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!


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Comments

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

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

It's a classic example of Xenomania playing around with the structure of a song to make it sound really unusual - it goes Intro, Verse, Bridge, Chorus, Intro, Chorus, Intro (this time without vocals). The way the tempo changes as it goes from intro to verse, from verse to bridge really builds up the anticipation for when the chorus FINALLY appears 2 minutes into the song is masterful. The only flaw for me is that I find the chorus the weakest of the four elements, so there is a slight disappointment after all that build-up.

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.

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

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.

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.