The History Of Jop Part 23 aka Copywritten so don't copy me

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Quite possibly the last Pazz and Jop poll for a little while - 2001: A Jop Odyssey.

You get THIRTEEN ticks - Coldplay's "Yellow" is #5 in this poll but you got the chance to vote for it last time so it's left out.


[Poll #873942]


Let's All Vote Jop In The Year 2000

1. Say My Name (42 votes)
2. Oops I Did It Again (39)
3. Ms Jackson (38)
4=. Try Again (37)
4=. Independent Women Part 1 (37)
6. B.O.B. (31)
7=. The Real Slim Shady (29)
7=. Jumpin Jumpin (29)
9=. Stan (27)
9=. Forgot About Dre (27)

The only one of 42 tracks not to get a tick was "I Wish" by R Kelly.

Comments

Re: The Year Of The....MASH-UP!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I like it because it's like they've absorbed all the criticisms of DC and Beyonce as fembots, androids, corporate midriffs etc. and then gone "YES. AND?" and the puny mask of flesh has been discarded and they've gone on a Bride of Pinbot killing spree.

It is also staggeringly bitter, yes, ha ha.

And it has "diss you on the Internet"!

And it has those backing vocals going "WORK. WORK. WORK."

Re: The Year Of The....MASH-UP!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i thought it was 'WHUT?!' not 'WORK'

Re: The Year Of The....MASH-UP!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It turns out we can save chat about Stroke Of Genie-us till next poll, hurrah!

Re: The Year Of The....MASH-UP!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

That was meant to be a reply to infov0re :(

I prefer WORK.

Re: The Year Of The....MASH-UP!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I thought it was WHUT as well.

I agree. A funny story about that song: it was SO OBVIOUSLY directed at LeToya and LaTavia that their lawyers went after Beyoncé (there was a clause in the DC split-up contract which said that neither side were permitted to say anything derogatory about the other in public - clearly LeT's lawyers thought this contravened it) though I don't think anything came of it.

Five years on when LeToya is asked in interviews how she felt when she first heard 'Survivor'? "Oh I totally identified with it, because I'm a survivor too, and I really admired them for saying such a strong statement" YAAAAARRRGH