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In my evergoing pursuit of something or other I decided to compile a list of all the singles to have entered the charts and peaked between positions 41 and 75 this year so far. I managed to track down most of them on iTunes so I could listen to an extract of each one. Observations / conclusions:

1) Most of the songs are crap.
2) If you think there's a lot of British nu-indie/rock in the top 40 there is just as much if not more bubbling under - it really does seem to be the dominant chart species now more than ever.
3) There is no real difference in quality between the stuff that makes top 20 and the stuff that languishes between 41 and 75 (this goes for ALL genres really).
4) That said, there really isn't a big sense of 'this SHOULD'VE done better' pervading the following lengthy list bar a handful of exceptions which I have marked with an asterisk (based on my personal tastes/preferences natch).

But daer poptimists I am interested in YOUR views too, so have a look down the list and mention in comments any songs YOU particularly like/think deserve more attention for some reason. I am thinking of including a bunch of these songs in a poll to go with the monthly top 40 poll (August poll next week, probably Monday).

Afi - Miss Murder    
Alex Parks - Honesty    
All-American Rejects - Move Along    
Andy Abraham - Hang Up    
Angels & Airwaves - It Hurts    
A-Studio ft. Polina - S.O.S.    
Avenged Sevenfold - Beast And The Harlot    
Be Your Own Pet - Let's Get Sandy    *
Beautiful South - Manchester    
Beenie Man ft. Akon - Girls    *
Bell X1 - Flame    
Belle & Sebastian - White Collar Boy    
Big Brovaz - Hangin' Around    
Boy Kill Boy - Civil Sin    
Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me    
Breaks Co-Op - The Otherside    
Cerys Matthews - Open Roads    
Charlatans - NYC (There's No Need To Stop)    
Chocolate Puma - Always And Forever    *
Choong Family - Memory Lane    
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In This Home On Ice    
Coheed & Cambria - The Suffering    
Coldcut ft. Roots Manuva - True Skool    *
Concretes - Chosen One    
Crimea - White Russian Galaxy    
Dave Gilmour - On An Island    
Dave Gilmour - Smile    
David Gray - Alibi    
Death Cab For Cutie - Crooked Teeth    
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark    
Dem Franchise Boyz - I Think They Like Me    
Divine Comedy - To Die A Virgin    
Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice    
Duels - Animal    
Egg - Walking Away    
Fallout Trust - Washout    *
Ferry Corsten - Watch Out    
Field Mobb ft. Ciara - So What    
Fightstar - Hazy Eyes    
Filterfunk - SOS (Message In A Bottle)    
Flaming Lips - The Wand    
Foo Fighters - No Way Back    
Francesca Berlin - Colours Faded    
Fun*dmental '03 - Jump/Playground    *
Futureheads - Worry About It Later    
Gary Numan - In A Dark Place    
Gemma Hayes - Undercover    
Ghostface Killah ft. Ne-Yo - Back Like That    
Gomez - GirlShapedLoveDrug    
Haji & Emanuel - Take Me Away    
Harrisons - Blue Note    
Hayley Sanderson - Something In The Air    
Hundred Reasons - Kill Your Own    
iForward Russia! - Eighteen    
Imogen Heap - Goodnight And Go    *
Infadels - Can't Get Enough    
Jack Johnson - Sitting Waiting Wishing    
Jack Johnson - Upside Down    
Jamie Foxx Ft Kanye West - Extravaganza    
Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy '06    
Jim Noir - Eanie Meany    
Jim Noir - My Patch    
Joey Negro - Make A Move On Me    
John Parr Vs Tommyknockers - New Horizon    
Juelz Santana - There It Go (The Whistle Song)    *
Katie Melua - Spider's Web    
Keisha White - Don't Mistake Me    
Keyshia Cole - I Should Have Cheated    
Killing Joke - Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell    
KT Tunstall - Another Place To Fall    
Lacuna Coil - Enjoy The Silence    
Ladyfuzz - Bouncy Ball    *
Larrikin Love - Edwould    *
Less Than Jake - Overrated (Everything Is)    
Liberty X - X    *
Like - June Gloom    
Lil Kim - Whoa    
Love Bites - He's Fit    
Marcos Hernandez - If You Were Mine    
Mario Rosenstock - Jose And His Amazing Technicolour Overcoat    
Mark Morrison ft. DMX - Innocent Man    
Mark Ronson ft. Alex Greenwald - Just    
Martin Solveig - Jealousy    
Mary J Blige ft. Brook-lyn - Enough Cryin'    
Metric - Monster Hospital    * (esp. the MSTRKRFT mix)
Mew - Why Are You Looking Grave?    
Micky Modelle vs Jessy - Dancing In The Dark    
Mobb Deep - Put 'Em In Their Place    
Moby - Slipping Away    
Morning Runner - The Great Escape    
Mync Project ft. Abigail Bailey - Something On Your Mind    
Mystery Jets - You Can't Fool Me Dennis    
Natasha Thomas - Skin Deep    
New Order - Blue Monday (2006 re-press of 12")    *
Notorious BIG - Spit Your Game    
OK Go - A Million Ways    
Peaches - Downtown    
Placebo - Infra-red    
Plan B - Mama    
Porno - Music Power    
Prince - Black Sweat    *
Prince - Fury    *
Rammstein - Mann Gegen Mann    * (the Vince Clarke mix is alright)
Red Carpet - Alright    
Regina Spektor - On The Radio    *
Research - Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same    *
Research - The Hard Times    
Ricky - We Are England    
Russell Watson - Can't Help Falling In Love    
Santana ft. Sean Paul & Joss Stone - Cry Baby Cry    
Secret Machines - Lightning Blue Eyes    
Seth Lakeman - Lady Of The Sea (Hear Her Calling)    
Shy FX & T Power ft. Top Cat - Everyday    
Signal 1 and Signal 2 - Standing Together    
Similou - All This Love    
Sleepy Jackson - God Lead Your Soul    
Sout Out Louds - Please Please Please    
Spinto Band - Did I Tell You    
Spinto Band - Oh Mandy    
Starsailor - Keep Us Together    
Stunt - Raindrops    
Sunshine Underground - Commercial Breakdown    
Sunshine Underground - I Ain't Losing Sleep    
Tatu - Friend Or Foe *   
Tiga - Far From Home    *
Trina - Here We Go    *
View - Wasted Little DJs    
Vines - Anysound    
WigWam - Wigwam    *
Wolfmother - Dimension    
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Turn Into    
Yellowcard - Lights And Sounds    
Ying-Yang Twinz ft. Pitbull - Shake    *
    as of 19/08/06

It really makes you wonder just how poorly singles by The Knife or the stuff you see on Channel U or all that European Young Person's Dance music must be selling.

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

may have to exist on a timeshare basis with Progtimists.

[celentari.livejournal.com]

Maybe just a vague and all-encompassing Altimists?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

you mayaswell call it EMOTIMISTS and be done with it ;)