Jop Tournament Qualifiers 4

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another four showdowns, with Timberlake and his ex featuring prominently. In yesterday's second batch of polls, Madonna, Sister Sledge and Joy Division won convincingly, with Prince's "Kiss" sneaking up on Grandmaster Flash and R Kelly to take Group H by a single vote.


[Poll #912403]


Tomorrow - "Zigga-zig-ah!" "B-A-N-A-N-A-S!" "Woo-hoo!" and much more!

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Group names

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I can't edit the poll now, can I? Grrr.

Anyway, these are groups M, N, O, and P not K, L, M and N, not that it matters.

Ticksplanation

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

K; Not hard at all, against this field has to be Kate. The others are all OK, though I don't like "Like I Love You" much.

L: Hate "Intergalactic", the rest are decent, PE wins it just about, might switch votes.

M: "Bootylicious" is fantastic and a worthy likely winner but I LOVE "Regulate", one of my favourite tracks in any polls.

N: "Word Up" without a second of doubt - don't like any of the other three here much at all. The Cameo record ruthlessly exposes the relative timidity and coolness of the Britney one, which is still the second best in the group. DKs have better jokes than Underworld though.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Group "K": never do that to me again omg K8 v Madge aaargh (and I love the Eminem and Justin too!). Madge shades it because of more happy dancefloor memories, which is unfair to K8 but THERE YOU GO.

Group "L": pretty easy win for Justin, Annie doesn't engage the heart quite as much

Groups "M" and "N": 'Regulate' and 'Word Up' are very underrated generally but 'Bootylicious' and 'Slave' are monsters

Difficult!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

- Kate no contest: she grabbed my ticks in the Now polls and will in this one as well
- Justin pips Chuck & co but only just
- Chaka is v close to my heart here so beats Regulate (my first ever parental advisory sticker purchase!)
- REALLY hard, botherd about Ded Kennedies but Cameo/Underworld/Britters all fab. Eventually went for slaaaaaaaaave.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

K: Deliberated between the first 3 for a while, almost went with "Stan", but gave Madonna my vote in the end.

L: Voted Annie. Perhaps contrary, but I don't really like any of these 4 songs THAT much. All are probably 8/10 or so.

M: Voted "Bootylicious" over "Regulate" by a nose. Didn't bother to consider the other 2.

N: "I'm A Slave 4U", easily. Not the best Dead Kennedies track.

[dzilinebisa.livejournal.com]

Making us chose between Bootylicious and Regulate is just NOT FAIR!!

Old school again

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I should probably listen to Bootylicious again, but I have to say I downright hated it when it came out. Whereas Chaka is an old sentimental favorite for me.

Glad to see Kate on track to waltz through, although I shouldn't be surprised, should I?

Tell Me About This Kate Bush Woman

[koganbot]

Tell me about this Kate Bush woman, whom you all like so well.

Greatest Rock Moments In All Of Jop

[koganbot]

Two of the greatest rock moments in all of Jop are:

(1) the guitar part from "Edge Of Seventeen/Bootylicious" (is a Yardbirds-style rave-up, driving the rhythm, unrelenting knife thrusts).

(2) when Stan tells Slim "I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't breathe without me" (talk about knife thrusts, this is Dylan or Jagger '65, or Lou '67, savage evisceration, but precise).

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

K: Relatively close between Kate and Marshall here, but I opted for Stan.

L: Very close - like them all, don't hugely love any of them. PE just about takes it.

M: Four fine records. A shame to not go for Destiny's Child, but I really love Regulate.

N: Four terrific tracks. I agonised longest over Cameo and Underworld, and went for the latter, but I hate shunning Word Up.