The history of pop part 60 aka Look at your watch girl

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The controversial Now 60 brings us into 2005. Controversial? Apparently so as the official Now site DOES NOT LIST ITS DETAILS. Looking at the tracklist you might - well I might - say it's not a vintage comp, but there's enough chewy material here to provide some good comments box sport.

"Love Machine" was Girls Aloud's first winner after several near misses - it won by 11 ticks over its nearest Scissor-shaped rivals. And "Some Girls" beat "Hey Ya" in the play-offs for Now 58.


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Comments

PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TICKING CIARA SHOULD BE PURGED

[cis.livejournal.com]

this isn't a being-the-lex-for-lulz thing: Goodies is a fucking amazing song and deserves a hell of a lot more respect than it is getting here. :((((((

(repost to delete sw34rs)

Re: PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TICKING CIARA SHOULD BE PURGED

[cis.livejournal.com]

oh i give up! does someone actually have a filter which fears the cursing or is this just habit?

Re: PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TICKING CIARA SHOULD BE PURGED

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I notice no one has defended their decision (because they know in their hearts that it is INDEFENSIBLE).

We have not heard the last of this. Tomorrow, if Soho has power, I am going to be HAVING WORDS with so-called 'pop'timists.

Re: PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TICKING CIARA SHOULD BE PURGED

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ashanti's one good song got done over too :(((((((

Why are people doing this? I genuinely don't understand. To think that past-it Chem Bros and dreadful indie Killers are beating my beloved Ciara.

Re: PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TICKING CIARA SHOULD BE PURGED

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

My theory what I have just made up now: crunk was a huge deal-breaker for a lot of pop fans who liked/loved the R'n'B hits of the early 00s.

Re: PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TICKING CIARA SHOULD BE PURGED

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

But why? I really don't see why :(

Re: PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TICKING CIARA SHOULD BE PURGED

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I dunno about that. If Usher's "Yeah" had been on this Now! I think it would have walked it.

I ticked "Goodies" but I don't think it's anything special as either crunk goes or R&B goes.

I probably should have ticked Ashanti though, as Lex points out. I shall reacquaint myself with it.