The Historiography of Pop Part 3

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The third and final part of the Then vs Now fightfest - the previous two polls are still open (until tomorrow anyway) and get your votes in on this one. Who will be left on pop's canvas when the dust settles? How will I sort draws out? WAIT AND SEE.


[Poll #796895]


Round 2 starts tomorrow afternoon.

Comments

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

See, the problem with 'Cry Me A River', as determined by poptimist science, is that no-one on the dancefloor has any idea what it is until it hits the chorus.

The other problem is that it's up against House Of Love.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It's ridiculously better than House of Love, and the idea that no one knows what it is until the chorus is nonsense! It's got an unmistakeable intro and riff.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Poptimist science = it was played and people looked confused.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Cis and I were rockin' it on the dancefloor from the word GO, or rather, from the instant we heard those unmistakeable Enigma chorales and rain sounds and gorgeous strings.

People looked confused because it's not a very dancefloor kind of song, not because they didn't recognise it! Also they were drunk, probably.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

"unmistakeable Enigma chorales and rain sounds"

way to build up a song. that makes it sound like the dullest song ever. which is nearly right.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's way too private and diffident to better House Of Love, which is one of the most aggressively celebratory songs ever.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Private and diffident = good!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes, but not AS good!

I think CMAR is a great track, Justin's best - it would have beaten a lot of other records here.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yes, luck of the draw and all. I think it will beat HOL though!

To sort out tiebreaks maybe a marks-out-of-10 face-off would do it. I am getting very nervous about the Aaliyah/Massive Attack current tie, it's almost as bad as following tennis matches online.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised you're not making more of a fuss about the precarious Gwen/Blur situation!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD I DIDN'T SEE THAT UNTIL NOW

POPTIMISTS WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME

MY POOR HEART

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE ALL PHILISTINES! HOW DARE YOU LET THE MIGHTY HOUSE OF LOVE LOSE TO THIS RUBBISH JUSTIN SONG?!

This was the easiest for me. I didn't need to think for more than a second about any of them.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Bizarre and horrible though it may seem I suspect that some of these foolish voters have not heard "House Of Love" recently. :(

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. Though I quite like the Justin song.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I think the word "Americans" is also involved.