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

Re: Solo artists in history

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Actually, recent emo strikes me as more outwardly misogynist than the stuff that preceded it (which I guess might have been inwardly misogynist, my frame of reference isn't great, but I doubt that most emo bands of yore would have written a song called "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" etc...of course, the misogyny in these cases -- and maybe it's just P!ATD -- is so ludicrous that it's hard to take it very seriously).

Mentioned Paris to friends at a party, same response. On the rock star tip, I think the reigning rock star of the year -- male or female -- is LINDSAY. Imagine what the press/public reaction to a male rock star living the life she lives and saying the things she says (seems like most male rock stars these days are totally bland loser WIMPS).

Re: Solo artists in history

[koganbot]

Coding female doesn't stop one from being misogynist. But I think (and this ties in to what you were saying about Lindsay) that coding female allows postpunk "sensitive" men to ROCK, since the full-on cock rock thing is no longer available to or believable in them.