The History Of Jop Part 24 aka It's Your Fremme Neppe Venette

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Here's 2002! Wasn't expecting to be polling it but since I'm here and you're here let's have a shot - you get FOURTEEN big ticks across 41 singles.


[Poll #876240]


2001: The Jopolith

1. Get Ur Freak On (43 votes)
2=. Bootylicious (35)
2=. Survivor (35)
4. One More Time (34)
5=. Get The Party Started (30)
5=. Where's Your Head At (30)
7. Romeo (29)
8. I'm A Slave 4 U (28)
9=. Izzo (HOVA) (25)
9=. Last Night (25)

Comments

you forget...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

The Rapture were great live but this song was not quite good enough on rekkid to make my 14.

Why does everyone think 'Like Glue' is Seaneh Paul's greatest moment? I prefer 'Gimme The Light' and 'Get Busy'.

Andrew WK is indie crap, I am shocked and disgusted that you all like it.

Re: you forget...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Andrew WK is ART POP.

Re: you forget...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

He is art in the sense that those WANKERS who push peanuts along pavements with their noses are art, ie CRAP ART.

the only publication who gave a shit about him was the NME!

why on EARTH do you all like him? you may as well give up and start liking, I dunno, Tenacious D.

Re: you forget...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The secret of AWK's excellence is the keyboards.

Re: you forget...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't remember any keyboards. I remember HORRID UNRELENTING GUITAR NOISE.

Re: you forget...

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

That is also the secret of his excellence.

Re: you forget...

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

not getting Andrew WK is like not getting Daphne & Celeste. they both come from the same great motherlode of pop

Re: you forget...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Me on AWK:

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/nylpm/2002/10/andrew-wk-we-want-fun/

And just as importantly, this:

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/nylpm/2002/07/andrew-wk-i-get-wet-pitchfork-review/

Re: you forget...

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

top marks for "sounds like Adam And The Ants being launched into space by champagne-fuelled rockets", Tom!

Re: you forget...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It's not pop at all! Tom also says it is on the Jackass soundtrack and is frat-rock which is EXACTLY RIGHT - I have never ever ever thought of this as happy, inclusive music. It's moronic lumpen crap (topped off with UNLISTENABLE vocals) for people who think nosebleeds are funny. If it wasn't for the Flaming Lips I would unhesitatingly have named it the worst song here.

I didn't know you all liked this :(

Re: you forget...

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

I like Tenacious D!

I think Andrew WK are, or is, probably my favourite band since Baxendale, both musically and in terms of the message and in terms of the interlocking of the music and the message? And I was a lot younger in the Baxendale years, and wrong.

Re: you forget...

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

I love this music so much; it felt strange not to single it out in the questions but I missed it at the time, it took three years. Tom's review is really good!

I sort of feel like denying 'Party Hard' is inclusive is like denying it has drums.