The Historiography Of Pop Part 4 aka A Point Is All That Two Can Score

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The dust has settled and 32 of 64 songs stand ready for the next round. Say a sad farewell to Ace of Base, Betty Boo, and - yes - Gorillaz among others. Then prepare for the next instalment of ALL OUT POP BATTLE.

i.e. pick which song you think is best.

In round 2 each song is facing one of its close contemporaries, the battle of the ages having proved indecisive.


[Poll #797787]


How the draw was decided:

i. Examination of real actual chart placing i.e. 2 for Human League, 7 for Pulp.
ii. Examination of tick % from revious now poll i.e. 79% for HL, 81% for P.
iii. These two things not being in agreement I just went for the one I liked best, seeing as it's me who's gone to the bother of polling these things. Bye Disco 2000!

Comments

Re: Please explain

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

If I thought about it, I could probably come up with an explanation, given how loosely we use the term. But I was actually referring to us, rather than the song. Sure it's bosh, it's pop. But to me, at the time, it sounded like little else out there. There was something "credible" about it. (My gf at the time, in one of our final disagreements, insisted that it was actually The Cure. And she was the one who liked dance music.)