February - Yr Verdict

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The accumulated week in pop polls for February give us the following top ten for the month:

1. Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
2. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Catch You
3. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around Comes Around
4. Lady Sovereign - Love Me Or Hate Me
5. Lily Allen - Alfie
6. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
7. Fergie - Glamorous
8. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
9. Omarion - Ice Box
10=. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
10=. Jessica Simpson - A Public Affair

The poll I did last month was interesting but didn't add a huge amount to the original polls, other than to point out polarising tracks (Fall Out Boy and Jojo). So something simpler this time:

[Poll #940257]

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I love the woundedness in it too.

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Absolutely - like some other songs which I would like to mention around here but must refrain from due to Pop League shenanigans, there's something about an upbeat song which is at its core about devastation and loss or loving just that bit too much that gets me in the gut.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I love the way it's got all these emotional contradictions going on; Nelly's voice is wounded, the music is stately and dignified, the words are ambivalent and detached.