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

[koganbot]

The only real emotional conflict for me was "Groove" vs. "Try Again" - I love the latter while the former is so iconic that I almost don't feel anything for it. But that's 'cause I'm not hearing it this second; have a feeling that on the dance floor it would sweep almost all before it, and I ticked it. "Sledge" vs. LWTUA was equally close but w/ less caring on my part. "Prayer" still feels like an pretty good folk gospel number w/ an exhilaratingly bullshit throw-everything-at-the-eall video; doesn't come close in my heart to "Everybody" or "Holiday" or "Live To Tell" or "Justify My Love" (but ticked it 'cause "Bootylicious" is too damn cold); "Vogue" not one of my heartthrobs either, but it's so powerful I'd have ticked it to honor the power 'cept it was running up against something just as powerful with way more actual style (rather than, you know, Style) and feeling. Do think it would have run much better against any of the other tracks on here 'cept "Groove" and "Prayer"; I would have expected "Don't Stop" and "Groove" to meet in the finals 'cept now it looks like they'll meet sooner (are they on track to meet in the semis?), and maybe my relatively non-excitement in regard to "Prayer" underestimates its chances. Anyway, "...Baby," "Freak On," "Since U Been Gone," and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" all get strong love from me, with "SUBG" the only one that looks to be at all in danger.

[koganbot]

throw-everything-at-the-eall video

I clearly meant to write "throw-everything-at-the-eel video." My apologies for the typo.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'm slightly surprised that "Don't Stop" is beating "Vogue" so comprehensively. I think maybe because the tenor of previous DSTYGE comments was more aloof, more "yes: I agree, a classic.", whereas "Vogue" has elicited more love and excitement. But perhaps that was only from the Lex.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I'm really shocked at this, I always thought 'Vogue' was one of Madonna's wholly-acknowledged classics along with 'Into The Groove' and 'Like A Prayer' - if anything it's more iconic than either. Whereas DSTYGE...well, it's no 'Billie Jean' or 'Thriller', it's (to turn things back-to-front) the equivalent of Justin's 'Rock Your Body', it's ADEQUATE but nothing more, and that when you know the artist in question can be a lot more. I do not understand.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Interestingly enough, Lex, I have to admit that the fact that it was iconic didn't really occur to me until you said so during the last round, after which I thought, "Hm... Yes, I guess it is, isn't it?" I think I always think of it as one of the tracks stuck onto to Immaculate Collection rather than a freestanding single of its own, and that kind of diminishes it (if you remember that stuff).

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't know when I heard it first but I do know that by the time I did I knew all about it - the look, the sound, the dance, the video, the meanings. Of course, it's the queerest of Madonna's singles pre-Erotica.

(first Madonna song I consciously heard was 'Crazy For You' in 1991 or so; first Madonna song I was "on the spot" for was 'Erotica', which scared the 9-yr-old me (but fascinated at the same time); first Madonna song I loved at the time was 'This Used To Be My Playground'.)

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

I actually disagree with you about Don't Stop. I didn't really feel much towards it until a previous round prompted me to listen again and really, it's AWESOME. There's just so much going on.

I'm a bit bored of Vogue in the same way I'm a bit bored of Billie Jean.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

You have Voted Vile several times (several KEY times!) in the recent past => your opinions are clearly not to be taken seriously.