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: OH MY GOD STOP TICKING FRANZ FVCKING FERDINAND

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Interestingly enough I heard a bit of Josef K and Gang Of Four around this time (kept seeing their names cited as "people FF ripped off"), and while I can't say they made a huge impact on me I did enjoy them a lot more than FF. FF always seemed slightly too pleased with themselves, very arch and diffident - this is the kind of thing I don't mind when the music is minimal, but when you've got big pop tunes it completely undercuts them.

Re: OH MY GOD STOP TICKING FRANZ FVCKING FERDINAND

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

FF's "pleased with themselves"-ness really strikes me on "Matinee", to an unlistenable degree. But not so much here.

Re: OH MY GOD STOP TICKING FRANZ FVCKING FERDINAND

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh my god the Terry Wogan line. Aaargh kill kill kill.