The History Of Jop Part 20 AKA Hangin out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Today we're gonna poll like it's 1999. Nine ticks from twenty-six singles.


[Poll #868997]


1998: Joptimist Judgement

1. Music Sounds Better With You (41 votes)
2. Ray Of Light (36 votes)
3. Doo Wop (That Thing) (35 votes)
4. Intergalactic (34)
5. The Rockefeller Skank (33)
6. Celebrity Skin (31)
7. Torn (28)
8. History Repeating (25)
9. You Get What You Give (23)
10. The Boy Is Mine (22)

So Lex was right, and Aaliyah did get diddled :(

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I thought Juvenile did 'Bling Bling'? (first time i heard the term) - who is BG?

i ticked Kid Rock cos it inspired 'Cobrastyle' :)

i came worryingly close to ticking RATM

[juror8.livejournal.com]

I did tick RATM! Easily their best single.

[koganbot]

B.G. is short for Baby Gangsta. He was on Cash Money records at the time. I'm pretty sure that Juvenile is a guest rapper on "Bling Bling."

holy sh*t "Bling Bling" is awesome! Who knew? Not me anyway

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Catch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXNIFbXsaN0

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of surprised that "No Scrubs" won this. Britney and Christina are too low. Nevertheless, a really strong list this year.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a pretty good list, paints a rosier picture of 1999 than the one I lived through (though 2000 was great cos I was catching up on all this stuff).

My big ticking dilemma: Madonna vs Jaxx - went for Madge after much agonising.

[koganbot]

Didn't just win it, but trounced everything else: 109 votes to Eminem's 66. I don't quite get it - it's my ninth tick here, but I don't see how it's any better than Destiny Child's very similar "Bills Bills Bills," which went number one that year but didn't make this list. (And I prefer Blaque's "808" - which I've read was produced by Left Eye - to either.)

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

It's a pop smash IE kids on my road were singing it loudly at some point last night.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I am v glad Stardust won last year's poll :-)

I feel Ricky Martin is underrated! LLVL is a grebt song to sing at karaoke hence = grebt pop classic.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i like 'Cup Of Life'!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

"only nine ticks" must die :(

I wanted to tick about 15 off this list.

This ain't my car like that ain't your hair: UH-OH

[juror8.livejournal.com]

No "No Pigeons", no credibility.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJYL4odVu3s

"Your fat ass gets 'nuff laughs/ Take it to the salon, pluck ya moustache"

Re: This ain't my car like that ain't your hair: UH-OH

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

a "wacky" comedy riposte which...is not as funny as the original. NO THANKS

I have a little trouble with you not fvckin' me

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Realisation the other week: no matter what type of party you are at, no matter what kind of music is getting played, at some point 'Got Your Money' WILL be dropped and everyone WILL go nuts. It is THE MOST UBIQUITOUS SONG EVER.

Re: I have a little trouble with you not fvckin' me

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

up there with 'Push It' defo

Honey

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

This is the worst record to have appeared in the Jop poll to this day. The vocal sample sounds like the Vic Reeves club singer looped over and over again. Argh.

Re: Honey

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I can't remember the original but the remix featuring Kelis is AWESOME.

Ridiculous that "Back That Azz Up" and "...Baby One More Time" didn't place way higher

[koganbot]

Ridiculous that "Back That Azz Up" and "...Baby One More Time" didn't place way higher. And that neither made my ballot (what was I thinking?). And that almost no one hear is ticking "Back That Azz Up"? (Did it not hit in Britain? Even so, I'd think it'd have made its way to youse guys.)

Re: Juvenile

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I have knowingly heard no Juvenile. I keep meaning to buy Tha G Code if I can find it cheap. I gather that's the LP of his to own.

A little bit of Sandra in the sun

[koganbot]

My P&J singles ballot for 1999

1. Metallica, "Whiskey in the Jar"
2. Ricky Martin, "Livin' La Vida Loca" (C2/Columbia)
3. Trick Daddy featuring Trina, "Nann" (Slip n Slide)
4. Leftfield featuring Afrika Bambaataa and Nick Rapaccioli, "Afrika Shox" (Hard Hands/Higher Ground/Columbia)
5. Hardknox, "Come in Hard" (Jive Electro)
6. Blaque, "808" (Track Masters/Columbia)
7. Eve, "Gotta Man" (Ruff Ryders)
8. Lou Bega, "Mambo No. 5" (RCA)
9. Kid Rock, "Bawitdaba" (Lava/Atlantic)
10. Ruff Ryders featuring Eve and Nokio, "What Ya Want" (Ruff Ryders)

If I had to do it all over again, "Nann" would be number one, "...Baby One More Time" (which I didn't even vote for) would be number 2, and "Back That Azz Up" (which I also didn't vote for) would be number 3. Damned if I know what I'd eliminate, however. "Gotta Man" and "Bawitdaba," I guess. Or "Come In Hard." "808" is the best of the year's Destiny's Child or TLC type tunes (prod. by Left Eye).

