The History Of Pop Part 62 aka Thanks to you now I get what I want

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Now 62 brings us almost up to date - when we started the Now polls this was the most current Now album available. Since then there have been two more, which we'll deal with next week, and then that's yer lot. Now 62 has plenty of meat on it, unlike the last one, which has yielded our lowest-rating winner ever, with only 60% tickys. And that winner is...either Gorillaz or Rachel Stevens. When I did this poll I didn't know it was a draw, though, so the tie-breaker question will be on a separate poll, probably bunged on the end of a POPFITE. Sorry about that!


[Poll #784792]


PUSH THE (SUBMIT) BUTTON

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes a couple I think - not checked tho.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i love 'push the button', esp. with the Franz Ferdinands 'Do You Want To' shoved underneath as on U05 - shonktastic :)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

actually a good point. yes her best single. (today.) also agreed about dumb dumb. (wot is happening??)

Re: 'Biology' might be Any Good At All...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It's the verse which I find disappointing - it goes on a bit to no particular purpose. And it's the kind of structurefuckery which Xeno did to far better effect on 'The Show'.

Really though, the ARRANGEMENT! Ghastly.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i liken it to Sheena Easton's '9 To 5 (Morning Train)' for some reason

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I beg to differ, It's so lifeless you could beat it with a stick and it wouldn't move.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'dumb dumb' really doesn't stand out on Come And Get It as much as anything else, for me (i'd say 'Every Little Thing' was better tho funnily i didn't like that much at first)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

it's the kind of great pop which reminds me of loads of things at the same time - 'Last Christmas', the DJ Koze remix of 'Hot Love', the froth off the top of 'Milkshake' - but sounds like none of them.

I think I just quoted my own review of it verbatim.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'lifeless' is one of those words that has lost all meaning ;)

this reminds me i must put up the Bananarama cover of 'more more more' - it's got the edge over Rachel's and is wonderfully fruity

Re: 'Biology' might be Any Good At All...

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Oh no, the verse is great. The vocals get more and more urgent sounding as it goes on, really building up the tension towards the bridge

Her teardrops will explode into the night that glitters

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Dumb Dumb' has great lyrics! And that amazing handclap moment.

'Every Little Thing' should have been a single, it's total office party singalong stuff. I still think that the right singles could have made Rachel more of a success. That is to say: 'I Said Never Again' as lead, 'Crazy Boys' second, 'Nothing Good About This Goodbye' third, 'Every Little Thing' fourth (at Xmas time). 'Negotiate With Love' or 'Funny How' or 'I Will Be There' as hangover fifth if necessary.

Re: 'Biology' might be Any Good At All...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

urgent, yes, urgently looking for a tune to sing cos there ain't one in the verse.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Yes, much much better. There should be a compare and contrast in the next podcast.

Re: Her teardrops will explode into the night that glitters

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

she would never have got 4 singles out by Christmas 2005 unless the first one had come out in January (this could've worked actually, esp. as January slump might've enabled I Said Never Again to chart higher)

Re: Her teardrops will explode into the night that glitters

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Negotiate With Love' did come out very early in 05 didn't it? And still only barely scraped the top 10.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Urgh. 'More More More' is unlistenable.

Re: Her teardrops will explode into the night that glitters

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it came out in April but they were so awful and tentative in plugging Rachel i think. maybe even worse than Annie's publicists/promoters!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i don't get this OTT hate for it!

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

I meant to vote for: Pharrell ft Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That as the worst. As it is.

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

This is my absolute favourite Now Album EVAH. It is.

Is Electricity a cover version or a re-release because every time I hear it I feel like I'm getting deja vu.

Re: 'Biology' might be Any Good At All...

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

I love The Show but Biology is it's superior in every respect. In fact it's the best Girls Aloud single of all - sleekly odd, a killer bridge and with that incredible "oooooo-oooh" behind the chorus. Beats even Love Machine, for me.

[koganbot]

Prob'ly too late to post this, but Girl Authority's "Hollaback Girl" is even better than Gwen's--far more extreme in the bananas dept.