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

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.

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[bengraham.livejournal.com]

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

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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes he is a big fool, but this particular track I have a sneaking liking for.

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

No of good non-Groovejet SEB singles = 0

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[juror8.livejournal.com]

Lex's pop views are brought to you by:

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what that even is!

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[juror8.livejournal.com]

RACIST

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

That thing is white!

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[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Why the hate for Sophie, Lex? Her indie past? The presence of an audible guitar on her tracks. Her stuff is great!

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[zenith.livejournal.com]

Why the hate for Sophie? Could it be her stupid face, and her stupid voice? Her enormously irritating sub-Joanna-Lumley "mwah I'm posh me!" schtick?

Coooooouuuuuuuuld be!

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[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Yes! Right all the way. I have no idea how anyone has any time at all for her (apart from Groovejet, although even that is slightly undermined by her oh-so-superior attitude to Posh during the chart battle, and the fact that when she was in the irritatingly uncapitalised theaudience she professed to hate pop music, and only ended up doing pop when her shit group got dropped, which is basically musical prostitution)

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't hate her - I just don't think any of her songs are memorable in any way, and the production is so limp and insipid. No oomph whatsoever; no backbone.