Pop Premiership Week 10 RESULTS
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inhibitorylinks comes...JUDGEMENT.
"First of all, as a long-time lurker at poptimists, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all for letting me be a part of this very fun event. Thanks also for my tracks, which I burned onto a CD and listened to as I sojourned around Sydney for work yesterday - it's not often I can do that and feel content at the same time.
For what it's worth it was VERY hard to separate most of these tracks into "winners" and "losers" - aren't we all winners in the end, after all?
01. High5 - "Dooset Daram": I'm always up for a bit of foreign language madness, and the "tik-tikka-tik" snare in the background throughout was a pleasure for reasons I can't really explain, though it begins to wear a little thin by the three minute mark. The singer sounds a little tired as well, though he could just be pacing himself. 9TH PLACE - LOSE -dubdobdee's title dreams shattered by cruel defeat.
02. Jon Brion - "Monday": At the risk of sounding like an old man, "charming" is the first word that sprang to mind when I heard this. I also had visions of friendly monsters doing the Viennese waltz on a frozen lake. I don't know why that is. Reminds me of the best bits of the "About A Boy" soundtrack. One of the few instances where I don't feel that a vocal would improve proceedings, and my only real complaint is that it doesn't go on for long enough. 1ST PLACE - WIN -fugitivemotel arrests his slump in dazzling style.
03. The Timelords - "Doctorin' The TARDIS": This IS "Doctorin' the Tardis" by The KLF, isn't it? For some reason I'm not entirely sure, and am nervous about my obvious lack of knowledge of the classics. It's certainly glamtastic, and finally katstevens' "yer what" icon makes sense to me, as does the word BOSH. Definitely an important poptimists artefact. 6TH PLACE - DRAW, though I'd award it a win if I could. -braisedbywolves snatches a point but will it be enough to stave off relegation?
04. Luigi Nono - "...Solo Dolce Tacere": I've never really been fond of that Ligeti choral piece I submitted several weeks ago for hauntedballroom; it always seemed too much like the sort of music that would be the soundtrack to my most distressing and Dali-esque nightmares. This piece is, for whatever reason, significantly less distressing, but I just can't shake my Pavlovian reflex to shudder slightly and say "creepy!" 10TH PLACE - LOSE - tactical misfire could costxyzzzz_ dear.
05. Oi Va Voi - "Seven Brothers": The trumpets and cymbal rolls at the beginning promise drama, and it indeed delivers, although it's a drama that boils and seethes just beneath the surface, rather than drama with bombast and lightning flashes. I particularly like how the bass line doesn't conform to any standard sort of rhythm, which means that you can never settle into any particular groove. This is "7 Brothers" by Oi Va Voi. 2ND PLACE - DRAW - crucial point keepskatstevens' head above water.
06. Grosvenor - "Private Domain": I'm a sucker for a string section, and also harpsichords. This song offers both! It reminds me of The 6ths, or at least something that Stephin Merritt has had his finger in; there's a wonderful baroque fussiness to it that, admittedly, would probably become a little grating over an entire album, but in isolation it's dramatic, uplifiting and I find more to hear in it with every listen. 3RD PLACE - WIN -strange_powers keeps his side in contention for the title.
07. Dr John - "She's Just A Square": Never has being called a "square" seemed more insulting. Surely the best song on the soundtrack to that lost Blues Brothers movie, this is accompanied by all sorts of far-out and groovy instrumental Rhodes organ and flute flourishes. There's nothing particularly groundbreaking about this, but it's definitely a lot of fun. 5TH PLACE - WIN - buoyant performance makesbengraham sure of safety.
08. Charlie Christian - "Death Letter Blues": Oh god, a harrowing tale of death and despair over weary piano and muted trumpets. Almost spiritual in places, really. I don't really know enough jazz songstresses from the past, and after listening to this I feel that has to change. And the line at the end about wanting to take her sweet papa's place...good lord, pass me a tissue. 4TH PLACE - WIN -hauntedballroom's third win must surely make her safe from the drop?
