The History Of Jop Part 7 aka We're Rockers And Rappers United And Strong

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Pazz and Jop polls take us to the fairly unheralded year of 1985, and the selection is.....well, judge for yourself and discuss below. You get NINE votes, cast them wisely.

Notes: The John Fogerty song that got in last time rose to #3(!!) this time. It was excluded.


[Poll #826538]


The Joptimists 1984 Vote Verdict:

1. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (38 votes)
2. When Doves Cry (37 votes)
3. Jump (31)
4=. I Feel For You (28)
4=. Time After Time (28)
6. Let's Go Crazy (23)
7. What's Love Got To Do With It (21)
8. Dancing In The Dark (20)
9=. Free Nelson Mandela (19)
9=. Let's Hear It For The Boy (19)

Comments

Re: i REALLY REALLY hate the smiths

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The tATu cover is more dramatic yes but that's not really the 'point' of the Smiths song.

i.e. when I said 'dramatises the loneliness' I meant 'brings the loneliness to life' rather than 'makes it dramatic' (the vocals are doing that). The counterpoint of the big guitar swoops like giant sighs or shoulder shrugs and the grinding undercarriage like the monotony of his everyday loveless existence ect ect.

Re: i REALLY REALLY hate the smiths

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i spose it all depends on what you consider dramatic. i find the way morrisey delivers the words more dramatic if "pulled" (as in punch). tatu (while punchier) just don't seem to "get it" in places. there's my smiths rockism i guess.

srsly tho, i rly didn't like smithsband for ages cos i hated his voice. i would say about the time they split i relented.

Re: i REALLY REALLY hate the smiths

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Acting vs overacting, basically.

Re: i REALLY REALLY hate the smiths

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

yeah perhaps this explains why i never liked tori amos too

(runs away very fast)