The History Of Jop Part 15 aka In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

If it's Thursday, it must be 1994! The grip of alt.rock and hip-hop - mostly alt.rock - on the Pazz and Jop poll is close to total, and Anglophiles aren't carrying much weight. This does mean that we've got a lot of tracks to rate that never came near a Now album, though!

NINE ticks out of 27 songs.


[Poll #853615]


1993 Joptimist Judgement

1. Cannonball (40 votes)
2. Go West (38 votes)
3. Insane In The Brain (34 votes)
4=. Heart Shaped Box (28)
4=. Oh Carolina (28)
6. Nuthin But A G Thang (26)
7. Creep (25)
8. Informer (24)
9. It Was A Good Day (23)
10. Show Me Love (19)

Comments

ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

You have clearly never heard it. Well done.

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It is far from the worst Cranberries record! (and yes I did tick it worst)

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

It should be noted here that while 'Zombie' is indeed easily the most terrible record here, the ADAM feat Amy cover thereof is ace!

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

CONCUR!

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Sheryl Crow is a much greater evil than the Cranberries

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Except S Crow is actually really great.

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I agree. Sheryl pisses me off vaguely but All I Wanna Do is a brilliant song. I wish I'd written it.

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It's totally not the worst track, it's not GOOD or anything but it's the least worst Cranberries and it did give rise to the BOSH VERSION.

It's certainly not as vile as Beck! God I hate Beck. Hate hate hate hatey hatey hate.

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I found Beck very irritating at the time, and still do I think ("Sexxlaws" may be a kind of guilty pleasure though).

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i hated 'Loser' but liked 'Beercan'

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

see i'm willing to forgive 2 of the 3 people who have ticked it, but one of them DESERVES NO PITY...

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

moi? i had a hard time coming up with enough ticks. but also BOSH VERSION

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

NO EXCUSES, especially using "bosh version" as a get out ;)

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[koganbot]

Oh come on, there are so many worser worsts here: Mary Lou Lord, the Pretenders song, Pavement, Freedy Johnston. And though "Kenneth" is nowhere near as bad as "Everybody Hurts," R.E.M.'s presence on these polls no matter what is far more irritating. Actually, I'd have ticked "Zombie" if I'd have another five ticks or so.

Re: ATTN: People who aren't voting for Zombie as worst track

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"Monster" was one of those albums where the press really entered Justification Mode (i.e. this record is bad, and we know it's bad, but we really don't want it to be bad).