The History Of Pop Part 56 aka My texture is the best fur, of chinchilla

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

For the second Now running, Girls Aloud find themselves in second place, this time by one vote to Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River". They get a third shot in the Now 56 poll, covering the end of 2003 - and Justin's back too, though it may well be that neither of them wins it.

Good times, bad times? You decide.


[Poll #765906]


(Also go and nominate for the the birthday poll if you haven't already...)

Comments

Re: Stacie Orrico

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The mp3 you gave me of the lead single cuts out after 30 secs and it's not on the sampler. HOWEVER the full album arrived over the weekend, but I haven't had a chance to listen yet.

'Stuck' was remarkable in that it had the Max Martin element, it had the cod-r&b element (really quite generic, which I love - but also completely at odds with where r&b itself was at this summer), but Stacie sang it like she was Avril and all punk - so really it was where all the strands of 00s pop MET!

Re: Stacie Orrico

[juror8.livejournal.com]

I actually think "(There's Gotta Be) More To Life" is even better, but that's a debate for another Now poll...

Re: Stacie Orrico

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

No, no it isn't, that was really disappointing after 'Stuck' - really clunky tune, also "oh dear you are a Xtian after all" lyrics. BOO to moralising popstars (unless they're Beyoncébot on 'Survivor')

Re: Stacie Orrico

[juror8.livejournal.com]

How the hell can you reconcile your Beyonce love with a hatred of moralising in pop! "(There's Gotta Be) More To Life" is the best Xtian-goes-pop single since "Kiss Me". There, I said it.

Re: Stacie Orrico

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh it doesn't have half the melodic strength of 'Kiss Me'! It's a really wimpy tune which doesn't have that one extra chord change which would make it special (cf 'Crazy Chick').

I like Beyoncé moralising because she takes it to such a ridiculous extreme, and because her persona is a massive bitch rather than anything good and sweet like Orrico - DC moralising is great in exactly the same way that J-Lo singing "I'm down to earth like this" is great.

Re: Stacie Orrico

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i kinda wish Britney had done 'Stuck' - it seems so much 'smarter' than many if not all of her songs.