name songs which are funny which AREN'T comedy songs

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

.... responding to the lex on FT, who sez ALL comedy songs make him scowl (a not-unusual response to enforced jollity)

(and i guess i'm talking "laugh-with" funny rather than "laugh-at" funny)

to kick things off: i think Qb's OOCHIE WALLY is funny ---:0

Another Year In Pop: 18

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Quiet week.

[Poll #1183357]

This seems a good time to remind people that any tick - i.e. in one of the last two boxes - is better than none as it keeps the stats even at year's end.

AYIPS Quarterly Roundup

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

The April edition of the Another Year In Pop Supplement, for singles hitting the Top 75 but not the Top 40, will be up later today. Of March's entries, the track with the most votes is the one by Some MGMT, but it is disqualified for later going as high as 35th place, along with will.i.am for his 8th. Leader so far is Sir Nick of the Cave, a bit before Addictive ft T2.

The Top Ten (ie eleven) so far this year, calculated by vote percentage, follows. If you haven't voted, follow the ayips tag, where you will find all the polls with mostly working youtube links to every song.

1. Vampire Weekend: A Punk (62.5%)
2. Girls Aloud: Theme to St Trinians (47.6%)
3. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (46.4%)
4. Jennifer Lopez: Hold It, Don't Drop It (43.8%)
5. Addictive Featuring T2: Gonna Be Mine (39.3%)
6. Duffy: Rockferry (38.1%)
7. Bodyrox and Luciana: What Planet You On (33.3%)
8. Mutya Buena: B Boy Baby (28.6%)
=. BWO: Sunshine In The Rain (28.6%)
10. R.E.M.: Supernatural Superserious (25.0%)
=. Alicia Keys: Like You'll Never See Me Again (25.0%)

A couple of minor observations:
1) No track has got zero votes yet!
2) Of the three disqualified tracks, two (will.i.am and the Gnarls) have received a higher score in the regular polls than here, while the MGMT one has scored lower.

AYIP Supplement April 2008

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

There was a record number of 41-to-75ers in April; hopefully 20 alternatives isn't enough to induce poptimist fatigue. Also, quite a few of these tracks and acts have been listened to and discussed here recently, so go ahead, click the links optional, watch the vids optional and vote and talk away!

[Poll #1183488]