The History of Pop Part 52 aka It's all about the dog in me

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Great rejoicing at Lex Towers as Aaliyah finally wins a Now poll - she's in it again, as are a few other former winners, as are the Sugababes, and Scooter, Ms Dynamite, Nelly and...Idlewild. Summer 2002 - it was really hot, there was some terrific pop in the charts and a World Cup was on. How times change...


[Poll #746498]


TICKNO TICKNO TICKNO TICKNO!

This will be the LAST Now poll for over TWO WEEKS as I'm on holiday from Wednesday, so enjoy it while you can. The final 12 volumes in the series will occupy us nicely during July and August I'm sure.

Comments

Memory fails me on...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Paffendorf
Amy Studt
Giant Leap (I have a horrible feeling I know what this was though)
The Reelists
Intenso Project
4 Strings
Dee Dee

This was not a particularly dance-literate time for me.

Re: Memory fails me on...

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Amy Studt: Spice Girls impressario has a go at "4REAL" music. Beloved by me, a couple of Stylus writers, and nobody else. Italia Conte Avril, basically.

Re: Memory fails me on...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Studt as I remember was a girl from Southampton or similar who was a British ie crap version of Avril L - has Avril been missed out then?

I mean, REALLY crap, and she wore some dreadful clothes in the video.

Re: Memory fails me on...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Giant Leap is horrible trip hop with Maxi Jazz AND Robbie Williams!

Re: Memory fails me on...

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

It was 1 Giant Leap (rather than 'Giant Leap') and it was the project by Jamie Catto (ex-Faithless) and some guy called Duncan Bridgeman.

Wikipedia entry here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Giant_Leap) contains more info.

The song that appears on this Now was, as Kat rightly points out "horrible trip hop with Maxi Jazz AND Robbie Williams" but some of the other stuff on the album was absolute genius, particularly a beautiful duet between Michael Stipe and Asha Bhosle, a great tune with Neneh Cherry and Speech (from Arrested Development) and a fantastic Michael Franti tune.

I have the DVD of it... got it as a freebie cos I was doing work experience at the eNeMyE the week it was released.

Mary J

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'No More Drama' is HEART-RENDING - exactly the same themes as 'Family Affair', I think these two may be one of the greatest one-two back-to-back singles ever for a) making a Grand Statement about the artist and how she is Back, Bitches, with one banger and one ballad; b) extrapolating that into a Grand Statement about LIFE which is true and moving and uplifting and life-affirming and joyous; c) GREAT TUNES, too.

Re: Mary J

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Hey, Lex, I ticked an Ashanti song on this one!

I didn't tick Sugababes because...

[juror8.livejournal.com]

(it's not as good as you remember it. seriously. go back and listen to it now. "hole in the head" blows it out of the water)

'Rock The Boat'

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Again this is bollocks for the sake of contrarianism! I don't think 'Freak Like Me' is the best Sugababes song either but to argue that it is NOT GOOD AT ALL is nonsense.

Re: I didn't tick Sugababes because...

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Well said!

Puddle Of Mudd

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Is this the one that goes "I like it when you spank my ASSSSSSS"?

It's a bit rub, if so.

"She Fvcking Hates Me" on the other hand is GRATE.

Re: Puddle Of Mudd

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

SFHM wasn't POM though, was it?

oh, ok, it was. blimey...

"What good is all the fame if you ain't fvcking the models?"

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Discuss.

Dancejustice

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

SHAKEDOWN - "At Night"
MOONY - "Dove"

These are two of the best pop-dance tracks this decade! Why the no tickies? (I can see Moony being a bit florid and Euro for some people's tastes, but "At Night" is a MONSTER!)

Re: Dancejustice

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Shy FX >>>>>>>>>>>>>> all the other filter disco on here. It has FUZZ BASS!

Re: Memory fails me on...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Also, Dee Dee is pretty rub but I totally concur with you abt Shakedown! There is a grebt Braxe remix of it.

Re: Dancejustice

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

OK the more voting has progressed the more it seems to me that Poptimists as a community must hate dance music :(

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I was just about to go on a huge rant about so-called pop fans not ticking "You" by S Club 7 but then realised that *I* had not ticked it, its placing on the album maybe...? Anyway, fault rectified, and this is a great track, it has a FLUTE on it.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I ticked it! If someone asked me to name the S Club singles, all I'd remember are S Club Party, Never Had a Dream Come True, and the disco one, even though I pretty much liked everything they did.

You had me taken in/ But now I've found you out.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Sophie "Best popstar ever" Ellis Bextor gettign the same number of ticks as MOBY hurts me in my heart.

Re: You had me taken in/ But now I've found you out.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Moby getting more than 0 votes hurts me in my heart.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Which one was this Ms Dynamiteehee? The title is really bland. I may go back and tick it if someone can remind me how it goes.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

erm Who gives a damn about how where why you do you ho? How many n1ggas died for the ice on yr Rolex? ACCORDION SAMPLE. It takes mo-o-ore to amuse a girl like me.

More importantly

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE TICKING SCOOTER?!

Re: More importantly

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

MY THOUGHT EXACTLY!!!

'Rock The Boat'

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Not only is it one of the finest, most beautiful slow jams ever, but it also birthed:

1) Kiley Dean's 'Make Me A Song' aka the most meta pop song ever. The chorus is Kiley singing to Timbaland:

Can you make me a song like 'Rock The Boat', 'Rock The Boat', 'Rock The Boat'?
Can you give me a song that you and Missy wrote, Missy wrote, Missy wrote?
Something like 'Get Ur Freak On'
Cos Kiley needs something to sing on

It also breaks the entire concept of meta because Timbaland had NOTHING TO DO with 'Rock The Boat' in the first place!

2) Teedra Moses's entire career - when I interviewed her she said that this song above all others inspired the sonic make-up of her solo work, that kind of lazy clarity framing each word like it's a new revelation.

Lil Big Man

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

This isn't about Gianfranco Zola, is it?

It's getting hot in herre

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ever since this song, whenever ANYONE has said "it's hot in here" which used to be a PERFECTLY INNOCUOUS phrase - ever since this song, every time I have heard that without fail, I am ALWAYS seized with the desire to respond "so take off all your clothes", and sometimes I actually do this, and sometimes it is NOT APPROPRIATE!

good gracious ar5e is bodacious

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I loved this song, if just for the above line.

LIBERTY X RISE FROM ASHES

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Caught a snatch of their new single on Popworld at the wknd - it sounds V GOOD.

fate don't fail me now

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Man, their last album is grebt! (Just been having a listen on www.liberty-x.net (http://www.liberty-x.net/)) Why did I not hear their version of Dirty Cash before today?