Another Year In Pop: 21

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Not that I'm unhappy to see it, but - Snap??

[Poll #1194434]

is it love, hate, what's it gunna be?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

When my dad was driving me back to Aberystwyth this Saturday, Mark LaMarr played 'Time Of The Season' by The Zombies on Radio 2 or whatever my dad had on.

Youtube, if wanted

This is a song I very much like, although I don't hear it particularly often. I love the verse, the breathy noise, the sudden swing of the bridge... and I absolutely despise the actual it's the ti-i-ime of the se-e-eason fo-or lo-o-oving bit. Which got me thinking about a question I've been meaning to put to poptimists for some time and hopefully hasn't been done before.

Does anyone else experience this love/hate with songs? Do the hated bits make the rest of the song better or do they override your ability to enjoy it? Equally, can one incredibly good bit of a song make up for the rest of it being rubbish? [eg: the awesome bit in 'Striptease' by Danity Kane where Anonymous Danity sings and I just can't keep my clothes from falling down and we've only got tonight so make it count, thus propelling the song into 'amazing' when it was previously 'a bit crap.'] Do songs with these polarised bits make you frustrated or delight you with their obtuse nature?

Rissi Palmer - No Air

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Those more au fait than me with country might like to unpick the countrification of this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWwS6aQjZog

I like it a lot, but then I love the original. I don't think Palmer does a half bad job with it though.