09. Rocker Spaniel - "Where The..?": The storyteller in this certainly seems to be having "fun," but it's a tuneless, aimless "women in bikinis/uniforms using office stationery/garden tools/spelunking equipment in a sexually suggestive manner" type of fun that ends up being a bit sterile and not much fun at all. I must admit that I feel slightly violated. 11TH PLACE - LOSE - havezenith's high-flyers got altitude sickness?
10. Man Or Astro-Man - "Bermuda Triangle Shorts": Ridiculous soundbites, yay! I forgot to mention that I also love music that reminds me of surfing (which I also cannot do), but I feel that an extended guitar solo is a poor replacement for lyrics about the sun being high in the sky or catching waves or whatever. 7TH PLACE - DRAW - deserved draw forjel_bugle's team of entertainers.
11. Considering that this is sung from the viewpoint of a woman who eventually puts a bullet in her "dirty ho" best friend when said ho sleeps with her (the singer's) man (but NOT before making it VERY clear that she does not appreciate said friend using up her toilet paper), this could certainly have done with a bit more emotion, both in the vocal and the instrumentation. This is "Moodring" by Mya, and I DO applaud her thanking me for listening to her album at the end of the song; the world needs more polite popstars. 8TH PLACE - LOSE -alexmacpherson's fans left biting nails as play-offs threaten to slip away from them.
So far in Week 11 we've had a healthy haul for Epicharmus and almost nothing for Dubdobdee! Come on! Don't be scared!
Reveals at 4-ish.
inhibitorylinks comes...JUDGEMENT."First of all, as a long-time lurker at poptimists, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all for letting me be a part of this very fun event. Thanks also for my tracks, which I burned onto a CD and listened to as I sojourned around Sydney for work yesterday - it's not often I can do that and feel content at the same time.
For what it's worth it was VERY hard to separate most of these tracks into "winners" and "losers" - aren't we all winners in the end, after all?
01. High5 - "Dooset Daram": I'm always up for a bit of foreign language madness, and the "tik-tikka-tik" snare in the background throughout was a pleasure for reasons I can't really explain, though it begins to wear a little thin by the three minute mark. The singer sounds a little tired as well, though he could just be pacing himself. 9TH PLACE - LOSE -
dubdobdee's title dreams shattered by cruel defeat.02. Jon Brion - "Monday": At the risk of sounding like an old man, "charming" is the first word that sprang to mind when I heard this. I also had visions of friendly monsters doing the Viennese waltz on a frozen lake. I don't know why that is. Reminds me of the best bits of the "About A Boy" soundtrack. One of the few instances where I don't feel that a vocal would improve proceedings, and my only real complaint is that it doesn't go on for long enough. 1ST PLACE - WIN -
fugitivemotel arrests his slump in dazzling style.03. The Timelords - "Doctorin' The TARDIS": This IS "Doctorin' the Tardis" by The KLF, isn't it? For some reason I'm not entirely sure, and am nervous about my obvious lack of knowledge of the classics. It's certainly glamtastic, and finally katstevens' "yer what" icon makes sense to me, as does the word BOSH. Definitely an important poptimists artefact. 6TH PLACE - DRAW, though I'd award it a win if I could. -
braisedbywolves snatches a point but will it be enough to stave off relegation?04. Luigi Nono - "...Solo Dolce Tacere": I've never really been fond of that Ligeti choral piece I submitted several weeks ago for hauntedballroom; it always seemed too much like the sort of music that would be the soundtrack to my most distressing and Dali-esque nightmares. This piece is, for whatever reason, significantly less distressing, but I just can't shake my Pavlovian reflex to shudder slightly and say "creepy!" 10TH PLACE - LOSE - tactical misfire could cost
xyzzzz_ dear.05. Oi Va Voi - "Seven Brothers": The trumpets and cymbal rolls at the beginning promise drama, and it indeed delivers, although it's a drama that boils and seethes just beneath the surface, rather than drama with bombast and lightning flashes. I particularly like how the bass line doesn't conform to any standard sort of rhythm, which means that you can never settle into any particular groove. This is "7 Brothers" by Oi Va Voi. 2ND PLACE - DRAW - crucial point keeps
