The Poptimists Review Of The Year 2006: Dancing about Arguetexture

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Two somewhat difficult categories to administer today - the "argument of the year", difficult because only one thing really got widely nominated. And the "thing to dance (to)", difficult because nothing got nominated twice!

Here are the 'argument' nominees.

The Paris Hilton Wars: Is PH's album a triumph or a travesty? Should it be taken seriously? What are the hataz really playing at? Here's The Lex vs Plan B, and Dave Moore on Paris at Stylus.
Indie vs Emo in the Freaky Trigger Comments Box: This one will run and run. Delve in here and here.
Lordi: Worthy Eurovision Winners?: The argument that tore the Eurovision community apart - pantomime or "real rock"? And is that a good thing anyway? If anyone can point me to evidence for this argument I'd be grateful.

As for the dance to nominees...

"Monster" is a rock song about a hill and a monster.
"We Are Your Friends" is a much-loved golden oldie.
"Chicken Noodle Soup" is big on YouTube.
Magda is a tea-making DJ.
"We Share Our Mother's Health" is Scandiravian.

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You can still vote in earlier polls and nominate for the remaining categories.

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's true- I somehow have it drilled into my head that 'Because Of You' wasn't a single here and thought there was another one in the US but now I think about it, that was 'Breakaway,' which obviously did come over here.

There's something very pubescent about 'Because Of You' that quite possibly turned off a lot of the album-buying agegroup, who may be who would have bought 'Walk Away' if they hadn't gone for the album, which had pretty good sales here to my knowledge. That song was on heavy rotation in the freeview music channels but I can't remember ever hearing it on radio. I have skewed feelings about 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' because it's got my name in the title and thus creeps me out.

I probably shouldn't attempt to say things about the charts, since the presense of JK and Joel on the Radio 1 chartshow renders it totally unlistenable and me totally unknowledgeable about the charts as a consequence.