Chart Championship Week 2 RESULTS

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Busy day on Poptimists today (well probably) because I'm out all day tomorrow. To kick things off, here are piratemoggy's results on the League Of Pop - revelations later on (lunchtime probably).

"I quite liked all of this, in fact there's only one track I'm not a fan of so yeah, don't be offended if I've stuck yours in the low end of the chart. :) I knew two of the tracks but the rest were new to me. I decided to do this now because, err, it was that or hand my essay in on time and that was a pile of rubbish so now have valid excuse to spend 24 hours making it slightly less rubbish. Sort of. Anyway..

01: Michaela Melian - "Brautlied": This is really great; semi-minimalist electronica with a slightly classical bent in the bell noises. I like how it just refuses to pick up its pace, staying resolutely at the pace of a tv slowing heartbeat (err, told you I was a goth) I think it's possibly someone I know -Justus Kohncke vaguely springs to mind but that's not right, I don't think. 3rd Place - WIN: fluid play brings first win for lockedintheatti

02: Misty Dixon - "Are You Lost?": I really like this. Hypnotic trip-pop with chiming girly harmonies, reminds me of 'Ghosts' by Siobhan Donaghy which is obviously not a bad thing. I recognise the voice possibly but can't think where from. 5th Place - WIN: efficient performance by skillextric.

03: The Tribe - "Rescue Me": This is 'Tragedy' by The Tribe innit? Or something. Is definitely them, anyway. I like The Tribe. :) 7th Place - LOSE: freak strike costs blue_russian dear.

04: De Rosa - "Camera": I like this, although it doesn't grab me immediately I can see it growing. I like the bit where there're some wobbly/thrashy/squawky guitars in the middle although the distortion on the singing could be removed for greater effect. At least, I assume that's distortion. 8th Place - LOSE: gutsy performance can't bring win for infov0re

05: kevin blechdom - "Binaca": Bluegrass (?) sort of thing with some drum machine stuff and deranged, swoopy vocals about breaking free of oppressive hygienic responsibility. Which, when you've been awake for a zillion years apart from five hours a day ago, during which you acquired a killer hangover, seems like a great idea. :D Except maybe not 'ever since I got my period, I don't have to buy red panties no more' ... 6th Place - DRAW: late equaliser costs jeff_worrell victory.

06: Nicole Adkins - "The Way It Is": Too big voiced-ballad-y for me, although could have a killer, tightened-up remix. I realise that's a completely inappropriate comment but my music taste is trashy at best and can't handle teh jazz-country or whatever this is, although I can see why other people would like it and the first thirty seconds are ace. Sorry! 10th Place - LOSE: anthonyeaston caretaker crashes to defeat.

07: Magnetic Fields - "Smoke And Mirrors" Gorgeous shoegaze-tronica, shakey little drum machine beat and lo-fi synths that stare out of the window with a cup of coffee in a very entreating manner indeed. 'So give me rust, special effects, a little fear, a little sex' it mumbles and you can't really hold it against it because it's so self-conscious. I really wanted to google this because I'm sure I ought to know/know somewhere in the back of my mind what it is but have withheld self from doing so because cheating is wrong, etc. 2nd Place - WIN: lisa_go_blind scores a convincing win.

08: Ultraviolence - "Hardcore Motherfvcker" I am exactly the sort of person who really enjoys nine minutes of industrial rave with a posh female voice intoning 'hardcore motherfvcker' over the top every few seconds. Bloody brilliant. :D 1st Place - WIN: Direct tactics give martinskidmore thumping win.

09: Cascada - "Ready For Love" Err, I'll confess I didn't listen to more than about 90 seconds of this but, uhm, really not my thing. Eurodance, I think; I really don't like that kind of vocal/beat, I kind of think it's an affront to dance music because I spend far too much time in dingey basements trying to work out which limbs to move in order to look like anything other than an octopus on crack to psy-trance and am consequently a pretentious tart. [just gave it another go and is better than gave it credit for but vocalist is major turn-off, would probably be quite ace if she had different voice] 11th Place - LOSE: nightmare for byebyepride after tonking.

10: Linda Sundblad - "Who": 'He's spreading his thighs in the blink of an eye like he's a ginger girl' is surely one of the most inappropriate lines in history but this is lovely. Icy, epic scandipop, innit? The strange thing is that this woman probably has a really similar voice to the one on track nine but she's just doing something different with it. Is this Robyn? It sounds a lot like her in places but that's probably just because I know nothing about scandipop. Although to be fair this could well be French or something since I'm a rubbish judge of accents. 4th Place - WIN - poptasticuk pulls off late win.

11: Leonard Cohen - "So Long, Marianne": This is 'So Long, Marianne' by Leonard Cohen. Unless of course it's a cover but I think it's the original... has been a long time since listened to Leonard Cohen- not sure why, think stopped after read 'Beautiful Losers,' although I liked the book so I'm not sure why. It's a great song but my sleep-deprived attention span can't really give it the credit it's due. 9th Place - LOSE: classy team lets epicharmus down on the night.

This was ridiculously difficult and several of the tracks I really like have lost, just because there were other tracks I really, really liked etc. I thought it was all pretty ace and a lot more accurate to my taste than I expected given my very vague descriptions."

Comments

Re: I confess...

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

The whole album is genius, though -- one reason for sending out a Cascada track this week was so I could evangelise about the album on poptimists without blowing the surprise. Obv, if I had played the track on a week when someone who liked teh bosh was at home, that would have helped ;-) Anyway, I will go on and on about the Cascada when I get a chance.

Re: I confess...

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

ok, not the WHOLE album, but a lot of it. Nik Kershaw gets boshed!!