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

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: Dancejustice

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

HAH apparently it is classed under "Drum N Bass"!!!

Re: Dancejustice

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Shy FX is great too and deserves more ticks than its getting. And so does the Space Cowboy for that matter! But Shakedown and Moony are huge favourites :(

Re: Dancejustice

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I don't remember Space Cowboy I have to say.

Re: Dancejustice

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

French house bosh version of Prince song innit.

Concur re 'At Night'!

Re: Dancejustice

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Space Cowboy is my favourite thing on here, it is absolutely cracking.

This is a great Now!

Re: Dancejustice

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The dance stuff on it is grebt, agreed. The pop could do better! I think Nelly is prob the only Superstar POP track on here (ie that could rival Shy FX, Scooter or Shakedown in my affections)

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 :(

Re: Dancejustice

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Modern dance music has passed some of us by, it's true, and when I ask my friends for recommendations, I get ILM-friendly microhouse bollocks instead of proper bosh.

Re: Dancejustice

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes I'm aware there are lots of fans of INDIE DANCE round here!

Re: Dancejustice

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

As I think I said on an earlier NOW! thread, I followed proper club dance music quite closely in 2000-01, but am far less clued up on the big tunes since then. "Shakedown" I do know tho' (thanks to ILM, via one of Seigbran or Ronan's mixes prolly) and have ticked.

Re: Dancejustice

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Not at all! It's just that some ppl find it harder to instantly recall dance music as easily as pop.

I used to be k-fussy about my particular acceptable dance genres but dude, anything goes now...

Re: Dancejustice

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Don't worry Kat I know you hold the BOSH TORCH ALOFT (much more so than I i.e. you actually go dancing).

But it is true that it's very rare for dance tracks to top 60% on the last 10 or so polls.

Re: Dancejustice

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

It's also that even the most prominent dance tracks elucidate a "how did that one go?" response ie SANDSTORM.

Re: Dancejustice

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes BUT this batch all have big choruses which share a name with the track, i.e. they are as pop as dance gets and STILL they can't seem to break 50%.

Re: Dancejustice

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

yes, i don't know what the majority of things are called even though i will happily sing along to most of them...

Re: Dancejustice

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Moony = the same woman who sang DB Boulevard's Point of View off the last now. Another great summer tune and so pop I can't understand why people wouldn;t want to tick

Re: Dancejustice

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Is it really? Wow! I loved DB Blvd too. She reminds me of the woman from Dead Can Dance on "Dove".

I think maybe this and DBB fell between two stools - too pop for bosh-heads and not song-y enough for pop purists.

Or maybe people are just mental.

Re: Dancejustice

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

no you're bang on i think.