Poptimists Year End Poll 2006: Video Of The Year

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The poll brings us now to the VIDEO of the year, and after some snuffling around on YouTube I have links for all our six nominees.

Fergie - "Fergalicious": Fergie and Will.I.Am in a Willy Wonka fantasia.
Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man": Xtina living out her 40s starlet dreams.
Bouncy - "Ring The Alarm": Angry Bouncy in an interrogation cell.
OK Go - "Here It Goes Again": Power-poppers on running machines.
Camera Obscura - "Hey Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken": Catalogue couple dance through department store.
Infernal - "From Paris To Berlin": Disco inside a compuler.

Go and look at them if you like, and tick below.

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You can still vote in the previous polls, and indeed nominate in the categories we haven't polled yet. As ever, votes based on your nominations: both Fergie singles were mentioned more than once, and I picked only one for space reasons - if Fergie humping a horse guard was your vision of 2006, my humble apologies.

Comments

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I voted "Fergalicious", though it was close between that and OK Go. I like "Here It Goes Again" because it is the first video in a long while* to be primarily responsible for the popularity of the song/band in question (not that the song isn't good, but the video is what made people notice the song). Maybe it will cause people to put more time into videos now?

*Others that come to mind:
"Fell In Love With A Girl"
"Baby One More Time"

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I voted "Fergalicious", though it was close between that and OK Go.

Ditto! I hadn't actually heard the Fergie song before now. It's a bit overegged innit so the extravagant video actually goes quite well with the music.

Something about the Camera Obscura vid irritated but the song (which again I hadn't heard before) is tremendous.

Beyonce = third favourite vid. Like stevem78 tho' I'm finding it hard to get past the WTF aspects.

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

the [Camera Obscura] song (which again I hadn't heard before) is tremendous

It is! Indie Lives! or something.

I'm prob being too cynical, but it sounds a bit like they suddenly niched-out on the fact that Johnny Boy never capitalized properly on that generation/shoes thing.