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

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

Good Lord, this is an absolute stinker.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

These final thirds just get worse, huh?

OFFICIAL "WE HEART VERBALICIOUS" THREAD

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Nice girls oughta be in bed this time!

BLOOD WILL BE SPILT OVER THIS NOW!

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Especially if Ciara is beaten by the Killers.

The Gwen single is rubbish, really.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

"What You Waiting For?" is basically the same song as "Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile)", right? Are there any other "I'm the star of this band guys" tracks out there?

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

I thought Athlete were great up to this point, but nobody believes me when I say that now.

Honest Mistake

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

If this had been by a sexually ambiguous synthpop duo from Leeds as opposed to an arse-numbingly overhyped NYC haircut indie band people would be hailing it's genius.

(I TICKED CIARA AND KYLIE AS WELL, OKAY?!!)

[whalefish.livejournal.com]

Where is all the Freefaller love?

Come on, they were better than The Noise Next Door, that has to count for something!

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. :((((((

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I'll Stand By You

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard a record since that does what this does half as well; the way the secondhandness of the lyrics give shape and shock to the moment ("there's nothing I confess/ could make me love you less") they come out as shiningly true despite everything.

WHAT THE FUCK

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK

YOU SHOULD ALL BE SHOT AT DAWN

Kylie

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Very few posts to be expected at this point: Gwen is the overwhelming pick as best, which I guess shouldn't surprise me, but I think this is actually one of Kylie's best ever songs, slight though it is in some ways.