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

The pain reflected in this song - ain't even half of what I'm feeling inside

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

This is what I said about 'We Belong Together' on the last Now poll, buried in the threading:

'We Belong Together' might be on the next one? It makes me cry and everything, all those different phrasings, Mariah kind of swimming through the lyrics as if they are her tears, the kind of song which is your bestest friend and you know everything about it and it knows everything about you, and "wait a minute this is too deep, too deep".

Also I am going to do a CD of pop ballads called ABJECTION, and this will be its centrepiece.

Best. Ballad. Evah.

INJUSTICE!!

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Hilary Duff not getting just deserts. I will ysi, since people seem to have forgotten what a marvel this song is!

I fly like a bird just like Nelly Furtado

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

SHUT UP PHARRELL

Re: INJUSTICE!!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Hilarity is amazing.

Apparently Timbaland has done a song with her and her sister!

Re: INJUSTICE!!

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Hilary Duff -- Wake Up (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=CEEC5DEB75E1C14E)

If they hurt you they hurt me too

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

And little is more hurtful to the pop lover than Tatu's magnificent comeback single languishing on 40% :(

Re: If they hurt you they hurt me too

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of 'standards' on this terrific Now which I'm surprised to see languishing - 'Since U Been Gone', 'I Said Never Again' and '1 Thing' as well, they should be up their neck and neck with the Sugababes!

'All About Us' is incredible though, strong and confident and towering where 'All The Things She Said' was vulnerable and desperate.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

This is an EXCELLENT CD. Amerie and Kelly Clarkson and Sugababes and Gwen and Gurls Allowed and Damian Jr Gong. The good significantly outweighs the bad (Powter, Melua, Wasis, Coldplay)

Re: If they hurt you they hurt me too

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's also more desperate at the same time though, like a cornered animal.

Re: If they hurt you they hurt me too

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

oof i forgot to tick first time, fixed now.

Re: If they hurt you they hurt me too

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I always imagine them triumphantly storming the gates of the society they ran away from on the last album and taking no prisoners, like a BOLSHEVIK ARMY or similar. Those swirling high-end synths on the chorus are just majestic. It's not so much "we shall overcome" as "we are overcoming and there is nothing you can do about us".

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Bizarre how bad the last one was and this has a handful of absolute classics, as noted above.

Re: If they hurt you they hurt me too

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I agree there's an element of triumph here but I think pretty much all tATu music has an undertow of desperation to it.

If EMO sounded like Tatu I'd love it.

Re: If they hurt you they hurt me too

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think I loathe emo so much because so much pop is so emo ALREADY - it is an unnecessary genre!

Sugababes

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Should not be winning this. It's certainly Any Good At All but there are so many better moments on this Now!

This is a terrific compilation, one of the best actually.

WHO VOTED FOR KATIE MELHUA?!!!

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Ahem.

Re: WHO VOTED FOR KATIE MELHUA?!!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The answers will shock you :-0

(well ok one of them will)

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

I forgot to tick "1 Thing" but I am too lazy to go back change it.

Rachel Stevens should be winning this. "I Said Never Again" is basically everything that pop music is supposed to be. Though most of the other big songs on this are k-great too.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

this one came out when, October? so they had time to collate all the big late Summer tunes PLUS the big Autumn releases e.g. 'Biology' and 'I Said Never Again' whereas the previous one was relying too much on Spring/early Summer which is usually never as good for great singles, perhaps.

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

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

...but it's still Girls Aloud's second worst single EVER, after 'Long Hot Summer'. It's HORRIBLY produced.

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

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

A little harsher than I would've said it, but I agree that there is something slightly Wrong with it. I mean, it's very good, but it could/should be transcendent.

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

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It's a decent song but it's clunky, a bit clumsy, it should be sleek and smooth. There's a horrible hi-hat sound on the off beat all the way through, and the arrangement is thoroughly WRONG.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Lots of good stuff here! Plus I've heard most of it thanks to purchase of magick digital box last autumn = Hits TV Hurrah!

I haven't heard that Rachel Stevens song. Yes, yes, shoot me now...

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.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

That's a nice theory -- leaves time for some good stuff to come out this year! I am feeling let down by pop :-(