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

Pussycat Dolls

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Have grown on me somewhat. Still don't like "Beep" or that one where they're all sitting on stools ala Westloife though.

Re: Pussycat Dolls

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I took against them initially, because they stole Tori Alamaze's song and killed her career and couldn't even sing it as well as she did. However I have a theory that because Pussycat Dolls themselves are such soulless sex-automatons, the more generic the song the better they are to it - ie they fall flat on 'Don't Cha', which is inventive and subtle, but ride the formulaic hott beatz of 'Buttonz' triumphantly.

Re: Pussycat Dolls

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I agree that Buttonz is much better suited to their style. They all have identical nondescript voices apart from that one girl they get to do the screechy wailing bit at the end of the song. Which is all you need for something in that vein ie it could be done by a solo artist with overdubbed backing vox...

Re: Pussycat Dolls

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yes, I love that when Snoop raps about them he doesn't even bother to pretend that there's anyone else there except "Big Snoop Dogg with the LEAD Pussycat". Apart from when he runs out of ideas at the end and just recites all their names, which takes up a good couple of lines.