A Year In Pop: Week 11

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A NEW ENTRY at #1!!!! Well, OK, the new rules haven't really been in place long enough for us to get excited about that again, but it's the Comic Relief single straight in. Also: a chance to decide between original re-issue and comedy version of "500 Miles", and an astonishing tide of haircut indie.

[Poll #950304]

* left off last week's poll - in the case of Madness this single has now left the building/chart.

Comments

Re: Reasons For Tickys

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Of the other haircut indie, Maximo Park came closest to having an idea.

(The Fratellis did have an idea, but I didn't like it. Good Shoes I can't even remember. The Rakes were absolutely dreadful.)

Re: Reasons For Tickys

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

What? The Rakes single is fab; I also rather like the Maximo Park, but am finding Perm-ellis very, very tiring.

The Twang: I always expect it to be a James song; the reverby guitar, the rhythms; it takes about five seconds for me to realise "oh, no, it's the twang").

Refuse to tick "Walk This Way", much like katstevens. And refuse to tick novelty Proclaimers covers/remixes.

Re: Reasons For Tickys

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This is the first Rakes track I've heard, and I really took agin the guy's voice - it somehow managed to be knowingly drab. The video irritated me too, and to be fair it probably suffered from being the fourth of four fairly generic new indie tracks I was listening to.

"Walk This Way" never stood a chance of a tick - could've been good; wasn't.

Re: Reasons For Tickys

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

The guy from the Rakes sounds like he's trying to sound like the bloke from Maximo Park on this record, which is odd as he sounded quite different on the last album.

And the other reason to like the Twang is they have a 'Bez' - he doesn't play anything, just appears to dance around a bit and supply some 'oh-ohs' in the chorus.

Re: Reasons For Tickys

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

the Maximo Park track reminds me of LCD Soundsystem's 'Movement' only not as good so no tick. also i can't stand the lead singer's hairstyle.