The House That Jackin Built

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There's been no poptimist post or thread on the Jackin' Pop poll, which posted its results this week - I've put the top 30 tracks under a cut, and you can see the alBUM etc votes at http://www.idolator.com/?op=compiledresults


1. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (169 votes)
2. T.I. - What You Know (89 votes)
3. Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. - My Love (79 votes)
4. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man (51 votes)
5. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me (49 votes)
6. Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland - Promiscuous (45 votes)
7. Justin Timberlake - SexyBack (35 votes)
7. The Raconteurs - Steady, as She Goes (35 votes)
8. Hot Chip - Over and Over (33 votes) 1 for Solid Groove Remix
10. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push (32 votes)
10. Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks (32 votes)
12. The Killers - When You Were Young (29 votes)
13. My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade (28 votes)
14. Beyonce - Irreplaceable (26 votes)
14. Rihanna - SOS (26 votes)
16. Clipse - Wamp Wamp (What It Do) (24 votes)
17. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken (23 votes)
18. Kelis - Bossy (22 votes) 1 for Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix
19. Band of Horses - The Funeral (21 votes)
19. Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone - Ridin' (21 votes) 1 for NYPD Remix ft. Papoose & Jae Millz
19. Lily Allen - LDN (21 votes)
22. CSS - Let's Make Love (and Listen to Death From Above) (20 votes)
23. Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice (19 votes)
23. Junior Boys ft. Andi Toma - In the Morning (19 votes)
23. The Pipettes - Pull Shapes (19 votes)
26. Cassie - Me & U (18 votes)
26. Clipse - Mr. Me Too (18 votes)
26. Lily Allen - Smile (18 votes)
26. Nelly Furtado - Maneater (18 votes) 2 for remix ft. Lil Wayne
30. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (17 votes)
30. Prince - Black Sweat (17 votes)


Is this a recognisable 2006? Not if yr a Brit voter, most probably. (EDIT: I stand corrected, yrs Grandad.) I'm not sure I've ever heard TV on the Radio (who topped the JP albums list).

Comments

[zenith.livejournal.com]

It's the most recognisable list I've seen so far!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i've heard most of these, and heard OF all but one (Band Of Horsies)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I heard the first TV On The Radio album - it got lots of buzz, I was curious, I d/loaded, it was actually unlistenable, I deleted. It was just...a complete mess. I guess people admire it for its 'ambition' or something.

God I hate 'Young Folks' so much.

Thought 'Me & U' would do lots better, suspect both Justin and Nelly would have been hurt by vote-splitting.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think maybe I focussed too much on Band of Horses!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

HURRAH I am glad somebody else loathes "Young Folks" - what an awful song!

[fathands.livejournal.com]

Did Camera Obscura really get more ticks than CSS? I mean, I know I am a twee, but that's weird.

I love Young Folks. I hated it at first though, so that's ok.

Who are...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The Hold Steady, as seen on the albums list?

I have never heard anything by the Decemberists either but I think I know who they are (twee Canadian indie, yes?) and don't really feel the need to.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

there's a definite "why do all the people I know with otherwise decent taste go nuts for this insufferable crap" factor, too.

Re: Who are...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything much about the Hold Steady - they're american indie rock, and the lead guy was previously in a bad called Lifter Puller I think. Lots of sensible people loved Lifter Puller but I kept hearing the word "Pavement" in conjunction with them so I never checked them out.

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of these are essentially album votes. TVOTR, Raconteurs, Lupe, MCR, Clipse, Camera Obscura, Band of Horses, CSS, Dixie Chicks, Junior Boys, Pipettes, Arctic Monkeys--the individual songs picked are clearly not better than the pop ones scattered through there (except for CSS), but I think because people had the full albums for those artists the singles were more in mind. I could be wrong, but there certainly seemed to be less focus on the pop charts in musiccritland this year.

I still don't understand why people like Irreplacable so much--when I read KS's article I thought he was describing an entirely different song.

Re: Who are...

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

Imagine The Darkness but with worse musicians and instead of Justin Hawkins there's a dude yelling about being a teenager.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

How can they be album votes if most people voted for the actual properly released single?

Re: Who are...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

That sounds actually like the worst thing ever.

Re: Who are...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I always underestimate the number of people who actually really like all this indie rock crap :(

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think they are 'album votes', as in, some people responded to the "tracks of the year" question by simply listing some of the best tracks from their favourite albums, which generally were the singles (because singles are usually better than album tracks). But in this scenario it's liking the album that determines the vote.

Re: Who are...

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's up there. Rock critics like them because it lets them vicariously experience all the cool stuff they didn't get to do when they were actual teenagers.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

maura linked to this earlier:

http://www.furia.com/page.cgi?type=twas&id=twas0508b&sortfield=2

hahaha, everyone i know is in the bottom half. ilX0rs be picking random sh!t ;)

(also BOW DOWN before Glenn McD)

Re: Who are...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh is it whiny teenage stuff or jaunty teenage stuff? Is this why they like that terrible Art Brut song about seeing some poor girl naked twice, too? God rock critics are pathetic a lot of the time.

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

Uh, right, what you said. TV on the Radio at #5 is what particularly makes me think this, and I think Maura commented on how weird it was too. They're not exactly a singles band, and I don't really remember anyone talking about how that was a particularly killer song.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i think mr perpetua at 85 is the first one i recognise, rather humourous that those ppl WORKING for idolator are so far down the list...

Re: Who are...

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

It's basically "We went to this party and it was crazy and there was drugs but then things got fucked-up and now my life is ruined and oh I am such a tragic romantic figure, unable to resist this libertine's life even as it consumes me."

I think rock critics liked Art Brut because it was closer to their actual experience--"OMG naked girl, this is a whole new thing!" The Hold Steady's more "world-weary."

Re: Who are...

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

People usually use the term "American bar band" w.r.t. The Hold Steady - not sure I understand the term exactly, perhaps something to do with Craig Finn's songs being akin to a wit/smart-ass holding court at the bar, Mark E Smith-style, I think. Anyway, he and his band are completely appalling.

I had to listen to both a Hold Steady CD and a Decemberists CD as part of my 365 days project. Dear oh dear oh dear oh etc.

Re: Who are...

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

It's not really whiny, it's more "man I was fucked-up back in the day, let me tell you some stories about how fucked-up I used to get." Glory Days shit.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I will download it and listen with singles-minded ears.

Anyway I guess it's the equivalent of that noticeable trend in the old P&J singles polls we've been looking at, of a group of critics who clearly took one look at the singles ballot and thought "Shit, what's Paul Simon been up to this year?" rather than having any engagement with 'singles' or 'the charts' as an idea.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I don't really mean "as an idea" - you don't have to be a mentalist chart ideologue like me to submit a singles ballot.