Poptimists 2006 Poll: Act of the Year!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Today's category is the slightly nebulous Act of the Year - six acts got more than one vote and we present them below: interesting to note the Poptimists heavyweights who didn't get multiple nominations.

Girls Aloud put out a Greatest Hits record.
Lily Allen MySpaced her way to stardom.
Justin Timberlake brought sexy back.
Paris Hilton was much talked about.
Aly and AJ were the salvation of teenpop.
Cassie stripped R&B down.

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Lifetime achievement and Track of the Year to follow!

Comments

Busted vs Jonas

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1. Synths on intro and 'middle-ought'. (Win for JB)

2. "Took a trip" has become "Took a ship" (Neutral - presumably this is a drugs change?)

3. The great-great-great grandaughter is now "doing fine" not "pretty fine" (Win for Busted).

4. "Triple-breasted women swim around town, totally naked" has become a line about girls with Star Wars hair that I couldn't make out. (Big win for Busted - this is one of the best and best-delivered lines).

5. Hanson-esque "Huuuuuh yeah!" before last choruses. (Win for JB)

6. "It had outsold Michael Jackson" becomes "It had outsold Kelly Clarkson", presumably because outselling MJ isn't that difficult these days. (Win for Busted, as "Jackson" at least has one vowel sound in common with "Platinum")

Re: Busted vs Jonas

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

But Kelly Clarkson is more of an act of solidarity on the part of Jonas Brothers (even if the line itself doesn't work...but it DOES work contextually in a sort of "orange you glad I didn't say banana" way, even though I heard JB first). So when they say "and another one and another one...and another one!" with respect to boybands, you feel like they might be THRILLED with this future, instead of more neutrally semi-sarcastic (semi- since both of 'em are boybands themselves). Triple-breasted women (plus the Busted video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=2FJXF6qdyIg) vs. Jonas (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kUaKBrdMGec)) ultimately puts Busted on top, though.