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Jan. 19th, 2006
Pop World Cup: Half*-Time Report
Jan. 19th, 2006 10:04 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
freakytigger.livejournal.comHosts Germany have found Group A anything but a walkover and are not even assured of qualification with strong challenges from unfancied Ecuador and highly-fancied Poland (ahem). Minnows Costa Rica are mathematically still in it but will be looking for a massive performance in the second half of the group stage in order to save themselves from the bottom spot.
Keep those entries coming. There's a link on the Poptimists info page to the game in case you want to vote later and can't be both'd to trawl through the usual nonsense.
*yes, one 'half' lasts a day and the other lasts five days. WHAT OF IT?
Keep those entries coming. There's a link on the Poptimists info page to the game in case you want to vote later and can't be both'd to trawl through the usual nonsense.
*yes, one 'half' lasts a day and the other lasts five days. WHAT OF IT?
freakytigger.livejournal.comNow 16 - second half of 1989, and my goodness there are some fantastic tracks here, even Sir Cliff's PWL-produced offering isn't bad. Beatle pastiches, Prince collaborators, mucky noises, THE REBEL MC!!!, corporate anthems, Joycean reveries, Smiths inspirations, and Daisy Agers - it was the best of times feat. the worst of times. And "introducing Cathy Dennis"!
Two last-minute votes sealed Neneh Cherry's victory in Now 15, with "Manchild", making her the first act to top two polls in a row. Consensus choice rather than tide of acclaim, though, with Soul II Soul, Transvision Vamp, and Kirsty MacColl close behind. You had least time for Cliff, the Ferry X The Mersey charity do, and poor old Jive Bunny. And the Pet Shop Boys beat the Cure in the end. Opinion divided on Paul Heaton's finest hour but the fella is somewhat of a fixture on later NOWs so we'll have plenty of time to discuss it.
( As the headline says you're free to choose )
PS What the fvck is "Oh Well" by Oh Well???
Two last-minute votes sealed Neneh Cherry's victory in Now 15, with "Manchild", making her the first act to top two polls in a row. Consensus choice rather than tide of acclaim, though, with Soul II Soul, Transvision Vamp, and Kirsty MacColl close behind. You had least time for Cliff, the Ferry X The Mersey charity do, and poor old Jive Bunny. And the Pet Shop Boys beat the Cure in the end. Opinion divided on Paul Heaton's finest hour but the fella is somewhat of a fixture on later NOWs so we'll have plenty of time to discuss it.
( As the headline says you're free to choose )
PS What the fvck is "Oh Well" by Oh Well???
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