Jop Tournament Round 2.1

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I've decided to do the second round in two big chunks, partly cos intuition tells me the RLY hard decisions will be coming up next round. Also it will take less time!


[Poll #925674]


Share your pop hearbreaks in the comments thread, go on.

Comments

Taking Pazz & Jop By Strategy

[koganbot]

I like "How Soon Is Now?" because it reminds me of Eno. But no way I'm voting it over "Since U Been Gone." Btw, "Since U Been Gone" is probably still my favorite Kelly Clarkson track, but that may only be because "Maybe" isn't a track yet; and "Since U Been Gone" may even be a bit tangential to what I generally love about Kelly. Which is to say that Kelly touches me more when she's tormented than when she's triumphant - though I think her torment songs are obliquely triumphant, since they contain an extravagant self-assertion and self-confirmation, even if the confirmation has to do with the value... is "value" the right word?... of heartbreak and struggle. Anyway, top five Kelly's for me are "Maybe," "Since U Been Gone," "Hear Me," "Miss Independent," "Addicted." (I pretty much missed "Miss Independent" in its year, but it's one of the great dance pop tracks of the decade.)

Re: Taking Pazz & Jop By Strategy

[koganbot]

Don't know what went wrong with that "Miss Independent" link; let's try again.

Re: Taking Pazz & Jop By Strategy

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Can't avoid an opportunity for listing. Not counting "Maybe" or "Anymore" because there's no recorded versions yet.

1. "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
2. "Since U Been Gone"
3. "Miss Independent"
4. "Addicted"
5. "Just Missed the Train"

Re: Taking Pazz & Jop By Strategy

[koganbot]

Ha, I seem to have missed the train on "Just Missed the Train," as I've never heard it (never heard her first alb in full). "Hazel Eyes" would have been my number six or seven (pretty much in a dead heat w/ "Because Of You," which follows it on the alb). Also think well of most of the early singles; even "Moments Like This" has its moments, though it's not one of my favorite compositions.

Re: Taking Pazz & Jop By Strategy

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

"Just Missed the Train" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UM3VlLXOAQ) -- It's a cover of a song by Danielle Brisebois, former child actress who released one album in 1994, then joined The New Radicals. Now she's a pop songwriter, she wrote "Unwritten".

Re: Taking Pazz & Jop By Strategy

[koganbot]

The TashBed's "Unwritten"? That's wonderful. (I'd just assumed that that was by the TashBed herself?)

Re: Taking Pazz & Jop By Strategy

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Yes, me too!

Re: Taking Pazz & Jop By Strategy

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

TashBed's "Unwritten", yeah, as well as her "Drop Me In The Middle" and "We're All Mad". TashBed doesn't have solo writing credit on any of her songs, though she does have cowriting credit on all except "Stumble" (a Shelly Peiken tune).