Jop Tournament - Round 1, Fites 1-4

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Arduous qualifiers completed, it's now time for the songs that made it through to get horrifically mangled in the tournament proper.

One fite, one vote.


[Poll #916949]


Coming up - Pulp, Kelis, Missy, Kelly Clarkson, MORE Prince...

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Waterfalls' would have won against any other song here apart from either Madge - 'Into The Groove' however is not merely a song, it is The Way The Truth And The Light.

Everything else easy. This is the first time I have actually ticked 'Heartbeat' which I guess is proof of how it's gotten through a v tough draw.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Botherd about most of these apart from Into The Groove and Temptation. I've heard Like An Prayer too many times but less times than Monkey Gone To Heaven.

[http://users.livejournal.com/xyzzzz__/]

Voted for Pixies and TLC bcz I assumed there would be other tracks by M to vote for in other polls.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Voted the favorites in every case, except that I voted for "Heartbeat" over "1999", which is one of my least favorite Prince singles of this era. To be honest, the other 3 weren't even that close. "When Doves Cry" not making it would be sad, but "Temptation" is a good song too.

Surprised by the strength of "Temptation"

[koganbot]

Surprised that "Temptation" is making a strong race against "When Doves Cry" (the latter won the ilX poll as the greatest song of the '80s, beating second-place finisher "Love Will Tear Us Apart" decisively). Also, surprised that "Temptation" seems to be considered the New Order song, whereas I'd have picked "True Faith" and I'd have expected the general Poptimist populace to pick "Blue Monday." What is the special appeal of "Temptation"? For that matter, what is the appeal of New Order in comparison to lots of other performers that use '80s freestyle or hi-NRG dance beats, e.g. Bambaataa/Soul Sonic Force [or insert favorite Arthur Baker track here such as Diana Ross's "Swept Away"] or Hazell Dean?