Jop Tournament: Quarter Finals

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Shave your head and get ahead! Britney pulled level with the Pets on the final vote leaving NINE tracks still in the running for today's poll (with bonus diagnostic questions!)


[Poll #930437]


Have at it! The semi-finals will be on Wednesday most likely.

Comments

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Toxic has GREAT lyrics. Endless variations on a single idea (love is the drug), true, but that's exactly what I like about them.

The meter of the words also naturally fit the beat as well. (Contrast with the clumsiness of e.g. "either with or with A-choo" in "Don't You Want Me".)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The clumsiness in DYME works because the song is a guy cack-handedly trying to feel his way around why someone's breaking up from him. So it fits the mood, which is more important than fitting the beat sometimes. I don't think it's intentional, mind you: Phil Oakey and scansion were never particularly great mates.

I don't think Toxic has bad lyrics either.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I don't think it has bad lyrics, mind you, I just don't see why you would pick them over "Into the Groove" or "Billie Jean" or "Don't You Want Me".