The History Of Jop Part 13 aka It's fun to lose and to pretend

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Back after a short absence it's the Pazz and Jop poll for 1991 - a particular blockbuster of a poll this with TEN ticks to be shared between 28 singles (would have been 29 but for C&C Music Factory cropping up last year too).

There's a fair bit of ground to cover in the comments boxes, I'm thinking!


[Poll #845917]


1990: Time For The (Poptimist) Guru

1. Groove Is In The Heart (48 votes)
2. Vogue (42)
3. Nothing Compares 2 U (34)
4. Gonna Make You Sweat (28)
5. Been Caught Stealin (26)
6. Justify My Love (25)
7. Hold On (24)
8. Kool Thing (21)
9. Epic (19)
10=. Welcome To The Terrordome (18)
10=. 911 Is A Joke (18)

Note very rapid drop off in vote totals from 1-3 down.

Comments

dubdobdee vs infov0re FITE!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

in best/worst comments boXor.

(I have never liked Divynyls btw - sounds like sub-par Cher)
(Negativland I had a brief and regrettable fling with)

Re: dubdobdee vs infov0re FITE!

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

this is the only Divynyls song i even know let alone like

Re: dubdobdee vs infov0re FITE!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i think they are the perfect example of 'one hit wonder despite releasing other singles'.

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[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I can't believe this is currently in second place. I ticked it more out of sympathy than anything, expecting it to get v. few ticks.

Re: dubdobdee vs infov0re FITE!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Right. Have now unticked it in favour of Crystal Waters, which I failed to even notice until two minutes ago.

Re: dubdobdee vs infov0re FITE!

[koganbot]

I used to have the previous album, Temperamental, which is not bad at all, and the video for "Hey Little Boy" - Syndicate of Sound's "Little Girl" with the words changed - which is very funny, just the way Christina pouts and looks cute and bitchy at the same time. Not Cher so much as Lene Lovich-Debbie Harry going into cute-bitch mode.

Re: dubdobdee vs infov0re FITE!

[koganbot]

But I would be disturbed if "I Touch Myself" wins. Mark likes the Divinyls because they're on the Buffy OST.

OST staple

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

haha I only really got to know "I Touch Myself" cos it's on the soundtrack to the first Austin Powers movie!

(also haha somehow I got it into my BRANE that because Susanna Hoffs is on the OST, and is married to Jay Roach, Hoffs was also lead singer of The Divinyls. Or something.)