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

[koganbot]

This is about the fifth or sixth thing I've heard by Sundblad, and she seems to be throwing a load of things at the wall to see what will stick, and likes to provoke for the sake of the provocation. "Pretty Rebels" has my favorite rhyme of the last month: "Flamboyant peacocks, straight out of detox."

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Yeah the album is quite mixed, doesn't have an overriding sound like Robyn or Margaret's does, but still the songs are all good.