katstevens' head above water.06. Grosvenor - "Private Domain": I'm a sucker for a string section, and also harpsichords. This song offers both! It reminds me of The 6ths, or at least something that Stephin Merritt has had his finger in; there's a wonderful baroque fussiness to it that, admittedly, would probably become a little grating over an entire album, but in isolation it's dramatic, uplifiting and I find more to hear in it with every listen. 3RD PLACE - WIN -
strange_powers keeps his side in contention for the title.07. Dr John - "She's Just A Square": Never has being called a "square" seemed more insulting. Surely the best song on the soundtrack to that lost Blues Brothers movie, this is accompanied by all sorts of far-out and groovy instrumental Rhodes organ and flute flourishes. There's nothing particularly groundbreaking about this, but it's definitely a lot of fun. 5TH PLACE - WIN - buoyant performance makes
bengraham sure of safety.08. Charlie Christian - "Death Letter Blues": Oh god, a harrowing tale of death and despair over weary piano and muted trumpets. Almost spiritual in places, really. I don't really know enough jazz songstresses from the past, and after listening to this I feel that has to change. And the line at the end about wanting to take her sweet papa's place...good lord, pass me a tissue. 4TH PLACE - WIN -
hauntedballroom's third win must surely make her safe from the drop?09. Rocker Spaniel - "Where The..?": The storyteller in this certainly seems to be having "fun," but it's a tuneless, aimless "women in bikinis/uniforms using office stationery/garden tools/spelunking equipment in a sexually suggestive manner" type of fun that ends up being a bit sterile and not much fun at all. I must admit that I feel slightly violated. 11TH PLACE - LOSE - have
zenith's high-flyers got altitude sickness?10. Man Or Astro-Man - "Bermuda Triangle Shorts": Ridiculous soundbites, yay! I forgot to mention that I also love music that reminds me of surfing (which I also cannot do), but I feel that an extended guitar solo is a poor replacement for lyrics about the sun being high in the sky or catching waves or whatever. 7TH PLACE - DRAW - deserved draw for
jel_bugle's team of entertainers.11. Considering that this is sung from the viewpoint of a woman who eventually puts a bullet in her "dirty ho" best friend when said ho sleeps with her (the singer's) man (but NOT before making it VERY clear that she does not appreciate said friend using up her toilet paper), this could certainly have done with a bit more emotion, both in the vocal and the instrumentation. This is "Moodring" by Mya, and I DO applaud her thanking me for listening to her album at the end of the song; the world needs more polite popstars. 8TH PLACE - LOSE -
alexmacpherson's fans left biting nails as play-offs threaten to slip away from them.So far in Week 11 we've had a healthy haul for Epicharmus and almost nothing for Dubdobdee! Come on! Don't be scared!
Reveals at 4-ish.
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Date: 2007-05-09 12:54 pm (UTC)Next week's submission is proving a challenge. You'll have something by tommorow!
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Date: 2007-05-09 01:12 pm (UTC)(But what a song. Bloody brilliant)
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Date: 2007-05-09 10:02 pm (UTC)"John Terry ws injured, Essein is not full-back, I am not magic"
Date: 2007-05-09 01:07 pm (UTC)As far as next week - shouldn't be a problem, ws too fluey to go into my CD collection to find the track I have to rip. mp3 on the way soon-ish.
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Date: 2007-05-09 01:18 pm (UTC)The point of the song is that she's not emotional - she is a dignified ice queen who is staking out the moral high ground, rising above the whole sordid situation, emphasising her classiness in contrast to the dirty ho, she's not gon' diss her on the internet but she'll still shoot her in the head.
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Date: 2007-05-09 08:05 pm (UTC)haha ARE YOU SCARED?
Date: 2007-05-09 01:22 pm (UTC)To Hell With The Pop
Date: 2007-05-09 01:46 pm (UTC)Winners:
--TRACK FOUR: Bits of space, the singers playing a relay game, someone lets notes fall, a pause, other voices pick it up. Intensity in its sparness, so it's the art music equivalent to "Me & U" and "Coz I Luv You," though I doubt the title will contain misspellings.
