George Michael's cover killed off all good intent to it?

Re: WHERE IS THE LOVE FOR: Flawless by The Ones?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i loved this too. bought the single innit.

hands on my hips as we start to dip - close range, full clip

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'One Night Stand' = best fake DC song evah! The strings!

Re: hands on my hips as we start to dip - close range, full clip

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Mis-Teeq doing pop 2-step >> Mis-Teeq doing pop'n'B, so "All I Want" still rules it for me.

You don't know us at all/ We laugh when old people fall

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Most early 2000s video ever?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7a8OxDQomvU&search=sum%2041%20fat%20lip

Re: You don't know us at all/ We laugh when old people fall

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i like the metal pastiche at the end way more than the main song

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The cover of this Now is probably the most horrible in the whole series, by the way - a really ugly maroon and lime green check.

Who were ALLSTARS? I see from next time they do a cover of "The Land Of Make Believe" - a bunch of 10-11 year olds I'm dimly remembering...?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i like the cover! those colours are scientifically proven to compliment each other.

Re: Indie Guilt?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

the correct response should be: OF COURSE CATCHY = GOOD, LAME-O

Re: Indie Guilt?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

(stoopid LJ - that was in the thread with yet more Lex pop hating)

a plea for... less Britney love

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

slave 4u is rub

Re: a plea for... less Britney love

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's tickable but not great. This was where the Neptunes got shit I think.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

The only possible reason that DJ Otzi isn't romping home in the "worst" section is that people have managed to somehow forget it. If it was more honestly named Heeeeeeey, Hey Baby (Ooh! Aah!) then we wouldn't have this problem

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh.... Yeah.

Travis are still worse though.

Re: Jean-Jacques Smoothie

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

forgotten i guess.

it's nothing special but i ticked it because i like the gappy bits.

My DJ Otzi story

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Went to see (awful) Moulin Rouge, and they played DJ Otzi - which I hadn't heard - as the in-between film and loads of people sang along. I assumed that Baz Luhrmann had specified that this song be played as part of the feature presentation, and that the people singing along were Rocky Horror style fans who had already seen the film several times!

Re: My DJ Otzi story

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

My DJ Otzi story = the 13 Kosovan guys who lived below me when i lived in Shepherds Bush would play 'Hey Baby' loudly two or three times every single day. Along with Kylie. SO I'm guessing this Now! CD was the only one they had, but they had all these good tracks from it to play and didn't. Bastards!

in defence of UPTOWN GIRL

[avv.livejournal.com]

are people choosing to ignore this because it's teh 'LIFE? it's totally amazing and at odds with the entire rest of their output.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPLsQ5IlnVw

best "Comic Relief" single ever

Re: in defence of UPTOWN GIRL

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

can't see how it can be amazing as the music just sounds like blander rendering of Joel's original and his voice is better than all of theirs combined (not saying a great deal tho).

i think i liked Joel's 'Uptown Girl' at the time but can't be sure.

Lighthouse Family

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Has anyone ever ticked one of their songs? How do they manage to have a song on every single comp?

Re: Lighthouse Family

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

they are the late 90s/early 00s Gary Moore, as far as NOW! are concerned.