ext_281244 ([identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] poptimists2006-11-16 02:11 pm
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The History Of Jop Part 20 AKA Hangin out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

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 :(

Re: Meanwhile In Britannia

[identity profile] awesomewells.livejournal.com 2006-11-16 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
1999 was a bit of a turning point for me really and more or less a death knell for my indie-loving self. Also it's fairly evident that the NME had nothing really to latch onto, which is presumably why it embraced The Strokes so wholeheartedly (only two years later - feels like far more).