The History Of Jop Part 27 aka She got one of your kids got you for 18 years

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

And now - the final* Pazz and Jop poll. 2005 - seems like it was yesterday eh?

You have thirteen ticks across 39 boxes - the holdover from last year that I left out was "Galang", if you're interested.


[Poll #904749]


*or potentially penultimate, but I suspect the discussion of the New Times PJ poll will be along the lines of the JP one i.e. poll-free.

2004: Joptimists Verdict

1. Toxic (52 votes - offhand I can't remember anyone ever getting more, and certainly the 91% is huge)
2. Take Me Out (43)
3. What You Waiting For? (38)
4. Chewing Gum (37)
5=. 99 Problems (36)
5=. Galang (36)
7. Heartbeat (33)
8. Drop It Like It's Hot (27)
9. Yeah (Usher) (26)
10. Somebody Told Me (25)

And that's it. If anyone has any ideas for flagship poll series I will take them under consideration!

Comments

Great Year for Country and Teenpop, bleh for everything else

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Greg Fanoe's Theoretical P&J Ballot 2005.

I sent this out to friends, didn't submit it, obv.

1. Rachel Stevens - "I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)"
2. Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
3. Lee Ann Womack - "I May Hate Myself In The Morning"
4. Ashlee Simpson - "La La"
5. Miranda Lambert - "Kerosene"
6. Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten"
7. Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"
8. Toby Keith - "As Good As I Once Was"
9. Hilary Duff - "Wake Up"
10. Anna Nalick - "Breathe (2AM)"

Anna Nalick is in that genre that I have a kind of love/hate relationship with. That is, I want to hate the genre, but I keep loving songs in that genre. I'm pleased to see I wouldn't have been the only critic to vote for it, unlike the TashBed song. There was a huge mess of songs fighting for that #10 slot ("L.O.V.E.", "Boyfriend", "Dare", "Stay Fly", "What's In It For Me", etc.) and I'm not sure that I like Anna N. the best of them, but it felt the most right in the top 10, for whatever reason.

I didn't at the time, still don't, and never will understand the ranking of "Alcohol" above "As Good As I Once Was".

Re: Great Year for Country and Teenpop, bleh for everything else

[koganbot]

"Alcohol" is mediocre, but the line about helping white people to dance is really funny, and is what got it across to lots and lots and lots of (white) people. As music (and as a song title) I definitely prefer "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off."