Jop Qualifiers 3!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The first of today's groups - as usual, it's pick one from four, except with voting closed on Grps A-D we have an entirely unexpected THREE-WAY DRAW, with only poor J Cash left out of the running. See bonus question to resolve this. Elsewhere, the KLF and Van Halen scraped in by a single vote, and Pulp cantered in by quite a few.


[Poll #912308]


Four more this afternoon, work permitting (well, not "permitting" obviously, but you know what I mean).

Comments

20 Vote Outlook

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I: Impossible to call. US poptimists will decide which way this goes I think.

J: Eurythmics by a mile though how they'll fare next round I don't know.

K: Nirvana must still be favourites but Jacko is pushing hard.

L: TLC victory by no means certain.

Re: 20 Vote Outlook

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I am shocked at the Eurythmics walking away with this (particularly given the Madge-love yesterday). It makes me think that people are voting sentimentally more than anything else, 'cause RoL is easily one of MY favorite songs.

BTW, that will be something interesting to track - how different years/periods do.

Re: 20 Vote Outlook

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

In a weird way I think the Eurythmics track feels the most modern of that four, even though it's pretty old. The particular minimalism and effect it went for has been done a lot since, but not often better.

But then I don't think RoL is much cop at all.

Re: 20 Vote Outlook

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I feel a little bit towards "Sweet Dreams" the way I did towards "Papa Don't Preach" - so exhaustively played over so many years that I no longer feel the slightest twinge of magic in it (although it was certainly magical at the time).

Re: 20 Vote Outlook

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Sweet Dreams' is a bit like 'Get Ur Freak On' in the sense that a vote for it isn't just a vote for the song but a vote for every time you've heard the riff, every time it's been sampled or bootlegged or dropped out of nowhere in a DJ set - in the great library of pop sounds it is surely the Most Borrowed.

I love 'Ray Of Light' but it's not in the upper echelon of Madge singles for me.

Re: 20 Vote Outlook

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

'Sweet Dreams' is a bit like 'Get Ur Freak On' in the sense that a vote for it isn't just a vote for the song but a vote for every time you've heard the riff, every time it's been sampled or bootlegged or dropped out of nowhere in a DJ set - in the great library of pop sounds it is surely the Most Borrowed.

So it's kinda like the synthpop "Smells Like Teen Spirit"? ;)

Re: 20 Vote Outlook

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Well it beats Teen Spirit in that every time you hear the riff you go YESSSSS instead of thinking, christ, this party's not very good, maybe I should go home.