--TRACK FIVE: Horns weep from outer space. Eccentric melody lines cross measure bars, time sig something like 7/8, vocalists spray paint shards of passion.
--TRACK ONE: Gentle singing that's somewhat surprising in relation to the Moroder dance chug.
--TRACK THREE: OK, a lot of this is shit, the Dr. Who crap half ruining "Rock and Roll Pt. 2," but it is followed on by a beautiful Jamaican-style Morriconesque spare melody (prob'ly something as famous in Britain as the Gary Glitter song, but I don't know it). And when the Doc Who hooey returns the beautiful stuff is folded in and rescues it.
--TRACK NINE: A totally irritating neurotic self-involved young woman goes on about her petty and unpetty sorrows, round hard beats lend an air of ominousness that makes this compelling, and the menace allow me to imagine that this could be a slasher film and the woman will be stabbed to death, though no such luck.
Draw:
--TRACK SEVEN: A full-of-himself freak does a beatnik soul version of "I Hear You Knockin'." Bohos being dumbos, but the boho posturing carries itself with snide authority.
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Date: 2007-05-09 02:12 pm (UTC)--TRACK ELEVEN: An r&b diva enrolls in drama school and is cast as the lead in a German expressionist version of Pandora's Box.
--TRACK TWO: Pretty plinks, w/ the rhythm suggesting a potential for roughness. But this ends up as a rowboat on a smooth lake, and the rough weather that the bass had promised never materializes.
--TRACK EIGHT: Sophisticated urban blues from between the wars. Powerful voice, smart eyes, rough grain, slow exposition. Too slow.
--TRACK SIX: The singing is a fake lifeless croon, and though the music gathers nicely, strings and beats and all, it can't overcome the vocals.
--TRACK TEN: The "Wipe Out" drum part in an updated setting, good whipslinger guitar tone, but it doesn't find its way into enough of a riff or a tune.
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Date: 2007-05-09 03:21 pm (UTC)Down at the bottom, fugitivemotel is almost certainly safe unless things go disasterously wrong, but he only has one more scoring week too. Hauntedballroom should be safe but needs a point or two more to be sure. Braisedbywolves and katstevens are on 8 and 6 respectively - both of them badly need a win.
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Date: 2007-05-09 04:24 pm (UTC)Ida Cox, not Charlie Christian?
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Date: 2007-05-09 04:45 pm (UTC)dubdobdee is my easiest choice ever. I haven't read his blurb yet!
If it had been me...
Date: 2007-05-09 06:19 pm (UTC)*OK this next bit is being typed before reading Mr Links' reviews and rankings*
I already knew "Doctorin' the Tardis" (OK, still amusing but easily the worst thing the KLF ever did) and guessed Mya even before the reveal at the end of the track (I have probably heard this once on a listening post, but can't really say I know it)
My winners would be:
05 - I can be allergic to jazzy breakbeat stuff, but this is great. Love the arrangement in particular, but the vocals are nice too. Arabic or Israeli? I'm guessing the latter.
07 - "Crazy, man." "I'm hip"
11 - Mya (why I don't yet own Moodring, the album, is a mystery).
02 - Twinkly waltz. Twee sci-fi, if that's possible. Nice and short!
08 - very old blues-ballad. I like the trumpet playing on this more than the singer.
and 6th place goes to:
09 - "You guys are awesome!" Another short one - just as well, since this would get very very annoying indeed I suspect, if longer. But I like the electronics and the beats, and 2'27" of this singer is fine by me.
*scrolls up*
Ah, Luigi Nono, of course. I can take or leave him as a rule. This was OK, but I guess I wasn't really in the mood for Nono today.
Man or Astroman? might have just grabbed a win on another day. I like the idea of what they do more than the execution though. This track was solid, but there's something about it that made me wary of it too.
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Date: 2007-05-10 02:22 am (UTC)British, actually; but Jewish.
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