Re: A little bit of Sandra in the sun

[koganbot]

Actually, "808" was produced by R. Kelly.

This was the year I discovered tha interweb

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Oh noes.

I think it may not have been until early 2000 that werk gave us employees access from our desktop PCs, however. How about you, fellow office drones?

Re: This was the year I discovered tha interweb

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

My parents got dialup in 1999. Six months and several thousand emails later I had a typing speed of 70wpm.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

They come back every couple of years with a re-recording of exactly the same awful, bland, tedious record they've been remaking for the last 25 years, what is it about this awful, awful band that seems to push the buttons of so many music critics ? Awful.

Re: Red Hot Chili Peppers

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I don't think that critics particularly care any more but they have an enormous fanbase despite being one of the most horrible bands ever.

Meanwhile In Britannia

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What the NME Said:

Aphex Twin – Windowlicker
TLC – No Scrubs
Super Furry Animals – Northern Lites
The Flaming Lips – Race For The Prize
Eminem – My Name Is
Mogwai – EP
Fatboy Slim – Praise You
Primal Scream – Swastika Eyes (SWSTK YS CLL T BY TS NM)
Beck - Sex Laws
Madonna – Beautiful Stranger
Death In Vegas – Dirge
Campag Velocet – To Lose La Treck
Sigur Ros – Svefn-G-Englar
Blur – Tender
Shack – Comedy
Travis – Writing To Reach You
Sebodoh – Flame
Monster Magnet – Space Lord
New Radicles – You Get What You Give
Supergrass – Pumping On Your Stereo
Basement Jaxx – Rendez-Vu
The Flaming Lips – Waiting For Superman
Blur – Coffee + TV
The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl
Badly Drawn Boy – It Came From The Ground
Gay Dad – To Earth With Love
Mercury Rev – Goddess On A Hiway
Moloko – Sing It Back
Pavement – Carrot Rope
Smog – Cold Blooded Old Times
Underworled – King Of Snake
Buckcherry – Lit Up
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Your Money
Shack – Natalie’s Party
Super Furry Animals – Fire In My Heart
The Fall – Touch Sensitive
U-Ziq – The Fear
Underworld – Jumbo
Armend Van Helden – U Don’t Know Me
The All Seeing I – Walk Like A Panther
Pavement – Major League
Puff Daddy – Pe2000
Mr Oizo – Flat Beat
Hole – Malibu
Low – Immune
Zan Lyons – Suicide
The Charlatans – Forever
Mercury Rev – Opus 40
Roots Manuva – Juggle Tings Proper
The Micronauts – The Jag

Re: Meanwhile In Britannia

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

sing it back!

Monica, Sarah, Whitney, 702, J-Lo, Pearl Jam

[koganbot]

Billboard Top 26 for 1999:

1. "Believe" Cher
2. "No Scrubs" TLC
3. "Angel Of Mine" Monica
4. "Heartbreak Hotel" Whitney Houston
5. "...Baby One More Time" Britney Spears
6. "Kiss Me" Sixpence None The Richer
7. "Genie In A Bottle" Christina Aguilera
8. "Every Morning" Sugar Ray
9. "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" Deborah Cox
10. "Livin' La Vida Loca" Ricky Martin
11. "Where My Girls At?" 702
12. "If You Had My Love" Jennifer Lopez
13. "Slide" Goo Goo Dolls
14. "Have You Ever?" Brandy
15. "I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys
16. "I'm Your Angel" R. "Kelly & Celine Dion
17. "All Star" Smash Mouth
18. "Angel" Sarah McLachlan
19. "Smooth" Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
20. "Unpretty" TLC
21. "Bills, Bills, Bills" Destiny's Child
22. "Save Tonight" Eagle-Eye Cherry
23. "Last Kiss" Pearl Jam
24. "Fortunate" Maxwell
25. "All I Have To Give" Backstreet Boys
26. "Bailamos" Enrique Iglesias

Listen to the great "Where My Girls At?" here.

F@ck this was a brilliant year

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I ddin't vote for Xtina or Britney just because I knew they'd have plenty of support, and voted for a couple of my favorites instead.

"Steal My Sunshine" is one of the greatest one-hit wonders EVAH!

[lollers.livejournal.com]

i ticked more in this year than i have for the last few but there are so many terrible terrible songs here

eminem
smash mouth
santana
kid rock
ratm
limp bizkit
rhcp
moby
robbie williams

urgh what was wrong with people in 1998