Jop Tournament Round 3.2

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another four fites to take us down to 8 surviving tracks.


[Poll #928476]


The remaining rounds will happen next week, and then at the end of the week we launch the LEAGUE OF POP.

Comments

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Ooh, there are a couple of like-for-like fites here. Push It vs Groove Is In The Heart especially - one of those is going to win by a landslide I think.

Madge v Britney is the intriguing one here.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

The last 2 were too hard :(

Decisions

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Madonna vs Britney: two absolute sluggers here - liberation beats desperation maybe? (though Britney doesn't sound desperate, and Madonna locks the doors where nowhere else can see, so it's very close anyway)

Missy vs Kelly: An all-Missy final now looks unlikely but she should win here, and rightly IMO. Still haven't listened to that Yardbirds track, sorry Frank!

Soft Cell vs Neneh: Marc Almond is a corny old fuxx but this record is still gorgeous. Amazing how Neneh's stock has risen even higher since 88-89 - she feels very contemporary, which is why she's consistently winning I reckon.

Deee-Lite vs Push It: Push It is harder, more committed, sexier, better. The apparent walkover is gratifying. Maybe - just maybe - "Push It" to win the whole thing...?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Easier than yesterday's.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

No hesitation about any of these at all really. ‘Baby One More Time’ is a standard, if anything is in the Pop Canon as previously discussed it is this, but Britney’s got a lot better since. ‘Into The Groove’ is not only in the Pop Canon but arguably sums up everything the Pop Canon should be.

I think my ticks here – Madge, Missy, Neneh, S’n’P – are unbeatable. I can’t imagine voting against any of them (though I have an inkling I did, in the last round, because of Aaliyah). But at least three of them are going to have to be beaten…

[koganbot]

"Groove" vs. "...Baby" - Hard one (though it took me all of two seconds to make the tick). "...Baby" 'cause it has (even more) feeling. As I hinted upthread, a prob I have w/ my fave Madonnas is that they were surrounded by other just-as-good or better club tracks, even if the others didn't storm the Top 40. Also "Groove" doesn't quite rank w/ "Everybody" and "Holiday," which were wonderfully poignant dance ditties by anonymous-who-knows-who in their day.

"Freak" vs. "SUBG" - Even harder - both tracks were #1 P&J for me - but "SUBG" got my tick over "Train Kept A-Rollin'" for having more feeling and for representing The Right Now even better; but come to think of it "Train Freak" represents a BIGGER "Right Now," even if it's from several years back, 'cause pulls in more of the experimentalism and creativity that should be here and represents the 1965 experiment and as much as the 2001. 2037? (Good thing I ticked fast or I'd be at this one all day.)

"Tainted" vs. "Buffalo" - Both are lucky to have gotten this far; fighting for the honor to be crushed by Missy, MadsBrit, or SnP. I ticked "Buffalo" for being dreamier and for its experiment.

"Push It" vs. "Groove Is In The Heart" - Groove never made it to my heart; an easy "Push It."

I predict "Billie Jean" vs. "Get Ur Freak On" in the final, with "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and "Push It" their two biggest challengers. Won't know how I'll tick 'til it happens.

Quincy

[koganbot]

Looks like both Maxes are going under, so, with "Work It" deep-sixed yesterday, Quincy Jones* is the only producer with two tracks in the Great Eight.

(*Well, Jones-Jackson, to be accurate.)

FITEback

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

These polls looked done and dusted after lunch, but what a turnaround here - 9 out of the last 10 votes in the Soft Cell/Neneh poll have been for Tainted Love.

And the Madonna/Britney poll has got competitive again - maybe too late for Brit though.

[lollers.livejournal.com]

AHA KELLY CLARKSON IS FINALLY GONE