Jop Tournament Round 3.1

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Into the last 16!


[Poll #927757]


Reason, recoil, and repent in the comments.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Human League vs Madonna: This was the hardest of the four - I like both tracks but my love for them has dulled a bit. In the end it's the multiple voices and viewpoints in the Human League song that sway me, and Phil's discomfort seems richer than Madge's rapture.

Jackson vs Joy Division: The easiest of the four. Disco beats despair, as Joy Division's story proves anyway.

Missy vs Michael: Frank's comment last time about the anger and fear and wit and suchlike in Billie Jean convinced me that it was more than a warhorse, but I'm still voting for Missy.

Britney vs Pet Shops: Another fairly easy tick even though it's not my favourite PSB track (7th or 8th favourite single, maybe) - the discussion last time about "Are people just voting for Madonna because it's Madonna?" springs to mind, maybe I am just voting for the Pets because it's them, but they did and do mean an awful lot to me, and it's hard to separate the particular connections they made with me from the music.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Frank is right about 'Billie Jean', it's an amazingly layered/rich pop song, and the narrative is really striking in terms of who it gets the listener on side with (backing the superstar millionaire popstar over single mother).

'Work It' is still better though. Would've ticked 'Billie Jean' over every other song today except 'Like A Prayer'.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

I finally get a chance to tick Work It (been agonising over that decision for several rounds) and it's losing. Gah!