ext_121937 ([identity profile] zenith.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] poptimists2006-08-08 02:51 pm
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So, is it me or is 'Prangin' Out' by The Streets - the single version, anyway - which features Mike Skinner barely a jot - the best thing The Streets have done in forever? This is not a coincidence, is it? Are there many other examples of songs on which the titular artist does very little*, to the benefit of the song?

* (Very little of what they are known for, that is.)
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[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The last Mariah Carey song didn't have her warbling at all, instead using her voice as one might a synth pattern. It was grebt.

[identity profile] jeff-worrell.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
The version of 'Professional Widow' by T. Amos that got to #1 leaps to mind.

[identity profile] damnspynovels.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Tom's Diner - the DNA version?

[identity profile] dickmalone.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Seach for "feat. Ludicris"

[identity profile] awesomewells.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Entire early 90s career of Primal Scream to thread.
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