Poptimists Year-End Review: Most Awful Thing / Best Other Thing

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Poptimists EOY polls are now boldly SPANNING the 2006/2007 divide because I was busy last week and nobody was online. Two more categories today, and then into the lifetime achievement, act of the year and track of the year categories for the rest of this week.

Today we voyage into the negative zone with the well-stocked "most terrible musical thing" category. To introduce the nominees:

Sandi Thom is the troubadour of Tooting whose "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker" topped the charts last spring.
Muse are indie-rockers who have given themselves a pomp-metal makeover.
Arctic Monkeys are the saviours of British guitar pop, apparently they were discovered on the INTERWEB.
Indie rock in general rumbles listlessly on.
The Streets third album was felt by some fans to be a bit ghastly.
"Before The Music Dies" is a fillum.
Westlife delighted grannies everywhere.

We also tackle the less well-stocked "best other thing" category - this was poorly explained by me, in that it was meant to cover 'other things there isn't a category for', not 'other things you couldn't fit into the other categories' boxes'. Anyway some items did get multiple nominations:

YouTube is a site that is NO LONGER blocked to me at work!
Beyonce's "Ring The Alarm" sleeve has alligators on it.
The Pop World Cup was a much-loved and little voted-in feature on this website.
Eurovision heralded the return of ROCK.

[Poll #898962]

You can still nominate in the three remaining categories, if you can be botherd to trawl through the archives and do so!

Comments

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

surely this stands a good chance of being WORST THING EVER 2007

oh noes dave matthews now too

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

oh it was out 2006. then i may change my vote...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think it may get UK distribution 2007 (though I pray not).

The Most Offensive Thing

[koganbot]

The most offensive thing about Before The Music Dies is that there are actual evils that it is in position to dissect, if it wishes to (and maybe does in the movie, which I haven't seen, though it sure doesn't in the trailer), such as ClearChannel's bullying market tactics, but instead its subtextual message is that The Way To Fight Evil Is To Join Our Social Set And Be Smug, Ignorant, Style-Damaged Quasi-Liberal Dorks. So simultaneously I'm watching liberals like myself be ignorant bigots AND I'm watching liberals like myself shoot themselves in the foot. It's agonizing.