The History Of Jop Part 19 aka You have so many relationships in this life

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I decided to do a Jop poll after all, so here's 1997. With "Lovefool" left off for appearing twice, you have nine picks on twenty-five songs - a generous allowance!


[Poll #861316]


Joptimism 1996: Predictable, Us?

1. Common People (38 votes)
2=. California Love (33 votes)
2=. Born Slippy (33 votes)
4. Lovefool (31)
5. No Diggity (30)
6. Woo Hah! Got You All In Check! (28)
7. Setting Sun (23)
8. 1979 (20)
9=. Ready Or Not (19)
9=. Macarena (19)

Thank heaven the Macarena scraped in there ahead of Beck!]

TYPO ERROR: That should be "Cornershop" doing Brimful of Asha, not Chumbawamba - apologies for Cornershop and all their fans. Also it's "Da Funk" not "The Funk". Mondays, eh.

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I Get No Down, Like an Elephant

[koganbot]

My Pazz & Jop ballot for 1997 (decided to vote this year because heard through Xhuxk (I think) that Xgau had heard that my song of the year was "MyBabyDaddy" and had therefore said, "I really hope he votes"):

1. B-Rock & the Bizz "MyBabyDaddy"
2. Spice Girls "Wannabe"
3. Savage Garden "To the Moon and Back"
4. Puff Daddy "It's All About the Benjamins"
5. Missy Misdemeanor Elliott "The Rain"
6. Aqua "Barbie Girl"
7. Chumbawumba "Tubthumping"
8. Sheryl Crow "If It Makes You Happy"
9. Fleetwood Mac "The Chain"
10. Soundgarden "Bleed Together"

I wouldn't say that my alienation from professional rock criticism* was ending (in fact it still hasn't ended), but suddenly I've got five songs that made the Big Board rather than just two or three (and recall 1995's glorious zero). Biggest convergence since 1990.

*Amateur rock criticism was doing OK, then as now, on the pages of Radio On, Why Music Sucks, Tapeworm, and Popped.

Re: I Get No Down, Like an Elephant

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

lovely cabbage garden