The History Of Jop Part 20 aka Check it out now the funk soul brother

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

After a short delay, here's the 1998 poll - 25 singles, NINE big picks.


[Poll #866558]


1997: Joptimism In The Wind

1. Your Woman (42 votes)
2. Around The World (37 votes)
3. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) (34 votes)
4=. Song 2 (31)
4=. Wannabe (31)
6=. Mmmbop (29)
6=. Firestarter (29)
8. Da Funk (27)
9. Brimful Of Asha (26)
10. Block Rockin Beats (25)

Comments

great year

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

That Charlemagne Palestine experience was totally awesome.

This was a brilliant time for pop, as I recall it, so maybe that just means that I was enjoying life more than I had been for a while? Although I can remember being melancholy to the sound of Torn, so this may be an illusion.

Several that I did love at the time I have cooled on now -- Rockerfeller Skank and Stardust which were big big-night-out tunes. Monica and Brandy was about the first time I had really loved an R&B track I think; lots of great hip-pop e.g. Pras, Jay-Z; not-bad Madge; Sheryl/Shania reliably great; most of the rest is American stuff I didn't get to hear.

Re: great year

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

One of the highpoints of this year - at least I think it was this year - was the series of tape trades I got from Mike Daddino and others - when/where I first heard Aaliyah, Blackstreet, loads of old soul and pop I'd missed. None of that really shows up on my list though, maybe it was later than I thought.

Re: great year

[epicharmus.livejournal.com]

No, this is pretty much the time, as I remember. (I can always go through my e-mail archives to check, if need be.) Our tapes were more about filling gaps in all of our knowledge rather than getting hip to the latest and greatest. (Timbaland is one key exception.) I was getting deep into old-timey and unholy minimalism, Fred was in his soul-freak phase, you were schooling me in techno (and minimalism) (and Britpop), and so on.