Jop Tournament Procrastination Update Special

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I rly rly cannot get my head round this presentation I'm editing, so I'm taking a 5 minute break and posting

Seeded Tracks On Their Way Out (by current voting totals)

4. Destinys Child - "Say My Name" (vs Joy Division)
7. Beyonce ft Jay-Z - "Crazy In Love" (vs "Push It")
15. Nelly Furtado - "Maneater" (vs Genie in A Bottle, this one very close)
17. Prince - "When Doves Cry" (vs New Order)
20. Britney Spears - "Oops I Did It Again" (vs Vogue)
23. Outkast - "Ms Jackson" (vs Cameo)
24. Destiny's Child - "Independent Women Pt 1" (vs "Bootylicious" in fact!)
26. Blondie - "Call Me" (vs Kate Bush, may well swing back)
27. En Vogue - "My Lovin (Never Gonna Get It)" (vs Nirvana)
28. TLC - "No Scrubs" (vs GnR)
29. Prince - "Raspberry Beret" (vs Sister Sledge)

Beyonce/DC love somewhat brittle, it seems!

Comments

Prince Is The Big Ten Of Poptimists

[koganbot]

Prince is the Big Ten of Poptimists. (The Big Ten is a midwest college sports league that always gets a lot of teams in the NCAA basketball tournament with everyone raving about how strong the league is this year, and then most of the teams get wiped out in the first round.)

Re: Prince Is The Big Ten Of Poptimists

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This is completely right. Prince had more tracks in the 160 than anyone, not even counting 2 as a writer. The only one in the last 32 is "1999".

The conclusion?

i) Everyone likes Prince, certainly well enough to give his songs a tick in a "Pick 9 of 25" situation. But not many people adore him.

ii) There's no real consensus on what the best Prince tracks are.