i leave you alone for one day and look what travesties ensue

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Poptimists. We need to talk.

You really let me down yesterday.

Ciara’s ‘Goodies’ is a poptimist touchstone, and Miss Ciara Princess Harris a poptimist heroine on a par with Kelis, Britney, Xtina, Aaliyah, Rachel and Kylie. Yet you did not give her the respect she deserved as the first lady of crunk’n’b. To add insult to injury, she appears to have been beaten by both past-it Chemical Brothers and dreadful indie Killers.

I’m disappointed in you.

Explain yourselves please.

Comments

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

That's the problem with more fragmented music media these days - something that seems like it's everywhere to one person may end up passing other people by. I can't remember exactly where I was listening to music on TV or radio at the time, but I do know I was buying and listening to quite a lot over this period, and somehow Goodies still passed me by completely. I even remember it being one of the first number ones where I remember thinking at the time that I hadn't heard it.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

This is v strange to me because I think I use the traditional media a lot less than other poptimists (TV, radio), but from what I gather 'Goodies' was as ubiquitous on them as all the other big r&b/pop hits of the past few years. Ciara got loads of press as queen-of-amazing-new-sound movement, too.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"Goodies" had a longish run on the Radio 1 A-List but wasn't ubiquitous exactly.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Hoe much of this press was off an actual press?

[cis.livejournal.com]

PRESS R*CKIST

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I managed not to hear Amarillo until it was already number one. In fact the first time I heard that was at the Number 1s Poptimism.

[mippy.livejournal.com]

I ticked it, but mainly because it brings back fond memories of working on Comic Relief things. Couldn't listen to it again, mind.