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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Backstreet Boys, Elton, Jewel, Toni, Usher, Third Eye

[koganbot]

Billboard Top 26 for 1997

1. Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
2. Foolish Games / You Were Meant For Me - Jewel
3. I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
4. Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton
5. Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy
6. I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
7. Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue
8. Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison
9. How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
10. Wannabe - Spice Girls
11. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys
12. MMMBop - Hanson
13. For You I Will - Monica
14. You Make Me Wanna... - Usher
15. Bitch - Meredith Brooks
16. Nobody - Keith Sweat
17. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
18. Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik
19. Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Az Yet Featuring Peter Cetera
20. Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.
21. The Freshmen - Verve Pipe
22. I Want You - Savage Garden
23. No Diggity - BLACKstreet Featuring Dr. Dre
24. I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face) - Rome
25. Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G.
26. Every Time I Close My Eyes - Babyface

(By the way, "Do You Know (What It Takes)" by Robyn was at 29.)

Uncry these tears

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Unbreak My Heart' is SO GOOD and evidence to support the "all great ballads are really bangers and vice versa" theory. 'We Belong Together' is very much its daughter.

Re: Uncry these tears

[koganbot]

Oh yes, "Un-Break My Heart" is excellent. I'm surprised that Toni never seems to get P&J action. Her style is respectable enough.

Re: Uncry these tears

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Mariah hasn't had p&j action yet either has she? I think a lot of this kind of r&b is perceived to be the equivalent of adult-mor rock, or maybe someone like Celine Dion, which is very uncool critically. Mary J sidesteps this by fusing her soul with hip-hop, Erykah by being in the vanguard of the oft-brilliant, oft-terrible neo-soul movement.

I gave up going wtf at the p&j choices a while ago actually, none of it makes an iota of sense in retrospect when you think about what made it in/got left out.

Re: Uncry these tears

[koganbot]

Well, Mariah is showbiz supergarishness and tastelessness (in the average critic's ear), whereas I'd think Toni would be more Anita Baker respectability (which P&J isn't in love with, but which'll have enough votes to chart every now and then)(not that I know if Anita Baker ever charted). P&J has too many voters to be a single sensibility, but you can make some generalizations: e.g., black MOR has more of a chance than white MOR because it's perceived as more soulful.