Best Song of 2001: Heat #2

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Destiny's Child lead the way once again, with MOP, So Solid Crew, Mis-teeq and Daft Punk slipping in behind them to make the 2001 final.

More big hitters in round 2!

( Voting rules remain the same - TEN ticks in total. )

( Boy your loving's all I think about... )

Pop and the idea of bands

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I don't really listen to bands or groups. I think poptimists has something to do with this - I certainly don't see many bands featured here, and I think they still get a bad press even among those who have rehabilitated pop to themselves? Maybe even rightly!

Do you? I feel these days like having more than one focus distracts and confuses the focus of music, making it weaker - but then I'll make exceptions for moments like golden-age Girls Aloud, when it sounded like 5 solo artists all recording at once, leading and pulling in different, exciting directions. Or at the very least - you knew who they were.

What do people think?

What happened to the Black Eyed Peas' lyrical imagination?

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Elephunk era Black Eyed Peas:

Shut Up - "How could you trust your private eyes/girl, that's why you won't believe my lies/and quick deceptions"

Let's Get Retarded - "Bop your head like epilepsy"

Latin Girls - "Bring your friends/And bring your cousins cause I know you got dozens of them"

&c &c

The E.N.D-era Black Eyed Peas:

NOT A SINGLE MEMORABLE LINE

(okay, I kinda like "digital spit" and "beat so big I'm stepping on leprechauns", from Boom Boom Pow.)

(okay, okay, there's a few other good lines too but there's still a noticeable decline in quality is my point)

What happened?