The History Of Jop Part 26 aka You leave me broken shattered I lie

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

2004 is now THREE YEARS AGO (sort of) - our possibly penultimate pazz and jop ponderations will let you relive that golden or otherwise era. You get THIRTEEN from thirty-eight picks: Alicia Keys "You Don't Know My Name" and the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Maps" turned up last time so are omitted this.


[Poll #902705]


Poptimism Of Times Past - 2003 Edition

1. Crazy In Love (43 votes)
2. Milkshake (37)
3. Cry Me A River (35)
4=. Ignition (Remix) (31)
4=. Hey Ya! (31)
6. Move Your Feet (30)
7=. Hurt (27)
7=. I Luv U (27)
9=. In Da Club (24)
9=. Danger High Voltage (24)
9=. Rock Your Body (24)
9=. Pass That Dutch (24)

This scientifically confirms my empirical findings at the work Xmas party viz that "Crazy In Love" is much loved again but that people are bored of "Hey Ya". This one will run and run.

Comments

Re: This was the hardest yet by far

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'If I Ain't Got You' I always remember as the song which OLYMPIC HEROINE Kelly Holmes used to inspire her on her way to winning those gold medals - a lovely anecdote in itself but also evidence of something Alicia Keys does very well, which is to tap into very vague universal sentiments of "longing" or "melancholy" and imbue them with a great deal of non-specific soul, which makes it very easy for the listener to feel a sense of identification with her songs and apply them to their own life circumstances, whatever they may be.

I love Alicia!